UNO Ends Winless Streak With 7-4 Victory
Feb 28, 2004 | Hockey
The UNO hockey team put an end to an 11-game winless streak with a 7-4 win over Alaska Fairbanks Saturday night.
Freshman Kaleb Betts netted a pair of goals and junior Ryan Bennett collected a goal and two assists to lift UNO to 7-22-5 and 5-19-4 in the CCHA.
Nebraska-Omaha jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first period. Dan Hacker scored at 5:31 of the opening stanza. Kaleb Betts then scored the first of his two goals just 12 seconds after Hacker's tally. Freshman Scott Parse tacked on power play goal at 8:03 of the period. The three goals came within a span of 2:37, which is the fastest three goals in Maverick history. Bennett built the lead to four with a shorthanded tally at 10:12. Alaska Fairbanks went into the first intermission only down 4-2 after goals from Ryan Lang and Ryan Campbell.
The teams traded goals in the second period. Kaleb Betts gave the Mavs a 5-2 lead five minutes into the period for his second marker of the night on the power play. The Nanooks responded with a goal from Cam Keith at the 10-minute mark for a 5-3 deficit.
UAF cut UNO's lead to 5-4 on a Jared Sylvestre goal two minutes into the third period. Maverick sophomore John Thomas then gave UNO some breathing room with 9:54 remaining on a breakaway for a two-goal lead. Anthony Adams iced the game for UNO with an empty net tally with five seconds remaining.
The Mavericks snapped a 14-game winless streak against the Nanooks with the victory.
UNO plays its final home game of the season on Tuesday night against Minnesota State, Mankato.
Freshman Kaleb Betts netted a pair of goals and junior Ryan Bennett collected a goal and two assists to lift UNO to 7-22-5 and 5-19-4 in the CCHA.
Nebraska-Omaha jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first period. Dan Hacker scored at 5:31 of the opening stanza. Kaleb Betts then scored the first of his two goals just 12 seconds after Hacker's tally. Freshman Scott Parse tacked on power play goal at 8:03 of the period. The three goals came within a span of 2:37, which is the fastest three goals in Maverick history. Bennett built the lead to four with a shorthanded tally at 10:12. Alaska Fairbanks went into the first intermission only down 4-2 after goals from Ryan Lang and Ryan Campbell.
The teams traded goals in the second period. Kaleb Betts gave the Mavs a 5-2 lead five minutes into the period for his second marker of the night on the power play. The Nanooks responded with a goal from Cam Keith at the 10-minute mark for a 5-3 deficit.
UAF cut UNO's lead to 5-4 on a Jared Sylvestre goal two minutes into the third period. Maverick sophomore John Thomas then gave UNO some breathing room with 9:54 remaining on a breakaway for a two-goal lead. Anthony Adams iced the game for UNO with an empty net tally with five seconds remaining.
The Mavericks snapped a 14-game winless streak against the Nanooks with the victory.
UNO plays its final home game of the season on Tuesday night against Minnesota State, Mankato.
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