Five Huskies Score, Shostak Shuts Door in Huskies’ 5-3 Win over No. 16/15 Boston College

Saturday, October 17

Conte Forum | Chestnut Hill, Mass.

5:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

2-3-0

Boston College

1-2-0

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Photo by: Bill Prout

Five Huskies Score, Shostak Shuts Door in Huskies’ 5-3 Win over No. 16/15 Boston College

10/17/2026 10:45:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

SCSU jumps out to 5-1 lead, beats Boston College despite being outshot 46-25

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – After a tough first game of the series, St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (2-3-0, 0-0-0 NCHC) responded in a big way, defeating No. 16/15 Boston College (1-2-0, 0-0-0 HEA), 5-3, on Saturday evening at the Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Mass. Five different Huskies found the back of the net while sophomore goaltender Yan Shostak (Minsk, Belarus) was solid in net, making a career-high 43 saves to turn away the Eagles.

The Huskies came out of the gates on the jump, outshooting the Eagles 12-5 in the first period and scoring twice. First, a pair of transfers teamed up to light the lamp for the Huskies when senior forward Charlie Lurie (Minnetonka, Minn.) carried the puck to the middle of the ice before feeding senior forward Jake Southgate (North Battleford, Saskatchewan) at the blue line on the right wing. Southgate was able to out-skate the Eagle defenders to let a shot go from the right dot, beating the goaltender far side for the first goal of the game. The Huskies then doubled their lead in the final minute of the period on a played made by one of its captains. SCSU dumped the puck behind BC's net and senior forward Gavyn Thoreson (Andover, Minn.) chased it down, won a stick battle and backhanded a pass to the slot that found freshman defenseman Darels Uljanskis (Riga, Latvia). The freshman blue liner wasted no time, firing a wrister past two defenders and the BC goalie for the score and 2-0 lead.

SCSU extended its lead once again, this time on the power at 5:52 of the second period when sophomore defenseman Finn McLaughlin (Canmore, Alberta) scored his first career goal. Running the point, McLaughlin and sophomore forward Noah Urness (Roseau, Minn.) played catch at the blue line until McLaughlin was ready to rip a one-timer from a stride inside the blue line that went top right for the score. BC scored at the near midpoint of the period, but SCSU responded just 22 seconds later with a goal of their own to push the lead back to three at 4-1. On a rush play, sophomore forward Jamison Sluys (Point Roberts, Wash.) possessed the puck at the right dot of the offensive zone and past it through traffic to the left circle to a streaking junior forward Thor Byfuglien (Roseau, Minn.)

The Eagles put the pressure on in the final two periods, registering 41 shots on goal in the final 40 minutes compared to just 12 for the Huskies. However, it was the Huskies who scored first in the final period to seemingly put the lead out of reach for BC. Sophomore forward Nolan Roed (White Bear Lake, Minn.) won a puck battle behind the net and moved the puck back to the blue line for senior defenseman Jacob Napier (Lancaster, N.Y.), who kept the puck moving to Uljanskis, who drew the defense to the middle of the ice. With backs turned, Uljanskis fed Roed on the back door for a shot from the right dot that found the back of the net for the 5-1 lead.

Boston College kept pushing in the game's final minutes, and even had a 6-on-3 opportunity at one point, but Shostak was able to keep the Eagles at bay, making 18 of his career-high 43 saves in the final period to seal the victory.

TOP HUSKIES

Shostak was busy all night and matched a career-high with 43 saves in his fist victory of the season.
Roed had a goal and assist for two points while posting a 10-8 mark in the faceoff dot.
Uljanskis scored his first career goal and added an assist for two points.

NOTES

With the win, SCSU moves to 5-4-0 all-time against Boston College while snapping a three-game losing streak to the Eagles. The Huskies are now 2-1-0 in the Conte Forum, with the other win coming in a 7-0 win on Oct. 25, 2018.
The first two wins of head coach Nick Oliver's career have come against ranked opponents, matching Bob Motzko as the only two SCSU coaches to earn their first two wins against ranked opponents. In 2005-06, Motzko's Huskies beat No. 12 Northern Michigan (3-2 OT) on Oct. 15, 2005, and No. 7 Minnesota (3-2) on Oc. 28, 2005.
Boston College outshot the Huskies 46-25 while SCSU won the faceoff battle, 33-30.
The Huskies went 1-of-5 on the power play to move to 20.0 percent (4-of-20) on the man advantage this season. SCSU has scored on the power play in four of games this season.
The penalty kill unit was solid once again, turning away 2-of-3 BC man advantages, with the only goal allowed coming with an extra attacker on the ice. On the season, SCSU is now 85.0 percent on the kill (17-of-20).
Shostak's 43 saves matched his career-best from his performance at Minnesota Duluth on March 7, 2026, and marked the third time in his career he has made 40 or more saves.
Five different Huskies scored for the second time this season as SCSU matched its season-high in goals from its 5-3 win over No. 12/16 Michigan Tech on Oct. 10.
SCSU's top line of Urness, Roed and Thoreson combined for a goal and four assists for five points and six shots on goal. Roed and Thoreson have scored a point in four of five games while Urness has scored a point in three games.
Roed's goal and assist for two points is his first two-point game of the season and fifth of his career.
Roed also went 10-8 in the faceoff dot, marking the fifth time this season and 14^th time in his career he has won 10 or more faceoffs in a game.
Uljanskis scored his first career goal in the closing minute of the first period and added an assist to record the first two points of his collegiate career.
Byfuglien netted his second goal of the season and fourth of his career in the second period. His score ended as the game-winning goal, his second career game-winning score.
In his 36^th career game and fifth of his sophomore campaign, McLaughlin scored his first career goal in the second period on the power play.
Southgate netted his first goal at SCSU and 21^st career goal in the first period.
Thoreson recorded two assists for his second two-point game of the season and seventh of his career. His seven points on the season (2g/5a) currently rank 11^th nationally.
Napier and Sluys recorded their first points as Huskies with assists on Roed and Byfuglien's goals, respectively.
Junior forward William Ahlrik (Tidaholm, Sweden) went 12-12 in the faceoff dot, marking the fourth time this season and 29^th time in his career he has won 10 or more faceoffs.

UP NEXT

SCSU heads into its first bye week of the season and will next return home to face Arizona State on Oct. 30-31 at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. CT on Friday and 6:00 p.m. CT on Saturday.

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