Miami junior Blake Coleman recorded a hat trick for the RedHawks to power his team to a 6-2 victory over visiting North Dakota, salvaging a split of their inaugural NCHC series. The RedHawks charged out to a 5-0 lead early in the second period, avenging Friday night’s 4-2 defeat.<\/p>\n
The RedHawks got on the board quickly and often, with junior Cody Murphy scoring at 2:24 with a wrister from the top of the faceoff circle. Coleman picked up his first of the night at 15:02 when he scored unassisted off a faceoff from the left of UND’s sophomore goaltender, Zane Gothberg.<\/p>\n
After being issued a game misconduct in Friday night’s loss, Coleman said the team wanted to establish a physical presence early on.<\/p>\n
“I think we had a lot more jump, a lot of energy [tonight],” he said. “Guys were kinda fired up from the bad performance last night. We talked about staying in the moment, and I think our team responded really well.”<\/p>\n
The game soon had the look of a blowout, as the RedHawks scored three times in quick succession early in the second period. At 3:40, sophomore Riley Barber took the last touch on a loose rebound in the crease for a 3-0 Miami lead. Coleman then completed his hat trick with goals against two different goalies. He was waiting at the backdoor to poke in a puck that trickled between Gothberg’s legs at 5:37, and then beat Clarke Saunders top-shelf just 14 seconds later on the first shot the senior netminder saw after coming on in relief of Gothberg.<\/p>\n
Miami coach Enrico Blasi was pleased to see Coleman bounce back.<\/p>\n
“No question, Blake played well tonight,” he said. “We need everybody contributing. I thought Blake’s line played really well tonight, in terms of keeping things in front of them, and they got rewarded with some goals. And that’s the way to play.”<\/p>\n
UND finally got on the board with a goal at 16:09 in the period when sophomore Colten St. Clair put one past Miami’s sophomore goaltender Ryan McKay coming off a faceoff. A second was added at 6:05 in the third period by freshman Gage Ausmus, the first of his collegiate career.<\/p>\n
Any faint hopes of a UND comeback were snuffed by Miami’s junior captain Austin Czarnik, who capped the scoring with a goal in the slot at 10:44 in the period.<\/p>\n
North Dakota coach Dave Hakstol said the difference in the game was in the details.<\/p>\n
“We gave up a couple of faceoff goals, we gave up a couple of goals where we were weak in front, and we didn’t get any at the other end. We didn’t get to any rebounds, and there was quite a few of them laying around there.”<\/p>\n
McKay made 34 saves to earn his second victory. Gothberg stopped 11 of 16 shots, while Saunders saved 23 of 25 in relief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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