Box Score Life on the road has suited the University of Minnesota Duluth just fine over the last couple of months. The surging Bulldogs haven't lost a game away from home since Nov. 22 and Friday night in Kalamazoo, Mich., they extended their road unbeaten streak to six games by reeling off three unanswered third-period goals en route to a 5-2 National Collegiate Hockey Conference victory over 20th-ranked Western Michigan University.

Junior right winger Justin Crandall and rookie left winger Kyle Osterberg each scored twice and assisted on two other goals for the Bulldogs, who improved to 11-9-3 overall and 6-6-1-1 in the NCHC. That puts them in a tie for fifth place with Western Michgan, which fell for the first time in its last seven games (5-1-1) while dropping to 12-9-4 on the year. The four-point nights by Crandall and Osterberg matched a 2013-14 UMD high that Crandall set at the University of Minnesota on Nov. 24 -- the start of the Bulldogs' current road unbeaten run.

UMD, which never trailed once the entire evening, also got goal from sophomore center Tony Cameranesi and a 17-save performance from senior goaltender Aaron Crandall. Crandall has now made a career-high eight straight starts and is 5-1-2 during that stretch.  Both clubs went into the first (1-1) and second intermissions (2-2) deadlock and combined to go 2-for-15 on the power play (UMD cashed in on one of its eight chances with the man advantage).

The Bulldogs will go after their second consecutive NCHC road sweep Saturday night when they close out the two game set with the Broncos in Kalamazoo, Mich.

NOTES: Justin Crandall, who finished at a +4  (a UMD best for this season), now has a team-leading and career-high 10 goals on the year while Osterberg pushed his 2013-14 goal harvest to nine ... The Bulldogs are 4-6-2 against nationally-ranked opponents this season ... Junior center Caleb Herbert picked up an assist in Friday's win to move into a share of first place on the Bulldog scoring charts (with rookie left winger Alex Iafallo) with 18 points ...All 11 of UMD's win thus far has come when it has scored the game's opening goal ... The Bulldogs were without the services of injured sophomore left winger Austin Farley (upper body) and senior defenseman Tim Smith (upper body) .... Sophomore defenseman Willie Corrin recorded the first multi-point outing of his Bulldog career with two assists against the Broncos .... UMD outshot Western Michigan 14-5 in the third period and 37-19 on the night.