Alex Woken scored two goals and Nicole Schammel one — all in the first six minutes of the game — as the No. 6 Gophers women's hockey team defeated St. Cloud State 3-0 on Friday night at Ridder Arena.
It was Minnesota's 35th win in a row in the series, dating to October 2010. The Gophers lead in the all-time series 77-3-2.
"Good effort here tonight. Certainly was great to get out to a three-goal lead there," Gophers coach Brad Frost said. "Came out with some real good energy in the first and we were able to sustain that through the game."
Woken, a sophomore forward from Fargo, N.D., scored her first goal at 1:49 of the opening period and her second on a power play at 5:26. She has four goals this season.
In between, Schammel, a junior forward from Red Wing, got her seventh goal, tying her for the team lead with freshman forward Grace Zumwinkle.
The Gophers (10-4-1, 7-3-1 WCHA) outshot the Huskies (2-11, 1-7) by a big margin, 36-14. St. Cloud State has lost six games in a row.
Minnesota was 1-for-4 on the power play; St. Cloud State never had a man advantage.
Senior Sidney Peters, who has a 2.01 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage, made 14 saves for the shutout. The Huskies have been struggling to score goals. This was the eighth time this season that they was shut out.
