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Amusing celebration video from Sweden

jpaisley — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:03:08 +0000

Not CC related, but an amusing video to watch while you’re waiting for the Tigers game to start …

CC holds off Robert Morris, 4-3

jpaisley — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:50:38 +0000

As it has much of the season, No. 7 Colorado College relied on its potent power play and some timely goaltending to pull out a close win.

On Friday night at World Arena, it was senior captain Mike Testwuide’s power-play goal with 4:40 left to gave the Tigers a 4-3 home win over nonconference opponent Robert Morris (3-7-1).

That and a late penalty on the Tigers (8-2-10 set up a frantic final minute as CC missed two empty-net chances while the Colonials went for the tying goal with a 6-on-4 advantage.

It need not have been that exciting.

Senior defenseman Kris Fredheim’s goal midway through the second period had looked to be the difference but a turnover in the Tigers end set up the opportunistic Colonials. Chris Kushneriuk took the puck away and fired a centering pass to Scott Kobialko for the tying goal, 3-3, with 5:56 left.

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Vidoe of Genoway injury available

jpaisley — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:36:53 +0000

Here’s the video of the hit by St. Cloud State forward Aaron Marvin that injured North Dakota defenseman Chay Genoway.

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CHN feech on Tigers

jpaisley — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:15:16 +0000

Sat next to Josh at the Mankato series. He’s a good guy and a good writer. Here’s the story.

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Road sweep propels CC to No. 7 in both polls

jpaisley — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:35:35 +0000

This weekend’s road sweep at Minnesota State-Mankato has moved Colorado College from No. 13 in the USA Hockey/USA Today weekly poll up to No. 7. In the U.S. College Hockey Online/CBS poll, the Tigers (7-2-1, 5-1-1 WCHA) moved up to No. 7 from No. 10.

Miami remains No. 1, North Dakota No. 2 and Denver No. 3 in both polls. The third-place Pioneers host the second-place Sioux this weekend. CC leads the WCHA.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
Men’s College Hockey Poll - #7
(first-place votes in parenthesis)

Rank	School	Last Poll’s Ranking	2009-10 Record	Weeks in Top-15
1	Miami University, 507 (31)	1	8-1-3	7
2	University of North Dakota, 448 (1)	2	7-2-1	7
3	University of Denver, 429 (1)	3	6-3-1	7
4	University of Massachusetts Lowell, 405 (1)	5	7-2-1	7
5	Cornell University, 342	4	4-1-0	7
6	Michigan State University, 329	14	9-2-1	2
7	Colorado College, 311	13	7-2-1	4
8	Bemidji State University, 271	7	8-1-1	4
9	Yale University, 218	11	2-1-2	7
10	University of Alaska, 176	9	7-2-1	3
11	University of Massachusetts, 141	10	7-2-0	2
12	University of Nebraska Omaha, 107	12	5-2-3	6
13	Quinnipiac University, 102	NR	8-1-0	1
14	University of Notre Dame, 54	8	5-5-2	7
15	University of Michigan, 52	6	4-6-0	7

Others receiving votes: University of Wisconsin, 47; University of Vermont, 34; Boston College, 30; Ferris State University, 24; Princeton University, 22; University of Minnesota Duluth, 15; Colgate University, 4; Lake Superior State University, 4; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 3; Merrimack College, 2; Rochester Institute of Technology, 2; Boston University, 1.

USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll

November 16, 2009

	Team	(First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Last Poll
1	Miami	(42)	8-1-3	986	1
2	North Dakota	( 2)	7-2-1	916	2
3	Denver	( 2)	6-3-1	855	4
4	Mass.-Lowell	( 3)	7-2-1	824	5
5	Cornell		4-1-0	781	3
6	Michigan State	( 1)	9-2-1	727	13
7	Colorado College		7-2-1	695	10
8	Bemidji State		8-1-1	658	7
9	Yale		2-1-2	506	12
10	Alaska		7-2-1	505	9
11	Massachusetts		7-2-0	414	14
12	Nebraska-Omaha		5-2-3	371	11
13	Quinnipiac		8-1-0	366	20
14	Notre Dame		5-5-2	299	8
15	Wisconsin		6-3-1	242	NR
16	Michigan		4-6-0	230	6
17	Vermont		4-4-1	222	15
17	Boston College		4-3-1	222	16
19	Princeton		3-2-1	181	19
20	Minnesota-Duluth		7-4-1	175	18
Others Receiving Votes: Ferris State 128, St. Cloud State 46, Colgate 43, Boston University 41, Merrimack 17, Rensselaer 16, Providence 12, Union 9, Northeastern 8, RIT 3, New Hampshire 2

