#6 St. Cloud State men's hockey sweeps Denver with 6-2 win on Dec. 12

Saturday, December 12

Denver, CO

8:07 p.m. (CT)

St. Cloud State

14-4-0, 8-2-0-0NCHC

University of Denver

7-7-2, 3-4-1-0NCHC

St. Cloud State

Denver

Will Borgen (left)

#6 St. Cloud State men's hockey sweeps Denver with 6-2 win on Dec. 12

12/12/2015 10:51:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Denver, Colo. - The #6 St. Cloud State University men's hockey team (14-4-0, 8-2-0 NCHC) scored another NCHC sweep thanks to a convincing 6-2 victory at #11/12 University of Denver (7-7-2, 3-4-1 NCHC) on Saturday, Dec. 12 at Magness Arena in Denver, Colo.

This marked SCSU's fifth weekend sweep of the 2015-16 season and it was also the first time the Huskies have swept the Pioneers in Denver since a 6-4, 6-2 sweep on Nov. 29-30, 1997.

SCSU opened the game at 3:58 of the first period with a goal by Joey Benik, who was assisted on the play by Ethan Prow and David Morley. Denver rallied to tie the contest at 1-1 with a power play goal by Gabe Levin at 15:16 of the first period.

In the second period, SCSU took control of the match with a goal by Kalle Kossila at :42. Will Borgen and Jimmy Murray each had assists on the play. Just 35 second later, Benik posted the game winner at 1:17 of the second with assists from Patrick Newell and Jon Lizotte. Benik now leads the nation's Division I players with five game winners this season.

To cap the second period, Kossila scored his second goal of the night at 11:57. Assists were scored on the play by Murray and Prow, who now leads all DI blueliners with 15 assists this season and ranks second among DI defenders with a scoring rate of 1.21 ppg.

SCSU took the upper hand in the third period with a goal by Daniel Tedesco at 3:21 that gave the Huskies a 5-2 lead. Assists were added on the play by Murray and Jimmy Schuldt. Murray finished his game with a career-high three assists.

Denver's Grant Arnold's goal at 8:25 of the third period made it 5-2 before Kossila ended the night with his third goal at 13:37 of the third. Assists on the play were carded by Mikey Essyimont and Patrick Russell. This was Kossila's second career hat trick and his first since hitting three against Omaha on Feb. 1, 2014.

On the night, SCSU outshot the Pioneers 31-29. Denver was 1-2 on the power play, while the Huskies were 0-2 on the power play. In the nets, Charlie Lindgren scored his 13th win of the season with 27 saves. Evan Cowley was the goalie of record in the game for DU with eight saves in 21:17 minutes of play.Tanner Jaillet made 13 saves in relief of Cowley and Greg Ogard had four saves in the final 16:39 of play.

The Huskies will continue their 2015-16 season on Jan. 1-2 with a pair of home dates against Arizona State University. SCSU will finish the New Year's weekend with a Jan. 3 home exhibition game against the US NTDP U18 squad. Great tickets are available for all of these games. Please visit www.scsutickets.com or call 1-877-SCSUTIX for complete ticket information on any home game.