{"id":98763,"date":"2018-01-14T10:37:50","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T16:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/nchc-blog\/?p=750"},"modified":"2018-01-14T10:37:50","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T16:37:50","slug":"three-things-jan-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2018\/01\/14\/three-things-jan-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Three things: Jan. 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>St. Cloud, Western skate to split<\/strong><br \/>\nNo. 12 Western Michigan stands to rise in the national rankings after earning a road split this weekend at second-ranked St. Cloud State.<\/p>\n<p>Western handed the Huskies their first home loss of the season on Friday as two goals each from Hugh McGing and Lawton Courtnall (both empty-netters in the third period) lifted WMU to a 7-5 win. Four second-period goals gave the Broncos a 5-4 lead heading into the third before the teams traded goals the rest of the way. St. Cloud starting goaltender Jeff Smith was pulled in the second.<\/p>\n<p>In Saturday\u2019s rematch, WMU scored on its two power play opportunities but saw St. Cloud win 4-3 thanks to a Mikey Eyssimont winner with 4:28 left. It was his second goal of the game and, in fact, his second in the same period as he had scored on a 5-on-3 power play 5:50 into the frame. <\/p>\n<p>The Huskies again used two goalies, with Smith getting the win after making four third-period saves. Saturday\u2019s starter, D\u00e1vid Hren\u00e1k, made nine.<\/p>\n<p>SCSU gets No. 8 Minnesota State at home next Saturday, while WMU returns to Kalamazoo, Mich., to prep for Colorado College.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duluth sweeps on the road<\/strong><br \/>\nIn a weekend full of interesting results around the NCHC, Minnesota Duluth had the most consistent success in earning a road sweep over CC.<\/p>\n<p>Not that it came especially easy. UMD opened the series with a 6-5 win Friday night. The Bulldogs tied the game three times before Riley Tufte and Peter Krieger scored moments apart late in the second period to put the Bulldogs ahead 6-4. CC pulled one back through a Westin Michaud power-play goal in the third, but the Tigers couldn\u2019t find a winner.<\/p>\n<p>They had an even tougher time Saturday as UMD scored four goals in the last 40 minutes to roll to a 5-1 win. The Bulldogs outshot CC 45-19, and two Kobe Roth goals helped Duluth pick up its 12th win of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Next weekend, UMD hosts No. 7 North Dakota, which just earned a win and a tie in a home-and-home with Bemidji State. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Weninger credited with goalie goal<\/strong><br \/>\nWhere do you start on talking points from a game with 18 goals? Try the last one.<\/p>\n<p>With 2:39 left in Omaha\u2019s 11-7 home win Friday against Miami, Evan Weninger became the first Mavericks goaltender in program history to be credited with a goal. Not that it went in as you might think.<\/p>\n<p>Miami\u2019s net was empty at the time, but Weninger got the goal by virtue of being the last UNO player to touch the puck on a save before an errant pass from a Miami skater sent it off the boards and down into the RedHawks\u2019 net.<\/p>\n<p>According to College Hockey Inc., Weninger became the first collegiate goaltender to score in a game since 2013 and just the 10th since 1980. Of those 10, only three came on actual shots.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s rematch was still somewhat high-scoring &#8211; just more in the traditional sense &#8211; as UNO used a 4-3 win to clinch its first NCHC series sweep this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Cloud, Western skate to split No. 12 Western Michigan stands to rise in the national rankings after earning a road split this weekend at second-ranked St. Cloud State. 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