St. Thomas Tops (RV) Miami in Series Finale

Saturday, October 31

Oxford, Ohio

7:30 p.m.

Miami University

6-2-0, 1-1-0

St. Thomas

2-4-0, 1-1-0

Team	1	2	3	F
St. Thomas (MN)	2	2	0	4
Miami (OH)	0	0	1	1

Photo by: Bethany Blair

10/31/2026 10:48:00 PM | Hockey

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OXFORD, Ohio– Nathan Pilling put up a hat trick and St. Thomas defeated (RV) Miami 4-1 Saturday night at Steve "Coach" Cady Arena. Kocha Delic scored a third-period goal for the RedHawks (6-2-0, 1-1-0 NCHC), who saw the longest active winning streak in the nation snapped at six games. Justin Kipkie had three points, all assists, for the Tommies (2-4-0, 1-1-0 NCHC), who earned their first NCHC victory.

HOW IT HAPPENED

18:28 1st (St. Thomas 1-0) | The visitors got on the board first with a power-play goal late in the opening period. Kipkie fed Rhett Hawkins, who sent a diagonal pass across to Pilling in the right circle for a one-timer.
19:02 1st (St. Thomas 2-0) | Less than a minute later, UST doubled its lead. Kipkie tracked down the puck behind his own net and played it ahead to Hawkins at the offensive blue line. After Hawkins tried to get around a Miami defender, Pilling picked up the puck and scored from a tough angle to make it 2-0.
3:36 2nd (St. Thomas 3-0) | Pilling lit the lamp again on the power play early in the middle stanza. Nick Williams, Kipkie and Pilling exchanged a series of passes before Pilling eventually found the back of the net.
13:07 2nd (St. Thomas 4-0) | Later in the second period, Chase Cheslock sent a long pass ahead to spring Lucas Van Vliet on a breakaway, which gave St. Thomas a 4-0 lead.
13:10 3rd (Miami 4-1) | Miami got on the scoreboard on a power-play goal by Delic in the third period. Delic converted on a one-timer from the right circle after assists from David Helledy and Matteo Giampa.

NOTES

Delic's goal was the 15th of his career.
Giampa produced his team-leading ninth point and the 98th of his college career.
Nick Mikan made his season debut for Miami.
Matteo Drobac made 20 saves in net for the Red and White.
Miami out-shot UST 36-24 and has out-shot its opponent in all eight games this season.
Timmy Runtso recorded a game-high and career-high seven shots on goal, the most by any RedHawk in a game since Dec. 13, 2025 (Doug Grimes).
Miami won 37 of 60 faceoffs in the game (61.7%).

UP NEXT:
The RedHawks travel to Duluth, Minn. next weekend for a two-game conference series against the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs. Puck drop on Friday, Nov. 6 is set for 8:07 p.m. ET.