MTU returned to a winning effort as they took control of the game early and never let up. The winning effort came from MTU's depth as the "first line" was still recovery from the over 6 minutes of 5 on 3 hockey and the more than 20 penalties taken Friday night's tie. MTU 3 0 2 - 5 UMD 1 1 1 - 3 SAVES: MTU Caravaggio 9 5 11 - 25 UMD Lendzyck 11 8 5 - 17 1st Period: UMD Fitzgerald (Lendzyck) ppg 2:58 MTU Meyers (Van Tighem) 8:22 MTU Savage (K. Peterson, P. Mikesch) 14:19 MTU J. Mikesch ( Savage, P. Mikesch) 19:03 Penalties: MTU Dupont tripping 1:44 UMD Aldoff holding 5:40 MTU Kryser roughing 9:11 UMD Rompoldtz 12:46 MTU B. Peterson interference 13:37 UMD Fitzgerald interference 14:56 MTU Roy charging 16:17 2nd Period: UMD Aldoff (Nichowski (sp?)) ppg 12:42 Penalties: MTU P. Mikesch hooking 0:07 UMD Aldoff tripping 6:25 UMD Hansen roughing 7:51 MTU Savage roughing 7:51 MTU Perrett interference 8:03 UMD Garrote hooking 12:56 UMD Hansen 10 min misconduct 15:25 UMD Hansen roughing 15:25 MTU P. Mikesch roughing 15:25 UMD Cicerello interference 19:39 3rd Period: MTU Perrett (P. Mikesch) 11:10 MTU Prokopetz (roy) 13:06 UMD Aldoff (Fitzgerald ) 5 on 3 ppg 18:45 Penalties: MTU K. Peterson interference 1:15 MTU Wright interference 18:24 MTU Kryser holding 18:24 Commentary: After the penalty filled gamed of the previous night and the extraordinary effort of MTU's goalie Luciano Caravaggio, there wasn't a lot of hope that MTU's team would be fresh enough to skate. One thing good about such a previous game is that about half of the team didn't skate. This was the half that really came through last night. UMD's Fitzgerald scored early in the game on Dupont's tripping penalty. Lendzyck caught MTU in line change and fed a long pass to Fitzgerald who put the puck on the shelf. Brett Meyers, crashing down, on the net picked up Van Tighem's rebound and returned it for MTU's first score. Andre Savage who has moves that hypnotize goalies went at the net with the puck, looked like he was going to skate behind but at the last possible second pulls the trigger. The period ended when Jeff Mikesch followed up a Savage rebound in the slot. UMD scored in the second when Aldoff shot from the blue line through several players. In the third, Craig Perrett followed up a Pat Mikesch waist high rebound with what might have been called a high stick to gain the game winning point. Prokopetz finally got his first point charging in from a line change to put Jimmy Roy's rebound in the net. Aldoff scored on a late 5 on 3 power play to give UMD its last goal. MTU did what it had to do to win: the players that played limited special team duty dominated UMD and were shooting the net. Lendzyck stopped the first shots but gave up nice rebounds to players charging in behind the shooter. Good things happen when the puck is put on net. Tech's passing is still suspect. Probably, Caoch Mancini has extensive passing practices to overcome this team deficiency; as result, the players probably feel they have to pass when they should be shooting. I agree that that Tech needs to practice passing: several players are still color blind. But there are times which shot on net, even if the goalie makes a save, is more effective than a deep pass which is either too late for the shot or goes errantly behind the player. UMD tried to put on pressure in the third but couldn't deny MTU's strong young players. It is said that during practice, the whole team often stops and gapes at Andre Savage's skating moves. Savage caught UMD gaping several times last night. MTU picked up 5 points from a 4 game road trip to Minnesota. Now they return home to face what may be the best team in the nation, Colorado College. Unfortunately, I must be in Washington, DC, the nation's center of college hockey ignorance, to serve on a review panel and thus will miss the two game series. Dave Fisher and Bob Gilreath will have to provide the box scores and commentary. Walt Olson MTU