ST. CLOUD, Minn. – A flurry of goals by the No. 15/14 St. Cloud State University women's hockey team to start the third period propelled the Huskies to a 5-2 victory over the Bemidji State University Women's Hockey team Friday night in St. Cloud.
 
The game kick-started Western Collegiate Hockey Association play with the Huskies (4-1-0, 1-0-0 WCHA) earning three points in the league standings.
 
Bemidji State freshman Hailey Armstrong scored both goals for the Beavers for her first career multi-goal effort while senior Taylor Nelson earned two assists for her second career multi-assist game.
 
Laura Zimmermann got the Huskies on the board first 4:55 into the first period with a power-play goal but Armstrong answered with her first goal of the game 15:11 into the frame to tie the game.
 
St. Cloud State's CC Bowlby then retook the lead with a goal 6:28 into the second period but just 19 seconds later, Armstrong answered to tie the game once again.
 
The Huskies then started the third period with a goal 1:00 into the final frame followed by two more goals over the next 3:16 to surge to the 5-2 victory.
 
Junior goaltender Abbie Thompson stopped 25-of-30 shots in the game but falls to 0-3-1 on the season.
 
Bemidji State falls to 0-4-1 (0-1-0 WCHA) on the season and will close out its series with St. Cloud State tomorrow afternoon when the two teams meet again at 3:01 p.m.
 
For more information on the Bemidji State women's hockey program, tickets or schedules, visit BSUBeavers.com, follow the Beavers on X or Instagram (@BSUBeaversWHKY), or like them on Facebook (facebook.com/BSUBeavers).
 
Located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's and women's hockey membership in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).
 
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