In a rivalry new to all but the handful on the ice, Minnesota and North Dakota did not need a second reminder on how to handle the intensity and show animosity toward their opponent in the nearly 1,000 days since they faced each other in men’s hockey.

The intensity began with the first roughing after the whistle penalty 2:18 into the game. Two more roughing penalties were called in the first 10:01, including a scrap between UND captain Gage Ausmus and the Gophers’ Ryan Lindgren that left the freshman defenseman without a lid.

Sixty-two minutes of penalties were called overall, but by the time Friday’s game ended, there was a bigger focus on the 10 goals evenly split between the two. Related Articles Big Ten: Work on fall, winter sports is next

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The teams will need at least one more day to declare a winner after a 5-5 tie in Minnesota’s first regular-season game against the Fighting Hawks at Mariucci Arena since January of 2013.

Sophomore Tommy Novak added to the history with the game-tying goal, his second of the game, with 1:17 remaining in regulation. It was the fourth time in the game that the Gophers came from a goal down to tie.

“I think we expected it to be pretty intense. You can go back and watch Youtube videos on a bunch of things and see all this rivalry,” he said. “We take a lot of pride in (the rivalry). So do they.”

North Dakota (5-2-1) gave the numerous visiting green and black supporters a lot to cheer about early. The Fighting Hawks took a 2-0 lead with goals on two of their three first-period shots against goaltender Eric Schierhorn, who made 17 saves.

“They were into it. You can see early when your team is into the game,” said Minnesota coach Don Lucia. “I thought the critical was when you’re down 2-0 and getting that next goal to make it 2-1.”

The Gophers (3-2-2) did that by creating offense while limiting North Dakota to 22 total shots on goal. Vinni Lettieri and Novak responded later in the period with power-play goals for Minnesota, which went 3-8 on the power play.

“I think our power play is doing well. Three goals is good in any game. That definitely helped us stay in it,” said Novak.

Brock Boeser, a Burnsville native and one of four Minnesotans to score Friday for UND, found his way into the slot to give North Dakota a 3-2 lead with his team-leading seventh goal.

It was another player from Burnsville, Minnesota’s Tyler Sheehy, who responded. Sheehy tied the game by backhanding the puck into the back of the net to the delight of the maroon and gold fans.

“It was really, really loud. At times you couldn’t hear guys on the bench,” he said.

Sheehy’s goal set the trend for the game’s final period. Each time the Fighting Hawks scored, whether it was Boeser or freshman Tyson Jost or Tucker Poolman, Minnesota responded to the adversity.

Poolman appeared to give the defending NCAA national champions the lead for good when his shot with 1:59 remaining went off of Schierhorn’s shoulder and into the net. Minnesota pulled the goalie with 1:35 remaining in desperation.

Eighteen seconds later, Novak took a pass from Justin Kloos and shot the puck past Cam Johnson, who made 32 saves.

“We’re doing pretty good with the pulled goalie. We’re getting battles down low and trying to find shots, crash the net and get a presence,” said Novak, whose team scored with the extra skater for the second consecutive game.

Minnesota and North Dakota face each other again Saturday at 8 p.m.

“This is a game we can grow from and how hard you have to play on a given night. The atmosphere was great in the building,” said Lucia. “It was another hard-fought game, which was just we expected.”