From Today's (10/30/95) Minnesota Daily:
http://www.daily.umn.edu/~online/daily/10301995/sports/puck30/
 
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> Gophers get back on winning track by beating up on Alaska
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> Jeff Sherry - Staff Reporter
 
> Only 15 minutes after its game ended, much of the
> Gophers hockey team was already showered, dressed and ready for the
> rest of the night.
>
> After all, the players had some celebrating to do. It was Saturday
> night, midterms were over and they had just swept Alaska-Anchorage
> in their first home series of the year.
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> But one of the Gophers was not in such a hurry. Alone in the corner
> of Minnesota's locker room sat goaltender Steve DeBus, still wearing
> some of his game gear and a sly grin.
>
> After being the lesser half of Minnesota's two-headed goaltending
> combination early in the season, DeBus felt pressure to perform. The
> redshirt sophomore had lost his first two games, and he needed a big
> night -- for himself, for the team and for the fans .
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> And finally, he got it. The Gophers' 5-1 victory on         [Image]
> Saturday was his win.
>
> "Number one, you want to do well for yourself," DeBus said. "Because
> that helps along everything else. I wanted to show my team and my
> coaches that I'm dependable and I'm worth my weight. And I wanted to
> show the fans that Colorado was just a bad game and I can do the
> job."
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> Just as DeBus was able to show what he can do against the Seawolves,
> the entire Gophers team was able to open up its skating and play
> well during the weekend.
>
> Minnesota did it with strong individual and team efforts. Goaltender
> Jeff Moen improved his record to 2-0-1 after Friday's 8-2 win, and
> Reggie Berg, Brian Bonin and Ryan Kraft each had multiple-goal
> games, including Kraft's hat trick Saturday. All four li nes scored
> on Friday.
>
> Gophers coach Doug Woog had a simple explanation for Minnesota's
> success this weekend.
>
> "I think our overall skill level was higher than theirs, so we could
> make more plays and do more things," Woog said.
>
> The sweep came at a good time for Minnesota, coming into the weekend
> below .500 and leaving with a 3-2-1 record. The Gophers are still
> three points behind Colorado College, a team that continued its
> dominating play by sweeping Northern Michigan.
>
> "We needed to win some games," Woog said. "Whether you're playing
> Boston or you're playing whoever, it's good to see. The guys needed
> to pick up some emotion and some confidence. When you make some good
> things happen, you start to learn from those, too, n ot just from
> your mistakes."
>
> The weekend also featured special ceremonies, solid defense and a
> pre-game light and sound show that made Mariucci Arena feel more
> like the site of an NBA game than a WCHA series.
>
> Minnesota won with such ease that its scariest moment of the weekend
> came during the glitzy introduction prior to Friday's game. When the
> Gophers took the ice, the house lights were out, the band was
> playing the rouser and spotlights were flying all over the arena.
>
> "We went out there, and it was all dark and the lights were
> flashing," said Berg, who scored twice in Minnesota's 8-2 win
> Friday. "I was just worried I wouldn't run into anybody. It was
> unbelievable."
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> After the players were introduced and the lights were turned on, a
> ceremony honored the Gophers' former All-Americans. Then came the
> unveiling of Bonin's addition to Minnesota's mural of modern-day
> All-Americans.
>
> The Gophers were able to turn the ceremony's emotion into goals.
> Coming into the weekend, Minnesota had scored an average of 3.5
> goals per game. They scored 13 this weekend and upped their average
> to 4.5 goals per game.
>
> "If we can pull together as a team and get some balanced scoring
> from every one of the lines, that's going to be the key throughout
> the year," Jesse Bertogliat said. "That's going to take us where we
> want to go."
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> FRIDAY'S SUMMARY
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> Alaska-Anchorage    1    1    0  --  2
> Gophers             3    3    2  --  8
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> First period -- Min, Berg 2 (Wasley, Kraft), SHG 1:00. UAA, Tuott 1 (Mylymok), 7:11. Min, Crowley 1 (Rasmussen, Woog), 8:59. Min, =
Bertogliat 2 (Wasley, Brink)
> Second period -- Min, Smith 2 (Woog, Zwakman) 3:15. UAA, Grabinsky 4 (Bradley, Bethard) PPG 5:29. Min, Berg 3 (Kraft, Larson) 9:24=
. Min, Bonin 4 (Kraft, Trebil
> Third period -- Min, Bonin 5 (Crowley) 3:06. Min, Brink 1 (Bertogliat, Mike Anderson) 6:40.
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> SATURDAY'S SUMMARY
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> Alaska-Anchorage    0    0    1 -- 1
> Gophers             1    2    2 -- 5
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> First period -- Min, Kraft 1 (Brink, Kohn) PPG 15:33.
> Second period -- Min, Anderson 1 (Brink, Trebil) 2:41. Min, Crowley 2 (Trebil, Bonin) PPG 6:20.
> Third period -- Min, Kraft 2 (Larson, Berg) 6:27. UAA, Grabinsky 5 (White, Prevost) PPG 10:36. Min, Kraft 3 (Berg) 17:38.
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> )The Minnesota Daily
 
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