UMD Wrapup
Ahh, I love Tech weekend. The Mitch's Misfits were out, with cowbells and horns, and were very loud. Of all the WCHA teams' fans I label them as the best. Other teams' fans may have more, but Tech's are loads better. The Techies cheer/chant all game long, not just when their team scores. They interact with the UMD Students. The sing more than just one verse of the "In heaven there is no beer" song.
As an aside, I really need to get up to Houghton for a UMD/Tech series one of these years. Sadly, it's never worked out due to money and/or other reasons.
Anyhow, on Friday UMD won 5-3 in come from behind fashion. I listened to the game on the radio and from the audio I got the impression that this was going to be the night were UMD's offense dried up and/or they ran into a hot goaltender and/or they had bad luck. Well, that was the case for two periods, the Dogs scored four times in the third to win it.
Saturday, UMD won 4-2. Snow hit Duluth, the "over the hill" parts anyhow, the canal area got rain. The DECC was pretty packed though. The game could have turned out differently, but Tech got whistled for a few penalties in a short time, and Justin Faulk scored twice on 5 on 3 advantages. Kenny Reiter played decently, but he certainly left a good amount of choice rebounds.
Both nights, UMD outshot the Huskies, which should be expected when you're at home. Both nights UMD grabbed power-play goals (Friday 1, Saturday 3).
This keeps UMD undefeated at home, 6-0, which is something you need to do if you have league championship aspirations.
Unnecessary Stats:
UMD 5 goals, Opponent 3: 9-0-0
UMD 4 goals, Opponent 2: 12-0-0
Games played on November 12th: 2-1-0
Games played on November 13th: 2-2-0
As an aside, I really need to get up to Houghton for a UMD/Tech series one of these years. Sadly, it's never worked out due to money and/or other reasons.
Anyhow, on Friday UMD won 5-3 in come from behind fashion. I listened to the game on the radio and from the audio I got the impression that this was going to be the night were UMD's offense dried up and/or they ran into a hot goaltender and/or they had bad luck. Well, that was the case for two periods, the Dogs scored four times in the third to win it.
Saturday, UMD won 4-2. Snow hit Duluth, the "over the hill" parts anyhow, the canal area got rain. The DECC was pretty packed though. The game could have turned out differently, but Tech got whistled for a few penalties in a short time, and Justin Faulk scored twice on 5 on 3 advantages. Kenny Reiter played decently, but he certainly left a good amount of choice rebounds.
Both nights, UMD outshot the Huskies, which should be expected when you're at home. Both nights UMD grabbed power-play goals (Friday 1, Saturday 3).
This keeps UMD undefeated at home, 6-0, which is something you need to do if you have league championship aspirations.
Unnecessary Stats:
UMD 5 goals, Opponent 3: 9-0-0
UMD 4 goals, Opponent 2: 12-0-0
Games played on November 12th: 2-1-0
Games played on November 13th: 2-2-0