No. 4 North Dakota rolls to 5-1 exhibition win over Manitoba

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND Athletics)– No. 4 North Dakota struck 4 instances within the second interval en path to a 5-1 exhibition win over Manitoba on Saturday evening from Ralph Engelstad Area.

5-different Combating Hawks discovered the again of the scoresheet whereas Drew DeRidder and Kaleb Johnson mixed for 11 saves to shine off a powerful opening efficiency from the hosts regardless of a shortened lineup.

Trailing 1-0 halfway by means of the primary, Griffin Ness knotted the sport with a purpose off a rebound to ship the groups to the locker room tied after 20 minutes. Simply 21 seconds into the center stanza, Jake Schmaltz cashed in on a rebound purpose of his personal to place the Hawks in entrance, 2-1, and sparked a four-goal interval.

Dylan James, making his collegiate debut, wired a shot previous goaltender Brett Murphy off a face-off win to double the lead, 3-1, earlier than Tyler Kleven struck on a slick transfer to the web lower than a minute later and Chris Jandric put the ending touches on the offensive body with a purpose on a 2-on-0 to construct a 5-1 benefit.

UND performed a majority of the ultimate interval on the drawback, killing off a trio of Manitoba energy play alternatives to protect the 5-1 victory.

North Dakota opens the common season subsequent Friday towards Holy Cross at 7:07 p.m. from Ralph Engelstad Area.

Postgame Notes 

• Chris Jandric, Griffin Ness and Tyler Kleven have been named the sport’s three stars.
• UND improves to 22-0 towards Manitoba in exhibition contests and 27-1-0 all-time.
• Jandric led all skaters with two factors, potting a purpose and an help.
• NoDak was pressured to solely costume 20 gamers, one wanting the usual for a recreation.
• UND held a 42-12 shot benefit, holding the Bisons to underneath 5 in every interval.
• Tyler Kleven had eight photographs on purpose to steer everybody.
• Kaleb Johnson made 5 saves in 20 minutes of labor.

How It Occurred  
First Interval  
9:25 | UM – Mitch Dyck wrists a shot from the purpose to present the Bisons a 1-0 lead on their first shot
12:59 | UND – Griffin Ness makes a transfer across the goalie on a unfastened puck within the crease to knot the sport at 1-1

Second Interval 
0:21 | UND – Jake Schmaltz buries a rebound off a Matteo Costantini shot to present NoDak its first lead

13:25 | UND – Dylan James snaps a shot previous Murphy following a Ben Strinden

14:16 | UND – Tyler Kleven reaches the underside of the appropriate circle and snipes it over Murphy’s glove

17:58 | UND – Chris Jandric makes it 5-1 Hawks on a 2-on-0 play with Gavin Hain 

Sport Recap: Males’s Hockey | 10/1/2022 9:51:00 PM | Alec Stocker Johnson, FightingHawks.com