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19
Brent Cizek
3
Bemidji St. BSU 1-1-0
4
Winner St. Cloud St. STC 2-0-0
Bemidji St. BSU
1-1-0
3
Final
4
St. Cloud St. STC
2-0-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Bemidji St. BSU 0 3 0 3
St. Cloud St. STC 1 2 1 4

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey |

(RV) Beavers comeback falls short in series opener at No. 15/16 St. Cloud State

Carter Randklev scores twice but BSU Men’s Hockey falls at No. 15/16 St. Cloud State

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Bemidji State University Men's Hockey graduate Carter Randklev scored twice but the (RV) Beavers fell just short of a comeback at No. 15/16 St. Cloud State University Friday night in St. Cloud, Minn. The Beavers scored twice in the second period to tie the game but Husky freshman Thor Byfuglien scored the game-winning goal in the third period to claim a 4-3 victory for the Huskies.
 
It was the fourth career mutli-goal performance for Randklev who had three previously at Niagara University. He has now scored in back-to-back games and has three goals in the first two games. Fifth-year senior Eric Martin also scored for the Beavers for his first goal of the season while fifth-year senior Austin Jouppi earned two assists in the game.
 
The Beavers dominated possession of the puck and out-shot the Huskies 33-23 in the game for the first time in four games.
 
St. Cloud State began the scoring with just 0.6 seconds left in the first period when Austin Burnevik scored as time was expiring in the opening frame.
 
Randklev answered in the second period with his first of the game just 2:03 after the first intermission. Jouppi earned his first assist on the play with a crafty pass.
 

 
The Huskies offense then took over scoring twice halfway through the period off the sticks of Austin Burnevik and Ethan AuCoin.
 
Randklev once again stopped the Huskies scoring run with his third goal of the season with 4:37 to play in the frame.
 

 
Just 34 seconds later Martin got on the scoresheet with his first goal of the season with a well-placed shot from the point.
 

 
The teams would head into the second intermission locked in the 3-3 tie but 6:11 into the third period, Byfuglien scored the go-ahead and eventual game-winning goal after weaving through the Beavers' defense.
 
The Beavers went 2-for-2 on the penalty kill but so did the Huskies after they didn't allow a goal on two power-play chances.
 
Senior Mattias Sholl made 19 saves in the game but earns his first loss of the season and falls to 0-1-0.
 
Bemidji State and St. Cloud State now hit the road back to Bemidji and will face-off for game two tomorrow night at Sanford Center. Puck drop is slated for 6:07 p.m.
 
For more information on the Bemidji State men's hockey program, tickets or schedules, visit BSUBeavers.com, follow the Beavers on Twitter or Instagram (@BSUBeaversMHKY), 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 hockey in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and women's hockey in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).
 
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