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3
Winner St. Cloud State SCSU 2-2-0
2
Union UNION 5-1-0
Winner
St. Cloud State SCSU
2-2-0
3
Final
2
Union UNION
5-1-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
St. Cloud State SCSU 0 2 1 3
Union UNION 1 1 0 2

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey |

Union's Victory Streak Snapped in 3-2 Loss to St. Cloud State

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Union suffered a rare home loss and saw its NCAA-leading unbeaten streak snapped in a 3-2 loss to St. Cloud State before a sold out crowd of 2,391 at Messa Rink Saturday Night.  The second-ranked Dutchmen (5-1) saw their unbeaten streak halted at 22 games and their home winning streak ended at 15 games, a pair of runs that dated back to last season.

For the second night in a row, St. Cloud (2-2) finished with a shot advantage (39-24) in forcing a weekend split of the non-conference series.

Brooks Bertsch's goal at 8:18 of the third period – the only scoring in the period – proved to be the game-winner for the ninth-ranked Huskies. Union had battled back to tie the game at 2-2 with 14 seconds left in the second period after Mike Vecchione successfully converted on a penalty shot, the result of a crease violation penalty called on SCSU.  The goal was Vecchione's team-best fourth of the season, and extended his points streak to six games.

St. Cloud received goals from Andrew Prochno and Blake Winiecki 4:03 apart in the second period to take a 2-1 lead.  The tallies were in response to Union's first goal, scored by freshman Spencer Foo at 18:41 of the first period.

Sophomore Alex Sakellaropoulos made 36 saves in his first start of the season.

Union opens ECAC Hockey play next weekend with a home-and-home series against Rensselaer, starting Friday in Troy.



 
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