The Seawolves chalked up another win, and against a WCHA team no less, in front of their 5th consecutive sellout crowd this season (5/5). North Dakota was impressive to watch, and did not at all make it easy on the Seawolves. UAA goaltender Sean Gravistin (who apparently learned a great deal by watching Paul [the Wall] Krake for three years) stopped two 1-0 break aways and kept the Wolves in the game early on, and most definitely earned the game MVP as he lead his team to their first victory against North Dakota in eight games. Goal Scoring: UAA: 0-0-3 Power plays: UAA: 0 for 3 UND: 1-1-0 UND: 2 for 10 1 UND Darcy Mitani 4:53 PP Shots on goal: 2 UND Greg Johnson 11:24 PP UAA: 7--4-11 22 3 UAA Mitch Kean :09 UND: 8-19--1 28 3 UAA Mark Stitt 12:09 3 UAA Kevin Brown 19:33 GW North Dakota came out storming, and one knew it was going to be a long game when Darcy Mitani slapped in an easy power play goal for the Fighting Sioux from the bottom of the left circle with the game less then five minutes underway. About three minutes later, UND had a goal waved as a North Dakota player skated behind Gravistin in the crease as a shot was fired from the top of the right. Then, to top it off, they had a second goal waved as the puck was kicked in...(Sounds like our series with Northern Michigan at the 1991 Nissan Jeep Classic, except we were the one not getting credit for the goals...hehe) The second period was very bad for the Seawolves, as they received penalty after penalty after penalty... There was one time when the Sioux had a 90 seconds of 5-3 followed by half a minute of 5-4, and UAA held them off. Though, after Mitch Keen received a holding penalty, Greg Johnson (who was most impressive to watch btw) got credit for a goal as a pass through the upper side of the crease was defected 120 degrees of the skate of a UAA player back into the net. That ended Dakota's scoring but they continued to pound the net with power play shots...only to be turned away by Gravistin. I guess having North Dakota make them look bad for two periods finally got to the Seawolves, as they came out in the third determined to give it their best. It didn't hurt that Mitch Keen went 1-0 with netminder Powell nine seconds into the period to put the Wolves on the board. UAA continued to pressure, and the crowd was really getting into the game. Finally, at 12:09, Mark Stitt was able to break away from everyone as Keen had done, and slap the puck in to tie it up. OK, can you say intense? By the time the last couple of minutes had rolled around, the Sullivan was rock'in and roll'in. Kevin Brown snags the puck... He shoots it straight at the goal... It rebounds off to the left. He picks it up and goes around the net to the right side, up towards the center of the circle... It's clear... he slaps it home between the legs of Powell! The crowd, which was already on their feet gives a ROARING approval, as the game with 27 seconds remaining, is all but over now. I thought that I had finally gotten my "hockey voice" (being able to go through a game, and still howl at the end) back, but when Brown slapped that one in, I lost it....could hardly talk in the end for that matter. :) Well, it will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow. Hopefully, UAA will keep the penalties down a bit better, and continue where they left off at the end of the third tonigh... HOWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sk