DENVER — No. 1 Denver scored three goals in the second period on its way to a 6-3 win Saturday night as it earned a weekend split with Omaha.
UNO was coming off Friday's decisive 3-0 upset of the Pioneers when the Mavs held a 40-22 shot advantage and Jake Kucharski made 22 saves for his first shutout.
Saturday's match was tied 1-1 after one period as Omaha's Jack Randl's wrist shot found the net midway through the period.
Denver took the lead for good with an early flurry in the second period.
The Pioneers scored twice in a 19-second span four minutes into the second period and made it 4-1 with 8:16 left in the period.
But the Mavericks got back in the game around the second intermission. Randl scored his NCAA-leading 13th goal this season 36 seconds before intermission, then Matt Miller scored 32 seconds after play resumed in the third period. Miller had scored twice in Friday's win.
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Denver, though, wouldn't surrender the lead. Tristan Broz's goal with 8:23 left made it 5-3, then the Pioneers added an empty-net goal.
Kucharski finished with 29 saves for the Mavs.
UNO returns home to face Western Michigan beginning Friday at Baxter Arena.
Photos: UNO Hockey hosts North Dakota
UNO's Cameron Berg, right, and North Dakota's Matteo Costantini fight for control of the puck in the first period on Friday.
North Dakota's Chris Jandric, left, collides with Jimmy Glynn in the first period on Friday.
UNO goalie Jake Kucharski stops a shot from North Dakota in the first period on Friday.
UNO's Jake Pivonka fires a shot North Dakota goalie Drew DeRidder in the first period on Friday.
UNO's Kirby Proctor, right, tries to slow down North Dakota's Jackson Blake in the first period on Friday.
UNO's Jonny Tychonick tries to shoot the puck past North Dakota goalie Drew DeRidder in the second period on Friday.
North Dakota's Ty Farmer falls onto goalie Drew DeRidder while Cooper Moore tries to keep UNO's Kaden Bohlsen away in the second period on Friday.
North Dakota's Ty Farmer falls onto goalie Drew DeRidder while Cooper Moore tries to keep UNO's Kaden Bohlsen away in the second period on Friday.
UNO's Jonny Tychonick knocks down North Dakota's Brent Johnson in the second period on Friday.
UNO goalie Jake Kucharski watches the puck float by as he falls on his back in the first period against North Dakota on Friday.
North Dakota goalie Drew DeRidder shows UNO's Tyler Rollwagen, left, and North Dakota's Chris Jandric, top, the puck during a stoppage in play during the second period on Friday.
UNO's Tyler Weiss skates across center ice against North Dakota on Friday.