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Saturday’s WCHA roundup

jpaisley — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:21:26 +0000

Taken from school web sites …

St. Cloud 3, North Dakota 2

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The St. Cloud State University men’s hockey team (4-4-2, 3-2-1 WCHA) continued its Saturday night magic with a huge 3-2 victory over #2 ranked North Dakota (7-2-1, 5-2-1 WCHA) on Nov. 14, before 11,782 fans at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D.

The victory moved SCSU’s record on Saturday nights this season to 4-1-0, and it also marked the first time SCSU has gained a victory at the Ralph since a 2-1 OT win on Jan. 28, 2006. This was also the first time since a win over Minnesota in on Feb. 24, 2007 (5-3 at UM) that the Huskies have gained a win over a team ranked #1 or #2 in the nation.

The Huskies broke into the scoring column in the first period with a shorthanded breakaway by sophomore forward Travis Novak (Lethbridge, Alberta) at 13:12 of the first period. This was Novak’s second goal of the 2009-10 season, and his second point of the weekend at UND. This was also Novak’s second career shorthanded goal at SCSU.

The Huskies pushed their lead to 2-0 at 15:40 of the second period with an even-strength goal by senior forward Ryan Lasch (Lake Forest, Calif.). The play was set up with an assist by freshman forward David Eddy (Woodbury). Lasch grabbed the rebound of Eddy’s shot and then put it home past UND netminder Aaron Dell.

SCSU managed to own a 2-0 lead in the game, despite being outshot 20-6 in the first period.

To open the second period, senior defender Craig Gaudet (Redvers, Sask.) charted his second goal of the season at :14 with an unassisted goal past Dell. The quick goal in the second period, gave the Huskies a 3-0 lead and it also prompted UND to pull Dell and replace him with reserve netminder Brad Eidsness.

UND managed to break the shutout at 1:23 of the second period with an even strength goal by Brad Malone. He was assisted on the play by David Toews.

North Dakota refused to go quietly into the night, as it scored again at 18:16 of the third period with a goal by Chris VandeVelde. Darcy Zajac and Jake Marto had the assists on the play, which was scored after UND had pulled its goaltender Eidsness.

UND continued its solid pressure until the final seconds but junior netminder Dan Dunn (Oshawa, Ontario) stood strong and gained his third win of the season for SCSU. Dunn posted a career-high 46 saves in the contest. Of note, UND outshot the Huskies 48-29 in the game.

On the power play, SCSU was 0-7 and UND was 0-6. Dell was the goalie of record for UND with four saves and Eidsness had 21 saves in 37:00 minutes of work.

Minnesota 4, Bemidji 1

Minnesota handed college hockey’s last remaining undefeated team its first loss on Saturday with a 4-1 victory over Bemidji State at Mariucci Arena.

The Beavers entered the game ranked seventh in the country with a 7-0-1 record, but Minnesota limited them to just 22 shots on goal and scored four unanswered goals after an early Beavers’ tally for the win. The Gophers have now won all seven meetings with Bemidji State as the teams met for the first time since 2004.

Minnesota has now won four of its last five games to run its record to 4-4-1 overall. The Gophers got a goal and assist from Hoeffel and Sacchetti and two assists from Ness in the victory. Minnesota outshot the Beavers 29-22 for the game.

