Noah Laba posted his first career hat trick and Owen Beckner collected a career-high four assists to lead No. 18 Colorado College to a 7-2 victory over Minnesota Duluth Friday night at Ed Robson Arena.
 
Max Burkholder and Fisher Scott each added a goal and two assists and Kaidan Mbereko had 20 saves as the Tigers (11-9-1, 5-5-1 NCHC) snapped a five-game losing streak and gathered a season-high in goals.
 
Laba opened the scoring at the 12:41 mark of the first period when he slammed home a rebound after UMD goalie Klayton Knapp saved a shot by Ethan Straky.
 
Gleb Veremyev notched his team-high sixth goal of the season with 1:25 remaining in the first period for a 2-0 lead. Veremyev took a beautiful cross-ice pass from Drew Montgomery during an odd-man rush and buried his shot past Knapp.
 
Scott made it 3-0 just 1:24 into the middle frame with a shot from the point, then Burkholder chased Knapp (nine saves) from the game less than two minutes later with a power-play goal from the slot after taking a pass from Ty Gallagher.
 
Laba put the Tigers ahead 5-0 with their third goal in 4:22 when he took a pass from Beckner and roofed a shot past UMD backup netminder Zach Sandy (14 saves)
 
The Bulldogs (8-12-1, 4-7-0) got on the board with a goal from Ty Hanson at the 16:44 mark, but CC team captain Stanley Cooley responded just 14 seconds later with a power-play goal, marking the second time this season that the Tigers scored four goals in a period.
 
Laba completed the hat trick, taking another pass from Beckner after Scott forced a turnover in the Duluth end cleanly beating Sandy at 5:36 of the third period. Beckner tied Laba for the most assists in a game this season.
 
UMD's Callum Arnott closed out the scoring with a power-play goal at the 8:42 mark of the final frame.
 
The Tigers held a 30-29 advantage in shots and was 2-for-7 on the power play, scoring multiple power-play goals for just the second time this season (also scored two vs. Northern Michigan on Oct. 12. UMD was 1-for-7 with a man advantage.
 
Carsen Musser replaced Mbereko with 12:40 to play in the contest and made seven saves.
 
The teams will wrap up the weekend series on Saturday, Jan. 18, beginning at 6 p.m. (MT).