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WCHA

Players of the week

Offense: Forward Colin Murphy, M i c h i -gan Tech.

Defense: Goalie Kevin Reiter, Alaska An -chorage.

Rookie: Forward Drew Stafford, UND.Women's WCHA

Player of the week

Offense: Forward Krissy Wendell, U n i -versity of Minnesota. NSIC Footballplayers of the week

Offense: Quarterback Toby Korrodi,Northern State.

Defense: End Russ Rabe, Minnesota-Duluth.

Special teams: Kicker Owen Olson, Nor th-ern State; kick returner Joseph Mapson,Concordia. Volleyball players of the week

Offense: Hitter Crystal Nucech, Minne-sota-Duluth; hitter Joan Ebnet, Minne-sota-Crookston.

Defense: Middle blocker Chelsey Deibert,Northern State. DAC-10

Football players of the week

Offense: Running back Larry Aldridge, SiTanka.

Defense: Safety John Davis, Si Tanka.


The Brockville Recorder & Times

October 21, 2003 Tuesday Final Edition SPORTS; Pg. B3

EAGLES RETAIN FIRST IN U.S. COLLEGE POLLNCAA BOSTON COLLEGE EARNS 15 FIRST-PLACE VOTES

BY CANADIAN PRESS

Boston College retained No.1 spot in U.S. college hockeyrankings released Monday.

The Eagles got 15 of 34 first-place votes after a weekendsplit with No. 3 North Dakota.New Hampshire was No. 2with 11 first-place votes in theUSA Today/American HockeyMagazine poll.

Minnesota retained No. 4 spotand Maine remained No. 5.

- Bowling Green goaltenderJordan Sigalet of Surrey,B.C., broke a 29-year-oldschool record for saves in agame when he made 56 stopsduring a 5-3 win at NotreDame. Sigalet was a seventh-round 2001 NHL draft pick ofthe Boston Bruins.

- Jeff Tambellini of PortMoody, B.C., a sophomore atMichigan, scored all of theWolverines goals in a 3-2 winover visiting Quinnipiac. Theson of Steve Tambellini, theformer NHL player who is di-rector of player personnel forthe Vancouver Canucks, wasa first-round draft pick of theLos Angeles Kings in June.Michigan is No. 6 in the latestpoll.

- Clarkson goalie DustinTraylen of Kirkland, Que., wasnamed ECAC goalie of theweek after stopping 78 of 81shots to help the GoldenKnights to a win and a tie atBemidji State.

- Mike Brown of Calgary needsone more victory to becomethe winningest goalie in FerrisState history. He record his42nd win, 3-1 at Colgate,N.Y., in his 70th appearanceto tie the mark set by RobHughston of Mississauga,Ont., who appeared in 117games from 1981 through1985.

- Curtis McElhinney of Cal-gary, a sophomore goalie atColorado College, improvedto 33-6-6 in his college careerwith a pair of wins over visitingAlaska Fairbanks to open the2003-2004 season with theTigers. McElhinney was all-WCHA and second-team all-America last season.

- Oren Eizenman of Toronto, afreshman forward with Rens-selaer, scored his first twocollege goals 87 secondsapart in the third period tohelp the Engineers earn a 4-4tie with Connecticut.

- Brett Arcand-Kootenay of St.Albert, Alta., made his firstcollegiate goal a memorableone. His was the only goal in a1-0 Alaska-Anchorage winover visiting Mass-Lowell inthe title game of the Nye Fron-tier Classic.

- Wisconsin freshman AndrewJoudrey of Bedford, N.S., isthe top scoring rookie in theWCHA. He had two goals andtwo assists in his first four col-legiate games.

- Denver forward Jeff Drum-mond of Leduc, Alta., is sec-ond in WCHA scoring after thefirst three weeks of the newseason. Drummond has fourgoals and three assists in fourgames.

- Colin Murphy of FortMcMurray, Alta., a junior for-ward at Michigan Tech,scored four goals and as-sisted on another in a 7-6 winover visiting Northern Michi-gan. Murphy's goal at 19:32 ofthe third period forced over-time, and he scored the win-ner 2:58 into the extra period.

- Notre Dame goalie DavidBrown of Stoney Creek, Ont.,stopped all 40 Bowling Greenshots in a 3-0 win in just hissecond collegiate start.


Detroit Free PressOctober 21, 2003 Tuesday 0 EDITION

Why MSU might root for U-MBY JEMELE HILLFREE PRESSSPORTS WRITEREAST LANSING

It's not a position any Spartanlikes to be in.

But Michigan State, whichstands alone atop the Big Tenfor the first time since 1987,would benefit if Michiganbeats Purdue on Saturday.Purdue is 3-0 in the confer-ence, and a U-M victory wouldleave MSU (4-0) as the onlyteam with an unbeaten BigTen record.

Perhaps the Spartan faithfulwill have to root for their big-gest rival.

"You don't want to root forMichigan," offensive guardJoe Tate said, laughing. "It'sMichigan, that's all you cansay. But we have to play themno matter what."

MSU does not play Purdue.With a bye this week, theSpartans have two weeks toprepare for the Nov. 1 gameagainst Michigan, which will benationally televised at noon byABC.

The bye week comes at anideal time for 11th-rankedMSU, which has won fivestraight games. The time offwill give the Spartans achance to be relatively healthyfor a stretch run that includesgames against the top half of

the conference -- U-M, OhioState and Wisconsin.

Two MSU starters and per-haps a third are expected toreturn against the Wolverines.Senior defensive end GregTaplin (knee) and sophomorewide receiver Kyle Brown(shoulder) missed Saturday'svictory at Minnesota but areexpected back this week.

The Spartans also might havethe services of defensivetackle Brandon McKinney, astarter expected to be a majorcontributor this season.McKinney has missed everygame with a foot injury.

"This was a great time for abye week," linebacker SethMitchell said. "We're winning,but a lot of people havebumps and bruises."

Sophomore tailback JarenHayes missed some timeagainst Minnesota because ofturf toe, and backup quarter-back Drew Stanton twisted anankle and didn't play on thereturn teams as he normallydoes. Both should be fine forthe U-M game.

NOTEBOOK: The Spartanswill not return to practice untilThursday. Coach John L.Smithand most of the assis-tant coaches will use part ofthe week to recruit. "It's agreat time to get some expo-sure in recruiting," said offen-sive coordinator DaveBaldwin,the only assistant

who did not go out recruiting,because only seven are al-lowed on the road at a time. . ..

MSU has gone four games,and 18 quarters total, withoutcommitting a turnover. Seniorquarterback Jeff Smokerhas-n't thrown an interceptionsince Sept. 20 at Notre Dame.Baldwin, who has been incoaching for nearly 25 years,can't remember having astreak like that. "We've beenso damn lucky," he said,knocking on the wood of hischair. "There's been magic tothat. The thing that Jeff hasdone is been accurate. Theopponents haven't had manyopportunities." . . .

Spartans fans shouldn't worrythat their team will lose its fo-cus because of the time off.Baldwin said that Smith deliv-ered a stern message to theteam: "He told these guys ourstuff still does stink, and heconvincingly told them that.Our kids believe that. Theyknow we need to outworkpeople because that's theonly chance we've got." . . .

The Spartans have outscoredtheir Big Ten opponents, 45-0, in the first quarter. Theyalso have forced 23 turn-overs, which they have turnedinto 84 points. Players of theweek:Purdue junior quarter-back Kyle Orton(38-for-55passing for 411 yards and atouchdown vs. Wisconsin);Wisconsin senior linebacker


Alex Lewis(nine tackles, in-cluding 6 1/2 for losses andfive sacks, and a forced fum-ble). Mid-American Confer-ence West -- Eastern Michi-gan junior running back An-thony Sherrellof Orchard LakeSt. Mary's (33 carries for 187yards and a TD vs. BowlingGreen); Northern Illinois juniorlinebacker Brian Atkin-son(eight tackles, includingfive solo, vs. Western Michi-gan). Great Lakes Conference

-- Michigan Tech freshmantailback Lee Maranaof Ish-peming Westwood (37 carriesfor 276 yards and five TDs vs.Wayne State); Saginaw ValleyState junior outside line-backer Neil BaumgartnerofIron River West Iron County(eight tackles, including fourfor losses, and a fumble re-covery vs. Grand ValleyState). Michigan Intercolle-giate Athletic Association --Alma junior linebacker Scott

Barrigerof Whittemore-Prescott (14 solo tackles, in-cluding two for losses, vs. Al-bion); Wisconsin Lutheransenior quarterback SethFitzsimmons(20-for-33 pass-ing for 317 yards and threeTDs and a rushing TD vs. Tri-State).

Contact JEMELE HILL at 313-223-3215 [email protected]


Detroit Free PressOctober 21, 2003, Tuesday SPORTS

Why MSU might root for U-MBy Jemele Hill

EAST LANSING, Mich. _ It'snot a position any Spartanlikes to be in.

But Michigan State, whichstands alone atop the Big Tenfor the first time since 1987,would benefit if Michiganbeats Purdue on Saturday.Purdue is 3-0 in the confer-ence, and a U-M victory wouldleave MSU (4-0) as the onlyteam with an unbeaten BigTen record.

Perhaps the Spartan faithfulwill have to root for their big-gest rival.

"You don't want to root forMichigan," offensive guardJoe Tate said, laughing. "It'sMichigan, that's all you cansay. But we have to play themno matter what."

MSU does not play Purdue.With a bye this week, theSpartans have two weeks toprepare for the Nov. 1 gameagainst Michigan, which will benationally televised at noon byABC.

The bye week comes at anideal time for 11th-rankedMSU, which has won fivestraight games. The time offwill give the Spartans achance to be relatively healthyfor a stretch run that includesgames against the top half ofthe conference _ U-M, OhioState and Wisconsin.

Two MSU starters and per-haps a third are expected toreturn against the Wolverines.Senior defensive end GregTaplin (knee) and sophomorewide receiver Kyle Brown(shoulder) missed Saturday'svictory at Minnesota but areexpected back this week.

The Spartans also might havethe services of defensivetackle Brandon McKinney, astarter expected to be a majorcontributor this season.McKinney has missed everygame with a foot injury.

"This was a great time for abye week," linebacker SethMitchell said. "We're winning,but a lot of people havebumps and bruises."

Sophomore tailback JarenHayes missed some timeagainst Minnesota because ofturf toe, and backup quarter-back Drew Stanton twisted anankle and didn't play on thereturn teams as he normallydoes. Both should be fine forthe U-M game.

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NOTEBOOK:

The Spartans will not return topractice until Thursday. CoachJohn L. Smith and most of theassistant coaches will use partof the week to recruit. "It's agreat time to get some expo-sure in recruiting," said offen-sive coordinator DaveBaldwin, the only assistant

who did not go out recruiting,because only seven are al-lowed on the road at a time.

MSU has gone four games,and 18 quarters total, withoutcommitting a turnover. Seniorquarterback Jeff Smoker has-n't thrown an interceptionsince Sept. 20 at Notre Dame.Baldwin, who has been incoaching for nearly 25 years,can't remember having astreak like that. "We've beenso damn lucky," he said,knocking on the wood of hischair. "There's been magic tothat. The thing that Jeff hasdone is been accurate. Theopponents haven't had manyopportunities."

Spartans fans shouldn't worrythat their team will lose its fo-cus because of the time off.Baldwin said that Smith deliv-ered a stern message to theteam: "He told these guys ourstuff still does stink, and heconvincingly told them that.Our kids believe that. Theyknow we need to outworkpeople because that's theonly chance we've got."

The Spartans have outscoredtheir Big Ten opponents, 45-0, in the first quarter. Theyalso have forced 23 turn-overs, which they have turnedinto 84 points.

