The No. 7 Colorado College Tigers started the third period trailing the Minnesota Golden Gophers by three goals 5-2. Just 14 seconds into the third period, Gabe Guentzel scored on a shot from the left point on a drop pass from Nate Prosser.<\/p>\n
CC made it a one-goal game at 3:46 of the third on a breakaway goal by Tyler Johnson.<\/p>\n
“We played with a lot of pride in the third; we made it a one-goal game,” said Scott Owens of his team’s comeback bid.<\/p>\n
“It was a tough break to start the third,” commented Gophers’ coach Don Lucia. <\/p>\n
Minnesota’s Aaron Ness then took a minor tripping penalty at 12:55 that put Colorado College on the man-advantage with a chance to tie the game, but the Gophers’ penalty kill held.<\/p>\n
“The power play was the part that disappointed me in the third,” said Owens<\/p>\n
The Gophers got the momentum back after the kill and got a critical goal at 16:53 by Cade Fairchild. Zach Buddish fed the puck back to the point, where Fairchild fired a shot into the upper corner glove side past Tigers’ goaltender Joe Howe.<\/p>\n
Tony Lucia added an empty-netter at 18:20 to complete the scoring at 7-4.<\/p>\n
“It was a great weekend for us,” said Don Lucia. “One of the keys was playing with a lead.” <\/p>\n
Minnesota started the second period strong, scoring on a three-on-two rush that turned into a four-on-two play when eventual goal scorer Josh Birkholz joined the play late for a drop pass from Nick Leddy. Birkholz’ wrist shot beat Howe high at 2:53.<\/p>\n
CC pulled within two goals at 16:05 when Kris Fredheim scored a power-play. The defenseman charged the center lane, where Tyler Johnson hit him with a pass from the left sidewall. Fredheim redirected the puck past Gophers’ goaltender Alex Kangas.<\/p>\n
Nick Leddy and the Gophers answered within two minutes at 17:48 on a screen from the left point.<\/p>\n
Colorado College started the first period stronger than Friday’s game tallying six shots to Minnesota’s four, but halfway through the period, things unraveled for the Tigers.<\/p>\n
In a span of 1:42, Minnesota scored three goals and the Tigers one.<\/p>\n
At 13:11, Mike Hoeffel started the scoring with a rebound goal while on a two man advantage. Jacob Cepis started the play by sending a diagonal pass back to Jordan Schroeder at the top left point. Schroeder one-timed the shot. The rebound fell in front of Howe, where Hoeffel slammed it home.<\/p>\n
David Fischer made it 2-0 Minnesota 40 second later off a faceoff. Nick Larson won the draw back to Fischer. Fischer slid a pass to Birkholz and moved up the center lane. Birkholz gave the puck right back to Fischer, who one-timed it in the far left lower corner. <\/p>\n
CC responded 20 seconds later where Prosser dug a puck out of the left corner and found Rylan Schwartz alone in front of Kangas. Schwartz slid the puck to his backhand and past Kangas.<\/p>\n
The forth goal in the outburst came 42 second later on a puck juggled by Howe. Ness took a shot from the left point that trickled behind Howe. Cepis crashed the net and got a stick on the goalie’s skate, which pushed the puck in the net.<\/p>\n
Next weekend Colorado College plays host to North Dakota while Minnesota heads to Minnesota-Duluth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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