Barrett Hall scored twice and added an assist to lead St. Cloud State to a 4-2 victory over No. 20 Colorado College Saturday night at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.
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Austin Burnevik added a goal and an assist as the Huskies snapped a four-game losing streak and 11-game winless skid to improve to 12-17-1 overall and 5-14-1 in the NCHC. The Tigers, who had won their previous three games and six of their last eight, fell to 17-14-1 and 11-10-1 and remain in sixth place in the league standings.
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Hall scored his two goals within the first 10 minutes of the game. He opened the scoring at the 3:23 mark when a pass from behind the net by Austin Burnevik was deflected and went right to Hall, who best CC goaltender
Kaidan Mbereko from the doorstep.
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During a power play later in the period, it appeared the Huskies had taken a 2-0 lead, but CC challenged for an offside call and the goal was overturned. However, just after the penalty expired at the 9:33 mark, Hall put in a rebound from in front after Mbereko saved a shot by Daimon Gardner.
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Hall then started a play that culminated in a goal from Burnevik after he took a drop pass from Verner Miettinen at 16:49 of the opening frame.
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Fisher Scott put the Tigers on the board at the 3:30 mark of the second period with a shot from the left point that found its way through traffic and past SCSU goalie Isak Posch.
Gleb Veremyev collected an assist on the play.
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The Huskies regained their three-goal lead with a tally by Gavyn Thoreson at 8:14, then
Zaccharya Wisdom made it 4-2 at the 12:36 mark when he deflected a shot from the point by
Ethan Straky past Posch.
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Neither team scored the rest of the way as Posch finished with 42 saves, while Mbereko had 16. The Tigers outshot SCSU, 44-20, including a 32-8 margin in the final two periods. CC also held a dominating 45-25 advantage in faceoffs.
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The Tigers are idle next weekend and will return to action on Friday, March 7 against Denver at Magness Arena, starting at 7 p.m.
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