COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Nick Dineen scored three goals and Colorado College broke open a tie game in the second period en route to a 5-2 victory against penalty-prone Nebraska-Omaha on Saturday night.
Tyler Johnson’s power-play goal at the 12:18 mark of the second period gave the Tigers (11-7-1, 8-5 Western Collegiate Hockey Association) a 3-2 advantage. Dineen added his second goal, assisted by Johnson on a power play, later in the period and got the hat trick at the 14:27 mark of the third.
Dineen, an Omaha native, scored on a power play in the first period.
Colorado College, which has won six straight, had 12 power plays to Nebraska-Omaha’s two.
Alex Hudson and Terry Broadhurst scored for the Mavericks (11-5-1, 8-4-1).
Nebraska-Omaha 1 1 0 — 2
Colorado College 2 2 1 — 5
First period — 1, UNO, Hudson 7 (Raubenheimer, Olimb), 03:50. 2, CC, Skalbeck 5 (Eveland, Lowery) 10:23. 3, CC, Dineen 5 (Schwartz, Schultz) (pp) 15:16.
Second period — 4, UNO, Broadhurst 12 (Ambroz, Olimb) 03:31. 5, CC, Johnson 13 (Rapuzzi, Eveland) (pp) 12:18. 6, CC, Dineen 6 (Johnson, Schultz) (pp) 18:39.
Third period — 7, CC, Dineen 7 (Schultz, Lowery), 14:27.
Shots on goal — Nebraska-Omaha 11-5-6—22, Colorado College 9-7-10—26.
Power play opportunities — Nebraska-Omaha 0-2, Colorado College 3-12.
