Colorado College pulled off its fourth league sweep this weekend by beating
St. Cloud this afternoon 2-1. CC took a 1-0 lead early in the game when
Kent Fearns scored a power play goal from goaltender Ryan Bach with only
2:42 gone in the game. The Tigers held this lead until 11 seconds left in
the period, when St. Cloud beat Bach to even it during a 4 on 4. After a
horrible second period and partial third, R.J. Enga scored the game winning
goal and CC held onto that lead for the remainder of the game through a
6 on 5 after Sjerven was pulled. Saves for the game were 29 for Sjerven and
16 for Bach. CC remains at the top of the league with 18 points, 3 better
than Northern Michigan and Wisconsin, tied for second with 15 points. Next
weekend the Tigers travel to Marquette to face Northern Michigan.
Box score for 12/4
At the Cadet Ice Arena, AFA
St. Cloud State 1 2 1 - 4
Colorado College 0 4 2 - 6
First Period
1. SCS, Brett Lievers (Sandy Gasseau) 8:41
Second Period
2. CC, Shawn Reid (Bob Needham) ppg, 7:22
3. SCS, Eric Johnson (Dave Holum) 7:57
4. CC, Jay McNeill (Chad Hartnell, Kent Fearns) ppg, 12:52
5. SCS, Johnson (Marc Gagnon) 13:32
6. CC, Peter Geronazzo (Reid, Rob Shypitka) 15:28
7. CC, Reid (unassisted) 16:04
Third Period
8. CC, Geronazzo (Ryan Reynard, Eric Rud) 4:07
9. SCS, Bill Lund (Adam Rodak, Gasseau) 19:16
10. CC, McNeill (Chad Remackel) eng, 19:45
Shots on Goal
SCS, 9-8-11 - 26
CC, 5-10-9 - 24
Goalies (saves)
SCS, Neil Cooper 44:07 (5-6-3 - 14), Grant Sjerven 14:42 (x-x-4 - 4)
CC, Ryan Bach (8-6-10 - 24)
Penalties
SCS, 7 for 14 minutes; CC, 5 for 18 minutes
Power plays
SCS, 0 of 2; CC, 2 of 5
Attendance - 1,450
from Gazette Telegraph, 12/5/93
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"Check, please: Big hit inspires sluggish Tigers"
by Steve Page
For a while Saturday afternoon, it appeared Colorado College might
sleepwalk to a Western Collegiate Hockey Association loss to visiting St.
Cloud State.
Then David Paxton delivered what will be remembered as The Hit.
The Tigers trailed 1-0 early in the second period when the 6-foot-1,
195-pound Paxton leveled 6-0, 180-pound SCS wing Dave Paradise at mid-ice,
separating him from his stick and helmet with the clean check.
"We were on the borderline. After that hit, everybody started
moving their feet, working harder," said CC defenseman Shawn Reid.
Reid scored 71 seconds later, and finished with two goals and set up
another as the Tigers rallied for a 6-4 victory before 1,450 fans at Air
Force's Cadet Ice Arena.
The Tigers Scored twice in a 36-second span late in the second period
to take a 4-3 lead, then traded third-period goals with SCS before center
Jay McNeill iced it with an empty-net score with 15 seconds left.
Paxton tried to downplay his role after the eighth-ranked Tigers
regained the WCHA lead with 16 points on a 7-2-2 record.
"We're always looking for the big hit," said the junior from Thunder
Bay, Ontario. "It just happened to be a big one. I was trying to help the
team a bit."
CC played most of the game without junior center R.J. Enga, the
team's No.2 scorer. He was dismissed at 13:47 of the first period by coach
Don Lucia after drawing a misconduct penalty while disputing a tripping call
to teammate Rob Shypitka.
"I don't know if he said that much, but at the start of the season,
I made a rule that if you abuse an official, you sit out the rest of the
game," Lucia said. "If you're worried about the officials, you're not focused
on what you need to be doing. I'm sure he'll play a great game for us
tomorrow.
"I think the guys responded. It's nice to get a win when we don't
have Enga, (Jody) Jaraczewski (knee) and (Jason) Christopherson (shoulder)
in the lineup."
Lucia did have Paxton, Reid and goaltender Ryan Bach, who recorded
24 saves.
"I told Paxton that was the hardest hit since I've played," Lucia
said with a laugh. "It was a clean hit. give the referees credit.
Sometimes they'll give a penalty just for abusing the body like that. That
changed the momentum.
"Shawn Reid was unbelievable. He was the dominant player. We've
just got to get him to play like that every night."
Reid agreed, saying, "It's about time I played a good game like that.
I haven't shot the puck all year."
Junior center Peter Geronazzo's second goal of the day, a rebound
with 5:53 to play, helped the Tigers control the game until the Huskies pulled
relief goaltender Grant Sjerven. Bill Lund scored on the resulting advantage
with 44 seconds remaining. McNeill iced it with his team-leading 14th goal
of the season after a feed from Chad Remackel.
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