Box ScorePerhaps this year's DU Hockey team should be renamed the Coyote's because they win, but its rarely pretty. They don't score many goals and when they do, its not the "tic-tac-toe" variety. All they do is win and win and win.
The latest victims were the UMass-Lowell Riverhawks who scored with 4.5 seconds left in the game to avoid being shut out. DU goalkeeper Glenn Fisher came within seconds of his third shutout of the season.
The latest victims were the UMass-Lowell Riverhawks who scored with 4.5 seconds left in the game to avoid being shut out. DU goalkeeper Glenn Fisher came within seconds of his third shutout of the season.
"It wasn't pretty, but we got the job done," DU head coach George Gwozdecky said. "Glenn has been terrific all season and he turned in another strong performance tonight. Rhett has a knack for making big plays and he delivered tonight. We're looking forward to a big series against Wisconsin next weekend."
DU won 2-1 over a team that Coach Gwozdecky called, "the best 3-11-5 team in the country." (Does that make us the worst 14-6-2 team?)
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The Coyote's rode the stellar goaltending of Fisher and used a big play from freshman Rhett Rakhshani to defeat Lowell and capture the 15th annual Wells Fargo Denver Cup. Fisher stopped 36 shots and Rakhshani set up the game-winning goal as the Pioneers remain unbeaten in their last six games (5-0-1) and improve to 14-6-2 overall.
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Junior Tom May staked DU to a 1-0 lead at 6:18 of the second period. May ripped a blast from the high slot past UMass Lowell goaltender Carter Hutton for his first goal of the season. The Pioneers held the 1-0 lead until Rakhshani's heroics in the third period. Rakhshani gloved an UMass Lowell clearing attempt at the River Hawks' blueline and ripped a twirling shot that produced a rebound for Geoff Paukovich to push past Hutton for a 2-0 lead at 12:43.
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UMass Lowell pulled Hutton and deflated Fisher's hopes of a shutout when Frank Stegnar scored at 19:55. UMass Lowell outshot DU 37-23.
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The Coyotes earned their 12th Wells Fargo Denver Cup championship and placed four members on the All-Tournament team. Rakhshani earned MVP honors and was joined on the All-Tournament team by Brock Trotter, Chris Butler and Paukovich. Mercyhurst goaltender Jordan Wakefield and UMass Lowell's Jeremy Dehner were also named to the six-member All-Tournament team.
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DU Lineup Vs. Lowell
Cook-Handza-Testwuide
Trotter-Dingle-Rakhshani
Mullen-Paukovich-Helgason
Gifford-Ruesegger-May
Veideman-Thomas
Fast-Seabrook
Butler-Brookwell
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Fisher
Cook-Handza-Testwuide
Trotter-Dingle-Rakhshani
Mullen-Paukovich-Helgason
Gifford-Ruesegger-May
Veideman-Thomas
Fast-Seabrook
Butler-Brookwell
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Fisher
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