Behind outstanding goaltending by freshman Phillippe Lamoureux, North Dakota broke a four-game winless slump, knocking off previously-undefeated Colorado College 2-1 at Ralph Engelstad Arena.<\/p>\n
On Friday night, CC’s Curtis McElhinney was the difference in the Tigers’ 3-2 overtime victory. Saturday, the 5-10, 155-pound Lamoureux — a Grand Forks native — was the difference for the Sioux.<\/p>\n
“He stood bigger than his frame and stopped the puck,” said CC coach Scott Owens. “They (UND) may have found their goaltender.”<\/p>\n
Sioux coach Dave Hakstol said the turning point of the game came in the second period when the Sioux killed back-to-back 5-on-3 power plays of 40 and 44 seconds each. Owens agreed that timely — sometimes acrobatic — saves by Lamoureux changed the game’s momentum.<\/p>\n
“I thought he played outstanding, especially in the second period,” Owens said. “We had a couple 5-on-3s and a real good 5-on-4 where we had a couple shots that just didn’t go in.”<\/p>\n
Just when it appeared that the Sioux would once again be their own worst enemies by taking untimely penalties, Lamoureux bailed them out.<\/p>\n
“We’ve been facing a lot of 5-on-3s this year,” he said. “I just concentrate on staying square, trying not to scramble around and making sure that I’m smothering everything.”<\/p>\n
After playing to a scoreless tie for most of two periods, UND capitalized on the power play at the 15:46 mark. Forward Chris Porter tipped Colby Genoway’s blast from the point past CC’s Matt Zaba to give the Sioux a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n
In a low-scoring, tight-checking defensive battle, UND sophomore forward Drew Stafford’s third goal of the season at 7:59 of the third period proved to be the game winner.<\/p>\n
On a faceoff in the right circle deep in CC’s zone, Genoway got the puck to Stafford, who bulled his way through defenders to slam it past Zaba and put UND up 2-0.<\/p>\n
The Tigers made it a one-goal game at 12:29 when forward Brett Sterling scored his eighth goal in six games. Lamoureux stopped Sterling’s point-blank shot on the short side, but the Tiger forward picked up the rebound, skated behind the net and stuffed the puck in on a wraparound before the Sioux goalie could recover.<\/p>\n
Friday night, the Sioux failed to hold a one-goal lead late in the third period. Saturday night, it was a different story as Lamoureux and the UND defense shut down CC, even when Zaba was pulled for an extra attacker with 40 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n
“The defense really made my job a lot easier by keeping a lot of the shots to the outside,” Lamoureux said.<\/p>\n
After a 4-0-1 start, the Sioux went 0-3-1. And in their last two games, they surrendered third-period leads. Thus, Hakstol was pleased with his team’s ability to defend the lead. <\/p>\n
“It was very important for us tonight to be able to finish this off,” Hakstol said. <\/p>\n
“We went into this game with the mindset that it’s desperation,” Genoway said. “It was desperation hockey and it was a big character win for us. It’s easy to win when you’re on a roll, but it’s tough when you’re struggling to get that first one.”<\/p>\n
UND is 5-3-2 overall and 3-2-1 in the WCHA. CC is 5-1-0 overall and 1-1-0 in league play. The Sioux next travel to Wisconsin for a two-game series Nov. 12-13. The Tigers play a home-and-home series with Denver Nov. 12-13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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