No. 12 Huskies High No. 13 St. Cloud State

STORRS, Conn. No. 12 UConn girls’s hockey crew defeated No. 13 St. Cloud State, 2-1 on Saturday afternoon on the Toscano Family Ice Forum. The Huskies scored each of their objectives on the ability play, incomes a sequence cut up with St. Cloud, giving UConn a 1-1 report this season. 

Grad scholar goaltender Tia Chan was sensational in between the pipes for the Huskies, making a season excessive 36 saves within the win. 

For the second straight recreation, UConn opened the scoring within the first interval as senior ahead Brooke Campbell scored her first purpose of the season simply 13 seconds into the ability play, giving the Huskies a 1-0 lead. 

UConn took the one purpose benefit into the primary intermission with pictures favoring St. Cloud 15-8. 

St. Cloud tied the sport at one with a penalty shot resulting from a delay of recreation penalty on UConn simply three minutes into the second interval. 

UConn answered proper again within the second interval as soon as once more capitalizing on a St. Cloud penalty. Junior ahead Livvy Dewar recorded her first purpose of the season, placing the Huskies forward for good, 2-1. This is Dewar’s first profession game-winning purpose. 

The Huskies maintained their 2-1 lead by way of constant defensive efforts, blocking a number of pictures, and holding off St. Cloud’s makes an attempt to equalize for the rest of the interval. Shots had been even at 11 a-piece within the second interval. 

UConn’s protection held sturdy within the third interval, holding the potent St. Cloud offense at bay. UConn’s Chanwas instrumental, making a number of key saves within the remaining minutes of the sport, serving to the Huskies salvage a sequence cut up with St. Cloud. 

Up Next

UConn hits the street for the primary time this season because the Huskies head to Clarkson for a two-game sequence starting on Friday, October 3.