UMD Men’s Hockey Thumps Bemidji 6-2

UMD fell behind Friday night, 2-0 on goals by Bemidji's Brad Hunt and Jordan George just 1:05 apart at 6:21 and 7:26. Wade Bergman got UMD back into the game 55 seconds later, at 8:21, when he skated in from the blue line to punch in a rebound after a flurry of attempts including a JT Brown shot point blank. Jack Connolly also got an assist on Bergman's first goal of the year. UMD used it's timeout at 12:34 of the second period, likely needing a quick breather after the Bergman goal then an unsuccessful powerplay. The quick break worked, as JT Brown scored at 13:24, putting a Chris Casto rebound into an open Bemidji net with goaltender Andrew Walsh trying to dive back to his net, to no avail.

Keegan Flaherty stuffed a rebound of his own shot past Walsh, at 8:15 of the second period, from Dan DeLisle, to give UMD a 3-2 lead, his 3rd goal of the season after 0 goals his first two Bulldog seasons. Casto then scored his first Bulldog goal, from Caleb Herbert and Justin Crandall at 9:32 of the period.

With the Bulldogs on cruise control in the third period, Brady Lamb scored at 7:11 from Travis Oleksuk and Jack Connolly, and Connolly scored his second of the season, from Bergman at 11:07 for the final 6-2 tally.

Kenny Reiter held his ground after the two Bemidji goals, stopping 15 of 17 total shots while Walsh stopped 34 of 40 Bulldog shots in the loss.

Bulldog Men’s Hockey Loses to Denver

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The Bulldogs battled back from 3-0 down, to take a 4-3 lead in the third period, but give up the lead, then lose 5-4 in Overtime vs Denver, November 3, 2010. Jason Zucker and Anthony Maiani each scored in the first period, giving Denver a 2-0 lead into the second period. Zucker scored his second goal 1:25 into the second period, which was answered by Jack Connolly just 7 seconds later. Wade Bergman cut the deficit to 3-2 when he buried the rebound of a Justin Fontaine shot off the post, that slipped across the crease under goaltender Sam Brittain. Mike Connolly evened the game at 3 at 16:05 of the second period, with a powerplay goal, and the teams went to the locker rooms tied at 3 after 2 periods. Kyle Schmidt gave UMD the lead 4-3, with a backhand shot that got through a defender and past Brittain at 15:02 of the third period. That lead was given up with 1:22 left in the third period when Zucker scored his third goal of the game, to send the game to overtime. At 3:02 of overtime, Denver's Drew Shore found himself wide open with the puck in from of Kenny Reiter and made no mistake, burying the game winner to the back of the net. Aaron Crandall started for UMD, stoppign 5 of 8 shots he faced, while Reiter stopped 12 of 14 he faced in relief of Crandall. Brittain stopped 29 of 33 Bulldog shots for the win.

Wade Bergman scores on the Fontaine rebound

Kyle Schmidt celebrates a goal