The University of North Dakota men’s hockey team jumped out to a 2-0 in the first nine minutes of its game with Arizona State University on Saturday night but the Sun Devils (5-4-0) rallied for with goals from Matthew Kopperud, Lukas Sillinger and Robert Mastrosimone to claim a 3-2 win over the Fighting Hawks (3-3-1) in the 2022 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game in T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Gavin Hain and Jake Schmaltz had given UND the early lead before ASU struck for goals in each of the three periods. UND goalie Drew DeRidder stopped 18 shots while ASU’s T.J. Semptimphelter had just 13 saves. The Fighting Hawks will open National Collegiate Hockey Conference play next weekend at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. (Check out more photos from Russ Hons here.)
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