Friday's college hockey roundup

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NCHC

Bulldogs top Huskies with big third period

• MINNESOTA DULUTH 4, ST. CLOUD STATE 2: Trailing 1-0 going into the third period Friday night, the No. 6 Bulldogs (18-10-1, 10-6-1 NCHC) staged a strong rally to beat the visiting Huskies. Jared Thomas tied the score at 3 minutes, 6 seconds. Derik Johnson's first goal of the season put UMD ahead 2-1 at 6:30 and, exactly 10 minutes later, Justin Crandall's power-play goal made it 3-1. Joey Benik scored at 17:52 to get the Huskies (12-14-1, 7-9-1) within a goal, but they couldn't get the tying score and UMD's Adam Krause added an empty-netter with five seconds left.

• NORTH DAKOTA 4, DENVER 2: Nick Schmaltz's unassisted goal at 12:10 of the third period was the winner for No. 2 UND (20-6-2, 11-5-1). It broke a 2-all tie and Michael Parks followed with a power-play goal at 15:17. Joey LaLeggia and Quentin Shore scored for the No. 9 Pioneers (16-10-1, 9-8), who were outshot 36-20.

BIG TEN

• OHIO STATE 2, WISCONSIN 1: Nick Schilkey's goal with 1:56 left in the second period, broke a tie and gave the Buckeyes (8-15-2, 3-8 Big Ten) a victory over the visiting Badgers (2-19-4, 0-9-2). Joel Rumpel kept Wisconsin competitive with 40 saves, but Corbin McGuire scored the Badgers' only goal late in the opening period. Christian Frey had 23 stops for Ohio State.

• MICHIGAN STATE 3, PENN STATE 0: Mackenzie MacEachern and J.T. Stenglein scored less than three minutes apart in the middle of the second period to lead the host Spartans (11-12-2, 5-4-2-2) past the No. 19 Nittany Lions (15-8-4, 7-3-1). Matt DeBlow had the other goal for Michigan State early in the third period. Jake Hildebrand stopped 28 shots for the shutout. P.J. Musico had 31 saves for Penn State.

WCHA

• BEMIDJI STATE 1, NORTHERN MICHIGAN 0: Freshman Michael Bitzer stopped 25 shots and Sam Rendle scored the only goal of the game as the visiting Beavers (11-14-4, 7-10-4 WCHA) beat the Wildcats (11-12-6, 8-9-4). Rendle's second goal of the season came at 13:42 of the second period. Sam Windle and Phil Brewer got the assists. Bitzer, who has four shutouts this season, saw his goals-against average drop to 1.90.

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