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Caleb Heil makes UND history with second straight shutout

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 3:57 AM · 1 min read
Caleb Heil makes UND history with second straight shutout — The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, St. Helena Health news
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GRAND FORKS — UND freshman Caleb Heil posted a shutout in his first collegiate start Friday night. Jan Špunar, the reigning National Collegiate Hockey Conference Goaltender of the Year, might have been healthy enough to play on Saturday, but head coach Dane Jackson figured, why push it? "By the start of next week, (Špunar) will be 100%," Jackson said. "He was a little bit off. We wanted to get Caleb in there, but when he played so well, it gave us the luxury to get Jan really healthy." Jackson ran it back with Heil on Saturday night. Heil ran it back with another shutout. UND finished a two-game sweep of Bentley with a 5-0 victory in Ralph Engelstad Arena. Heil stopped all 15 Bentley shots in the series finale, going 29-for-29 on the weekend. He is believed to be the first goaltender in program history to open his collegiate career with back-to-back shutouts. "We had some moments in the second where we got a little loose and they had some rush ch

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