Players of the week: Purduejunior quarterback Kyle Orton(38-for-55 passing for 411yards and a touchdown vs.Wisconsin); Wisconsin senior


linebacker Alex Lewis (ninetackles, including 6 [ forlosses and five sacks, and aforced fumble). Mid-AmericanConference West _ EasternMichigan junior running backAnthony Sherrell of OrchardLake St. Mary's (33 carries for187 yards and a TD vs. Bowl-ing Green); Northern Illinoisjunior linebacker Brian Atkin-son (eight tackles, includingfive solo, vs. Western Michi-gan). Great Lakes Conference_ Michigan Tech freshman

tailback Lee Marana of Ish-peming Westwood (37 carriesfor 276 yards and five TDs vs.Wayne State); Saginaw ValleyState junior outside line-backer Neil Baumgartner ofIron River West Iron County(eight tackles, including fourfor losses, and a fumble re-covery vs. Grand ValleyState). Michigan Intercolle-giate Athletic Association _Alma junior linebacker ScottBarriger of Whittemore-Prescott (14 solo tackles, in-

cluding two for losses, vs. Al-bion); Wisconsin Lutheransenior quarterback SethFitzsimmons (20-for-33 pass-ing for 317 yards and threeTDs and a rushing TD vs. Tri-State).

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Grand Forks HeraldOctober 21, 2003 Tuesday SPT

WCHA

Players of the week

Offense: Forward Colin Murphy, M i c h i -gan Tech.

Defense: Goalie Kevin Reiter, Alaska An -chorage.

Rookie: Forward Drew Stafford, NorthDakota. NSIC Football players of the week

Offense: Quarterback Toby Korrodi,Northern State.

Defense: End Russ Rabe, Minnesota-Duluth.

Special teams: Kicker Owen Olson, Nor th-ern State; kick returner Joseph Mapson,Concordia. Volleyball players of the week

Offense: Hitter Crystal Nucech, Minne-sota-Duluth; hitter Joan Ebnet, Minne-sota-Crookston.

Defense: Middle blocker Chelsey Deibert,Northern State.


Saint Paul Pioneer Press

October 21, 2003 Tuesday Minnesota: SPORTS; Pg. 3D

HOCKEY REPORT: Blaine skater gives Sioux a lift

Although the connection toShattuck-St. Mary's in Fari-bault, Minn., continues to paydividends for the University ofNorth Dakota men's team, itwas the link to Blaine and Lin-coln, Neb., of the UnitedStates Hockey League thatproved most beneficial as thefourth-ranked Fighting Siouxearned a split with No. 1-ranked Boston College overthe weekend.

Brandon Bochenski, one ofno fewer than eight playerswho went to North Dakotafrom Lincoln, notched the fifthhat trick of his career at NorthDakota on Friday night as theSioux rallied to win 6-4 atGrand Forks, N.D.

The junior from Blaine, whofinished 11th in scoring inNCAA Division I a year ago,has four goals in three gamesand raised his career points to98.

However, he took a shot nearthe toe of his skate late in Fri-day's game "and wasn't thesame player on Saturday,"Sioux coach Dean Blais said."On Friday, he was the bestplayer on the ice."

Bochenski lines up with for-mer Shattuck-St. Mary's starZach Parise and Brady Murrayon North Dakota's top line,which sparked a comebackafter the Eagles took a 4-2lead with 3:35 remaining inthe second period. Bochen-ski scored the fourth and sixthgoals for his team, getting anassist from Parise on the sixth.

"When it was 4-2, I thought wewere in trouble," Blais said."But once we get going, we'regood.

"The first part of the game wenever had the puck. It was liketwo different games: For thefirst half, they just owned us,and for the second half, weowned them. They were theNo. 1 team in the country andhave a lot of returning players.We had six freshmen comingin Friday night to their one."

Newcomers help:One Siouxfreshman was goaltender Jor-dan Parise, a former Shattuck-St. Mary's player who pickedup his second victory afterbackstopping the Sioux pastMinnesota-Duluth in the Hallof Fame Game earlier. An-other was Drew Stafford, a 6-foot-2, 200-pound defense-man from Shattuck whoscored the game-winner Fri-day and Monday was chosenWestern Collegiate HockeyAssociation rookie of theweek.

Zach Parise and BC's BenEaves were the Hobey BakerAward candidates on the iceover the weekend, but JordanParise's victory reminded eve-ryone that Zach isn't the onlyson of former North Star J.P.Parise with ability.

"He played really well againstDuluth," Blais said of JordanParise, "so I thought he de-served the start based onthat."

Blais says Parise is more of astandup goaltender com-pared to the "more unortho-dox" Jake Brandt, a juniorfrom Roseau, Minn., whoplayed at Lincoln of the USHLand worked the nets in the 2-1 loss to the Eagles on Satur-day night. The Sioux, whowere inconsistent in goal lastseason, also have anotherformer Lincoln goalie on theroster in freshman NateZiegelmann, who's fromGrand Forks.

The Fighting Sioux are off thisweekend before playing hostto Yale and Minnesota thefollowing two weekends.

Strong finish:St. Cloud State"played extremely well in thethird period both nights," ac-cording to coach Craig Dahl,en route to a home sweep ofWisconsin. "Defensively, weplayed awfully well for thisearly in the season."

After his team won 2-1 and 3-1, Dahl had nothing but praisefor the work ethic of his play-ers.

"We really have a great teamattitude, and these guys areworking their tails off," he said.

Goalies Jason Montgomeryand Adam Coole recorded thevictories.

"They gave up a few too manyrebounds," Dahl said, "butthey didn't give up any softgoals."


The Huskies plan to do furtherresearch on the goalie situa-tion when they entertainMichigan Tech this week-end. They'll give Friday's startto freshman Tim Boron, Dahlsaid, adding, "You've got tofind out who can play early inthe year."

Line changes: A net has beeninstalled above the glass toprotect the end seats thisseason at Ridder Arena,where the Gophers womenplay. No net has been addedat Mariucci Arena.

* The Gophers women arewearing new uniforms thisseason.

* Eaves, who played at Shat-tuck-St. Mary's and is the sonof Wisconsin men's coachMike Eaves, had a goal andtwo assists in Boston Col-lege's loss to North Dakota onFriday night. The Eaglesdropped from No. 1 to No. 2 inthe rankings.

* Alaska Anchorage, whichwon its first game last seasonand did not win again, sweptto the title of the Nye FrontierClassic tournament in An-chorage over the weekend,beating Air Force 5-4 andMassachusetts-Lowell 1-0 togive the Seawolves a 3-1 re-cord. Senior forward DallasSteward, from Chippewa Falls,Wis., was chosen the out-

standing player of the tour-nament.

* Colorado College sopho-more center Aaron Slatten-gren, from Proctor, Minn.,registered his first collegiatehat trick in a victory overAlaska Fairbanks.

* Minnesota State (Mankato)senior Shane Joseph ex-tended his points streak toeight games, even thoughthe Mavericks lost both homegames to Providence.

Bruce Brothers can bereached at [email protected]


St. Cloud TimesOctober 21, 2003 Tuesday Minnesota: SPORTS; Pg. 3D

Anchorage wins a titleKevin Allenspach, [email protected]

It's early, with a capital 'E,' butthe Alaska Anchorage Sea-wolves look like they've shedsome of the dead skin thatbrought them the first winlessseason by anyone in morethan 40 years of WCHA ac-tion.

Ironically, two of their oldestplayers, who have beenthrough hell on ice, were a bigreason they won back to backgames last weekend for thefirst time since late in the2001-02 season. Seniorgoalie Chris King stopped 20of 24 shots to beat Air Force5-4, and senior goalie KevinReiter saved 28 in a 1-0 winover UMass-Lowell to claimthe Nye Frontier Classic atSullivan Arena in Anchorage.

The championship is the firstin the tournament for the hostSeawolves since 1990.

And Reiter's shutout was thefirst for Anchorage since a 3-0win Nov. 6, 1999, at Michi-gan Tech. In between was astretch of 138 games, includ-ing last season's debacle - alast-place finish in which theSeawolves won their seasonopener and then went 0-28-7,0-22-6 in the league.

King stopped 50 shots aweek earlier in a 3-2 win atAlaska-Fairbanks, a day be-fore the one-year anniversary

of the team's previous victory.In the second game of thatseries, Reiter was cut by askate blade in a 5-3 loss.Third-year head coach JohnHill likes rotating the goalies,and asked Reiter whether hecould play for the tournamenttitle.

"I haven't played in a champi-onship game since I wasprobably 12," Reiter told theAnchorage Daily News."When (Hill) asked me if Icould go, I wasn't going topass it up. It hurt a little, but itwasn't bad."

Reiter needed internalstitches and external staplesto close the gash in his leg,although it might be a toss-upas to which hurt more - theinjury or the fact that the Sea-wolves lost a 3-2 lead with lessthan 30 seconds remaining.

On Saturday, he played with10 staples holding togetherthe sides of the cut. For hisperformance, he was theWCHA Defensive Player ofthe Week.

Wild weekend for MTU

Michigan Tech lost a heart-breaker and then won one in anon-conference home-and-home series with NorthernMichigan. Friday's gamemarked the debut of MTUcoach Jamie Russell, and heshowed he already knows hisway around a difficult post-game question.

The Wildcats scored goals inthe final minute of regulation(with their goalie pulled) andwith 1:12 left on a 5-on-3power play in overtime to de-feat Michigan Tech 4-3 Fri-day night. Michigan Techhadn't been down two skatersin overtime since 1991.

MTU defensemen Jon Scottwas penalized for tripping at3:10 and Brad Sullivan wascalled for holding the stick 19seconds later. Russell offeredno comment on the officials.

"(Officiating's) out of our con-trol," Russell told the Hough-ton (Mich.) Daily Mining Ga-zette. "I was real happy with(my) team and proud of theireffort."

He was even more proud Sat-urday when MTU scored fourtimes after the 17-minute markof the third period to win 7-6 inovertime. Colin Murphyscored a natural hat trick, in-cluding the game-winner, andwas the WCHA OffensivePlayer of the Week. And St.Cloud's Brandon Schwartz, asophomore winger, scored agoal and picked up an assist.

Pioneers need helmets

Denver improved to 4-0-0 with5-2 and 6-3 wins over North-eastern. But coach GeorgeGwozdecky was unhappy withhis team's play, especially onFriday when the Pioneerswere outshot 37-28 and


needed three power-playgoals to win.

"If it wasn't for (goalie) AdamBerkhoel, I'd probably still bein the locker room banging myhead against the wall,"Gwozdecky told the DenverPost. "As a team, I thought wewere substandard. AdamBerkhoel stole us a game, andif anyone in our locker roomdoesn't believe that, theyneed their head examined."

Backes a bright spot

Troy Jutting is 0-4-0 in seasonopeners since becominghead coach at MinnesotaState-Mankato. But if therewas one bright spot for him inhome losses to Providence toopen the season, it was theplay of freshman forwardDavid Backes, who had a goaland two assists in the series.Backes had one assist Fridayin a 2-1 loss, and a goal and anassist in Saturday's 5-3 de-feat.

Perhaps even more refresh-ing, and possibly symbolic ofthe reason he was among thepreseason candidates forleague rookie of the year, washis attitude about it.

"I had three points," Backestold the Mankato Free-Press."But if that's not enough for

our team to win, I gotta domore."

UND battles BC

North Dakota overcame a 4-2third-period deficit to beat top-ranked Boston College 6-4 onFriday. The Sioux then lost 2-1 on Saturday when, despitehaving 10 power plays, theymanaged just 17 total shots.

"You've got to give BC credit,"North Dakota defensemanAndy Schneider told theGrand Forks (N.D.) Herald."They're the No. 1 team in thenation, and you know they satin their hotel room all day andcame out with a little sting tothem. You know they weremad about their third-periodletup (Friday) night ... They'rea good team and they're go-ing to go a long way this year."

Drew Stafford, a freshmanforward who scored the game-winner Friday, was the WCHARookie of the Week.

Around the WCHA

The WCHA has decided topostpone trial use of instantreplay, which was supposedto be available at Denver'sMagness Arena this season.The NCAA approved theWCHA's two-year experimentwith instant replay, but didn't

want on-ice officials to reviewgoals at the officials' bench.The NCAA mandated an in-stant replay official would haveto review goals, and theleague wasn't prepared to paythe extra expense of hiring anoff-ice official to handle theduties.

Aaron Slattengren scored ahat trick for Colorado Collegein an 8-3 win Saturday overAlaska-Fairbanks. The Tigersscored four third-period goalsto win 6-2 on Friday.

