Beavers 6 Minnesota 2

Last week a few people had issues with me for not saying anything about the Beavers being ranked so high after I took the pollsters to task last season for having Air Force Academy ranked so high. I actually wanted to wait till after this weekend’s series with the Gophers before I commented. Not that it mattered but I didn’t think any comment was needed on the BSU Beavers, because I thought that BSU had proved themselves last season by taking out Notre Dame and Cornell during the 2009 NCAA playoffs, the Beavers started the started the season going 7-0-1 and now with the split with the Gophers sit at 8-1-1.

Of course there are a few pundits that will still say that BSU is a overrated team and the CHA is a joke but they sure have taken it to the AHA this season with a 4-0 record against them. Ironically, the WCHA has a 1-2 record against the CHA as well. Both Minnesota and the big lumbering team from UAA lost to CHA teams.

On to next week's rankings

So here we are; the Beavers will probably be ranked in the top ten this week again. The Beavers completed the mission and were successful by going into Mariucci Arena and getting a split with the Gophers. The Beavers also broke a 0-7 record against the Gophers by getting a win on the Gophers turf. So the question is; are the Beavers for real or are the Gophers a bad team? I think you could say both. The Beaves have come a very long way from the days of the late 1990's.

[Box Score]
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1st Period (20:00)
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BMJ 1 - 0 6x6 LL Shea Walters (1) (unassisted) 8:02
BMJ (+): 11,15,20,4,3,G35 MIN (-): 12,7,24,10,20,G33
MIN-1 Kevin Wehrs (2-Checking from Behind) BMJ 0x1 9:50
BMJ-1 Jamie MacQueen (2-Boarding) MIN 0x1 13:36
BMJ 2 - 0 6x6 Matt Read (8) (Jordan George) 19:10
BMJ (+): 19,28,8,9,22,G35 MIN (-): 13,19,11,10,28,G33
BMJ-2 Chris McKelvie (2-Goaltender Interference) MIN 0x2 20:00

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2nd Period (20:00)
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BMJ-3 Jamie MacQueen (2-Tripping) MIN 1x3 8:09
MIN 1 - 2 6x5 PP Jordan Schroeder (2) (Aaron Ness, Cade Fairchild) 9:19
MIN: 19,10,28,11,13,G35 BMJ: 26,8,29,23,G35
MIN-2 Zach Budish (5-Checking from Behind) BMJ 1x3 13:50
MIN-3 Zach Budish (10-Game Misconduct) (Served by Jake Hansen) 13:50
BMJ 3 - 1 6x5 PP GW Jamie MacQueen (2) (Brady Wacker, Chris Peluso) 16:11
BMJ: 17,25,9,20,26,G35 MIN: 2,27,15,11,G35
BMJ-4 Chris Peluso (2-Hooking) MIN 1x4 18:07
MIN-4 Jordan Schroeder (2-Cross-Checking) BMJ 2x4 19:59

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3rd Period (20:00)
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BMJ 4 - 1 6x5 PP Brad Hunt (2) (Shea Walters, Jordan George) 1:38
BMJ: 29,11,28,22,19,G35 MIN: 15,11,20,28,G35
BMJ 5 - 1 6x6 Jamie MacQueen (3) (unassisted) 1:52
BMJ (+): 17,23,4,3,26,G35 MIN (-): 12,7,21,2,4,G35
BMJ 6 - 1 6x6 Aaron McLeod (2) (Brad Hunt, Jake Areshenko) 3:04
BMJ (+): 14,29,8,6,16,G35 MIN (-): 27,16,9,23,28,G35
BMJ-5 Ian Lowe (2-Hooking) MIN 2x5 6:54
MIN 2 - 6 6x5 PP Jake Hansen (1) (Kevin Wehrs, Tony Lucia) 8:36
MIN: 21,2,12,7,16,G33 BMJ: 29,6,8,16,G35
BMJ-6 Ryan Cramer (2-Elbowing) MIN 2x6 9:42
MIN-5 Taylor Matson (2-Hooking) BMJ 2x5 18:40

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End of Game
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