OXFORD, Ohio– Matteo Giampa scored 70 seconds into overtime and (RV/RV) Miami edged (RV/RV) St. Cloud State 6-5 in an overtime thriller Friday night in front of a capacity crowd at Steve “Coach” Cady Arena.
 
Six different RedHawks scored a goal in the contest to help Miami improve to 8-3-0, 2-3-0 NCHC. Gavyn Thoreson led the Huskies (6-7-0, 1-4-0 NCHC) with a pair of goals.
 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• 11:40 1st (Miami 1-0) | The RedHawks opened the scoring on a first-period power play. After a Casper Nassen blast sailed wide, Maximilion Helgeson retrieved the puck and teed up Michael Quinn for a one-timer from the top of the zone to make it 1-0.
• 2:20 2nd (Miami 2-0) | Miami made it 2-0 early in the middle stanza when Michael Phelan grabbed a puck near his own blue line and raced forward to start a 2-on-1 break. Phelan laid a pass ahead for Ethan Hay, who slid the puck under goaltender Yan Shostak’s legs. Shostak was unable to find the puck or prevent it from crossing the line,  while Nicholas Mikan battled to keep the play alive. Hay was ultimately credited with the goal to double the RedHawks’ lead.
• 5:26 2nd (SCSU 2-1) | The visitors got on the board three minutes later, capitalizing on a turnover behind the Miami net for an unassisted goal by Barrett Hall.
• 13:22 2nd (SCSU 2-2) | St. Cloud State evened the score at 2-2 when Finn Loftus held the puck in the zone and flung it in front to Grant Ahcan, who backhanded a shot around Miami’s Matteo Drobac.
• 16:39 2nd (Miami 3-2) | An aggressive forecheck by Ilia Morozov and Kocha Delic forced a giveaway in the Huskies’ zone, and Delic took advantage, taking a pass from David Deputy and ripping a shot to give the RedHawks the lead.
• 6:16 3rd (SCSU 3-3) | The Huskies responded with a shorthanded goal moments after a Miami player exited the penalty box, as Thoreson tracked down a puck ahead of the defense and absorbed a hit behind the goal before finishing with his backhand.
• 14:10 3rd (Miami 4-3) | Miami re-gained the lead with 5:50 to play after Helgeson attempted a wraparound goal and the puck was eventually deflected in front for Deputy to deposit in the back of the net. Ryan Smith had the second assist on the play for the Red and White.
• 14:29 (Miami 5-3) | The RedHawks struck again quickly, as a pass along the blue line from Quinn to Vladislav Lukashevich led to a long-range shot that Casper Nassen perfectly redirected in mid-air for a 5-3 cushion just 19 seconds after the previous goal.
• 15:28 3rd (SCSU 5-4) | SCSU wouldn’t go away, pulling its goalie for an extra attacker in what would have been a 4-on-4 situation otherwise and getting rewarded with a goal to halve the deficit. Barrett Hall received a pass from Austin Burnevik and took a shot that Tyson Gross tipped home.
• 16:58 3rd (SCSU 5-5) | With both teams still down a player in the penalty box, the visitors found a 4-on-4 equalizer. Thoreson stickhandled inside the Miami defense and tied the game with just over three minutes remaining after an assist by Mason Reiners.
• 1:10 OT (Miami 6-5) | The hosts sent the capacity crowd home happy, as Kyle Aucoin’s backcheck helped spring Giampa and Deputy on a 2-on-1 break. Coming down the right side, Giampa kept the puck and let loose with a shot over Shostak to help Miami improve to 3-0 in overtime games this season.

 
NOTES

• With an attendance of 3,642, Friday’s game marked the first capacity sellout at Cady Arena since March 6, 2015.
• The RedHawks out-shot the Huskies 34-19, matching the fewest shots Miami has allowed in a conference game since yielding 17 on Feb. 23, 2018.
• Giampa was named the game’s First Star, while Deputy earned Second Star honors.
• Deputy netted his first career goal and produced his first career multi-point game.
• Quinn (1-1-2), Nassen (1-1-2) and Helgeson (0-2-2) also had two points apiece for Miami.
• Helgeson had two assists in a game for the first time as a RedHawk.
• Drobac improved to 8-3 between the pipes this year and made 14 saves.
• Miami had six different goal-scorers in the same game for the first time since a 7-4 win at Mercyhurst in December 2021.
• Quinn reached the 20-point mark for his Miami career and scored a goal for the second game in a row.
• Delic tallied his team-leading 13th point of the year.
• Lukashevich, who came into the game ranking among the top 20 players in the country in assists per game, picked up his 10th helper of the year.
• Aucoin returned to the lineup for the first time since Oct. 11 and tallied his first point as a RedHawk with the overtime assist.
• Miami held the nation’s top power-play unit (32.7% coming in) without a goal in four attempts.
• The RedHawks debuted new black jerseys with gold accents to pay tribute to the history of Miami Athletics and the Cradle of Coaches.

UP NEXT:
Miami and St. Cloud State will face off again on Saturday, Nov. 22 at 6:05 p.m. in Oxford. Tickets are still available here.