Colorado College Falls to No. 3 North Dakota, 4-1
GRAND FOEKS, N.D. Despite a career-high 36 saves by Dominic Basse, Colorado College fell to third-ranked North Dakota, 4-1, Saturday at Ralph Engelstad Arena.
Jordan Kawaguchi and Shane Pinto each collected a goal and an assist for the Fighting Hawks (11-3-1), who defeated CC for the third time in the last 13 days.
Basse took everything North Dakota had for him in the first period, including seven shots during an early power play. The freshman from Alexandria, Va., made 18 saves in the first 20 minutes, the most by a Tiger goalie in one period this season.
Fargo, ND, USA / 740 The FAN
Dec 21, 2020 2:11 AM
OMAHA, Neb.-(UND Athletics) – Fourth-ranked North Dakota will leave the 10-game NCHC pod with the most conference points, winning its finale, 6-2, Sunday evening at Baxter Arena.
UND’s (7-2-1) 20 league points are two more than Minnesota Duluth and St. Cloud State, who both claim 18 points with one fewer game. Omaha sits close behind with 16 points and the finale to play tomorrow vs. Colorado College.
The Fighting Hawks got a pair of goals from freshman
Riese Gaber, part of a three-point night in the win.
The second period was a flurry of goals with five finding the back of the net and three unanswered by North Dakota to end the frame as UND pulled away.
Duluth, MN, USA / 95 KQDS
Dec 11, 2020 8:24 AM
There are no secrets when UMD is playing North Dakota. The game will likely be fast, physical, intense, and emotional. Zero pretense.
The emotions really didn’t spill like we’ve so often seen in Thursday’s 2-2 tie at the NCHC Pod, which was followed up by a three-round shootout that UMD won 1-0 for an extra point in the league standings. In fact, the five combined penalties for just ten minutes are the fewest we’ve seen in a UMD-North Dakota game going back at least 20 years, to the point where collegehockeystats.net started publishing game box scores.