University of St. Thomas Athletics
Sunday, October 6
Mendota Heights, Minn.
5:07 p.m. Central
0-1-0
0
vs
1
St. Cloud State
1-0-0
1
2
3
F
St. Cloud St.
1
0
0
1
St. Thomas (MN)
0
0
0
0
Team Stats
SCS
UST
Shots
28
34
PPG
0
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
6
5
Penalty Mins
12
21
Faceoffs Won
38
32
Game Leaders
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
6
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
5
A
0
+/-
-1
Goals
0
Sh
5
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
4
A
0
Players Mentioned
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Photo by: Wesley Dean
Men’s Hockey kicks season off with close loss to ranked St. Cloud
10/6/2024 10:29:00 PM | Men's Hockey
The Huskies first period goal was the only tally in the tight season opener
MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. – The 20th ranked St. Thomas Tommies (0-1-0 overall) battled the 16th ranked St. Cloud State Huskies (1-0-0 overall) in a tight 1-0 loss Sunday night in front of a sold-out crowd at Saint Thomas Ice Arena. It had been 364 days since the two teams' last matchup, a game that also ended with a 1-0 St. Cloud victory.
Jake Sibell stopped 27 of the 28 shots he faced in his first career start against the Huskies of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference.
Recap
The puck dropped on the 2024-25 season at 5:07 p.m. and for the first time in program history the Tommies came into the game nationally ranked. St. Cloud State won the faceoff but it was the Tommies' Cooper Gay and Liam Malmquist who got off the year's first shots on goal. Husky goaltender, Isak Posch made each stop, something he would do 32 more times to will his team to victory.
The Tommies outshot the Huskies 61-43 and 34-28 on goal but nothing they did could best the opposing goaltender's form. The visiting Huskies scored the game's only goal five minutes and 38 seconds in after four players were penalized, two from each team, for roughing after the whistle. Caige Sterzer was assessed a major penalty and a game misconduct after the fracas. He was sent back to the locker room just over five minutes into his Tommie debut.
The Husky goal came at even strength, 4-on-4, the Tommies killed off the remaining three minutes of Sterzer's penalty. The Toms finished the game 2-2 on the penalty kill but came up empty in all four of their opportunities on the power play.
St. Thomas won the face-off battle and shots-on-goal battle in each of the final two periods, but that first goal of the season evaded them the entire night.
Top Tommies
Up Next
The Tommies remain home and welcome in the Vermont Catamounts for the first time in program history to Saint Thomas Ice Arena. Game one is set for a 7:07 p.m. puck drop on Friday, October 11 followed by a 6:07 p.m. start on Saturday, October 12. Vermont took both games of the non-conference series last season.
Follow Along
For any and all information pertaining to the St. Thomas Men's Hockey team, follow along on Instagram and X (formerly known as Twitter) at @TommieMHockey.
Tickets
Single game tickets are still available for all Tommie Men's Hockey games at Saint Thomas Ice Arena. Click here for tickets!
The Tommies play Minnesota at Xcel Energy Center on Saturday, October 26. Get your tickets NOW!
Jake Sibell stopped 27 of the 28 shots he faced in his first career start against the Huskies of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference.
Recap
The puck dropped on the 2024-25 season at 5:07 p.m. and for the first time in program history the Tommies came into the game nationally ranked. St. Cloud State won the faceoff but it was the Tommies' Cooper Gay and Liam Malmquist who got off the year's first shots on goal. Husky goaltender, Isak Posch made each stop, something he would do 32 more times to will his team to victory.
The Tommies outshot the Huskies 61-43 and 34-28 on goal but nothing they did could best the opposing goaltender's form. The visiting Huskies scored the game's only goal five minutes and 38 seconds in after four players were penalized, two from each team, for roughing after the whistle. Caige Sterzer was assessed a major penalty and a game misconduct after the fracas. He was sent back to the locker room just over five minutes into his Tommie debut.
The Husky goal came at even strength, 4-on-4, the Tommies killed off the remaining three minutes of Sterzer's penalty. The Toms finished the game 2-2 on the penalty kill but came up empty in all four of their opportunities on the power play.
St. Thomas won the face-off battle and shots-on-goal battle in each of the final two periods, but that first goal of the season evaded them the entire night.
Top Tommies
- Jake Sibell stopped 27 of the 28 shots he faced for a .964 SV% including each of the final 24 shots after allowing the game's lone goal at 5:38 in the first period. This was Sibell's first career start against the St. Cloud State Huskies.
- The Tommies outshot the Huskies 34-28 and Cooper Gay led the Tommies' charge with six shots on goal. Casy Laylin, in his collegiate debut, and Liam Malmquist each rifled off five shots on goal.
- Carson Peters led the Tommies with two blocked shots.
- Overall, the Purple lost 38 of the game's 70 face offs, Matthew Gleason (5 of 8) and Luc Laylin (4 of 6) were the only two to win a majority of their draws.
Up Next
The Tommies remain home and welcome in the Vermont Catamounts for the first time in program history to Saint Thomas Ice Arena. Game one is set for a 7:07 p.m. puck drop on Friday, October 11 followed by a 6:07 p.m. start on Saturday, October 12. Vermont took both games of the non-conference series last season.
Follow Along
For any and all information pertaining to the St. Thomas Men's Hockey team, follow along on Instagram and X (formerly known as Twitter) at @TommieMHockey.
Tickets
Single game tickets are still available for all Tommie Men's Hockey games at Saint Thomas Ice Arena. Click here for tickets!
The Tommies play Minnesota at Xcel Energy Center on Saturday, October 26. Get your tickets NOW!
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