No. 20/19 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Drops Series Finale to Miami, 3-1

Saturday, January 31

St. Cloud, Minn.

6:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

13-15-0, 6-12-0

Miami

16-8-2, 7-7-2

Miami (OH)

St. Cloud St.

Photo by: Bill Prout

No. 20/19 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Drops Series Finale to Miami, 3-1

2/1/2026 12:16:00 AM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Smolinski nets fifth goal of the season, Huskies honor nine seniors for Senior Night

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (13-15-0, 6-12-0 NCHC) fell to Miami (16-8-2, 7-7-2), 3-1, on Saturday night at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. Following the game, the Huskies honored its nine seniors for a Senior Night ceremony.

SCSU outshot Miami 37-27 in the game but couldn't beat the RedHawk goaltender until the 11:41 mark of the third period when senior defenseman Max Smolinski found the back of the net on a one-time slap shot from the left dot to cut Miami's lead from 3-0 to 3-1. The Huskies had two scoring chances go to review in the game's final minutes, but neither chance was called a good goal, leaving the score at 3-1.

TOP HUSKIES

Smolinski scored his fifth goal of the season and his third on the power play.
Freshman goaltender Yan Shostak made 24 saves in net for the Huskies.
Sophomore forward Austin Burnevik and sophomore defenseman Finn Loftus recorded assists on Smolinski's goal.

NOTES

In the loss, SCSU moves to 37-20-6 all-time against Miami and 23-7-3 against the RedHawks in St. Cloud.
SCSU moves to 7-6-0 in game two of a series, 8-6-0 on Saturdays, 7-9-0 at home, 2-13-0 when opponent scores first, 2-11-0 when trailing after the first period and 1-13-0 when opponent leads after second period.
The SCSU penalty kill unit killed both penalties in the game to improve to 75.3 percent (61-of-81) on the season.
Smolinski netted his fifth goal of the season to tie a career-high for goals in a season with his mark from last season at RPI. His 17 points on the season are a new career-high.
Burnevik recorded his 15^th assist, matching his mark from his freshman campaign while reaching the 30-point mark for the first time in his career.
Loftus' assist gives him 10 on the season.
Shostak made 24 saves, marking the 12^th time in 15 games he's made at least 20 saves in a game.
Junior forward Tyson Gross went 15-17 in the faceoff dot, marking the 26^th time in 28 games this season he's won 10 or more faceoffs in a game and the 14^th time he's won 15+.

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UP NEXT

SCSU will hit the road for the penultimate time in the regular season next weekend, heading to Tempe, Ariz., to face Arizona State on Feb. 6-7.

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