COLLEGE MEN'S HOCKEY: UMD finishes off sweep of Colorado College

And this time, the defense was there to lend a helping hand as well.

The 15th-ranked Bulldogs outshot the Tigers 45-19—with a 36-9 advantage in the second and third periods—and outscored their hosts 5-1 on Saturday, Jan. 13, to complete the sweep at World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colo.

The wild 6-5 win Friday, Jan. 12, combined with the more tame 5-1 victory Saturday, gave the Bulldogs their first NCHC sweep of the season.

The Bulldogs' five goals came from players who started the night outside of the team's top-seven scorers.

One of those scorers was freshman forward Kobe Roth, who scored twice.

Roth gave UMD a 2-1 lead late in the second period, picking up his second collegiate goal 24 hours after he got his first on Friday. The eventual game-winner came on a scramble in front of the net, and right after Colorado College burned its timeout to buy some time before a faceoff in the home zone.

Roth later picked up his third goal of the weekend and his NCAA career late in the third period on a breakaway, finishing with a smooth backhanded shot to put UMD up by four.

UMD started running away with things early in the third, scoring twice in the span of 43 seconds to move ahead 4-1. Junior wing Parker Mackay put a shot in off Tigers junior defenseman Andrew Farny—essentially an own goal—and junior wing Billy Exell followed by backhanding a puck through while parked at the near post.

The Bulldogs emerged from the first period tied with the Tigers at 1-1 despite getting called for four penalties, resulting in four CC power plays.

Westin Michaud, a junior forward for the Tigers, cashed in on the first UMD penalty—too many players on the ice—to give his team a 1-0 lead nearly seven and a half minutes in.

UMD killed off the rest with ease, and sophomore defenseman Nick Wolff was able to tie the game at 1-1 nearly seven minutes later, blasting a shot through from the point on the Bulldogs lone power play of the period.