Tonight it looked as if the Fighting Sioux found another gear that seemed to be missing from last weekend's series. The Sioux put on a stingy defensive effort to shut out the always though and defensive minded Michigan Tech Huskies. It was half way through the game before the Huskies recorded a single shot on the Fighting Sioux goal.
Tonight also saw the return of two key player that had been injured in previous series. Returning players Chay Genoway and T.J. Oshie were instrumental in leading the Fighting Sioux to a key victory in the first round of the WCHA playoffs against the Michigan Tech Huskies. It was apparent by his body language that Oshie played the entire game in a great deal of pain but his his goal and assist probably did ease some of his pain or at least make it more bearable. In case anyone is counting make that 14 goals for Oshie on the season, who in my opinion is the Player of the Year in the WCHA in my opinion. Call me a homer, or clouded by my kelly green goggles but his worth to this team is priceless...
Zach Jones is a goon?
After going 23 games with out a taking a single penalty, Zach Jones made up for it by taking 3 minor penalties on the evening. Ironically Zach had played penalty free hockey since November 11th; the second game of the November series against the Wisconsin Badgers where he had picked up 14 minutes in penalties. That in it self is an impressive feat due to the fact that Jones is know for being a very physical player.
Read the whole article by Virg FossGRAND FORKS, N.D. — Michigan Tech hockey coach looked up at the scoreboard over Ralph Engelstad Arena after one period tonight and didn't like what he saw, for several reasons.
Not only did his Huskies trail 1-0 in the opening game of the Best-of-3 WCHA playoffs, but the scoreboard showed his Huskies being outshot 14-0.
"To be honest with you, I thought the person doing the shot chart was on crack tonight," Russell said. "It was definitely out to lunch. You can print that, too."
It really didn't matter much as a strong performance by the Sioux led to a 4-0 victory and stretched their school-record and nation-best unbeaten streak to 18 games (15-0-3).
A power-play goal by last year's Hobey Baker Award winner Ryan Duncan at 5:25 of the first period was all the offense the Sioux would need. Senior goalie Jean-Philippe Lamoureux posted a 14-save shutout for his sixth blanking of the season
Box Score
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1st Period (20:00)
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MTU-1 Tyler Shelast (2-Slashing) NDK 1x1 3:26
NDK 1 - 0 6x5 PP GW LL Ryan Duncan (14) (T.J. Oshie, Chay Genoway) 5:25
NDK: 16,7,5,29,4,G1 MTU: 13,28,8,5,G29
NDK-1 Zach Jones (2-Tripping) MTU 0x1 6:05
MTU-2 Malcolm Gwilliam (2-Hooking) NDK 1x2 9:04
MTU-3 John Schwarz (2-Cross-Checking) NDK 1x3 11:33
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2nd Period (20:00)
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MTU-4 Drew Dobson (2-Hooking) NDK 1x4 0:36
NDK-2 Zach Jones (2-Interference) MTU 0x2 3:17
MTU-5 Jordan Foote (2-Holding) NDK 1x5 6:01
NDK 2 - 0 6x6 T.J. Oshie (15) (Ryan Duncan, Chris VandeVelde) 8:21
NDK (+): 7,16,29,4,6,G1 MTU (-): 11,22,16,12,10,G29
NDK 3 - 0 6x6 Darcy Zajac (2) (Jake Marto, Chay Genoway) 9:10
NDK (+): 11,25,2,5,22,G1 MTU (-): 28,13,25,21,5,G29
NDK-3 Matt Watkins (2-Interference) MTU 0x3 9:58
NDK-4 Rylan Kaip (2-Interference) MTU 0x4 19:21
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3rd Period (20:00)
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NDK-5 Zach Jones (2-Tripping) MTU 0x5 2:00
MTU-6 John Schwarz (2-Holding) NDK 2x6 5:18
NDK 4 - 0 6x5 PP Andrew Kozek (16) (Brad Miller, Ryan Martens) 6:58
NDK: 10,14,8,2,5,G1 MTU: 11,4,8,14,G29
NDK-6 Rylan Kaip (2-Roughing) MTU 0x6 14:59
NDK-7 Joe Finley (2-Roughing) 20:00
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End of Game
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