Box Score

OMAHA, Neb. – For the second time in eight days, the UNO hockey team knocked off a top ten team, beating the #6 Bemidji State Beavers 3-2 on Saturday night at the Qwest Center.  The win earned the Mavericks a split of the two-game weekend series, their final regular season contest.

The Mavericks will now host a first round, best-of-three Central Collegiate Hockey Association playoff series against the Bowling Green Falcons on Friday, March 5, Saturday, March 6 and Sunday, March 7 if necessary.   Friday's game starts at 7:35 p.m. while Saturday and Sunday's games will start at 7:05 p.m.

UNO opened the scoring on their first power play of the game.  #Eddie DelGrosso took a pass from Rich Purslow# and wristed a shot past Bemidji State's Dan Bakala at 4:22 of the first period.

Bemidji State tied the game at 7:10 of the second period when Ian Lowe wired a shot over the shoulder of UNO's #John Faulkner#, just under the crossbar.

The Mavs retook the lead just 61 seconds later when #Terry Broadhurst pounced on the rebound of a shot by Matt Smith# and knocked in his 12th goal of the year.

Purslow stretched that lead to 3-1 on another man advantage.  He beat Bakala with a wrist shot to the top corner for his 14th goal of the season.

Matt Read tightened the lead when he scored off a feed from Chris Peluso at 4:23 of the third period, but the Mavericks held their ground to pick up their 14th home win of the season.

Faulkner finished the night with 16 saves while Bakala stopped 24.

UNO's win cam e one week to the day after beating then-number one Miami in Oxford, Ohio.  The Mavs finish the regular season with a record of 18-14-6 and 13-12-3-2 in the CCHA.

NOTES:  With two points, DelGrosso is now just two points from becoming UNO's all-time leading scorer among defensemen...the Mavericks raised more than $50,000 for brain cancer research as part of their 'Stache for Cash promotion to benefit the Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center.