Gophers Open at Mariucci

Sooo this weekend was pretty good. Passing still sucked but that will come (hopefully) It was great to finally see Alex Kangas in net and Brent Solei for the first time this season. Alex Kangas played a hell of a game. He was outstanding. By far the best goalie we have. Jeff's good but lets be honest... some of those would have gone in. I'm not sure if anyone else is wondering about this but can the Gophers ever play three periods of hockey? I mean honestly. If they wouldn't have had early goals then they would have lost to OSU both nights. It was horrible. You play hockey for 60 minutes not 40. alright lets break it down by game. First game First period what the heck was up with all the whistles. How do you get anything going with 5 wistles per minute. It was lame and boring to watch. second period we got better. I honestly don't remember anything about the game but we won and thats all that matters. Friday night second game. Alex Kangas absolutly phenominal. I was so happy to see that he could preform like that. The Gophers broke down in the third period and he kept us in the game. Great game Alex. Saturday night I had a chance to be at the game and obviously we weren't physical but a lot of those ND kids were small. Didn't look anything like hockey players. More like Soccer players. I was walking about Mariucci during the 2nd and 3rd period intermission and I saw Ryan Stoa and Mike Carmen on the way up to the Suites. Couldn't tell if Stoa was on crutches (a girl was in the way) but i'm sure he was. I can't wait for Carmen to come back. We miss his intensity. Anyways back to the game. The Gophers toward over them and dominated play but just couldn't seem to get anything going on the power play. It has nothing to do with shots on net. We were getting plenty of them they just weren't going in. The goalie was good yes but he wasn't THAT good. Next weekend the Gophers open WCHa play at Mariucci against the Denver Pioneers. We will see how that goes. Until then Go Gophers.

Thursday Ohio State VS Minnesota *3-1 Minnesota*
First Period Scoring:
MINN: Ben Gordon Blake Wheeler/ Stu Bickel
Justin Bostrom -

First Period Penalties:
NONE

Second Period Scoring
MINN: Mike Howe David Fischer/ Derek Peltier

Second Period Penalties
OSU: Johann Kroll Tipping
MINN: Justin Bostrom Cross-Checking

Third Period Scoring:
OSU: Peter Boyd Kyle Reed

Third Period Penalties:
MINN: Blake Wheeler Hooking
Jay Barriball Hooking
OSU Tom Fritsche Tripping

Jeff Frazee 21 saves
Joesph Palmer 30 saves

Three Stars
1. Justin Bostrom
2.Blake Wheeler
3. Jeff Frazee

Friday OSU VS Minnesota *2-1 Minnesota*
First Period Scoring:
MINN Justin Bostrom Mike Howe

First Period Penalties:
MINN: Ryan Flynn Roughing
OSU: Tom Fritsche Interference

Second Period Scoring:
MINN Jay Barriball -

Second Period Penalties:
MINN Stu Bickel Boarding
David Fischer Contact to the Head (WTF)
OSU: Erick Belanger Holdind
Patrick Schafer Slashing

Third Period Scoring:
OSU Kyle Hood Tommy Goebel

Third Period Penalties:
MINN: R.J. Anderson Roughing
Kevin Wehrs Roughing
Mike Howe Slashing
OSU Peter Boyd Roughing
Sergio Somma Roughing

Alex Kangas 32 saves
Joesph Palmer 18 saves

Three Stars
1. Alex Kangas
2. Jay Barriball
3. Justin Bostrom

Saturday USND *3-1 Minnesota* (Exhibition)
First Period Scoring
MINN Jay Barriball Blake Wheeler
Cade Fairchild Blake Wheeler/ David Fischer

First Period Penalties
MINN Too Man on Ice (Patirck White)
USND Grant Scott Boarding

Second Period Scoring
Patrick White Kevin Wehrs/Stu bickel

Second Period Penalties
USND:Sam Lofquist 5 min major Kneeing
Colin Reddin Cross-Checking
Ryan Grimshaw Tripping
MINN Kevin Wehrs Hooking

Third Period Scoring
Sam Lofquist Ryan Hegarty/Danny Kristo

Third Period Penalties:
USND: Vinny Saponati Roughing
MINN:Ryan Flynn Tipping
Tony Lucia Rouging

Joe Cannata 31 Saves
Brent Solei 16 saves