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OMAHA, Neb. (UND Athletics) – Senior Grant Mismash redirected a shot in the final minute to break a 1-1 tie in fourth-ranked North Dakota’s 2-1 victory over third-ranked Minnesota Duluth Saturday afternoon in the NCHC pod at Baxter Arena.
North Dakota (6-2-1) got 23 saves from junior Adam Scheel and the penalty kill was sharp, killing all four Bulldog man-advantages in the win. UND moves within a point of UMD in the NCHC standings with the victory.
“Big emotional win, can’t have a letdown tomorrow,” Berry said about Sunday’s finale against Miami.
After a scoreless first, Collin Adams got things going on the power play for North Dakota. The senior potted his third goal of the season and UND’s NCAA-leading 11th on the power play to take a 1-0 lead at 13:15 of the middle frame.
Minnesota Duluth, St. Cloud State making noise in NCHC s Omaha Pod As the NCHC s three-week stay in Nebraska enters its final weekend, the Bulldogs sit atop the conference standings and the Huskies have shown they can hang with the big dogs.
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Back in mid-October when the NCHC announced plans to gather its eight teams in a Pod in Omaha to play 40 games over three weeks, Commissioner Josh Fenton credited all involved for their efforts in coming to a consensus. Still, he warned of a false summit regarding the satisfaction of having a plan in place but not yet executed.
Fargo, ND, USA / 740 The FAN
Dec 17, 2020 1:56 AM
OMAHA, Neb.–(UND Athletics) Senior captain Jordan Kawaguchi’s game-winning goal just eight seconds into overtime sent fourth-ranked North Dakota to a 4-3 win over the ninth-ranked St. Cloud State Huskies Wednesday evening at Baxter Arena.
“He’s a guy when the puck is on his tape, he loves the spotlight of trying to win the game,” UND head coach Brad Berry said of his clutch captain. “We had a couple looks near the end of regulation that missed or went off the post, but overall, I’m just proud of the way our group battled. I thought the five-minute major kill was huge in us not only getting us a point but coming out of here with two points.”
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.
Fargo, ND, USA / 740 The FAN
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.