(above) DU Captain Andrew Thomas puts the kibosh on UAA's Peter CartwrightFrom: USCHO.com & Anchorage Daily News
The powers that be at USA Hockey must be happy after the last two Saturday games by the No. 4 Denver Pioneers.
Pioneers’ Tyler Ruegsegger and Rhett Rakhshani were named to the U.S. National Junior Team. Last week, Rakhshani scored a hat trick to lead the Pioneers past St. Cloud State. Tonight, Ruegsegger had a career high five-point night and Brock Trotter and Tyler Bozak each scored two goals as the Pioneers crushed the Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves 6-2, getting their third WCHA series road sweep of the season. The win moved the Pioneers into a first place tie in the WCHA.
The Pioneers spotted the Seawolves a 2-0 lead in the first five minutes of the first period. Jared Tuton pushed in a rebound at 3:30 and Kevin Clark scored moments later at 4:46.
Trailing 2-0 going into the second, the Pioneers stormed back with four goals. Ostrow got the Pioneers on the board at 4:09. Tyler Bozak buried a pretty Ruegsegger feed at 7:11 and Trotter gave the Pioneers the lead, scoring the last two goals of the period at 9:26 and 12:32.
Denver put the game out of reach with two additional goals in the final period. After Denver's fifth goal; UAA goaltender Jon Olthuis misplayed the puck behind his net, turned it over to Ruegsegger who fed Ostrow for a gimmee -- UAA coach Shyiak pulled Olthuis for an extra attacker with 13:49 left in the game. Ruegsegger completed his five-point night with a breakaway empty-net goal at 6:53. UAA outshot DU, 27-21, in the contest.
"They're a better club than us right now," Shyiak said. "They got life after the first and second goal. They converted on their chances. We stopped making plays in the second and third when there were plays there to be made."
The Pioneers return to action at the 16th annual Wells Fargo Denver Cup on Dec. 28-29, playing Sacred Heart the first night. Dartmouth and Northern Michigan are also in the tournament.
The powers that be at USA Hockey must be happy after the last two Saturday games by the No. 4 Denver Pioneers.
Pioneers’ Tyler Ruegsegger and Rhett Rakhshani were named to the U.S. National Junior Team. Last week, Rakhshani scored a hat trick to lead the Pioneers past St. Cloud State. Tonight, Ruegsegger had a career high five-point night and Brock Trotter and Tyler Bozak each scored two goals as the Pioneers crushed the Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves 6-2, getting their third WCHA series road sweep of the season. The win moved the Pioneers into a first place tie in the WCHA.
The Pioneers spotted the Seawolves a 2-0 lead in the first five minutes of the first period. Jared Tuton pushed in a rebound at 3:30 and Kevin Clark scored moments later at 4:46.
Trailing 2-0 going into the second, the Pioneers stormed back with four goals. Ostrow got the Pioneers on the board at 4:09. Tyler Bozak buried a pretty Ruegsegger feed at 7:11 and Trotter gave the Pioneers the lead, scoring the last two goals of the period at 9:26 and 12:32.
Denver put the game out of reach with two additional goals in the final period. After Denver's fifth goal; UAA goaltender Jon Olthuis misplayed the puck behind his net, turned it over to Ruegsegger who fed Ostrow for a gimmee -- UAA coach Shyiak pulled Olthuis for an extra attacker with 13:49 left in the game. Ruegsegger completed his five-point night with a breakaway empty-net goal at 6:53. UAA outshot DU, 27-21, in the contest.
"They're a better club than us right now," Shyiak said. "They got life after the first and second goal. They converted on their chances. We stopped making plays in the second and third when there were plays there to be made."
The Pioneers return to action at the 16th annual Wells Fargo Denver Cup on Dec. 28-29, playing Sacred Heart the first night. Dartmouth and Northern Michigan are also in the tournament.
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Another great weekend for the Pios! Two consecutive sweeps on the road against WCHA opponents is no small feat. Great momentum going into the holidays.
Hopefully the 2nd half of the season is just as good, if not better.......
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