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did what \u2018Hoagie\u2019 loved most<\/a><\/p>\n on Friday.<\/p>\n The No. 9-ranked Bulldogs won, battling back from a two-goal deficit to beat No. 20 Miami 5-2 in the first of two pivotal NCHC games this weekend at Goggin Ice Center.<\/p>\n \u201cLike we said, what does Hoagie want you to do? He wants you to win games,\u201d Bulldogs coach Scott Sandelin said. \u201cWe got to go out and fight and battle just like he did and try and win some games. We needed this, we needed a win. There\u2019s not many games left. Hopefully we can try and find our game here. Tonight was a good start.\u201d<\/p>\n Freshman wing Hunter Anderson, senior wing Scout Truman and sophomore wings Max Plante, Jayson Shaugabay and Callum Arnott scored for the Bulldogs, with Truman getting the game-winning goal Friday.<\/p>\n The victory drops Miami (17-12-2 overall, 8-11-2 NCHC), sitting sixth in the NCHC, six points back of the fourth-place Bulldogs (19-12, 10-11) with three games left for both in the regular season.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been really close on a lot of weekends against some really good teams, and they\u2019re a really good team over there,\u201d Shaugabay said. \u201cIt was really big to get that one, especially for Hoags.\u201d<\/p>\n Junior wing Doug Grimes and freshman wing David Deputy gave Miami an initial 2-0 lead on Friday thanks to a strong initial effort by RedHawks sophomore goalie Matteo Drobac, who made 27 stops.<\/p>\n Bulldogs sophomore goaltender Ethan Dahlmeir also made 27 saves in his first game back in Oxford since transferring to UMD in the spring after one season at Miami. Shaugabay said Dahlmeir was getting chirped by his former team all night long.<\/p>\n \u201cHe played great, some big saves for us,\u201d Max Plante said. \u201cWe had a couple bad breaks where we hung him out to dry. He hung in there and made the big saves he needed to since (Adam) Gajan has been gone.\u201d<\/p>\n Minnesota Duluth sophomore goaltender Ethan Dahlmeir makes a stop in the crease against Miami, his former team, on Friday at Goggin Ice Center in Oxford, Ohio.<\/p>\n Ellie Reynolds\/Miami Athletics<\/p>\n Friday was Max Plante\u2019s 20th birthday. The Hermantown native scored a goal, registered an assist, and in between took one for the team when he was speared in the groin region. The spear led to Truman\u2019s game-winning power play goal early in the third period.<\/p>\n \u201cHe sacrificed,\u201d Shaugabay said.<\/p>\n UMD was gifted a five-minute power play just 14 seconds into the third period with the game tied 2-2 when Miami freshman wing Bradley Walker received a major penalty and game misconduct for spearing Plante off the opening faceoff of the third.<\/p>\n Plante spent a moment crunched over on the ice before recovering and jumping up. The officials immediately called for a video review and came out quickly with a major penalty.<\/p>\n Max Plante tied the game with his 30th career goal, taking advantage of a pass from sophomore wing Jayson Shaugabay into the slot. The goal ended a six-game goal drought for Plante.<\/p>\n Max Plante re-paid Shaugabay later for his 71st career point, springing the Warroad native free for a breakaway goal that gave the Bulldogs a 4-2 lead with less than five minutes left. Shaugabay tried to go five-hole, and Drobac ended up bobbling the puck before kicking it in.<\/p>\n Plante said it was a big goal by Shaugabay, a much-needed goal late in the game.<\/p>\n \u201cZam made a great play on the wall and Max buttered one up for me,\u201d Shaugabay said. \u201cI got a little lucky, I made an alright move and the goalie put it in for me.\u201d<\/p>\n Two own-zone turnovers by UMD\u2019s best led to Miami\u2019s first two goals. That\u2019s how the Bulldogs fell behind 2-0 on Friday.<\/p>\n Sophomore defenseman Adam Kleber fumbled a puck along the wall in the first period, leading to an unassisted goal by Grimes.<\/p>\n In the second period, Kleber then misfired a pass to fellow sophomore defenseman Ty Hanson in the second, and while the Plante brothers recovered the puck, they also fumbled to set up another Miami goal.<\/p>\n Both of UMD\u2019s power play goals came from the second unit, and both came on extended power plays. Truman scored three minutes into the major to give UMD a 3-2 lead while Anderson\u2019s power play goal came thanks to RedHawks fifth-year senior defenseman Kyle Aucoin getting called for holding and tripping midway through the second, leading to a four-minute UMD power play.<\/p>\n Anderson got a piece of a puck sent on net by freshman defenseman Grayden Siepmann in the second half of the Aucoin minors.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought they got more pucks to the net, obviously Hunter got his goal off that tip,\u201d Sandelin said of the group that also includes Arnott, Kyle Gaffney and Aaron Pionk. \u201cGaffney won some big faceoffs. I thought their puck pursuit on retrievals kept a lot of those (power plays) alive. It was good because they played in the zone a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n Miami held a moment of silence for \u2018Hoagie\u2019 in the pregame. Hoagie \u2014 UMD\u2019s Hall of Fame volunteer assistant equipment manager and inspirational leader \u2014 <\/p>\n![\"Miami](\"https:\/\/cdn.forumcomm.com\/dims4\/default\/0480420\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5903x3935+0+0\/resize\/840x560!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforum-communications-production-web.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F76%2Fda%2Fdd8c303248198649faf2960b7e53%2Fmiami-2.jpg\")
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