Ice Time: UND at Minnesota Duluth

Where: AmsOil Arena, Duluth, Minn.

TV: CBS Sports Network tonight.

Radio: The Fox (96.1 FM).

Webcast: NCHC.tv on Saturday only.

Live blog: undhockey.areavoices.com.

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TEAM STATS

UND

Scoring

8 Nick Jones jr f 9-10--19

24 Christian Wolanin jr d 7-12--19

19 Shane Gersich jr f 6-10--16

22 Rhett Gardner jr f 5-10--15

16 Grant Mismash fr f 5-9--14

6 Colton Poolman so d 5-9--14

14 Austin Poganski sr f 8-4--12

2 Gabe Bast fr d 1-9--10

25 Joel Janatuinen jr f 2-7--9

18 Collin Adams fr f 5-3--8

26 Cole Smith so f 4-4--8

29 Jordan Kawaguchi fr f 2-6--8

28 Hayden Shaw jr d 1-6--7

27 Ludvig Hoff so f 2-4--6

3 Matt Kiersted fr d 2-3--5

11 Trevor Olson sr f 1-3--4

5 Casey Johnson so d 1-3--4

4 Andrew Peski so d 1-3--4

10 Johnny Simonson sr f 2-1--3

9 Dixon Bowen so f 1-2--3

7 Zach Yon so f 1-1--2

20 Josh Rieger fr d 0-2--2

Goaltending

33 Cam Johnson sr 8-4-3 1.92 .914

1 Peter Thome fr 4-2-3 2.28 .913

Minnesota Duluth

Scoring

25 Peter Krieger jr f 7-12--19

7 Scott Perunovich fr d 4-15--19

27 Riley Tufte so f 10-5--15

22 Jared Thomas sr f 5-9--14

39 Parker Mackay jr f 5-7--12

23 Nick Swaney fr f 3-9--12

3 Mikey Anderson fr d 3-9--12

13 Joey Anderson so f 4-6--10

17 Blake Young sr f 5-4--9

5 Nick Wolff so d 4-5--9

11 Avery Peterson sr f 5-3--8

20 Karson Kuhlman sr f 4-4--8

12 Jarod Hilderman so d 1-5--6

10 Kobe Roth fr f 3-2--5

16 Billy Exell jr f 2-3--5

4 Dylan Samberg fr d 0-5--5

19 Justin Richards fr f 0-5--5

26 Jade Miller so f 2-2--4

6 Louie Roehl fr d 0-3--3

21 Matt Anderson fr d 1-1--2

28 Sammy Spurrell sr f 1-0--1

8 Kobe Bender fr f 0-1--1

18 Nick McCormack sr d 0-0--0

Goaltending

32 Hunter Shepard so 11-7-1 2.42 .909

37 Nick Deery so 0-2-2 2.97 .879

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TALE OF THE TAPE

UND

Record: 12-6-6

Ranking: 7

Offense: 2.96 (28th)

Defense: 2.12 (4th)

Power play: 20.4 (21st)

Penalty kill: 85.4 (9th)

Goaltending: .912 (12th)

Minnesota Duluth

Record: 11-9-3

Ranking: 14

Offense: 3.00 (22nd)

Defense: 2.61 (16th)

Power play: 22.2 (13th)

Penalty kill: 77.3 (52nd)

Goaltending: .901 (34th)

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THE FOCUS

Minnesota Duluth has received a big boost in the form of Alaska Fairbanks transfer Peter Krieger. A teammate of Cam Johnson’s in Waterloo, Krieger has jumped in to lead the Bulldogs in scoring with seven goals and 19 points in 23 games. His four game-winning goals lead the NCHC and he also leads the Bulldogs in faceoff wins. Krieger centers a potent top line with Riley Tufte and Joey Anderson on his wings.

THE PICK

Splits are becoming the popular pick this season -- and for good reason. Sweeps have been rare. Only 16.7 percent of UND’s series this season have ended in a sweep for either team. This weekend, several highly skilled rookies will play prominent roles on both sides. That generally leads to ups and downs for both sides. UND should be able to end its six-game losing streak to the Bulldogs, but a sweep seems unlikely.

UND 3-1, Minnesota Duluth 4-2

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NOTES

+ Former Grand Forks Central and UND standout Paul LaDue was called up by the Los Angeles Kings this week. LaDue, who played 22 NHL games last season, had spent the first half of this year with the Ontario Reign in the AHL. LaDue has eight goals and 17 points in 34 games for Ontario this season.

