DULUTH, Minn. — Zam Plante scored with 6.2 seconds left in overtime to give Minnesota Duluth a 3-2 win in the series finale — the Bulldogs’ first win over UND in AmsOil Arena in more than six years.
First star: Zam Plante, Minnesota Duluth, 2 goals.
Second star: Ellis Rickwood, UND, goal.
Third star: Ethan Dahlmeir, Minnesota Duluth, 22 saves.
No scoring.
Minnesota Duluth 1, UND 0 — Hunter Anderson 3 (Daniel Shlaine) 3:06. Anderson picks up a loose puck in the neutral zone and gets behind UND defenseman Abram Wiebe, starting a 2-on-1. Anderson, skating up the left side, takes the shot himself and puts it off the post and in for his third goal of the season.
Minnesota Duluth 2, UND 0 — Zam Plante 12 (Jayson Shaugabay, Ty Hanson) 17:30 (pp). Minnesota Duluth’s top-ranked power play gets on the board on its fourth chance of the night. Hanson launches a point shot that gets blocked in front, but Shaugabay finds it in traffic and feeds Zam, who is all alone in the right circle. Zam has the whole net to finish off his 12th goal of the season.
Minnesota Duluth 2, UND 1 — Ellis Rickwood 7 (Mac Swanson, Abram Wiebe) 10:25 (sh). UND finally breaks through shorthanded. Wiebe makes a terrific stretch pass to Swanson, starting a 2-on-1 rush. Swanson makes a saucer pass through a Minnesota Duluth defender and Rickwood one-times it past Bulldog goalie Ethan Dahlmeir.
Minnesota Duluth 2, UND 2 — Jack Kernan (Ben Strinden, Jake Livanavage) 18:29 (ex). UND pulls goalie Jan Špunar for the extra attacker and ties it. Livanavage takes the puck from Keaton Verhoeff high in the zone and feeds Strinden for a one-timer in the left circle. Dahlmeir stops it, but Kernan buries the rebound. It’s the second time this season UND has rallied from a two-goal deficit in the final 10 minutes of the third against Minnesota Duluth.
Minnesota Duluth 3, UND 2 — Zam Plante 12 (Grayden Siepmann) 4:53. As overtime is near an end, Siepmann enters the zone and leaves a pass for Zam on the left side. UND gets mixed up in cover and Zam gets a shooting lane. He rockets one past Špunar to give the Bulldogs their second overtime win against UND this season.
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—2 Bennett Zmolek
25 Abram Wiebe—18 Keaton Verhoeff
16 Andrew Strathmann—6 E.J. Emery
13 Sam Laurila
Goaltenders
35 Jan Špunar
31 Gibson Homer
1 Zach Sandy
Not in lineup: F Josh Zakreski (inj), F David Klee (inj), F Dalton Andrew, D Jayden Jubenvill, D Ian Engel
Forwards
10 Max Plante—27 Zam Plante—17 Jayson Shaugabay
24 Scout Truman—23 Kyle Gaffney—25 Callum Arnott
11 Hunter Anderson—13 Daniel Shlaine—28 Luke Bibby
19 Harper Bentz—38 Kyler Kovich—16 Blake Bechen
Defensemen
2 Ty Hanson—6 Adam Kleber
8 Aaron Pionk—18 Joey Pierce
5 Brady Cleveland—37 Grayden Siepmann
20 Riley Bodnarchuk
Goaltenders
35 Ethan Dahlmeir
36 Cole Sheffield
Not in lineup: G Adam Gajan (Olympics), F Braden Fischer, F Ryan Zaremba, F Trevor Stachowiak, D Jake Toll
Referees — Stephen Reneau and Sterling Egan
Linesmen — Jeff Schultz and Tony Aronson
Supervisor — Brian Mach
UND has won seven consecutive games in AmsOil Arena. . . The last time Minnesota Duluth beat UND in AmsOil Arena was Jan. 24, 2020. That was 2,201 days ago. . . The teams split a November series in Grand Forks. The Bulldogs won the series opener 4-3 in overtime. The Fighting Hawks won the series finale 5-1. . . Minnesota Duluth goalie Ethan Dahlmeir is starting his third game this season. Usual starter Adam Gajan is at the Olympic Games with Team Slovakia. . . Jan Špunar is starting for UND. . . The Fighting Hawks moved Ollie Josephson back to center and Jack Kernan to wing.
Schlossman has covered college hockey for the Grand Forks Herald since 2005. He has been recognized by the Associated Press Sports Editors as the top beat writer for the Herald’s circulation division four times and the North Dakota sportswriter of the year twice. He resides in Grand Forks. Reach him at bschlossman@gfherald.com.