The 17
th-ranked Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs completed a weekend sweep of Colorado College with a 6-0 victory over the Tigers Saturday night at The Broadmoor World Arena.
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Box ScoreAustin Farley scored twice for the second consecutive night and added two assists as the Bulldogs improved to 5-5-3 overall and 2-3-1-1 in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. Kasimir Kaskisuo made 26 saves in his second straight shutout.
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The Tigers came out much cleaner than Friday night and were toe-to-toe with UMD until the final minute of the first period. Farley was parked in front of the Tiger net during a power play and deflected a pass from Neal Pionk past CC goalie
Jacob Nehama with 1:12 remaining in the first to open the scoring. Dominic Toninato made it 2-0 just 16 seconds later with a wrister from the high slot.
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"We came out with a much better effort tonight," head coach
Mike Haviland said. "We don't score on a power play in the first period, then they get a power play goal and another one the very next shift. We played a decent period but they get all the momentum."
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The Bulldogs added two more in each of the final two periods, with Farley assisting on second-period goals by Austyn Young and Tony Cameranesi, then notching his second goal of the night seven minutes into the third. Karson Kuhlman closed the scoring by beating Nehama on a breakaway with 4:16 remaining.
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Nehama finished with 25 saves for the Tigers, which fell to 0-12 overall and 0-6 in the NCHC.
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UMD held a 31-26 advantage in shots on goal and was 1-for-6 on the power play. CC was 0-for-4 with a man advantage.
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The Tigers play a home-and-home series with Air Force next weekend, Nov. 27-28. Friday's game is at the Cadet Ice Arena and Saturday's is at The Broadmoor World Arena. Both games start at 7 p.m.
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