The University of North Dakota hockey team ran its unbeaten streak to 11 games (10-0-1) with a 3-2 win against the Minnesota Gophers.<\/p>\n
Post sweep, UND improves to 12-1-2. With the victory, UND finishes the month of November 8-0-0. UND has won four straight games against the Gophers. With Saturday’s victory, UND swept Minnesota at home for the first time since the 2006-07 season. It\u2019s only the second time, in 40 years, that UND has swept the Gophers on their home ice.<\/p>\n
Last Saturday, in the post-game press conference, head coach Brad Berry was asked if his team was back.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere\u2019s the deal, everybody asks that,\u201d Berry said. \u201cI don\u2019t think we left. Last year, we had trouble scoring goals. We haven\u2019t changed the way we played in five years here. Now, we\u2019re starting to get some goal production from guys and that\u2019s a big deal. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a surprise, and I don\u2019t think we were ever gone. I don\u2019t think we\u2019re back. I think we\u2019re a good team that\u2019s going to keep building.\u201d<\/p>\n
And build they have. The third-ranked Hawks have their swagger back. After 15 games, it feels a lot like 2015-16. We don’t want to get ahead of our skis. Yes, it’s early. With that said, I think UND hockey fans can feel it.<\/p>\n
With Saturday’s win, UND is the first Division I hockey team to win 12 games. Yes, it\u2019s early. Historically, the Pairwise Rankings are meaningless until after the first of the year. No, there won\u2019t be a weekly Bracketology blog post. For your information, College Hockey News has the Pairwise Rankings next to each team in the live scoreboard<\/a>. It\u2019s hard not to look. Sorry I looked.<\/p>\n Goals from Pinto, Weatherby and Kawaguchi give UND the sweep at Minnesota. 3-2 final. #UNDproud<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/g6pU7YzVgi<\/a><\/p>\n — North Dakota MHockey (@UNDmhockey) November 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n