The Mavericks, playing shorttwo injured veteran defense-men, also received a jolt Sat-urday when senior forwardCole Bassett took a fightingmajor and received a gamedisqualification. He'll miss Fri-day's game at Bemidji State asa result.

Senior forward Dallas Stewardwas the Nye Frontier ClassicMVP. Reiter and freshmandefenseman Mark Smithmade the all-tournamentteam.

GRAPHIC: AP photo Denvergoalie Adam Berkhoel stops ashot by Northeastern's JasonGuerriero on Friday. He made35 saves in a 5-2 victory.


The Canadian PressOctober 20, 2003 Monday

Boston College retains No. 1 ranking in U.S. college hockeypoll

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Boston College retained No. 1 spot in U.S. college hockey rankings released Monday.

The Eagles got 15 of 34 first-place votes after a weekend split with No. 3 North Dakota.New Hampshire was No. 2 with 11 first-place votes in the USA Today/American HockeyMagazine poll.

Minnesota retained No. 4 spot and Maine remained No. 5.

Bowling Green goaltender Jordan Sigalet of Surrey, B.C., broke a 29-year-old schoolrecord for saves in a game when he made 56 stops during a 5-3 win at Notre Dame. S i -galet was a seventh-round 2001 NHL draft pick of the Boston Bruins.

Jeff Tambellini of Port Moody, B.C., a sophomore at Michigan, scored all of the Wolver -ines goals in a 3-2 win over visiting Quinnipiac. The son of Steve Tambellini, the f o r -mer NHL player who is director of player personnel for the Vancouver Canucks, was afirst-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Kings in June. Michigan is No. 6 in the latestpoll.

Clarkson goalie Dustin Traylen of Kirkland, Que., was named ECAC goalie of the week a f -ter stopping 78 of 81 shots to help the Golden Knights to a win and a tie at Bemidji State.

Kyle Doyle of Sarnia, Ont., a senior forward with Colgate, scored a goal and set up twoothers in a 5-3 home win over Ferris State.

Mike Brown of Calgary needs one more victory to become the winningest goalie in Ferr isState history. He record his 42nd win, 3-1 at Colgate, N.Y., in his 70th appearance totie the mark set by Rob Hughston of Mississauga, Ont., who appeared in 117 games f rom1981 through 1985.

Curtis McElhinney of Calgary, a sophomore goalie at Colorado College, improved to 3 3 -6-6 in his college career with a pair of wins over visiting Alaska Fairbanks to open the2003-2004 season with the Tigers. McElhinney was all-WCHA and second-team a l l -America last season.

Oren Eizenman of Toronto, a freshman forward with Rensselaer, scored his first twocollege goals 87 seconds apart in the third period to help the Engineers earn a 4-4 t iewith Connecticut.

Brett Arcand-Kootenay of St. Albert, Alta., made his first collegiate goal a memorableone. His was the only goal in a 1-0 Alaska-Anchorage win over visiting Mass-Lowell i nthe title game of the Nye Frontier Classic.


Brock Hooton of Nanaimo, B.C., a sophomore forward at St. Cloud State, assisted on a l lthree Huskies goal in a 3-1 win over Wisconsin.

Wisconsin freshman Andrew Joudrey of Bedford, N.S., is the top scoring rookie in theWCHA. He had two goals and two assists in his first four collegiate games.

Denver forward Jeff Drummond of Leduc, Alta., is second in WCHA scoring after the f i r s tthree weeks of the new season. Drummond has four goals and three assists in four games.

Colin Murphy of Fort McMurray, Alta., a junior forward at Michigan Tech, scoredfour goals and assisted on another in a 7-6 win over visiting Northern Michigan. M u r -phy's goal at 19:32 of the third period forced overtime, and he scored the winner 2 :58into the extra period.

Mike Kompon of Thunder Bay, Ont., a senior forward at Miami-Ohio, is the 33rd playerin school history to reach the 100-point mark. Kompon had two assists in a 4-4 tie wi thMass-Lowell.

Notre Dame goalie David Brown of Stoney Creek, Ont., stopped all 40 Bowling Greenshots in a 3-0 win in just his second collegiate start.

Barret Ehgoetz of Kincardine, Ont., a junior forward at Niagara, scored in the PurpleEagles' 4-2 ECAC opener loss to Union and he continues to average better than a point agame for his career with 69 points in 67 games.

Wayne State forwards Jason Baclig of Leamington, Ont., and Derek MacKay of Sault Ste.Marie, Ont., set a school record by scoring goals 10 seconds apart during a 3-2 win overFindlay.

Joel Beal of Brantford, Ont., scored power-play and short-handed goals in the UnionDutchmen's 6-3 win over American International.

Luciano Aquino of Mississauga, Ont., a freshman at Maine, scored three goals in a 9 - 2exhibition win over the U.S. Under-18 squad.

Maine goaltender Frank Doyle of Guelph, Ont., stopped all 19 Holy Cross shots in a 7 - 0win in the title game of the Black Bear Classic.

Cody Loughlean of Innisfail, Alta., a senior at Providence, had a goal and an assist in a 5 -3 win at Minnesota State.


Times HeraldOctober 20, 2003 Monday SPORTS; Pg. 1D

QB Palmer shows off his skills for AlmaJimwStaff

Ryan Palmer played a majorrole in the success of theDeckerville football programfor three years.

Now Palmer is doing the sameon the collegiate level.

The 6-foot-3, 205-poundquarterback was selected theMichigan Intercollegiate Ath-letic Association offenseplayer of the week for his per-formance Oct. 11.

Palmer led the Alma Scots to a35-14 victory over preseasonMIAA favorite Olivet. He was17-24 passing for 194 yardsand four touchdowns.

But the right-hander wasequally effective on theground as he rushed for 101yards on 12 carries.

There's a good chancePalmer will be nominated forthe MIAA award for a secondconsecutive week as he ledthe Scots to a 21-18 victorySaturday over Albion Collegeat home.

Palmer accounted for all of theAlma scoring as he ran for twotouchdowns and passed foranother. He has put the Scots

in the thick of the league raceat 2-1. They are 4-2 overall.

Not bad for a player who wasrunning the scout team threeweeks ago. Because of hisathletic ability, the Almacoaches moved him to widereceiver one game and hehauled in a touchdown pass.

With the Scots' starting quar-terback struggling, Palmerwas given a shot at quarter-back the week leading up tothe Olivet game and he re-sponded with an outstandinggame.

Palmer worked his way intothe starting position, and hisdays on the scout team ap-pear over.

During his prep career, Palmerexcelled in football, basketballand tennis. He led the Eaglesto the state semifinals hissenior season before theylost to Iron Mountain.

Around the GLIAC

Nick Beaudry, a Marysvillegraduate, is a red-shirtsophomore on the FerrisState University football team.

Beaudry plays on all the spe-cial teams for the Bulldogs,who are 3-3 in the Great Lakes

Intercollegiate Athletic Asso-ciation and 4-3 overall.

Ferris downed Mercyhurst 33-7 Saturday at home.

Capac graduate Jake Meikle, adefensive back, is a red-shirtfreshman at Michigan Tech.The Huskies are 3-4 in theGLIAC following a 42-35 deci-sion Saturday over WayneState in Detroit.

The big showdown in the con-ference took place Saturdaynight at Grand Valley StateUniversity.

Grand Valley, the defendingNCAA Division II nationalchampion, entertained un-beaten and No. 5 SaginawValley.

The visiting Cardinals movedto the top of the race with a34-20 victory. They are 6-0 inthe conference and 7-0 over-all.

Grand Valley slips to 5-1 and6-1.

Anchoring the Cardinals' of-fensive line is senior tackleChad Lackowski, a 6-3, 250-pound tackle from HarborBeach.

GRAPHIC: Ryan Palmer; NickBeaudry


Anchorage Daily NewsOctober 19, 2003 Sunday, FINAL EDITION SPORTS; Pg. C1

UAA goalie refuses to squander leadWHAT A SWEET BAGEL: Fine 1-0 finish is first shutout in 138 games for UAA

By DOYLE WOODYAnchorage Daily News

Their jerseys were golden,and so was their performance.

The Seawolves unveiled theirgold jerseys Saturday night,then christened them with a 1-0 victory over UMass-Lowell atSullivan Arena that earnedthem the championship oftheir Nye Frontier Classic andelevated the UAA hockeyprogram to heights it has notreached in years.

The victory secured the Sea-wolves the championship oftheir own tournament for thefirst time since 1990 andraised their record to 3-1-0,the program's best start sincea similar beginning to the1994-95 season.

And senior goaltender KevinReiter's 28-save gem markedthe first shutout by a Sea-wolves goalie in nearly fouryears -- UAA had played 138games since Cory McEachranhung a 3-0 bagel on Michi-gan Tech.

The Seawolves, who weresloppy defensively in their 5-4first-round victory over AirForce on Friday, tightenedtheir play without the puckSaturday. They receivedsplendid goaltending. And forthe second straight night theyproved they can protect alead, no small statement fol-lowing a head-shaking 5-3

road loss to UAF a week ago,when they coughed up a 3-2lead with just 28.4 secondsleft.

"The fact you set a goal andare able to do it is an accom-plishment," said UAA seniorwing Dallas Steward, who wasnamed tournament Most Out-standing Player for his twogoals and one assist againstAir Force and gritty defenseagainst the River Hawks (0-2-1). "It was a collective effort."

Fittingly, freshman centerBrett Arcand-Kootenay'sgame-winning goal, the first ofhis career, came on a play latein the second period that re-quired the efforts of severalplayers.

Freshman wing Justin Bournehit sophomore wing CurtisGlencross with a long cross-ice pass on the left wing.Glencross gained the UMass-Lowell zone, peeled back to-ward the blue line as Bourneset a subtle pick and feath-ered a pass to junior captainLee Green. Green one-timedthe rolling puck and Arcand-Kootenay, with his back to thenet, deflected the shot pastthe stick of River Hawks goalieChris Davidson (25 saves).

"Everyone, everything,worked out on that play," saidGlencross.

That Reiter played, let aloneshined, was noteworthy. Late

in that 5-3 loss to UAF, his leftlower leg was sliced by a skateand closing the cut requiredinternal stitches and externalstaples. Saturday, he playedwith 10 silver staples holdingtogether his skin.

"I haven't played in a champi-onship game since I wasprobably 12," Reiter said afterhis first college shutout."When (coach John Hill)asked me if I could go, I wasn'tgoing to pass it up. It hurt alittle, but it wasn't bad."

Reiter, who was named to theall-tournament team, pre-served the victory with about75 seconds left when hemade a stick save on a blis-tering drive from UMass-Lowell's Mark Pandolfo. Pan-dolfo earned his gloriouschance from the slot when hegot past Green on right wingat the UAA blue line and cut tothe middle of the ice. Pan-dolfo wound up for a slap shot-- "I thought his stick wasgonna touch the rafters," Re-iter joked -- and unleashed alaser.

"He got a lot of wood on it,"Reiter said. "I saw him bury hishead, so I took another stepout and got (the shot) with thepaddle of my stick."

UMass-Lowell coach BlaiseMacDonald said the save wasfitting on a night when Reiterwas sharp and his own goalie,


Davidson, was sensationaltoo.

"It was appropriate the way thegame played out," MacDonaldsaid.

Hill said he sensed early thatReiter was going to be toughto beat.

"I can honestly say from thefirst few shots on goal, he wason," Hill said as he gatheredwith his three assistantcoaches in their room off theSeawolves' locker room."What did I tell you guys?'Kevin's going to have thegame of his career.' I just feltit."

Freshman defenseman MarkSmith, another all-tournamentselection, spearheaded thedefense that protected Re-iter.

"My defense really playedstrong in front, knocking guysaround and letting me seepucks," Reiter said.

MacDonald said his youngteam improved in its twogames here, and he laudedthe Seawolves, who areyoung bunch themselves.

"They played very hard in thebattle zones, and they be-lieved in each other," Mac-Donald said.

And it didn't hurt that Reiterwas magnificent.

"It starts with goaltending," Hillsaid. "And when your goaliepitches a shutout in thechampionship game, there'sno question who the player ofthe game was."

Daily News assistant sportseditor Doyle Woody can bereached [email protected].

