Final: UND 2, MSU 1

North Dakota grabbed a 2-0 lead on Robbie Bina's power-play goal at 5:52 of the third period, and the Mavericks' Mick Berge made it a one-goal game again on the power play at 10:29. In between there was a drop-the-gloves fight between MSU's Trevor Bruess and UND's Rylan Kaip. There's some history between those two players, dating back to a regular-season skirmish last season in Grand Forks, N.D. Both players will miss tonight's rematch because of the game disqualification. Shots on goal: UND 16 (28 total), MSU 9 (25).

No scoring in the second period, although the Mavericks thought they did once, maybe twice. Trevor Bruess knocked in the rebound of a Kael Mouillierat shot at 8:04, but referee Ryan Thul immediately waved it off, saying the goal was dislodged, and then went to the video replay booth to review it. After a lengthy look at it, Thul confirmed his call. Three minutes later, Mouillierat crashed the net for a shot, and the rebound was batted in, but Thul called Mouillierat for goalie interference. Shots on goal: MSU 13, UND 6.

The Sioux grabbed a 1-0 lead on a power-play goal by Chay Genoway. His blast from just inside the blue line rattled around the pipes and in on goalie Mike Zacharias. The Mavericks had a good chance to tie the game late in the period but Kael Mouillierat, taking a nice feed from Trevor Bruess, clanged the puck off the far post. Shots on goal: UND 6, MSU 3.