From Gazette-Telegraph, 11/6/94 CC beats up aggressive Seawolves Tigers take advantage of penalties, explode in second period by Steve Page R.J. Enga took Chad Hartnell's lead pass, broke into the Alaska Anchorage zone, deked the lone defender to the ice and wristed a 20-foot shot over the right shoulder of goaltender Lee Schill and into the goal. The Cadet Ice Arena crowd of 1,968 roared its approval Saturday afternoon. Again and again. Eight times. Enga and his Colorado College teammates shrugged off the Seawolves' frantic forechecking - and took advantage of their penalties - to skate to an 8-4 victory in the opening game of a weekend Western Collegiate Hockey Association series at Air Force. The rematch is at 2:05 p.m. today. "We were patient and we took the right shots," said Enga, who also set up three goals. "It's always good to get power-play goals and win the special- teams battles." CC connected on 4 of 8 power plays Saturday afternoon, including three consecutive scores during a five-goal burst in a 6:21 span in the second period. Center Jay McNeill led the barrage with two power-play goals. One of winger Peter Geronazzo's two scores came with CC up a man. Wing Jason Christopherson scored one goal and set up another. Hartnell, Colin Schmidt and defenseman Kent Fearns added two assists each as 13 Tigers notched points. "We really moved well out there today," said McNeill. "You can stop two-on- ones only so many times. We took advantage of those extra-man rushes." Still, this win was not without a bit of worry for CC coach Don Lucia. After surrendering five second-period goals to trail 6-1, the Seawolves made it interesting in the third period with goals by Troy Norcross at 5:52 and Jack Kowal at 9:18. But that threat ended when CC's Stewart Bodtker and Geronazzo scored goals 2:08 apart midway through the period. "I was disappointed to give up three goals in the third period," Lucia said after his club improved to 3-0 in the WCHA and 4-1 overall. "We were very lax in that third period. You can't do that against Anchorage. They can beat anybody they play." Including themselves, according to UAA coach Brush Christiansen, who said, "We played very foolishly in the second period. We took (four) foolish penalties. Colorado College is quicker now. We can't let them work their power play." UAA, 1-4 in the WCHA and 2-5 overall, lost Schill to a second-period concussion and fourth-line center David Vallieres to a shoulder injury. McNeill and Enga worked a two-man rush deep into the Seawolves' ice during the Tigers' second power play, with Enga breaking down the left side. When he reached the goalmouth, Enga slipped the puck across the crease to McNeill, who re-directed it into the open right side at 6:36 of the first period. Enga converted Hartnell's lead pass into a 2-0 lead at 5:29 of the second period to start the Tigers' barrage. McNeill canned a 10-ffot, power-play rebound at 7:27, Christophersonnn scored a breakaway off Schill's glove at 9:49, Chad Remackel netted an 8-foot, power-play rebound at 11:07, and Geronazzo added yet another power-play goal with a point-blank rebound at 11:50. (end of article) Karen Heasley Colorado College '95 [log in to unmask] * [log in to unmask]