Gophers and Huskies (game preview)

First off Goon's world wishes Gophers senior forward Tom Pohl a speedy recovery; also I would ask that we keep both Pohl and Mavericks forward Jason Wiley in our thoughts and prayers. Both players need our moral support at this tough time. First off Hockey is a game and we never want to see opposition players hurt and or injured. We are human beings and not combatants.


Since October 2005 the SCSU Huskies have a impressive record of 5-1-3 against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. That stat probably means nothing tomorrow night other the Gophers haven't beat the Huskies in 2 1/5 years. This should be a competative game from the drop of the first puck to the last wistle. Both teams have good goaltenders that have put up some pretty impressive numbers as of late. Jase Weloski shut out the Wisconsin Badgers 3-0 on 3-14-2008 and Alex Kangas was the difference in the Gophers series against Minnesota State Mankato.

Offensively the Huskies are lead by

R. Lasch 25-26-51
G. Roe 18-26-44
A. Nodl 18-26-44
J. Swanson 8-14-22
N. Dey 10-11-21

In goal the Huskies are lead by

Jase Weslosky 16-11-2 2.09




If you look at the stats offensively for both teams it would appear that the Huskies are going to run the Golden Gophers out of the Xcel Energy Center. The offensive minded SCSU Huskies are lead by a powerful trio of players; Nodl, Lasch, Roe. On the other side of the ice the offensively challenged Gophers have Wheeler and Ben Gordon.

So how big a difference is there in the offensive numbers? Minnesota is scoring an anemic 2.46 goals a game; however, SCSU isn't doing all that much better averaging 3.03 goals a game.

Offensively the Gophers are lead by

B. Wheeler 15-18-33
B. Gordon 14-14-28
J. Barriball 6-14-20
M. Howe 5-13-18
D. Peltier 4-14-18

In Net the Gophers are led by

Alex Kangas 10-8-9 1.95
Jeff "Long Island" Frazee 6-7-0 2.93

Prediction SCSU wins the game 3-1. Frankly I wouldn't be surprised if the Gophers lose the rest of their hockey games this season.