Reed Munson wrote:
 
>After clinging to a one goal lead Saturday night in St. Cloud, the Gophers
>shut down the Huskies Sunday night at Mariucci and won 5 - 2. Lietza was
>peppered with 32 shots on goal many of them on breakaways and point blank
>shots from the slot.
 
Actually, they looked more like last year's team, I thought.  Not only did
they play better defense through the whole (a few breakdowns, but it's
early November), but they looked clumsy on the breakaway's.  Brink had one
and Kraft two that didn't even lead to decent shots.  It's been amusing
(only because they've been successful anyway) over the last couple of years
watching a team that could do everything well until it came to that final
moment when you need to actually put the puck in the net.  On Saturday,
SCSU was only in the game because Leitza made some outstanding saves.  On
Sunday, we helped him out.Watching the game, I felt back on comfortable,
familiar ground.
 
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