St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Falls to No. 5/6 North Dakota 4-2

Saturday, December 6

St. Cloud, Minn.

6:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

7-9-0, 2-6-0

North Dakota

12-4-0, 6-2-0

North Dakota

St. Cloud St.

Photo by: Kayden Kircher

St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Falls to No. 5/6 North Dakota 4-2

12/7/2025 12:55:00 AM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Huskies tie game in third period before giving up shorthanded goal for game-winner

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (7-9-0, 2-6-0 NCHC) outshot North Dakota (12-4-0, 6-2-0 NCHC), 37-25 and was +14 in the faceoff dot, but lost 4-2 on Saturday night at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. The Huskies pulled event with the Fighting Hawks midway through the third period but then gave up a shorthanded goal soon after, which came to be the game-winner.

North Dakota scored the game's first goal in the first period on a Cade Littler power play goal at the 13:49 mark and then extended their lead to 2-0 with Littler's second goal of the game at the 8:15 mark of the second period.

With 2:37 left in the second period, SCSU went on a major power play after Keaton Verhoeff was assessed a major penalty and game misconduct for butt-ending. The Huskies cut the lead in half less than a minute into the major when sophomore defenseman Finn Loftus (Blaine, Minn.) fired a wrister from just outside the left dot and found the back of the net. SCSU seemed to tie the score at the end of the period, but a goal from junior forward Barrett Hall (Apple Valley, Minn.) was disallowed after it crossed the goal line with no time on the clock.

In the third period, SCSU was able to actually tie the game on a rebound attempt from redshirt senior forward Ryan Rosborough (Mt. Brydges, Ontario) at the 11:10 mark of the period. However, the momentum was short-lived, with North Dakota's Jake Livanavage scoring a shorthanded goal at 12:56 and an empty net goal to cap the score at 4-2.

TOP HUSKIES

Loftus scored his second goal of the season and Rosborough scored his first goal of the season.
Freshman goaltender Yan Shostak (Minsk, Belarus) made 21 saves in the game.

NOTES

With the loss, SCSU moves to 50-85-19 all-time against North Dakota and 26-34-10 against the Fighting Hawks in St. Cloud.
On the season, SCSU moves to 0-8-0 when its opponent scores first, 0-7-0 when trailing after the first period and 0-8-0 when trailing after two periods.
SCSU won the faceoff battle, 37-23, the 12^th time in 16 games this season SCSU has won the faceoff battle.
Loftus scored his second goal of the season and fifth point.
Rosborough scored his fifth goal of the season and fifth career goal.
Senior defenseman Max Smolinski (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and junior forward Tyson Gross (Calgary, Alberta) recorded assists on Loftus' goal while junior forward Jack Reimann (Ham Lake, Minn.) and senior forward Grant Ahcan (Savage, Minn.) recorded assists on Rosborough's goal.
Gross recorded his 13^th assist and 20^th point of the season with the secondary assist on Loftus' goal.
The Husky junior captain becomes the 23^rd player in program history to begin their SCSU career with three consecutive 20-point seasons.
Gross went 18-5 in the faceoff dot, marking the seventh time this season he has won 15+ faceoffs.
Shostak made 21 saves, the seventh time in nine starts he's made 20 or more saves.

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SCSU will remain home and host No. 6/5 Denver next weekend at the Brooks Center.

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