(I just realized when looking at the paper that I made a slight mistake
in the last post.  That should've been Ryan Kraft.)
 
From Gazette-Telegraph (12/17/94)
 
Tigers fall in Gophers' hole
  Minnesota goalie stonewalls CC
 
Jeff Callinan isn't accustomed to protecting the lead going into the
final period of hockey games.
 
But when the University of Minnesota skated into the final 20 minutes
of Friday's contest with a two-goal edge, the senior goaltender felt
pretty confident.
 
Callinan stopped all 15 of Coloraod College's shots on goal in the final
period as the Golden Gophers posted a 3-1 victory before a standing-room-
only crowd of 2,989 at Cadet Ice Arena.
 
The win enabled the fifth-ranked Gophers to climb into a third-place tie
(with Wisconsin) in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association with 17
points on an 8-4-1 record.  Second-ranked CC remained in first with 20 points
on a 10-3-0 mark.  They meet again at 7:05 tonight.
 
"My job is to keep us in the game, so we have a legitimate chance to win
in the third period," said Callinan.  "With a two-goal lead, we were in
that position.  So I must be doing my job."
 
Both coaches agreed.
 
"When we had our chances, Callinan was there to stonewall us," said CC
coach Don Lucia.
 
"I thought he was pretty sound, pretty sound," said UM coach Doug Woog.
 
Callinan, who stopped 35 shots, had help from a defense that stacked up
CC's rushes at the UM blue line, and from an aggressive penalty-killing
unit that blanked CC nine consecutive times after the Tigers scored on
their first power play.
 
The Tigers, who were 12-0 when scoring first, got off to a good start
with Ryan Reynard's power-play rebound 8:39 into the game.  But the rest
of the scoring belonged to the Gophers.
 
Both teams were a man short when left wing Nick Checco scored at 14:37
of the first period.  Freshman defenseman Mike Crowley put the Gophers
on top with a power-play goal 34 seconds before the end of the opening
frame.  Dan Craft, Checco's center, added an advantage goal at 4:47 of
the second period.
 
The Gophers drew three minor penalties in the final half of the third
period, but killed them all, including a hectic last minute when Lucia
pulled goaltender Ryan Bach to give the Tigers a two-man advantage in
the attacking zone.  It wasn't enough.
 
"That was probably one of my better games," said Callinan, who registered
at least a half-dozen point-blank saves, including back-to-back stops in
the first period against CC center Jau McNeill, the WCHA's leading scorer.
"We're on the road, and after the first period, we're coming into the
locker room with a one-goal lead.  That really gives the guys a boost.
That carried all through the game."
 
The Gophers outshot the Tigers 10-6 in the opening period, though CC
wound up with a 36-28 edge.  Bach stopped 25 shots.
 
"We were tight at the start, but credit Minnesota.  They played tough,"
Lucia said.  "We got a little frustrated at times.  Our passing wasn't
crisp. But that's the game of hockey."
 
(end of article)
 
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