GRAND FORKS, N.D. – No. 8 Quinnipiac scored five unanswered goals to rally for a 6-2 win over No. 3 North Dakota on Saturday night from Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D.

UND (2-1-1) held a 2-1 lead after 20 minutes, but the Bobcats (2-0-2) turned the tables on the hosts with a trio of goals over a 4:01 span in the middle frame to hand the Fighting Hawks their first loss of the season.

Jackson Blake kept up his torrid scoring pace with his third goal of the season and an assist to notch his third multi-point game in four contests. Chris Jandric also added a helper to stretch his point streak to four games, matching his career high while at Alaska.

Riese Gaber made it goals in back-to-back games with a power play snipe in the first period, but the Bobcats tied the game midway through the second before taking a 3-2 lead just 19 seconds later to quiet the 11,680 fans in attendance.

Ethan de Jong struck twice to stretch the Bobcat advantage and Iivari Rasanen added an empty netter to seal the 6-2 victory.

North Dakota hits the road for the first time on the season for a showdown with Minnesota at 7:07 p.m. in Minneapolis.

Postgame Notes

·        UND allowed 11 goals at home in a two-game series for the first time since Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2001 vs. Mankato

·        Jackson Blake now has three multi-point games over four contests

·        Jakob Hellsten finished with 16 saves on 22 shots against

·        Quinnipiac finished with a 22-21 shot advantage

·        QU went 1-for-2 on the power play, the first time UND has allowed a goal while shorthanded this season

·        UND went 1-for-3 with the man advantage

·        The Bobcats went 29-22 in the faceoff dot, with Jake Schmaltz leading UND at 10-8

How It Happened

First Period                                                   

1:09 | QU – Skyler Brind'Amour starts the scoring off a centering feed from behind the net

4:07 | UND – Jackson Blake ties the game by finding a loose puck in the crease and potting his third of the season

18:14 | UND – Riese Gaber snipes it over the blocker of Yaniv Perets on the power play to give UND a 2-1 lead

Second Period

11:08 | QU – TJ Friedmann tips a shot from the point between the legs of Hellsten to tie the game at 2-2

11:27 | QU – Desi Burgart gives the Bobcats a 3-2 lead on a nifty passing play

15:09 | QU – Ethan de Jong scores his first of the night with a power play tip

Third Period

7:57 | QU – de Jong get his second with a deflection in the slot on a point shot to make it 5-2 QU

16:27 | QU – Iivari Rasanen hits the empty net from his own zone to seal the 6-2 victory

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