UNO and St. Cloud skate to 2-2 tie

Mavs and Huskies tied 2-2 after two

St. Cloud returned the favor late in the second and scored with just a minute left to tie it 2-2. A perfect pass from Broadhurst to White coming down the slot got UNO the 2-1 lead.

Saint Cloud and UNO tied 1-1 after one

Huskies give up a killer goal with under 10 seconds remaining in the period. Montpetit was allowed to skate in on the near faceoff dot and fired a shot that beat Faragher low on the stick side.

St. Cloud is outshooting the Mavs 12-6 but I counted UNO as having an advantage in scoring chances in the first, 5-4. Belfour looking good so far. Like last night, unable to sustain much offensive zone time in the first period.

Lines for this Afternoon vs. Saint Cloud St.

Broadhurst,Hudson,White
Walters, Montpetit, Raubenheimer
Searfoss, Megna ,Archibald
Zombo, Gwidt, Simonson

Defensive Pairings -
Megna, Sustr
Young, Aneloski
Smith,Ensign

Dayn Belfour getting the start in goal 2-1 2.82 GAA .897 Sv%

UNO wins 4-3

Weathered a little bit of a storm in the middle of the period but came out with the victory. Hudson may have had the strongest game of his season. Broadhurst another two goals, almost had a hat trick but couldn't quite get the puck in a good position from White on the empty net.

Massa had to be good at times and was. Seemed like there was a little trouble when defensemen would try to start the break out from behind the UNO net. A little indecision often led to a Saint Cloud player forcing the issue and often forcing turnovers.

Interesting to see how an afternoon game goes tomorrow.

Mavs lead 3-2 after two periods

The play has remained free-flowing but the goals finally came that period. UNO got on the board with three and St. Cloud had one sick goal from Pittsburgh Penguins draft pick Ben Hanowski.

The Mavs have started to pull away in both shots and scoring chances. Both teams more than doubled their shot output that period and UNO now leads 22-16 in shots. By my count the Mavs had 6 scoring chances that period and the Huskies 3.

Both goalies saved their teams that period, Massa had a gloves save from point blank ranged and Faragher got across on a rebound and kicked a leg right just before puck got to the goal line. Hanowski's goal and Faragher's save, the two best I've seen this year.

St. Cloud State leads 1-0 after First

As expected from these two teams there was a lot of free flowing action, however, it produced little in the way of offense. Saint Cloud has the only goal and the two teams only combined for 12 total shots. UNO leads in shots 7-5. Two of those shots came on the PK and three others came in the last minute of the period.

Thus, not much to show for on the offensive side of the ice. Saint Cloud is sustaining much more offensive zone time. Hard to say which of the goalies looks better, neither has had much of a test. Massa had no chance on the goal scored against him, however, had he controlled the rebound it would have eliminated that chance.

Matt White three shots in the period.

Lines for Tonight vs. St. Cloud St.

Broadhurst,Hudson,White
Walters, Montpetit, Raubenheimer
Searfoss, Megna, Archibald
Polk, Gwidt, Simonson

Defensive Pairings
Megna, Sustr
Young, Aneloski
Turgeon,O'Rourke
Ryan Massa getting the start in goal

CC wins 5-2

Mavs tie it but a bouncing puck on the power play gets CC the lead then two empty netters finishes it. UNO 47 shots in the game, CC 26. Not the result the Mavs were looking for but UNO does split with the #2 team in the country.

Massa played a good game in his first home start. Lot of posts, lot of sick saves by Thorimbert.

3 Stars of the game...

3. Walters
2. Rylan Schwartz (CC)
1. Jaden Schwartz (CC)

Colorado College leads 2-1 after 2

Tigers get 2 power play goals, Mavs get a 4 on 4 goal. Story of the game is quickly becoming how CC converted on their power plays UNO has not. In that period alone the Mavs outshot the Tigers 24-6 and now lead in shots 34-18.

UNO also had 5 power plays and 14 shots on the pp. Though the puck isn't going in, perhaps the 10 minutes of penalty kill time will have worn down the Tigers in the third.

Defense playing much more solidly than last night and offense getting a ton more scoring chances, just not finding the back of the net.

UNO and CC tied at 0-0 after 1 period

Pretty even period there. Both teams had moments where they carried the play. The Mavs started with the push, CC had their own with 2 power plays in the middle of the period then UNO started to find a rhythm near the end.

Shots are 10-8 CC but at least four of those came on the power play. Ryan Massa is looking strong in goal. Showed some good glove work and saved a few deflections.

When the second period starts, UNO will have a 5 on 3 for 43 seconds.

Tigers 3 Goal Second Period

UNO scores to make it 4-1 1:52 into the second then 3 goals in a matter of 2 mins and 1 second by Colorado College tie it at 4-4 before period ends. When third period starts the Tigers still have 1:10 of power play time.

A lot of chances for UNO in the second and a lot of missed nets. Only 5 shots on goal in the period, CC with 11. Two of the three Tiger goals came on wide open slap shots with no defense in front. Third was a slap shot that rebounded out to the left and a wide open net. In the first and to start the second UNO looked like the much faster team. Is that starting to catch up with them? Was too much energy spent in the first two periods? Did the Mavs come out too amped to play #2? The defense did not get back quick enough on either of the CC slap shot goals.

3-1 Mavs after 1 Period

UNO even strength, power play and short handed goal (Broadhurst, Jayson Megna, Matt White)
CC power play goal (Omaha native Nick Dineen)

White misses on a mini breakaway and Broadhurst puts a shot just above the cross bar with a few steps on the D man just seconds in. Could be a lot worse for CC. For the first 15 minutes UNO just looked a lot faster, last 5 CC seemed to settle down a little. UNO still carried the play.

UNO vs. #2

First time since Jan 1, 2010 that UNO is playing a #2 team, that day...0-7 loss at Denver

Friday vs. #2 Colorado College

Lines for tonight- Broadhurst, Hudson, Searfoss - Walters, Montpetit, White - Gwidt, Megna, Archibald - Polk, Zombo, Raubenheimer

Lines for tonight- Broadhurst, Hudson, Searfoss - Walters, Montpetit, White - Gwidt, Megna, Archibald - Polk, Zombo, Raubenheimer

Brock Montpetit

Montpetit was practicing yesterday but he was wearing the "orange" jersey. Unsure if we'll be seeing him against Colorado College. Chances are, if he can go, he will. CC is #3 in the country, and one of the picks to win the WCHA.