Miami Upends No. 20/19 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey, 2-1

Friday, January 30

St. Cloud, Minn.

7:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

13-14-0, 6-11-0

Miami

15-8-2, 6-7-2

Miami (OH)

St. Cloud St.

Photo by: Kayden Kircher

1/31/2026 12:54:00 AM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

SCSU’s Wylie nets second goal of the season on power play

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (13-14-0, 6-11-0 NCHC) dropped its series opener to Miami (15-8-2, 6-7-2 NCHC), 2-1, on Friday night at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. All three goals were scored in a 4:16 span of the second period, with Miami scoring first before a power play goal from senior defenseman Cooper Wylie followed by the game-winner from Miami's John Emmons.

Miami outshot SCSU 11-6 while the Huskies killed off the game's first power play in the first period. The RedHawks got on the scoreboard first when Ethan Hay's shot from above the left dot his an SCSU defender's skate and found the back of the net. Soon after, the Huskies tied the score when it converted its first chance on the power play. Wylie kept the play alive when he held the puck in the offensive zone off a deflection. He moved the puck to freshman forward Nolan Roed before a cross-ice pass to freshman forward Noah Urness and then back to Wylie at the blue line for a one-timer shot and score. Unfortunately, the tie didn't last for long, as Miami's Emmons scored the game-winning goal two minutes later on a breakaway attempt.

SCSU began the period having to kill off back-to-back penalties, but was able to rebound and have its chances to tie the score in the third period, but couldn't find the back of the net to tie the score.

TOP HUSKIES

Wylie scored his second goal of the season with both coming on the power play.
Roed and Urness both recorded assists on Wylie's goal.
Sophomore goaltender Patriks Berzins was solid in net, registering 27 saves.

NOTES

In the loss, SCSU moves to 37-19-6 all-time against Miami and 23-6-3 against the RedHawks in St. Cloud. The loss was SCSU's first to Miami in St. Cloud since March 10, 2018 (3-2 OT) and the first in regulation since March 15, 2014 (4-3).
SCSU moves to 4-9-0 in game one of a series, 5-8-0 on Fridays, 7-8-0 at home, 2-12-0 when opponent scores first, 1-4-0 when tied after the first period, 1-12-0 when opponent leads after second period.
The SCSU penalty kill unit killed all three penalties in the game to improve to 74.7 percent (59-of-79) on the season.
Wylie scored his second goal of the season with his second period power play tally.
Roed recorded his 10^th assist of the season while Urness recorded his sixth, as the freshmen duo remain tied for the team lead among rookies with 12 points.
Berzins made 27 saves, the ninth time this season he's stopped at least 25 shots.
Gross went 18-12 in the faceoff dot, marking the 25^th time in 27 games this season he's won 10 or more faceoffs in a game and the 13^th time he's won 15+.

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SCSU and Miami will finish its series with a 6:00 p.m. CT puck drop on Saturday at the Brooks Center. Following the game, the Huskies will honor its nine seniors for Senior Day.

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