Photo by Candace HorganFrom DU Website
Senior netminder Peter Mannino (Farmington Hills, Mich.) stopped 26 shots to record his 13th career shutout, tying him with Gerry Powers for first place on DU’s career shutout list, as the No. 3 Denver Pioneers (15-4-0) posted a 5-0 victory over Sacred Heart University (6-7-2) Friday night before 6,031 fans at Magness Arena.
Brock Trotter (Brandon, Manitoba) tallied a goal and two assists and Patrick Mullen (Pittsburgh, Pa.) added a goal and one helper as DU extended its winning streak to five games and advanced to the title game of the 2007 Wells Fargo Denver Cup. Denver will face Dartmouth College tomorrow in the championship game after the Big Green defeated Northern Michigan University by a 4-1 count in the tournament opener.
“Peter Mannino was very sharp tonight. He gave us the chance to take the lead and build on it,” Denver head coach George Gwozdecky said. “In the second period we played really well and were very opportunistic.”
Freshman defenseman John Ryder (Colorado Springs, Colo.) opened the game’s scoring with his first collegiate goal. Ryder put a low shot from the point past Sacred Heart goaltender Stefan Drew (25 saves) at the 14:57 mark of the opening frame.
Senior forward Tom May (Eagan, Minn.) then gave Denver a 2-0 lead heading into the first intermission when he notched his fourth goal of the season at 17:30.
DU added a trio of goals in the middle stanza, as Trotter scored on a wrist shot 57 seconds into the period, Mullen one-timed a touch pass from Brandon Vossberg (St. Paul, Minn.) at 14:37 and Andrew Thomas (Bow, N.H.) added a power-play tally at 19:40.
DU outshot Sacred Heart by a 30-26 margin and went 1-for-5 on the power play while holding the visitors scoreless in six chances.
In earlier action at Magness Arena, Dartmouth and Northern Michigan battled to a 1-1 stalemate after 20 minutes of play, but Dartmouth rallied off three unanswered goals en route to a 4-1 victory in the opening game of the 2007 Wells Fargo Denver Cup.
Dartmouth senior netminder Mike Devine stopped 37-of-38 shots to lead the Big Green, while Joe Gaudet, J.T. Wyman, Matt Reber and Nick Johnson recorded a goal apiece.
Notes: Sophomore forward Matt Glasser (Calgary, Alberta) earned his first collegiate point when he assisted on Ryder’s first period tally...DU played the game without Tyler Ruegsegger (Lakewood, Colorado) and Rhett Rakhshani (Huntington Beach, Calif.), both of whom are representing Team USA at the IIHF World Junior Championship in the Czech Republic...Rakhshani was the Most Valuable Player of the 2006 Wells Fargo Denver Cup...The Pioneers scored two first-period goals tonight after failing to score during the opening frame in six of their previous seven games.
The following link is Candace Horgan's recap at USCHO
Rocky Mountain News Recap by Pat Rooney
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Hey I'm In That Picture!
Once again Congrats to Peter Mannino for tying the all time record for shutouts. Best of luck to breaking the record.
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