Minnesota controlled the play throughout and fired 35 shots at the Colorado College net. They seemed to go unrewarded after a fine first period until Patrick White's goal with 0:00.3 remaining gave the Gophers a 1-0 lead. The game remained the same through two periods, despite Minnesota holding a 26-13 edge in shots on net, and despite CC enjoying two 5-3 power play situations to that point.
In the third, Jordan Schroeder scored 1:38 into the frame to put the game farther out of reach. Josh Birkholz's tally at 11:36 sealed the deal; all that was left was waiting to see if Kangas would get the shutout.
CC's Joe Howe kept the game from being a laugher with 32 saves.
The win came at a great time for the Gophers, who moved two points ahead of Alaska-Anchorage and moved within five points of fifth-place CC for the final WCHA playoffs' first round home ice spot. It makes one wonder if the Gophers had beaten UAA in the finale in Anchorage a few weeks ago, no?
Elsewhere in the WCHA:
- St. Cloud State 5, Wisconsin 1 - Dan Dunn (37 saves). Ryan Lasch (1-1-2), Drew LeBlanc (0-2-2) for SCSU
- Minnesota State 5, Alaska-Anchorage 2 - Kael Mouillierat (2-1-3) for MSU
- Denver 5, Michigan Tech 2 - Brandon Vossberg (1-2-3), Anthony Maiani (1-2-3) for DU
- North Dakota 5, UMD 2 - Brett Hextall (2-1-3), Chris Vande Velde (0-2-2) for UND
- League Standings
- Updated PairWise - Gophers back in
No comments:
Post a Comment