{"id":101057,"date":"2019-11-17T00:47:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T06:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=101057"},"modified":"2019-11-17T00:48:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T06:48:36","slug":"saturday-roundup-no-9-north-dakota-stymies-no-2-denver-saturday-night-in-key-nchc-conference-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2019\/11\/17\/saturday-roundup-no-9-north-dakota-stymies-no-2-denver-saturday-night-in-key-nchc-conference-matchup\/","title":{"rendered":"SATURDAY ROUNDUP: No. 9 North Dakota stymies No. 2 Denver Saturday night in key NCHC conference matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cole Smith scored a pair of goals in North Dakota’s 4-1 road win over Denver Saturday night at Magness Arena (photo: North Dakota Athletics).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ninth-ranked North Dakota added some color to the scoresheet in defeating No. 2 Denver 4-1 on the road Saturday night in front of a sellout crowd of 6,308 at Magness Arena.<\/p>\n

The victory featured a first career goal (Josh Rieger), a power-play goal, a short-handed goal, an empty-net goal and North Dakota killing off two major penalties and all seven DU power-play chances in the win.<\/p>\n

Cole Smith scored twice for the Fighting Hawks, to go along with a late empty-netter from Westin Michaud.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a disappointing effort all around and unfortunately we weren\u2019t able to execute,\u201d Denver coach David Carle said. \u201cTip your hat to them, they came out and played better in all facets.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the third, UND had to fight off two separate 5-on-3 opportunities after a five-minute major for checking from behind and game disqualification for Smith. The road team took care of business by killing off all of the penalties, however, DU spoiled the shutout 10 seconds after the major elapsed to make it 3-1 on a goal by Emilio Pettersen.<\/p>\n

Adam Scheel made 27 saves for the win and also assisted on Rieger\u2019s goal, while Magnus Chrona stopped 18 shots for the Pioneers.<\/p>\n

After tying 1-1 Friday night, the last time UND went unbeaten in a weekend series at Magness Arena was in the 2003-04 season.<\/p>\n

Colorado College 5, St. Cloud State 2<\/h4>\n

Five Colorado College players scored and Ben Copeland collected a pair of assists to lead the Tigers to a 5-2 victory over St. Cloud State Saturday night at the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, Minn.<\/p>\n

With the victory, CC completed its first sweep of St. Cloud State since Dec. 10-11, 2010, and handed the Huskies their first back-to-back losses at home since Nov. 18-19, 2016 vs. North Dakota.<\/p>\n

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— CC Hockey (@CC_Hockey1) November 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n