For UMD, the scenarios are pretty simple.
If the Bulldogs win, tie, or just get this game to overtime, it’s St. Cloud State in here next weekend for a best of three.
If Colorado College wins this game in regulation, the Tigers will return to Duluth next weekend, likely armed with a red-hot goalie who just stole a game from the Bulldogs.
But Kaidan Mbereko isn’t playing in this game. Freshman Jackson Unger draws the start, as the Tigers opt to rest their top goaltender ahead of next weekend’s playoff series in Duluth, Denver, or Kalamazoo.
You don’t pick your opponent in the postseason, and Colorado College is going to do what it can to keep UMD from having any say this time around.
Adam Gajan makes his first start for UMD since Jan. 31 in Denver. No other changes. CC flips its defensive pairs around a bit.
Lines?
Lines.
UMD forwards
Plante (Max) – Plante (Zam) – Shaugabay
Truman – Gaffney – Arnott
Bibby – Shlaine – Bechen
Zaremba – Kovich – Bentz
UMD defense
Hanson – Kleber
Pionk – Pierce
Cleveland – Siepmann
Bodnarchuk
UMD goalies
Gajan – Dahlmeir – Sheffield
Colorado College forwards
Alexander – Beckner – Link
Bjorck – Veinbergs – Lindberg
Lisowsky – Hvidston – Montgomery
Mrsic (Tomas) – Schuurman – Mrsic (Mateo)
Colorado College defense
Scott – Lindgren
Koering – Roberts
Blais-Savoie – Constance
Mann
Colorado College goalies
Unger – Mbereko
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