GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The Miami University hockey team saw its 2023-24 season end with a 7-1 loss Saturday night at No. 5/5 North Dakota. Artur Turansky scored for the RedHawks, who finish with a record of 7-26-3. The top-seeded Fighting Hawks (26-10-2) advance to the NCHC Frozen Faceoff after their second consecutive win in this weekend's best-of-three quarterfinal series.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• 13:17 1st (UND 1-0) | North Dakota struck first, as the RedHawks were unable to connect on a pass attempt in their own end and Riese Gaber came away with it. Gaber lit the lamp from the center of the zone for an unassisted goal to make it 1-0 in favor of the home team.
• 0:37 2nd (UND 2-0) | The Fighting Hawks started the second period with a 4-on-3 advantage, and Jackson Kunz capitalized to give UND a 2-0 lead. Kunz got a piece of a long shot attempt by Jackson Blake from the point and was able to tip it past Logan Neaton. Jayden Perron had the secondary assist on the power-play goal.
• 1:38 3rd (UND 3-0) | Blake extended the North Dakota margin with a goal early in the third period off a backdoor feed from Owen McLaughlin. Kunz added an assist on the play.
• 4:09 3rd (UND 4-0) | Logan Britt broke the game open several minutes later, combining with Kunz on a give-and-go play to stretch the North Dakota lead to 4-0. The sequence started with a series of Fighting Hawks passes in their own end, as the assists were credited to Kunz and Blake.
• 9:32 3rd (UND 5-0) | UND's next goal came after a long pass ahead from Bennett Zmolek to Jake Schmaltz, with Schmaltz laying it off for Dylan James before getting checked into the boards. James' shot made the score 5-0.
• 11:22 3rd (Miami 5-1) | Turansky got Miami on the board, finishing off his own rebound after a perfect pass ahead from Axel Kumlin. Rihards Simanovičs started the play from behind the Miami goal after a defensive zone faceoff win by Thomas Daskas.
• 18:24 3rd (UND 6-1) | North Dakota's Ben Strinden scored a 4-on-4 goal with less than two minutes remaining in the game off of passes from Abram Wiebe and Schmaltz.
• 18:52 3rd (UND 7-1) | On the next shift, Hunter Johannes capped the scoring on a one-timer after Perron was able to initially hold the puck in and then stickhandle with it to the end boards. Jake Livanavage had the other assist.

 
GAME NOTES:

• Dylan Moulton matched his career high with four shots on goal before the first intermission and finished with six.
• Jack Clement tied Pat Cannone for second place on Miami's all-time list with 166 games played.
• Turansky's goal was the 15th point of his career.
• Neaton made 28 saves in net.

WHAT'S NEXT:
This concludes Miami's 2023-24 season.