Roed and Lurie Score in St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey’s Season-Opening Setback

Saturday, October 3

Sanford Center | Bemidji, Minn.

6:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

0-1-0

Bemidji State

1-0-0

Team	1	2	3	OT 1	F
St. Cloud St.	0	1	1	0	2
Bemidji St.	1	1	0	1	3

Photo by: Brent Cizek Photo

Roed and Lurie Score in St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey’s Season-Opening Setback

10/3/2026 10:47:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Huskies comeback from down two goals before falling 3-2 in overtime to Bemidji State

BEMIDJI, Minn. – St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (0-1-0, 0-0-0 NCHC) fell behind 2-0, clawed its way back to 2-2 and then fell in overtime to Bemidji State (1-0-0, 0-0-0 CCHA), 3-2, on Saturday night at Sanford Center in Bemidji. Sophomore forward Nolan Roed (White Bear Lake, Minn.) and senior forward Charlie Lurie (Minnetonka, Minn.) each scored for the Huskies, but the Beavers overtime goal spoiled head coach Nick Oliver's debut as head coach.

Bemidji State jumped out to a quick start, scoring early in the first and early in the second period to take a 2-0 lead. The Beavers outshot the Huskies 17-4 in their quick start. Junior forward Gavyn Thoreson (Andover, Minn.) started the scoring play by taking the puck to the left dot before feeding sophomore defenseman Finn McLaughlin (Canmore, Alberta) at the blue line for a one-timer. The Beaver netminder was able to make the first stop, but the rebound fell to no man's land on the left side, where Roed was able to beat a defender to the puck and bury the rebound.

The scored remained 2-1 until seven minutes into the third period when junior defenseman Thor Byfuglien (Roseau, Minn.) and Lurie teamed up for a beauty of a goal to tie the score at 2-2. Freshman defenseman Nolan Stevenson (Shaunavon, Saskatchewan) settled the puck after a Bemidji State rush and passed to Byfuglien between the cirles in the defensive zone. The Husky junior blue liner then threaded a stretch pass between four Beaver players to Lurie at the offensive zone blue, who turned and raced up the ice for an all-alone breakaway, sending a wrist shot past the Beaver goaltender for his first goal as a Husky.

Neither team was able to score over the final 12:49, sending the season-opener to overtime. Senior forward Jake Southgate (North Battleford, Saskatchewan) stopped a breakaway but was called for a slashing penalty in the extra frame, and Bemidji State was able to capitalize on its fifth and final power play of the game to take the game, 3-2.

TOP HUSKIES

Roed scored the first goal of the season for the Huskies.
Lurie found the back of the net in his first game in the black and red.
Sophomore goaltender Yan Shostak (Minsk, Belarus) stopped 31 of 34 shots on goal in between the pipes for the Huskies.

NOTES

With the loss, St. Cloud State is now 58-47-7 all-time against Bemidji State. It snapped a seven-game win streak for the Huskies against the Beavers, with the Beavers last win coming on Oct. 28, 2022, a 3-1 win in Bemidji.
The Huskies went 1-of-4 on the power play and 4-of-5 on the penalty kill to start the season.
Roed scored his sixth career goal and second career power play goal.
Lurie scored his eighth career goal in his first game as a Husky.
Shostak's 31 saves marked the seventh time in his career he's made 30 or more saves in a game.
Stevenson recorded his first career point with his secondary assist on Lurie's goal, while McLaughlin posted his first assist as a Husky.
Thoreson and Byfuglien recorded their 14^th and seventh career assists, respectively.
Junior forward William Ahlrik (Tidaholm, Sweden) went an impressive 12-5 in the faceoff dot.
11 Huskies – Ahlrik, freshman defenseman Garrett Frazer (Haymarket, Va.), Lurie, McLaughlin, senior defenseman Jacob Napier (Lancaster, N.Y.), freshman forward Hayden Paupanekis (Winnipeg, Manitoba), freshman forward Carson Pilgrim (Warroad, Minn.), freshman forward Brock Souch (Edmonton, Alberta), sophomore forward Jamison Sluys (Point Roberts, Wash.), Stevenson, freshman Darels Uljanskis (Riga, Latvia) – made their SCSU debuts in the game.
Six Huskies – Frazer, Paupanekis, Pilgrim, Souch, Stevenson, Uljanskis – made their collegiate debuts in the game.

UP NEXT

SCSU will return home to the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center for its home-opening series next weekend, hosting No. 19/20 Michigan Tech on Oct. 9-10. Puck drop on Friday is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. CT and 6:00 p.m. CT on Saturday.

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