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.