Saturday, November 25, 2023

Goon's Takeaways: UND Sweeps BSU 5-0


On Saturday night, the University of North Dakota hockey team beat the Bemidji State Beavers 5-0 to win their seventh game in a row. They also completed their third sweep in a row to improve to 11-2-1 (.821), (4-0-0 NCHC). Next weekend, the Fighting Hawks travel to Denver to take on the Pioneers. 

Barring any unforeseen events, UND will remain the No. 1 ranked team in the nation. Not that it matters. While it's probably too early, UND is ranked 6th in the Pairwise Rankings. No, I will not be doing any silly Bracketology posts. UND has played 10 non-conference games this season and has a 7-2-1 (.750) record. 

Sophomore forward Dane Montgomery scored his first goal of the year. Assists Griffin Ness and Bennett Zmolek. That was Montgomery's second career goal and first one at Ralph Engelstad Arena. On the lineup sheet, Montgomery was listed as the extra forward, but he ended up playing instead of freshman forward Michael Emerson.
Ludvig Persson was fantastic in the net and made this beautiful save in the first period. Perrson would end the night with a 29-save shutout, his third of the season. Perrson is 11-2-1 with a 1.85 GAA and a .924 save percentage. Persson's three shutouts are tied with Dominic Basse and Freddie Halyk.   At the 5:13 mark of the second period, UND would finally score on the power play with this goal by Jackson Blake. Assists Jake Livanavage and Cameron Berg. That was Blake's 10th goal of the season.  UND forward Ben Strinden would score an unassisted goal to give UND a 3-0 lead. One minute later, Jackson Kunz would score his first goal of the season to give UND a 4-0 lead. Assists Logan Britt, Ludvig Persson. That was Persson's first point of his collegiate career. Defenseman Garrett Pyke would score his first goal in a UND uniform assists Riese Gaber, and Jackson Blake. 
  • Jackson Blake has made a huge impact in his short time at UND. In 52 games, he's scored (25g-33a--58pts), and he's also a plus-seven. Seven of his 25 goals have been scored on the power play. 
  • Blake has five multi-point games that leads UND. Riese Gaber has four. 
  • Gaber (7g-6a--13pts) was held to one point on the weekend. 
  • UND has a record of 37-5-7 all-time against Bemidji State., The Hawks are 26-3-4 against the Beavers in Grand Forks. 
  • UND has won seven straight games for the first time since 2021-22. This is also the best start for UND since the 2019-20 season. 
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousSun Nov 26, 10:44:00 AM 2023

    I always enjoy and appreciate your observations and comments. With you sitting on my left in the hockey press box and Brad Schlossman to my right, I am blessed to have two great guys who know the game and players well to share it all with as games progress. Quite a treat!

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