From DU Website
DENVER – Kyle Ostrow (Calgary, Alberta) and Tyler Ruegsegger (Lakewood, Colo.) each recorded a goal and an assist to lead the No. 6/7 Denver Pioneers to a 5-1 victory over No. 17 University of Minnesota Duluth tonight before 6,048 fans at Magness Arena. Brock Trotter (Brandon, Manitoba), Anthony Maiani (Shelby Township, Mich.) and Brandon Vossberg (St. Paul, Minn.) also scored for the Pioneers, while senior goaltender Peter Mannino (Farmington Hills, Mich.) recorded 22 saves to earn the victory in net.
DU improves to 4-1-0 with the win, while UMD falls to 3-1-1.
“The score tonight was pretty misleading. It probably indicates that one team was more dominant than the other, which wasn’t true at all,” Denver head coach George Gwozdecky said. “We were very fortunate to get some outstanding goaltending from Peter Mannino.”
The Pioneers outshot the Bulldogs by a 9-4 margin during a scoreless first period.
Trotter opened the scoring after taking a cross-ice feed from Ostrow and burying a shot to UMD netminder Alex Stalock’s (25 saves) stick side at the 1:59 mark of the second period. UMD’s Jordan Fulton evened the game 42 seconds later.
Maiani then gave DU a 2-1 advantage at the 6:40 mark of the middle frame when he one-timed a Ruegsegger feed into the upper-right corner of the UMD goal. The Pioneers took a two-goal lead when an Ostrow shot was stopped by Stalock, but redirected off a UMD defender’s skate and trickled into the net at 11:39.
Vossberg and Ruegsegger added late third-period tallies at 17:58 and 18:47, respectively, to round out the scoring.
DU outshot UMD by a 30-23 margin. The Pioneers finished 1-for-6 on the power play, while the Bulldogs were held scoreless in five attempts.
The teams will meet again on Saturday at Magness Arena to finish off the weekend series. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:07 p.m. MT.
Notes: Tonight marked the 60th consecutive regular-season sellout at Magness Arena...The Pioneers have outscored their opponents 16-7 this season, while scoring the first goal in all five games...DU is 4-0 when holding opponents to one goal or less...The Pioneers held UMD without a power-play goal tonight, marking the first time since the season opener against Maine that DU has kept its opposition off the scoreboard with a man advantage.
DENVER – Kyle Ostrow (Calgary, Alberta) and Tyler Ruegsegger (Lakewood, Colo.) each recorded a goal and an assist to lead the No. 6/7 Denver Pioneers to a 5-1 victory over No. 17 University of Minnesota Duluth tonight before 6,048 fans at Magness Arena. Brock Trotter (Brandon, Manitoba), Anthony Maiani (Shelby Township, Mich.) and Brandon Vossberg (St. Paul, Minn.) also scored for the Pioneers, while senior goaltender Peter Mannino (Farmington Hills, Mich.) recorded 22 saves to earn the victory in net.
DU improves to 4-1-0 with the win, while UMD falls to 3-1-1.
“The score tonight was pretty misleading. It probably indicates that one team was more dominant than the other, which wasn’t true at all,” Denver head coach George Gwozdecky said. “We were very fortunate to get some outstanding goaltending from Peter Mannino.”
The Pioneers outshot the Bulldogs by a 9-4 margin during a scoreless first period.
Trotter opened the scoring after taking a cross-ice feed from Ostrow and burying a shot to UMD netminder Alex Stalock’s (25 saves) stick side at the 1:59 mark of the second period. UMD’s Jordan Fulton evened the game 42 seconds later.
Maiani then gave DU a 2-1 advantage at the 6:40 mark of the middle frame when he one-timed a Ruegsegger feed into the upper-right corner of the UMD goal. The Pioneers took a two-goal lead when an Ostrow shot was stopped by Stalock, but redirected off a UMD defender’s skate and trickled into the net at 11:39.
Vossberg and Ruegsegger added late third-period tallies at 17:58 and 18:47, respectively, to round out the scoring.
DU outshot UMD by a 30-23 margin. The Pioneers finished 1-for-6 on the power play, while the Bulldogs were held scoreless in five attempts.
The teams will meet again on Saturday at Magness Arena to finish off the weekend series. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:07 p.m. MT.
Notes: Tonight marked the 60th consecutive regular-season sellout at Magness Arena...The Pioneers have outscored their opponents 16-7 this season, while scoring the first goal in all five games...DU is 4-0 when holding opponents to one goal or less...The Pioneers held UMD without a power-play goal tonight, marking the first time since the season opener against Maine that DU has kept its opposition off the scoreboard with a man advantage.
3 comments:
Hi, love the blog, great work.
I'm curious, I was at last night's game, and you say it was the 60th consecutive sellout ... but the place was nowhere near full, and a woman sitting in front of me remarked how much she loved DU because she walked up to the ticket window to buy tickets before the game and they told her "no charge" and gave them to her, she was very happy.
What's up with that?
I think it's great, but how is that a sellout?
Chase,
Glad you like the Blog.
I've spoken to the Athletic Department about this issue in the past. DU considers it a sellout if they sell "almost" all the tickets.
Tickets are returned unsold by the opposing team at the last minute and alums will also donate unused tickets back to the school.
Also in the WCHA many season ticket holders are only "Friday" or "Saturday" users. Obviously this causes an imbalance of single game tickets available.
Finally, there are often tickets available around the arena and the students aren't always in school over the Christmas & Springs breaks.
The long and the short of it is that DU considers "sellouts" to be a marketing tool. Most of the tickets have been sold but this weekend many were watching the Rockies.
Gotcha, thanks! Go Pios.
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