Dec. 5—ST. CLOUD, Minn. — No. 5 UND and St. Cloud State are opening their two-game series in Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.Time: 7 p.m.Place: Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.TV: The CW in the Twin Cities.Radio:The Fox (96.1 FM).Stream:NCHChockey.com/tv.UND 1, SCSU 0 — Cody Croal 4 (Tyler Young, Jack Kernan) 6:26. Kernan flies up the right side with St. Cloud State captain Cooper Wylie defending. Kernan dips behind the net and centers a pass to slot. Young can’t quite corral it, but Croal picks it up and beats Husky goalie Patriks Berzins for his fourth goal of the season.UND 1, SCSU 1 — Barrett Hall 7 7:41 (sh). Hall goes on a rush shorthanded with UND forward Mac Swanson defending. Hall dangles Swanson, dips past UND goalie Jan Špunar and tucks it just inside the post for a highlight-reel goal.Forwards26 Dylan James—17 Cole Reschny—21 Ben Strinden7 Mac Swanson—8 Ollie Josephson—9 Will Zellers19 Cody Croal—15 Jack Kernan—14 Tyler Young27 Anthony Menghini—20 Cade Littler—22 David KleeDefensemen13 Sam Laurila—25 Abram Wiebe4 Jake Livanavage—18 Keaton Verhoeff16 Andrew Strathmann—6 E.J. Emery11 Ian EngelGoaltenders35 Jan Špunar31 Gibson Homer1 Zach SandyNot in lineup: F Ellis Rickwood (inj), F Josh Zakreski (inj), D Bennett Zmolek (inj), D Jayden Jubenvill (inj), F Dalton AndrewForwards23 Austin Burnevik—13 Tyson Gross—15 Barrett Hall10 Noah Urness—22 Noaln Roed—28 Gavyn Thoreson11 Grant Ahcan—12 Ryan Rosborough—7 Jack Reimann34 Adam Ingram—19 Verner Miettinen—81 Daimon GardnerDefensemen26 Cooper Wylie—21 Max Smolinski4 Finn Loftus—6 Mason Reiners25 Thor Byfuglien—14 Josh Zinger3 Joe BelisleGoaltenders39 Patriks Berzins1 Yan Shostak33 James GrayNot in lineup: D Tanner Henricks (inj), F Aiden Welch, F Jack Rogers, F Ethan AuCoin, F Ocean Wallace, D Kaleb TiessenReferees — Justin Hills and Nathan WielerLinesmen — Tony Aronson and Dana PenkivechSupervisor — Ryan GallowayUND remains without four injured players — center Ellis Rickwood, winger Josh Zakreski and defensemen Bennett Zmolek and Jayden Jubenvill. None of them made the trip to St. Cloud. . . Jack Kernan is playing center for the first time at the college level. It’s his natural position. . . The goalie matchup is Jan Špunar vs. Patriks Berzins.
