Gophers return to action, take 3rd in Dodge Holiday Classic

The Gophers returned to play in the dodge holiday classic a couple weeks ago. It was the start of the second half and the play off puch, and the end of another year. The Gophers took on RIT on friday night and lost with a final score of 4-3. The Gophers then played on Saturday in the third place game against Air Force. The final score was 2-2. Although the game went into a shoot out, NCAA rules state the game amounts as a tie. The Gophers took third place winning the shoot out. It was the first shoot out in Gopher history. Evan Kaufmann and Jay Barriball noched the two goals for the Gophers.

Friday VS RIT
First Period Scoring

MINN Blake Wheeler Ben Gordon/Derek Peltier

First PEriod Penalties

RIT Mike Janda Hooking

Second Period Scoring

RIT Mike Janda Justin Hofstette/Tyler Mazzei
Sean Murphy Dan Rungwald/Brent Patry
Matt Smith Ricky Walton

MINN R.J. Anderson Drew Fischer
Jay Barriball Blake Wheeler/Ben Gordon

Second Period Penalties
RIT Sean Murphy Tripping

Third Period Scoring
RIT Matt Smith Dan Ringwald/Sean Murphy

Third Period Penalties
MINN Jay Barriball Hooking

RIT Andrew Favot Tripping
Bobby Raymond Tripping

Saves
Jeff Frazee 27 Saves
Louis Menard 32 Saves

Three Stars
1.Matt Smith
2. Sean Murphy
3. Blake Wheeler

Saturday Vs Air Force *2-2*
AF Brent Olson Jeff Hajner/Matt Fairchild

First Period Penalties
MINN Stu Bickel Holding The Stick

AF Jeff Hajner Tripping

Second Period scoring
MINN Ben Gordon Blake Wheeler/Jay Barriball

Second Period Penalties
MINN Drew Fisher Interference

AF Scott Kozlak Interference

Third Period Scoring
MINN Tom Pohl Drew Fisher/R.J. Anderson

AF Brent Olson Greg Flynn/Michael Mayra

Third Period Penalties
NONE

SHOOT OUT***
AF-Jeff Hajner-MISSED
MINN-Evan Kaufmann-MADE
AF-Brent Olson-MISSED
MINN-Ben Gordon-MISSED
AF-Eric Ehn-MISSED
MINN-Jay Barriball-MADE
AF-Mike Phillipich-MISSED

Saves
Alex Kangas 30 Saves
Andrew Volkening 33 Saves

Three Stars
1. Brent Olson
2. Tom Pohl
3. Ben Gordon