(RV) St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Drops Conference Opener to (RV) Arizona State

Friday, October 30

St. Cloud, Minn.

7:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

2-4-0, 0-1-0

Arizona State

5-2-0, 1-0-0

Team	1	2	3	F
(RV) Arizona State	2	0	1	3
(RV) St. Cloud State	2	0	0	2

Box Score (PDF)Highlights

Gavyn Thoreson vs. Arizona State 10-30-26

Photo by: Kayden Kircher

10/31/2026 2:32:00 AM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Huskies concede two power play goals, fall 3-2 in NCHC opener

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – (RV) St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (2-4-0, 0-1-0 National Collegiate Hockey Conference) suffered a 3-2 setback against (RV) Arizona State in its 2026-27 NCHC opener on Friday night at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. Sophomore forward Noah Urness (Roseau, Minn.) and junior forward Gavyn Thoreson (Andover, Minn.) scored for the Huskies while sophomore goaltender Yan Shostak (Minsk, Belarus) made 31 saves and only allowed one even strength goal.

Arizona State (5-2-0, 1-0-0 NCHC) scored the game's first goal, a power play tally, 6:14 into the first period, but the Huskies did not take long to respond, netting the equalizer just 2:12 later when Thoreson scored his 20^th career goal. Urness picked the puck up along the boards above the left circle and fired a shot in towards the net that was deflected in by Thoreson, who had great net-front position.

SCSU took a 2-1 lead just over three minutes later when Urness found the back of the net himself, scoring his first goal of 2026-27. Sophomore forward Nolan Roed (White Bear Lake, Minn.) sent the puck deep into the SCSU zone on a neutral zone faceoff and Thoreson applied pressure to an ASU player, forcing a bad pass that went to Roed who was skating through the right circle. Roed fired a perfect backhand pass to Urness who was wide open in the slot, and fired a one-timer that beat the Sun Devil netminder top-shelf.

ASU scored its second power play goal of the game late in the first period to bring the game even at two into the first intermission.

The Sun Devils outshot the Huskies 14-8 in the second but were unable to convert again until early in the third period when they scored the eventual game-winning goal.

TOP HUSKIES

Urness recorded a goal and an assist for two points and skated to a +2 mark
Roed tallied two assists and skated to a +2 mark
Thoreson scored a goal skated to a +2 mark
Shostak made 31 saves and only allowed one even-strength goal

NOTES

SCSU moved to 5-3 all-time against Arizona State and 2-3 against the Sun Devils in St. Cloud.
The Huskies led the game in saves (31-28) and blocked shots (15-11), while ASU led in shots (34-30) and faceoff wins (32-28).
SCSU went 0-for-3 on the power play and 1-for-3 on the penalty kill. This season, the Huskies are 4-for-23 (17.4%) on the PP and 18-for-23 (78.2%) on the PK.
Urness produced his third career multi-point game, two of which have come against ASU. He scored his first goal of the season, and he now has five points.
Roed notched the first multi-assist game of his career and his sixth multi-point game. He now has five assists this year which is tied for the team lead and 25 career points. Roed won 12 faceoffs in the game and he has 10+ faceoff wins in all six games this season.
Thoreson's goal was his third of the season and the 20^th of his career. He leads the team in points so far this season with eight.
Shostak's 31 saves were tied for the second most he has made in a game this season.
Junior forward Thor Byfuglien (Roseau, Minn.) skated to a +2 mark which tied his career best.
Freshman forward Hayden Paupanekis (Winnipeg, Manitoba) went 10-2 on the dot, tallying his first career game with 10+ faceoff wins.
Freshman defender Nolan Stevenson (Shaunavon, Saskatchewan) blocked a game-high four shots. He now has 14 blocks on the season which is five more than the next Husky.

HIGHLIGHTS

UP NEXT
SCSU and Arizona State will finish their series on Saturday with a 6:00 p.m. CT start from the Brooks Center.

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