3 things that stood out in Wisconsin men’s hockey’s loss to St. Cloud State

By with regards to all measures, the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey crew had a a lot better efficiency Saturday than it did an evening previous.

A penalty for having too many gamers at the ice in the 0.33 era and a St. Cloud State power-play objective made that imply subsequent to not anything.

Kyler Kupka scored 14 seconds after the Badgers had been referred to as for the disputed infraction and the Tenth-ranked Huskies hung on for a 2-1 victory on the Kohl Center.

Coach Tony Granato referred to as it “definitely a step in the right direction” however UW has misplaced its first 4 video games of the season for best the 0.33 time in its 60-season fashionable generation. It joined the 2008-09 and 2014-15 groups in that undesired class.

“I thought we played an unbelievable game tonight, defensively and offensively,” Badgers goalie Kyle McClellan mentioned. “But that’s one of those games that just didn’t go your way. … We fought all night; it just didn’t go our way.”

The Badgers had been held to one objective for the 0.33 time in the primary 4 video games. They’ve scored six occasions this season, tied for the second-lowest general thru 4 video games.

Here are 3 things that stood out and the 3 stars.

Goalie Jared Moe began the primary 3 video games of the season, however newcomer McClellan were given his likelihood on Saturday.

He left a rebound in a just right scoring house halfway throughout the first era, however Veeti Miettinen fanned at the puck in the slot. Ethan AuCoin had a turnaround shot from more or less the similar spot later in the era and McClellan made the save.

McClellan was once some of the perfect goalies in the rustic final season at Mercyhurst with a .932 save share in 27 appearances. But UW has observed blended effects with switch goalies so there was once some query about how his play would translate to a brand new crew.

It was once a relaxed, composed starting, Granato mentioned.

“He looked very comfortable in there,” he mentioned. “Good communication with his (defense) on anything that was around our net. So I thought Kyle played a really good game.”

McClellan completed with 25 saves, 15 of them in the second one era.

“I love it here so far and I got my shot,” McClellan mentioned. “We didn’t win the game like we wanted to but we made steps in the right direction.”

The primary consequences stay coming for the Badgers. Ty Smilanic’s test from in the back of on Adam Ingram in the second one era put the Badgers on a five-minute drawback for the 0.33 time in 4 video games.

The Huskies were given 9 in their 16 shot makes an attempt on objective over the 5 mins, however McClellan stopped all of them. But St. Cloud went forward simply after the penalty expired.

Kyler Kupka attempted to pressure the puck in entrance from the suitable facet of the web for Grant Cruikshank, and it popped into the air and were given knocked in for the Delafield local’s moment objective of the sequence.

Kupka’s third-period objective, a redirection in entrance of the web with 6:02 closing, made it 10 directly video games that the Badgers have allowed a power-play objective relationship to final season. There hasn’t been an extended streak in data relationship to the 1999-2000 season. The Badgers’ penalty kill additionally conceded in 9 directly video games in 2002-03.

Defenseman Corson Ceulemans most often would had been at the ice for the ability play on the finish of Friday’s 5-1 loss. He sat at the bench as a substitute after a nasty night time.

He had a a lot better trip Saturday, no longer simply bearing in mind his tying objective in the 0.33 era. He was once a lot more energetic with the puck and made higher choices.

“Last night was just a tough game for me, just off in all aspects,” Ceulemans mentioned. “I just went home and wanted to refocus right away, get it out of my mind as fast as I could and get back to playing my game.”

He scored with 11:26 left in the 0.33 era to make it 1-1 after a just right cycle with the puck by means of defensive spouse Mike Vorlicky. Ceulemans took the puck down the left facet, appeared like he was once going in the back of the web with it however pulled it again briefly and fired right into a small house between Huskies goalie Dominic Basse and the left put up.

No. 3: Ceulemans were given the Badgers at the board in the 0.33 however that’s all of the offense there was once.

No. 2: Basse stopped 19 photographs, 8 of them in the 0.33 era.

No. 1: Kupka had the deciding objective and an help.

St. Cloud State 0 1 1 — 2

First era penalty: Ahcan, SC, 1:58.

Second era: SC — Cruikshank 3 (Kupka, Miettinen), 18:23. Penalties: Lucius, W, 6:52; Lindmark, W, 11:09; Okabe, SC, 11:09; Smilanic, W (primary), 13:14.

Third era: W — Ceulemans 1 (Vorlicky, Mersch), 8:34. SC — Kupka 1 (Ingram, Anhorn), 13:58 (pp). Penalties: Miller, SC, 3:42; Team, W, 13:44; Peart, SC, 14:37.

Saves: SC (Basse 6-5-8) 19; W (McClellan 7-15-3) 25. Power performs: SC 1-for-3; W 0-for-3. Att. — 9,894.