> Published Wednesday, December 31, 1997
> Gophers lose, but survive without another
> injury
>
> John Millea / Star Tribune
>
> There was good news and better news for the
> Gophers' hockey team in Tuesday night's 10-2
> loss to the HV-71 Bulls, a Swedish professional
> club, at Mariucci Arena.
>
> The good news: It was only an exhibition game.
>
> The better news: Nobody got hurt, although
> goaltender Erik Day "might have a couple of
> bruises" after facing 44 shots, said coach Doug
> Woog.
>
> The Gophers (5-13) had only 15 skaters in
> uniform, including a meager four listed as
> defensemen. The latest injury victim,
> defenseman Bill Kohn, is listed as doubtful for
> this weekend's series with Mankato State at
> Mariucci Arena. Kohn suffered a concussion in
> the third period of Sunday night's 4-2 loss to
> Northeastern in the Mariucci Classic.
>
> Also sidelined are forward Ryan Kraft (broken
> hand), defenseman Jason Godbout (elbow)
>
> *** KRAFT LOOKED OKAY AT THE BAR LAST NITE ***
>
> and defenseman Ben Clymer (shoulder). Kraft is
> expected to return in two or three weeks,
> Godbout could be back in a month or so, and
> Clymer is probably out for the season.
>
> In addition, the Gophers are missing forward
> Aaron Miskovich, who is with the U.S. Junior
> National team at the world championships in
> Finland. He will be back when WCHA play
> resumes Jan. 16-17 against Denver at Mariucci
> Arena.
>
> The HV-71 roster includes former North Stars
> Ulf Dahlen (wing) and Kari Takko
> (goaltender). Dahlen had two goals and two
> assists, and Takko stopped 24 shots. Stefan
> Falk also scored two goals for the Swedes.
>
> Despite giving up all 10 goals, Day played a
> strong game against the highly skilled Swedes.
> When the score got out of hand, Woog asked Day
> if he wanted to leave the game, but the
> redshirt freshman stayed on the ice.
>
> "To his credit, he never backed off an an
> inch," Woog said. "He made a good statement
> tonight."
>
> The Gophers' Nate Miller scored on an assist
> from Mike Anderson at 18:03 of the second
> period, and Reggie Berg got Minnesota's second
> goal at 8:16 of the third on assists by
> Anderson and Cory Miller.
>
> Notes
>
> There were only four penalties in the game, two
> on each team.
>
> HV-71, which won the Swedish Elite League
> championship two years ago, will play at
> Wisconsin tonight and at Minnesota-Duluth on
> Friday.
>
> The Swedish players visited the Mall of America
> on their visit to the Twin Cities. Dahlen
> said seeing the now-vacant site of the Met
> Center, where he played for the North Stars,
> was "weird."
>
> HV-71 2 4 4--10
> Gophers 0 1 1-- 2
>
> FIRST PERIOD: 1. HV-71--Ornskog (Stillman),
> 18:26. 2. HV-71--Below (Dahlen), 19:25.
> Penalties--Falk, HV-71 (boarding), 16:57; Berg,
> Gophers (roughing), 16:57.
> SECOND PERIOD: 3. HV-71--Falk (Ornskog), 4:42.
> 4. HV-71--Persson (Hult, Halvardsson), 7:30. 5.
> HV-71--Keskinen (Dahlen, Petrasek), 12:12. 6.
> Gophers--N. Miller (Anderson), 18:03. 7. HV-71-
> -Falk (Rahm), 19:27. Penalties--Persson, HV-71
> (elbowing), 8:10; Anderson, Gophers (roughing),
> 15:56.
> THIRD PERIOD: 8. HV-71--Dahlen (Keskinen,
> Petrasek), 1:20. 9. HV-71--Dahlen
> (Halvardsson), 4:34. 10. HV-71--Petrasek
> (Keskinen), 7:45. 11. Gophers--Berg (Anderson,
> C. Miller), 8:16. 12. HV-71-- Hult
> (unassisted), 13:42. Penalties--none.
> SUMMARY: Shots on goal--HV-71 16-16-12--44,
> Gophers 7-8-11--26; Power-play opportunities--
> HV-71 0 of 1, Gophers 0-1. Goaltenders--HV-71,
> Takko (26 shots-24 saves); Gophers, Day (44-
> 34). Referee--Jon Campion. Linesmen--Marco
> Hunt, Ed Zepeda. A--9,673.
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