LaDue out Friday
UND freshman defenseman Paul LaDue will be benched for Friday’s game against the Broncos after receiving a citation for a noisy party this week.
LaDue, 21, has one goal and four assists in 14 games for UND. He has not missed a game this season.
In his absence, freshman Keaton Thompson is expected to stay in the lineup. Thompson, of Devils Lake, was named the National Collegiate Hockey Conference rookie of the week for his two-point weekend against St. Lawrence.
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Thursday, December 05, 2013
UND Hockey: Freshman Defenseman Paul LaDue cited for noisy party
According to Brad Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald, UND freshman defenseman Paul LaDue will sit out Friday's game against the Western Michigan Bronoco's after recieving a citation for a noisy party.
Wednesday, December 04, 2013
Refreshing our memories: Hakstol the second half coach
The question UND fans want to know, will there be a second half run?
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Sunday, December 01, 2013
North Dakota Slips Past St. Lawrence
Grand Forks, ND – The University of North Dakota hockey team came into tonight’s game mired in a horrible slump, going 2-7-1 in their last 10 games.
After last night’s 5-2 loss to the St. Lawrence Saints, the UND hockey team had a closed door meeting to air their differences.
Tonight, alternate captain Stephane Pattyn gave us a glimpse of what was said.
“Yeah, yesterday was kind of just an open floor,” Pattyn said. “Everyone talked and gave their thoughts about what we needed to do. We had some great conversations. We definitely grew up as a team last night and I think today’s (win) helped too.”
It appeared that the closed door meeting worked. Through two periods of play, the UND hockey team played on their toes and took the play to the St. Lawrence Saints.
UND got goals from forwards Rocco Grimaldi, Connor Gaarder and Stephane Pattyn, and would take a 3-1 lead going into the third period.
St. Lawrence pushed hard in the third period, and cut the lead to 3-2 with a goal by the national scoring leader, Greg Carey. UND was able to hold off a late surge by the Saints to get the 3-2 win.
After the game, head coach Dave Hakstol didn’t seem to relish the win all that much.
“Real hard fought game,” head coach Dave Hakstol said. “We competed hard for 60-minutes. They pushed real hard in the last portion of the third period. We wanted to come back and do a little better tonight. I thought we did a little better.”
So far this season, UND has dug themselves into a hole with undisciplined play.
“We needed to come out like that,” Pattyn said. “We need to prove ourselves. A game like today was going to move us a step forward. We’ve dug ourselves in a hole so far this season and today’s one small step out of that hole.”
Pattyn continued, “That last 24-hours weren’t that much fun. Not much excitement going on in our dressing room. But we got focused and we knew we had to come out and do a job. We put a lot of pressure on ourselves today, to come out, to come out hard. Our steps are moving forward right now.”
Coming into tonight’s game, UND was 0-4-2 on Saturday nights. With the win tonight, UND improved that record to 1-4-2.
UND goalie Zane Gothberg stopped 25-of-27 shots and improved his record to 3-5-2 with the win. The sophomore goalie made many big saves late in the game to preserve the win.
Notes of interest
With the win tonight, UND is 3-6-1 in the last 10 games. With the win, UND improves to 5-7-2.
UND is 2-2-2 in non-conference play.
St Lawrence forward Greg Carey had an impressive weekend, scoring (2g-4a—6pts) on the weekend. Carey is the NCAA points leader with (11g-18a—29pts).
This was UND’s second win of the season when they score three or fewer goals.
UND has gone 1-0-1 the last two Saturday night’s.
Next weekend, UND travels to Kalamazoo to take on the Western Michigan Broncos December 6-7, 2013, game time is 6:07 central.
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Thursday, November 28, 2013
UND Hockey: The Weekend Ahead (11/29 -11/30)
This weekend, the University of North Dakota entertains St. Lawrence Saints of the ECAC in a non-conference series at Ralph Engelstad Arena. Last weekend, UND lost and tied (1-3 L, 3-3 T) in their non-conference series with the Boston University Terriers at Agganis Arena.
Matchup: North Dakota (4-6-2, 3-5-0 NCHC) vs. St. Lawrence (7-5-2, 2-3-0 Hockey East).
Date: November 29-30, 2013.
Time: 7:37 p.m. Friday / Saturday 7:07 p.m.
