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GameCenter final: Denver 3, UND 2, OT

brad elliott schlossman, grand forks herald
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Dec. 2—DENVER, Colo. — Carter King scored on a rebound of a Massimo Rizzo shot at 3:06 of overtime to give the Pioneers a 3-2 win and a series split. Zeev Buium had a goal and two assists for Denver. Cameron Berg led UND with a goal and an assist.

First star: Zeev Buium, DU, 1 goal, 2 assists.

Second star: Carter King, DU, game-winning goal.

Third star: Cameron Berg, UND, 1 goal, 1 assist.

UND 1, Denver 0 — Cameron Berg 7 (Jake Livanavage, Jackson Blake) 15:13 (pp). UND gets on the board first, taking advantage to a major penalty for checking from behind on Sam Harris. Livanavage at the top of the zone, dishes it to Berg at the top of the right circle. Berg rips one past Freddie Halyk's glove for his third goal of the weekend.

UND 1, Denver 1 — Aidan Thompson 3 (Jared Wright, Zeev Buium) 4:38. UND defenseman Abram Wiebe gets caught pinching in the neutral zone and Denver takes advantage with a two-on-one. Thompson wires one from the left circle past UND goalie Ludvig Persson's glove to tie it.

UND 2, Denver 1 — Hunter Johannes 7 (Cameron Berg, Garrett Pyke) 3:08. Johannes starts the the play in the defensive zone chipping a puck around a Denver defender, sending Berg on a rush. Berg makes a drop pass to Johannes, who snipes it glove side on Halyk.

UND 2, Denver 2 — Zeev Buium 5 (Aidan Thompson, Tristan Lemyre) 11:05. Thompson circles the net and sends a pass to Buium, who snipes one through traffic to tie it.

Denver 3, UND 2 — Carter King 10 (Massimo Rizzo, Zeev Buium) 3:06. UND turns the puck over at the offensive blue line and Denver goes the other way on a two-on-one. Buium feeds Rizzo for a shot. Persson makes an incredible save, but King is there to score on the rebound.

Forwards

17 Riese Gaber—22 Owen McLaughlin—9 Jackson Blake

28 Hunter Johannes—14 Cameron Berg—18 Jayden Perron

26 Dylan James—8 Jake Schmaltz—27 Louis Jamernik V

29 Jackson Kunz—11 Griffin Ness—21 Ben Strinden

5 Dane Montgomery

Defensemen

4 Jake Livanavage—20 Keaton Pehrson

7 Garrett Pyke—25 Abram Wiebe

6 Logan Britt—2 Bennett Zmolek

Goaltenders

32 Ludvig Persson

30 Hobie Hedquist

Not in lineup, on trip: F Michael Emerson, D Nate Benoit

Not on trip: F Carson Albrecht (lower body), D Tanner Komzak, G Kaleb Johnson

Forwards

6 McKade Webster—13 Massimo Rizzo—4 Jack Devine

14 Rieger Lorenz—15 Carter King—18 Jared Wright

16 Tristan Broz—7 Aidan Thompson—29 Tristan Lemyre

12 Sam Harris—24 Kieran Cebrian—22 Connor Caponi

Defensemen

2 Sean Behrens—28 Zeev Buium

8 Shai Buium—9 Boston Buckberger

11 Lucas Olvestad—3 Cale Ashcroft

21 Kent Anderson

Goaltenders

1 Freddie Halyk

30 Paxton Geisel

31 Jack Caruso

Not in lineup: G Matt Davis (lower body), D Garrett Brown (lower body), F Miko Matikka (illness), F Peter LaJoy, F Alex Weiermair

Referees — Brandon Schmitt and Nathan Wieler

Linesmen — Dana Penkivech and John Grandt

UND has won eight-straight games, its longest winning streak since the 2019-20 season, when it won nine in a row from Nov. 16 to Jan. 4. . . The Fighting Hawks are looking for their first sweep in Magness Arena since November 2003. . . No lineup changes for UND. . . The sole change for Denver is Tristan Lemyre is in at right wing on the third line for Miko Matikka, who is out with an illness. Matikka is on a nine-game point streak.