Huskies Beat Omaha 2-1 to Earn Road Split

Saturday, January 10

Baxter Arena | Omaha, Neb.

7:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

11-11-0, 4-8-0

Omaha

8-14-0, 4-8-0

St. Cloud St.

Omaha

Photo by: Bill Prout

1/10/2026 11:11:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Hall nets game-winner, Shostak makes 20 saves and records goalie assist on game-winner

OMAHA, Neb. – St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (11-11-0, 4-8-0 NCHC) improved to 8-3-0 on Saturday nights this season with a hard-fought, 2-1 win over Omaha (8-14-0, 4-8-0 NCHC) on Saturday at Baxter Arena in Omaha, Neb. Junior forward Barrett Hall (Apple Valley, Minn.) netted the game-winning goal on the power play in the third period while freshman goaltender Yan Shostak (Minsk, Belarus) made 20 saves in net to earn the victory.

In first period where the Huskies outshot the Mavericks, 9-6, SCSU killed off two penalties to keep the game scoreless heading into the first intermission.

Omaha was able to break the deadlock just 4:24 into the second period when Samuel Huo scored on the power play to take a 1-0 lead. The Huskies didn't wait long to respond and tie the score, however, with senior forward Ethan AuCoin (Calgary, Alberta) scoring his first goal of the season just 2:49 later in the period. They Husky senior was able to draw a penalty on Omaha, which allowed the Huskies to add an extra attacker on the ice and move the puck around the offensive zone. Senior defenseman Mason Reiners (Edina, Minn.) took a shot from the point that got to AuCoin's stick in front of the net and then into the back of the net.

SCSU took the lead for good on the power play in the third period, scoring at the 7:04 mark of the final frame with Hall's sixth power play tally of the season. Omaha was able to poke check the puck away from SCSU at the blue line and appeared to have a breakaway shorthanded attempt the other way, but Shostak decided to come way out of crease to play the puck and pass it back up the ice. His pass bounced off the boards and right to the stick of junior forward Tyson Gross (Calgary, Alberta) in a 2-on-1 rush, as he fed Hall alone in the slot for the game-winning score.

TOP HUSKIES

Shostak made 20 saves to earn the win in net while adding an assist on the game-winning goal.
Hall scored his 10^th goal of the season and second game-winning goal in the third period.
Playing in just his fifth game of the season, AuCoin scored his first goal of the season in the second period.

NOTES

With the win, SCSU improves to 31-21-4 all-time vs. Omaha and 12-12-2 against the Mavericks in Omaha.
The win was the Huskies first of the season when its opponent scored first, improving to 1-9-0.
This season, SCSU moves to 3-5-0 on the road, 8-3-0 in Saturday games, 1-2-0 when tied after one period, 1-0-0 when tied after two periods and 4-6-0 in one-goal games.
The Huskies went 1-for-3 on the power play to improve to 29.5 percent (26-of-88) on the man advantage this season. SCSU has scored a power play in five consecutive games and in 17 of 22 games this season. Over the last five games, SCSU is 33.3 percent (5-of-15) on the man advantage.
SCSU was called for a season-high eight penalties in the game, but went 5-of-6 on the penalty kill to improve to 72.7 percent (48-of-66) on the season.
Hall scored his second goal of the weekend and 10^th of the season, marking the first time in his career he's reached 10 goals in a season. His score was on the power play as well, his sixth marker on the man advantage this season.
AuCoin scored his first goal of the season in just his fifth game of the season while recording his ninth career goal.
After being held off the scoresheet for the first time in nine games last night, Gross returned with an assist on Hall's goal. He's now scored a point in 19 of 22 games and is averaging 1.27 points per game.
Gross went 12-11 in the faceoff dot, marking the 21^st time in 22 games he's won 10+ faceoffs.
Shostak made 20 saves and earned his first win in net since Oct. 24 against Alaska Anchorage. It marks eighth time this season he's recorded 20+ saves.
The Husky freshman recorded the secondary assist on Hall's goal, marking the first goalie assist for an SCSU netminder since Dominic Basse on Feb. 3, 2023, vs. Miami.
Junior forward Jack Reimann (Ham Lake, Minn.) recorded his seventh assist of the season with the secondary assist on AuCoin's goal.

UP NEXT

SCSU will return home for the first time in over a month to play No. 5 Minnesota Duluth next weekend, slated for Jan. 16-17 at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.

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