GRAND FORKS — UND's three injured forwards — Ellis Rickwood, Jack Kernan and Josh Zakreski — remained out for Friday's 6-1 exhibition win against the U.S. Under-18 Team.

Defensemen Abram Wiebe, Keaton Verhoeff and Bennett Zmolek also got the night off.

The Fighting Hawks used the exhibition to give several players a rest and put others through test runs in new situations.

Sophomore defenseman Andrew Strathmann killed penalties and ran the second power-play unit. He responded by tallying a pair of assists.

Freshman defenseman Ian Engel, who has not played a regular-season game yet, skated big minutes. He responded by throwing a big hit on U.S. Under-18 Team forward Mikey Berchild in the first and nearly setting up Dylan James for a goal with a seam pass.

All three goaltenders — Gibson

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