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7:07 puck drop from The Ralph

7:37 puck drop from The Ralph

UND (15-13-3 // 8-11-1-1 nchc) was swept out in Kalamazoo this last weekend. UND is having trouble scoring goals and have been really since the last Omaha series when they dropped 16 goals in two nights for sweep. UND is 2-6 in their last 8 games. UND STATS ***UND 8-7-2 at home this season ***UND has scored 7 goals in last 5 games ***UND has 3 players who have played all 31 games - gersich poganski c.poolman...t.poolman and simonson have played 30 games ***GERSICH (19) JOST (11) BOESER (11) 41 of teams 95 goals. 86 of teams 255 points. 13 combined missed games between the first rounders ***UNO 8-4-3 on the road this season UNO (15-12-5 // 8-10-2-0 nchc) had a bye week and are 2-4-2 in their last 8 games. UNO STATS PAIRWISE RANKINGS NCAA STATS NCHC STANDINGS DU 47 - SCSU atUNO UMD 45 - MIAMI atWMU WMU 35 - atCC UMD SCSU 28 - atDU CC UNO 26 - atUND DU UND 26 - UNO atMIAMI MIAMI 21 - atUMD UND CC 12 - WMU atSCSU

6:05 puck drop central time

6:05 central time puck drop from Kalamazoo

UND 10th pairwise (15-11-3 // 8-9-1-1 nchc) had a bye this last weekend after splitting with SCSU at home the prior week. UND has 3 nchc series left until post season. atWMU, UNO, atMIAMI. UND is 8-7-2 at home, 6-4-1 on the road, 1-0-0 neutral. UND STATS ***FIRST MEETING in DECEMBER the teams split in GF, 5-1 fri UND and 3-1 sat WMU ***UND has three point per game guys. Gersich 1.13, Jost 1.09, Boeser 1.00. Jost has missed 7 games and Boeser has missed 6 ***UND has three double digit goal scorers. Gersich (18) Boeser (11) Jost (11) next in line are Poganski (8) JJ (7) Tpoolman Gardner Bowen all have 5 goals ***UND has 3 players who have played all 29 games to this point. Gersich, C.Poolman and Poganski ***UND has 9 players with 10+ points, four with 20+ the top 3 with T Poolman ***UND has three players without a goal to this point in Wilkie, Casey Johnson and Peski. All skaters who have played a game have scored a point as well as Cam Johnson ***Casey Johnson - 0 penalties in 24gp ***NCHC three teams top 6 pairwise including top 2. Four in top 10, five on top 12 followed by UNO(17) MIAMI(25) CC(34) ***NCHC - all teams have 3 nchc series left except UNO and SCSU who have 2 left ***WMU FLEMING leads nation in penalty minutes 93 WMU - 6th pairwise (16-8-4 // 9-8-1-1 nchc) split at Omaha this last weekend in some crazy games. 7-6 fri win and 6-3 sat loss. 2-1-1 in their last four games including a tie vs ASU. After UND, WMU ends atCC and UMD in Kalamazoo to close out. WMU is 9-2-3 at home, 5-6-1 on the road, 2-0-0 neutral. WMU STATS NCAA STATS PAIRWISE RANKINGS NCHC STANDINGS DU 41 (18gp) atMIAMI SCSU atUNO UMD 40 (18gp) atCC MIAMI atWMU WMU 29 (18gp) UND atCC UMD SCSU 28 (20gp) bye atDU CC UND 26 (18gp) atWMU UNO atMIAMI MIAMI 26 (18gp) DU atUMD atUND UNO 21 (20gp) bye atUND DU CC 11 (18gp) UMD WMU atSCSU

7:07 puck drop from The Ralph

7:37 puck drop from The Ralph CBS Sports Network

UND (14-10-3 // 7-8-1-1 nchc) split in Colorado Springs this last weekend. That was CC's first win at home this season. UND is 2-4 in their last 6 games with two of the losses being a shutout. UND STATS ***UND has 4 nchc series left - 2 home (SCSU/UNO) ~ 2 road (WMU/MIAMI) ***BYE week for UND after this series ***NCHC 3 teams in top four pairwise, 5 teams in top 16...UNO 19 MIAMI 22 CC 33 ***UND swept SCSU at St. Cloud in November 3-0 and 4-0 ***GERSICH scored 4 of 6 UND goals at SCSU in November - hattrick Friday ***GERSICH 18 goals third in nation - leader at 22 SCSU (12-13-1 // 6-9-1-0) split their two games in the last North Star cup beating Bemidji State and losing to UMD in OT. SCSU is 3-3 is their last 6 games with three if them going to OT. They have scored 5 total goals in their last 3 games. SCSU STATS NCAA STATS PAIRWISE RANKINGS UND 9 / SCSU 16 - as of Jan. 28 NCHC STANDINGS DU 35 (all have played 16 nchc games) UMD 35 WMU 26 UND 23 UNO 22 MIAMI 21 SCSU 19 CC 11