Radio: UND 96.1 (KQHT-FM) The Fox
Webcast: undsports.com
Series History
UND leads the All-time series 11-1-0 (.917). In Grand Forks, ND: UND leads the series 6-0-0 (1.000). In Canton, New York: UND leads the series 2-1-0 (.667). At neutral sites: UND leads the series 3-0-0 (1.000). Under coach Dave Hakstol UND owns a 1-0-0 (1.000) record against SLU. Last 10 games against SLU: UND leads the series 9-1-0 (.900). The two teams didn’t play last season.
Players to watch
North Dakota: Forwards: Rocco Grimaldi (4g-7a—11pts), Michael Parks (3g-6a—9pts), Drake Caggiula (4g-4a—8pts), Luke Johnson (1g-4a—5pts), Brendan O’Donnell (3g-2—5pts).Defense: Dillon Simpson (1g-5a—6pts), Nick Mattson (1g-5a—6pts), Troy Stecher (1g-3a—4pts), Jordan Schmaltz (2g-2a—4pts), Paul Ladue (1g-3a—4pts). Goaltenders: Clarke Saunders 2-1-0, GAA 3.50 and .910 save percentage, Zane Gothberg 2-5-2, 2.84 GAA and .906 save percentage.
UND injuries: Colten St. Clair, Mark MacMillan, Derek Rodwell.
Dave Hakstol says injured forwards Mark MacMillan, Colten St. Clair and Derek Rodwell remain unavailable this weekend.
— North Dakota MHockey (@UNDMHockey) November 27, 2013
St. Lawrence Saints: Forwards: Greg Carey (9g-15a—24pts), Matt Carey (8g-9a—17pts), Jeremy Wick (5g-9a—14pts), Patrick Doherty (5g-6a—11pts). Defense: Justin Baker (4g-9a—13pts), Gavin Bayreuther (4g-7—11pts). Goaltenders: Matt Weninger 5-4-2, 3.57 GAA, .872 save percentage, Tyler Parks 2-0-0, 3.02 GAA, .862 save percentage.
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013
UND Injury Update
This weekend, when the University of North Dakota (4-6-2,
3-5-0 NCHC) plays St. Lawrence University
(7-5-2, 2-2-2 ECAC), in a two-game non-conference match-up, they will be
without the services of some key forwards, and could be playing defensemen in their place again this weekend. The move actually seemed to work last weekend against the BU Terriers.
First, there is some good
news. “(Brendan) O’Donnell should be available, he’s practiced all week,” Hakstol said.
Dave Hakstol says injured forwards Mark MacMillan, Colten St. Clair and Derek Rodwell remain unavailable this weekend.
— North Dakota MHockey (@UNDMHockey) November 27, 2013
Andrew Panzarella will play forward again this weekend. Gage Ausmus could play either forward or D. Coaches have a decision to make there.
— Schlossman (@SchlossmanGF) November 27, 2013
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Monday, November 25, 2013
Highlights from Saturday's game between UND and BU
s/t to Hockey East online. Really nice job on the video.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013
UND ties Boston University 3-3
Seal of the University of North Dakota (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Last night, the University of North Dakota put a season
high 58 shots on the Boston University net, but still had to settle for a 3-3
tie. Standing in the way of a UND victory, was Terrier goalie Matt O’Connor. The sophomore goalie was nothing short of
amazing, as he stopped a career-high 55 shots. Many of his saves were of the
spectacular variety. Yes, I am cuing the hot goalie storyline.
I didn't know that was a crime?
I didn't know that was a crime?
If it wasn’t for O’Connor, the game “probably” would’ve been
very one sided, as UND attacked the BU net in waves. It was one of UND’s best
efforts of the season, as they held a 58-31 shot advantage over the Terriers.
“He’s a good goalie,” UND junior forward Stephane Pattyn said.
According to the UND SID Jayson Hadju, that’s the most
shots that UND has put on net in a game since December 30, 2000, when UND put
65 shots on the goal, to beat Princeton 4-1.
Did I mention the play of the BU goalie? So did UND’s
head coach Dave Hakstol.
“That’s the game of hockey,” Hakstol said. “Their guy (Matt
O’Connor) played well in net.”
