The University of Minnesota Duluth men's hockey team wasted no time Friday night in Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis, Minn. reminding college hockey fans its brand new national ranking is for real – and may not be high enough.
The Bulldogs shutout the No. 12 University of Minnesota 3-0 to earn its first win on the Gophers' home ice since Oct. 22, 2021. The win runs UMD's winning streak to three games and the shutout gave sophomore goaltender Adam Gajan the first shutout of the season and second of his 28-game UMD career.
UMD's rookie line wasted no time getting on the board first, and it came off a rifled shot from freshman Daniel Shlaine. Shlaine carried the puck into the Gopher zone and unloaded a wrist shot under the blocker of Minnesota goaltender Luca Di Pasquo for the 1-0 lead at 6:59 of the opening frame.
SHLAINE, 1-0 DOGS!!
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— UMD Men's Hockey (@umdmenshockey.bsky.social) October 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Just over three minutes later, the Bulldogs needed just one shot on its red-hot power play to make it a 2-0 game. Jayson Shaugabay slid the puck through traffic in the slot (and a swipe by Max Plante out front) to Zam Plante, who hammered home his team-leading fourth power play goal of the season to push UMD ahead 2-0.
ZAM BAM POWER PLAY GOAL!! 2-0 UMD!!
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— UMD Men's Hockey (@umdmenshockey.bsky.social) October 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
After outscoring the Gophers 2-0 and having outshot them 16-12 through 40 minutes of play, UMD tacked on its final goal of the night at 2:23, a Grayden Siepmann's second effort on his own initial shot to extend the Bulldog count to 3-0.
SIEPMANN!! 3-0 Dogs!!
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— UMD Men's Hockey (@umdmenshockey.bsky.social) October 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The Bulldog defense, which started in the back with Gajan's outstanding backstopping effort, did the rest, and allowed just five shots in the final 20 minutes of play. In all, UMD outshot the Gophers 24-17 – the Bulldogs fourth game this season, keeping its opponents to 17 or fewer shots. Gajan made saves on all 17 shots he faced, while Di Pasquo made 21 for the Gophers, who fell to 2-4-1 with the loss.
The Bulldogs (6-1-0) will make a play at the series sweep tomorrow night at Mariucci Arena. The puck is scheduled to drop at 7:00 p.m.
BULLDOG NOTES: UMD is off to its best seven game start to a season since the 2010-11 season, when the Bulldogs opened up 6-0-1 through their first seven skates … freshmen line pair Daniel Shlaine and Hunter Anderson each had two points for UMD on the night … Shlaine had a goal and an assist and Anderson two assists … six of the nine points scored by the Bulldogs came from rookies … none of the seven players that recorded points had ever played in Mariucci before Friday night … Jayson Shaugabay, Zam Plante and Ty Hanson have now logged at least a point over their past three games … Shaugabay has compiled three goals and five assists for eight points over that span, Plante four goals and three assists for seven points, and Hanson five assists.
