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From: Anne Abicht <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 09:13:51 -0500
To: Tom Nelson <[log in to unmask]>, Kevin Allenspach
<[log in to unmask]>, Craig Dahl <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: WCHA All-Stars

>Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 18:24:44 -0500
>From: Doug Spencer <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: WCHA All-Stars
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>August 16, 2000
>
>WCHA All-Stars Stake Out 5-0 Victory over Lillehammer in First Game of
>Norway Tour 2000
>
>LILLEHAMMER, Norway - The WCHA All-Stars were a strong team at both ends of
>the ice here Wednesday (Aug. 16) night and as a result, came away with an
>impressive 5-0 shutout victory over the Lillehammer Hockey Club in the first
>of the three-game Norway Tour 2000.
>   The WCHA All-Stars outshot Lillehammer, 44-15, scored a power-play goal,
>and were successful in killing off all five of their hosts' power-play
>attempts.
>   Coached by George Gwozdecky, the team marked its third day in picturesque
>Norway with a 2 1/2 hour afternoon bus ride from Oslo to the same town that
>hosted the 1994 Winter Olympic Games - and were able to claim a win for the
>first time in the league's second run at international competition. The
>first-ever league all-star team, in 1998-99, went 0-2-1 at the Kolin Cup
>tournament in Zug, Switzerland.
>  Forward Mark Cullen capitalized first for the WCHA All-Star Team in an
>up-tempo first period - one that saw them outshoot Lillehammer by a
>commanding 16-3 margin - when he snapped a bullet over the shoulder of
>opposing goaltender Bengt Hoglund from 20 feet out with 12:51 elapsed. Jesse
>Rooney and Steve Cygan drew assists on the goal.
>  In the second period, the WCHA All-Stars kept up their furious pace,
>forechecking Lillehammer with great effectiveness and limiting their
>opponent's scoring chances again while scoring two more times themselves to
>stake out a 3-0 advantage. Forward Paul Cabana fired home the second goal
>with 7:57 elapsed, set up by winger Erik Westrum and defenseman Ben
>Christopherson, while blueliner Jud Stauss connected with 3:53 to go.
>   The final period saw the WCHA enjoy an 18-4 advantage in shots on goal,
>defenseman Jordan Leopold tally twice, and goaltender Graham Melanson
>preserve a well-deserved shutout. Leopold's first goal came off a feed from
>John Pohl with 4:15 elapsed while the second came on a power-play attempt
>with 10:40 gone by.
>  The WCHA All-Stars bussed back to Oslo after the game and will have a team
>practice session on Thursday followed by game two against Frisk (in Oslo) at
>7:00 pm local time.
>
>WCHA All-Stars 5 vs Lillehammer Hockey Club 0
>
>Game Rosters:
>WCHA All-Stars: 1 - Karl Goehring, G; 2 - Mat Snesrud, D; 3 - Jordan
>Leopold, D; 4 - Andy Rierson, D; 5 - Ben Christopherson, D; 7 - Erik
>Westrum, F; 8 - Jud Stauss, D; 9 - John Pohl, F; 10 - Bryan Lundbohm, F; 11
>- Paul Cabana, F; 12 - Alex Brooks (AC), D; 14 - Jesse Rooney, F; 15 - Mark
>Cullen, F; 16 - Jeff Dessner (AC), D; 17 - Bjorn Engstrom, F; 18 - Steve
>Cygan, D; 19 - Jeff Panzer (C), F; 20 - Mike Scott, F; 21 - Derek Derow, F;
>22 - Kelly Popadynetz, F; 23 - Mike Colgan, D; 30 - Graham Melanson, G; 35 -
>Scott Meyer, G. Not Dressed: 6 - Tyler Arnason, F.
>
>Lillehammer: 1 - Bengt Hoglund, G; 4 - Anders Hage, D; 6 - Niklas Nordqvist,
>D; 7 - Lars Moe; 9 - Morien Strangstad (C), F; 12 - Ola Jollainvessen; 13 -
>Magnus Schantz; 14 - Jon Erik Olsen; 15 - Marius Odne; 16 - Ole Morten
>Magnussen; 18 - Knut Henrik Spetz; 19 - Dan Remi Tangnes; 20 - Marius
>Koldre; 21 - Ronny Reichenberg, F; 24 - Per Olav Skarpjordet (AC); 26 -
>Niklas Silen, ; 27 - Svein Magnus Melgaard; 37 - Tommy Andersen, F;  33 -
>Pal Tyrom, G; 72 - Erik Haugom; 77 - Timo Laituri (AC).
>
>Scoring and Penalty Summary
>First Period: PEN 1 - WCHA, Jesse Rooney (2-roughing), 8:16; PEN 2 - LHC,
>Marius Odne (2-roughing), 8:16; PEN 3  - LHC, Niklas Nordqvist (2-roughing),
>9:37; GOAL 1 - WCHA, Mark Cullen (Jesse Rooney, Steve Cygan), 12:51; PEN 4 -
>WCHA, Alex Brooks (2-holding), 15:20.
>
>Second Period: GOAL 2 - WCHA, Paul Cabana (Erik Westrum, Ben
>Christopherson), 7:57; PEN 5 - WCHA, Jeff Dessner (2-interference), 13:46;
>GOAL 3 - WCHA, Jud Stauss (unassisted), 16:07; P6 WCHA - Mark Cullen
>(2-hooking), 16:27; PEN 7 - WCHA, Alex Brooks (2-roughing), 18:38; PEN 8 -
>LHC, Jon Erik Olsen (2- roughing), 18:38; PEN 9 - LHC, Marius Koldre
>(2-tripping), 19:06.
>
>Third Period: GOAL 4 - WCHA, Jordan Leopold (John Pohl), 4:15; PEN 10 - LHC,
>Timo Laituri (2-roughing), 6:57; PEN 11 - WCHA, Paul Cabana (2-roughing),
>6:57; PEN 12 - WCHA, Paul Cabana (2-cross checking), 6:57; PEN 13 - LHC, Per
>Olav Skarpjordet (2-holding), 9:18; GOAL 5 - WCHA, Jordan Leopold
>(unassisted), PPG, 10:40; PEN 14 - LHC, Timo Laituri (2-roughing), 15:51;
>PEN 15 - WCHA, Jesse Rooney (2-slashing), 15:51; PEN 16 - WCHA, Jesse Rooney
>(2-roughing), 15:51.
>
>Score by Periods:
>WCHA All-Stars  1-2-2 = 5
>Lillehammer       0-0-0 = 0
>
>Shots on Goal:
>WCHA All-Stars  16-10-18 = 44
>Lillehammer         3-  8-  4 = 15
>
>Saves:
>Graham Melanson (WCHA All-Stars)   3-8-  4 = 15 (60:00)
>Bengt Hoglund (Lillehammer)           15-8-16 = 39 (60:00)
>
>Penalties:
>WCHA All-Stars   9-18
>Lillehammer         7-14
>
>Power-Plays:
>WCHA All-Stars   1-4
>Lillehammer         0-5
>
>WCHA All-Stars' Next Game: Friday, Aug. 18 vs Frisk in Olso.
>

Anne Abicht
Athletic Media Relations
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720 4th Ave. So, St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498
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