Gophers earn much needed sweep against Wayne State

After the dissapointing Dodg Holiday Classic the Gophers came out full speed in order to sweep the Wayne Sate Warriors. With Final scores of 5-1 and 5-2 the Gophers could breathe just a little bit easier. Out of the 10 goals scored this weekend 3 were Power Play goals and one was a short handed goal. Over all I though the weekend was great. I thought was really stepped up our play and played hard. I also liked seeing Brent Solei play. He's a great goaltender and I'm glad he was rewarded. I also thought his team played much better in front of him than any other goalie. Kangas had a great night to. I prefer Kangas and Solei any night over Jeff Frazee. He just doesn't have it this year.

Firday Night VS WAyne Sate

First Period Scoring
NONE

First Period Penalties
WS Jordan Inglis Tripping

MINN Tom Phol Holding
Blake Wheeler Charging

Second Period Scoring
MINN Blake Wheeler Tom Pohl/Derek Peltier
Ben Gordon Derek Peltier

WS Jared Katz Ryan Benard

Second Period Penalties
MINN David Fischer Slashing
Blake Wheeler Slashing

WS Taylor Michel Tripping
Matt Krug Slashing

Third Period Scoring
MINN Evan Kaufmann Justin Bostrom/Mike Hoeffel
R.J. Anderson Evan Kaufmann/Patrick White
Patrick White Mike Howe/Mike Hoeffel

Third Period Penalties
MINN Stu Bickel Cross-Checking

WS Kyle Richardson Interference

Saves
Brent Solei 28 Saves
Kyle Funkenhauser 36 Saves
Mike Devoney 10 Saves

Three Stars
1. Brent Solei
2. Evan Kaufmann
3. Patrick White

Saturday VS Wayne State
First Period Scoring
MINN Mike Hoeffel Jay Barriball/David Fischer
Blake Wheeler David Fischer/Kevin Wehrs

First Period Penalties
WS Starvos Paskatis Hooking
Dylan Exton Tripping

MINN Stu Bickel High Sticking
Ben Gordon Tripping

Second Period Scoring
Derek Peltier Evan Kaufmann
Evan Kaufmann Ben Gordon/R.J. Anderson

Second Period Penalties
MINN Ben Gordon Cross-Checking
David Fischer Interference
Stu Bickel Roughing

WS Jordan Inglis roughing
Matt Krug Holding
Chris Kushneriuk Interference

Third Period Scoring
WS Mike Forgie Jeff Caister/Brock Meadows
Jordan Inglis -

MINN Tony Lucia R.J. Anderson

Third Period Penalties
WS Ryan Bernardi Elbowing

MINN Drew Fischer Holding

Saves
Alex Kangas 24 Saves
Brett Bothwell 9 Saves
Mike Devoney 16 Saves

Three Stars
1. Evan Kaufmann
2. Derek Peltier
3. R.J. Anderson