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GameCenter final: UND 5, Bemidji State 0

Brad Elliott Schlossman, Grand Forks Herald
·3 min read

Nov. 25—GRAND FORKS — North Dakota natives Dane Montgomery, Ben Strinden and Jackson Kunz all scored goals, while Ludvig Persson stopped 29 shots to lead UND to a 5-0 win over Bemidji State. Jackson Blake and Garrett Pyke also scored for UND, which won its seventh-straight game.

First star: Ludvig Persson, UND, 29 saves, 1 assist.

Second star: Dane Montgomery, UND, 1 goal.

Third star: Ben Strinden, UND, 1 goal, 4 blocked shots.

UND 1, Bemidji State 0 — Dane Montgomery 1 (Griffin Ness, Bennett Zmolek) 4:37. Zmolek taps a loose puck to Ness in the left corner. Ness spots Montgomery on top of the crease, makes the pass and Montgomery tips it home for his first goal of the season, second of his career and first in The Ralph.

UND 2, Bemidji State 0 — Jackson Blake 10 (Jake Livanavage, Cameron Berg) 5:13 (pp). UND's power play gets rewarded for putting a puck toward the net. Blake shoots one from the high slot. It goes off of Bemidji State defenseman Tony Follmer and in the net to make it 2-0.

UND 3, Bemidji State 0 — Ben Strinden 3 14:05. Strinden gets rewarded for his good weekend, scoring on a rush up the right side. Strinden dips below a Beaver defender to get position, fakes a forehand shot, moves it to the backhand and flips it in.

UND 4, Bemidji State 0 — Jackson Kunz 1 (Logan Britt, Ludvig Persson) 15:05. Kunz and Montgomery skate on a two-on-one. Kunz takes the shot, Enright makes the save, but Kunz follows it up and scores.

UND 5, Bemidji State 0 — Garrett Pyke 1 (Riese Gaber, Jackson Blake) 18:28. UND tacks on one more goal as Gaber shovels a pass to Pyke in the left circle. Pyke one-times it past Enright for his first UND goal.

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—21 Ben Strinden

29 Jackson Kunz—11 Griffin Ness—24 Michael Emerson

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

1 Kaleb Johnson

Not in lineup: F Jake Schmaltz (inj), F Carson Albrecht (inj), D Nate Benoit, D Tanner Komzak

Forwards

28 Kasper Magnussen—29 Lleyton Roed—21 Alexander Lundman

8 Adam Flammang—16 Jere Vaisanen—11 Eric Martin

22 Austin Jouppi—20 Kirklan Irey—9 Carter Jones

14 Liam Engstrom—27 Jake McLean—17 Noah Quinn

Defensemen

7 Kyle Looft—5 Will Magnuson

25 Vince Corcoran—23 Eric Pohlkamp

2 Tony Follmer—6 Mitch Wolfe

12 Patrik Satosaari

Goaltenders

1 Gavin Enright

35 Raythan Robbins

Not in lineup: G Mattias Sholl (inj), F Jackson Jutting (inj), F Jakub Lewandowski (inj), F Rhys Chiddenton, F Donte Lawson, D Jack Powell, D Logan Acheson

Referees — Brady Johnson and Anthony Vikhter

Linesmen — Tyler Landman and Nathan Voll

UND senior Carson Albrecht is out after sustaining an injury in the series opener. Defenseman Nate Benoit, who was listed as the extra skater, also is out. Forwards Michael Emerson and Dane Montgomery are coming in. . . Bemidji State will be without center Jackson Jutting, who suffered a lower-body injury in the series opener. The Beavers also are scratching forward Rhys Chiddenton and defenseman Logan Acheson. Forward Liam Engstrom, forward Noah Quinn and defenseman Patrik Satosaari are in. . . UND is on a six-game winning streak, the longest in the country.