“We played a better game tonight than we did last night,”
Hakstol said. “As usual when you come out on an eastern swing you usually run
into different challenges. Obviously, we ran into some challenges this weekend,
but we probably got better as a hockey team.”
While some will look at this weekend as a lost weekend, I
think you can look this weekend as a building block, moving forward. UND came
out last night and was on their toes for most of the game. Rocco Grimaldi was
the best player on the ice for UND. Second best player for UND was junior
forward Brendan O’Donnell, who looked really good in his return to the lineup,
after missing five games due to injury.
I think he was the difference in the game for UND. I
would imagine that UND should get Mark MacMillan back soon. Moving forward, I
wonder, if we will see the all junior line of Mark MacMillan, Michael Parks
and O’D? That line seemed to have some chemistry together before the run of bad luck and injuries took hold for UND.
Stats, stats, stats
On Saturday night, UND was
one-for-seven on the power-play, and had 19 of its 31 shots on the power-play. UND
was one-for-nine (.10%) on the power-play for the weekend.
After writing an article about UND forward Rocco Grimaldi and Drake Caggiula, Grimaldi had a six game point streak snapped
last night and Caggiula was kept off of the score sheet all weekend long.
After last night’s game,
Zane Gothberg’s season numbers 2-5-2, 2.84 GAA, .906 save percentage.
After this Friday’s game,
Clarke Saunder’s season numbers 2-1-0, 3.50 GAA, save percentage .910.
This season, UND is 1-1-2 against Hockey
East this season.
Looking ahead to next weekend
With the tie the University of North Dakota is (4-6-2,
3-5-0 NCHC) and entertains ECAC opponent St Lawrence (7-5-2, 2-2-2 ECAC) at the
Ralph Engelstad Arena, in an important two game nonconference series.
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Saturday, November 23, 2013
A couple of coaches have a chat
Legendary @TerrierHockey coach Jack Parker stops by to say hello to Coach Hakstol. Class act. pic.twitter.com/pwVAjmE1bh
— North Dakota MHockey (@UNDMHockey) November 24, 2013
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(Video) Brendan O'Donnell Slashing Penalty
At the 16:57 mark of the third period, Brendan O'Donnell was incorrectly assessed a two-minute minor penalty for
slashing. You can see by the video that O'Donnell never should have been given a penalty. That was a blown call by Kevin Shea. Thank God it didn't cost UND the game.
My six-year old child could tell you that this was a bad penalty. This
was a blown call by the Hockey East officiating crew. In my opinion, I thought
that Scott Hansen,
Kevin Shea made some ticky-tacky calls all night long. Hate to say it,
but I would rather have some of the officials that we have had in the WCHA. There's no excuse for this call.
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A New Drinking Game for UND Hockey
New Sioux hockey drinking game... Shots for penalties instead of goals #gosioux #penaltyshots pic.twitter.com/qvUKpTzv7C
— Jodi Buchner Telken (@siouxhockeyfan) November 24, 2013
This one is actually funny. I still like the one where you take a drink in the post game press conference when head coach Dave Hakstol says, "You know."
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Let's not jump off the Sorlie Bridge yet... UND hockey
Sorlie Bridge connecting Grand Forks, ND to East Grand Forks, MN (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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Last night’s game.
First off, I don’t see any reason to jump off the Sorlie
Bridge (pick your bride, Sorlie, Kennedy, Columbia, Point). Not yet, but if want to jump ship, make sure to cut a hole in the ice
so you don’t break your neck. I am not ready to give up on this team.
Rocco Grimaldi seems to think that the boys can right the
ship.
Contrary to what some say, I think that there’s talent on the UND hockey team. Let's take a deep breath. I think that the goaltending has been questionable, but that will come.
I thought Clarke Saunders was left out to dry last night. One the on goal, I
thought that he was caught cheating as well. I think that Zane Gothberg has had
concentration issues and needs to focus.
I find do it comical that some fans are panicking already.
We have seen this drill before. There’s a lot of season left. In nine plus
seasons that Dave Hakstol’s has been the head coach, his teams, have been
second half teams. Only exceptions, were the 2010-11 (Frozen Four team) and the
2012-13 season (Lost in the West Region to Yale).
