ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State scored four power play goals to lead the Huskies to a 4-0 win over Vermont at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center Saturday night to earn a weekend split with the Catamounts.

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COACH'S QUOTE
"I was proud of Phil Törnqvist for his leadership and care factor," said Head Coach Steve Wiedler. "Same goes for Aiden Wright and Jack Malinski.  Unfortunately, we gave SCSU too many PP's we really couldn't get into the game because we had to exhaust so much energy killing. Our Penalty Kill also needs major work. That's a good St. Cloud team, not taking anything away from them, but our staff needs to dial it in. That starts with me. Period, stop."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Austin Burnevik opened the scoring for the Huskies on the power play with 1:41 left in the first period. Vermont's Aiden Wright made five saves on the kill but couldn't stop the sixth. Wright made an initial save on Tyson Gross in front, but Burnevik backhanded the rebound home to make it 1-0.
• St. Cloud State doubled its advantage 2:14 into the second period, once again on the man advantage. In transition Barrett Hall split two Vermont defenders to skate in alone on Wright. Hall wired a shot just under the bar to make it 2-0.
• Just 1:05 later the Huskies added another on the power play. With a Vermont defender hurt on the play after blocking a shot Burnevik attempted a cross-crease pass that found the back of the net to make it 3-0.
• Max Smolinski closed out the scoring for the Huskies with a power play goal 8:35 into the final frame.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Aiden Wright made 40 saves for the Catamounts in 53:49 of game action. Junior Axel Mangbo saw his first action of the season making one stop in 6:11.
• Wright is the first UVM goaltender in the Hockey East era (since 2005-06) to record 40 or more saves in back-to-back games.
• Sebastian Törnqvist led all skaters' Saturday night with four blocked shots.

UP NEXT
After a bye week the Catamounts head to Durham, New Hampshire for their Hockey East Opener a two-game set against the Wildcats at the Whittemore Center. The teams will faceoff at 7 p.m. on Halloween and again on Saturday, November 1 at 7 p.m.
 
As always, the games will air live on WVMT (96.3 FM/620 AM) with the voice of the Catamounts Owen Gund on the call. All Hockey East games also air live on ESPN+. International audiences will be able to view all Hockey East games (and all Vermont home games) throughout the season through its international portal via Stretch Internet at https://portal.stretchinternet.com/hockeyeast. Subscriptions to the service are available for $9.99 USD per month or $4.99 USD for individual games.
 
The Catamounts return home on Friday, November 7 and Saturday, November 8 as they host No. 9 Boston College at the Gut. Tickets are available now at go.uvm.edu/mhsg.

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