Balanced Gophers women's hockey keeps win streaks going in beating St. Cloud State 5-1

The Gophers scored three first-period goals and won their 10th game in a row.

November 21, 2021 at 12:06AM
Head coach Brad Frost gave some pointers to his players.] At Ridder Arena in women's WCHA Final Face-Off Championship game Fbetween the Gophers and Badgers. Richard Tsong-Taatarii/rtsong-taatarii@startribune.com
Gophers coach Brad Frost. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Five different players scored goals and freshman Skylar Vetter stopped 20 of 21 shots as the No. 3 Gophers beat St. Cloud State 5-1 on Saturday afternoon at Ridder Arena in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Museum Women's Face-off.

The win was the 10th in a row for Minnesota (11-3, 7-3 WCHA) and 19th straight over the Huskies (4-7-1, 2-7-1).

The Gophers took a 3-0 lead in the opening period on goals by Emily Brown, Gracie Ostertag and Abigail Boreen.

Emily Oden made it 4-0 Minnesota in the second before the Huskies got their lone goal from Mackenzie Bourgerie.

Crystalyn Hengler completed the scoring with the Gophers' fifth goal in the third.

Catie Skaja had three assists for Minnesota, and Taylor Heise had two assists to extend her streak of at least one point to 11 games in a row. The senior who played at Red Wing High has 11 goals and 15 assists, both team highs.

Sanni Ahola had 32 saves for St. Cloud State.

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