SATURDAY COLLEGE HOCKEY ROUNDUP: Northeastern shuts out No. 7 Denver 1-0 as Zacher makes 35 saves, Hajibi nets lone goal

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Freshman Amine Hajibi opened the scoring just 2:17 into the second period, netting his first career goal to give Northeastern a 1-0 lead (photo: Jim Pierce).

Amine Hajibi scored 2:17 into the second period for the game’s only goal as Northeastern defeated seventh-ranked Denver 1-0 at Matthews Arena in Boston.

Lawton Zacher earned the shutout in goal for the Huskies, finishing with 35 saves.

Denver goalie Quentin Miller made 13 stops for the Pioneers.

Denver was playing at Matthews Arena for the first time since Oct. 16, 2004.

SCOREBOARD | POLL

No. 1 Michigan State 6, Northern Michigan 2

Tommi Männistö and Tiernan Shoudy each posted two goals and two assists to lead Michigan State to a 6-2 win and series sweep over Northern Michigan at the Berry Events Center in Marquette, Mich.

Porter Martone and Daniel Russell also scored for the Spartans and goalie Melvin Strahl collected 22 saves.

Caiden Gault scored both goals for MSU and netminder Oliver Auyeung-Ashton made 39 saves.

No. 4 Boston University 3, No. 11 UConn 1

Jack Harvey netted a pair of goals and goalie Mikhail Yegorov made 24 saves as BU defeated UConn 3-1 from the Toscano Family Ice Forum in Storrs, Conn.

Owen McLaughlin also scored for the Terriers.

For the Huskies, Joey Muldowney scored and Tyler Muszelik made 17 saves in the crease.

No. 5 Penn State 4, Stonehill 2

Penn State used four different goal scorers to defeat Stonehill 4-2 and pin down a series sweep at Pegula Ice Arena in University Park, Pa.

Jarod Crespo, Gavin McKenna, JJ Wiebusch and Shea Van Olm scored for the Nittany Lions and goaltender Kevin Reidler picked up 26 saves.

Zach Aben and Pat Murphy scored for the Skyhawks and goalie Connor Androlewicz finished with 28 saves.

No. 6 Quinnipiac 2, New Hampshire 0

Chris Pelosi and Jeremy Wilmer scored and Dylan Silverstein pitched a 21-save shutout as Quinnipiac blanked New Hampshire 2-0 from the Whittemore Center in Durham, N.H.

Wildcats goalie Kyle Chauvette registered 27 saves.

No. 8 North Dakota 1, Clarkson 0

After losing 5-2 Friday night, North Dakota rebounded with a 1-0 victory over Clarkson from Cheel Arena in Potsdam, N.Y., to secure the series split.

It was a pair of rookies leading the way for UND, with Keaton Verhoeff tallying the game’s only goal on the power play in the second period while goaltender Jan Špunar made 17 saves in his first collegiate start to record the shutout.

The win also snaps a long losing streak in New York for UND, giving the program its first win in the Empire State since Dec. 31, 2016 at Union – a stretch of seven straight losses.

Clarkson goalie Shane Soderwall finished with 27 saves.

No. 10 Maine 3, Colgate 2 (OT)

After Jack Brandt scored twice in the opening period for Colgate, Maine responded with the next three, including Max Scott’s overtime winner 33 seconds into the extra session for a 3-2 win in Orono, Maine, at Alfond Arena.

Thomas Freel and Justin Poirier also scored for the Black Bears, who got 17 saves from goalie Albin Boija.

Raiders goalie Andrew Takacs tallied 31 saves.

Omaha 5, No. 13 UMass 2

Omaha earned a series split with UMass with a 5-2 win at Baxter Arena in Omaha, Neb., as five different players potted goals.

Maxime Pellerin, Aidan de la Gorgendiere, Myles Hilman, Marcus Nguyen and Brett Hyland scored for the Mavericks and goalie Simon Latkoczy made 28 saves.

For the Minutemen, Václav Nestrašil and Jack Musa scored and Michael Hrabal put up 20 saves in goal.

No. 14 Ohio State 3, Sacred Heart 0

Kristoffer Eberly registered a 21-save shutout as Ohio State earned a series split with Sacred Heart with a 3-0 win at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

Davis Burnside, Niall Crocker and William Smith scored for the Buckeyes.

Pioneers goalie Ajeet Gundarah collected 26 saves.

No. 15 Providence 7, St. Thomas 5

Seven different players lit the lamp for Providence in the Friars’ 7-4 win and series sweep over St. Thomas from the Lee & Penny Anderson in St. Paul, Minn.

Clint Levens opened the scoring for Providence only to see the Tommies score the next four off the sticks of Hayes Hundley, Lucas Wahlin, Bauer Berry and Alex Gaffney.

The Friars then scored the next six goals, Kale McCallum, Will Elger, Hudson Malinoski, Jonathan Fauchon, John Mustard and Graham Gamache doing the honors.

Gaffney scored a late goal for St. Thomas.

Providence goalies Philip Svedebäck and Jack Parsons combined on a 21-save outing.

Carsen Musser and William Ingemann made 29 saves in the UST net.

No. 18 Minnesota Duluth 4, No. 12 Minnesota 1

Minnesota Duluth earned the series sweep with a 4-1 win over Minnesota from 3M Arena at Mariucci in Minneapolis, Minn.

Max Plante popped two goals, Scott Truman and Hunter Anderson one each, and goalie Adam Gajan made 28 saves.

Tate Pritchard scored the only Gophers goal and Nathan Airey stopped 20 shots between the pipes.

No. 17 Wisconsin 4, Alaska 1

Nathan Rickey spotted Alaska an early 1-0 lead, but Wisconsin roared back with four goals from a quarter of players to take a 4-1 victory and series sweep at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis.

Quinn Finley, Logan Hensler, Blake Montgomery and Ryan Botterill scored for the Badgers and Daniel Hauser made 26 saves in net.

Nanooks goalie Calvin Vachon recorded 25 saves.

No. 20 Minnesota State 2, Rensselaer 1

Charlie Lurie’s power-play goal 32 seconds into the third period proved to be the game winner as Minnesota State swept RPI with a 2-1 win in Mankato, Minn., from the Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center.

Felikss Gavars also scored on a Mavericks power play and goalie Alex Tracy stopped 29 shots.

Filip Sitar scored the lone Engineers’ goal and Bruno Bruveris made 16 saves between the pipes.