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The Gophers men’s hockey team scored three goals in the first period and got an empty-net goal from Brody Lamb with 66 seconds remaining to outlast Bemidji State 5-3 on Thursday at 3M Arena at Mariucci. Lamb’s goal was his second of the game. The Gophers (10-1) won their ninth consecutive game.
Oliver Moore had a goal and assist and Jimmy Snuggerud assisted on two goals in the first period as the Gophers built a 3-1 lead. BOXSCORE: Minnesota 5, Bemidji State 3 Brodie Ziemer and Lamb scored less than two minutes apart to give the Gophers a 2-0 lead after six minutes of play. Moore assisted on Ziemer’s goal while Snuggerud assisted on both.
Ziemer scored with 16 minutes, 5 seconds remaining in the first period. Lamb scored on the power play 1:47 later. Lamb’s goal came just nine seconds into a power play.
Eric Martin’s power-play goal with 3:54 left in the first period got the Beavers (4-6) within 2-1, but Moore restored the Gophers’ two-goal lead 45 seconds later. Reilly Funk’s goal six minutes into the second period got the Beavers within 3-2. Less than four minutes later, John Mittelstadt scored to restore the Gophers’ two-goal lead.
The Gophers outshot the Beavers 33-9 in the first two periods, but the Beavers outshot the Gophers 16-6 in the third period. Nathan Airey had 22 saves for the Gophers. The two-point game gave Snuggerud 99 points (47 goals, 52 assists) for his Gophers career.
The teams will conclude the home-and-home nonconference series at Bemidji on Saturday..
