Thanks for this great report!  The only thing you missed was the penalty
for "diving." One player got the penalty for hooking, the other one got the
diving call.  I had to hear that twice.  For a moment I thought I had moved
to the wrong building (the swimming pavilion is down the block).

And then there was the bat that decided it needed to come out and view the
game and the crowd up close and personal and flew around the arena for the
last part of the third period.  By the very end of the game, the poor thing
was flying so close to the ice because it was tired and needed a place to
land.

I love college hockey!  You never know what will happen.

Kathy Martin
Go Gophers!


On Saturday, November 23, 2002, at 10:26  PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Saturday, November 23, 2002
>
> MICHIGAN TECH DROPS HEARTBREAKER, 2-1, AT #9 MINNESOTA
>
> MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Minnesota scored twice in the third period to
> erase a 1-0 Michigan Tech lead as the ninth-ranked Gophers gained a
> 2-1 victory in Western Collegiate Hockey Association play Saturday
> evening at the Mariucci Arena.
>
> Tech's Chris Conner continued a stellar weekend as he put home the
> lone goal of the opening period in shorthanded fashion. The rookie
> knocked the puck away from a Gopher defender in the neutral zone and
> raced up the ice to tip it between the legs of Gopher netminder
> Travis Weber. The goal came at 15:07.
>
> After a scoreless second period, Minnesota scored on their eighth
> power play chance of the game at 9:09 of the third period after a
> questionable call (there were several) to Tech's Chris Durno. The
> goal came from UM netminder Paul Martin through traffice at 9:09 of
> the stanza. It was just :29 later that the Gophers got the
> game-winner. Martin made a nice move around a Tech defender in the
> slot, slid the puck to Dan Welch, who beat Ellsworth.
>
> The Huskies had a couple of good chances on a rush midway through the
> period, but the Gophers kept the Huskies at bay most of the rest of
> the way, including in the final :34 with Ellsworth pulled for an
> extra attacker.
>
> "It's a bit frustrating right now," said Tech Head Coach Mike
> Sertich. "We played two pretty good road games but didn't get a
> point. I like some of the things I'm seeing though. We had some
> really good performances on the weekend."
>
> Minnesota had a 31-15 shots on goal edge in the game, including a
> 13-6 bulge in the third period.
>
> Tech returns home Friday and Saturday (Nov. 29-30 for a two-game
> non-conference series against Wayne State.
>
> NOTES: Minnesota had eight power plays, compared to just four for
> Michigan Tech . . . Each of the four games between Tech and Minnesota
> this season were decided by a goal . . . Rookie Chris Conner took
> over the team point lead with a pair of goals on the weekend.
>