ST. CLOUD (AberdeenWings.com) – The Aberdeen Wings traveled to St. Cloud for their second road trip of the season and were handed their second loss in regulation.
The game would start out with both teams getting chances on the power play, but neither team getting to score. That would be until St. Cloud’s Tim Runtso would score at the 14:31 mark. Then, while the Wings were on the penalty kill, the Noresemen’s Hudson Blue would also find the back of the net extending their lead to 2-0 heading into the second period.
In the second period, the Wings would find themselves in the box a few more times, giving the Norsemen more chances to extend their lead, and they would find their chance again at the 14:19 mark. It would be Tyler Wishart this time, and this would be the only goal of the period. The score would be 3-0 in favor of St. Cloud heading into the final period of the night.
Before the night would be over, the Wings would find themselves on the board. Leonid Bulgakov would be the first to score, getting assists from Jibber Kuhl and Grant Winkler. Just over 10 second later, Luke Backel would get his 5th goal of the season, getting assists from DJ MacLeish and Cade Moxham. The Wings would pull their goaltender in an attempt to tie the game, but St. Cloud’s Hudson Blue would find the empty net securing the 4-2 win for St. Cloud.
Damon Cunningham was in net for the Wings stopping 27 of 30 shots sent his way.
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ST. CLOUD, MN (AberdeenWings.com) – The Wings would fall Saturday to the St. Cloud Norsemen on Saturday night to take their third loss of the 24-25 season. They would come out harder than they did on Friday, and would be able to stay out of the box more than they did on Friday. Neither team were able to get a power play goal, and scoring would not happen until the third period of the game.
St. Cloud’s Hudson Blue would open the scoring in the third period at the 1:02 mark. After, the Wings would have plenty of opportunity to score, but would be unable to find the back of the net. Toward the end of the period, the Wings would pull their goaltender in an attempt to tie the game, but the Norsemen’s Kyle Miller would find the empty net. Again, the Norsemen’s Sam Crane would go for the empty net to extend their lead. The game would end with a score of 3-0 in favor of St. Cloud with two of their three goals going into an empty net.
Damon Cunningham was in net for the Wings stopping 19 of 20 shots sent his way.
The Wings will be back in the Odde Ice Center this weekend, November 1st and 2nd to take on the Minnesota Mallards. Tickets can be purchased at tickets.aberdeenwings.com or can be found at all C-Express locations.