Tonight
North Dakota chases a series split and its 1,500th all-time win as a program when it concludes its NCHC series with Omaha at Baxter Arena.
UND, with just one win in its last eight games, enters the night tied with Minnesota Duluth for fourth place in the conference standings with 27 points. Omaha is three points behind in sixth place.
Third-place Western Michigan sits one point up on UND and UMD.
Broadcast Coverage
All UND men's hockey games, home and away, can be heard on stations across the UND Sports Home of Economy Radio Network, as well as through the iHeart Radio app. The flaghsip station for the network is 96.1 FM (The Fox). Longtime broadcaster Tim Hennessy, in his 39th season as the voice of UND men's hockey, calls the action while Steve Olson provides color analysis.
Tonight's game will be telecast live in the local Omaha viewing area on YurView. The game will also be streamed live via NCHC.tv.
Social Media
Receive live updates during all UND hockey games by following @UNDMHockey on Twitter. Fans can also follow the action via live chat at UNDsports.com, featuring Brad Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald and Jayson Hajdu of UND Athletics.
About Last Night
The Mavericks stayed hot on the power play with three goals on their first three opportunities, needing just four shots on goal to do so, and defeated North Dakota 6-3.
Omaha erased deficits of 2-0 and 3-1 with a 4-goal second period and closed out the game with five unanswered goals. Tyler Vesel, Teemu Pulkkinen and Luke Nogard all struck with the man advantage in the middle frame as the nation's best power play finished the night 3-for-4.
UND's own power play went 2-for-3 courtesy of goals by Matt Kiersted (Fr., Elk River, Minn.) and Shane Gersich (Jr., Chaska, Minn.). Freshman forward Jordan Kawaguchi (Abbotsford, British Columbia) added a goal and an assist.
The Fighting Hawks had their 5-game winning streak in Omaha come to an end despite outshooting the Mavericks 41-26.
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