UMass-Lowell 0-0-0--0

UAA 0-1-0--1

First Period -- None. Penalties-- Robins, UML (slashing),2:00; Green, UAA (high-

sticking), 6:04; Collar, UML(interference), 11:41.

Second Period -- 1, UAA, Ar-cand-Kootenay 1 (Green,Glencross), 17:15. Penalties -- Pence, UML (hooking),3:27; Kinley, UML (slashing),5:05; Johnson, UAA (inter-ference), 8:56.

Third Period -- None. Penal-ties -- Glencross, UAA (hold-ing), 11:14; Dahl, UAA(roughing), 19:54; Collar,UML (roughing), 19:54.

Shots on goal -- UML 10-8-10--28; UAA 6-13-7--26.

Power-play Opportunities --UML 0 of 3; UAA 0 of 4.

Goalies -- UML, Davidson, 0-2-1 (26 shots-25 saves); UAA,Reiter, 1-1-0 (28-28).

A -- 5,101.

Referee -- Randy Schmidt.Assistant referees -- Kent As-plund, Carl Saden.


The Detroit NewsOctober 19, 2003 Sunday One dot Edition SPECIAL; Pg. 5E

Wayne State loses

Scott Harrison

DETROIT -- Wayne State was 8 yards awaywith 13 seconds left and failed to score in a42-35 loss to Michigan Tech on Satur-day at Adams Field.

Junior quarterback Randy Hutchinson'spass was tipped at the line and then i n t e r -cepted. Hutchinson rushed his pass as timewas running out. By mistake, officialsmotioned to start the clock after WayneState used its final time-out.

"I look up and the clock is at five seconds,"Hutchinson said. "I have to go five, 8 7hut."

After about five minutes of conversationbetween the officials and some with WayneState Coach Steve Kazor, the interceptionstood.

"He (the official) didn't know what to do,"Kazor said. "I said, 'Hey, it's a no play, nocall, it's just like an inadvertent whistle'... get the play over again ... he had no ideawhat to call."

Kazor called a crossing pattern and, i fsuccessful, he planned to go for the victorywith a two-point conversion.

On the final drive, Hutchinson completedthree passes to junior receiver MichaelGriffie and a fourth-down conversion tosenior receiver Lynn Morton.

Hutchinson finished with 345 yards pass-ing for two touchdowns with two intercep-tions. He was 31-of-51.

"We had a goal to score 35 points,"Hutchinson said. "We scored 35."

Hutchinson threw for two touchdowns, andthe Warriors (2-5, 1-5) trailed by atouchdown at halftime.

Sophomore receiver Nick Body had threecatches in the first, two for touchdowns.

Senior running back Craig Duppong ranfor three touchdowns and had 218 a l l -purpose yards and seven catches for WayneState.

Michigan Tech is 3-4 overall and 3 - 4in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate AthleticConference.

State: Roundup


St. Cloud TimesOctober 19, 2003 Sunday Minnesota: SPORTS; Pg. 1D

Coole, Huskies finish sweep, 3-1Kevin Allenspach, [email protected]

GRAPHIC: Times photo byKimm Anderson, [email protected] St.Cloud State's Peter Szabo(22) and Wisconsin's AndrewJoudrey (24) battle for thepuck behind the Huskies' netduring the first period Satur-day.

Junior transfer makes 28saves to get emotional win

Adam Coole was soaked onSaturday night as he stood inthe runway outside the St.Cloud State locker room.

His undershirt and goalieequipment were saturatedwith perspiration, a side-effectof making 28 saves in a 3-1victory over the WisconsinBadgers at the NationalHockey Center.

But if you listened and lookedreal close, you could feel theemotion dripping from hisvoice and welling up in hiseyes.

"Oh, God," said Coole, whoplayed his first game since latein the 2001-02 season, whenhe was a sophomore at Min-nesota-Duluth. "I can't eventell you, I had so many mixedemotions coming out tonight.Looking up on the first drawand seeing the St. CloudState jerseys in front of me, itjust seemed like one minute I

had a Bulldog jersey on andthe next I had a St. CloudState jersey on."

It has been a little longer thanthat. Of poetic justice, he lastplayed on March 2, 2002,when he allowed three goalson four shots in the first 1:59of a 5-1 loss at Wisconsin. Hislast win came Jan. 26, 2002,against Alaska Anchorage.And that was 15 days after theprevious time he played at theHockey Center, stopping anincredible 43 shots in a 3-2upset of the Huskies.

Duluth released him after theseason and St. Cloud Statewas his first choice of destina-tion.

"It's nice having quality 'D' likethey do here," said Coole,who combined with sopho-more Jason Montgomery -who got credit for Friday's 2-1win - to help keep St. CloudState unbeaten in its firstWCHA series in each of thepast three seasons. "I'm actu-ally shocked at how well theyoung guys came in andplayed - the young 'D' and theyoung forwards. For two peri-ods, I didn't think I saw toomany tough shots. They justcleared it out for me and that'sa total team effort. They mademy job ridiculously easy."

Peter Szabo scored twopower-play goals, RyanLaMere scored at evenstrength, and Brock Hooton

set up every one of them be-fore a sellout crowd.

Each team scored once aspart of a five-minute powerplay, with freshman AndrewJoudrey sweeping home Wis-consin's goal at 12:47 of thethird period.

The Badgers pulled goalieBernd Bruckler with a minuteto go, but the Huskies held onand drew a penalty with 11seconds left to effectively endthe game.

Two games into the season,St. Cloud State has alreadymatched its WCHA sweeptotal from last year.

"The key both nights was ourthird period," Huskies coachCraig Dahl said. "We playedextremely smart for this earlyin the year. Two goaltendersgive up one goal in their firstleague game, and both ofthem are power-play goals, I'mpretty happy with that."

Matt Gens leaped into Coole'sarms after the final horn and itwas easy to see his team-mates were ecstatic for him.

"I gave him a hug, too, and Idon't usually hug the goaliesafter the game," Dahl said."He's been around for a yearand he's a good kid and a niceperson. He's an intelligentyoung man and he worksreally hard. You always like tosee that."


Just when Dahl was begin-ning to believe his power playwas anemic, Ryan MacMurchycreamed Matt Hendricks frombehind along the left half-wallin his own zone.

Hendricks stayed down forabout 30 seconds, but didn'tmiss a shift. It took two, how-ever, before Hooton passedfrom the left point to Szabo,silently waiting on the backside of the crease, for a one-timer.

Badgers sophomore Nick Li-cari appeared to tie it on thepower play early in the sec-ond. He drove hard to the netand an overhead TV angleshowed the puck glanced offhis right skate and over thegoal line as he skidded intothe crease. Referee Derek

Shepherd, who doesn't havethe option of instant replay,initially pointed to the goal butwaived it off after conferringwith his linesmen.

LaMere backhanded a shotfive-hole and he, Hooton andSzabo played tic-tac-toe forthe third goal - all before thethird period was half over.Then senior Andy Lundbohmtook a major for checking frombehind two minutes later, andCoole said he lost a couple ofyears off his life as the clockticked down.

Badgers coach Mike Eaveshad a similar feeling about hisplayers after the game.

"I hope it burns in their stom-ach and they come back nextweek on Monday and get

back to work," Eaves said. "Ifthey don't have that feeling,they shouldn't be comingback on Monday."

Coole, meanwhile, isn't evensure when he'll play next.Freshman Tim Boron will startFriday's game against Michi-gan Tech. Competitionamong the three goalies willbe keen, but Coole's justhappy in his new home.

"The main thing I notice ... theattitude in the locker room istotally different," Coole said."I've been on a ninth- and10th-place team, and it's a lotdifferent in our locker room."

And, while nobody else hasplayed any league games,they've got a commandinghold on first place for now.


The Associated Press State & Local WireOctober 18, 2003, Saturday, BC cycle

Michigan Tech 42, Wayne, Mich. 35DETROIT

Michigan Tech's Lee Marana ran for 276 yards and five touchdowns, but Wayne State'sCraig Duppong made it close with three fourth-quarter touchdown runs before the Hus-kies won 42-35 on Saturday.

Marana scored twice in the first quarter and once in each of the following quarters. His5-yard TD carry and 2-point conversion run with 6:12 left to play capped a seven-play, 80-yard drive and gave Michigan Tech (3-4 overall and GLIAC) a 42-28 lead.

Duppong, who had touchdown runs of 2 and 4 yards earlier in the fourth quarter, scoredfrom 2 yards out with 3:00 remaining. He finished with 100 yards on 22 carries for theWarriors (2-5, 1-5).

Randy Hutchison passed for 345 yards and threw two TD passes to Nick Body for WayneState, which had 499 offensive yards to Tech's 490. Body finished with eight receptionsfor 131 yards.


The Associated Press State & Local WireOctober 18, 2003, Saturday, BC cycle

Michigan Tech 7, N. Michigan 6, OTHOUGHTON, Mich.

Colin Murphy scored at 2:58 of overtime to give Michigan Tech a 7-6 win overNorthern Michigan on Saturday.

Down 6-4 late in the third period, Murphy's second goal of the game brought the Huskies(1-1) within one. He tied it at 6 when Cam Ellsworth came out of the net for the extraattacker with 28 seconds left in regulation.

Murphy finished with four goals and an assist in the game.

Darin Oliver tallied four points for Northern (3-1), which failed to get off a shot i novertime.

Wildcat netminder Craig Kowalski made 43 saves, including five in overtime.


Detroit Free PressOctober 18, 2003 Saturday 2 EDITION

HOCKEY: U-M's Kaleniecki scores 4 in victory

FREE PRESS STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES

Brandon Kaleniecki netted a career-highfour goals in Michigan's 5-4 victory overQuinnipiac on Friday.

With the host Wolverines (3-1) down, 4 -3, entering the third period, Kalenieckiscored the tying goal two minutes in. Headded the winner with just over threeminutes left to play.

Michigan led, 2-1, after one, but theBobcats (2-1) battled back with a three-goal second period to take the lead. ChrisWhite and Craig Falite scored 16 secondsapart to give Quinnipiac the one-goal leadgoing into the third period.

Al Montoya stopped 35 shots for Michigan.

Ohio State 5, Michigan State 0:Mike Betzhad 24 saves for Ohio State in East Lans-ing. Dan Knapp and Nate Guenin each scoreda goal and had an assist for the Buckeyes(3-2, 2-1 Central Collegiate Hockey As-sociation). The Spartans (1-2, 0-1) were0-for-4 on the power play.

Northern Michigan 4 , Michigan Tech 3(OT):Andrew Contois scored 3:48 intoovertime as Northern Michigan came frombehind in Marquette. Trailing, 3-2, late i nthe third period, the host Wildcats ( 3 - 0 ) ,pulled goaltender Craig Kowalski for theextra man, and Nathan Oystrick scored theequalizer with just 24 seconds remaining.

With two Huskies serving penalties, Con-tois scored the winner. Chris Conner ledthe Huskies (0-1) with a hat trick.

Western Michigan 5, Nebraska-Omaha1:Dana Lattery scored two goals in thethird period for Western (2-1, 2-1) i nKalamazoo. Mike Mantua stopped 30 shotsfor Western. Mike Gabinet scored for Ne-braska-Omaha (0-3, 0-1).

Colgate 5, Ferris State 3:At Hamilton,N.Y., Adam Mitchell had the go-ahead goalas Colgate scored four times in the th i rdperiod to defeat Ferris State (1-2). TheBulldogs led, 2-0, after one period ongoals by Mike Kinnie and Brett Smith.Ferris' Derrick McIver also scored. Ferr isState went 0-for-6 on the power play. TheRed Raiders are 1-0-1. NHL

Dallas 4, Washington 2:Jason Arnott had agoal and an assist, and Philippe Boucherand Bill Guerin each scored second-periodgoals for the host Stars.

St. Louis:Captain Al MacInnishad eye s u r -gery Friday and will miss at least today'sgame against the Washington Capitals. OHL

Plymouth 3, Guelph 3:The host Whalersscored two goals in the third period to t iethe game. Ryan Ramsay led the Whalers(5-3-2) with one goal and two assists andVaclav Meidl chipped in with two assists.Guelph is also 5-3-2.