7:07 puck drop from Colorado Springs for the sweep

8:37 puck drop from Colorado Springs no jost, no ausmus 5-2 nodak

UND (13-9-3 // 6-7-1-1 nchc) hits the road after getting worked by UMD both nights at the ralph. UND has lost 3 of 4 overall. UND is 7-6-2 at home, 5-3-1 road and 1-0-0 neutral. UND STATS ***UND has this series plus the following 4 to close the regular season...SCSU, atWMU, UNO, atMIAMI ***GERSICH 17 goals tied 3rd nation, leader at 22 ***NCHC STANDINGS...SCSU and UMD have each played 2 more nchc games than the other 6. Those two play in the North Star cup this weekend with gophers / beavers. After this coming weekend all nchc teams will be at 16 games played with 4 series left each. CC (6-16-2 // 2-10-2-0) was swept at WMU and has lost 4 in a row. Last win was vs Duluth 5 games ago. Other 5 wins came at Umass, UNO, UNH along with Merrimack/Cornell at Florida tourney. CC has not won a game at home this season 0-9-0. CC STATS PAIRWISE RANKINGS 1-22-2017 UND 11 CC 33 NCAA STATS NCHC STANDINGS UMD 35 16gp DU 29 14gp WMU 23 14gp UNO 22 14gp UND 20 14gp SCSU 19 16gp MIAMI 18 14gp CC 8 14gp

7:07 puck drop from The Ralph

7:37 puck drop from The Ralph big series for the nchc and pairwise TV - cbs sports 5-3 nodak

UND (13-7-3 // 6-5-1-1 nchc) split at home vs Miami this last weekend. UND had 3-1 leads both nights heading into the third. Friday was a trainwreck, Saturday they locked it down. UND 4-2 in their last six. 7th pairwise UND sports STATS uscho UND STATS UMD (13-5-4 // 9-4-1-1 nchc) lost Friday and won in OT Saturday at home vs SCSU. UMD has 1 regulation win in their last 6 games (2-2-2) in that stretch. UMD has scored 11 goals over those 6 games with 4 of them coming Saturday nights ot win. 3rd pairwise UMD uscho STATS ***NCHC has 7 of 8 teams in top 21 pairwise. 3 teams in top 7. 5 in top 16. Miami at 22, CC at 34. ***UMD swept UND in October 5-2, 3-0 ***GERSICH tied 4th ncaa goals (16) leader at 21 ***GARDNER 66 pim leads team. Poganski (35) Jost (34) Ausmus (34) Hoff (20) and the rest are much lower. Casey Johnson 21gp with 0 penalty minutes. Yon with 2 pim in 26gp ***WILKIE 20gp only regular forward without a goal(6a). Gornall also without goal only 5gp ***UND has 3 point per game or better gersich 1.3043, boeser 1.2941, Jost 1.0952...poganski 0.82 Tpoolman 0.81 ***UND total goals 77, opponents 53... UND PP goals 21, opponents 18...UND shorthanded goals 2, opponents 2 PAIRWISE RANKINGS NCAA STATS NCHC STANDINGS as of 1/15/2017 UMD 29 - 14gp DU 26 - 12gp UND 20 - 12gp UNO 18 - 12gp WMU 17 - 12gp SCSU 16 - 14gp MIAMI 16 - 12gp CC 8 - 12gp

7:07 puck drop from The Ralph

7:37 puck drop from The Ralph 6-3 nodak

UND (12-6-3 / 5-4-1-1 nchc) swept uno on the road this last weekend scoring 16 goals. UND has won 3 straight games. 7th pairwise UND STATS MIAMI (7-8-5 / 3-4-3-1 nchc) swept SCSU in at home this last weekend. Miami has won 4 games in a row after starting off with just 3 wins in first 16 games. 28th pairwise MIAMI STATS PAIRWISE RANKINGS NCAA STATS

7:07 puck drop from Omaha

Shaw is the only skater without a point so far. 17 of 18 have points

7:07 puck drop from Omaha

Typo sorry they are 14th

UND (10-6-3 / 3-4-1-1 nchc) heads to Omaha after defeating Union on New Year's Eve 3-1 in New York. All nchc games here on out. 8 series with 4 home 4 on the road road. Road/Home/Home/Road/Home/Road/Home/Road. 9th pairwise as of today. GERSICH tied for 3rd in nation with 14 goals. Leader at 18. UND STATS UNO (11-6-3 / 4-4-0-1 nchc) swept Lake Superior state this last weekend. 14th pairwise as of today. UNO 26.67 pp % second best in nation behind Harvard 32.08%. UNO STATS PAIRWISE RANKINGS NCAA STATS Both games are at 7:07

3pm central puck drop from the Frank Messa Rink in Schenectady, NY. Final non conference game for UND. No Boeser or Jost. Tomek also gone to WJT. webcast LINK $8.95

Saturday 3pm puck drop. UND heads back to New York for 1 game at Union New Year's Eve No BOESER (wrist surgery) or JOST (world juniors) Final non conference game for UND webcast 7.95 Link UND (9-6-3 / 3-4-1-1 nchc) 9th pairwise as of today UNION (14-3-1 / 8-1-1 ecac) 4th pairwise as of today Pairwise Rankings NCAA Stats UND Stats UNION Stats