Miami Finishes Off Road Sweep of No. 20/19 Huskies, 3-1

Saturday, January 31

St. Cloud, Minn.

7 p.m.

Miami University

16-8-2, 7-7-2

St. Cloud State

13-15-0, 6-12-0

Miami (OH)

St. Cloud St.

Photo by: Kayden Kircher, SCSU Athletics

Miami Finishes Off Road Sweep of No. 20/19 Huskies, 3-1

1/31/2026 10:20:00 PM | Hockey

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ST. CLOUD, Minn.– Matteo Drobac made 36 saves and (RV/RV) Miami University took down No. 20/19 St. Cloud State 3-1 Saturday to seal the RedHawks' first road sweep in conference play since January 2021.

John Emmons, Ryan Smith and David Deputy lit the lamp for the RedHawks (16-8-2, 7-7-2 NCHC). Max Smolinski had the only goal for the Huskies (13-15-0, 6-12-0 NCHC).

Miami swept a nationally-ranked team for the first time since Feb. 11-12, 2022 (No. 18 Omaha) and swept a ranked team on the road for the first time since Jan. 22-23, 2016 (No. 7 Omaha). The RedHawks have won four NCHC games in a row for the first time since the 2016-17 season and posted their first regular-season sweep in St. Cloud since Oct. 15-16, 1999.

HOW IT HAPPENED

9:59 1st (Miami 1-0) | The RedHawks grabbed the lead at the midway point of the first period when Emmons stole the puck in the offensive zone and finished off an unassisted highlight-reel goal to make it 1-0.
5:25 2nd (Miami 2-0) | Miami doubled its advantage in the middle stanza on a Smith one-timer from Maximilion Helgeson just four seconds after a RedHawk power play expired. Helgeson initially received the puck behind the SCSU net from Matteo Giampa, who picked up the second assist.
16:06 2nd (Miami 3-0) | The Red and White made it 3-0 later in the second period, as Helgeson snatched the puck in Miami's defensive zone and threaded a perfect pass ahead to spring Deputy on a breakaway. Deputy scored past SCSU's Yan Shostak to give the RedHawks a 3-0 cushion.
11:41 3rd (St. Cloud State 3-1) | The Huskies got on the board with a power-play tally in the third period. Smolinski fired in a one-timer from the circle to Drobac's right, converting off feeds from Austin Burnevik and Josh Zinger.

NOTES

Helgeson, the game's First Star, produced his second multi-assist game of the season, with both coming against the Huskies (Nov. 21, 2025).
Drobac stopped 36 of 37 shots (.973) to win his fourth start in a row and was named the game's Second Star.
Smith netted the 10th goal of his career and earned Third Star honors.
Emmons scored for the third-straight game.
Miami scored the opening goal for the 20th time in 26 games.
Deputy scored his 11th goal of the season to take over the team lead.
Giampa collected his team-high 20th point of the season.
Ethan Hay went 17-for-24 in the faceoff circle (70.8%)
Miami went 4-for-5 on the penalty kill against a St. Cloud State unit that ranked sixth in the nation entering the weekend in power-play percentage (.270), and also kept the Huskies from scoring in the final four-plus minutes while the SCSU net was empty.