The St. Cloud State men’s hockey team opened their season at Miami (Ohio) University this past weekend. Miami, the runner-up NCAA Champions from the 2008-2009, continued to display season excellence in their sweep over the Huskies.
Friday
The Huskies dropped their season opener 3-2 against non-conference rivals, the Red Hawks, in overtime.
St. Cloud State sophomore, Oliver Lauridsen tallied the first mark of the game at 17:42 with a crisp slap shot from the blue line. Assisting on the goal were senior, Craig Gaudet and junior, Garrett Roe.
The Huskies out shot the Red Hawks 14-10 in the first period. The Hawks came out strong in the second period quickly evening up the score at 1-1 with a goal from Miami freshman, Curtis McKenzie.
Close to seven minutes after McKenzie’s tally, Miami scored a power play goal when Red Hawks junior, Pat Cannone fired one past Husky goalie, Dan Dunn, at 8:06.
Miami continued to control the pace of the game throughout the rest of the second period, and the majority of the third.
The Red Hawks were able to keep the score in their favor until 18:01 in the third when St. Cloud State junior, Brian Volpei shot a rebound past Red Hawks goalie, Cody Reichard.
Assisting on Volpei’s goal were sophomores, Jordy Christian and Sam Zabkowicz at the end of 60 minutes of play, the score was even and the game went into overtime.
Despite strong Husky offensive aggression, Miami was able to find the back of the net with 1:52 left in overtime. Red Hawks junior, Carter Camper, notched the goal off a rebound shot by Tommy Wingels, clinching the season-opener win for Miami University.
Saturday
The final game of the opening series match between the Huskies and the Red Hawks started and ended slow for St. Cloud State.
After two scoreless periods, Miami University finally found the back of the net while on the power play 5:22 into the third period. Scoring for the Red Hawks was Jarod Palmer.
Twenty seconds later, the Red Hawks sealed the win by getting another goal past St. Cloud State’s first year goalie, Mike Lee at the 5:42 mark.
The Huskies found themselves to be out shot 27-20 and shutout by the runner-up National Champion team.
St. Cloud State will take the ice this weekend at home, taking on Union College. Game times are 7:07 p.m. Friday, Oct 16 and 5:07 p.m. Saturday, Oct 17 at the National Hockey Center.
Women
The Huskies played in their first WCHA game this season, facing the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Friday night. Duluth overcame the Huskies, and won 5-3.
This game marked the forty-fourth meeting between the two teams.
The Bulldogs lead the overall series 34-8-2 over the Huskies, dating back to the 1999-2000 season. However, in the 2008-2009 season, SCSU went 2-1-1 against Duluth.
The Bulldogs opened the game with a quick goal by Audrey Cournoyer at the 1:06 mark in the first period.
St. Cloud State’s Alternate Captain, Caitlin Hogan responded quickly to even up the score about a minute after Duluth’s first tally. Assisting on the play was fellow Alternate Captain, Holly Roberts.
After a penalty on St. Cloud State’s Katie Allen for holding, UMD was able to once again regain the lead with a power play goal at 6:52 in the first period. Scoring for the Bulldogs was Katherine Wilson, a freshman from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
After 20 minutes of play, Duluth out shot the Huskies 16-6.
Caitlin Hogan notched her second goal of the game in the second period at 11:10. Assisting on the goal were Holly Roberts and freshman defenseman, Kylie Lane.
This would prove to be the only goal the second period would witness.
Going into the third, the score was even at 2 each.
The Bulldogs, once again, took the lead after a goal from Jessica Wong at 3:01. Duluth’s Emmanuelle Blais scored the game-winning goal 42 seconds later.
St. Cloud pumped up the heat, and brought the score to 4-3 on a 3 on 5 penalty kill. Caitlin Hogan scored her third goal of the game, completing her hat trick, at the 10:52 mark in the third. Diana Karouzos tallied the assist on the shorthanded goal.
Despite the momentum gained from Hogan’s hat trick, the Bulldogs managed to find the back of the net at 12:18 with a goal from Laura Fridfinnson.
SCSU pulled goalie Ashley Nixon from the net with 56 seconds left in regulation, but were unable to produce another goal.
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