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GameCenter final: UND 3, Bemidji State 2, OT

Brad Elliott Schlossman, Grand Forks Herald
·3 min read

Nov. 24—GRAND FORKS — Jackson Blake scored his second overtime winner of the season — this one 50 seconds into the extra frame — to give No. 1 UND a 3-2 win over Bemidji State in the series opener. Cameron Berg scored the other two goals for the Fighting Hawks, who moved to 10-2-1.

First star: Cameron Berg, UND, 2 goals.

Second star: Jackson Blake, UND, game-winning goal.

Third star: Jackson Jutting, Bemidji State, 1 goal.

Bemidji State 1, UND 0 — Kasper Magnussen 2 (Lleyton Roed, Carter Jones) 1:19. For just the second time this season, UND gives up the first goal of the game and it comes on an awkward play. With Roed and Magnussen skating the puck on a rush, a puck is bouncing in front of UND defenseman Bennett Zmolek. He can't quite clear it and it ends up on Magnussen's stick. He puts it home in the open side of the net for his second of the season.

Bemidji State 2, UND 0 — Jackson Jutting 6 (Alexander Lundman, Kyle Looft) 17:30. Bemidji State survives a length shift in the defensive zone, then comes down the other way and scores. Jutting has the puck in the left circle and squeezes one past UND goalie Ludvig Persson.

Bemidji State 2, UND 1 — Cameron Berg 3 18:05. UND has a quick answer for Jutting's goal. Berg picks off a pass, skates to the top of the right circle and snaps one off the far post and in for his third of the season.

No scoring.

Bemidji State 2, UND 2 — Cameron Berg 4 (Hunter Johannes) 5:18. Bemidji State forward Lleyton Roed turns the puck over in the neutral zone to Johannes, who goes the other way. Johannes, skating up the middle, dishes it to Berg at the top of the right circle. Berg one-times it off of Enright and in the net. Judging by his reaction, it's one Enright wants back.

UND 3, Bemidji State 2 — Jackson Blake 9 (Jake Livanavage, Owen McLaughlin) :50. Blake gets his second overtime winner of the season. Cameron Berg wins the draw and UND has possession for the entire 50 seconds. Blake throws a drop pass for Livanavage, who skates into space, the leaves a no-look backdoor feed for Blake. The UND sophomore finishes it.

Forwards

17 Riese Gaber—22 Owen McLaughlin—9 Jackson Blake

28 Hunter Johannes—14 Cameron Berg—18 Jayden Perron

26 Dylan James—27 Louis Jamernik V—13 Carson Albrecht

29 Jackson Kunz—11 Griffin Ness—21 Ben Strinden

Defensemen

4 Jake Livanavage—20 Keaton Pehrson

7 Garrett Pyke—25 Abram Wiebe

6 Logan Britt—2 Bennett Zmolek

15 Nate Benoit

Goaltenders

32 Ludvig Persson

30 Hobie Hedquist

1 Kaleb Johnson

Not in lineup: F Jake Schmaltz (upper body), F Dane Montgomery, F Michael Emerson, D Tanner Komzak

Forwards

28 Kasper Magnussen—29 Lleyton Roed—9 Carter Jones

22 Austin Jouppi—16 Jere Vaisanen—11 Eric Martin

20 Kirklan Irey—19 Jackson Jutting—21 Alexander Lundman

18 Rhys Chiddenton—27 Jake McLean—8 Adam Flammang

Defensemen

7 Kyle Looft—5 Will Magnuson

25 Vince Corcoran—23 Eric Pohlkamp

2 Tony Follmer—6 Mitch Wolfe

15 Logan Acheson

Goaltenders

1 Gavin Enright

35 Raythan Robbins

Not in lineup: G Mattias Sholl (lower body), D Jack Powell, D Patrik Satosaari, F Liam Engstrom, F Donte Lawson, F Jakub Lewandowski, F Noah Quinn

Referees — Brady Johnson and Anthony Vikhter

Linesmen — Tyler Landman and Nathan Voll

Jake Schmaltz (upper body) will miss his third-straight game. He's expected to be back next week when UND travels to Denver. . . Owen McLaughlin is back in the lineup, as expected, after missing last Saturday's game with an illness. . . The Beavers remain without starting goalie Mattias Sholl (lower body). He could be back in two weeks. . . UND and Bemidji State are playing two games in Ralph Engelstad Arena this season. The next three seasons, this series will be one game in Bemidji and one game in Grand Forks.