MINNEAPOLIS — Seventh-ranked St. Cloud State scored two goals in the third period and won 3-2 over the University of Minnesota in a college men's hockey series opener Friday night at Mariucci Arena.
In a back-and-forth game between the two non-conference, in-state rivals, the Gophers (4-6-0 overall, 0-0-0-0 Big Ten) rebounded to take the lead in the second period only for St. Cloud State (10-3-0, 5-1-0-0 NCHC) to pull off a rally of its own in the third period.
Jake Bischoff and Leon Bristedt scored for Minnesota in the second period, after David Morley had given St. Cloud a 1-0 lead in the first. Minnesota had its streak of streak of 14 straight penalty kills without a blemish ended on Morley's power-play goal.
Bristedt also had an assist and tallied his third multi-point game of the season including his team-leading sixth goal of the year for Minnesota.
The Huskies scored two in the third as Jimmy Murray scored a power-play goal at 3:05, Joey Benik got the game-winning goal at 7:16.
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Eric Schierhorn made 25 saves in net for Minnesota while Charlie Lindgren stopped 24.
The series concludes at at 6 p.m. Sunday at Mariucci.
