The Minnesota Duluth men's hockey team is striving to finish in the top four of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference in order to earn home-ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs.
But the way the Bulldogs are playing on the road, they shouldn't worry if they have to travel in two weeks' time.
Freshman Kyle Osterberg scored his team-high 13th goal of the season and Aaron Crandall stopped all 30 shots he faced in UMD's 1-0 victory over Miami at Steve Cady Arena tonight, giving the Bulldogs their third road sweep since the New Year.
UMD (15-13-4 overall, 10-10-2-2 NCHC) moved into a tie for fourth in the league at 34 points with Western Michigan, a 3-1 winner over Denver. Due to winning three of the teams' four regular-season meetings, UMD owns the tiebreaker with the Broncos and would clinch home-ice with a home sweep over Nebraska-Omaha this weekend.
Sweeps are becoming common for the Bulldogs, who also swept at Omaha and Western Michigan in the second half of the season and are 7-2-1 in their last 10 games away from home.
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