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http://www.daily.umn.edu/~online/daily/11171995/sports/puck17/ From today's (11/17/95) Minnesota Daily: > Gophers hope to cool down UMD again >=20 > Jeff Sherry - Staff Reporter >=20 > Minnesota-Duluth captain Joe Ciccarello can't point to any specific > factor responsible for the turnaround of his hockey team since Jan. > 6. >=20 > At that time last season, the Bulldogs were coming off a > seventh-place WCHA finish and had lost to Colorado College, giving > them a 3-12-2 league record. The young team had lost every > conference game in over two months. >=20 > But the following night the Bulldogs pulled out a 6-5 road upset > over the league-champion Tigers and have yet to look back. Since > that win at Colorado College, Minnesota-Duluth has posted the > league's best record (16-6-2), including a 6-2 conference record so > far this season. >=20 > And Ciccarello isn't sure why. >=20 > "I guess our guys have just started believing in themselves," said > the senior who won the team's Most Improved Player award last > season. "You can't really pinpoint it on one thing. It's just a > bunch of guys starting to believe that, 'Hey, we're a pretty good > team.'" >=20 > The Bulldogs' emergence has turned the match-up of intra-state > rivals into an important series involving two of the league's top > teams. Second-place Minnesota (6-3-1 in the WCHA), leads third-place > UMD (6-2-0) by one point in the conference standings. But the > Gophers have played two more games than the Bulldogs. >=20 > The biggest reasons for the Bulldogs becoming a good team are the > development of their young talent on offense and solid goaltending > from senior Taras Lendzyk. >=20 > The Bulldogs get depth up front from sophomores Mike Peluso and Joe > Rybar, who lead the team in scoring, and freshman Jason Haakstad, > who ranks right behind them. The Bulldogs also have experienced > scorers in second-team All-WCHA selection Brad Federenko and > Ciccarello. >=20 > Lendzyk returned against Wisconsin last weekend after missing three > games due to a pulled groin muscle. In those games he stopped 51 of > 55 shots allowing four goals. >=20 > But while UMD has beaten up on everyone else in the WCHA recently, > the Gophers have made them look like puppies on ice. Minnesota won > all six games the teams played last season, including four games > when the Bulldogs were playing their best hockey. >=20 > On Feb. 10-11, the Bulldogs came to Mariucci Arena having lost only > one of their previous nine games. The Gophers swept. Then in the > first round of the WCHA playoffs, UMD came to town winners of four > straight. The Gophers swept and ended the Bulldogs' season. >=20 > "They came in rolling both times, just like they are now," Woog > said. "It's kind of like deja vu. Here we go again. But you never > know. Sometimes that's how it goes -- you match up well with > somebody and you're able to beat them." >=20 > But Ciccarello doesn't believe the past has anything to do with this > weekend's series. When the Gophers and Bulldogs meet, he said, > everything else goes right out the window. >=20 > "For these guys it doesn't matter if you're in last place or first > place," Ciccarello said. "The competition between the two schools is > always pretty intense. Our guys are looking forward to it." >=20 > Snap shots >=20 > Freshman forward Wyatt Smith will miss his second straight series > this weekend with a slightly-separated left shoulder. >=20 > Smith has been practicing with the team in the red cross (no > contact) jersey all week. Gophers trainer Bob Broxterman said Smith > will practice in his regular uniform on Monday and should be able to > play Nov. 24-25 at the College Hockey Showcase in Milwaukee. >=20 > Woog said with the exception of Smith, all of his other regular > players will play against the Bulldogs. Senior forward Bobby Dustin, > who saw his first action of the season against Denver last weekend, > should play in at least one game again this weekend. >=20 > The Gophers signed their sixth recruit for the 1996-97 season > Wednesday when they received a national letter of intent from > Bloomington Jefferson defenseman Ryan Trebil. Wednesday was the > final day of the early signing period. > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > =A9The Minnesota Daily HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.