Box Score
Taking full advantage of the man advantage, the University of North Dakota used three power play goals to power its way to a 6-2 victory over the University of Minnesota Duluth Saturday night and a two-game National Collegiate Hockey Conference series sweep of the Bulldogs.

A sellout home crowd of 7,009  -- the largest in UMD history -- saw the Bulldog take a 2-1 lead into the first intermission, only to have North Dakota score four straight times, including thrice on the power play, in a seven-minute span during the second period and then add an insurance goal early in the third.  After North Dakota drew first blood 3:38 after the opening faceoff, junior left winger Kyle Osterberg answered for the Bulldogs 90 seconds later with his team-best 12th goal of the season on a blistering shot near the left faceoff dot. With 6:23 to go in that same period, junior center Caleb Herbert, who had his seven-game scoring streak snapped in Friday's 3-0 loss to North Dakota, put the Bulldogs on top for the only time all weekend with a breakaway goal after junior right winger Justin Crandall sprung him with a pass near at center ice.

Sophomore goalie Matt McNeely made his second appearance -- and first start -- in 15 games and stopped 21 of 22 shots in the opening 20 minutes of play, but was pulled after the four North Dakota goal. He finished with 28 saves while his replacement, senior Aaron Crandall, made 33 stops. North Dakota, which went 3-of-4 on the power play, outshot UMD (13-13-4, 8-10-2-2 NCHC) 40-33. It marked the 10th time in the past 11 games the Bulldogs put 33 or more shots on goal.

UMD will close out the road portion of its 2013-14 regular season schedule next weekend with a first-ever trip to Oxford, Ohio, and two NCHC engagements with Miami University.