Showing posts with label BSU Hockey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BSU Hockey. Show all posts

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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Location: One Ralph Engelstad Arena Dr, Grand Forks, ND 58203, USA

Friday, November 24, 2023

Goon's Takeaways; Game One: UND Beats BSU 3-2 in OT


The University of North Dakota hockey team kicked off their Thanksgiving weekend with a non-conference tilt with the Bemidji State University Beavers. 

Statistically, entering the weekend, this looked like a series that could be very one-sided. BSU entered Friday's game with the worst penalty kill in college hockey at 65.8 percent. The Beavers goaltending had also played poorly during the first 12 games of the season as they entered the game with the worst save percentage in college hockey. 

 Looking at the stats, you would think the UND hockey team would be licking their lips with the prospect of filling the Beaver goal with pucks. Through two periods, the game played out differently. 

None of this mattered; hockey is played on the ice and not on paper. The Hawks came out of the gates a step slow, looking like they were feeling the effects of a big Thanksgiving hangover. The Beavers beat them to pucks and kept them on their heels. 

Forward Kasper Magnussen gave the Beavers a quick 1-0 lead 1:19 into the first period. Assist Lleyton Roed and Carter Jones. Forward Jackson Jutting would score the Beavers second goal at the 17:30 mark of the first period to give them a 2-0 lead. Cameron Berg would score UND's first goal of the game with a goal at the 18:05 mark of the first period. 2-1 Beavers.
Berg would score his second goal of the year to tie the game at 2-2. Berg took a pass from Hunter Johanness and shot from above the right faceoff circle. With his two goals, Berg doubled his season goal total. He now has four goals on the season. Jackson Blake scores the game-winning goal 50 seconds into Overtime to give UND a 3-2 win. Assists Jake Livanavage and Owen McLaughlin. UND has played in three overtime games and has a 2-0-1 record. Blake has scored both of UND's game-winning goals. Both overtimes combined lasted a minute and 10 seconds. Video evidence confirms that the game-winning goal was offside. BSU didn't challenge the play. With the win, UND improved to 10-2-1 (.807), with the loss, BSU dropped to 5-8-0.
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Monday, April 25, 2011

Awesome BSU Hockey video

Beaver Hockey from Beaver Hockey on Vimeo.

Here is a promotional Video for BSU hockey that Troy Mills had posted on his facebook page. Troy is the owner the BSU Hockey message board, the Beaver Pond. My friend Scott Williams with the call on the goals from Lakeland Public Television.
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