Monday night was the battle of orange and black as the St. Cloud Tech Tigers made the trek down I-94 to St. Louis Park and made the most of it as Mohamed Abdi scored the game winning goal with 7:58 left in regulation to lead them to a 3-2 win over the host Orioles.
It was the first home meeting between St. Louis Park and a school from The Granite City. It was also the Tigers regular season opener.
The Orioles got a good break in the early going after a Tiger foul. It would mean a free kick for St. Louis Park and it would be up to Miguel Ocampo to take the kick from outside the penalty area. He booted the ball past a five player Tech wall and it landed into the net. Abdi would even the game at one when he rebounded Edgar Waldusky's shot and scored. The Orioles would regain the lead while Tiger goalkeeper Bryan Helminick was playing a bit far out of the net and Jacob Stillman found an opening to tally. But Tech was not done as Khalid Gelani scored from the right side with 6:09 left in the first half. Both teams went into the halftime break even at two.
The second half looked like a very physical and defensive and defensive battle as both goalkeepers Helminick of the Tigers and Felix Hengel of the Orioles mad several outstanding saves. But it was Abdi who converted the game with 7:58 to go while Hengel played outside the net and Abdi would score the game winner, though he left for a few minutes due to being shaken up. He would return late in the game. St. Louis Park was unable to send the game into overtime and it would be a happy bus ride home for the Tigers.
St. Cloud Tech improved to 1-0 and returns to action Tuesday, August 30 as they host the Sartell-St. Stephen Sabres at 7 PM at Husky Stadium on the St. Cloud State University campus. St. Louis Park lost the second straight game, both by one goal and fell to 1-2. The Orioles wrap up a three game home stand on Thursday, September 1 with a 7 PM game against the Cretin Derham Hall Raiders.
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