St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Falls to No. 16/17 North Dakota

Saturday, February 1

St. Cloud, Minn.

6:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

11-14-1, 4-11-1

North Dakota

13-10-2, 8-5-1

North Dakota

St. Cloud St.

St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Falls to No. 16/17 North Dakota

2/2/2025 12:50:00 AM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

SCSU takes early lead before five straight UND goals in 6-2 loss

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (11-14-1, 4-11-1 NCHC) played even with No. 16/17 North Dakota (13-10-2, 7-5-1 NCHC) for 32 minutes, but then a five-minute stretch with three UND goals was the difference in a 6-2 loss on Saturday night at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. Freshman forward Austin Burnveik (Ham Lake, Minn.) and junior defenseman Josh Zinger (Red Deer, Alberta) both scored for the Huskies.

For the second night in a row, SCSU scored the game's first goal, netting a power play goal at 9:27 on a one-timer from Burnevik, his team-leading sixth goal on the man advantage this season. Burnevik ripped a shot from outside the right dot on a feed from freshman forward Gavyn Thoreson (Andover, Minn.) that was deflected off the skate of sophomore forward Tyson Gross (Calgary, Alberta). UND would score at the 15:59 mark of the opening frame to tie the score at 1-1 heading into the first intermission.

After a penalty called on SCSU midway through the opening frame, North Dakota would score on the power play at 11:59, which gave the Fighting Hawks the first lead of the night and began a string of three goals in just over five minutes. The short five-minute stretch changed the game and allowed North Dakota to take momentum of the game.

North Dakota extended its lead to 5-1 after the 10:48 mark of the third period before Zinger scored an extra attacker goal at 13:57. The Fighting Hawks then added an empty net goal to finish the scoring at 6-2.

TOP HUSKIES

Burnevik scored his 11^th goal of the season to extend his team-lead for the season.
Zinger netted his third goal of the season.

NOTES

With the loss, St. Cloud State moves to 49-84-19 all-time against North Dakota and 26-32-10 against the Fighting Hawks in St. Cloud.
On the season, SCSU moves to 9-3-1 when scoring first, 0-7-1 when trailing after two periods and 5-7-0 when outshooting its opponent.
SCSU outshot the Fighting Hawks 35-24 and won 65.1 percent (41-22) of faceoffs.
Burnevik scored his team-leading sixth power play and 11^th goal overall with his first period tally. His 11 goals are the most by a freshman since Veeti Miettinen hit the same mark in 2020-21.
Zinger found the back of the net for the first time since Oct. 26 with his third goal of the season in the third period. His third goal matches his season-best marks for a season from both his freshman and sophomore campaigns.
Gross tallied an assist for the second straight game with the primary assist on Burnevik's score. In his last 13 games, Gross has 12 points (6g/6a) for 0.92 points per game.
Thoreson scored the secondary assist on Burnevik's goal and now has four helpers in the last six games.
Sophomore forward Verner Miettinen (Espoo, Finland) recorded his 10^th assist of the season, giving him two consecutive seasons with 10+ assists (19 in 2023-24).
Freshman defenseman Thor Byfuglien (Roseau, Minn.) recorded his first career assist with the primary helper on Zinger's goal.
Miettinen and Gross were both outstanding in the faceoff dot, going 17-5 and 14-5, respectively.

HIGHLIGHTS

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State will next travel to No. 3 Western Michigan next weekend for a Feb. 7-8 series in Kalamazoo, Mich. The series begins on Friday at 7:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. CT and ends on Saturday at 6:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. CT.

For all the latest on St. Cloud State Men's Hockey, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Tickets for the 2024-25 season are available at www.scsutickets.com, downloading the St. Cloud State Huskies app or by calling 1-877-SCSUTIX / 320-308-2137.