NCHC Top Five goals of the Week... Luke Johnson 4th

UND forward Luke Johnson with the fourth best goal of the week in the NCHC.

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How Sweep it is... UND Hockey

Second sweep for @UNDMHockey pic.twitter.com/2QjQf8F6xX
— Eric Classen (@eric_classen) December 15, 2013

UND gets it's first sweep at home since January 4-5, 2013 when UND swept the Holy Cross Crusaders.

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Third period comeback propels North Dakota past Northern Michigan

The front entrance to Ralph Englested Arena in Grand Forks, ND. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Grand Forks, ND – Coming into tonight’s game, the University of North Dakota Hockey team had a 0-5-0 record when the opponent is leading after two periods of play. Make that 1-5-0, with the comeback 3-1 win.

One of themes this season has been the lack of discipline and taking untimely penalties.

Tonight, through two periods of play, the UND hockey team took too many undisciplined penalties. Fortunately for UND, Northern Michigan was able to only able to go one-for-four on the man advantage and the UND defense was able to limit the Wildcats to 14 shots on net.  After the first period, UND game the Wildcats nothing.

Tonight’s game was a good ole fashioned hard fought hockey game, and through 50:35 of hockey the Northern Michigan Wildcats held a 1-0 lead. UND would bear down and play disciplined hockey in the third period.

Finally, at the 10:35 mark of the third period, freshman defenseman Gage Ausmus gave the hometown crowd something to cheer about as he picked up the equalizer off a great pass from Michael Parks.

Gage Ausmus described the game tying goal, “I saw Parks coming down the wall and all five of their guys followed him, and I saw an opening on the back side. Parksy got it to me and I beared down and got the goal.”

Game on!

At the 14:12 mark of the third period, Rocco Grimaldi and Drake Caggiula would bring the crowd to their feet with a beautiful give-and-go goal and that was all UND would need.

Derek Rodwell would ice the game at the 19:25 mark of the third period with an empty-net goal.

“A real tight – hard fought game,” head coach Dave Hakstol said. “I thought the first ten-minutes was kind of like a jump ball. Nobody really wanted to take control of it. We weren’t sharp on the five-minute power play that put us back on our heels. And from there, it was little bit of a street fight through the rest of the game. That’s the best way I could describe it.”

UND also ends the first half on a positive note, with its first series sweep on home ice since January 4-5, 2013. UND (9-7-2, 5-5-0 NCHC) also ends the first half of the season on a five-game winning streak, and has now won back-to-back series. Since November 11, 2013, UND has a 7-3-1 record.

Do you sense where this is going?

“Personally that was my first time (stick salute),” Rocco Grimaldi said. “I wasn’t here for the one last year. I was overseas. It’s exciting feeling, especially our first this year. Obviously, we had kind of a rough start to the year. The last five games we put together a good streak. A couple of sweeps in a row, I think we’re heading in the right direction. So, it’s great for our team.“

UND is off until January 3-4, 2014, when they travel to travel to Burnaby, British Columbia to play in the Great West Showcase. UND will return to conference play on January 10-11, 2014, when they entertain Colorado college at the Ralph Engelstad Arena.

[Box Score]

Stats of Interest

UND goalie Zane Gothberg has a 1.60 GAA and a .938 save percentage during UND’s 5-game winning streak.

Northern Michigan’s 14 shots on goal were the fewest allowed by UND since giving up 14 in a 5-2 win at Bemidji State on Oct. 15, 2010.

Rocco Grimaldi has a five-game scoring streak and has scored  (2g-4a—6pts) during that time.

With the loss, Northern Michigan dropped to 6-10-2.

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Stick Salute at Center Ice....

@goon48 a weekend sweep at Church is always worth a salute at the Ralph pic.twitter.com/DrNsy9b1gy
— Scott G (@20gdawg) December 15, 2013

UND with the first sweep at the Ralph since January 4-5, 2013.

North Dakota beats Northern Michigan 4-1

Grand Forks, ND – Historically, the University of North Dakota hockey team is known for being a second half team. After losing three games in a row, to start the month of November, the UND hockey team has gotten back on track and has gone 5-3-1, since the 3-game losing streak.

With the win tonight, UND has gone 6-3-1 in the last 10 games.

UND would get on the board first at the 04:10 mark of the first period with a goal from forward Mark McMillian. Picking up assists on UND’s first goal were defensemen Troy Stecher and Nick Mattson.

UND would outshoot Northern Michigan 10-5 in the opening period.

North Dakota would break open the game with two power play goals in the second period. UND forward Luke Johnson would score a power play goal at the 09:57 mark of the second period, giving UND a 2-0 lead. Drawing assists on Johnson’s power play goal, forward Rocco Grimaldi and defenseman Jordan Schmaltz.