The Beavers took advantage of a fortunate bounce to score their early goal just 3:03 into the game. Minnesota was pushing up the ice out of its own zone when Tony Lucia attempted a cross-ice pass that bounced off the skate of a teammate and free to Bemidji State’s Jordan George, who skated in all alone on Gophers’ netminder Alex Kangas and scored on a backhanded shot.

Minnesota needed less than two minutes to tie the game as Sacchetti scored his first goal of the season at the 4:29 mark. The play started with a shot from Aaron Ness at the point and the rebound bounced free. Beavers’ goaltender Dan Bakala thought he had the puck covered up, but Sacchetti stayed with the loose puck and poked it into the net. Mike Hoeffel also got a stick on the puck during the scrum and gained an assist.

Hoeffel nearly put the Gophers ahead early in the second period when he took a pass from Sacchetti behind the defense for an open chance that hit off the crossbar. However, minutes later, he converted a five-on-three power play goal that gave the Gophers the lead at the 15:23 mark. Minnesota passed the puck crisply during the two-man advantage with Aaron Ness going cross-ice to Cade Fairchild, who found Hoeffel open in the slot for his fifth goal of the year. It was Minnesota’s third power play goal of the season.

Bemidji State had a prime opportunity to tie the game when Minnesota was whistled for four penalties during a span of 57 seconds in the second period. Both teams were called for coincidental minors, setting up a four-on-four situation where just 12 seconds later, the Gophers were called for two penalties on the same play.

Another Minnesota penalty gave Bemidji State a power play that lasted for a total of four minutes, including two minutes, 12 seconds of a five-on-three. For all but 12 seconds of the power play Minnesota had just three players on the ice. Kangas made five saves during the Beavers’ power play and got a fortunate bounce off the pipe to keep the Gophers’ one-goal lead intact.

Neither team mounted many third period scoring chances until the Gophers’ Jordan Schroeder notched a power play goal at the 13:35 mark of the period. Sacchetti took the initial shot that bounced out to the far side to Schroeder, who blasted in the rebound from the faceoff dot to put Minnesota ahead 3-1. It was Schroeder’s first goal of the year and his first since Feb. 27.

Mike Carman also broke a long scoring drought with a blast from the opposite faceoff dot just 54 seconds later. Zach Budish assisted the goal, which was Carman’s first in 18 games since Feb. 6.

Minnesota’s two power play goals matched its total for the season through the first eight games as the Gophers went two-for-seven for the game. The Gophers also killed off all four Bemidji State power plays and have killed 23 consecutive penalties.

Kangas, who was last week’s Western Collegiate Hockey Association Defensive Player of the Week, made 21 saves in the victory, while Bakala finished with 25 saves for the Beavers.

The two teams play again Sunday at 6 p.m. at Mariucci Arena.

Duluth 8, Michigan Tech 1

No. 18 Minn.-Duluth scored four power play goals to defeat Michigan Tech 8-1 Saturday (Nov. 14) in WCHA play. Junior Justin Fontaine led the Bulldogs (7-4-1, 4-3-1) with five points on the night (four goals, one assist).

Wisconsin 6, Anchorage 2

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin men’s hockey team (6-3-1, 4-3-1 WCHA) finished off its sweep of the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves (4-8-0, 2-6-0 WCHA) after beating them 6-2 Saturday night in the Kohl Center. Behind two goals and an assist by senior tri-captain Ben Street (Coquitlam, British Columbia), the Badgers were able to prevail. Freshman forward Craig Smith (Madison, Wis.) contributed his second goal of the series and the year en route to the Badgers’ win.

The Seawolves struck first. After a scoreless first 15 minutes of the first period, senior Josh Lunden punched one in for Anchorage at the 4:28 mark.

Just eleven seconds later, Street notched his third goal of the season, tying the game at one. Freshman Derek Lee (North Vancouver, British Columbia) advanced the puck to senior Ben Grotting (Birmingham, Ala.), who was on the side of the net. Grotting found a slashing Street skating to the left side, who gained control of the puck and cashed it in for the Badgers.

This concluded the scoring in the first, with the teams locked up at a goal apiece. Together, the teams took 14 shots, 10 of which belonged to UW.