+ Former UND defenseman and head coach Dave Hakstol earned his 100th NHL win as head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night. Hakstol’s Flyers are three points behind defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh for the final playoff spot, but the Flyers have played three fewer games.

+ Bismarck’s Britta Curl led the U.S. to a gold medal at the IIHF World Under-18 Championship. Curl had two goals and four points in the gold medal game against Finland. Curl is committed to Wisconsin.

+ Notre Dame enters this weekend’s series against Wisconsin on a 14-game winning streak, the third-longest winning streak in college hockey in the last 25 years, only behind Harvard’s 15-game run last season and Boston College’s 19-game streak in 2011-12.

+ This weekend's UND-Minnesota Duluth series features two of college hockey's iron men. Austin Poganski ranks first nationally with 146 games played, tied with Mitch McLain from Bowling Green. Bulldog forward Karson Kuhlman has played 145.

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STANDINGS

NCHC

St. Cloud St. 8-3-1, 25 points

UND 6-4-2, 22 points

Denver 6-4-2, 21 points

Western Mich. 7-5, 21 points

Minn. Duluth 5-7, 15 points

Omaha 5-7, 15 points

Miami 4-7-1, 13 points

Colorado Coll. 3-7-2, 12 points

Today’s games

North Dakota at Minnesota Duluth, 8:08 p.m.

Colorado College at Western Michigan, 5:35 p.m.

Omaha at Denver, 8:05 p.m.

Saturday’s games

North Dakota at Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m.

MSU-Mankato at St. Cloud State, 5:07 p.m.

Colorado College at Western Michigan, 6:05 p.m.

Omaha at Denver, 8:05 p.m.

Big Ten

Notre Dame 12-0, 36 points

Ohio State 8-5-1, 25 points

Penn State 6-5-3, 23 points

Michigan 5-7-2, 18 points

Wisconsin 5-7-2, 17 points

Minnesota 5-9-1, 17 points

Michigan St. 3-11-1, 11 points

Thursday’s result

Minnesota 5, Michigan State 4

Today’s games

Wisconsin at Notre Dame, 6:35 p.m.

Penn State at Michigan, 7 p.m.

WCHA

MSU-Mankato 15-5, 45 points

N. Michigan 11-5-2, 37 points

Bowl. Green 9-4-5, 34 points

Bemidji State 8-4-4, 30 points

Michigan Tech 7-6-5, 28 points

Ala. Huntsville 7-11-2, 24 points

Fairbanks 7-10-1, 23 points

Ferris State 7-10-1, 22 points

Lake Superior 4-11-3, 15 points

Anchorage 2-11-3, 12 points

Today’s games

Bemidji State at Ferris State, 6:07 p.m.

Alaska Fairbanks at Michigan Tech, 6:07 p.m.

Lake Superior State at Northern Michigan, 6:07 p.m.

Alaska Anchorage at Bowling Green, 6:37 p.m.

Other games

RPI at Brown, 6 p.m.

Harvard at Clarkson, 6 p.m.

Colgate at Cornell, 6 p.m.

Dartmouth at St. Lawrence, 6 p.m.

Union at Yale, 6 p.m.

Boston University at Merrimack, 6 p.m.

New Hampshire at Maine, 6 p.m.

Northeastern at UMass, 6 p.m.

Niagara at Holy Cross, 6:05 p.m.

American International at Mercyhurst, 6:05 p.m.

Canisius at RIT, 6:05 p.m.

Bentley at Robert Morris, 6:05 p.m.

UMass Lowell at Vermont, 6:05 p.m.

Sacred Heart at Air Force, 8:05 p.m.

Quinnipiac at Arizona State, 8:05 p.m.

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PAIRWISE RANKINGS

1. Notre Dame 18-3-1

2. Clarkson 18-3-1

3. St. Cloud State 14-4-3

4. Cornell 14-2-1

5. Ohio State 15-5-4

6. Denver 12-6-4

7. Western Michigan 12-9-1

8. MSU-Mankato 17-7

9. Providence 15-7-2

10. North Dakota 12-6-6

11. Omaha 12-9-1

12. Penn State 13-8-3

13. Northeastern 14-5-3

14. Minnesota Duluth 11-9-3

15. Minnesota 13-12-1

16. Michigan 10-10-2

17. Bowling Green 12-8-6

18. Miami 9-11-2

19. Boston College 11-9-3

20. Wisconsin 11-11-3