COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (UND Athletics) – No. 2 North Dakota dropped a 7-1 decision to No. 15/16 Colorado College on Friday night from Ed Robson Arena in Colorado Springs, Colo.
UND (20-7-2, 11-5-1 NCHC) becomes the final team in the nation to suffer a regulation loss during league play and sees its school record 21-game regulation unbeaten streak come to an end – the first since Nov. 3 at Boston University.
Colorado College (17-9-1, 11-6-0 NCHC) scored three times in the second period to turn a 2-1 game into a 5-1 contest while forward Zaccharya Wisdom tied the NCHC record with four goals to hand the Tigers their first three-game winning streak over North Dakota since 1995.
Riese Gaber scored the lone tally for the Fighting Hawks in the loss, knotting the game at 1-1 with his 15th goal of the season and seventh with the man advantage midway through the first period, but CC responded with a tally in the final two minutes of the opening frame to take a 2-1 lead into the intermission.
The Tigers took control over the final six minutes of the middle stanza, striking for a trio of goals in a 2:48 span to grab a 5-1 lead after 40 minutes.
CC added two more goals, both coming from Wisdom, in the final 20 minutes to seal the 7-1 victory and claim the season series over NoDak.
North Dakota will look to salvage a series split on Saturday night at 7:08 p.m. (CT) from Ed Robson Arena on NCHC.tv or the Home of Economy Radio Network.
Postgame Notes
- UND suffers its first regulation loss since Nov. 3 at Boston University – ending a school record streak of 21 games
- The six-goal win by the Tigers is the biggest over UND since Oct. 30, 1994 in a 6-0 victory
- CC has won three straight games over NoDak for the first time since 1995
- The Tigers went 4-for-5 on the power play while UND was 1-for-4
- Wisdom’s four goals are the most by a player against UND since CC’s Eric Walsky on Nov. 8, 2008
- UND allowed four power play goals in a game for the first time since Feb. 11, 2012 at Minnesota Duluth
- Jackson Blake saw his point streak come to an end at 10 games, the second-longest streak of his career
- Cameron Berg was also held without a point for the first time in seven games
- CC finished with a 31-24 shot advantage
- Ludvig Persson finished with 13 saves and was pulled in the second period after allowing five goals
- Hobie Hedquist stopped 11-of-13 in 24 minutes of action
- CC held a 36-24 faceoff advantage, with Cameron Berg leading UND at 10-6
How It Happened
First Period
07:54 | CC – Klavs Veinbergs snaps a shot through traffic on the power play to give CC a 1-0 lead
09:22 | UND – Riese Gaber evens the game with a power play goal of his own
18:02 | CC – Gleb Veremyev finds himself alone in the slot and scores to make it 2-1 CC
Second Period
13:24 | CC – Zaccharya Wisdom bats a puck out of the air to give CC a 3-1 lead
15:15 | CC – Tyler Coffey makes it 4-1 Tigers with a shot off the rush
16:12 | CC – Wisdom nets his second of the game on the power play to increase the advantage to 5-1
Third Period
04:35 | CC – Wisdom completes the hat trick on the power play to make it 6-1
12:27 | CC – Wisdom makes it a four-goal game and finishes off the 7-1 triumph
Game Recap: Men’s Hockey | 2/16/2024 11:40:00 PM | Alec Stocker Johnson, FightingHawks.com
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