Wisconsin took its first lead of the game at the 7:23 mark of the second period after senior tri-captain Blake Geoffrion (Brentwood, Tenn.) scored his sixth goal of the season. Geoffrion stole a loose puck in the skates of a Seawolves’ defender behind the net. From there, he skated around the front of the net and fired a top-shelf goal past UAA goalie Bryce Christianson, putting the Badgers up 2-1. Sophomore forward Derek Stepan (Hastings, Minn.) and junior tri-captain Ryan McDonagh (Arden Hills, Minn.) were credited with the two assists.

This accounted for all the scoring in the second. The Badgers’ powerful defense was making shooting very difficult for UAA. Just like in the first period, the Seawolves were only able to attempt four shots on goal in the second. Wisconsin, on the other hand, had 13 shots on goal. The Badgers were outshooting the Seawolves 23-8, altogether.

Just 2:32 into the third, Wisconsin added to its lead. The goal was scored by junior forward Patrick Johnson (Madison, Wis.) for his first goal of the year, and his first in 17 games. Junior defenseman Brendan Smith (Mimico, Ontario), who was at mid-ice, got the puck to senior forward John Mitchell (Neenah, Wis.). Mitchell skated to the top of the faceoff circle, before finding a wide-open Johnson, who was cutting down the middle at the net. Mitchell’s pass led Johnson, so he laid out and managed to glide it past the Seawolf defender. This put the Badgers up 3-1 in the contest.

The Seawolves attempted to crawl their way back after senior Josh Lunden short-handedly scored his second goal of the night, bringing UAA within one at the 13:24 mark of the third.

Freshman forward Craig Smith (Madison, Wis.) did not let them stay within one for long. At the 12:18 mark, he scored his second goal in as many nights. Junior defenseman Cody Goloubef (Oakville, Ontario) advanced the puck up the ice to Craig Smith. From there, Smith outmuscled his way to the net and managed to fire a rocket past the UAA’s Christianson. Street was credited with the secondary assist, his second point of the contest. This gave the Badgers some cushion at 4-2.

The cushion got bigger when freshman defenseman Justin Schultz (West Kelowna, B.C.) scored his first goal as a Badger with just under three minutes remaining in the third. After UAA pulled its goalie, nothing stood in the way between Schultz and the goal. Assists were credited to Goloubef and Stepan, the second of the game for both. The Badgers scored once more in the contest, and it was by Street again. After Street snuck behind the Anchorage defense, Goloubef found him for his second assist. Street delivered a shot from just outside the faceoff circle, cementing the Wisconsin victory. The secondary assist was credited to Jordy Murray. The score was now 6-2 in favor of Wisconsin with just over 11 seconds remaining.

Scott Gudmandson (Sherwood Park, Alberta) found himself in the net for UW tonight. He stopped 11 UAA shots and is now 2-1-1 on the year. Christianson managed to stop 33 Badger shots, as his record fell to 2-4-0 on the year. The Badgers led the Seawolves in shots on goal, outshooting them 42-13 in the game.

Denver, IDLE

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Saturday’s box

jpaisley — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:13:26 +0000

Colorado College 3, Minnesota State-Mankato 2

Colorado College 1 1 1 –3

Minnesota State-Mankato 1 0 1 –2

First period – 1. Colorado College, Lowery (Testwuide, Fredheim), 11:43; 2. Minnesota State-Mankato, Louwerse (Davis, Mouillierat), 15:46 (pp). Penalties – CC, Leaverton (cross-checking) 10:2 38; MSU, Louwerse (slashing the goalie), 10:28; CC, Leaverton (tripping), 15:21; CC, Hamburg (roughing), 16:43; MSU, Thompson (roughing), 16:43.

Second period – 3, Colorado College, Schultz (Lowery, Rapuzzi), 3:24 (pp). Penalties – MSU. Louwerse (contact with goalie), 1:59; MSU, bench (too many men), 4:17; CC, Leaverton (holding), 11:08; MSU, Irwin (interference), 11:31; MSU, Galiardi (slashing), 12:56; CC, Civitarese (interference), 15:48; MSU, Irwin (slashing), 17:24.