Grand Forks HeraldOctober 18, 2003 Saturday SPT

WCHA ROUNDUP: St. Cloud edges Badgers

Herald Wire Reports

Dave Iannazzo scored the winning goal lessthan two minutes into the third period tolead St. Cloud State past Wisconsin 2-1 onFriday in the Western Collegiate HockeyAssociation conference opener in St. Cloud,Minn.

The Huskies (1-0-0 WCHA) got the i rfirst goal from Konrad Reeder with lessthan a minute to go in the first period.Jake Dowell scored for Wisconsin on apower play eight minutes into the secondperiod. The Badgers are 1-2-0 overall and0-1-0 in the WCHA. Jason Montgomeryhad 29 saves for the Huskies, including 1 3in the first period alone. Wisconsin f i n -ished with 30 shots on goal while St. Cloudfinished with 22.

Providence 2, Minn.-Mankato 1: Tor ryGajda scored the winning goal for visit ingProvidence (3-0) in the third period tocome back and beat Minnesota State-Mankato.

Mankato got on the board first with a goalby Shane Joseph early in the first period,but Providence's Chris Chaput scored i nthe second period to tie the game.

Gajda's goal with a little more than 1 0minutes to go in the third period put theFriars ahead for good.

Mankato (0-1-0) finished with 35 shotson goal while Providence finished with 28.

Bobby Goepfert finished with 34 saves,including 16 in the first period.

Northern Michigan 4, Michigan Tech 3 ,OT: Andrew Contois scored 3:48 into ove r -time as Northern Michigan came from b e -hind to defeat visiting Michigan Tech.Trailing 3-2 late in the third period, thehost Wildcats (3-0), pulled goaltenderCraig Kowalski for the extra man, and Na-than Oystrick scored the equalizer wi thjust 24 seconds remaining. With twoHuskies serving penalties, Contois scoredthe winner with assists from Oystrick andDirk Southern, who had a f i rs t -per iodgoal. Chris Conner opened the scoring wi tha short-handed goal in the first and led theHuskies (0-1) with a hat trick. BryceLuker made 27 saves for Michigan Tech.Kowalski stopped 30 shots for NorthernMichigan.

Clarkson 4, Bemidji State 2: VisitingClarkson scored four unanswered goals asit defeated Bemidji State in the seasonopener for both teams.

The Beavers took a 2-0 lead in the secondperiod on goals by Brendan Cook and LukeErickson. Clarkson rallied for one goal i nthe second and three more in the th i rd ,including the game winner by RobMcFeeters with less than four minutesleft.


St. Cloud TimesOctober 18, 2003 Saturday Minnesota: SPORTS; Pg. 1D

SCSU slides by, wins, 2-1Kevin [email protected]

GRAPHIC: Times photo byDave Schwarz,[email protected]. Cloud State's Peter Szabofights for control of the puckwith Andrew Joudrey of Wis-consin during the first periodFriday at the National HockeyCenter. Nate Raduns, a for-mer Sauk Rapids standout,had an assist on the Huskies'first goal in a 2-1 win.

Jason Montgomery postedthe best save percentage ofall goalies in WCHA games lastseason.

Based on his performance inFriday's 2-1 win over the Wis-consin Badgers, it's safe tosay he's off to an early lead inthat category again.

Montgomery saved 29 shots,the Huskies got goals fromtheir two shortest players, andSt. Cloud State won a seasonopener for the fourth con-secutive time - to the delightof a sellout crowd at the Na-tional Hockey Center.

"We've all been looking for-ward to this for a long time,"Montgomery said. "If youcouldn't get up for this game, Idon't know what you evercould get up for."

Konrad Reeder and Dave Ian-nazzo, whose helmets don't

extend far above the cross-bar, scored at big times for theHuskies.

Reeder, centering the fourthline, made it 1-0 in the finalminute of the first period. Af-ter the Badgers tied it on asecond-period power play,Iannazzo backhanded homethe game-winner early in thethird. They combined forthree goals last season.

"I'm feeling a little more confi-dent this year," Iannazzo said."That's something that canchange overnight, but scoringa goal is only going to help.Especially those goals rightaround the net. And Konrad'sbeen great for us in practice.He's really using his speedand you can see as a sopho-more he's going to step it up.

Reeder has been listed any-where from 5-foot-6 to 5-9,and weighs maybe 175pounds. Iannazzo is a littleheavier, thanks to some strin-gent summer workouts, and islisted at 5-8.

"I guess (when you're short)you've got to be a little arro-gant and know that nobody'sgoing to knock you down,"said Iannazzo, a junior comingoff a five-point season. "That'show you've got to go into it. Iwatched (former captain) JonCullen for two years. He's oneguy I'd like to model my styleof game after. He weighs lessthan I do, but he wouldn't

back down from anybody outthere."

That attitude infected theteam, at least on openingnight. Despite being picked insome preseason polls to fin-ish well down in the leaguestandings and behind Wis-consin, the Huskies gener-ated just enough offense.They played adequate de-fense and got just luckyenough to win.

Badgers senior Dan Boeserhad the puck and Montgom-ery out of position late in thefirst period. Boeser's shot,from 20 feet, hit the left post.

A couple of minutes later,Andy Lundbohm circled be-hind the Wisconsin net andtried a wraparound at the rightpost. Badgers goalie BerndBruckler closed off his shortside, but the puck skittered toReeder alone at the left of thecrease. He swatted at thepuck, and didn't get a lot onthe shot, but it wobbled in forhis second career goal.

The Huskies gave the Badg-ers three power-play chancesin the second period, killingtwo. On the second one, Wis-consin freshman Jake Dowelltipped a shot by Rene Bour-que over Montgomery's rightarm.

"I was sliding across and Icouldn't stop my slide," Mont-gomery said. "This was one ofthose nights where every-


thing hits you, not that therearen't things I want to change.I was giving up rebounds and Ifound myself on my back afew times."

That was including when heskated out for the beginningof the third period. He landedon one of his pad straps withhis first step on the ice. Hewent sliding on his backsidefor a good 10 feet.

"Wow, somebody saw that,eh?" Montgomery said. "Ihaven't told anybody. Thatwas bad. I slid forever on mybutt."

Even when he was off-balance, the Badgers showedmarvelous accuracy for hittinghim. Montgomery leaped intoa second-period shot by A.J.Degenhardt, and thengrabbed a shot by TomGilbert, looking in his gloveonly after a glance over hisshoulder to make sure thepuck wasn't in the net.

"I thought we tested theirgoaltender more than ourswas tested, but he came upbig when he had to," Wiscon-sin coach Mike Eaves said. "Inretrospect, they had an opennet in the first period and theyscored. We had an open netin the first period and we hitthe post.

"I liked a lot of the things wedid. I just didn't like the result."

Early in the third, Montgomerystuffed Badgers freshmanRobbie Earl, who had a 3-on-1. A minute later, Iannazzoscored. Wisconsin got fivemore shots the rest of theway, and Montgomery cov-ered the most difficult onefrom Badgers freshman KenRowe while sprawled in thecrease.

"Our goal was to drive the netand I think we took the puckdeep pretty well," said Bour-que, the Badgers' top return-ing scorer. "I think our for-wards can beat their 'D' wide.(Montgomery) was a little bit ofa flopper, but he made somegood saves. We've got to getmore traffic in front of the net.

"We're going to be ready tocome out firing (tonight)."

Adam Coole, a junior transfer,will be waiting in the crease forthem. Freshman Tim Boronwill start the opener of nextweekend's series againstMichigan Tech as the Hus-kies evaluate all their goalies.

"Monty played great and Ithought we played very well inthe third period," said CraigDahl, who opened his 17thseason at St. Cloud State, thelongest tenure of any coach inthe WCHA. "Monty made a bigsave and then we went downand scored. We clampeddown and played excellentdefensive hockey. Wewanted this game bad.

"The only way we're going tosurvive, especially early in theyear, is to be blue-collar."

The winning goal was one ofwhich any hard-hat would beproud. T.J. McElroy's slapshot from the high slot pin-balled around to Iannazzo,who backhanded it behindBruckler.

St. Cloud State's two biggestgoal-scoring threats were muf-fled. Matt Hendricks didn'ttake a shot in the first two pe-riods and Joe Jensen didn'thave one in the last two.

"It was more of a team effort,"Iannazzo said. "Everybodywas doing their job. Every-body was dying for everybodyelse on the ice. That's whatwe need to do every night."

Times photo by DaveSchwarz,[email protected]

Nick Licari of Wisconsin triesto stop St. Cloud State's JoeJensen from taking a shot ongoaltender Bernd Bruckler onFriday at the National HockeyCenter. Bruckler had 20 savesfor the Badgers.

#3

Forward Dave Iannazzomoves the puck against Wis-consin's Jeff Lokens Friday.Iannazzo scored the game-winning goal to give St. CloudState a 3-2 win.


The Associated Press State & Local WireOctober 17, 2003, Friday, BC cycle

N. Michigan 4, Michigan Tech 3, OTMARQUETTE, Mich.

Andrew Contois scored 3:48 into overtime as Northern Michigan came from behind todefeat Michigan Tech 4-3 on Friday.

Trailing 3-2 late in the third period, the host Wildcats (3-0), pulled goaltender CraigKowalski for the extra man, and Nathan Oystrick scored the equalizer with just 24 sec-onds remaining.

With two Huskies serving penalties, Contois scored the winner with assists f romOystrick and Dirk Southern, who had a first-period goal.

Chris Conner opened the scoring with a short-handed goal in the first and led the Huskies(0-1) with a hat trick.

Bryce Luker made 27 saves for Michigan Tech. Kowalski stopped 30 shots for Nor th-ern Michigan.


Capital TimesOctober 17, 2003 Friday, ALL Editions Madison, WI: SPORTS; Pg. 2D

WESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIA-TION PREVIEW 2003-04Compiled Todd D. Milewski

Teams are listed in order of pre-dicted finish.

Minnesota

This season: 1-1.

Last season: 28-8-9, 15-6-7WCHA (tied, second); beat NewHampshire 5-1 to claim secondstraight national championship.

Top returning scorer: ThomasVanek, soph., 31 goals-31 as-sists-62 points last season.

Top returning goalie: JustinJohnson, jr., 10-2-2, 2.90 goalsagainst average, .885 save per-centage last season.

Why they'll succeed: The Go-phers return 17 of the 20 playersthat dressed for last season'snational championship game.That includes Vanek, the No. 5overall selection in last June'sNHL entry draft, who can comeout of nowhere to take over agame.

Why they'll fail: The loss of lastseason's top two defensemen -Paul Martin (left for NHL) andMatt DeMarchi (graduated) - andstarting goaltender Travis Weber(left school) could cause enoughtrouble in the Gophers' end tocost them a few games.

He said it: "We have questionmarks like everyone else," saidcoach Don Lucia. "If a goaltendercan step forward, if we havesome defensemen emerge andcan make that next step, then weshould have a pretty good team."

North Dakota

This season: 1-0.

Last season: 26-12-5, 14-9-5WCHA (fourth); lost to FerrisState 5-2 in a West Regionalsemifinal.

Top returning scorer: BrandonBochenski, jr., 35-27-62.

Top returning goalie: JakeBrandt, jr., 11-4-4, 2.40, .895.

Why they'll succeed: North Da-kota coach Dean Blais said histop line of Bochenski, Zach Pa-rise and newcomer Brady Murraycould combine to score between80 and 100 goals. That, and whatis expected to be improved of-fensive depth, should lift theSioux through a number ofshootouts.

Why they'll fail: Two new goal-tenders are competing with twoletterwinners in a spot that gaveBlais a good share of headacheslast season. If UND can't sort outits last line of defense, it'll un-derachieve again.

He said it: "You've got to havegood specialty teams," Blaissaid, "and I don't know, quitefrankly, if we're there yet be-cause of (having) only threeseniors. ... One thing you doneed to win is leadership, and Idon't know if we have it. Andchemistry - you can't recruit it. I thas to happen."

Colorado College

This season: Opens with non-conference series vs. Alaska-Fairbanks this weekend.

