Zam Plante Scores Back-To-Back Overtime Winners As Minnesota-Duluth Advances In NCHC Tournament

Zam Plante played hero two nights in a row with the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs in a weekend sweep of St. Cloud State to advance to the semifinals of the NCHC tournament. On Friday, the 2022 fifth round pick scored with 23 seconds left in regulation to force overtime and scored the overtime winner in a 4-3 win. The next night, Plante scored with 31 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game 1-1 and scored the overtime winner again in a 2-1 win.

Plante ranks second on the Bulldogs behind only younger brother Max Plante with 20 goals and 45 points in 36 games. Last season, Plante managed 20 points in 13 games as a freshman. The Bulldogs face off against Mac Swanson and the North Dakota Fighting Hawks next weekend, hoping to upset the regular season conference champions and advance to the NCHC Championship.

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Zam Plante scored late to force overtime and the overtime winner TWICE to help Minnesota-Duluth advance in the NCHC tournmanet, Mac Swanson scored three times in a pair of wins to advance in the NCHC tournament, and Rutger McGroarty recorded three points in two games for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton last week, plus Wilkes-Barre/Scranton managed a point in pair of losses and the Wheeling Nailers swept Rapid City in a three-game series.

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