“I just tried to get it on net,” Luke Johnson said. “I was just lucky that it went in”

UND would strike again, to stretch the lead to 3-0 at the 16:23 mark of the second period. This time, it was a power play goal from the caption Dillon Simpson.  Picking up assists were Rocco Grimaldi and Jordan Schmaltz, again.

Northern Michigan would outshoot UND 11-8 in the second period and trailed 3-0.

“I thought we had a good start,” freshman defenseman Paul LaDue said. “Second period got a little shaky at times. We buried our chances and we have to come out tomorrow with that same mentality.”

Northern Michigan would break the Zane Gothberg’s shutout bid at the 07:40 mark of the third period with a wraparound goal from Daren Nowick.

Northern Michigan appeared to have scored their second goal, on the power play, but the on-ice officials ruled that a Northern Michigan player visually impaired the goaltenders view in the crease. In essence, college hockey has the “Avery Rule” as well.

According to head coach Dave Hakstol, “(Player’s) foot was in the crease, taking away his vision. If he had been on the side of the crease and not in the goaltenders vision it would have been a good goal.”

UND would push the lead to 4-1 with a goal from by Paul LaDue. Assisting on the goal was forward Connor Gaarder. With the win, UND pushed its current winning streak to four games.

“I thought we got off to a good start,” head coach Dave Hakstol said. “We had a good first period. We had our ups and downs. I thought we played a pretty good hockey game.”

UND will go for the series sweep against Northern Michigan at 7:07 p.m. Central at Ralph Engelstad Arena.

[Box Score]

Stats of interest

With the win tonight, UND has a 7-0-1 record when leading after two period.

Tonight, UND went 2-for-4 on the power play. UND is ranked 21st nationally 17/81 (21.1)

Tonight, UND went 3-for-3 on the penalty kill. UND is ranked 18th nationally 74/88 (84.1).

Over the last four games, Zane Gothberg is 4-0-0, 1.75 GAA and has a .939 save percentage.

Over the last three games freshman forward Luke Johnson has scored (3g-2a—5pts).

With the win tonight, UND’s Non-conference record is now 3-2-2

UND Hockey vs NMU Wildcats game one

UND forward Lines

9 Drake Caggiula – 19 Rocco Grimaldi – 27 Luke Johnson

16 Mark MacMillan – 10 Adam Tambellini – 15 Michael Parks (A)

28 Stephan Pattyn (A) – 13 Connor Gaarder – 11 Derek Rodwell

7 Wade Murphy – 17 Colton S. Clair –22 Andrew Panzerella

UND Defense Pairing

18 Dillon Simpson © - 24 Jordan Schmaltz

5 Nick Mattson – 2 Troy Stecher

4 Keaton Thompson – 6 Paul LaDue

UND goalies

31 Zane Gothberg

33 Clarke Saunders

Scratches: 20 Gage Ausmus, 21 Brendan O’Donnell, 25 Mitch MacMillan, 26 Coltyn Sanderson, 29 Bryn Chyzyk, 30 Matt Hrynkiw.

NMU Wildcats Forward Lines

9 Reed Seckel – 40 Stephan Vigier 20 Darren Nowick

15 Dominik Shine – 11 Shane Sooth – 29 Ryan Daugherty

22 Cohen Adair – 3 Ryan Kesti – 7 Sami Salminen

16 Jake Johnson – 6 Nate Taurence – 2 Casey Purpur

Wildcat Defense Pairings

27 Wade Epp – 14 Brock Maschmeyer

4 Mitch Jones – 18 Luke Eibler

23 Jake Baker – 42 Barrett Kaib

Wildcat Goalies

30 – Mathais Dahlstrom

34 – Derek Dun

Out: Ausmus, O'Donnell, Mitch MacMillan, Sanderson, Chyzyk || Referees: Brian Aaron, Todd Anderson || Linesmen: Mike Eslinger, Justin Hills
— North Dakota MHockey (@UNDMHockey) December 13, 2013

NMU's Casey Purpur to make college debut in hometown vs. prep teammates http://t.co/ZvgACV4RVl
— Schlossman (@SchlossmanGF) December 13, 2013

Still tickets left for both @UNDMHockey games this weekend. Last time to see them at home in 2013. http://t.co/gR69R9Iqza
— Dexter Albrecht (@dexteralbrecht) December 13, 2013

UND Hockey: UND to Host 2015 West Regional at Scheels Arena - http://t.co/j8aHNGvSOp #hockey pic.twitter.com/HiBkdaZSDX
— The Hockey Writers (@TheHockeyWriter) December 13, 2013

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Thursday Night Links: "Through These Doors" and 2015 West Regional

It's almost game day, so that means one thing... Another episode of "Through These Doors". Last week, I took a look at the UND reality series.

