Second Period Stretch Troubles St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey in Setback to No. 20 Colorado College

Friday, February 21

St. Cloud, Minn.

7:30 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

11-17-1, 4-14-1

Colorado College

17-13-1, 11-9-1

Colorado Col.

St. Cloud St.

Second Period Stretch Troubles St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey in Setback to No. 20 Colorado College

2/22/2025 1:39:00 AM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Huskies outshoot Tigers 45-30 in 4-3 setback

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (11-17-1, 4-14-1 NCHC) led in nearly every statistical category but the scoreboard in a 4-3 loss to No. 20/RV Colorado College (17-13-1, 11-9-1 NCHC) on Friday at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. The Huskies took a 2-1 lead in the second period before surrendering three goals in 3:07 in the setback.

SCSU recorded a season-high 45 shots on goal while outshooting the Tigers, 45-30, produced 11 shots on goal in two power plays and turned away CC's only power play chance.

Colorado College took the first lead of the game at the 8:12 mark of the first period when Gavin Lindberg finished an odd man rush with a wrist shot in the slot. The Huskies responded just under two minutes later when junior defenseman Cooper Wylie (Stillwater, Minn.), who returned form injury after missing 10 games, netted his first goal of the season at 10:10. Wylie let a wrist shot go from above the left dot and beat Tiger goalie Kaidan Mbereko over his left shoulder for the score.

The second period was a high-scoring affair which featured five goals, beginning with the Huskies taking a 2-1 lead on a shot from sophomore forward Verner Miettinen (Espoo, Finland) between the right dot and slot off a feed from sophomore forward Tyson Gross (Calgary, Alberta). The lead didn't last for long though, however, as the Tigers tied the score, took the lead and extended their lead to two goals with three goals in just over three minutes between the 9:05 and 12:12 marks. Freshman forward Gavyn Thoreson (Andover, Minn.) responded two minutes later by cutting the lead to one with his fourth goal of the season, as he grabbed the puck after a faceoff win from Gross and roofed a backhand shot into the back of the net.

In the third period, SCSU outshot CC 15-8 but couldn't find the equalizer to force overtime.

TOP HUSKIES

Gross recorded the primary goal on all three of SCSU's goals, earning the second star in the game.
Wylie, Miettinen and Thoreson all scored for the Huskies.

NOTES

With the loss, St. Cloud State moves to 67-54-9 all-time against Colorado College and 24-25-6 against the Tigers in St. Cloud.
The Huskies recorded a season-high 45 shots on goal, surpassing its previous best mark of 43 against Omaha on Dec. 7.
On the season, SCSU moves to 2-14-0 when its opponent scores first, 2-9-0 when tied after the first period, 0-10-1 when trailing after the second period and 5-8-0 when outshooting its opponent.
Gross recorded a career-best three assists and matched his career-high for points with three as he posted the primary assist on all three goals. He now has an assist in four of the last five games and now moves into a tie for the team lead at 13.
After scoring just five points in SCSU's first 13 games, Gross now has 16 points (6g/10a) in the last 16 games. His 21 points on the season are now a new career high after scoring 20 points (7g/13a) in his freshman campaign.
After missing 10 games due to an injury, Wylie scored his first goal of the season and sixth of his career with his first period score. It is just the ninth goal of the season by a Husky defenseman.
Miettinen scored his fourth goal of the season to match his mark from his freshman campaign.
Thoreson netted his fourth goal of the season with his second period score.
Freshman forward Austin Burnevik (Ham Lake, Minn.) and sophomore forward Daimon Gardner (Eagle Lake, Ontario) recorded their 11^th and fifth assists of the season, respectively.

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UP NEXT

St. Cloud State and Colorado College will conclude the series at 6:00 p.m. CT tomorrow at the Brooks Center on NCHC.tv / Fox 9 + and KNSI.

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