Kawaguchi at Minny
Russell Hons
3
Winner North Dakota UND 12-1-2, 5-0-1-1
2
Minnesota MINN 5-8-3, 2-3-3-2
Winner
North Dakota UND
12-1-2, 5-0-1-1
3
Final
2
Minnesota MINN
5-8-3, 2-3-3-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
North Dakota UND 1 2 0 3
Minnesota MINN 1 0 1 2

Game Recap: Men's Hockey | | Mitch Wigness, FightingHawks.com

UND runs unbeaten streak to 11 with sweep of Gophers

MINNEAPOLIS--  Visiting North Dakota ran its unbeaten streak to 11 with a 3-2 win at Minnesota Friday evening at 3M Arena at Mariucci in non-conference play.

Minnesota (5-8-3) got the early jump on a goal just 2:41 in as co-captain Tyler Nanne point shot found its way past Adam Scheel.

Nearly exactly 10 minutes later, Judd Caulfield stole the puck behind the Minnesota net and fed Shane Pinto in front, who buried it past Jared Moe gloveside for his sixth goal of the season.

Early in the second, Jasper Weatherby gave North Dakota the lead with his fifth goal of the season.  Colton Poolman fired a shot from the blueline that Moe stopped but Weatherby pounced on the rebound with the backhand for his second straight night with a goal and fifth in his last eight games. 

Nearly seven minutes later it was a 3-1 UND lead on Jordan Kawaguchi's team-leading seventh goal of the year. Matt Kiersted threw one on net from the far boards and Kawaguchi was there to redirect it in front for his 10th game in his last 11 registering at least one point.

The Gophers would get one back in the third, but Adam Scheel stood tall for his 12th win of the season, making 23 saves.

North Dakota finishes the first half next week by returning to National Collegiate Hockey Conference play at second-place Western Michigan next Friday and Saturday from Kalamazoo, Mich.

NOTES: North Dakota sweeps Minnesota for the first time since the 2006-07 season ... Kawaguchi has scored a point in each of the last four games and 10 of his last 11 ... He has tallied seven goals and 12 assists in that 11-game span ... Collin Adams had an assist to give him points in 11 of the last 12 games (4g, 8a) ... Weatherby has five goals in his last eight games ... UND was outshot for just the second time all season (25-22) ... North Dakota went 0-for-2 on the power play to snap its streak of seven consecutive games with a power play goal ... Kawaguchi, Bernard-Docker and Grant Mismash all recorded four points in the weekend sweep ... Kawaguchi had three goals and both game-winners on the weekend. 
 
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