This is a young team. It’s not an excuse. Last week
during the Wednesday hockey press conference Dave Hakstol said, “This is a
young team.” I was actually shocked that he said it. Hakstol wasn’t offering up
an excuse, just stating a fact. I see no panic in the man’s body language. Although,
the head coach didn’t look happy very happy either.
I know it’s cliché, but there’s a lot of season left.
Sure, UND hasn’t looked very good so far this season. But, let’s examine
reality. UND has 11 healthy forwards skating right now. That’s not an excuse,
that’s brutal reality.
I have said this before and I will say it again. You don't hang Banners for winning in the early season. There’s no award given for the best record in October,
November, December and January.
From the UND game notes: UND head
coach Dave Hakstol, now in his
10th season behind the bench of his alma mater, is the only active head coach
in Division I men’s hockey who has recorded a winning record in every season as
a head coach. That includes Jerry York.
Last night’s game
I thought the guys took some
undisciplined penalties at key times during last night’s game. That has to stop if they’re going to be
successful this season.
From my perspective, from my seat on
the couch last night, I thought the officials called some horrible ticky-tacky penalties last night. When I went back and looked at the play on my DVR, I thought where was the penalty on that call? I don’t like the way that Hockey East officials call
their games. I think that ECAC officials calls the game much like they
do in the West.
Brutal!
In my opinion, I felt that the refs let the Terriers get away
with a lot of things that could have been called penalties both ways. That's how I saw it. I will be doing some video work this week. Let's also give credit, where credit is due. I thought BU played a pretty good hockey game, too.
This is what head coach Dave Hakstol had
to say about last night’s game. It is what it is. There’s no sugar coating it
with Dave Hakstol, he call it like he see it. I don’t see him making any excuses.
“I thought BU played well tonight,”
Dave Hakstol said. “They capitalized on
opportunities, did a good job on the power play.”
This is what the head coach had say on
UND’s penalty trouble and trying to fight back after falling behind.
“I thought we had a real good first
seven, eight minutes of the game. We spent last half of the period killing
penalties.” “Had a two goal deficit, that’s hard to overcome on the road.”
“BU did a good job defending,” Hakstol
said. “We had to attempt to kill five penalties in a row.
The head coach was asked about the
team’s injuries.
“We had 20 guys dressed,” Hakstol
said. That’s not an issue what-so-ever that’s not a topic in our locker room.
A couple of stats
During the 2011-12 season, UND started
the season 4-7-1.
UND is 3-2-1 on Friday nights, 0-4-1
on Saturday nights and finally, 1-0-0 on Sunday nights.
Clarke Saunders 2-1-0, 3.50 GAA, .910
save percentage.
Rocco Grimaldi (4g-7a—11pts)
Drake Caggiula (4g-4a—8pts)
Michael Parks (3g-5a—8pts)
Goals for 29
Goals against 36
Scoring margin 40/59
Penalty Minutes 28
UND power play 26
UND penalty kill 10
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013
UND's injury situation
With Colten St. Clair also injured, Hakstol said defenseman Gage Ausmus and Andrew Panzarella have skated on the wing at practice this week.
— North Dakota MHockey (@UNDMHockey) November 20, 2013
Last
Saturday night, after the game against the UMD Bulldogs, UND head coach Dave
Hakstol said that he would get Mark MacMillan some time off to heal what ails
him. It was obvious to all of us that MacMillan was hurt. Hakstol said he's
suffering from an undisclosed injury and that he had no choice to play him
because of numbers. Mark will make the trip to Boston, but not play against the
BU Terriers.
Dave Hakstol says Mark MacMillan, Brendan O'Donnell will travel to BU but not play. Added that Derek Rodwell is questionable to travel.
— North Dakota MHockey (@UNDMHockey) November 20, 2013
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
UND Hockey: Chad Johnson: 1970-2013
There’s
some sad news coming out of Fargo, ND today.
Our thoughts and prayers are going out to Former Fighting Sioux forward Chad Johnson and his family. Johnson was found dead
in Fargo, ND on Monday.
Official press Release--- The University of North Dakota Athletics Department and its men's hockey program is saddened by the passing of former UND hockey player Chad Johnson.
Johnson, a native of Grand Forks, lettered at UND from 1990-91 to 1992-93, appearing in 95 games for the Fighting Sioux.
