St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Finishes Comeback in 3-2 OT Win over Minnesota Duluth

Friday, March 7

St. Cloud, Minn.

7:30 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

14-18-1, 7-15-1

Minnesota Duluth

12-18-3, 8-13-2

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Minn. Duluth

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St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Finishes Comeback in 3-2 OT Win over Minnesota Duluth

3/8/2025 2:01:00 AM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Huskies score extra attacker and OT goals for first two-goal comeback in two years

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (14-18-1, 7-15-1 NCHC) overcame a two-goal deficit late in the second period to comeback and beat Minnesota Duluth (12-18-3, 8-13-2 NCHC), 3-2, in overtime on Friday at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. The Huskies pulled their goalie with just over four minutes left and then scored an extra attacker goal from junior defenseman Josh Zinger (Red Deer, Alberta) with 20 seconds remaining. In the extra frame, junior defenseman Cooper Wylie (Stillwater, Minn.) scored the game-winning goal to lift the Huskies to victory.

UMD controlled the opening period of the game, outshooting the Huskies 10-3 and scoring at the 16:54 mark of the period on a power play goal to take a 1-0 lead. The Bulldogs then doubled their lead with a goal midway through the second frame on a goal from Anthony Menghini. It appeared the score would remain 2-0 heading into the second intermission, but SCSU was able to break through with just under two minutes left in the period when senior forward Nick Portz (St. Cloud, Minn.) stole the puck away from a Bulldog skater in front of their net and jammed the puck through the five-hole for a score.

In the third period, SCSU outshot the Bulldogs 14-9, but it took nearly the entire period before they were able to score the equalizer. Sophomore forward Daimon Gardner (Eagle Lake, Ontario) made the game-tying goal happen, as he entered the offensive zone on the rush with an extra attacker on the ice and carried the puck all the way around the net and attempted a wrap-around attack. His shot was stopped, but Gardner got back his own rebound and fed Zinger between the slot and the left dot, who fanned on his first attempt and then rifled a wrist shot past the goalie for the score.

In the overtime period, SCSU found itself on the power play and the Huskies top power play unit went to work. Freshman forward Austin Burnevik (Ham Lake, Minn.) worked the puck to Wylie at the top of the right circle. He moved down to the right dot and fired a shot between the Bulldog defender and the past the goalie for the game-winning goal.

TOP HUSKIES

Wylie scored his second goal of the season and the game-winning goal.
Zinger and Portz each scored their fourth goals of the season.
Sophomore goaltender Isak Posch (Umea, Sweden) made 29 saves in net for the Huskies.

NOTES

With the win, St. Cloud State improves to 84-67-11 all-time against Minnesota Duluth and 47-29-7 against the Bulldogs in St. Cloud.
SCSU's comeback victory was its first when trailing after two periods since March 17, 2023, when the Huskies overcome a 2-1 deficit after two periods to comeback and beat North Dakota 3-2 in overtime at the Frozen Faceoff semifinals.
The Huskies also erased a two-goal deficit in the victory, its first time coming back from down two goals since March 4, 2023, when SCSU trailed 2-0 and 3-0 in the first period against Minnesota Duluth before coming back and winning 4-3 in overtime.
In the win, SCSU improves to 3-15-0 when its opponent scores first, 2-6-1 when trailing after the first period, 1-11-1 when trailing after two periods, 10-5-0 in one-goal games and 4-5-0 when scoring on the power play.
Wylie scored his second goal of the season and first game-winning goal of the season, as well as his seventh career goal and second career game-winning goal.
Zinger scored his fourth goal of the season and set a new career-high for goals in a season after recording three goals in each of his freshman and sophomore campaigns.
Portz scored his fourth goal of the season and now has a goal in two of the last three games.
Burnevik had the primary assist on Wylie's game-winning goal for this 13^th assist of the season and team-leading 26^th point of the season. He has now scored a point in 16 of 17 series this season.
Ingram recorded his fourth assist of the season and his first assist since Jan. 25 against Omaha.
Sophomore forward Tyson Gross (Calgary, Alberta) had his 15^th assist of the season, moving into a tie for the team-lead in assists.
Gross was also 12-7 in the faceoff dot, marking the 15^th time this season he has won 10 or more faceoffs.
Gardner recorded his eighth assist of the season while senior forward Mason Salquist (Grand Forks, N.D.) recorded his fourth assist.
Sophomore forward Verner Miettinen (Espoo, Finland) went 10-5 in the faceoff dot, his ninth time this season recording 10 or more faceoff wins.

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St. Cloud State and Minnesota Duluth will finish the regular season with a 6:00 p.m. CT puck drop on Saturday at the Brooks Center.

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