Last season: 30-7-5, 19-4-5WCHA (first); lost to Michigan 5-3in the Midwest Regional final.

Top returning scorer: Brett Ster-ling, soph., 27-11-38.

Top returning goalie: CurtisMcElhinney, jr., 25-6-5, 2.37,.906.

Why they'll succeed: The Tigershave a big incentive to earn aspot in the NCAA tournament. I fthey do, they'll play at home - theWorld Arena is hosting the WestRegional in March. McElhinneyshowed last season he can bedependable in goal.

Why they'll fail: In losing HobeyBaker Award winner Peter Sejna,Noah Clarke, Joe Cullen, defen-seman Tom Preissing and twoothers, CC lost 54 percent of lastseason's scoring.

He said it: "It doesn't mean we'renot going to be a good team,"coach Scott Owens said of hav-ing 17 freshmen and sopho-mores. "We're going to havesome growing pains and we'regoing to have to be patient."

Minnesota-Duluth

This season: 0-2-1.

Last season: 22-15-5, 14-10-4WCHA (fifth); took third place inthe WCHA Final Five with a 6-4victory over Minnesota State, butdid not get invited to the NCAAtournament.

Top returning scorer: Tim Staple-ton, soph., 14-28-42.


Top returning goalie: IsaacReichmuth, soph., 18-11-3, 2.68,.905.

Why they'll succeed: The Bull-dogs have virtually their entire2002-03 team back, leadingsome to speculate that thisyear's edition could be more of asuccess story than the last. I fReichmuth can duplicate hisfreshman season, UMD couldmake a run at the top three.

Why they'll fail: A power playcoach Scott Sandelin describedas "anemic" last season heldback the Bulldogs. A repeat ofthat, or subpar seasons fromforward Junior Lessard or defen-seman Beau Geisler, meanstrouble. A tough early schedulehas UMD off to a slow start.

He said it: "It's going to be verytough for us to finish fifth or evenhigher this year," Sandelin said,"because I think this year ourleague is going to be evenstronger. There's no questionthat the expectations are higher.The coaches feel we're going tobe a pretty good team, but whatdo we know?"

Minnesota State

This season: Opens with a non-conference series against Provi-dence this weekend.

Last season: 20-11-10, 15-6-7WCHA (tied, second); lost toCornell 5-2 in an East Regionalsemifinal.

Top returning scorer: Shane Jo-seph, sr., 29-36-65.

Top returning goalie: Jon Volp,jr., 10-5-2, 3.01, .910.

Why they'll succeed: Joseph, thenation's top returning scorer, is apotential Hobey Baker Awardcandidate who coach Troy Jut-ting hopes will have the ability tobring someone along to replacehigh-scoring Grant Stevenson,who left for the pros.

Why they'll fail: Minnesota Statehad the most penalty minutes inWCHA play last season (637) and

had the worst penalty killing unitin the league (73.9 percent). I fthe Mavs can't keep up theirscoring pace, failures in thesecategories could send them intothe bottom half.

He said it: "You can start tosense that hockey's just aroundthe corner here in town, and Ithink people are excited to seewhere we go from here," said Jut-ting, who added that seasonticket sales were up after theMavericks' breakout season."That's our goal as a program, tokeep taking steps forward so thatwe're a competitive team withinthis league year in and year out."

Denver

This season: 2-0.

Last season: 21-14-6, 11-11-6WCHA (seventh); lost best-of-three first-round WCHA playoffseries 2-1 to North Dakota.

Top returning scorer: ConnorJames, sr., 20-23-43.

Top returning goalie: Adam Berk-hoel, sr., 9-8-2, 2.43, .912.

Why they'll succeed: The Pio-neers have a near-ideal transitionat goaltender, where Berkhoeltakes over after spending threeseasons as the sidekick to WadeDubielewicz. If Ryan Caldwell caneffectively take the reins as de-fensive leader, Denver could holddown opponents' scoring.

Why they'll fail: Denver needsforwards like Madison nativeKevin Ulanski to become moredependable scorers. Failing that,the Pioneers might not haveenough scoring to win the closegames.

He said it: "I don't think we are asbig a team physically as perhapswe have been in the past fewyears," coach GeorgeGwozdecky said. "I think we'refaster, skating-wise. If we canlearn to move the puck quickly totake advantage of that speed, Ithink that'll really enhance thataspect of our game."

Wisconsin

This season: 1-1.

Last season: 13-23-4, 7-17-4WCHA (eighth); lost best-of-threefirst-round WCHA playoff series2-0 to Minnesota State.

Top returning scorer: Rene Bour-que, sr., 19-8-27.

Top returning goalie: BerndBruckler, jr., 9-11-3, 2.83, .905.

Why they'll succeed: The addi-tion of a recruiting class rankedNo. 1 in the country by Red LineReport is expected to make thelineup stronger top to bottom.

Why they'll fail: A number ofthings could turn the seasonsour: No improvement on an of-fense that averaged only 2.18goals per game in the league lastseason; struggles on a powerplay that converted on 11.2 per-cent of its league chances; or anextra burden on Bruckler, who'llbe the undisputed No. 1 goalie forthe first time at UW.

He said it: "They talk about thatsuccess doesn't come at bargainprices," said Badgers coach MikeEaves, who starts his secondseason. "A price has to be paid.... From the time we started in thespring, we had some guys thatwere here close to 16 weekstraining. So we come back look-ing to control the things we cancontrol and our strength factorand conditioning factor."

St. Cloud State

This season: Opens with a WCHAseries against Wisconsin thisweekend.

Last season: 17-16-5, 12-11-5WCHA (sixth); lost to New Hamp-shire 5-2 in a Northeast Regionalsemifinal.

Top returning scorer: Matt Hen-dricks, sr., 18-18-36.

Top returning goalie: JasonMontgomery, soph., 3-7-4, 2.97,.908.


Why they'll succeed: The Hus-kies will be looking to extend astring of four straight trips to theNCAA Tournament, the third-longest current stretch behindMichigan and Maine. SophomoreJoe Jensen started off well andshowed signs he can be a topscorer.

Why they'll fail: St. Cloud ap-pears thin at defense and has aninexperienced goalie leading theway. If some role players can'timprove their scoring from lastseason, the hopes of continuingthe NCAA streak may vanishearly.

He said it: "You've got to keepthe work ethic up - that's alwaysparamount with anybody's pro-gram," coach Craig Dahl said."And you've got to understandthere's going to be some mis-takes. You can't ride a roller-coaster of emotions, that's forsure."

Michigan Tech

This season: Opens with a non-conference, home-and-homeseries with Northern Michiganthis weekend.

Last season: 10-24-4, 7-18-3WCHA (ninth); lost best-of-three

first-round WCHA playoff series2-0 to Minnesota.

Top returning scorer: Colin Mur-phy, jr., 20-20-40.

Top returning goalie: CamEllsworth, jr., 10-21-3, 3.94,.893.

Why they'll succeed: Jamie Rus-sell, the third head coach in thecollege careers of this season'sseniors, promised to install anaggressive system that will takeadvantage of the smaller ice sur-face at the John MacInnes Stu-dent Ice Arena.

Why they'll fail: Rebuilding theHuskies has proven to be a longprocess that no one has ap-proached completing. With ateam that has had seven straightlosing seasons, where will Rus-sell start?

He said it: "I'm excited aboutwhat we have here," Russell said."We certainly have to work hardin getting out on the recruitingtrails and bringing in some moretalent."

Alaska-Anchorage

This season: 1-1.

Last season: 1-28-7, 0-22-6WCHA (10th); lost best-of-threefirst-round WCHA playoff series2-0 to Colorado College.

Top returning scorer: Ales Parez,soph., 6-22-28.

Top returning goalie: Kevin Re-iter, sr., 1-18-4, 3.71, .887.

Why they'll succeed: With theSeawolves this season, successwill be measured in how muchthey improve and work towardcoach John Hill's goal of puttingeverything together next season.The addition of forward ChrisFournier, a transfer from NorthDakota, is expected to add someenergy to the offense.

Why they'll fail: If the Seawolvesdon't sustain success early,things may spiral out of controlagain - just like they did last sea-son, when they had a 35-gamewinless streak to end the sea-son.

He said it: "I think we're going toscore more goals, and I thinkwe're going to be a significantlybetter hockey team," Hill said. "Ithink that people will see thatsoon in our play."


Grand Forks HeraldOctober 17, 2003 Friday OTHER

Anchorage: In Alaska Anchorage's 3-2 season-opening win over Alaska...

* Anchorage: In Alaska Anchorage's 3 - 2season-opening win over Alaska F a i r -banks, goalie Chris King stopped 50 shotsand Chris Fournier, a transfer from UND,scored one of the Anchorage goals. The winsnapped a 35-game winless streak for theSeawolves.

* Colorado College: With a hat trick in CC's7-1 exhibition victory over the U.S. Na-tional Under-18 team last week, sopho-more wing Brett Sterling now has 30 goalsin 37 career games with the Tigers.

* Denver: Junior forward Jeff Drummondwas named tournament MVP when thePioneers won the Lefty McFadden Inv i ta -tional in Dayton, Ohio.

* Michigan Tech: Here today, gone t o -morrow. The Huskies, under f i r s t -yearcoach Jamie Russell, play six of their f i r s tWCHA games on the road and eight of the i rlast 12 at home.

* Minnesota: In a 7-3 win over Nebraska-Omaha last week, former Grand Forks RedRiver players Danny Irmen and Ryan Po -

tulny contributed a goal and an assist, r e -spectively. Both are freshmen.

* Minnesota-Duluth: This is the first timein the 60-year history of Bulldog hockeythat they have opened the season with f ivegames on the road. The Bulldogs, 0 - 2 - 1 ,have this weekend off, then play a t w o -game series at Minnesota.

* MS-Mankato: The Mavericks are r e -building the defense after losing veterandefensemen Mark Paluczak and Jon Dubelto offseason surgery. Forwards ChristianToll and Rick Kisskeys will see someplaying time on the blue line.

* St. Cloud State: Joe Jensen was awarded apenalty shot in last week's exhibition v i c -tory over St. Clair College, but he shotwide of the goal.

* Wisconsin: Senior defenseman Dan Boe-ser picked a grand time to end his 4 2 -game goal-scoring drought when his goalbeat Nebraska-Omaha in the opening roundof the Maverick Stampede last Friday.


St. Cloud TimesOctober 17, 2003 Friday Minnesota: HOCKEY TAB; Pg. 2F

Dahl gets hefty bump under new contract

Kevin AllenspachStaff

Craig Dahl's 17th season with the Huskieswill be his first under a new four-yearcontract that will bring him a healthyraise.

Dahl, the only coach to lead the Division Iprogram, will make a 12-month salary ofapproximately $131,000. He made about$112,000 last season.

"We can only make an adjustment onceevery four years and with what Craig hasdone we felt he deserved it," St. Cloud Stateathletic director Morris Kurtz said. " I tbrings him more in line with some of theother salaries out there for a coach in hisposition."

The boost keeps Dahl ahead of MinnesotaState-Mankato's Troy Jutting, who just gota new four-year contract starting at$110,000 this season. Jutting, who tookthe Mavericks to their first Division I

NCAA Tournament last March, is in hisfourth season as head coach.

Dahl's new salary ranks in the middle ofthe pack in the WCHA. North Dakota's DeanBlais and Minnesota's Don Lucia recentlygot contract extensions that will increasetheir base salary up to $200,000 by theend of the deals. Denver's GeorgeGwozdecky and Colorado College's ScottOwens coach at private schools and the i rsalaries are not public, although they'relikely in the same neighborhood. Wiscon-sin's Mike Eaves earns approximately$136,000 a year. Minnesota-Duluth'sScott Sandelin, Alaska Anchorage's JohnHill and Michigan Tech's Jamie Russellall make less than Dahl.

- Kevin Allenspach

GRAPHIC: Times photo by Paul M i d -dlestaedt [email protected] Dahl paces his team through a recentpractice.



