Ashleigh Brykaliuk and Lara Stalder staked Minnesota Duluth to an early lead and Katerina Mrazova scored her first two goals of the season as Minnesota Duluth cruised to a 6-1 WCHA victory at St. Cloud State on Friday.
Brykaliuk scored her team-high seventh goal of the season to open the scoring 9:11 into the first period, followed by Stalder’s fourth goal of the campaign at 15:05.
Mrazova, a Czech Republic native who only scored one goal after becoming eligible for UMD midway through the 2013-14 season, then scored twice in the second period.
Brigette Lacquette, who missed last season as she played with the Canadian national team, also scored her first of the season to offset a goal by the Huskies’ Molly Illikainen. Illikainen, a junior from Grand Rapids, leads St. Cloud State with eight goals.
UMD defenseman Sidney Morin tallied her first goal of the season on a power play at 15:50 of the third period.
Goaltender Kayla Black stopped 20 shots for UMD (7-4-2 overall, 4-4-1-1 WCHA), while Julie Friend made 32 saves for the Huskies (5-5-1, 2-2-1-1).
The teams meet again at 3:07 p.m. today in St. Cloud.
Minnesota Duluth 2-3-1-6
St. Cloud State 0-1-0-1
First period - 1. UMD, Ashleigh Brykaliuk 7 (Tea Villila), 9:11; 2. UMD, Lara Stalder 4, 15:05.
Second period- 3. UMD, Katerina Mrazova 1 (Villila, Brigette Lacquette), 2:39; 4. SCSU, Molly Illikainen 8, 3:54; 5. UMD, Lacquette 1 (Jenna McParland, Brykaliuk), 16:29; 6. UMD, Mrazova 2 (McParland, Brykaliuk), 19:11.
Third period - 7. UMD, Sidney Morin 1 (Michelle Lowenhielm, Zoe Hickel), 15:50 (pp).
Saves - Kayla Black, UMD, 6-7-4-20; Julie Friend, SCSU, 8-15-9-32.
