ST. CLOUD – Taylor Heise scored 33 seconds into the game and finished with a hat trick, and the Gophers women's hockey team beat St. Cloud State for the 17th time in a row, winning 4-0 Sunday at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.
Taylor Heise's hat trick carries Gophers women's hockey to another victory over St. Cloud State
The Gophers beat the Huskies for the third time in four days.
By STAFF REPORTS
January 11, 2021 at 7:13AM
Heise scored her second goal with four minutes left in the first period, and she completed her hat trick by scoring with 2:04 remaining in the game. She now has five goals on the season. Emily Oden and Abbey Murphy assisted on all three Heise goals.
"Heise, Oden and Murphy, their line was tremendous again tonight," coach Brad Frost said.
Taylor Wente made it 3-0 in the second period, while Lauren Bench made 16 saves for her second shutout of the season for the No. 2 Gophers (8-1 overall and WCHA).
Sanni Ahola stopped 33 shots for the Huskies (2-7), who lost to the Gophers for the third time in four days. The Gophers won 2-1 on Thursday and 4-1 on Saturday, with both those games at Ridder Arena.
"We feel really good about these last three games," Frost said.
The Gophers' next games are Friday and Saturday at No. 1 Wisconsin. It's possible their rankings will be flipped Monday; the Badgers (4-2) split a weekend series at home with Ohio State, losing 2-1 Saturday.
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A former Gophers player, Taylor Landfair, helped the No. 2 Huskers hand No.16 Minnesota its third consecutive loss.
