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>John Millea / Star Tribune
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>North Dakota freshman goaltender Karl Goehring might not play this weekend when the
>defending national champion Sioux come to Mariucci Arena, but you can't count him out
>-- especially in overtime.
>
>Goehring, who will begin his college career against the Gophers on Friday and Saturday,
>will be remembered for his record-setting performance in Apple Valley High School's
>five-overtime triumph over Duluth East in the 1996 state semifinals.
>
>He set a state tournament record with 65 stops in the Eagles' 5-4 victory, a game that
>lasted long past midnight at the St. Paul Civic Center. Apple Valley then beat Edina for the
>Class AA state championship.
>
>He was named the U.S. Junior A player of the year last season, which he spent with
>Fargo-Moorhead of the USHL. But with the Sioux, Goehring ranks behind sophomore
>Aaron Schweitzer, the top-rated goaltender in the WCHA last season.
>
>"Obviously every goalie wants to get as much playing time as he can. I'll just have to wait
>and see," Goehring said.
>
>North Dakota coach Dean Blais said Goehring has been impressive during workouts.
>"He's going to get some action, I just don't know if it'll be this weekend," Blais said.
>
>Rebuilding Engelstad
>
>North Dakota's Ralph Engelstad Arena suffered severe damage in the floods that ravaged
>Grand Forks last spring, and the rest of the WCHA schools are helping in the repairs.
>
>The league's overall fund-raising goal is $50,000, and Minnesota hopes to provide $9,800
>-- a dollar for every seat in Mariucci Arena. The public can make donations at collection
>bins near concession areas in the Mariucci Arena lobby during this weekend's series.
**** DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL DAMAGE AMOUNT IS ****
>Let it snow
>
>Last weekend's WCHA series between Michigan Tech and Denver was set back a day
>by the snowstorm that struck Colorado. Saturday night's opener was wiped out, and the
>games were played Sunday night and Monday afternoon.
>
>"It really started to come down after practice on Friday afternoon," said Denver coach
>George Gwozdecky. "We had a big Hall of Fame function at a hotel downtown Friday
>night, and the ride home that night was a bear. What normally takes 20-25 minutes took
>about an hour and 45 minutes."
**** SOUNDS LIKE A NORMAL JANUARY NIGHT IN MINNESOTA ****
>Michigan Tech won 5-4 in overtime Sunday night, and Denver earned a split by winning
>5-2 Monday afternoon.
>
>A crowd of 2,196 watched Sunday's game at 16,000-seat McNichols Arena; that was
>nearly a thousand fewer than the Pioneers' smallest home crowd last season. And only 250
>people watched Monday's game, which is believed to be an all-time WCHA low (no
>records are kept in that category).
>
>Michigan Tech coach Tim Watters said the hardest part of the weekend was being unable
>to go anywhere. "We were holed up in the hotel all day Saturday, we couldn't leave," he
>said. "We didn't practice on Friday and we didn't skate on Saturday."
>
>Big weekend in Mankato
>
>History will be made in Mankato this weekend when Mankato State plays host to a
>WCHA team for the first time. Denver (1-1) will play 7:05 p.m. games Saturday and
>Sunday at the Mankato Civic Center.
>
>The Mavericks have been impressive in splitting a series at Minnesota-Duluth and then
>losing and tying at St. Cloud State.
>
>Etc.
>
>Denver's top returning scorer, Paul Comrie, should return to the lineup this weekend at
>Mankato. He was expected to miss three to six weeks because of mononucleosis, but
>appears ready to play.
>
>Colorado College, which plays at Michigan Tech this weekend, has not been swept in its
>last 63 series, including 57 in the WCHA.
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