Thursday, March 26, 1992 at Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
NC$$ EAST REGIONAL FIRST ROUND GAME
Wisconsin Badgers (25-13-2) 1 2 1 - 4
New Hampshire Wildcats (22-13-2) 1 1 0 - 2
FIRST PERIOD UW-UNH
1. UNH1, Scott Morrow 30 (Domenic Amodeo), 6:09. 5x3 0-1
2. UW1, Mike Strobel 3 (Brian Rafalski, Mike Doers), 8:47. 1-1
Penalties: UNH, Malone (hooking) 1:22; UW, Mike Strobel (roughing) 4:21;
UW, Shier (slashing) 4:38; UW, Nelson (holding) 8:56; UNH, Mitrovic
(high-sticking) 13:45.
SECOND PERIOD
3. UW2, Jason Francisco 8 (Chris Tucker, Jon Helgeson), 9:00. 2-1
4. UW3, Dan Plante 14 (Blaine Moore), 11:14. GWG 3-1
5. UNH2, Jason Dexter (Greg Klym), 17:48. 3-2
Penalties: UNH, Stewart (high-sticking) 1:11; UW, Zent (high-sticking)
2:35; UNH, Malone (high-sticking) 2:35; UW, Nelson (holding) 3:49;
UW, Rafalski (interference) 12:03; UNH, Cooper (roughing) 15:21; UW,
Mike Strobel (roughing) 15:21; UNH, Donovan (hit from behind) 18:07.
THIRD PERIOD
6. UW4, Doug MacDonald 15 (Joe Harwell), 19:50. ENG 4-2
Penalties: UW, Nelson (interference) 0:36; UNH, Morrow (charging) 5:43;
UW, Nelson (holding) 8:49; UW, Moore (high-sticking) 10:08; UNH,
Mitrovic (high-sticking) 10:08; UNH, Poole (hooking) 12:00.
SHOTS ON GOAL: Wisconsin 7-10--8 = 25
New Hampshire 8--8--7 = 23
GOALIES: Wis, Duane Derksen (19-11-2, 60:00, 23 sh-21 sv).
UNH, Jeff Levy (19-12-2, 59:00, 24 sh-21 sv).
POWER PLAYS: Wis 0 of 6. UNH 1 of 7.
PENALTIES: Wis 10/20. UNH 9/18.
REFEREE: Steve Piotrowski. LINESMEN: John Edwards, John Dobrzelewski.
ATTENDANCE: 5,327.
Goal Descriptions
UNH1, 6:09 1st: UNH on PP (5x3). UNH controlling the play. Morrow
parked on right post. Amodeo gets puck on left point and directs a shot
across through the slot to Morrow who deflects it by UW G Derksen on the
short side.
On ice UW: Kurtz, Balkovec, Nelson
On ice UNH: Mitrovic, Morrow, Flanagan, McGrath, Amodeo
UW1, 8:47 1st: Wis has a 2x1 with a trailer. Rafalski has puck, Mike
Strobel headed to the net. Rafalski gets over the blue line, cuts to the
left board and stops, looks for Strobel and threads a pass by the UNH
defenseman. Strobel receives the pass and fires a quick shot by UNH G
Jeff Levy.
On ice UW: Rafalski, Fairchild, Mike Strobel, Balkovec, Doers
On ice UNH: Amodeo, Thomson, Stewart, Russell, McGrath
UW2, 9:00 2nd: Wis's Helgeson passes the puck from corner to Tucker behind
the net. Tucker skates puck from behind and passes to Francisco who slid
behind UNH defenders in slot and one-timed the pass from Tucker.
On ice UW: Francisco, Tucker, Helgeson, Richter, Rafalski
On ice UNH: Mitrovic, Morrow, Flanagan, McGrath, Malone
UW3, 11:14 2nd: Moore takes puck into UNH defensive zone and holds onto
puck, draws UNH defenseman with him. Meanwhile, Plante is headed for
right post. Moore threads a pass through the UNH defense. Plante shoots
off the pass a hard shot right past goalie.
On ice UW: Moore, Kurtz, Plante, Nelson, Richter
On ice UNH: Donovan, Flinton, Poole, Schmidtke, Messina
UNH2, 17:48 2nd: UNH's Klym on defensive blue line passes puck to Dexter
who had snuck past UW defenseman. Dexter coming off the bench between
red and blue line and catches the pass. Dexter on breakaway, takes the
puck in and dekes goalie and scores.
On ice UW: Moore, Kurtz, Balkovec, Tucker, Richter
On ice UNH: Klym, Chebator, Dexter, Russell, McGrath
UW4, 19:50 3rd: UNH pulls Levy. Puck in Wis end. Joe Harwell banks the
puck off the right boards. MacDonald reaches the puck first and slides
it into the empty net.
On ice UW: Plante, MacDonald, Richter, Harwell, Kurtz
On ice UNH: Mitrovic, Morrow, Thomson, Flanagan, McGrath, Amodeo
WISCONSIN QUOTES
Head Coach Jeff Sauer: "I really thought that five on five, we had good
control of things. Coming in we were concerned about their four top
forwards. But, I think that maybe we surprised them with our third and
fourth lines. Numbers 25 (Fairchild), 27 (Mike Strobel) and 23 (Doers)
really made it happen tonight."
On Duane Derksen - "I thought Duane played very well. He didn't have a
lot of quality shots to stop, but this was the second game in a month
and a half and he showed us what he is capable of."
Goalie Duane Derksen, on water bottle fiasco: "The water bottle flew off
and swung around my wrist and I looked out and they were coming right at
me. Luckily, the puck went off Chris Nelson's pants."
Forward Doug MacDonald, on UNH: "They are a hard-working team...maybe a
little young on defense, but they have some great forwards and deserve
to be where they are.
When we were five on five, we felt we could beat them, but I think to
go further on in the tournament, we will need to stay disciplined and
out of the penalty box."
Forward Brett Kurtz, on ice conditions: "We're used to this ice in our
own rink. We played on ice like this all year."
UNH QUOTES
Head Coach Dick Umile, on turning point in 2nd period: "I think we had a
couple of defensive breakdowns in the second period and that became an
important part of the game.
We had a couple of opportunities to tie it up in the last few minutes,
but they did a good job defensively."
On ice conditions - "The conditions weren't great, but both teams had to
play out there and that was a pretty good college hockey game."
Senior Forward Joe Flanagan, on play of Derksen: "He looked pretty good
tonight. We had our opportunities and had a lot of quality shots."
Senior Forward Savo Mitrovic: "As far as the effort is concerned, we
couldn't ask for much more. I thought we played a great game.
If we played a little more defense in our zone, maybe we could have
turned out more opportunities on the offense."
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Mike Machnik [log in to unmask] mikem@{beanpot,bubba}.ma30.bull.com
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