For most likely the 1st time under seventh-year coach Brad Berry, UND broke out its small business satisfies — the lucky black jerseys — for Recreation 1 of a sequence.

If that failed to ship the concept that UND was sick of shedding on Friday nights, the functionality on the ice did the trick.

UND conquer Colorado Higher education 5-2, snapping a streak of a few-straight Friday losses.

Louis Jamernik, Matteo Costantini, Jake Schmaltz, Nick Portz and Gavin Hain scored targets, though Mark Senden, Riese Gaber and Chris Jandric had two-assist evenings. Goaltender Zach Driscoll stopped 28 of 30 as the Fighting Hawks gained a victory in their to start with time playing in the new Ed Robson Arena.

“We wished to make certain we had a message for our workforce on how we wanted to engage in,” Berry reported of his decision to have on the black jerseys in a series opener.

Portz added: “Every time we see those, we know it is a company recreation. We had the frame of mind that we essential to earn this Friday night anyway, but it really is just a little more.”

On Saturday, UND will endeavor to do what no one else has this season — take all six points from Colorado University in a weekend collection. Recreation 2 is scheduled for 7 p.m. It will be UND’s very last right before heading to Christmas crack. With just a solitary issue, the Combating Hawks are assured to shell out the vacations alone in first.

UND is now 12-6 overall and 7-2 in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference standings, the place it is three points up on Western Michigan. The Preventing Hawks are attempting to turn into the to start with NCHC group to gain a few-straight Penrose Cups as frequent-time champions.

“I just explained to our fellas leaving the locker place, ‘Good, solid street earn, but we have acquired to make positive we create for tomorrow,'” Berry mentioned. “Realizing their crew hasn’t been taken for 6 factors, that claims a great deal about…