Brock Montpetit had two goals as Nebraska Omaha won 4-1 over the University of British Columbia on Saturday night in an exhibition hockey game at the CenturyLink Center. UBC plays the Gophers at Mariucci Arena at 7 p.m. Sunday.
Montpetit scored midway through the second period to give the Mavericks some breathing room in a one-goal game. He scored again off a nifty feed from Terry Broadhurst at 7:31 of the third period to give UNO a three-goal edge.
Broadhurst had three assists.
The Mavericks struck late in the first period when Matt White snared a feed from Broadhurst and rifled a shot past UBC goalie Jordan White at 18:46.
It took less than a minute for the Thunderbirds to strike back. While on the power play, Marc Desloges got loose in front and one-timed a shot past John Faulkner to make it 1-1 after one period.
UNO retook the lead just 1:24 into the second when Josh Archibald scored off a blind pass from Ryan Walters behind the net.
The Mavericks will open the regular season on Friday, Oct. 7 when they host Mercyhurst in the first round of the Mutual of Omaha Stampede. The two teams square off at 7:37 p.m. following the first game between Colgate and Robert Morris at 4:37 p.m.
The shocker of the night was Denver. The Pioneers, ranked No. 4 in both major national polls, tied McGill University 2-2 after playing a scoreless overtime. The Pioneers had just a 35-29 shot advantage.
