For Immediate Release
February 3, 2001
Contact: Craig Roberts (612) 624-0522

WILD THIRD PERIOD LEADS TO GOPHER VICTORY

        BEMIDJI, Minn. – Minnesota and Bemdiji State combined for 12 goals in the
final two periods but the Gophers used a 52-29 advantage in shots on goal to
post an 8-5 win to sweep their two-game series from the Beavers.
        La Toya Clarke got the Gophers on the board first with a power-play goal
when she converted a rebound from the right side of the net with 2:38 to
play in the first period.
        The second period saw the two teams combine for eight goals, with Minnesota
grabbing a two-goal lead at 4:14 on a Nadine Muzerall tally. Bemidji State
tied game at 2-2 when Caesare Stimson and Kerri McEwen scored goals 48
seconds apart less than two minutes later.
        The Gophers would regain their two-goal margin when Clarke and Ambria
Thomas scored midway through the period but the Beavers wouldn’t go away as
Lil Raynard scored on the power play at 14:36. Tracy Engstrom then scored
twice within three minutes to give Minnesota a three-goal cushion with one
minute to play in the middle frame.
        The third period saw the two teams trade goals as Guylaine Hache cut the
lead to two goals again for Bemidji State at 5:01 of the final period,
followed by Thomas’ power-play goal at 9:29.
        Kris Scholz got Minnesota’s final goal at 11:13 when she stole the puck to
the right of Beaver goalie Bre Dedrickson and flicked the puck into the net
on the short side.
        Bemidji State came back once more when Raynard dumped the puck in on Gopher
goalie Stephanie Johnson while the Beavers were killing a penalty. Amber
Fryklund’s first rebound attempt was saved but she converted a second chance
with 5:29 left in the game.
        Dedrickson finished the game with 44 saves for Bemidji State while Johnson
stopped 24 for Minnesota.

Minnesota...........  1  5  2 -  8
Bemidji State.......  0  3  2 -  5

   1st period - 1, UM, Clarke 14 (Muzerall, Kennedy) 17:22 (pp). Penalties -
Fryklund, BSU (hooking) 9:30; Hoefer, BSU (tripping) 16:21; Peters, BSU
(holding the stick) 19:58.
   2nd period - 2, UM, Muzerall 16 (Slominski, Kennedy) 4:14. 3, BSU,
Stimson 9 (Fryklund) 5:14. 4, BSU, Kerri McEwen 7 (Raynard, Kinsman) 6:02.
5, UM, Clarke 15 (Thomas) 7:59. 6, UM, Thomas 20 (Curtin, Clarke) 12:58. 7,
BSU, Raynard 2 (Shepler, Kinsman) 14:36 (pp). 8, UM, Engstrom 6 (Muzerall,
Kennedy) 16:11. 9, UM, Engstrom 7 (Slominski, Borek) 19:00. Penalties -
Muzerall, UM (slashing) 1:44; Kennedy, UM (interference) 10:29; Kennedy, UM
(high-sticking) 13:51; Hache, BSU (high-sticking) 16:36; Palinsky, UM
(roughing) 19:56.
   3rd period - 10, BSU, Hache 7 (Bina, Shepler) 5:01. 11, UM, Thomas 21
(Kennedy, Curtin) 9:29 (pp). 12, UM, Kris Scholz 6 11:13. 13, BSU, Fryklund
17 (Raynard) 14:31 (sh). Penalties - Buchholz, UM (interference) 1:44;
Stimson, BSU (elbowing) 8:40; Olson, UM (cross-checking) 12:12; Peters, BSU
(interference) 12:44; Buchholz, UM (elbowing) 19:49.
   Shots on goal - UM 25-16-11-52; BSU 5-11-13-29. Power plays - UM 2 of 6;
BSU 1 of 7. Goalies - UM, Johnson 4-0-0 (29 shots-24 saves); BSU, Dedrickson
5-13-0 (52-44). Referee - Jerry Krieger. Assistant referees - Brad Shepherd,
Scott Patten. A - 158.

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