The Tigers made a great comeback in the third, but Wisconsin defeated
Colorado College 4-3 in overtime tonight to claim the Broadmoor Trophy
and a spot in the tournament next weekend.
  Both teams started out playing hard, and wanted to win this game.  There
was a lot more and heavier body checking throughout the game.  CC got on the
board first, as Peter Geronazzo had a clean shot to put a rebound right
past Kirk Daubenspeck, and the Tigers were up 1-0 at the end of the first
period.
  If it's any consolation to Gopher fans, sometime, either late in the first
or in the second period, CC had a goal waved off for a man in the crease,
the same thing that happened to Minnesota last night in overtime. (and the
announcers were talking to Greg Shepherd during the first intermission of
the Denver-Minnesota game, and he said he had seen that call on replay
and thought it was the correct call.)  The Badgers were able to tie it up
at 17:30 of the second when Mickey Elick got the puck past Ryan Bach.  It
was tied at 1 going into the second intermission.
  Wisconsin thought they had the game in the bag after getting two quick
goals in the third period by Jamie Spencer and E.J. Bradley, but the Tigers
weren't about to give up yet.  Just 55 seconds after Bradley's goal,
Geronazzo put in a second one for CC to bring the game to within one.  Within
the last minute or two, Geronazzo was once again the man for the Tigers as
he picked up a rebound from a David Paxton shot and somehow managed to
stuff the puck under Daubenspeck's leg to barely cross the goal line and tie
the game to send it into overtime.
  Unlike the last two games in the tournament that went to overtime, this
overtime period didn't last all that long.  During a scramble in the CC
end, Maco Balkovec took a shot at the net and managed to squeak the puck in
through Bach's legs at only 43 seconds in to take the championship.
 
The tournament team (as far as I can remember; feel free to make corrections)
 
D, Eric Rud, Colorado College
D, Mark Strobel, Wisconsin
F, Jason Elders, Denver
F, Peter Geronazzo, Colorado College
F, Ryan Kraft, Minnesota
 
Tournament MVP : Kirk Daubenspeck, Wisconsin
 
  It was a tough loss for CC, but at least we got one of the trophies this
year.  The season isn't over yet, and now it's time to focus on regionals
next weekend and find out where we get seeded tomorrow night.
 
Karen Heasley
Colorado College '95
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1995 WCHA Regular Season Champions