(RV) Miami Takes Down St. Thomas 2-1 in NCHC Opener

Friday, October 30

Oxford, Ohio

7:05 p.m.

Miami University

6-1-0, 1-0-0

St. Thomas

1-4-0, 0-1-0

Team	1	2	3	F
St. Thomas (MN)	1	0	0	1
Miami (OH)	1	0	1	2

Photo by: Lexie Cunningham

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OXFORD, Ohio– Doug Grimes knocked home a rebound on the power play with 3:33 to go and (RV) Miami defeated St. Thomas 2-1 Friday night in both teams' conference opener.

Timmy Runtso added his first collegiate goal for the RedHawks (6-1-0, 1-0-0 NCHC), who extended the second-longest active winning streak in the country to six games. Matteo Drobac stopped 15 of 16 shots from the Tommies (1-4-0, 0-1-0 NCHC) to spoil the visitors' NCHC debut.

HOW IT HAPPENED

0:36 1st (Miami 1-0) | Miami got off to a quick start with an opening-minute goal by Runtso. After a Matouš Kucharcík faceoff win, Runtso exchanged passes with Kocha Delic and blasted a deep one-timer from the blue line that deflected off a defender in front and bounced in to give Miami an early 1-0 lead.
13:51 1st (St. Thomas 1-1) | St. Thomas evened the score with a 5-on-3 goal later in the opening stanza. Chase Cheslock faked an initial shot in the left circle and then fired to make it 1-1, converting off assists from Jakub Altrichter and Lucas Van Vliet.
16:27 3rd (Miami 2-1) | The RedHawks capitalized on a major penalty against UST in the third period to find the eventual game-winner. David Helledy sent a pass from the point to Kucharcík, who ripped a shot at UST's William Ingemann. Grimes was in the right place at the top of the crease to finish off the rebound and give Miami the lead for good.

NOTES

Grimes, the First Star, scored his first goal of the season and collected the 25th point of his collegiate career.
Runtso's goal was the first opening-minute goal for Miami since Oct. 4, 2025 (Justin Stupka vs. Ferris State, 0:16)
Kucharcík, the Second Star, extended his point streak to six games and recorded his first multi-assist game; he also finished with a career-high five shots on goal.
Vladislav Lukashevich made his season debut for the Red and White.
Helledy's assist was his 25th career point.
Ryder Thompson led the RedHawks with three blocked shots.
The RedHawks won their conference opener for the first time since the 2021-22 season (Nov. 5, 2021 at Omaha).
Miami out-shot UST 34-16 and out-shot its opponent for the seventh-straight game.
16 shots on goal allowed was the lowest for a RedHawk opponent since Oct. 7, 2018, the lowest against Miami in a conference game since Feb. 3, 2018, and the lowest allowed by Miami in an NCHC win since Nov. 8, 2014.