Walked into the presser on Wednesday. On my way in to the press conference, I chatted briefly with sophomore forward Colton St. Clair and that kid was happy, he was going to skate with the team full practice.  UND misses his skill set, he performs a role that is very valuable.

UND Hockey: Taking a Look at the Reality Series “Through These Doors” - http://t.co/rZsraPiqXb #hockey pic.twitter.com/oCWc08ZZiS
— The Hockey Writers (@TheHockeyWriter) December 6, 2013

UND Hockey: UND to Host 2015 West Regional at Scheels Arena - http://t.co/j8aHNGvSOp #hockey pic.twitter.com/HiBkdaZSDX
— The Hockey Writers (@TheHockeyWriter) December 13, 2013

UND Hockey: Scheels Arena to host 2015 NCAA West Regional

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced today that it has selected the University of North Dakota to host the 2015 NCAA Men’s Hockey West Regional Championship at Scheels Arena in Fargo.

The sites were selected by the respective sport committees, which are made up of coaches and administrators from NCAA member schools and conferences, and approved by the appropriate divisional championships cabinets/committees.

“We are honored and excited to have been awarded the 2015 NCAA Men’s West Regional,” said UND Director of Athletics Brian Faison. “This hosting opportunity is the result of a great team effort partnering UND with Ralph Engelstad Arena and Scheels Arena.”

Scheels Arena is the home of the United States Hockey League’s Fargo Force franchise. It has also previously hosted the 2009 IIHF World U18 Hockey Championship.

“Sheels Arena will be a great venue for the 2015 NCAA West Regional tournament,” said UND head men’s hockey coach Dave Hakstol. “It’s a first-class facility that is within driving distance for the fans of several college hockey programs. The atmosphere in the building should be second-to-none within regional competition.”

“We are confident that a NCAA Men’s West Region Tournament will be a huge success in Fargo. Scheels Arena provides a great off-campus location for a regional tournament and we look forward to the tournament returning to North Dakota,” said Ralph Engelstad Arena general manager Jody Hodgson.

“We are extremely excited to host Division I hockey in our venue and in our city,” said Scheels Arena general manager Jon Kram. “Even more than that, we are pleased to be working in conjunction with the University of North Dakota and Ralph Engelstad Arena. It is a testament to the willingness of the organizations to work together to ensure our communities have access to elite events such as this one when so often we are thought of as competitors by the general public. It sets the stage for future partnerships that will continue to enhance the communities in which we live and operate.”

Ticket information, including on-sale dates and pricing, will be announced at a later date

Mark MacMillan on UND hosting the '15 regional in Fargo: It's nice for our fans who usually have to travel all over the country to watch us.
— North Dakota MHockey (@UNDMHockey) December 11, 2013

UND will host the 2015 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Regional at Scheels Arena in Fargo. @UNDMHockey
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UND Hockey: Will UND get to Host a Regional?

Will the UND Men and Women's hockey team(s) get to host a NCAA regional championship? We will find out today. I will have an update this afternoon when I find out.

Cross your fingers, @UNDsports fans; we will find out at 12:30 today if we'll host a future NCAA Women's Frozen Four and/or men's regional.
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(Video) NCHC Top 5 Goals of the Week; Rocco Grimaldi number one

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Sophomore Bryn Chyzyk suspended from team indefinitely

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – University of North Dakota head men’s hockey coach Dave Hakstol announced today that he has suspended sophomore forward Bryn Chyzyk indefinitely due to a violation of team and athletics department policy.

Hakstol also indicated that any potential reinstatement will not be revisited prior to January 2014 and that no further comment will be provided.

Chyzyk had appeared in 13 of UND’s 16 games this season, registering two goals and two assists.

Bryn Chyzyk, facing a charge of theft of less than $250, has been suspended indefinitely from the team.
— Schlossman (@SchlossmanGF) December 9, 2013

Herald's Steve Lee reporting that Chyzyk ran out on a taxi bill estimated at "about $4" by the cab company owner.
— Schlossman (@SchlossmanGF) December 9, 2013

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Saturday's game between UND vs. WMU on UND Insider

Good new for UND hockey fans. This weekends games will between UND and Western Michigan University will be on CBS Sports Network on Friday night and on the webcast on Saturday night. You can watch the game by going to this link on Saturday night.

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.

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.

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UND defensemen Stecher, Thompson honored by NCHC

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – University of North Dakota defensemen Troy Stecher and Keaton Thompson have garnered weekly honors from the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) for their play in North Dakota’s non-conference split with St. Lawrence last weekend.

