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The Mavericks celebrate Luke Nogard's power play goal in the second period of UNO's 4-1 win over No. 6 North Dakota.
4
Winner Omaha OMAHA 10-8-1, 3-6-0-0 NCHC
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North Dakota UND 10-6-5, 5-4-2-2 NCHC
Winner
Omaha OMAHA
10-8-1, 3-6-0-0 NCHC
4
Final
1
North Dakota UND
10-6-5, 5-4-2-2 NCHC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Omaha OMAHA 1 2 1 4
North Dakota UND 1 0 0 1

Game Recap: Hockey |

Mavericks Bring Down No. 6 UND, 4-1

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The No. 18 Omaha hockey team broke open a tie game with two power play goals in the second period on its way to a 4-1 win over No. 6 North Dakota at Ralph Engelstad Arena.

The Mavericks have won three straight coming out of the Christmas break, improving to 10-8-1 overall and 3-6-0-0/0 in the NCHC.  They are now tied with Minnesota Duluth for seventh.  The Fighting Hawks, winless in their last three, are now 10-6-5 overall and 5-4-2-0/2 in the conference, keeping them in second.

With the game tied 1-1 after the first period, the Mavericks, who took the first lead on a goal by Fredrik Olofsson at 10:44, got the lead back on a power play at 8:20.  Zach Jordan's shot from the right wing hit a crowd in front and dropped into the crease.  Luke Nogard poked it home for his sixth goal of the season.

The power play again paid dividends for the Mavericks less than four minutes later.  Tyler Vesel and Ryan Jones combined to set up David Pope for his patented one-timer that eluded Johnson for his team-leading 12th goal of the year and his NCHC-leading seventh power play goal.

The Mavericks added insurance in the third period.  Jordan collected a turnover at the UNO blue line and raced the other way.  His hard wrist shot beat Johnson over the glove hand for his ninth goal of the year to make it 4-1.

Evan Weninger, who allowed only a penalty shot goal to Shane Gersich at 17:23 of the first, stopped 34 shots to improve to 8-6-0.  Johnson stopped 17 in the loss.

The series concludes on Saturday at 7:07 p.m.

GAME NOTES:
  • Weninger has now allowed one goal in back-to-back games.
  • In his last two starts at Engelstad Arena, Weninger has stopped 56 of 57 shots, a save percentage of .982.
  • Nogard's goal was his third game winner of the season, tying him for the NCHC lead.
  • Pope (4-5-9), Jordan (4-4-8) and Olofsson (3-4-7) have now scored points in five straight games.
  • Other stats from the night:  Olofsson led the team with four shots on goal; Olofsson, Jordan, Keck and Riley Alferd led the team with a +2 plus/minus rating; and Alferd, playing defense, led the team with three blocked shots.
  • The Mavericks improved to 6-6-1 all-time in Grand Forks.  They have never failed to earn a point in seven trips to UND.

Three stars:  1. Evan Weninger (UNO); 2. Zach Jordan (UNO); 3. David Pope (UNO)

 
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