Feb. 21—GRAND FORKS — No. 3 UND is hosting St. Cloud State on Senior Night in Ralph Engelstad Arena. The teams tied the series opener 4-4. Because St. Cloud State won the shootout, UND cannot clinch the Penrose Cup this weekend.
Time: 6:07 p.m.
Place: Ralph Engelstad Arena.
TV: Midco Sports (GF Ch. 27/622 HD).
Radio:
The Fox (96.1 FM).
Stream:
SCSU 1, UND 0 — Gavyn Thoreson 9 (Noah Urness) 2:08. UND is pushing for an early goal, but E.J. Emery's shot from the left circle misses the net, rims around the boards and Urness collects it. Thoreson takes off and gets behind the defenders for a clean breakaway. UND goalie Gibson Homer stopped his initial attempt, but Thoreson picked up the rebound and scored his ninth of the season.
SCSU 1, UND 1 — Abram Wiebe 5 (Dylan James, Ollie Josephson) 4:04. Josephson chips a puck along the wall to James, who makes a tremendous backhand spinning pass to send Wiebe into the zone in space. Wiebe walks it into the left circle and snaps it five-hole on St. Cloud State goalie Yan Shostak. It's Wiebe's third point of the weekend.
UND 2, SCSU 1 — Mac Swanson 7 (Ben Strinden, E.J. Emery) 4:24. With the fans still celebrating Wiebe's goal, Swanson adds to the lead. Emery launches a point shot to the net, where Strinden takes a couple of whacks at the rebound. Swanson pulls it out of traffic, then snaps it through Shostak for his seventh goal of the season.
UND 3, SCSU 1 — Ollie Josephson 4 (Abram Wiebe, Ben Strinden) 8:02 (pp). UND converts its first power-play chance of the night. Wiebe launches a point shot that Josephson redirects from the high slot for his fourth of the season and first since an empty-netter Nov. 28 at Bemidji State. It ends an 18-game goal drought for Josephson. It's Wiebe's fourth point of the weekend.
UND 3, SCSU 2 — Tanner Henricks 3 (Adam Ingram, Gavyn Thoreson) 18:20. Ingram enters the zone on the right side and leaves a drop pass for Henricks, who toe drags UND freshman Will Zellers and snipes one just inside the post.
UND 3, SCSU 3 — Gavyn Thoreson 10 1:33. UND defenseman Jake Livanavage attempts to pass the puck out of the corner, but puts it right on the tape of Thoreson, who gets positioning on Anthony Menghini and snipes his second goal of the game to tie it.
UND 4, SCSU 3 — Tyler Young 4 (Jack Kernan, Andrew Strathmann) 7:37. Kernan has the puck in his own end along the wall and chips a pass to the offensive blue line, where Young skates under it, goes on a breakaway and puts it just underneath the crossbar for his fourth goal of the season.
UND 4, SCSU 4 — Adam Ingram 3 12:48. UND defenseman Andrew Strathmann attempts to move a puck to Keaton Verhoeff, but Ingram picks it off, goes on a breakaway and scores five-hole on Homer. After not scoring in the first 20 games of the season, Ingram now has goals in three straight.
Forwards
24 Josh Zakreski—29 Ellis Rickwood—9 Will Zellers
7 Mac Swanson—17 Cole Reschny—21 Ben Strinden
26 Dylan James—8 Ollie Josephson—19 Cody Croal
27 Anthony Menghini—15 Jack Kernan—14 Tyler Young
Defensemen
16 Andrew Strathmann—6 E.J. Emery
25 Abram Wiebe—18 Keaton Verhoeff
4 Jake Livanavage—2 Bennett Zmolek
13 Sam Laurila
Goaltenders
31 Gibson Homer
35 Jan Špunar
1 Zach Sandy
Not in lineup: F Cade Littler, F David Klee, F Dalton Andrew, D Jayden Jubenvill, D Ian Engel
Forwards
15 Barrett Hall—13 Tyson Gross—23 Austin Burnevik
10 Noah Urness—22 Nolan Roed—28 Gavyn Thoreson
11 Grant Ahcan—12 Ryan Rosborough—7 Jack Reimann
34 Adam Ingram—19 Verner Miettinen—81 Daimon Gardner
Defensemen
26 Cooper Wylie—21 Max Smolinski
4 Finn Loftus—6 Mason Reiners
25 Thor Byfuglien—5 Tanner Henricks
14 Josh Zinger
Goaltenders
1 Yan Shostak
39 Patriks Berzins
33 James Gray
Not in lineup: F Jack Rogers, F Aiden Welch, F Ethan AuCoin, F Ocean Wallace, D Joe Belisle
Referees — Nick Krebsbach and Justin Hills
Linesmen — Kyle Stephens and Tyler Landman
Supervisor — Mike Schmitt
UND is making two changes. Anthony Menghini is back in up front for Cade Littler, while Gibson Homer is starting in net. . . UND also has shuffled three of its four forward lines. . . No changes for St. Cloud State. . . St. Cloud State is winless in its last nine against UND (0-6-3) and winless in its last 11 against UND in Grand Forks (0-8-3). . . UND senior center Ellis Rickwood has 23 points in the last 16 games. . . In the last six games, UND has been outscored 12-6 in the first two periods and has outscored opponents 13-1 in the third.