From Gazette-Telegraph 12-10-94 Tigers shed jinx, trap Wildcats for eighth straight win MARQUETTE, Mich. - No. 1 Colorado College ended an eight-year winless streak at Lakeview Arena in convincing fashion Friday night, posting an 8-2 victory over Northern Michigan. The win improved CC's overall record to 13-2 and kept it atop the Western Collegiate Hockey Association with a 10-1 record. NMU dropped to 6-9 overall and 5-8. The Tigers extended their win streak to eight in a rink where they had a 1-20-1 record, including an 0-16-1 mark since 1986. "It was a great win for us," said CC coach Don Lucia. "We exorcised a few ghosts tonight." CC ended NMU's home hex early, jumping on starting goalie Dieter Kochan for four goals in the opening 15:17. CC goalie Ryan Bach stopped 33 of 35 shots. Both of NMU's goals occurred when CC was short-handed. CC's Chad Remackel opened the scoring at 5:34. Two minutes later, Jay McNeill scored a power-play goal - the first of his two goals on the night. The Tigers added a goal by R.J. Enga at 14:21. Kochan was sent to the bench at 15:17 when David Paxton pushed CC's lead to 4-0. NMU coach Rick Comley inserted goalie Keith Bartholomaus and CC beat him for two goals in each of the second and third periods. The game ended with a brawl at center ice after NMU's Shayne Tomlinson struck four or five CC players as he skated by the team's bench during the final seconds. "It was right out of 'Slap Shot,'" Lucia said, referring to the hockey movie. Tomlinson was called for elbowing. Comley said he would bench Tomlinson in tonight's second game of the weekend series. (end of article) Karen Heasley Colorado College '95 [log in to unmask] * [log in to unmask] "Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." - Calvin, Calvin & Hobbes 11/9/94