COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-- Second-ranked North Dakota ran its winning streak to six with a 2-1 victory over host Colorado College Monday evening at Broadmoor World Arena. Grant Mismash's goal early in the third period proved to be the difference, un-knotting a 1-all score and Adam Scheel sparkled again in goal with 23 saves in the win.  

Shane Pinto won a clean draw back to Matt Kiersted at the point. He flung a pass to Riese Gaber, whose initial shot was saved but he followed it up with his own rebound and a 1-0 North Dakota lead. It marked his eighth goal of the season to pull him into a tie atop the NCHC in scoring. 

CC tied it 1-1 with a power play goal at 19:02 in the second period, solving Adam Scheel for the first time all weekend and ending North Dakota's streak of successful penalty kills at 21. 

Early in the third period, Collin Adams and Grant Mismash executed a perfect 2-on-1. Brendan Budy controlled the puck along the boards in the UND zone and then gave it to Adams, who sped into the Tigers zone. Adams saucered a on-target pass to Mismash who was driving the slot and he buried it for the eventual game-winnner and his sixth goal of the season.  

Scheel again made it hold up after getting peppered with 15 shots in the second period alone. UND came out in the third and controlled the puck, allowing just three shots on goal and putting nine on net. 

UND is slated to play Denver next weekend at Magness Arena. Stay tuned to fightinghawks.com for any schedule changes as they relate to this series with the Pioneers currently in COVID protocols. 

*This Sunday-Monday series came to be earlier in the week after each team's scheduled opponent had COVID-19 issues to force the postponement of those regularly-scheduled contests.
*This series will replace the original Feb. 12-13 series that was slated to be played in Colorado Springs.
*Gaber's power-play goal gave the Fighting Hawks their sixth straight game with a PPG and they now have one in 11 of 12 games this season.
*Kawaguchi saw his NCAA-leading point streak end at 11. 
*Collin Adams saw his goal-scoring streak end at four but he has a current six-game point streak. 

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