The University of Minnesota Duluth men's hockey team got back on the winning track in a big way Friday night in Oxford, Ohio with a 5-0 shutout of the University of Miami (Ohio) inside Goggin Ice Center.

Three players had two or more points in the skate, including Dominic James, who had a team-high three points on a goal and an assist and two points from Aiden Dubinsky (1g, 1a) and Jayson Shaugabay added a two assist night. In all, 11 players got on the scoresheet, and freshman goaltender Adam Gajan picked up his first collegiate shutout in the win.

UMD scored two goals less than three minutes apart to open up its scoring late in the first period. Carter Loney netted his first of the season at the 16:08 mark, followed by Jack Smith's triumphant return to the line-up for his second tally of the fall. Smith's goal was reviewed for a possible high-sticking call before the score, but the goal stood and the Bulldogs weren't charged for an infraction.

After a five minute major was called on Anthony Menghini for kneeing in the waning minutes of the first period, the Bulldogs were forced to kill off the remaining 4:32 to open the second frame Fight it off they did, and midway through the second, James struck for his seventh goal of the season at 12:12 (Shaugabay and Dubinsky with the assists) to extend UMD's lead to 3-0.

Menghini added his fifth goal of the season and fourth in three games at 14:13 of the third before Dubinsky rounded out the scoring with 1:44 left in regulation to make it a 5-0 final.

Gajan, who made 21 saves in his first collegiate shutout, had some serious help from the Bulldogs penalty kill unit, who dismantled the RedHawks four power play chances and 11 minutes of an extra skater to keep the game scoreless. UMD had just one power play attempt on the night (0-of-1), and outshot Miami 29-21 overall in the game.

UMD (4-6-0, 1-2-0) will hit the National Collegiate Hockey Conference ice again tomorrow when they face the RedHawks for game two. The puck is scheduled to drop at 6:05 p.m. CDT.