Omaha hockey scores late power-play goal to beat St. Cloud State

OMAHA — Maxime Pellerin scored on a power play with 3:53 left, and Omaha beat St. Cloud State 5–3 on Saturday night at Baxter Arena to finish a two-game NCHC series.

Omaha started fast. Sean Tschigerl scored 1:40 into the game, Ryan McCleary added a goal 68 seconds later, and Gavin Hodnett made it 3–1 late in the first period.

St. Cloud State came back on the power play. The Huskies scored with the man advantage in the first, second and third periods, going 3-for-3, and Carson Pilgrim's goal at 9:08 of the third tied the game 3–3.

Omaha's only power play of the night came at 15:25 of the third. Pellerin scored 42 seconds into it, assisted by Luke Woodworth and Maël Lavigne, and Tschigerl added an empty-net goal at 18:25 for his second of the night.

William Lacelle made 23 saves for Omaha. St. Cloud State outshot Omaha 26–24. The crowd was 6,090.

On Friday, the teams tied 2–2 before 6,449 fans, with Hodnett and McCleary scoring for Omaha and Lacelle stopping 42 shots. Omaha won the shootout that followed.

Omaha is 3–4–1 overall and 1–2–1 in the NCHC. The Mavericks play at Miami (Ohio) at Goggin Ice Center in Oxford, Ohio, at 6:05 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, and 5:05 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14.

Source: Omaha Athletics: official box scores for St. Cloud State at Omaha, Nov. 7, 2026 and St. Cloud State at Omaha, Nov. 6, 2026, and the Omaha hockey schedule.

How we checked this: Reported from Omaha Athletics' official box scores for both games and the team's schedule, opened Nov. 8, 2026, at 9:09 and 9:12 p.m. CT, and checked against the record by our copy desk before publishing.