Jake Hildebrand made 20 saves in the win, which was MSU’s third in a row.
“I was really pleased we got contributions from an offensive perspective from all four lines,” said MSU head coach Tom Anastos. “We scored a power-play goal but unfortunately we gave up a couple. Overall, that’s a good weekend for us.”
After UNH scored consecutive goals in the middle of the third period to tie the game, 4-4, Sanford got what proved to be the game-winning goal 1:04 later with 6:56 remaining in the game. Standing at the side of the net, the freshman buried a pass into a near empty net to give MSU a 5-4 lead.