MINNEAPOLIS (UND Athletics)– Just a night removed from what many called an instant classic, the sequel proved to be even better for the crowd at 3M Arena at Mariucci as Mark Senden struck 2:21 into overtime to help No. 7 North Dakota upset the top-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers on Saturday night.
The goal was Senden’s second of the night, capping off a night that saw both teams rally from a two-goal deficit. The captain now has four goals in seven career games against Minnesota (4-2-0), with all four coming in the last two wins for NoDak (3-2-1).
Trailing 2-0 midway through the middle frame, Jackson Blake started a scoring barrage for the visitors with his fourth of the season to pull the Fighting Hawks within a goal. Less than a minute later, Riese Gaber scored the second power play goal of the night for the green and white to quickly pull the Hawks level at 2-2.
The scoring continued when Senden potted his first of the night 18 seconds after the Gaber goal when he drove to the net and bunted a shot out of the air and past Owen Bartoszkiewicz to quickly put North Dakota in front, 3-2.
UND made it four goals in under four minutes with its third power play goal of the period, with Jackson Kunz deflecting a Cooper Moore shot off his body and in, chasing Bartoszkiewicz from the game and increasing the lead to 4-2.
Minnesota pulled within 4-3 late in the second before tying the game at 4-4 less than seven minutes into the final frame, but Drew DeRidder kept the game level with nine of his 37 saves in the period to send the game to overtime for the second straight night.
In the extra session, Gaber blew past the defender and threw the puck towards the crease where Senden was able to out-work all three Gophers and tally the overtime winner.
North Dakota will head to Las Vegas for the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game against Arizona State next Saturday at 9:07 p.m. (CT) from T-Mobile Arena.
Postgame Notes
· Senden now has four career goals and six career points against Minnesota in his career (7 games)
· DeRidder finished with 37 saves, the most in a North Dakota uniform
· Minnesota finished with a 41-20 shot advantage in the contest
· North Dakota went 3-for-5 on the power play, Minnesota went 1-for-3
· UND now has 11 goals on the power play this season, the most in the nation
· Chris Jandric finished with two assists to extend his point streak to six games
· Gaber has now scored in four straight games, the longest stretch of his career
· Faceoffs were even at 29-29, with Louis Jamernik V going 10-10
· UND defeats a No. 1 team for the first time since Nov. 16, 2019 at Denver
· The Hawks are 7-6-2 against top-ranked teams since 2014
· Moore dished out a career-high two assists
· Blake notched his fourth multi-point game of the season, tallying a goal and an assist
· Senden’s last two-goal game came on Nov. 27, 2021 in a 3-2 win over Minnesota
· Ryan Sidorksi led all players with four blocked shots
How It Happened
First Period
No scoring
Second Period
0:48 | UM – Matthew Knies opens the scoring with a power play goal, only the second allowed by UND all season
8:48 | UM – Rhett Pitlick scores his first of the year with a wrister from the slot
10:57 | UND – Jackson Blake sneaks a shot over the pad of Barotzkiewicz to cut the deficit to 2-1
11:51 | UND – Riese Gaber ties the game at 2-2 with a power play goal that deflects off the UM defender and in
12:09 | UND – Mark Senden strikes again 18 seconds later by batting a shot out of the air to give UND a 3-2 lead
14:51 | UND – Jackson Kunz deflects a Cooper Moore shot off his body and in the net to make it 4-2 NoDak
19:26 | UM – Connor Kurth caps off a seven-goal period by jamming home a puck in the crease
Third Period
6:30 | UM – Jimmy Snuggerud ties the game at 4-4 on a rebound in front
Overtime
2:21 | UND – Mark Senden wins a battle in front to push a loose puck past Justin Close and give UND a 5-4 OT win
Game Recap: Men’s Hockey | 10/22/2022 10:16:00 PM | Alec Stocker Johnson, FightingHawks.com
