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OMAHA, Neb. – Ryan Walters scored midway through the third period to help the UNO Mavericks to a 2-2 tie with Quinnipiac on Friday night at the CenturyLink Center.  The game was the opener of their non-conference series.

The Mavericks are now 9-8-4 on the year while the Bobcats are 11-6-4.  The two teams finish the series on Saturday afternoon with a special 2:07 p.m. faceoff.

On the game-tying goal, Zahn Raubenheimer held the puck at the right wing hash marks and fired a shot that caromed off the pad of goalie Eric Hartzell right to Walters on the left wing.  He picked his spot before firing home his seventh goal of the year as Hartzell scrambled to recover.

The Bobcats opened the scoring at 8:39.  Jeremy Langlois broke down the left wing and flipped a pass to Russell Goodman who fired a shot past a helpless John Faulkner.

UNO tied the game late in the period.  Johnnie Searfoss and Brent Gwidt worked a nifty give-and-go through the neutral zone.  Searfoss then threw the puck to a wide open Gwidt who flipped home his fourth of the year, a new career high.

Quinnipiac regained the lead late in the second period.  On a three-on-two rush, Yuri Bouharevich took a pass from Connor Jones and snapped in a shot off the post for his fifth goal of the year.

The Mavericks outshot the Bobcats 36-22.