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Goalie Hobie Hedquist steps in and helps UND to 5-1 win over Miami in playoff opener
GRAND FORKS — UND coach Brad Berry wouldn’t divulge many details about what ailment kept starting goaltender Ludvig Persson out of Game 1 of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference playoffs Friday night.
“It presented itself that way,” Berry said, keeping vague as hockey coaches often do when it comes to ailments at playoff time. “That’s all I’m going to leave it at.”
Hobie Hedquist made sure it didn’t matter.
UND’s freshman goalie stopped 23 of 24 shots and helped the Fighting Hawks cruise to a 5-1 win over Miami University in the best-of-three NCHC quarterfinal series.
Hedquist, making his first start since Jan. 13, turned aside six shots in the first, six in the second and 12 in the third as he improved to 4-0 in his rookie season.
“I thought he was exceptional,” Berry said. “Coming to the rink this morning, finding out he was going to play and doing what a professional does, he dialed in and was prepared to have success at night. He’s done that the whole year. It’s not a surprise to me, because he was patient. He worked hard. He was team-first. He’s a humble guy — all of the things we want character-wise for players at North Dakota.”
He had some help, too.
Junior forward Jake Schmaltz snapped a 33-game goal drought by scoring the game’s opening goal with 1.1 seconds left in the first period. It was his first tally since last year’s NCHC quarterfinal series.
Hobey Baker Award contender Jackson Blake scored his 20th goal of the season and tallied two points, moving to 54 on the season. He’s just four points shy of becoming UND’s first player since Zach Parise to reach 100-career points as a sophomore.
Captain Riese Gaber also scored a goal and tallied two points. He now is tied with Drake Caggiula for the most career points of any UND player in the last decade (128). Twenty-four of them have come against Miami.
Sophomore forward Owen McLaughlin and freshman defenseman Jake Livanavage also scored goals and tallied two points.
“It was awesome,” Livanavage said of his first playoff game at UND. “You obviously battle for home ice throughout the entire year to be able to play in front of these fans. To get to do it night in and night out is something so special. I wouldn’t trade it for the world.”
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The Fighting Hawks will have a chance to close out the series at 6:07 p.m. Saturday and earn a trip to next week’s NCHC Frozen Faceoff in St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center.
Miami’s season will be on the line.
Berry didn’t tip his hand on starting goaltender for Game 2.
“I do not know,” Berry said. “I’ll let you guys know tomorrow when you get to the rink.”
Hedquist is giving UND reason to be confident when he’s in net, though.
The Heron Lake, Minn., product filled in for Persson early in the second semester, winning back-to-back games against Alaska 6-4 and 6-2.
Hedquist has now started twice against NCHC opponents — Omaha on Jan. 13 and Miami on Friday — stopping 45 of 47 shots (.957 save percentage) in grabbing two wins.
“He’s just great,” Schmaltz said. “He’s a great guy. It’s not always easy when you don’t play for a bit, then you get the nod that you’re in — in a big game — then he comes in and he plays just unreal. It’s fun to root for a guy like that.”
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Hedquist said goalie coach Karl Goehring informed him before morning skate that he was getting the start.
“I was excited about it, but I was a little shocked,” Hedquist said. “You never want to see your starter going down at this time of year. He’s been the backbone of our team all year. It was good to get a playoff game and get the win.”
Hedquist became the first UND freshman goalie to start a playoff game since Zane McIntyre in 2012-13.
“I felt good,” Hedquist said. “I felt like the guys really helped me. There was an incredible amount of blocked shots that really helped. We played really well defensively. I felt like I made saves when I had to and I felt like the guys bailed me out.”
Notes: UND played without forward Carson Albrecht (illness). Defenseman Bennett Zmolek returned to the lineup after missing three games with a lower-body injury. . . Miami played without injured forwards William Hallen and Frankie Carogioiello, as well as injured defenseman Michael Feenstra.
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Schlossman has covered college hockey for the Grand Forks Herald since 2005. He has been recognized by the Associated Press Sports Editors as the top beat writer for the Herald’s circulation division four times and the North Dakota sportswriter of the year once. He resides in Grand Forks. Reach him at bschlossman@gfherald.com.
An investigation is underway at a northwest Miami-Dade apartment complex after the sheriff’s office said a man was shot by his girlfriend after a “heated dispute” early Wednesday morning.
Few details have been released, but the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said the incident took place at an apartment complex located off Northwest 7th Avenue.
The sheriff’s office said that a man became involved in a “heated dispute” with his girlfriend, and she shot him in the right arm.
