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No. 2 North Dakota at No. 9 Omaha
When: 18h07
Where: Ralph Engelstad Arena.
TV: Midco Sports Network (GF Ch. 27/622 HD).
Webcast: NCHC.tv.
Radio: 96.1 The Fox.
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First period
UND 1, Denver 0 – Jasper Weatherby (Mark Senden, Gavin Hain) 4:58. UND enters the plate first when Senden bends out of the corner with the puck and fires one to the top of the fold, where Weatherby deflects it over the glove of Denver goalkeeper Magnus Chrona.
UND 1, Denver 1 – Jake Durflinger (Antti Tuomisto, McKade Webster) 7:42. Denver ties at the end of a death penalty. Durflinger, in the wide area for a trip, leaves the wide area and Tuomisto hits him behind the UND defense. Durflinger hits UND goalkeeper Peter Thome and submits.
Second period
UND 2, Denver 1 – Shane Pinto (Matt Kiersted, Brendan Budy) 7:43. Caulfield has the puck along the goal line and ends up making a bad angle shot. Realizing that there is no one there and that it will be an easy defense, he keeps possession of the ball and continues to work in the corner. This eventually leads to a Budy shot from the point. Budy hits the post and the puck goes behind Chrona, where Kiersted hits and tries to score. He can’t, but Pinto finds and buries for his 14th NCHC leader of the season.
UND 2, Denver 2 – Carter Savoie (Ryan Barrow) 11:40. UND creates a grade A chance in the offensive end when Pinto hits Jacob Bernard-Docker wide open by cutting the slot. Bernard-Docker disturbs the puck, however, never gets a shot and Denver goes the other way in a two against one. Savoie, on the left side, shoots and hits the side of Thome’s glove.
UND 3, Denver 2 – Collin Adams (Jordan Kawaguchi, Riese Gaber) 15:55 (pp). UND was lucky to regain the lead. Adams, with the puck below the goal line, tries a pass to Pinto in the left circle. Adams’s pass hits Denver defender Griffin Mendel and hits behind Chrona.
Third period
UND 4, Denver 2 – Jasper Weatherby (Judd Caulfield, Brendan Budy) 11:28. Moments after the completion of a five-minute major for Carter Savoie of Denver, Caulfield enters the zone in an apparently harmless run and skates the puck to the right circle, where he throws a bad angle shot into the net. Chrona makes a great rebound and Weatherby moves on to his second goal of the night.
UND 5, Denver 2 – Judd Caulfield (Jordan Kawaguchi, Jasper Weatherby) 18:57.
UND lines
Foward
9 Brendan Budy – 18 Collin Adams – 29 Jordan Kawaguchi
17 Riese Gaber – 22 Shane Pinto – 28 Judd Caulfield
10 Gavin Hain – 14 Jasper Weatherby – 19 Mark Senden
8 Harrison Blaisdell – 27 Louis Jamernik – 21 Jackson Keane
11 Griffin Ness
Defenders
3 Matt Kiersted – 24 Jacob Bernard-Docker
26 Jake Sanderson – 15 Ethan Frisch
25 Tyler Kleven – 2 Gabe Bast
Goaltenders
1 Peter Thome
35 Harrison Feeney
Out of line: Adam Scheel (inj), Grant Mismash (inj), Cooper Moore, Carson Albrecht and Josh Rieger
Denver lines
Foward
8 Carter Savoie – 19 Cole Guttman – 18 Ryan Barrow
6 McKade Webster – 10 Jaakko Heikkinen – 24 Bobby Brink
28 Brett Edwards – 22 Connor Caponi – 16 Jake Durflinger
11 Steven Jandric – 25 Jack Works – 26 Jack Doremus
Defenders
32 Justin Lee – 20 Mike Benning
17 Slava Demin – 3 Antti Tuomisto
4 Griffin Mendel – 21 Reid Irwin
27 Kyle Mayhew
Goaltenders
30 Magnus Chrona
33 Corbin Kaczperski
Scratches on the trip: Lane Krenzen and Kohen Olischefski (suspended)
Scratches outside the trip: Brett Stapley (inj), Bo Hanson, Carter King, Jack Caruso, Hank Crone
Referees – Sterling Egan and Brandon Schmitt
Linesmen – Tyler Liffrig and Mike Eslinger
Pre-match notes
UND is without goalkeeper Adam Scheel, who was injured in the final minute of Friday night’s victory. Scheel said after the game that he thought he would be ready to play today, but he is not dressed. Peter Thome will make his first game since December 12 against St. Cloud State. UND also doesn’t have Grant Mismash, who is out with an undisclosed injury. The Fighting Hawks are putting Griffin Ness to Mismash. . . Denver is without captain Kohen Olischefski, who was suspended for a game for hitting Scheel. The Pioneers are moving their extra skater to Olischefski and keeping the rest of their lines and defensive doubles together.
Pre-game reading
UND closes Denver to finish in the first half
NCHC suspends Kohen Olischefski from Denver for the end of the series against UND
NCHC Announces Match Schedules, Post-Season Ticket Sales Process in Grand Forks