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North Dakota Sweeps Omaha With 5-1 Win to Reach NCHC Frozen Faceoff Semifinal

The Fighting Hawks will host Minnesota Duluth next Saturday at 6:07 p.m. in Grand Forks.

Overview

  • Top seed UND closed out the quarterfinal series 2-0 at Ralph Engelstad Arena to advance to the league semifinal.
  • Freshman Will Zellers returned after missing Game 1 with an illness and logged a goal and two assists.
  • Mac Swanson scored twice, Ollie Josephson and Ellis Rickwood each had two assists, and Tyler Young and Dylan James added goals.
  • Goaltender Jan Špunar stopped 14 of 15 shots to improve to 18-3-1 this season.
  • UND pushed its home postseason winning streak to 18 games, moved to 21-4 in NCHC quarterfinals with a 11-0 mark as the No. 1 seed, and finished 6-0 against Omaha this season.