OXFORD, Ohio (UND Athletics)– The University of North Dakota hockey team took down Miami, 4-1, on Friday night from Goggin Ice Center in Oxford, Ohio.
UND (11-11-4, 5-8-2 NCHC) received goals from four-different players while goaltender Drew DeRidder stopped 27-of-28 shots to earn his sixth win of the season between the pipes for the Fighting Hawks.
Jackson Blake opened the scoring on the first shot of the game for the visitors, wiring home a perfect pass from Riese Gaber on the power play to give NoDak an early 1-0 lead just 4:18 into the contest.
Midway through the stanza, Carson Albrecht made a beautiful move and chipped it over the glove of goaltender Ludvig Persson on the breakaway for his second goal of the season to increase the lead to 2-0 after 20 minutes to play.
UND kept up its strong starts to periods going in the second, with Tyler Kleven finishing off a feed from Judd Caulfield with a rocket to the top corner for his sixth tally of the year and a 3-0 advantage with just over two minutes played in the middle stanza.
DeRidder was at his strongest in the second, turning aside all 10 shots he saw in the frame, including four when Miami (7-16-2, 2-12-1 NCHC) was on the man advantage, to keep the Hawks in front by a trio of goals heading into the final period.
It was another early strike in the third period for NoDak, as Matteo Costantini buried a tic-tac-toe play from Owen McLaughlin and Caufield to increase the lead to 4-0 at the 1:54 mark of the frame.
After Miami found the back of the net on the power play just past the midway point of the third, DeRidder and the defense shut the door to preserve the 4-1 victory in the series opener.
North Dakota closes out the series against Miami on Saturday night at 7:05 p.m. from Oxford. Fans can catch the action on NCHC.tv and the Home of Economy Radio Network.
Postgame Notes
- North Dakota has now won four straight games over Miami in Oxford and improves to 5-1-1 since 2018-19
- Costantini scored his first goal since Dec. 3 at St. Cloud State and his second of the season
- Jackson Blake notched his 11th goal of the season and his team-leading 27th point
- UND improves to 3-1-1 over its last five Friday contests
- The Hawks are now 10-1-1 when scoring at least four goals this season and 68-5-3 since 2018-19
- UND finished 1-for-2 on the power play while Miami was 1-for-5
- DeRidder has allowed three-or-fewer goals in his last six starts
- Miami finished with a 28-20 shot advantage, with Mark Senden leading UND with four
- Gaber notched an assist to give him 12 points in eight career games against Miami
- The RedHawks won the faceoff battle, 29-27, with Jake Schmaltz pacing UND with eight wins
How It Happened
First Period
4:18 | UND – Jackson Blake fires home a one-time pass from Riese Gaber to give UND a 1-0 lead on the power play
12:13 | UND – Carson Albrecht doubles the advantage with a breakaway goal to make it 2-0 for the visitors
Second Period
2:41 | UND – Tyler Kleven wrists one into the top corner off the rush to extend the lead to 3-0 early in the second
Third Period
1:54 | UND – Matteo Costantini finishes off a tic-tac-toe passing play from McLaughlin and Caulfield to make it 4-0
11:16 | MU – Hampus Rydqvist strikes on the power play to get Miami on the board
Game Recap: Men’s Hockey | 1/27/2023 10:13:00 PM | Alec Stocker Johnson, FightingHawks.com
