GRAND FORKS — Western Michigan forward Alex Bump scored a power-play goal in overtime to give Western Michigan a 3-2 win in the series opener. It was Bump’s second goal of the game. Dylan James and Carter Wilkie scored UND’s goals.
First star: Alex Bump, WMU, 2 goals.
Second star: Cameron Rowe, WMU, 29 saves.
Third star: Dylan James, UND, goal.
UND 1, WMU 0 — Dylan James 7 (Abram Wiebe, Jackson Kunz) 13:33. Wiebe makes a stretch pass to send James on a breakaway. The puck hops on James, so he takes a swing earlier than he normal, but he puts it over the glove of Western Michigan goalie Cameron Rowe.
UND 1, WMU 1 — Liam Valente 8 (Zach Nehring, Brian Kramer) 1:36. Western Michigan comes out with pressure to start the second and gets rewarded. Valente finds a bouncing puck in the slot, turns around and fires it just inside the post to tie the game.
UND 2, WMU 1 — Carter Wilkie 4 (Mac Swanson) 2:06. Swanson forces Western Michigan’s Garrett Szydlowski to turn the puck over at the blue line, grabs the puck and feeds Wilkie in the slot. Wilkie picks the corner of the net with Ben Strinden driving the net.
UND 2, WMU 2 — Alex Bump 6 (Owen Michaels) 2:46. The Broncos answer just 40 seconds later as Michaels pulls a puck off the wall and finds Bump open in the slot. Bump one-times it five-hole on Hobie Hedquist.
WMU 3, UND 2 — Alex Bump 7 (Joona Vaisanen, Samuel Sjolund) :14 (pp). Western Michigan has a 22 second power play to start overtime and the Broncos take advantage. Bump gets the puck at the top of the left circle and fires it through a screen to win it.
Forwards
7 Mac Swanson—14 Cameron Berg—18 Jayden Perron
26 Dylan James—9 Sacha Boisvert—29 Jackson Kunz
22 Owen McLaughlin—15 Carter Wilkie—21 Ben Strinden
20 Cade Littler—8 Jake Schmaltz—27 Louis Jamernik V
Defensemen
13 Caleb MacDonald—6 E.J. Emery
3 Jayden Jubenvill—25 Abram Wiebe
16 Andrew Strathmann—4 Jake Livanavage
5 Dane Montgomery
Goalies
30 Hobie Hedquist
35 T.J. Semptimphelter
33 Aleksi Huson
Not in lineup: F Cody Croal, F Dalton Andrew, D Tanner Komzak, D Bennett Zmolek (inj), G Kaleb Johnson (inj)
Forwards
20 Alex Bump—25 Matteo Costantini—34 Owen Michaels
23 Liam Valente—13 Grant Slukynsky—8 Zach Nehring
22 Iiro Hakkarainen—16 Tim Washe—29 Tristan Lemyre
17 Ty Henricks—19 Cam Knuble—24 Garrett Szydlowski
11 Ethan Wolthers
Defensemen
33 Sam Sjolund—27 Joona Vaisanen
14 Brian Kramer—3 Cole Crusberg-Roseen
10 Zack Sharp—4 Robby Drazner
6 Jack Mesic
Goaltenders
31 Cameron Rowe
30 Hampton Slukynsky
Not in lineup: F Wyatt Schingoethe, F Ean Somoza, F Zach Bade, F Connor Brown, F Ryan Humphrey, F Ryan Kusler, D Grady Gallatin, G Kirk Laursen
Referees — Ryan Hersey and Stephen Reneau
Linesmen — Tyler Liffrig and Daniel Naylor
Supervisor — Ron Foyt
UND has no lineup changes from Saturday in Tempe. Western Michigan is dressing one extra for warmups and will have a late scratch. . . UND and Western Michigan are tied for first place in the NCHC, but the Broncos have played two fewer games. . . All four of the Broncos losses have been to top-10 teams. . . UND is 7-2-1 in the last 10 games. . . Western Michigan has the No. 3-ranked defense (1.89 goals against per game) and No. 2-ranked penalty kill (91.5%) in the country. . . UND’s power play ranks ninth (25.8%). . . Sacha Boisvert has 11 points in the last 11 games.
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