The St Cloud State Huskies defeated the Minnesota State-Mankato Mavericks 5-4 in the opening round of the third annual North Star College Cup. The Huskies power play was the difference maker making crisp passes in every opportunity, scoring three times on the man advantage. Pretty impressive too considering Mankato hadn't given up a power play goal since November 21 coming into this one.
The Mavericks came out with a ton of shots in the first period and outshot the Huskies 16-6 in the first frame. Zach Stepan scored the game's first goal but the Huskies answered back with two goals by Patrick Russell and Mikey Eyssimont.