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FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Fourth-ranked Notre Dame used two goals 33 seconds apart in the second period and a late empty-net tally to rally for a 4-2 CCHA victory against the Alaska Nanooks on Saturday night in front of 3,222 spectators at the Carlson Center.
The Irish improved to 15-10-3 overall and 10-7-3-0 in the CCHA, while the Nanooks fell to 9-13-4 and 6-12-4-2 on the season.
Junior Jarrett Granberg and sophomore
Cody Kunyk each recorded first-period goals for the 'Nooks and senior goalie
Scott Greenham made 19 saves in the loss.
UND's Nick Larson gave the Irish the early lead, nothcing a power-play goal at 4:43 of the first period, but Granberg was quick to answer for the home team as he evened the score just 27 seconds later. Senior defenseman
Aaron Gens broke up a play in Alaska's defensive zone chipping the puck up the boards to senior left wing
Carlo Finucci in the neutral zone. Finnuci fed Granberg, who beat UND's Mike Johnson to make it 1-1 at 5:10.
Even-strength goals by UND's T.J. Tynan and Stephen Johns at 15:20 and 15:53 of the second stanza put the Irish on top for the second time in the contest and an empty-net marker by Riley Sheahan at 19:27 of the third sealed the win for the visitors.
The Nanooks were outshot 23-17 in the encounter and finished the night 0-for-3 on the power play and 1-for-2 on the penalty kill.
Alaska heads to Kalamazoo, Mich., next week for a two-game set at Western Michigan on Friday and Saturday. The puck drops 7:05 p.m. EST (3:05 p.m. AKST) both days.