"The UND hockey family has lost a great member," said UND head coach Dave Hakstol, who was a collegiate teammate of Johnson's. "Chad had such a positive impact on everyone who knew him, including myself, his UND teammates, and the hundreds of kids who loved playing for him.
"We are all better for knowing him and we will miss his quick wit and genuine friendship. We will have Chad and his family in our thoughts and prayers."
After his collegiate playing career, Johnson played professionally for three seasons before embarking upon a coaching career in the United States Hockey League.
Johnson's brother, Steve, also played at UND from 1984-88 and his nephews, Luke Johnson and Paul LaDue, are both freshmen on this year's hockey team.
UND Athletics would like to extended its deepest sympathies to Johnson's family and friends.
A press release from the USHL team, the Lincoln Stars dated Sept. 18 said:
Sad news out of Fargo yesterday Chad Johnson has died. He just resigned as head coach of the Lincoln Stars of the... http://t.co/g8p0LS38XX
— Mnhockeyconnection (@MNHOCKEYU) November 19, 2013
The Lumberjacks would like to send their thoughts & prayers out to the friends & family of former Lincoln Stars H/C Chad Johnson #USHLFamily
— Muskegon Lumberjacks (@MuskegonJacks) November 19, 2013
Former Lincoln Stars coach found dead in Fargo: Fargo police say 34-year-old Chad Johnson was found dead Monday... http://t.co/5jyefOEeET
— Lincoln NE Daily (@lincolnnedaily) November 19, 2013
Former Stars Head Coach Chad Johnson found dead in Fargo: Very sad news to report today.Former Lincoln Stars a... http://t.co/tpJ3PwwEIL
— Lincoln Stars Blog (@blackblueblog) November 19, 2013
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Monday, November 18, 2013
UND Women end Minnesota's 62 game win streak
Ironically, the UND women were the last team to beat the Gopher women 62 games ago. Hats off to them.
Thanks to all the alumni, fans and friends for the congrats and notes! Proud of the effort, character of our club today. #NDproud
— Brian Idalski (@UND_WIH) November 18, 2013
Cherry on top of a great day was this note waiting on our apartment door after the bus ride home #ILoveThisSchool pic.twitter.com/zNHggKGWR7
— Halli Krzyzaniak (@Krzyznasty18) November 18, 2013
Congrats to @UNDWHockey on a great win but also tip my hat to @gopherwhockey on a great streak, will most likely never be broken #siouxproud
— Jocelyne Lamoureux (@JocelyneUSA17) November 18, 2013
Great win today, but gotta say congrats to @MNWomensHockey on an amazing streak that will undoubtably never be repeated.
— North Dakota WHockey (@UNDWHockey) November 17, 2013
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Saturday, November 16, 2013
UMD Slaps UND 6-3
The University of North Dakota’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
season continues. Coming into tonight’s game the University of North Dakota had
a respectable record of 3-1-0 on Friday nights. On the flip side, the UND
hockey team has yet to win a hockey game on Saturday nights, 0-3-1 and 1-0-0 on Sunday.
Tonight, with the 6-3 loss to the University of Minnesota
Duluth Bulldogs, UND now has a 0-4-1 record on Saturday nights. Through 10
games (4-5-1 – 3-5-0 NCHC), the Green and White has yet to win a hockey game on
Saturday night. Tonight’s loss didn’t appear to sit well with UND head coach
Dave Hakstol.
“We didn’t play a complete game as we needed to,” Hakstol
said. “I thought we had to play really intelligent complete game. Little bit
low on energy. I thought…we didn’t manage obviously the last two minutes of the
first period very well after playing an excellent first period. After digging
ourselves out of that we didn’t manage the last minute of the second period
very well. That’s the difference in the game, those three, three and a half
minutes. The end of the day it’s the result that counts.”
The UND hockey team faced some adversity this week. Key
players are dealing injuries. Quite a
few players missed practice because of the flu. You also have to give credit
where credit is due, UMD played a better hockey game than UND did tonight.
“It’s been a bit of a long week,” Hakstol said. “We
didn’t cut ourselves any slack. We needed to play very intelligent and full
60-minutes tonight to give us a chance to win this game. That’s the way that I
feel. I give Duluth all of the credit in the world, they’re a good hockey team.
