Ryan Bowman wrote: >I thought the Gophers played pretty bad the entire tournament. Maybe it >was the timing, playing during the break, or missing some key players due >to the World Juniors, or playing a lot of guys who haven't seen that much >ice time. I think it was just a lousy weekend for the team, but they The Gophers WERE missing 5 of their 12 regular forwards as well as one defenseman. Freshmen Reggie Berg, Erik Rasmussen, and Wyatt Smith and sophomore Casey Hankinson are with the USA junior team. Freshman Mike Anderson left the Harvard game in the first period with a slight shoulder separation. Sophomore defender Jason Godbout was held out of the series, still suffering headaches from a concussion after being checked from behind into the boards in Anchorage. I was encouraged that the Gophers did as well as they did against Harvard, but the decimation of the forward lines was all too apparent last night. The BGSU defenders did a good job in making things difficult for the Gopher forwards, and there were times when it was obvious from both their offensive and defensive play that the Gopher forwards had no feel for where their linemates were. Hopefully this is a problem that will be remedied when the Gophers get the other 41.7% of their forwards back! -Pam Sweeney Go Gophers!!! HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.