GameCenter final: UND 5, Miami 4, OT (2024)

OXFORD, Ohio — Riese Gaber tied the game with an extra-attacker goal in the final minute, then Jackson Blake won it in overtime as UND beat Miami 5-4 in the series opener. Both Gaber and Blake had three points.

First star: Riese Gaber, UND, game-tying goal, 3 points.
Second star: Jackson Blake, UND, game-winning goal, 3 points.
Third star: Ryan Sullivan, Miami, goal.

Miami 1, UND 0 — Thomas Daskas (Tanyon Bajzer, Spencer Cox) 9:45. Tanyon Bajzer, who had been a healthy scratch until last Saturday, beats Nate Benoit to get a breakaway. UND goalie Ludvig Persson makes the initial save, but Daskas follows and scores on the rebound. It's his second goal of the season and Bajzer's first-career point.

Miami 1, UND 1 — Jake Livanavage 3 (Riese Gaber, Jackson Blake) 19:13 (pp). UND's power play stays hot, scoring on its second chance of the night. Livanavage gets it at the top of the zone with space, walks it to the top of the circles and fires it through a Jackson Kunz screen to tie it.

UND 2, Miami 1 — Jackson Kunz 4 (Cameron Berg, Riese Gaber) :24. UND strikes on the first shift of the second period as Gaber makes a feed from the right side on a rush to Berg, who rings one off the bar. The puck lands in the crease and Kunz is there to tap it in for his fourth of the season.

UND 2, Miami 2 — Ryan Sullivan 4 (Albin Nilsson) 1:08. The UND lead doesn't last long. Sullivan pokes a puck past UND defenseman Keaton Pehrson in the neutral zone to start a two-on-one rush. Livanavage takes away the pass, but Sullivan sneaks a shot five-hole on Persson.

Miami 3, UND 2 — Albin Nilsson 2 (Ryan Sullivan Rihards, Simanovics) 3:13. Sullivan makes a play off the wall to get Nilsson the puck near the bottom of the circle. It doesn't look like he has much to shoot at, but squeaks another one through Persson.

Miami 4, UND 2 — John Waldron 7 (Axel Kumlin) 13:28 (sh). Waldron tries to win a puck at the blue line, but can't get there in time. He slides behind the UND defense and is still there when the puck comes to Kumlin. Kumlin sends Waldron on a breakaway and he finishes it. It's the first shorthanded goal allowed by UND this season.

Miami 4, UND 3 — Logan Britt 3 (Louis Jamernik V, Jackson Blake) 8:41. UND pulls within one as Jamernik makes a drop pass from the left circle to Britt at the top of the zone. Britt walks in and snipes it. After the goal, a UND fan was celebrating by tapping on the glass and it shattered.

Miami 4, UND 4 — Riese Gaber 14 (Jackson Kunz, Cameron Berg) 19:00 (ex). UND ties it up with an extra attacker on the ice. Berg's attempt goes to the slot where Gaber takes a whack at it. Kunz gets a look at the rebound and his attempt is stopped, but Gaber followed it up for his 13th goal in 12-career games against Miami.

UND 5, Miami 4 — Jackson Blake 17 (Ludvig Persson) 1:24. Persson makes a terrific save on Miami's Axel Kumlin, Blake picks up the rebound behind the net and skates it on a two-on-one with Owen McLaughlin. Blake, on the right side, takes the shot himself and buries it high glove.

Forwards
29 Jackson Kunz—14 Cameron Berg—17 Riese Gaber
26 Dylan James—22 Owen McLaughlin—9 Jackson Blake
27 Louis Jamernik V—8 Jake Schmaltz—18 Jayden Perron
5 Dane Montgomery—11 Griffin Ness—21 Ben Strinden

Defensem*n
7 Garrett Pyke—25 Abram Wiebe
4 Jake Livanavage—20 Keaton Pehrson
6 Logan Britt—2 Bennett Zmolek
15 Nate Benoit

Goaltenders
32 Ludvig Persson
30 Hobie Hedquist

Not in lineup, on trip: D Tanner Komzak, G Kaleb Johnson
Not on trip: F Hunter Johannes (lower body injury), F Carson Albrecht (upper)

Forwards
13 Max Dukovac—9 Albin Nilsson—22 Ryan Sullivan
8 P.J. Fletcher—17 John Waldron—25 Artur Turansky
26 Blake Mesenburg—14 Thomas Daskas—34 Teddy Lagerback
23 Brayden Morrison—28 Tanyon Bajzer

Defensem*n
10 Zane Demsey—5 Jack Clement
19 Rihards Simanovics—16 Hampus Rydqvist
2 Spencer Cox—3 Axel Kumlin
27 Dylan Moulton—7 Robby Drazner

Goaltenders
30 Bruno Bruveris
33 Carter McPhail
31 Logan Neaton

Not in lineup: F Matthew Barbolini (inj), F William Hallen (inj), F Raimonds Vitolins (inj), F Frankie Carogioiello (inj), D Michael Feenstra (inj)

Referees — Andrew Wilk and Andy Thackaberry
Linesmen — Troy Marrett and Logan Bellgraph

UND's lineup is as expected. Jackson Kunz remains on the top line after being moved up there Saturday night against Denver. . . Miami is listing goaltender Logan Neaton, the usual starter, as the third-string goalie but he's not expected to play due to a lower-body injury. . . Miami is dressing 11 forwards and eight defensem*n. The RedHawks have frequently done that this season, rewarding the defensem*n. But this time, it's out of necessity. The RedHawks have just 11 healthy forwards. . . UND has gone 19 games without losing in regulation. . . The Fighting Hawks sit four points ahead of St. Cloud State in the NCHC standings. . . Jackson Blake enters the weekend on an eight-game point streak.

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 once. He resides in Grand Forks. Reach him at bschlossman@gfherald.com.