He was rushed to a hospital by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue in critical condition.
The woman is in custody.
The identities of those who were involved have not yet been released.
No other information was available.
Game date, time and location: Tuesday, Mar. 3, 7:30 p.m. EST, Kaseya Center, Miami, Florida
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VITALS: The Miami Heat (32-29) and Brooklyn Nets (15-45) meet for the second of three regular season matchups. Earlier this season, Miami recorded a, 106-95, win in Brooklyn on December 18 and has now won four of the last five overall against the Nets.
It also marks the first of consecutive games against Brooklyn with the teams facing each other again on Thursday. The Heat are 83-61 all-time versus the Nets during the regular season, including 44-26 in home games and 39-35 in road games.
PROJECTED STARTERS
HEAT
G Davion Mitchell
G Tyler Herro
C Bam Adebayo
F Pelle Larsson
F Andrew Wiggins
NETS
G Nolan Traore
G Terance Mann
C Nic Claxton
F Michael Porter Jr.
F Noah Clowney
INJURY REPORT
HEAT
Davion Mitchell: Questionable – Shoulder
Norman Powell: Out – Groin
Nikola Jovic: Out – Back
Trevor Keels: Available – G League
Jahmir Young: Available – G League
Vlad Goldin: Available – G League
Terry Rozier: Out – Not with team
NETS
Nic Claxton: Probable – Thumb
Egor Demin: Out – Foot
QUOTABLE
Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra: “Regardless of the scheme is, I always go back to that, it’s just about committing to doing hard things. We were really moving in the zone, taking away airspace and scrambling to challenge shots at the rim. In a lot of these losses in the last month we’ve just been giving up shots at the rim and threes.”
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Alexander Toledo is a contributor to Miami Heat On SI and producer/co-host of the Five on the Floor podcast, covering the Heat and NBA. He can be reached at Twitter: @tropicalblanket
ORLANDO, Fla. — Lionel Messi scored twice in a four-goal second half, defender Telasco Segovia added a goal and two assists and defending champion Inter Miami CF rallied to beat Orlando City SC 4-2 on Sunday night, winning for the first time at Inter&Co Stadium.
Messi took a pass from Segovia and scored in the 57th minute to tie it 2-2, and Segovia scored unassisted in the 85th for the lead. Messi put the finishing touch on the victory when he scored off a free kick in the 90th.
“The victory belongs exclusively to the players,” Miami coach Javier Mascherano said after the game. “In the second half, they were a championship team. There were no tactics, nothing like that. There was heart, courage, possession, resilience, commitment. I think the team came out because they were champions last year.
“In the end, the players showed it. This victory is theirs.”
Messi’s first two goals of the season give him 52 in his first 55 regular-season MLS matches — 51 of them in his past 49 appearances. It also brought the reigning MLS MVP to 898 career goals scored, including 672 for Barcelona and 115 for Argentina.
“He’s the best player to ever play this sport. He’s a leader, and as a leader, he inspires others, but he also often needs to be inspired himself,” Mascherano said of Messi. “When he was driving forward, he had more attacking options, and with so many opportunities, he clearly has the ability to create chances like no one else, and that’s what allowed us to turn the game around.”
Marco Pašalić took a pass from Iván Angulo and scored in the 18th minute to give Orlando City a 1-0 lead. Pašalić has scored in four straight matches against Inter Miami.
Defender Griffin Dorsey set up Martín Ojeda for a goal six minutes later for a 2-0 advantage that stood through halftime.
Inter Miami cut it to 2-1 four minutes into the second half on Mateo Silvetti’s first career goal. Defenders Segovia and Facundo Mura had assists as the 20-year-old forward found the net in his fifth career appearance.
Segovia had eight goals and six assists as a rookie last season, while Mura collected his first assist in his first season.
Dayne St. Clair, the reigning goalkeeper of the year, turned away three shots — all in the second half of his second start with Inter Miami, but let in a soft goal for Orlando’s first.
Maxime Crépeau had four saves in his second start for Orlando City.
Teenager Colin Guske, 19, will miss Orlando City’s next match after the rookie picked up two yellow cards in his first start — the second one led to his exit in the 88th minute.
Inter Miami, which had never won in its previous nine trips to Orlando, was coming off a 3-0 road loss to LAFC.
Orlando City swept Inter Miami during the regular season last year and leads the all-time series 8-7-4.
Inter Miami plays D.C. United on Saturday at Audi Field. Orlando City is also on the road with a match against New York City FC.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this recap.
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