Gophers Energy Previous No. 8 UND to Earn Street Cut up

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – A four-goal third interval sparked the No. 13/14 Golden Gophers males’s hockey workforce to a 5-1 highway win at No. 8 North Dakota inside Ralph Engelstad Arena Saturday night to safe a collection break up. Brody Lamb had a aim and two assists, whereas Max Rud’s first collegiate aim early within the remaining body held up as the sport winner.

Minnesota (2-3-1 general, 0-0-0 B1G) flipped the script from the earlier night time by turning a 1-1 tie right into a decisive, top-10 victory, handing the Fighting Hawks (3-1-0 general, 0-0-0 NCHC) their first lack of the season. Goaltender Luca Di Pasquo completed off his first win as a Gopher by turning away 23-of-24 pictures he confronted.

For the second straight night time, the Maroon and Gold jumped out to an early lead when Tanner Ludtke tipped house an ideal power-play feed from Lamb at 3:57, the Gophers’ first official shot on aim of the night. UND answered lower than 4 minutes later, capitalizing on an unlucky bounce off a Minnesota skate to even the rating at 1–1, the place it remained by means of the opening 20 minutes.

 

The center body featured tight checking and restricted clear seems as each groups battled for management within the impartial zone. Brodie Ziemer practically restored the lead halfway by means of the interval when his shot on a partial breakaway rang off the left submit. Each facet earned power-play alternatives late, however sturdy penalty killing and goaltending on each ends saved the rating locked 1-1 coming into the ultimate interval.

 

After watching the Fighting Hawks use a third-period surge Friday night time, the Maroon and Gold returned the favor tonight. The Gophers erupted for 4 unanswered objectives within the remaining 20 minutes to tug away. Just 73 seconds into the body, Rud fired a shot by means of visitors that trickled previous the UND goaltender for a 2-1 cushion. Lamb and Jimmy Clark tallied assists on the play, aided by a net-front display screen from Beckett Hendrickson. The Fighting Hawks challenged for a excessive stick, however the name on the ice stood and UND misplaced its timeout.

 

Minnesota continued to push the tempo, and Lamb drew a penalty halfway by means of the interval. Seconds after the person benefit expired, Leo Gruba ripped a shot over the blocker at 9:38 to stretch the margin to 3-1. Lamb capped his stellar night time by ending off a crease-front play by Hendrickson with below 5 minutes remaining earlier than freshman LJ Mooney added an unassisted tally into an empty web within the remaining minute to seal the 5-1 victory on the highway and break up the rivalry collection.

 

Noteworthy

Lamb assisted on the primary two objectives for Minnesota and put away his fourth aim to take over because the workforce’s main scorer with seven factors … The senior captain had a three-point night time for the fourth time over his four-year profession … After being held and not using a aim for the primary two collection, Ludtke has discovered the again of the online in back-to-back outings along with his second particular groups aim of the weekend … Playing in his twenty fifth profession contest, Rud made it a memorable night time as his first NCAA tally went down as the sport winner … Gruba picked up his first aim of the season through the third interval, whereas including an help for the primary multi-point recreation of his profession … Ziemer briefly held the highest scoring spot along with his sixth level this season due to an help and now has a degree in 5 of six video games in 2025-26 … The Gophers went 1-for-6 on the facility play Saturday and stopped all 4 UND probabilities on the person benefit … Minnesota and the Fighting Hawks have now break up every of the final 4 collection performed.

 

Coach Motzko’s Comments

“You know, we’ve been in that same position every game this year,” Minnesota head coach Bob Motzko mentioned. “Tonight, we had great resolve. And that was a big grow-up game for our team. It was a big win for us this stage of the season with the schedule we’ve had.”

 

Next Up: Home vs. Minnesota Duluth (Oct. 24-25)

Minnesota returns house from its first highway journey to host in-state foe Minnesota Duluth for a non-conference collection at 3M Arena at Mariucci Oct. 24-25.