After losing Sunday to Denver 4-1 North Dakota moved back atop of the NCHC standings with a 5-1 win Monday night.
UND scored twice less than 4 minutes into the game for its 10th win of the season.
Matt Kiersted netted his third goal of the season in the first minute. Jacob Bernard Dockter and Mark Senden were credited with assists.
Grant Mismash scored at 3:20, giving the Fighting Hawks a 2-0 lead. Mismash’s goal was his seventh of the season. Senden got his second assist on the play. Jordan Kawaguchi also was credited with an assist.
Kawaguchi made it 3-0 3:54 into the second with his fourth goal of the season. Mismash and Kiersted each got assists.
Denver’s Slava Demin made it 3-1 with 2:52 left in the game.
UND closed out the game with empty-netters from Gavin Hain and Josh Rieger. Senden assisted on both, giving him four in the game.
Adam Scheel stopped 32 of the 33 shots he faced in goal for UND, which improved to 10-3-1. Denver dropped to 5-8-1.
North Dakota hosts Colorado College on Saturday in Sunday in Grand Forks. Both games start at 6:07 p.m
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