Five items of note:
1. The Bemidji hex continues for Nebraska Omaha. The Mavs have 1 win in 12 games against the Beavers since joining the WCHA. Bemidji State earned three points this weekend, including a 3-2 win Saturday night.
2. New Hampshire and Northeastern played to a rare 0-0 tie. Northeastern goalie Bryan Mountain had a 44-save shutout. UNH goalie Casey DeSmith had a 34-save shutout.
3. Lake Superior State drew 3,747 fans — its largest crowd in 12 years — to watch a 4-2 loss to Michigan State. Lake State was hoping for its first sellout since 1996.
4. UND’s next opponent, Boston University, rallied from a 2-0 deficit to win 3-2 against UMass and complete a series sweep.
5. Roseau’s Jason Fabian scored two goals to lead Air Force to a 4-1 win over Robert Morris. Fabian now has four goals in six games this season to lead the Falcons.
Top WCHA performers
2 points — David Boehm, BSU, 2 goals
2 points — Dennis Rix, MTU, 2 goals
2 points — Cory Thorson, SCSU, 2 goals
UND 3, Anchorage 3, tie
UND gave up a third-period lead, but managed to get a point out of the night as Derek Forbort scored an extra-attacker goal with 1:08 remaining. Game stories:
Other notes:
- The long review on Forbort’s game-tying goal was to see if Corban Knight touched it with a high stick before going in the net. MidcoSN had one camera angle that clearly showed the shot going off of the glove of an Anchorage forward and that it completely missed Knight’s stick. Referee Butch Mousseaux conferred with the linesmen to make sure and they got the call right.
- Rocco Grimaldi was probably the biggest weapon on the ice during the game. He nearly won it in overtime on a play that had the entire crowd standing as it unfolded. I think everyone could sense what was about to happen. That’s the kind of buzz Grimaldi is able to create.
- Coach Dave Hakstol moved Grimaldi up to the Knight and Danny Kristo line at the end of the game as he shortened the bench and tried to create some momentum. That move seemed to work.
- The Ralph has been a good place for Forbort this season. Including the two exhibition games, Forbort has scored a goal in each of the four home contests this season.
- I think tonight’s game was the effort most expected out of Anchorage this series. It was one of those typical, hard-fought, grind-it-out games against the Seawolves. Coach Dave Shyiak called it his team’s best 65 minutes of the year.
- Shyiak wanted to specifically comment on the outstanding job the refs did in this series. He said that it was a clean game, and the refs let the teams play.
- Evan Trupp’s younger brother, Hayden, had a quiet weekend at The Ralph. He didn’t register any shots on goal. Then again, Evan always was more of a setup guy than a goal-scorer.
- Knight, who went 20-8 on draws, is one point shy of 100 for his career.
- Next weekend, UND will finally get to play a team that’s not from Alaska.
The Saturday game was an exciting game. If AA is the #12 team, they will compete as if not. But that competitiveness is what happens when pucks in the first period don’t go in the net, or chances are missed. They stay in the game, or they succumb if the shots score. So many good shots, so many great stops by their goalie and the crossbar. Kristo and Grimaldi should be called the “Postmen”. They not only deliver but they seem to have a magnetic attraction to the posts and crossbar! This team is good enough to make fans very excited about the next game! Bring on the Terriers!
Saturdays game put me to sleep for the most part. Most exciting play was in overtime. Felt like a loss as the better team was AA. Sioux play like that against BU and it won’t be pretty.
Do you know if refs are limited to certain camera angles for review? I thought at one time they only got overhead, in which case they never would have seen the AA glove, and might explain the long review.
Last year did goalies switch ends for OT? I thought they tried it.
I was under the impression that they were supposed to switch sides for OT. I think they forgot.
Can someone please tel me whats going on with the midco feed to FCS. Why has the quality of the broadcast worse than the FSSN used to be.
I CANNOT be the only one who is noticing this.
I completely agree about the poor quality of the broadcasts this year. You can’t read names on the jerseys and barely see the puck. We are one of the best programs in the country. How can we not put together a better product for the fans? UNACCEPTABLE
Also agree with the poor quality of the midco feed. Have been watching for the past 5 years on FSSN and it seems worse than ever this year. Yuck.