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Omaha’s Ty Mueller looks for a play around North Dakota’s Garrett Pyke last weekend in Grand Forks, N.D. (photo: Russell Hons).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fresh off earning a road split against sixth-ranked North Dakota, Omaha this week re-entered the USCHO.com Men\u2019s Division I Poll at No. 19.<\/p>\n

But for as competitive as the Mavericks were in Grand Forks, being ranked isn\u2019t just about what you did over the previous week.<\/p>\n

This UNO team is as battle-tested as most anyone in the country, in part because 12 of the Mavericks\u2019 20 games this season have either ended in a tie or were decided by a single goal.<\/p>\n

More to the point, UNO is 4-1 in overtime this season. The latest such victory came Friday, when the Mavericks erased three deficits before Jack Randl scored the winning goal 34 seconds into the extra period. UND dropped its fourth consecutive overtime game, excluding the Fighting Hawks\u2019 4-3 defeat Dec. 30 against the U.S. National Under-18 Team.<\/p>\n

UNO wasn\u2019t exactly off the pace Saturday, either. The Mavericks fell 3-1, but coach Mike Gabinet felt unlucky bounces went against his team on North Dakota\u2019s first two goals before former Maverick Cameron Berg scored a late empty-netter.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust the way Friday\u2019s game unfolded was pretty impressive in terms of resiliency by the group,\u201d Gabinet said. \u201cThe belief was there from the guys, and they kept doing the work.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really played well, and North Dakota\u2019s a good hockey team with a lot of good players, but even Saturday it would\u2019ve been nice to take the game to overtime again, and the guys played a solid game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s game was already UNO\u2019s third one in 2024 to reach overtime. On Jan. 5, a Griffin Ludtke goal with 18.2 seconds left in the extra period gave the Mavericks a 5-4 win over UMass-Lowell in the semifinals of the Desert Hockey Classic. The following day, UNO lost 2-1 to 16th-ranked host school Arizona State.<\/p>\n

UNO looks increasingly comfortable in those types of games, and Gabinet believes that starts in practice. At least once a week, the Mavericks work to see what might come in handy should another overtime arise.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s sneaky conditioning sometimes, doing 3-on-3 and putting guys in those situations,\u201d Gabinet said. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to do at the end of a practice at times, where rather than just skating, you can get some conditioning and test guys getting caught out for a bit of an extended shift.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like it from that aspect, and you get to discuss what you\u2019d like to see, whether it\u2019s (line) changes, breakouts, faceoffs, offensive-zone things or stuff for maybe later when either they\u2019re a little more tired, or you\u2019re a little more tired. There are so many different unique situations in terms of numerical advantages, and you don\u2019t always have time to build that into your practice, but it\u2019s important to make sure you spend some time on those.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gabinet might want the rest of UNO\u2019s season to be a little less stressful, but for the best of reasons, that\u2019s unlikely. It\u2019s all NCHC play from here on until the NCAA tournament, should the Mavericks get there, and starting with this weekend\u2019s home set against No. 5 Denver, there will be plenty of opportunities for UNO to build on what it has already done.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought we\u2019ve played four really good games since the break,\u201d Gabinet said. \u201cThree of those have been overtime games, but I think we\u2019re doing a lot of good things, and with this group, we just want to build the belief in themselves that they can do it, and they\u2019re doing a great job.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s really important, making sure players believe and keep doing the necessary things. We didn\u2019t get the overtime win at ASU, and we didn\u2019t get the win last Saturday, but we\u2019re doing a lot of good things out there. When we look at video, we can show examples of things we\u2019re doing right and what we can get better at, but that feeds the belief that we\u2019re right on the cusp.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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