Stecher was named the NCHC Defenseman of the Week while Thompson was named the league’s rookie of the week. Miami junior forward Austin Czarnik was named NCHC Offensive Player of the Week and Western Michigan junior Frank Slubowski was named NCHC Goaltender of the Week.

Stecher, a freshman from Richmond, British Columbia, was a +1 each night against St. Lawrence and assisted on Connor Gaarder’s go-ahead, power-play goal late in the second period of Saturday’s 3-2 victory. Stecher helped UND hold the nation’s top power play scoreless in three chances on Saturday and was UND’s only defenseman to register a positive plus/minus in the series.

With a goal and four assists through 14 games this season, Stecher is tied for the team scoring lead among freshmen.

Thompson, also a freshman defenseman, scored his first career goal in Friday’s 5-2 loss. The Devils Lake, N.D., native, who was playing in just his fourth collegiate game, was also a +1 on the night. He posted an even rating the following night in UND’s 3-2 win.

In five games this season, Thompson has one goal and one assist and leads the team with a +2 rating.

UND returns to conference play this weekend with a road series at Western Michigan on Friday and Saturday.

UND’s NCHC Honorees in 2013-14

Nov. 18: Dillon Simpson, Defenseman of the Week

Dec. 2:   Troy Stecher, Defenseman of the Week

              Keaton Thompson, Rookie of the Week

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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.

[Box Score]

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UND vs SLU lines game two

UND forward lines

21 Brendan O’Donnell–9 Drake Caggiula–19 Rocco Grimaldi
25 Mitch MacMillan – 27 Luke Johnson–15 Michael Parks (A)
29 Bryn Chyzyk–10 Adam Tambellini––22 Andrew Panzarella

28 Stephane Pattyn (A)–13 Connor Gaarder–11- Derek Rodwell

UND defense pairing

18 Dillon Simpson (C) – 6 Paul LaDue
 20 Gage Ausmus – 24 Jordan Schmaltz
4 Keaton Thompson – 2 Troy Stecher

UND Goalies

31 Zane Gothberg

33 Clarke Saunders
30 Matt Hrynkiw

Scratches: 5-Nick Mattson, 7-Wade Murphy, 16-Mark MacMillan, 17-Colten St. Clair 26-Coltyn Sanderson and 30-Matt Hrynkiw.

St. Lawrence’s Forward lines

10 Greg Carey–16 Matt Carey–25 Chris Martin
27 Gunnar Hughes–24 Brian Ward–18 Patrick Doherty
9 Alex Hagen – 26 Kyle Essery–19 Justin Wick
28 Trevor Hills–12 Sean McGovern –13 Woody Hudson

St. Lawrence defense pairings

2 Eric Sweetman– 51 Justin Baker
23 Riley Austin–11 Ross McMullen
7 Gavin Bayreuther –52 Pat Raley

St. Lawrence goalies

 34 Matt Weninger

30 Tyler Parks
29 Kyle MacDonald

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UND vs SLU lines game one

UND forward lines

1 Brendan O’Donnell–9 Drake Caggiula–19 Rocco Grimaldi
28 Stephane Pattyn (A)–27 Luke Johnson–15 Michael Parks (A)
29 Bryn Chyzyk–10 Adam Tambellini–7 Wade Murphy
20 Gage Ausmus–13 Connor Gaarder–22 Andrew Panzarella

UND defense pairing

5 Nick Mattson–6 Paul LaDue
18 Dillon Simpson © –24 Jordan Schmaltz
4 Keaton Thompson–2 Troy Stecher

UND Goalies

33 Clarke Saunders
31 Zane Gothberg

Scratches: 16-Mark MacMillan, 11- Derek Rodwell, 17-Colten St. Clair (injuries), Mitch MacMillan, 26-Coltyn Sanderson and 30-Matt Hrynkiw.

St. Lawrence’s Forward lines

10 Greg Carey–16 Matt Carey–25 Chris Martin
27 Gunnar Hughes–24 Brian Ward–18 Patrick Doherty
12 Sean McGovern–26 Kyle Essery–19 Justin Wick
28 Trevor Hills–14 Alexander Dahl–13 Woody Hudson

St. Lawrence defense pairings

2 Eric Sweetman– 51 Justin Baker
23 Riley Austin–11 Ross McMullen
7 Gavin Bayreuther –3 Ben Masella

St. Lawrence goalies

34 Matt Weninger
30 Tyler Parks
29 Kyle MacDonald

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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

TV:  Midco Sports Network

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.

UND official Web Page

St. Lawrence Web Page

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