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Brady Risk tallied three goals and an assist as Omaha took both games last weekend on home ice over Colorado College (photo: Jaelle Johnson\/Omaha Athletics).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you\u2019re an Omaha fan, there was a lot to like about the Mavericks\u2019 home sweep last weekend over 13th-ranked Colorado College.<\/p>\n

It was especially rewarding for some of UNO\u2019s veteran players.<\/p>\n

That includes graduate student forwards Brady Risk and Harrison Israels, a pair of Alaska transfers who, on a line with Myles Hilman, combined for 10 points in the series. Risk bagged three goals, Israels had a goal and two assists, and Hilman bagged a goal and three helpers.<\/p>\n

Risk scored three times in UNO\u2019s 5-2 win Friday, breaking an early scoreless deadlock with 7.7 seconds left in the first period before he made it 3-1 early in the second. His last goal of the night, 8:01 into the third period, clinched his second career hat trick and made him the sixth Maverick to record one inside Baxter Arena since it opened in 2015.<\/p>\n

Israels set up two of Risk\u2019s goals Friday, before the former scored Saturday\u2019s eventual game-winner early in the third period. Putting away a centering feed from Hilman off a rebound, Israels had a wide-open net to fill. That put UNO up 2-1, before Hilman added an empty-netter to cap off a 3-1 victory.<\/p>\n

Risk now has points in eight of his last 13 games, after not factoring into the scoring in his first seven games of the season. Israels\u2019s recent form is similar. He didn\u2019t record any points in his first six games this campaign but has points in four of his last five.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a great example of sticking with it,\u201d UNO coach Mike Gabinet said. \u201cEarlier on in the year, they were struggling a little bit there, and they\u2019re just great individual people, high-character, work, work, work, work and work some more, and sure enough, getting rewarded with really contributing to the team\u2019s success right now, which is great to see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another big reason for the Mavericks\u2019 success last weekend was junior goalie Simon Latkoczy. The Slovakian had 75 saves over the two games against CC, earning him NCHC goaltender of the week honors. No other starting netminder in the conference was busier last weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought he played really well this weekend,\u201d Gabinet said. \u201cI thought he was really poised and really calm in net, and didn\u2019t have a lot of rebounds. I thought he played tremendously.\u201d<\/p>\n

He and his UNO (10-10-0) teammates have now won four of their last five games and will look to jump back above the .500 mark this weekend at Miami.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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