GameCenter final: UND 4, Minn. Duluth 2

GRAND FORKS — Riese Gaber scored a power-play goal, Gavin Hain and Louis Jamernik V scored at even-strength and Jackson Blake iced the 4-2 UND victory with an empty-netter. Drew DeRidder stopped 23 shots in net for the Fighting Hawks.

First star: Gavin Hain, UND, 1 goal.
Second star: Kyle Bettens, Duluth, 2 goals.
Third star: Louis Jamernik V, UND, game-winning goal.

UND 1, Duluth 0 — Riese Gaber (Ethan Frisch, Chris Jandric) 3:36 (pp). UND's power play stays hot, scoring on the first power-play chance of the night. Jandric moves the puck to Frisch in the left circle. Frisch makes a terrific shot/pass to the slot, where Gaber tips it past Bulldog goalie Matthew Thiessen.

UND 2, Duluth 0 — Gavin Hain (Mark Senden, Judd Caulfield) 12:01. UND buzzes in the offensive zone for three-straight shifts and gets rewarded for it. Senden has the puck behind the net and feeds one to Hain out front. Hain moves it to his backhand and slips it five-hole for his ninth goal of the season.

UND 2, Duluth 1 — Kyle Bettens (Derek Daschke) 13:26. Duluth answers just 1:25 later as Bettens comes up the right side on a harmless rush and fires a shot on net. UND goalie Drew DeRidder sends the rebound back to him and slides a little too far out of position and Bettens hammers it back for his third goal of the season.

UND 3, Duluth 1 — Louis Jamernik V (Jackson Blake, Ryan Sidorski) :43. UND comes out and scores right away on an awkward play. Blake has the puck on the right side and attempts to hit Judd Caulfield in the slot. It grazes off a Bulldog stick, Caulfield misses and it goes backdoor to Jamernik V. He puts it away and points to Al Pearson in the stands, letting him know that goal was for him.

UND 3, Duluth 2 — Kyle Bettens (Quinn Olson, Carter Loney) 13:42. The Bulldogs pull within one on a rush. Olson has the puck on the left side and spots Bettens wide open in the right circle. Bettens has a lot of net to shoot at and doesn't miss. It's his second goal of the game.

UND 4, Duluth 2 — Jackson Blake 19:54 (en). Blake ices it with an empty-netter, his 10th goal of the season.

Forwards
10 Gavin Hain—19 Mark Senden—28 Judd Caulfield
9 Jackson Blake—27 Louis Jamernik V—17 Riese Gaber
22 Owen McLaughlin—21 Ben Strinden—20 Nick Portz
29 Jackson Kunz—18 Matteo Costantini—26 Dylan James
13 Carson Albrecht

Defensemen
25 Tyler Kleven—15 Ethan Frisch
7 Chris Jandric—2 Ryan Sidorski
4 Cooper Moore—3 Ty Farmer

Goaltenders
34 Drew DeRidder
32 Jakob Hellsten
1 Kaleb Johnson

Not in lineup: F Jake Schmaltz (upper body), F Dane Montgomery (upper body), F Griffin Ness, D Brent Johnson, D Luke Bast

Forwards
6 Ben Steeves—17 Dominic James—16 Luke Loheit
15 Quinn Olson—33 Carter Loney—24 Kyle Bettens
21 Luke Mylymok—8 Jesse Jacques—13 Tanner Laderoute
3 Isaac Howard—11 Cole Spicer—37 Luke Johnson

Defensemen
5 Wyatt Kaiser—2 Darian Gotz
10 Derek Daschke—28 Aiden Dubinsky
20 Owen Gallatin—18 Joey Pierce
23 Will Francis

Goaltenders
36 Matt Thiessen
35 Zach Stejskal

Not in lineup: F Blake Biondi (upper body), F Kyler Kleven (upper body), F Jack Smith, D Riley Bodnarchuk, G Zach Sandy

The Fighting Hawks will be without center Jake Schmaltz, who is missing the first game in his college career. It ends his streak of 62-straight. . . UND is going back to transfer Drew DeRidder in net. Minnesota Duluth is going with transfer Matthew Thiessen, who has not played since Dec. 10. . . UND has juggled all four forward lines, mixing the high-skill players with more grinding types. . . Minnesota Duluth also is spreading out its skilled players.