(RV) St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Drops Series Finale with Omaha

Saturday, November 7

Baxter Arena | Omaha, Neb.

7:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

3-5-1, 1-2-1

Omaha

3-4-1, 1-2-1

Team	1	2	3	F
St. Cloud St.	1	1	1	3
Omaha	3	0	2	5

Photo by: Bill Prout

11/7/2026 11:11:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Huskies score three power play goals, Pilgram nets first career goal

OMAHA, Neb. – St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (3-5-1, 1-2-1 NCHC) erased an early two-goal deficit but gave up a late power play and empty net goal, falling 5-3 to Omaha (3-4-1, 1-2-1 NCHC) on Saturday night at Baxter Arena in Omaha, Neb. The Huskies converted all three of its power play chances but couldn't quite get over the hump in the series finale.

Omaha was able to strike quick in the first period, scoring twice within the first 2:48 of the game to grab a 2-0 lead. The Huskies then cut the lead back down to one goal, scoring its first power play tally at 6:24 when junior forward William Ahlrik (Tidaholm, Sweden) tipped in a shot from the right wing from freshman forward Carson Pilgrim (Warroad, Minn.). However, the Mavericks then pushed the lead back to two goals with a goal from Gavin Hodnett at 14:45.

SCSU controlled play for much of the middle frame and converted its second power play opportunity in the second half of the period. Sophomore forward Nolan Roed (White Bear Lake, Minn.) scored when he got his stick on sophomore forward Noah Urness' (Roseau, Minn.) shot from above the right circle to make the score 3-2 at 17:09 of the period.

The Huskies third power play chance of the game came midway through the final frame, and this time Pilgrim was the one credited with the score, netting a wrister from the left dot at 9:08 to tie the game at 3-3. But, with less than five minutes remaining, the Huskies took a penalty and the Mavericks capitalized on the opportunity to retake the lead at 4-3. An empty net goal with 1:35 remaining sealed the scoring at 5-3.

TOP HUSKIES

Pilgrim scored his first career goal and had an assist for his first career multi-point game.
Ahlrik netted his third goal of the season and first power play goal of the season.
Roed scored his third goal of the season and second power play tally.

NOTES

With the loss, SCSU is now 31-22-5 against Omaha and 12-13-3 against the Mavericks in Omaha.
SCSU led in shots on goal, 26-24 and won the faceoff battle, 33-30.
The Huskies converted all three of their power play chances to improve to 29.0 percent (9-of-31) on the season with all five of its goals from the series coming on the man advantage.
SCSU's three power play tallies are the most it has scored in a game since netting three in a 5-1 win over Alaska Anchorage on Oct. 25, 2025.
Pilgrim scored his first career goal and added the primary assist on Ahlrik's goal for his first career multi-point game.
Roed netted his second power play goal and Ahlrik scored his first on the man advantage, while they both netted their third overall goal to pull even with junior forward Gavyn Thoreson (Andover, Minn.) for the team lead.
Roed went 13-9 in the faceoff dot, marking the eighth time this season and 17^th time in his career he has won 10 or more faceoffs.
Urness recorded his sixth assist to take the team lead for the season.
Freshman defenseman Will Sharpe (Ladner, British Columbia) recorded his first career assist with the primary assist on Pilgrim's goal.
Junior defenseman Thor Byfuglien (Roseau, Minn.) and sophomore forward Jamison Sluys (Point Roberts, Wash.) each recorded assists in the game.
Freshman forward Hayden Paupanekis (Winnipeg, Manitoba) went 10-3 in the faceoff circle, marking his fourth consecutive game with 10+ faceoff wins to improve to 53.3 percent (57-50) on the season.

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State will return home for its next series as the Huskies host No. 6/7 Minnesota Duluth for Military Appreciation Weekend on Nov. 13-14 at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.

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