Feb. 14—GRAND FORKS — No. 20 Miami and No. 3 UND are concluding their two-game series in Ralph Engelstad Arena. UND won the series opener 1-0.
Time: 6:07 p.m.
Place: Ralph Engelstad Arena.
TV: Midco Sports (GF Ch. 27/622 HD).
Radio:
The Fox (96.1 FM).
Stream:
UND 1, Miami 0 — E.J. Emery 3 (Sam Laurila, Dylan James) 15:52. UND gets rewarded for an excellent shift, keeping several pucks alive in the offensive zone. James kicks a puck back to Laurila at the point. He spots Emery with room in the right circle. Emery collects the pass, walks it a couple of steps and rips a shot through a Ben Strinden screen for his third goal of the season.
UND 1, Miami 1 — Doug Grimes 8 (Maximilion Helgeson, Ryder Thompson) 1:22. After 81 minutes, 22 seconds, Miami finally breaks through on UND goalie Jan Špunar this weekend. Thompson launches a point shot that hits traffic on the inside of the left circle. As players fight for the puck, Grimes takes a whack at it, and it beats Špunar high to tie the game.
Miami 2, UND 1 — Kocha Delic 10 (Michael Quinn, Ilia Morozov) 3:14. After the long goal drought, Miami suddenly scores twice in under two minutes. Quinn launches a point shot through a Delic screen and Špunar never sees it. The puck hits his pad and Delic is standing right there to sweep in the rebound.
Forwards
7 Mac Swanson—29 Ellis Rickwood—9 Will Zellers
26 Dylan James—17 Cole Reschny—21 Ben Strinden
19 Cody Croal—8 Ollie Josephson—15 Jack Kernan
27 Anthony Menghini—20 Cade Littler—14 Tyler Young
Defensemen
4 Jake Livanavage—18 Keaton Verhoeff
25 Abram Wiebe—6 E.J. Emery
13 Sam Laurila—16 Andrew Strathmann
3 Jayden Jubenvill
Goaltenders
35 Jan Špunar
31 Gibson Homer
1 Zach Sandy
Not in lineup: F Josh Zakreski (taking warmups), F David Klee (inj), F Dalton Andrew, D Bennett Zmolek (body maintenance), D Ian Engel
Forwards
13 Kocha Delic—18 Ilia Morozov—20 David Deputy
14 Ryan Smith—17 Maximilion Helgeson—19 Doug Grimes
21 Bradley Walker—68 Ethan Hay—26 Blake Mesenburg
33 Casper Nassen—11 Justin Stupka—23 Brayden Morrison
10 Nicholas Mikan
Defenseman
9 Kyle Aucoin—73 Michael Phelan
2 Shaun McEwen—6 Michael Quinn
43 Ryder Thompson—3 Nick Donato
Goaltenders
45 Matteo Drobac
31 Mathis Langevin
35 Benji Motew
Not in lineup: F Matteo Giampa (inj), D Vladislav Lukashevich (inj), D Owen Lalonde (inj), F David Grosek, F John Emmons
Referees — Jake Jackson and Nolan Bloyer
Linesmen — Kyle Stephens and Eric Steele
Supervisor — Thor Nelson
UND has just one change. Defenseman Jayden Jubenvill is in for Bennett Zmolek, who has another body maintenance night. . . Miami is without forward Matteo Giampa, who suffered an injury in the first period and did not return. Nicholas Mikan of Edina, Minn., is in. The RedHawks are moving Ilia Morozov to load up the top line with Kocha Delic and David Deputy. . . The goalie battle is Jan Špunar vs. Matteo Drobac again. . . UND can clinch the Penrose Cup with three more wins. . . Špunar has stopped 37 of 38 in his last two games. . . UND has beaten Miami 11 straight times.