FROM THE MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE 11/17/90: Strong defense, freshman's goal carry UMD(6-4) over North Dakota. Chad Erickson made 32 of his 40 saves in the first half of the game and fresh- man Corey Osmak scored his first college goal two minutes into the third period to break a 4-4 tie Friday night in Minnesota-Duluth's 6-4 WCHA victory over North Dakota. Shortly after Osmak's tip-in put the Bulldogs (4-5-2, 3-4-2) ahead 5-4, UMD's Kevin Kaiser took a five minute major penalty for checking Ross Johnson from behind and the Sioux had an extended power play. UMD penalty killers allowed only one shot, however, and North Dakota (7-3-1) could not muster any more scoring threats. Jon Roloff scored twice for UMD, the second time into an empty net with five seconds remaining. *************Michigan Tech 5, St Cloud State 3 The game was in St Cloud, MN.Scoring for St Cloud were: Bret Hedican, Chris Scheid and Scott Eichstadt. Scoring for Tech were: Reid McDonald, Kelly Hurd, Jim Storm (had 2), and Darcy Martini. Geoff Sargeant made 27 saves for Tech (5-4-1, 2-4-1) and Mike O'Hara was in goal for SCS. **************Wisconsin 5, Colorado College 3 Jason Francisco and Tray Tuomie each scored a goal and assisted on another as the Badgers (6-3, 7-3-1) defeated the host Tigers (1-10). ******************Boston University 12, Denver 0 David Sacco had two goals and five assists, leading the host Terriers to the nonconference victory over the Pioneers. Terriers goalie John Bradley made 18 saves for his first career shut-out. Boston's Shawn MacEachern scored twice, including the opening goal 19 seconds into the game, and had an assist. Mark Davis scored two goals and had three assists. His twin brother Mike Davis, added two goals and one assist, and Tony Amonte had a goal and two assists. *****************AND: MINNESOTA 5, NORTHERN MICHIGAN 3. The last undefeated teams in the WCHA used their best offensive weapons Friday night at Mariucci Arena, but it came down to a couple of defensemen to decide the game. Travis Richards and Chris McAlpine were in the right spots at the right times, scoring third-period goals and giving the Gophers a 5-3 victory over No. 1-ranked Northern Michigan. The Gophers will sail into tonight's rematch (7:05 CST) in sole possession of the WCHA lead. The 7,562 fans (standing room only crowd) spent most of last night jumping out of their seats as the action raged back and forth. The third-ranked Gophers are now 8-0-1 and the Wildcats 7-1-1. Grant Bischoff scored twice and Jason Miller had a goal and an assist to pace the Gophers. Also scoring for the Gophers were Travis Richards and Chris McAlpine. Scoring for the Wildcats were Kevin Scott, Dallas Drake, and Brad Werenka. Billy Pye(NM) and Jeff Stolp(MN) were in goal and squelched numerous other threats. SHOTS ON GOAL: NORTHERN MICHIGAN 29 MINNESOTA 25 POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES: NORTHERN MICHIGAN 1 for 4 MINNESOTA 1 for 4 personal notes: The game was fast paced and very entertaining. As John Gilbert said, we were up and down from our seats all evening. There was some rough play in the first period, but as soon as Referee Buzz Christensen decided to start calling some penalties things settled down a bit. I look forward to another high quality game tonight with the Ref keeping the tempers under control. It really is so much fun watching teams who are so evenly matched. Carol White U of M GO Gophers!!!! Sweep those Cats!