Minnesota Duluth senior captain and forward Ashleigh Brykaliuk helped set up both her team’s goals Saturday in a 2-1 WCHA victory over North Dakota at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D.
Brykaliuk assisted senior wing Lara Stalder on the first goal of the game 7:32 into the first period to give third-ranked UMD (7-2-2 overall, 6-2-1-1 WCHA) a 1-0 lead. Brykaliuk was at it again 34 seconds later as she and Stalder assisted redshirt junior center Katerina Mrazova with her second goal of the season to put the Fighting Hawks (6-4-1, 5-4) down 2-0.
Sophomore goaltender Maddie Rooney would take care of things from there making 24 saves on 25 shots. The Hawks’ Halli Krzyzaniak finally beat Rooney midway through the third period with assists from Amy Menke and Ryleigh Houston.
Lexie Shaw, the Hawks’ longtime backup-turned-starting goalie, made 19 saves.
Saturday’s game included just three penalties -two went to North Dakota, one to UMD.
Game 2 of the series is at 2:07 p.m. today in Grand Forks.
Minnesota Duluth 2-0-0-2
North Dakota. 0-0-1-1
First period - 1. UMD, Lara Stalder 8 (Ashleigh Brykaliuk), 7:32; 2. UMD, Katerina Mrazova 2 (Stalder, Bryklaiuk), 8:06.
Second period - No scoring.
Third period - 3. UND, Halli Krzyzaniak 2 (Amy Menke, Ryleigh Houston), 10:06.
Saves - Maddie Rooney, UMD, 8-7-9-24; Lexie Shaw, UND, 5-7-7-19.
St. Scholastica 3,
St. Norbert 2
Mac Johnson’s unassisted goal with 4:08 to play in regulation Saturday gave the Saints a sweep of the Green Knights in NCHA play in De Pere, Wis.
Kennedy Houge put the Saints on the board with a goal 23 seconds prior to the first intermission to make it 1-1. Alexia Klaas, with assists from Johnson and Houge, put the Saints ahead 2-1 just 1:37 into the second period.
K.J. Wallace and Natasha Smith scored for St. Norbert (0-5, 0-3).
Lindsey Hartfiel made 18 saves for St. Scholastica (4-2, 2-1) while Leigh Grall stopped 17 shots for the Knights.
College men
St. Scholastica 5,
Lake Forest 3
St. Scholastica scored three unanswered goals in the third period to top Lake Forest 5-3 in NCHA play for the second straight night at Mars Lakeview Arena.
Five players scored for the Saints, while Derek Sutliffe added three assists.
CSS fell behind 3-2 six minutes into the second period after allowing Lake Forest’s Jack Lewis to score two goals 31 seconds apart. But the Saints’ Kyle Star tied the game with a power-play tally from Josh Hansen and Mark Whiteley at 2:24 of the third period. Cole Golka netted the game-winner nine minutes later before Kale Derkson added an insurance goal with 1:48 left.
Peter Megariotis made 26 saves for the Saints (3-2, 2-0), who outshot Lake Forest (3-3, 3-3) 36-29.
Hamline 5,
Wisconsin-Superior 1
UWS goaltender Bryce Fink’s 34-save performance was not enough to hold off Hamline in nonconference play at Wessman Arena.
Hamline’s Brandon Wahlin opened the scoring at 6:47 of the second period, and the Pipers doubled their lead on a power play six minutes later. Superior graduate Daniel Litchke scored the lone goal for UWS (3-2), a short-handed tally at 9:27 of the third period to pull within one.
Hamline pulled away with three goals in the final 10 minutes, including an empty-netter.
Jake O’Borsky, Russ Jordan and Dan Bartkowiak each recorded a goal and an assist for Hamline (3-0-2), while Justin Quale made 29 saves for the Pipers.
