SCSU takes charge in second period, beats Wisconsin to remain unbeaten

MADISON, Wis. — Grant Cruikshank made his first faculty recreation in his residence state a memorable one, two freshmen had their first faculty objectives and Jaxon Castor had one other robust recreation.

That was a profitable mixture for the Tenth-ranked St. Cloud State males’s hockey staff in a 5-1 nonconference win over Wisconsin on Friday on the Kohl Heart. The 2 groups play the second recreation of their collection at 7 p.m. Saturday.

After a scoreless first interval, the Huskies (3-0 total) scored three objectives within the second interval to take management. Cruikshank, a fifth-year middle, was taking part in his first faculty recreation within the Kohl Heart and had a memorable recreation.

Cruikshank, who’s from Delafield, Wis., scored a rebound objective and had an help on a short-handed objective by Grant Ahcan to provide the Huskies a 2-0 lead. Cruikshank cranked in a shot from a foul angle for his second objective of the season. Then with the Huskies killing a penalty, Cruikshank stole the puck within the nook and acquired it out entrance to Ahcan, who snapped it in.

It was the primary faculty objective for Ahcan, a freshman from Savage, Minnesota. Ahcan’s brother, Jack, performed for SCSU and his different brother, Roman, performed ahead for Wisconsin. Ahcan added his first faculty help on the Huskies’ fifth objective.

The Huskies took a 3-0 lead on a objective by Cooper Wylie. Wylie took a shot from the Badgers blue line that discovered its approach via visitors for his first faculty objective.

The Badgers (0-3) scored on a bouncing puck shot by Mathieu De St. Phalle that acquired previous Jaxon Castor at 13:10 of the third interval to chop the deficit to 3-1.

However SCSU captain Spencer Meier scored a rebound objective at 15:13 on the facility play to provide the Huskies a 4-1 lead. Then, on a rush, senior defenseman Dylan Anhorn scored on a shot from the slot at 16:27 off a pleasant move from Ahcan. On Anhorn’s objective, freshman Jack Rogers additionally picked up his first faculty help.

Castor, a senior from Phoenix, stopped 25 of 26 pictures to choose up his second win of the season.

SCSU 5, WISCONSIN 1

SCSU 0-3-2—5
Wisconsin 0-0-1—1

First interval scoring — None. 

Second interval — 1. SCSU, Grant Cruikshank 2 (Micah Miller) 3:56, 2. SCSU, Grant Ahcan 1 (Cruikshank 2) 13:11 (sh), 3. SCSU, Cooper Wylie 1 (Jack Peart 2, Jami Krannila 3) 14:12. 

Third interval — 4. UW, Mathieu De St. Phalle 1 (Daniel Laatsch 1, Brock Caufield 1) 13:10; 5. SCSU, Spencer Meier 2 (Zach Okabe 2, Krannila 4) 15:13 (pp); 6. SCSU, Dylan Anhorn 2 (Ahcan 1, Jack Rogers 1) 16:27.

Goalie saves — SCSU: Jaxon Castor 25; UW: Jared Moe 28.

Energy performs — SCSU 1-2; UW 0-3.

Faceoffs — UW 29-24.