Third period – 4. Colorado College, Prosser (Schwartz, Hall), 3:55 (pp); 5, Minnesota State-Mankato, Boe (Davis), 15:35. Penalties – MSU, Louwerse (checking from behind), 2:40; CC, Prosser (tripping, penalty shot), 5:49; MSU, Canzanello (interference), 8:08; MSU, Mouillierat (charging), 20:00.

Power plays – Colorado College 2-6; Minnesota State-Mankato 1-3. Shots on goal – Colorado College 13-10-8—31; Minnesota State-Mankato 12-6-12 –30. Saves-minutes – Colorado College, Howe 12-6-11—60:00; Minnesota State-Mankato, Lee 12-9-7—59:00. Attendance – 4,307.

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In the pros roundup: Walsky, Petiot, Gannon

jpaisley — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:01:43 +0000

AHL

Manitoba 5, Toronto 1

After Eric Walsky teed up a shot from the slot, Murray crashed the net and slammed home the rebound for his fourth goal of the season.

Texas 4, Rockford 0

It remained 1-0 until Texas connected for three goals in a span of 4:13 midway through the final period.

“I don’t know what happened in the third,” said Rockford defenseman Richard Petiot. “I guess we ran out of gas. The second and third goals really took the steam out of us.”

ECHL

Utah 5, Las Vegas 3

Utah never trailed in the hockey game as they built a 2-0 first period lead with goals at 5:28 and 8:05; following face-offwins and perimeter shots by defensemen. Dustin Friesen’s first pro goal made it 1-0 as Tom May screened goaltender Michael Ouzas. James Sixsmith then redirected home a Jake Gannonshot to make it 2-0. However, Utah struggled in the final four minutes of the first as two turnovers led to two Las Vegas goals.

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Friday’s boxscore

jpaisley — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:47:23 +0000

Colorado College 1, Minnesota State-Mankato 0 OT

Colorado College 0 0 0 1 – 1

Minnesota State-Mankato 0 0 0 0– 0

First period – No scoring. Penalties – MSU, Boe (tripping), 7:08; MSU, Mouillierat (tripping), 11:30.

Second period – No scoring. Penalties – CC, Lowery (slashing), 2:24; MSU, Louwerse (tripping), 2:50; MSU, Boe (elbowing), 5:14; CC, Prosser (cross-checking) 5:14; MSU, Harrison (boarding), 6:05; CC, Prosser (interference), 13:17; CC, Fredheim (delay of game), 15:02.

Third period – No scoring. Penalties – MSU, Galiardi (holding), 2:04; CC, Dineen (roughing), 14:00; MSU, Mouillieart (slashing), 14:00.

Overtime – 1. Colorado College, Schwartz (Prosser), 4:09 (pp). Penalties – MSU, Canzanello (holding) 3:58.

Power plays – Colorado College 1-6; Minnesota State-Mankato 0-3. Shots on goal – Colorado College 13-7-6-1–27; Minnesota State-Mankato 5-17-8-1–31. Saves-minutes – Colorado College, Howe 5 17-8-1-—64:08; Minnesota State-Mankato, Lee 13-7-6-0–64:08. Attendance – 4,009.

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Friday’s lines

jpaisley — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:46:07 +0000

Minnesota State-Mankato

LW, C, RW

Mueller, Galiardi, Stewart

Irwin, Harrison, Wiley

Mouillierat, Sackrison, Hayes

Louwerse, Pitlick, Jokinen

Defense

Left, Right

Youns, Elbrecht

Boe, Davis

Canzanello, Cooper

Goalies — as listed, Murdock, Lee, Cook (Mankato Free Press reports Lee will start)

Colorado College

LW-C-RW

Schultz-Civitarese-Testwuide

Sweatt-Overman-Rapuzzi

Hall-Schwartz-Johnson

DeBoer-Dineen-McMillin

Defense

Left-Right

Guentzel-Prosser

Lowery-Marciano

Fredheim-Leaverton

Goalies

Howe (starter)

O’Brien

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