Grace Zumwinkle had her fifth career hat trick and Taylor Heise had four assists as the No. 6 Gophers women's hockey team defeated No. 14 St. Cloud State 6-0 on Friday at Ridder Arena.
Grace Zumwinkle nets hat trick in Gophers' 6-0 win over St. Cloud State in women's hockey
Taylor Heise added four assists and Skylar Vetter recorded her second shutout in a row.
December 10, 2022 at 2:44AM
After the teams played a scoreless first period, Zumwinkle's first two goals bookended a five-goal second period for the Gophers (13-3-2, 12-1-2), who stayed on the heels of Ohio State in the WCHA. Four-on-four goals 20 seconds apart by Abigail Boreen and Emily Oden made it 4-0.
Boreen has five goals in the past three games, Heise has nine points in the past two games, and Oden picked up her 100th career point.
Zumwinkle's third-period goal gave her 12 for the season and 96 for her career (seventh in program history). Her goals came at even strength, short-handed and on the power play.
The Gophers improved to 8-0-0 at home.
Skylar Vetter recorded her second straight shutout (both by 6-0 scores), stopping 14 shots.
The Gophers avenged a 4-1 nonconference loss to the Huskies on Nov. 7 in Andover in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Museum Faceoff Classic. It was the Huskies' first win over the Gophers since 2010.
This one was a blowout after both teams scored seven goals in the first three meetings.
Minnesota, which had 40 shots on goal, now leads the all-time series 103-4-3.
St. Cloud State dropped to 11-9-0, 6-9-0.
Huskies goaltender Sanni Ahola was replaced by JoJo Chobak in the second period after Ahola was injured.
"We would get some big wins and then we would have some tough losses," Minnesota athletic director Mark Coyle said hours after firing men's basketball coach Ben Johnson.
