Brian HalversonErik Haula’s power-play goal just under five minutes into the final period allowed No. 5 Minnesota to escape with a 4-2 win on Friday, despite an otherwise lackluster performance in front of 9,402 at Mariucci Arena. The goal came mere seconds after Minnesota State’s Michael Dorr wristed a short-handed scoring chance just wide, which would … Read more
No. 4 Minnesota-Duluth (9-3-2, 7-2-1 WCHA) at No. 20 Michigan Tech (8-5-1, 5-4-1 WCHA) Tyler: Michigan Tech has been on the run the last couple weeks and Minnesota-Duluth spent last weekend resting. Kenny Reiter has been as hot of goaltender as anyone the last month and he’s out to prove the week off won’t affect … Read more
No. 4 Minnesota-Duluth (9-3-2, 7-2-1 WCHA) at No. 20 Michigan Tech (8-5-1, 5-4-1 WCHA) Tyler: Michigan Tech has been on the run the last couple weeks and Minnesota-Duluth spent last weekend resting. Kenny Reiter has been as hot of goaltender as anyone the last month and he’s out to prove the week off won’t affect … Read more
Maybe it was a tryptophan overdose which made it such a tough week to be a ranked team in the WCHA. The conference’s top-ranked schools went a combined 3-5-2 including the 1-4-1 mark posted by those in the top 10. Struggling North Dakota’s sweep of No. 4 Colorado College was perhaps the biggest eyebrow raiser … Read more
Maybe it was a tryptophan overdose which made it such a tough week to be a ranked team in the WCHA. The conference’s top-ranked schools went a combined 3-5-2 including the 1-4-1 mark posted by those in the top 10. Struggling North Dakota’s sweep of No. 4 Colorado College was perhaps the biggest eyebrow raiser … Read more
Just when you thought Aaron Dell was going to get some offensive support… …the North Dakota offense lays a goose egg. Bemidji State beat the Fighting Sioux, 1-0, Sunday evening to drop UND’s record to 4-7-1 overall and 2-6-0 in the WCHA. Dan Bakala is a good goaltender and he did earn the 26-save shutout, … Read more
Just when you thought Aaron Dell was going to get some offensive support… …the North Dakota offense lays a goose egg. Bemidji State beat the Fighting Sioux, 1-0, Sunday evening to drop UND’s record to 4-7-1 overall and 2-6-0 in the WCHA. Dan Bakala is a good goaltender and he did earn the 26-save shutout, … Read more
Nick Bjugstad scored three times, including twice early in the third to break open a tight contest, to catapult No. 1 Minnesota to a 5-0 win over St. Cloud State on a snowy Saturday night in front of 10,044 at Mariucci Arena. Minnesota goaltender Kent Patterson stopped all 30 shots he faced to earn his … Read more
No. 19 Nebraska Omaha (6-5-1, 5-2-1 WCHA) at No. 11 Denver (4-3-2, 3-2-2 WCHA) Tyler: Nebraska-Omaha’s goaltending situation, between John Faulkner and Ryan Massa, has held the Mavericks back but Adam Murray hasn’t exactly put a lid on Denver’s net either. This weekend will see a couple of high-offense shootouts out on the range. Neither … Read more
No. 19 Nebraska Omaha (6-5-1, 5-2-1 WCHA) at No. 11 Denver (4-3-2, 3-2-2 WCHA) Tyler: Nebraska-Omaha’s goaltending situation, between John Faulkner and Ryan Massa, has held the Mavericks back but Adam Murray hasn’t exactly put a lid on Denver’s net either. This weekend will see a couple of high-offense shootouts out on the range. Neither … Read more
Kent Patterson follows in the footsteps of the man whose camps he attended as a youth, Robb Stauber. Brian Halverson reports.
Denver coach George Gwozdecky may have said it best on Saturday night. “It wasn’t a goaltender night for either team,” said Gwozdecky in reference to the performances of DU’s Adam Murray and Colorado College’s Joe Howe in the Pioneers’ hang-on-from-ahead 5-4 win at Denver’s Magness Arena. But Gwozdecky didn’t necessarily have to stop at that … Read more
Denver coach George Gwozdecky may have said it best on Saturday night. “It wasn’t a goaltender night for either team,” said Gwozdecky in reference to the performances of DU’s Adam Murray and Colorado College’s Joe Howe in the Pioneers’ hang-on-from-ahead 5-4 win at Denver’s Magness Arena. But Gwozdecky didn’t necessarily have to stop at that … Read more
Although we now know the injury St. Cloud State junior goaltender Mike Lee suffered last month in preparation for the Huskies’ series at North Dakota will require surgery, the precise location of Lee’s lower body injury, despite a report to the contrary, remains in question. In St. Cloud State beat writer and St. Cloud Times … Read more
Although we now know the injury St. Cloud State junior goaltender Mike Lee suffered last month in preparation for the Huskies’ series at North Dakota will require surgery, the precise location of Lee’s lower body injury, despite a report to the contrary, remains in question. In St. Cloud State beat writer and St. Cloud Times … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha (5-5-0, 4-2-0 WCHA) at Bemidji State (4-6-0, 2-4-0 WCHA) Tyler: Andrew Walsh is having a decent freshman season, splitting time with Dan Bakala in goal for BSU, but in this matchup, Tom Serratore has to start Bakala. Bakala was the x-factor in the Beavers’ domination of UNO last season. He saw 226 shots in … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha (5-5-0, 4-2-0 WCHA) at Bemidji State (4-6-0, 2-4-0 WCHA) Tyler: Andrew Walsh is having a decent freshman season, splitting time with Dan Bakala in goal for BSU, but in this matchup, Tom Serratore has to start Bakala. Bakala was the x-factor in the Beavers’ domination of UNO last season. He saw 226 shots in … Read more
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Goals by Nick Larson and Kyle Rau in the final 6:04 of the third period erased a one-goal deficit and lifted No. 5 Minnesota to a 3-2 win over No. 15 North Dakota on Saturday in front of the tenth-largest crowd (10,234 paid) in Mariucci Arena history. The win gives the Gophers a series sweep … Read more