GameCenter final: Omaha 2, UND 1
Mar. 10—OMAHA, Neb. — Omaha defenseman Jacob Guevin scored a goal and set up another as the Mavericks beat UND 2-1 in Game 1 of their best-of-three National Collegiate Hockey Conference playoff series.
First star: Simon Latkoczy, Omaha, 40 saves.
Second star: Jacob Guevin, Omaha, 1 goal, 1 assist.
Third star: Drew DeRidder, UND, 26 saves.
No scoring.
Omaha 1, UND 0 — Jacob Guevin (Davis Pennington, Jacob Slipec) 4:29. Omaha cycles the puck around the perimeter until it gets to Guevin at the right point. Guevin launches a shot toward the net with four players on top of the crease. His shot appears to hit Frisch and deflect in.
Omaha 2, UND 0 — Davis Pennington (Jacob Guevin, Kaden Bohlsen) 7:02. Bohlsen, at the top of the zone, drops a pass to Guevin in the right circle. Guevin makes an outstanding cross-ice seam pass to hit Pennington in space. Pennington steps into the left circle and snaps his first goal of the season past UND goalie Drew DeRidder.
Omaha 2, UND 1 — Riese Gaber (Jake Schmaltz, Chris Jandric) 18:46 (ex). Gaber gets the puck in the right circle with the extra attacker. He toe drags it and snipes high glove for his 20th of the season. He's the first UND player to score 20 in a season since Shane Gersich in 2016-17.
Forwards
10 Gavin Hain—19 Mark Senden—28 Judd Caulfield
9 Jackson Blake—27 Louis Jamernik V—17 Riese Gaber
26 Dylan James—8 Jake Schmaltz—22 Owen McLaughlin
29 Jackson Kunz—11 Griffin Ness—13 Carson Albrecht
21 Ben Strinden
Defensemen
25 Tyler Kleven—15 Ethan Frisch
7 Chris Jandric—2 Ryan Sidorski
24 Luke Bast—3 Ty Farmer
Goaltenders
34 Drew DeRidder
32 Jakob Hellsten
Not in lineup: F Nick Portz, F Dane Montgomery (inj), F Matteo Costantini, D Brent Johnson, D Cooper Moore, G Kaleb Johnson
Forwards
28 Jack Randl—44 Jake Pivonka—27 Matt Miller
40 Tyler Weiss—17 Cameron Berg—26 Brock Bremer
13 Jacob Slipec—19 Ty Mueller—22 Jimmy Glynn
8 Ray Fust—21 Tyler Rollwagen—29 Kaden Bohlsen
Defensemen
20 Jonny Tychonick—23 Victor Mancini
3 Kirby Proctor—12 Nolan Krenzen
48 Davis Pennington—10 Jacob Guevin
2 Joaquim Lemay
Goaltenders
30 Simon Latkoczy
1 Jake Kucharski
35 Jacob Zab
Not in lineup: F Nolan Sullivan (inj), F Cam Mitchell (inj), F Michael Abgrall, D Griffin Ludtke
UND is making just one change from last Saturday night — Ben Strinden is in for Nick Portz as the extra skater. . . Omaha's Ty Mueller is back in the lineup after missing last weekend with an upper-body injury. Omaha center Nolan Sullivan is out, though. . . The Mavericks return to a more traditional 12-forward setup. They played with 11 last Saturday. . . Freshman Simon Latkoczy is starting in net for Omaha. He played one game against UND, starting Friday night in Grand Forks.
