Our weather ahead should be better. I know it won’t be as nice as your weather in Florida. But we will like it. Some people around here are still leaving for warmer places.
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OMAHA, Neb. (UND Athletics) – Already short-handed a pair of defensemen gone with Team USA for the IIHF World Junior Championships, North Dakota found itself with another defenseman and a forward exiting early due to injury before the finish of a 5-3 loss to No. 13/11 St. Cloud State Saturday afternoon at Baxter Arena. It left UND with five dressed defensemen for all of the third period. But, UND head coach Brad Berry made no excuses following Saturday’s result.
“It’s unfortunate we don’t have those guys in our group right now (Jake Sanderson and Tyler Kleven with Team USA),” Berry said to the media following the outcome. “They earned their time to go to the World Juniors and they worked hard their whole life to do that. We never hold back the opportunity for the players to do that. Yeah, it’s unfortunate to not have them in our group right now, but we don’t use that as an excuse. Whether it’s an injury or guys going to the Worl
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Dec 11, 2020 2:14 AM
OMAHA, Neb.– (UND Athletics) Third-ranked Minnesota Duluth won the shootout to pick up the extra league point in a 2-2 tie Thursday evening at Baxter Arena in the fifth game of the 10-game NCHC pod. Nick Swaney’s shootout tally in UMD’s final chance proved to be the difference in the shootout after a scoreless 3-on-3 overtime.
Minnesota Duluth (4-0-1) had to rally back from down a goal late. The Bulldogs’ Cole Koepke scored with 3:25 to go in regulation to tie the score at 2-2. Four minutes and change earlier, Shane Pinto had given North Dakota (3-1-1) the lead for the first time. His one-timer blast on the power play gave him a team-high eighth point and Jordan Kawaguchi provided both helpers in the tie to give him seven points on the season.