Gophers fall to Denver

Hmmm... I'm just trying to think of a good excuse of why the Gophers sucked this weekend. I could blame it on Don Lucia but that's not right he has nothing to do with what his kids do on the ice. Well he does but he can't make a good pass for them. He can show them but he can't physically do it for them. Maybe we need to find a way for him to do it because our passing is HORRIBLE! Denver hasn't swept us for what... 13 years. That's bad. Mike Carmen can you please get your grades up so you can come back!? Yeah right. But he's playing in Denver this weekend so let's see how that goes. Anyways I'm getting off topic. Alright I didn't have a chance to see any of the game on Friday but we lost 5-1 and that's all I need to know that something was off. From reading GPL, which I am addicted to, I hear Kyle Okposo isn't doing anything. Obviously Jeff Frazee is nothing but an object standing in the middle of the net. Actully I have no clue if that's true I'm just making asumptions. Well we are also off to our worst start in school history. Wow peaceful... I have so much faith in the Gophers now... I really shouldn't say that because eventully, yes I know it's hard to wait, we will hit our stride. Hopefully it comes before we face Wisconsin and North Dakota so we can beat them and shut those obnoxious fans up. Actully no the most obnoxious fans are St.Cloud fans. Don't believe me? Take for instance last season when the Gophers made their first trip up to St.Cloud... the fans threw batteries yes BATTERIES on the Ice at the Gophers. That's worse than the dead Gophers and such... That could actully hurt someone. Honestly no class at ALL! But hopefully the St.Cloud fans will shut up because they lost to UAA this weekend... man and they have lash... Darn... Anyways I saw the third period sunday and it was a train wreck. I couldn't watch it anymore. I mean for god sake we have no power play what so ever! Nothing NADA!!!!!! We give Denver the easiest goal to stop a short handed goal and you can't blame it on Kangas. The Gophers just don't play hockey in their own zone! Not only that but they can't play 60 minutes of hockey and it's disapointing. We play a home and home series with Mankato this weekend. Hopefully the Gophers can hit their stride now and actully score more than 1 goal a game. Until then... GO GOPHERS!!!

Friday Night VS Denver
First Period Scoring:
DU: Rhett Rakhshani Patrick Mullen/Jesse Martin

First Period Penalties
DU Matt Glasser umm not sure it says Fm...
Cody Brookwell Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Kyle Ostrow Hooking
MINN Ryan Flynn Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Stu Bickel Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Mike Hoeffel Hooking

Second Period Scoring
DU Tyler Ruegsegger Brock Trotter/Tyler Bozak
Tyler Ruegsegegger Anthony Maiani/ Rhett Rakhshani

Second Period Penalties
DU Chris Butler Interference
Patrick Mullen Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Matt Glasser Charging
MINN Cade Fairchild Tripping
Evan Kaufmann Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Tom Pohl Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Tony Lucia Hooking
Kyle Okposo Hooking
TEAM Too Many on Ice

Thir Period Scoring
DU Brock Trotter Rhett Rakhshani/Anthony Maiani
Tyler Bozack Brock Trotter/ Patrick Mullen
MINN Ryna Flynn Ben Gordon/ Derek Peltier

Third Period Penalties
DU J.P. Testwuide Slashing
J.P. Teshwuide Roughing
Jesse Martin Roughing
Jesse Martin Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Jesse Martin Game Misconduct
Brock Trotter Roughing
Tyler Bozak Roughing
MINN Mike Hoeffel Cross-Checking
Blake Wheeler Roughing
Stu Bickel Roughing
Stu Bickel Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Stu Bickel Game Misconduct
Kevin Wehrs Roughing
R.J. Anderson Roughing
Justin Bostrom Roughing

Saves
Jeff Frazee 23 Saves
Peter Mannino 36 saves

Three stars
1.Rhett Rakhshani
2.Tyler Bozak
3. Peter Mannino

Think maybe part of our problem was we were in the box the whole night!?

Sunday VS Denver
First Period Scoring
MINN Blake Wheeler Evan Kaufmann/Tony Lucia
DU Tyler Bozak Brock Trotter
Rhett Rakhshani Brock Trotter

First Period Penalties
DU J.P. Testwuide Hooking
Andrew Thomas Tripping
John Ryder Roughing
Rhett Rakhshani Hooking
MINN Evan Kaufmann Roughing
Tony Lucia Tripping
Ben Gordon Holding the stick... haha

Second Period Scoring
NONE

Second Period Penalties
DU Brock Trotter Roughing
Anthony Maiani Roughing
Dustin Jackson Roughing
Andrew Thomas Cross-Checking
MINN Stu Bickel Elbowing
R.J. Anderson Roughing
Derek Peltier Roughing
Blake Wheeler Hooking
Tony Lucia Ostruction... that's it... probley holding/hooking

Third Period Scoring
Tyler Bozak -
Tyler Bozak -

Thir Period Penalties
Tom May Checking from behind
Tom May Game Misconduct
Brian Gifford Hooking

Saves
Alex Kangas 19 saves
Peter Mannino 32 saves

Three stars
1. Tyker Bozak
2. Peter Mannino
3. Brock Trotter