ST. CLOUD, Minnesota – Junior Tyson Spink scored his first goal of the season, but sixth-ranked St. Cloud State used three goals from Jonny Brodzinski to defeat sixth-ranked Colgate, 3-1, in collegiate men’s ice hockey action Saturday at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.
Brodzinski scored twice in the first period and completed his natural hat trick with a breakaway goal late in the third to stake the Huskies to a 3-0 lead before Spink struck for a power play goal in the final three minutes to close out the scoring.
Sophomore Charlie Lindgren made 23 saves for St. Cloud State while sophomore Charlie Finn recorded 22 stops in goal for Colgate.
Bottom Line
No. 6 St. Cloud State 3, No. 5 Colgate 1
Won-Lost Records
– The Huskies evened their season mark at 1-1.
– The Raiders moved to 1-1 on the campaign.
How It Happened
– Brodzinski scored twice in the first period to stake the Huskies to a 2-0 lead. He opened the scoring at the 8:09 mark by converting a goalmouth feed on an odd-man rush before putting home his own rebound during a power play opportunity at 18:04 of the opening period.
– After a scoreless second period, Brodzinski completed his natural hat trick at the 15:02 mark of the third period when he scored on a breakaway to give the Huskies a 3-0 lead.
– Spink ruined St. Cloud State’s shutout bid with less than three minutes remaining, knocking home a rebound opportunity while Colgate was on the power play with 17:12 elapsed in the frame to make it a 3-1 game. Sophomore Andrew Black and senior Spiro Goulakos were credited with assists on the play.
Inside The Boxscore
– St. Cloud State held a slim 25-24 advantage in shots taken in the contest. The Raiders out-shot the Huskies, 12-5, during the third period.
– Colgate held a 28-25 edge in the faceoff circle during the contest. Junior Mike Borkowski won 15 of his 22 draws on the night to lead the Raiders at the faceoff dot.
– Brodzinski led all players with eight shot attempts in the contest while Spink recorded a team-best five shots for the Raiders.
– Both teams scored one power play goal in the game. St. Cloud State was 1-for-6 and Colgate was 1-for-4 with the man advantage.
Key Raider Info
– Spink notched the 18th goal and 61st point of his career with his third-period tally.
– Sophomore Andrew Black picked up his second assist of the season as he was credited with a helper on Spink’s tally.
– Goulakos’ assist on goal by Spink gave the Raiders defense three assists during the opening series against the Huskies.
– Freshman Sebastian Weberg made his collegiate debut for Colgate in the contest.
Quotable
Colgate Head Coach Don Vaughan
(On first period)
“I expected them to come out hard against us in the first period. Three penalties didn’t help on our part. When they have that kind of energy after being beaten the night before, you don’t want to put yourself in that kind of situation.”
(On team’s effort in the third period)
“I was really pleased with our effort in the third. I thought we continued to battle hard, even after they scored their third goal, which could have been really deflating. We battled back after that and had a couple of good looks. I was pleased with our never-give-up attitude at the end.”
(On weekend series)
“I thought that it was good hockey given it was the first weekend of the season. I thought that the effort was great by both teams. We matchup pretty evenly with them as the polls might indicate. It was a good weekend for us. It’s a great way to start. We can certainly learn a lot from this weekend and build upon it as we get ready for next weekend.”
Sophomore goaltender Charlie Finn
(On team’s opening weekend performance)
“There’s a lot we can take from this weekend. We showed spurts of what we’re capable of and we really just have to focus on not losing our composure and playing to our potential for a full 60 minutes and we should have a lot of success this season.”
Up Next
– Colgate returns to action Oct. 17 when it opens the home portion of it 2014-15 schedule with a 7 p.m. contest against No. 16 Northeastern at Starr Rink.
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