Colorado College started off well, as Chad Remackel got a power play goal in the first period, and the Tigers were up 1-0 after one. A few minutes into the second period, Tim Sweezo put one past Lendzyk and 18 seconds later, while they were still announcing the goal, Stewart Bodtker put one in to make it 3-0. CC seemed to be on a roll. A couple of minutes before the period ended, Colin Schmidt got a goal that was hard to see, the puck travelled so slow. I didn't really see it go in, as there was a huge crowd in front of the net and the net immediately came off its moorings. I thought at first it wasn't a goal, because the light didn't come on, but the referee signaled that it was, and CC had a 4-0 lead. Duluth finally got on the board with less than a minute in the period left. The Bulldogs got their next score in the third period, a power play goal during a 5-on-3, to close the gap to two. Colin Schmidt answered with another goal to regain the five goal lead, but then it went downhill from there for the Tigers. Even when Lambert was making some great saves, the defense just wasn't there to clear out the puck, and Duluth capitalized on these mistakes, scoring 4 unanswered goals to take the lead, the last score coming with about 2 1/2 minutes left in the game. Lambert was pulled for the extra man, and Duluth even got a penalty with :26 remaining, but the Tigers couldn't get it in the net to tie the game and send it into overtime. CC needs to not make these kind of third periods a common occurance if they want to make it into post-season play this year. Next up, a tough road trip to Madison to face the Badgers in their only regular season meeting this year. I'll post box scores and articles sometime tomorrow after I get back to school in the afternoon. Karen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Karen Heasley ~ "Sometimes I think the surest sign ~ ~ Colorado College '95 ~ that intelligent life exists else- ~ ~ Colorado Springs, CO ~ where in the universe is that none ~ ~ [log in to unmask] ~ of it has tried to contact us." ~ ~ [log in to unmask] ~ - Calvin, Calvin & Hobbes 11/9/94 ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~