
Stanley Fafara † as "Hubert 'Whitey' Whitney". Gates") in the first episode he appears, "Beaver & Gilbert". He is referred to as "Gilbert Gates" (and his father "Mr. Blair, Gilbert's English teacher, calls Gilbert "Mr. In the episode "Beaver's English Test", Mr. Frank Bank † as "Clarence 'Lumpy' Rutherford". Jerry Mathers as "Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver". Barbara Billingsley † as "June Cleaver". Defenseman Brady Ferner, who played last weekend against Niagara, also missed the game. Forward Brendan Budy, who has yet to suit up this season, remained out. Notes: UND was without two injured players. I think all in all, it was a good battle by our group and the most important thing is that one is done and behind us and now we have to do it again tomorrow." It was just kind of a learning thing for our team to be able to close out those hard games, because we're going to see games like that down the stretch, for sure. nonconference wins are really important for the big picture of the season. "Obviously, that was a hard-fought battle right down to the wire there," Driscoll said. 20 Bemidji State dropped to 0-3, a record that may be misleading considering the Beavers have only played games against teams ranked in the top seven nationally. The Fighting Hawks, who struggled to win key faceoffs at the end of the game without last year's centers Shane Pinto and Jasper Weatherby, eventually closed it out. It was needed, because Bemidji State's Owen Sillinger scored with an extra attacker to draw within 4-3 with 28 seconds left. Grand Forks native Judd Caulfield scored the final goal with 7:37 left in the third period, slicing through the left circle and sniping the top corner of the net on Bemidji State goalie Gavin Enright to put UND ahead 4-2. "That was awesome," Kunz said of the feeling. Then, Grand Forks native Jackson Kunz scored his first-career goal off a faceoff win by Matteo Costantini. His shot got a fortunate bounce off of Beaver defender Elias Rosen. Senior forward Gavin Hain, returning from injury to play his first game of the season, scored on a shot from the left circle. Sophomore forward Louis Jamernik scored a goal on the doorstep to tie it. You can't really listen to what they have to say."ĭriscoll got just enough goal support Friday night.Īfter falling behind 1-0 in the first period, UND scored three times in the span of 3 minutes, 41 seconds early in the second period to turn the game. But I know at the end of the day, I just have to stop the puck. "They can kind of say what they want to say, but I kind of use it as energy. That was good for our young guys to see, because that's what we're going to see the rest of the year."Īs for the razzing from the fans, Driscoll said he didn't mind it. That was a 60-minute college hockey game. That was a full-blown man's game tonight. They came out early, but we responded well in the second period. They came out hard like we knew they would. "You try to treat it just like another hockey game, but you always have that in the back of your mind.
"At the end of the day, there are a lot of emotions," Driscoll said. He made 13 in a first period that was controlled by Bemidji State, eight in the second as UND took over and nine more in the third as the Beavers pushed for the tying goal. I know the fans were a little hard on him in the starting lineup when he got announced there, but that shows his maturity."ĭriscoll finished with 30 saves.
UND coach Brad Berry gave Driscoll a fist-bump before the players entered the postgame handshake line. We knew we had to win it and it was for him." It's the last time for him in this building. It's the last time for our seniors in this building. "We knew that we had a job to do, not only for an out-of-conference game, but to get it done for him. "We had his back," UND forward Louis Jamernik said. When the final buzzer sounded, Driscoll wound up and gave a big fist pump before his teammates mobbed him, recognizing what the moment meant to Driscoll. UND beat Bemidji State 4-3 in a down-to-the-wire nonconference contest in front of 3,790 raucous fans, some of which made the trip from Grand Forks. The students chanted expletives at him throughout the game and serenaded him after he allowed goals.īut ultimately, Driscoll's return to the Sanford Center was a success. Driscoll, who transferred from Bemidji State to UND this summer, was resoundingly booed during starting lineup introductions.