Preview: Minnesota Duluth, UND comfortable in close games

GRAND FORKS — Minnesota Duluth lost four consecutive games at the end of January. All of them were against National Collegiate Hockey Conference semifinalists — two against Western Michigan, two against Denver. All four were one-goal games. Two were overtime. ADVERTISEMENT A week later, the Bulldogs blew a two-goal, third-period lead to UND at home. But Zam Plante scored an overtime goal to salvage that night and turn Minnesota Duluth's fortunes in close games. Minnesota Duluth has not lost a one-goal game since then. "I think we learned from that and we've been, the last month, more comfortable in games, regardless of the score," Minnesota Duluth captain Joey Pierce said. "We've been able...