{"id":9952,"date":"2009-12-05T20:20:06","date_gmt":"2009-12-06T02:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2009\/12\/05\/campers-goal-assist-help-miami-sweep-notre-dame\/"},"modified":"2010-08-23T11:55:42","modified_gmt":"2010-08-23T16:55:42","slug":"campers-goal-assist-help-miami-sweep-notre-dame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/recaps\/2009\/12\/05\/campers-goal-assist-help-miami-sweep-notre-dame\/","title":{"rendered":"Camper’s Goal, Assist, Help Miami Sweep Notre Dame"},"content":{"rendered":"
Top-ranked Miami defeated No.14 Notre Dame 4-0 on Saturday night at Steve Cady Arena, using three third period goals and an 18-save-preformace from goalie Connor Knapp to take both games against the Irish. <\/p>\n
Carter Camper had a goal and an assist and Tommy Wingels scored his sixth goal of the season for the RedHawks. The win moves Miami to 11-2-5 overall, and 8-1-3-1 in the CCHA. The loss drops the Irish to 7-7-4 overall, and 4-4-4-2 in the CCHA. <\/p>\n
The first period got off to a slow start, as the teams registered just three shots on goal combined in the first ten minutes. The best chance came when Camper picked up a loose puck in the Notre Dame zone and passed it to an open Pat Cannone in front of the Irish goal. Cannone’s backhand effort was turned away by Notre Dame netminder Mike Johnson, who made 25 saves in last night 1-0 Miami win. <\/p>\n
The second 10 minutes of the period belonged to the RedHawks, who used their first power play of the game to take an early lead. Wingels, who had the lone assist in Friday’s game, put his shot from the left side of the goal over the shoulder of Johnson and into the net to give Miami a 1-0 lead. The assists came from Cameron Schilling and Camper, whose pass found a wide open Wingels to the left of the Irish net. <\/p>\n
Miami continued to pressure the Irish net after the goal, but were unable to put another one past Johnson, although putting nine on net in the second 10 minutes. <\/p>\n
Johnson continued to be strong in net for the Irish, stopping 13 second period RedHawks’ shots to keep them at one. Miami got their best chance to double their tally in the second when freshman winger Reilly Smith stole the puck from an Irish in the Notre Dame zone and fired a wrist shot at Johnson. Smith followed his shot and picked up his own rebound, firing another shot at the Irish net, only to see it kicked away on a diving save by Johnson. <\/p>\n
“Their goalie played really well, especially in the second period,” said Miami coach Enrico Blasi. “We continued to put pressure on him and we eventually got off some shots that got past him.” <\/p>\n