The Gophers women's hockey team had not faced a ranked opponent this season. Until Thursday, that is. On the road no less.
Balanced Gophers rout North Dakota to go to 9-0 in women's hockey
By News Services
October 30, 2015 at 5:06AM
And it was another one-sided win. No. 1-ranked Minnesota beat No. 7 North Dakota 5-1 at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, taking a comfortable lead with three goals in the opening period.
Caitlin Reilly scored 4½ minutes into the game. Defenseman Milica McMillen got a power-play goal seven minutes later. And Kate Schipper got the visitors' third goal with three minute left.
Nina Rodgers made it 4-0 eight minutes into the middle period.
The Gophers (9-0-0, 7-0-0 conference) came into this series outscoring opponents by an average of 5.6 goals per game and with four shutouts.
UND (5-2-2, 3-2-2-1) avoided that fate when Becca Kohler scored on a power play at 2:25 of the third to cut Minnesota's lead to 4-1.
Megan Wolfe restored the Gophers' four-goal lead four minutes later. Nine different Minnesota players had at least one point; none more than two.
The Gophers were 3-1 vs. UND last season and hold a 47-7 lead in the all-time series.
Amanda Leveille made 18 saves for the Gophers, Shelby Amsley-Benzie had 19 stops for UND.
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