ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Freshman forward Cameron Berg scored a power-play goal in the third period, but No. 11 Omaha dropped its first road game of the season 5-1 at No. 1 St. Cloud State on Friday.

Veeti Miettinen and Easton Brodzinski each recorded two goals for the top-ranked Huskies (9-2) in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference series opener at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.

Joe Molenaar also scored for SCSU, which improved to 3-0 in league play. The Mavericks (8-3) fell to 1-2 in the NCHC as they were outshot by St. Cloud State through two periods before playing even in the third.

The Huskies held a 43-19 shot advantage overall. It was the first time Omaha was outshot this season.

"Obviously, they came out fast and capitalized on their opportunities right off the bat. And that got us on our heels there," Maverick coach Mike Gabinet said. "It took us a couple of periods just to get to the pace of play, and I thought we were better in the third period.

"That's the No. 1 team in the country there. And you have to learn to play a certain way against a team like that to be successful."

Miettinen scored twice in the first period as SCSU built a 4-0 lead in the first 40 minutes. Berg answered Brodzinsky's goal in the third by scoring off a Tyler Weiss pass as the Mavericks had a man advantage.

Weiss tracked a Brock Bremer pass along the boards in front of the Omaha bench then circled back into the offensive zone. There, he found Berg with a centering feed that led to the rookie's first road goal.

That was the only time the Mavericks beat SCSU goalie David Hrenak, who stopped 18 of 19 shots.

Isaiah Saville posted 26 saves through two periods for Omaha. Austin Roden replaced him for the third.