They made a lot of plays. I don’t think we did everything that we need to do
tonight... to give ourselves the best chance to win
this game. “
“Obviously there’s some stuff we need to work on as a
team,” North Dakota freshman defenseman Paul LaDue said. “We had a few
breakdowns and they (UMD) capitalized on them.”
In a night where some might want to look at the
negatives, there were a few positive points to build on going forward. Ladue also
scored the first goal of his UND career.
“It felt pretty good, but it would feel a lot better with
a win right now”, LaDue said. “It’s good to get it off my back and hopefully
they will keep coming.”
But another positive to take away from tonight’s game, UND
sophomore forward Bryn Chyzyk scored his first goal of the season.
“Just kind of got a loose puck off of the wall,” Chyzyk
said. “Just tried to feed it to the net – it must have hit a few sticks or
something. I don’t know, but it went in. Obviously it wasn’t enough.”
Next weekend, UND travels to Boston, Massachusetts to
play a two game nonconference series against the Boston University Terriers at Agganis
Arena.
Overhead picture of Michael Parks Goal
Can you see the puck? It's right next to the goalies glove.
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some of the toughest schedules to date. I got these numbers from the KRACH. You
can draw your own conclusions from the numbers if you want.
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UND takes bite out of Bulldogs 4-2
English: Ralph Engelstadt Arena at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. *Personally photographed by the undersigned May 8, 2007. Elcajonfarms 03:46, 3 July 2007 (UTC) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Grand Forks, ND – Coming into tonight’s game against the University of Minnesota Duluth, the University of North Dakota had lost two home games in a row and was looking to right the ship and get their first conference win at home. In the last three games at home, UND was winless and held a 0-2-1 record.
With tonight’s 4-2 win, make that 1-2-1.
So far this season, the National Collegiate Hockey Conference games have been a war. Six teams are currently separated by three points. With each game, the league standings shift and teams move up and down depending whether they win or lose.
Tonight’s game between UND and UMD is probably what the founding members’ envisioned when they first decided to embark on the new National Collegiate Hockey Conference. Let’s just say, the game was an exciting 60-minute dog fight. No pun intended.
“Pretty exciting hockey game I would imagine for the fans,” head coach Dave Hakstol said.
UND would jump to a 2-0 lead with goals by Rocco Grimaldi and Michael Parks. Then the momentum swing in the Bulldogs favor.
UMD would come racing back to tie the game on a couple of UND miscues in a 20-second stretch during the third period. UMD would score its first goal of the game at the 06:37 mark of the third period on a goal by forward Alex Iafallo. It appeared that UND goalie Clarke Saunders thought the ref was going to blow the whistle on the delayed penalty, but the ref didn't, and the puck ended up in back of the UND net. UMD would score again 20-seconds later on the power play with a goal by Adam Krause. Tie game 2-2.
“Everyone is human and I went oh crap for about 10 seconds,” UND goalie Clarke Saunders. “Delayed penalty, I don’t know if that’s defined as possession or not. I thought so. The puck was there and I went for it.”
On the second UND goal, initially, the goal had been waved off after referees Derek Shepherd and CJ Beaurline had reviewed the goal. Upon talking to the UND bench, the officials returned to the penalty box area and reviewed the play again and then awarded UND the goal. The replay in the press box was obvious, it was a good goal. For some reason, the second review of the goal by the officials took a long time. When head coach Dave Hakstol was asked if he had asked the refs to take another look at the goal.
“Yeah, I did,” Hakstol said. “They don’t come and ask coaches what they should do. They go and make calls on their own. I thought they did a real good job.”
UND goalie Clarke Saunders was under attack all night long and he stopped 34 of 36 shots. After the game coach Hakstol was very complimentary of his starting goaltender.
“Clarke did a real good job tonight,” Hakstol said. “I think that Clarke has been excellent his last two outings.”
Sophomore defenseman Jordan Schmaltz would get the game winner on the power play at the 10:05 mark of the third period and junior forward Stephane Pattyn would ice the game with an empty net goal at the 19:04 mark to round out the scoring for UND.
UND will go for its first conference home sweep tomorrow night 07:07 p.m. when they play the Bulldogs in game two at the Ralph Engelstad Arena. With the win UND improves to (4-4-1, 3-4-0 NCHC) on the season. UND is now tied for the lead in the NCHC, but has played three more games than Nebraska-Omaha and Saint Cloud State.
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