St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Erases Two-Goal Deficit in Tie with No. 16/17 North Dakota

Friday, January 31

St. Cloud, Minn.

7:30 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

11-13-1, 4-10-1

North Dakota

12-10-2, 7-5-1

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North Dakota

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St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Erases Two-Goal Deficit in Tie with No. 16/17 North Dakota

2/1/2025 1:36:00 AM | Men's Hockey

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SCSU scores two third period goals to snap six-game losing streak

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (11-13-1, 4-10-1 NCHC) snapped its six-game losing streak in a 3-3 and shootout loss to No. 16/17 North Dakota (12-10-2, 7-5-1 NCHC) on Friday night at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. The Huskies trailed 3-1 heading into the third period before scoring twice in the final frame to force overtime.

For the first time since Dec. 29, the Huskies scored the first goal of the game when sophomore forward Ethan AuCoin (Calgary, Alberta) caused a UND turnover at the blue line in the defensive zone and created a 2-on-1 breakaway the other way. AuCoin moved down the left faceoff dot and then fired a wrist shot top shelf far side to beat the Fighting Hawk goaltender.

Despite the fast start, UND responded by scoring three consecutive goals and controlling play for the majority of the first two periods. North Dakota outshot the Huskies 29-12 in the game's first 40 minutes and took a 3-1 lead at the 13:46 of the middle frame on Cameron Berg's second goal of the game.

The Huskies comeback began nearly midway through the third period when AuCoin scored his second goal of the game, netting a shot through the five-hole on a backside play after sophomore forward Tyson Gross (Calgary, Alberta) intercepted a clearance pass by UND. Gross was on the boards and made a pass-ice pass to the weakside where AuCoin was all alone to find the back of the net again and make the score 3-2. SCSU then tied the game at the 16:08 mark on a rush play where sophomore forward Daimon Gardner's (Eagle Lake, Ontario) shot from outside the right dot was deflected by sophomore forward Barrett Hall (Apple Valley, Minn.) and into the back of the net for the equalizer.

Neither team was able to find the back of the net in the overtime period, forcing a tie before North Dakota won in a shootout, 2-1.

TOP HUSKIES

AuCoin scored two goals to pace the SCSU offense.
Hall netted his fifth goal of the season in the third period.
Redshirt sophomore goaltender James Gray (Toronto, Ontario) made his second consecutive start in net and made a season-high 29 saves.

NOTES

With the tie, St. Cloud State moves to 49-83-19 all-time against North Dakota and 26-31-10 against the Fighting Hawks in St. Cloud.
On the season, SCSU moves to 9-2-1 when scoring first, 1-4-1 when trailing after one period, 0-6-1 when trailing after two periods and 7-6-1 when its opponent fails to score on the power play.
SCSU outshot the Fighting Hawks 12-5 in the third period after being outshot 29-12 over the first two periods.
The Huskies turned away both power play chances for the Fighting Hawks to move to 83.1 percent (64-of-77) on the penalty kill this season.
AuCoin recorded the first two-goal game of his collegiate career with his second and third goals of the season, while recording his seventh and eighth career goals.
The Husky junior is now a team-best +4 on the ice this season.
Hall netted his fifth goal of the season and 13^th goal of his career with his game-tying score in the third period.
Senior defenseman Karl Falk (Vasteras, Sweden) and junior forward Adam Ingram (West St. Paul, Manitoba) each played in their 100^th career games.
Gray recorded a season-high 32 saves to move to a 2.91 goals-against-average and .905 save percentage.
Gross recorded his eighth assist of the season with the primary helper on AuCoin's second goal.
Gardner and junior defenseman Josh Zinger (Red Deer, Alberta) each recorded their fourth assist of the season on Hall's goal.

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St. Cloud State and North Dakota will finish its series on Saturday at 6:00 p.m. CT at the Brooks Center. The game will be broadcast on NCHC.tv and Fox 9 + (tape delay) with radio coverage on KNSI.

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