GameCenter live: No. 3 UND at No. 4 Western Michigan

Feb. 27—KALAMAZOO, Mich. — No. 3 UND and No. 4 Western Michigan are meeting for the first time this season in Lawson Ice Arena. UND needs one point to clinch the Penrose Cup as National Collegiate Hockey Conference regular-season champions.

Time: 7 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Central.

Place: Lawson Ice Arena, Kalamazoo, Mich.

TV: None.

Stream:

NCHChockey.com/tv.

Radio:

The Fox (96.1 FM).

UND 1, Western Michigan 0 — Sam Laurila 1 (Ben Strinden, Cole Reschny) 4:40. Laurila has three golden scoring chances earlier in the shift, but buries one later in the shift. Reschny enters the zone and gets the puck to Strinden in the left circle. Strinden makes a great feed to Laurila coming down the other side and the freshman buries his first-collegiate goal.

UND 1, Western Michigan 1 — Liam Valente 18 (William Whitelaw and Owen Michaels) 6:14. Western Michigan answers right back as Valente slips behind UND defenders Keaton Verhoeff and Abram Wiebe. Whitelaw connects with Valente, who scores five-hole on UND goalie Jan Špunar.

UND 2, Western Michigan 1 — Ollie Josephson 5 (Jake Livanavage, Cody Croal) 12:12. UND regains the lead when Croal sends a pass from high in the zone to Livanavage below the goal line. Livanavage spots Josephson on top of the crease and gets the puck to him. Josephson taps it five-hole on Western Michigan goalie Hampton Slukynsky.

UND 2, Western Michigan 2 — Zach Bookman 3 (Sam Sjolund, Iiro Hakkarainen) 8:10. Sjolund moves the puck to Bookman, who is standing at the outside of the right circle. Bookman flips a wrist shot at the net and it goes through traffic and beats Špunar.

Forwards

26 Dylan James—29 Ellis Rickwood—9 Will Zellers

7 Mac Swanson—17 Cole Reschny—21 Ben Strinden

19 Cody Croal—8 Ollie Josephson—14 Tyler Young

24 Josh Zakreski—15 Jack Kernan—27 Anthony Menghini

Defensemen

4 Jake Livanavage—2 Bennett Zmolek

25 Abram Wiebe—6 E.J. Emery

16 Andrew Strathmann—18 Keaton Verhoeff

13 Sam Laurila

Goaltenders

31 Jan Špunar

35 Gibson Homer

1 Zach Sandy

Not in lineup: F Cade Littler, F David Klee, F Dalton Andrew, D Jayden Jubenvill, D Ian Engel

Forwards

17 Ty Henricks—34 Owen Michaels—18 William Whitelaw

23 Liam Valente—13 Grant Slukynsky—8 Zach Nehring

19 Bobby Cowan—22 Iiro Hakkarainen—4 Zaccharya Wisdom

12 Sam Huck—25 Cole Spicer—24 Garrett Szydlowski

9 Zach Bade

Defensemen

33 Sam Sjolund—37 Zach Bookman

15 Alex Calbeck—10 Zach Sharp

6 Theo Wallberg—14 Colby Woogk

Goaltenders

30 Hampton Slukynsky

35 Gavin Moffatt

1 Kirk Laursen

Not in lineup: D Joona Väisänen (inj), D Cole Crusberg-Roseen (inj), F Jamison Sluys (inj), F Tyler MacKenzie, F Ryan Humphrey, F Ryan Kusler

Referees — Brian Hankes and Stephen Reneau

Linesmen — Troy Marrett and Christopher Williams

Supervisor — Ryan Galloway

UND needs one point to clinch at least a share of the Penrose Cup and the No. 1 seed for the NCHC postseason tournament. The Fighting Hawks need two points to clinch the Penrose outright. . . Western Michigan needs all six points this weekend — two regulation wins — to win the Penrose Cup and the NCHC's No. 1 seed for the postseason tournament. . . Western Michigan's North Dakotans Zach Nehring (Minot) and Cole Spicer (Grand Forks) are returning from injury for tonight's game. . . The goalie matchup is Jan Špunar vs. Hampton Slukynsky.