COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – On Friday night, North Dakota used stout penalty killing to survive considerable penalty trouble in a 3-1 win over Colorado College.

Tonight, third-ranked UND flipped the script and used a lethal power play to come away with a NCHC series sweep.

UND erupted for five power-play goals and mixed in a pair of short-handed tallies, picking up all seven goals via special teams on the way to a 7-2 thrashing of the host Tigers.

The win improved UND to 2-0-0 in NCHC play (3-1-0 overall) and completed just UND's third sweep in Colorado Springs in 15 years.

Defensemen Paul LaDue, Tucker Poolman (first career goal) and Jordan Schmaltz each struck with the man advantage during a 7-minute span in the opening frame, the last two during a 5-minunte power play, blowing the game wide open for the visitors.

LaDue started the barrage by one-timing a Mark MacMillan centering feed past CC starter Tyler Marble. Poolman and Schmaltz made it a 4-0 game, both threading wrist shots through traffic and chasing Marble to the bench for freshman Chase Perry, son of former UND goalie and assistant coach Craig Perry.

MacMillan had opened the scoring with a short-handed goal 5:50 into the game, taking a 2-on-1 pass from linemate Michael Parks and beating Marble with a forehand-to-backhand deke.

Less than 15 minutes later, UND was heading to the locker room with a 4-0 lead on four special teams tallies.

The Tigers finally got on the board midway through the second period when freshman defenseman Ian Young sprung Cody Bradley on a breakaway, and the junior forward beat Zane McIntyre to the stick side.

But UND's power-play added two more goals during another 5-minute major early in the third period after Christian Heil was ejected a blow to the head of sophomore winger Drake Caggiula.

LaDue blasted his second goal of the game at 3:26 of the third, then threw a shot on net three minutes later that banked in off MacMillan's body to make it a 6-1 game. That goal also came on the power as UND finished the night 5-for-11 with the man advantage.

Later, MacMillan completed his first collegiate hat trick with a short-handed goal late in the third period, giving him a 5-goal, 7-point series.

McIntyre slammed the door at the other end, finishing with 21 saves for his third straight victory.

UND outshot the Tigers 35-23 and earned its first October sweep over any opponent since a pair of wins at Bemidji State in 2010.

UND will host fifth-ranked Providence in non-conference action next weekend.

Postgame video coming soon!

Notes: The win was Dave Hakstol's 263rd as UND head coach, moving him past predecessor Dean Blais for second all-time at North Dakota. John “Gino” Gasparini (1978-94) owns the school record for wins with 392 … MacMillan is UND's first player with a 5-point game since Ryan Martens (2g, 3a) on Dec. 5, 2008 at Harvard … UND has started 3-0-0 on the road for the first time since 2002-03 when current Minnesota Wild start Zach Parise was a freshman.