Thursday, November 08, 2012

UND: The Weekend Ahead (11/9-11-10)

The University of North Dakota travels to Saint Cloud Minnesota to play in an important two-game WCHA  series against the Saint Cloud State University Hukies this weekend at National Hockey Center on November 9 and 10.

Friday, #6 USCHO and USA Today polls – North Dakota (3-2-1, 1-0-1 WCHA) versus #15 USCHO Poll Saint Cloud State University (5-3-0, 3-1-0 WCHA)

Game times: 7:37 pm CT on Friday, 7:07 pm CT on Saturday.
Radio:  UND 96.1 (KQHT-FM) – The Fox.

Webcast and Audio:  UNDSPORTS.COM and AmericaOneSports.com

Television: Charter Cable, NESN (Saturday only), DirecTV 628 (Saturday only),
DISH Network 434 (Saturday only)

Series History: UND leads the All-Time series against SCSU59-31-11 (.639), UND has a record of 30-13-5 (.677) against SCSU in Grand Forks, ND. UND also has a winning record against SCSU in 23-17-6 (.565) and UND has a 6-1-0 (.857) record against SCSU at neutral locations.  Last 10 games against SCSU, UND has a 7-2-1 (.750) record.

UND has a 26-11-7 (.670) record against the SCSU Huskies since the 2002-03 season.  The last 10 years at Saint Cloud, UND has a 0-6-4 record against SCSU on Friday night’s and a 10-0-0 record on Saturday nights

Players to Watch:

North DakotaForwardsDanny Kristo (1g-5a—6pts), Roco Grimaldi (3g-3a—6pts), Connor Gaarder (3g-2a—5pts), Mark MacMillan (2g-2a—4pts), Corbin Knight (2-g1—3pts), Carter Rowney (1g-2a—3pts). Defense: Jordan Schmaltz (1g1a—2pts) Dillon Simpson (0g-2a—2pts), Andrew MacWilliam (0g-2a—2pts), Derek Forbort (2g-1a—3pts). Goaltenders: Clarke Saunders 2-1-1, 1.73 GAA, .933 save percentage, Zane Gothberg 1-1-0, 2.54 GAA, .902 save percentage.

SCSUForwardsNic Dowd (6g-6a—12pts), Drew LeBlance (3g-8a—11pts), Kalle Kossila (4g-4a—8pts). Defense: Nick Jensen (0g-8a—8pts), Ethan Prow (2g-4a—6pts). Goaltender: Ryan Faragher 4-3-0, 2.23 GAA, 0.926 save percentage.

UND Official Web Page

SCSU Official Web Page

Originally posted at the Hockey Writers – Combine
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