It says here ... 7th

Kevin AllenspachStaff

I hit the hat trick my first three years onthe beat, picking the MacNaughton Cupchampions in 1999, 2000 and 2001. In2002, I picked the University of Minne-sota. The Gophers didn't win the WCHA t i -tle, but did claim the national champion-ship. In 2003, Denver blew up in my face,going from 1st to 7th in one season. Thistime I'll try to hit a winning combinationagain. With almost all their players r e -turning, the Minnesota Gophers have to bethe favorite. As for the Huskies, don't besurprised if they get an extra trip to GrandForks in March.

Times picks

1. Minnesota

2. Colorado College

3. Minnesota-Duluth

4. North Dakota

5. Denver

6. Minnesota State-Mankato

7. St. Cloud State

8. Wisconsin

9. Michigan Tech

10. Alaska Anchorage



WCHA men's preview capsules: Thrice on ice for Gophers?

Staff

Alaska Anchorage Seawolves

Web site: www.goseawolves.com

Ticket info: 800-478-7328

Arena: Sullivan Arena (6,206;200x100)

Coach: John Hill (3rd season, 13-47-12)

Top returning players: AlesParez, soph., F (6g/28a); CurtisGlencross, soph., F (11g/12a);John Hopson, jr., F (10g/5a);Matt Hanson, soph., D (7g/10a);Lee Green, jr., D (3g/0a); KevinReiter, sr., G (1-18-4, 3.71, .887)

Welcome to Anchorage: ChadAnderson, D, Chisago City (Tri-City/USHL); Brett Arcand-Kootenay, F, St. Albert, Alberta(Powell River/BCHL); Ryan Ban-croft, G, Anchorage (GreatFalls/AWHL); Justin Bourne, F,Kelowna, British Columbia(Vernon/BCHL); Chris Fournier,F, Anchorage (North Da-kota/WCHA); CharlieKronschnabel, F, MendotaHeights (River City/USHL); NickLowe, F, Surrey, British Columbia(South Surrey/BCHL); BrandonSegal, D, Ladner, British Colum-bia (South Surrey/BCHL); MarkSmith, D, Edmonton (SherwoodPark/AJHL); Dane Smulick, F,Anchorage (Chicago/NAHL).

DARK DEPTHS were what theSeawolves sank to last season,winning their first game and thengoing 0-28-7. The good news isthey won their season openerthis season, one day before theanniversary of last season's vic-tory. Before they start the partyat Chilkoot Charlie's, Anchorage

fans better remember they lostan exhibition two weeks ago tothe Northern Alberta Institute ofTechnology. That's bad, but itcan't get any worse than lastseason, can it? Thirteen playerswere suspended for misuse oftextbook funds. An assistantcoach broke the foot of oneplayer with a slap shot in prac-tice, and another was sidelinedwhen a sign fell off the score-board and hit him during pregamewarm-ups. This season they bet-ter keep their heads up.

Hill steps up to the mic: "I'm goingto go out on a limb and say we'llat least double our win total."

Did you know? Fournier will be asophomore. He had 4 goals and 9assists in 28 games two yearsago for the Sioux.

Prediction: Tenth. Can they finishanywhere else?

Colorado College Tigers

Web site:www.ColoradoCollege.edu/Athletics

Ticket info: (719) 576-2626

Arena: World Arena (7,343;200x100)

Coach: Scott Owens (5th sea-son, 102-51-12)

Top returning players: Brett Ster-ling, soph., F (27g/11a); MartySertich, soph., F (9g/20a); TylerLiebel (5g/21a); Andrew Canzan-ello, sr., D (4g/26a); Mark Stuart,soph., D (3g/17a); Curtis McEl-hinney, jr., G (25-6-5, 2.37, .906)

Welcome to Colorado Springs:John Brunkhorst, F, Rochester

(Rochester Lourdes HS); Bray-don Cox, F, Sherwood Park, Al-berta (Sherwood Park/AJHL);Brady Greco, D, Middleton, Wis.(Michigan Tech/WCHA); ChrisKawano, G, Aurora, Colo. (DallasAAA Midgets); Brandon Polich, F,Osseo (Sioux City/USHL); BrianSalcido, D, Hermosa Beach,Calif. (Shattuck-St. Mary's); LeeSweatt, D, Elburn, Ill. (Chi-cago/USHL); Scott Thauwald, F,Rochester (Rochester Mayo HS);Matt Zaba, G, Yorkton, Sas-katchewan (Vernon/BCHL).

FEELING DRAFTY Mark Stuart,who last summer went to the Bos-ton Bruins with the 21st overallselection, became the first CCplayer taken in the first round ofthe NHL Draft. Sterling went toAtlanta in the fifth, and there are9 draftees on this year's team.The real draft here however, isthe chill left by the departure ofPeter Sejna, last season's HobeyBaker winner. He turned pro ayear early and looks to make animpact with the St. Louis Blues.The Tigers also lost 100 goalsfrom four players, and four All-Americans. That will give theMacNaughton Cup a new ad-dress. But, if last year's sup-porting cast blossoms in starringroles, the Tigers could set them-selves up pretty as they playhost to the NCAA West Regional.

Owens steps up to the mic:"We're not going to score like wedid last year. We're going to playsome close games. Can oursophomores be go-to guys? I'mapprehensive at the loss of allthat firepower."

Did you know? Greco is asophomore transfer from Michi-gan Tech.


Prediction: Second. And don't besurprised if the Tigers make theFrozen Four.

Denver Pioneers

Web site:www.denverpioneers.com


Arena: Magness Arena (6,026;200x85)

Coach: George Gwozdecky (9thseason, 196-140-26; Division Icareer, 14th season, 279-234-45)

Top returning players: ConnorJames, sr., F (20g/23a); KevinUlanski, jr., F (10g/22a); LukeFulghum, jr., F (11g/17a); RyanCaldwell, sr., D (5g/14a); BrettSkinner, soph., D (4g/13a); AdamBerkhoel, sr., G (12-6-4, 2.30,.908)

Welcome to Denver: Matt Carle,D, Anchorage (River City/USHL);J.D. Corbin, F, Littleton, Colo.(USNTDP); Glenn Fisher, G, Ed-monton (Fort Saskatche-wan/AJHL); Michael Handza, F,Glenshaw, Pa. (Pitts-burgh/NAHL); Ryan Helgason, F,Woodbury (Fairbanks/AWHL);Jon James, D, Arnold, Md. (Chi-cago/NAHL); Brock McMorris, F,Cherry Hills, Colo.(Topeka/USHL); Jeff Rogers, F,Colorado Springs, Colo. (Chey-enne Mountain HS); Adrian Vei-deman, F, Sicamous, British Co-lumbia (Salmon Arm/BCHL).

YO-YO The Pioneers have beendown when they were supposedto be up (last season) and upwhen they were supposed to bedown (WCHA regular- and post-season titles in 2002). CanGwozdecky pull the strings to getDenver back to the top of theleague again? Caldwell leads ayoung corps of defensemen infront of the WCHA's top returninggoalie. James, whose productionhas increased each season, willtry to boost the league's sixth-best power play. He'll miss KevinDoell, one of the WCHA's top 10scorers, and Aaron MacKenzie,the league's co-defensive player

of the year, but the offenseshould still take flight.

Gwozdecky steps up to the mic:"We went through a terrific learn-ing experience last season.There were tremendous expecta-tions on us. The Hockey Newspicked us to win it all. It was avaluable lesson to see howthings got away when you don'ttake care of the little things dayby day."

Did you know? Caldwell was ateam-best plus-18 last year.

Prediction: Fifth. Denver will bebetter, but it's a tough climb afteryou fall.

Michigan Tech Huskies

Web site:www.michigantechhuskies.com


Arena: MacInnes Student IceArena (4,200; 200x85)

Coach: Jamie Russell (1st sea-son)

Top returning players: Colin Mur-phy, jr., F (20g/20a); Chris Con-ner, soph., F (13g/24a); BrettEngelhardt, sr., F (17g/15a); ClayWilson, jr., D (8g/17a); JustinBrown, sr., D (2g/16a); CamEllsworth, jr., G (10-21-3, 3.94,.893)

Welcome to Houghton: TaggartDesmet, F, Strathmore, Alberta(Camrose/AJHL); Marek Dora, D,Lednice, Czech Rep.(Danville/NAHL); Chad Georgell,D, North Pole, Alaska(Alaska/AWHL); Lars Helminen,D, Brighton, Mich. (Compu-ware/NAHL); Henrik Impola, D/F,Brainerd (Dubuque/MJHL); AaronJohnson, F, Plymouth (Wich-ita/AWHL); Bryce Luker, G, Ri-gaud, Quebec (St. Mark's PrepSchool); Tyler Skworchinski, F,Marathon, Ontario (Port-age/MJHL); Rolf Ulvin, F, Edina(Alaska/AWHL).

MERRY GO-ROUND If this is the2003-04 season, Russell must bethe new head coach. The Hus-

kies have had three in the pastthree years. Tim Watters wasfired in November, 2000. Thencame Mike Sertich, who was letgo the year before at Minnesota-Duluth. After going 25-69-9 (.282)at MTU, he decided enough wasenough and retired. Enter Rus-sell, 36, a defenseman for theHuskies from 1987-89. As anassistant at Cornell, the Big Redwent 87-39-10 (.676) the pastfour years. The offense might bebetter with 9 of the top 10 scorersreturning. The trouble was theHuskies were last in the league inscoring defense.

Russell steps up to the mic:"We're going to be aggressive.We're going to play a more up-tempo style than the passive onethey have in the past."

Did you know? St. Cloud sopho-more Brandon Schwartz (6 goals,5 assists) has come back strongfrom a knee injury and is ex-pected to compete on specialteams.

Prediction: Ninth. Russell waswith Cornell at the Frozen Four inApril. It's a long way from theUpper Peninsula to this year'sfinal in Boston.

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Web site:www.gophersports.com

Ticket info: 800-UGOPHER

Arena: Mariucci Arena (10,000;200x100)

Coach: Don Lucia (5th season,107-48-17; Division I career, 17thseason, 386-203-45)

Top returning players: ThomasVanek, soph., F (31g/31a); TroyRiddle, sr., F (26g/25a); MattKoalska, sr., F (9g/31a); KeithBallard, jr., D (12g/29a); ChrisHarrington, soph., D (4g/14a);Justin Johnson, jr., G (10-2-2,2.90, .885)

Welcome to Minneapolis: KellenBriggs, G, Colorado Springs,Colo. (Sioux Falls/USHL); DanIrmen, F, Fargo, N.D. (Lin-


coln/USHL); Ryan Potulny, F,Grand Forks, N.D. (Lin-coln/USHL); Jake Taylor, D,Byron (Green Bay/USHL); MikeVannelli, D, Mendota Heights(Sioux Falls/USHL).

GREAT EXPECTATIONS Withthe past two NCAA trophies be-hind glass at Mariucci Arena, theGophers will try to be the firstteam in almost 50 years to pull offa trifecta. Amazingly, only onesenior dressed for last season'schampionship win over NewHampshire. Lucia's machine de-veloped a couple of kinks whendefenseman Paul Martin left earlyfor the New Jersey Devils andgoalie Travis Weber apparentlyquit hockey. So? Vanek was thefifth overall pick in the draft andthe Frozen Four MVP. Seniorforward and three-time captainGrant Potulny is back to lead anoffense that returns 85 percentof its points. Harrington, a St.Cloud Apollo High School gradu-ate, was an All-WCHA Rookiepick. With a top recruiting classin the fold, the goaltending mightnot have to be perfect.

Lucia steps up to the mic: "I think(Vanek) proved something to alot of people last year. Now it's upto him to take that next step. Idon't think, as a 19-year-old, he'sready to play in the NHL."

Did you know? Ryan Potulny, ayounger brother of Grant, wasthe USHL Player of the Year in2002-03.

Prediction: First. A season-opening loss serves as a wake-up call. The Gophers respondedwith seven unanswered goals inGame 2. If you've got a betterpick to win the WCHA, we want tohear about it.

Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs

Web site: www.umdbulldogs.com


Arena: Duluth Entertainment andConvention Center (5,333;190x85)

Coach: Scott Sandelin (4th sea-son, 42-67-12)

Top returning players: TimStapleton, soph., F (14g/28a);Junior Lessard, sr., F (21g/16a);T.J. Caig, jr., F (9g/16a); NeilPetruic, jr., D (6g/8a); SteveCzech, soph., D (3g/10a); IsaacReichmuth, soph., G (18-11-3,2.68, .905)

Welcome to Duluth: Josh John-son, G, Cloquet (GreenBay/USHL); Jeff McFarland, F,Plymouth (Lincoln/USHL); BryanMcGregor, F, Niagara Falls, On-tario (Vernon/BCHL); RyanSwanson, D, Maple Grove(Iona/MAAC).

DOG HOUSE They might as wellput up signs that say "Enter atYour Own Risk" this season atthe DECC. The Bulldogs zoomedup the standings to a home-icespot and third-place game victoryat the Final Five last season.They were 11-4-1 down thestretch and their fans were howl-ing that they deserved to makethe NCAAs more than St. CloudState. This time around they mayfinally prove that case. Nine ofthe top 10 scorers return and 21of 25 letterwinners are back.They scored more goals than anyDuluth team in 10 years. Staple-ton, who is 5-foot-9 with hisskates on, scored more pointsthan any freshman since BrettHull. And Caig will be available forhis first full season. The entiredefense is intact, including anAll-WCHA third-team goalie. Bythe end of the season, they couldbe vicious.

Sandelin steps up to the mic:"Our power play (ninth in theleague) was brutal last year.Anemic. As coaches, we feelpretty good about what we've gotnow, but what do we know?"

Did you know? Lessard nearlydrowned when he was caught in ariptide while swimming last sum-mer in the Duluth harbor. An on-looker rescued him and, thoughLessard was hospitalized, hesuffered no lasting effects.

Prediction: Third. The differencebetween Duluth and the otherteams in the middle of the pack isgoaltending.

MSU-Mankato Mavericks

Web site:www.msumavericks.com


Arena: Midwest Wireless CivicCenter (4,832; 200x100)

Coach: Troy Jutting (4th season,55-49-13)

Top returning players: ShaneJoseph, sr., F (29g/36a); ColeBassett, sr., F (14g/16a); BrockBecker, soph., F (14g/12a); Ste-ven Johns, jr., D (2g/24a); AaronForsythe, sr., D (2g/7a); JonVolp, jr., G (10-5-2, 3.01, .910)

Welcome to Mankato: DavidBackes, F, Blaine (Lin-coln/USHL); Chad Brownlee, D,Kelowna, British Columbia(Vernon/BCHL); Chris Clark, G,San Mateo, Calif. (Surrey/BCHL);Lucas Fransen, D, Langley, Brit-ish Columbia (Langley/BCHL);Kurtis Kisio, F, Calgary (Cal-gary/AJHL); Travis Morin, F,Brooklyn Park (Chicago/USHL);Kyle Peto, D, Lethbridge, Alberta(Crowsnest Pass/AJHL).

FINE LINE The Mavs played 15overtime games last season,posting a record of 3-2-10. Theyhad seven ties in regular-seasonleague games, meaning theywere within a razor's edge of los-ing those points. Without them,with an errant opposing goal inthose games, Mankato would'vebeen one point ahead of sixth.The flip side of that is the teamwas within a hair of being evenbetter, perhaps winning theleague title. Their biggest losswas sophomore All-AmericanGrant Stevenson, who signedwith the San Jose Sharks. Jo-seph, another All-American, isthe nation's top returning scorer.The Mavs were 15-2-4 at homelast season and made their firsttrip to the NCAA Tournament.Somehow they did it while ranking


first in WCHA penalty minutesand last in penalty killing.

Jutting steps up to the mic: "Weknow how to play in tight situa-tions and close games. Our kidslearned that early. At crunchtime, they should be able to per-form."

Did you know? Sophomore goalieKyle Nixon is the nephew of for-mer NHL goalie Chico Resch, andKisio is the son of former NHLforward Kelly Kisio.

Prediction: Sixth. Jutting's teamwent 17 games without a loss lastseason. Bet they don't do thatagain.

North Dakota Sioux

Web site: www.fightingsioux.com

Ticket info: 877-91-SIOUX

Arena: Engelstad Arena (11,500;200x85)

Coach: Dean Blais (10th season,232-107-31)

Top returning players: BrandonBochenski, jr., F (35g/27a); ZachParise, soph., F (26g/35a); DavidLundbohm, sr., F (15g/37a);Andy Schneider, jr., D (11g/30a);Nick Fuher, jr., D (8g/17a); JakeBrandt, jr., G (11-4-4, 2.40, .895)

Welcome to Grand Forks: RobbieBina, D, Grand Forks, N.D. (Lin-coln/USHL); Erik Fabian, F, Ro-seau (Topeka/USHL); BradyMurray, F, Brandon, Manitoba(Salmon Arm/BCHL); Jordan Pa-rise, G, Faribault (Water-loo/USHL); Chris Porter, F, Thun-der Bay, Ontario (Lincoln/USHL);Matt Smaby, D, Minneapolis(Shattuck-St. Mary's); Drew Staf-ford, F, Faribault (Shattuck-St.Mary's); Nate Ziegelmann, G,Grand Forks, N.D. (Lin-coln/USHL).

WANTED: GOALIE Must be ableto stop the puck, even thoughyou'll spend a lot of time at work

watching a red light go off at theother end of the rink. No one hasbeen able to answer that jobposting since the new RalphEngelstad Arena went up. TheSioux crease occasionally re-sembles the Twilight Zone. NorthDakota's team save percentage(.877) was the worst in theWCHA. Brandt didn't do himselfany favors when he was arrestedlast summer for allegedly stealing$200 in pull tabs. And Schneiderhas to replace David Hale, goneto the New Jersey Devils. Ofcourse, if the Sioux score likethey hope, sometimes they couldget by with an empty net. Murray,son of Los Angeles Kings coachAndy Murray, could complete a100-goal line.

Blais steps up to the mic: "We gotout-goalied last year. It's hard toput the blame on one individual.But it's tough when you outshoota team 2-1 and manage to lose."

Did you know? Jordan Parise is21. Zach Parise is 19.

Prediction: Fourth. Opposingcoaches will cover their eyeswhen the Bochenski-Parise-Murray combination rushes upice. Blais will cover his when theother team takes a shot late in aclose game.

Wisconsin Badgers

Web site: www.uwbadgers.com

Ticket info: 800-GO-BADGERS

Arena: Kohl Center (15,237;200x97)

Coach: Mike Eaves (2nd season,13-23-4)

Top returning players: ReneBourque, sr., F (19g/8a); RyanMacMurchy, soph., F (10g/14a);Nick Licari, soph., F (5g/10a);Tom Gilbert, soph., D (7g/13a);Dan Boeser, sr., D (0g/12a);Bernd Bruckler, jr., G (9-11-3,2.83, .905)

Welcome to Madison: AndyBrandt, F, Wausau, Wis. (Pitts-burgh/NAHL); Jake Dowell, F,Eau Claire, Wis. (USNTDP); Rob-bie Earl, F, Los Angeles(USNTDP); Brian Elliott, G, New-market, Ontario (Ajax/OPJHA);Mark Heatley, F, Calgary (Cal-gary/AJHL); Andrew Joudrey, F,Bedford, Nova Scotia (NotreDame/SJHL); Jeff Likens, D,Barrington, Ill. (USNTDP); MattOlinger, D, Madison, Wis. (CedarRapids/USHL); Ken Rowe, F,Faribault (Shattuck-St. Mary's);Ryan Suter, D, Madison, Wis.(USNTDP).

TEAM TURMOIL Every time Wis-consin starts moving in the rightdirection, you hear some badnews about the Badgers. Eaveswas on the job for a couple ofmonths before he was disciplinedfor a confrontation with a player.Alex Leavitt, the player involved,went public with the story as hisseason deteriorated, and Eaveseventually removed him from theteam. In the meantime, captainBrad Winchester was arrested forallegedly punching a police offi-cer at a Madison bar. Oh, andWisconsin finished eighth andbowed out in the first round of theplayoffs. Eaves, a formerUSNTDP coach, continues torevamp the program in his image.Suter is the WCHA's preseasonrookie of the year. He went to theNashville Predators with the sev-enth pick in last summer's draft.

Eaves steps up to the mic: "Iwant to take all the lessons fromlast year, learn from them, andmove on. Athletes have changeda lot since I was (a player). Ineeded to realize that."

Did you know? The Badgers' re-cruiting class was ranked best inthe nation by Red Line Report.

Prediction: Eighth. For Eaves'sake, Bruckler has to stayhealthy. He might play everygame.


USA TODAYOctober 17, 2003, Friday, FINAL EDITION SPORTS; Pg. 21C

Spotlight on Division II

Saginaw Valley State (6-0) at Grand Val -ley State (6-0)

Saturday, 7 p.m. ET

The skinny: Forget Michigan and MichiganState. This weekend the focus in the W o l -verine State will be in Allendale, wheredefending national champion and top -ranked Grand Valley hosts No. 5 SaginawValley. Both are 5-0 in the Great LakesIntercollegiate Athletic Conference. Theoutcome will send ripples into the post-season. Grand Valley carries a 20-gamewinning streak, last losing in the 2 0 0 1NCAA title game (17-14 to North Dakota).. . . Grand Valley RB Michael Tennesseeaverages 111 yards rushing and 52 yardsreceiving, and redshirt freshman QB Cu l -len Finnerty has hit 64% of his passes f o r1,465 yards and 13 TDs to seven receiv-ers. . . . Saginaw QB Mark Radlinski hascompleted 62% of his passes for 1 , 4 8 1yards and 17 TDs, spread among eight r e -ceivers.

Worth noting: The Lakers have won 32 in arow in the regular season. Saginaw, which

trails in the series 20-8 and has not wonin Allendale since 1984, lost last year'sgame 23-18. After squeaking pastMichigan Tech 34-32 in its secondgame, Saginaw has allowed one touchdown. .. . Radlinski played high school ball i nGrand Rapids, 8 miles from the GrandValley campus. . . . Finnerty began hiscollege career at Division I-A Toledo b e -fore transferring to Saginaw.

Spotlight on Division III

Mount Union (5-0) at John Carroll ( 4 -1 )

Saturday, 1:30 p.m. ET/CSTV

Worth noting: No. 1-ranked and three-time defending champion Mount Union putsits 47-game winning streak on the l ineagainst Ohio Athletic Conference rival JohnCarroll in suburban Cleveland. The PurpleRaiders have won six of the last sevenNCAA titles and have outscored opponents256-30 this season. John Carroll's losswas 36-0 to Baldwin-Wallace, a team thatMount Union defeated 24-0.


Detroit Free PressOctober 16, 2003 Thursday 0 EDITION

College hockey games of the week

Matchup:Northern Michigan 2 - 0 - 0 ;Michigan Tech 0-0-0.

When:7:35 p.m., Friday; 7:35 p.m., Sat-urday.

Where:Berry Events Center, Marquette,Friday; MacInnes Student Ice Arena,Houghton, Saturday.

Why they're important:The Ramada Cuphas been dusted off and should add some-thing extra to this bitter rivalry. After aseven-year hiatus, the teams will onceagain play for the cup, presented by theRamada Inns in Hancock and Marquette.

Created in 1988-89, the cup goes to thewinner of the four-game series each year.A tie is broken by a five-player sudden-death shoot-out following the fourth game.Northern took home the cup in 1 9 9 5 - 9 6 ,thanks to a 3-2 shoot-out.

The schools tried to incorporate an a l l -sports trophy in the intervening years,

but since they compete in differentleagues, the Ramada Cup was shelved.

Northern competes in the Central Colle-giate Hockey Association; Michigan Techin the Western Collegiate Hockey Associa-tion.

The cup was resurrected when Northernand Tech agreed to a four-game series eachyear.

Tech will be without two key players f o rits season opener. Junior defenseman ClayWilson must serve a one-game suspensionfor being ejected from last season's f inalgame. Redshirt freshman forward TaggartDesmet, who sat out last season because heplayed a major junior hockey game i nCanada, must miss one more game to sa t -isfy NCAA requirements. Both will playSaturday night.

By George Sipple


Duluth News-TribuneOctober 16, 2003 Thursday Minnesota: SPTS

A quick transition for BulldogsMEN:The loss of Jason Schneeweis means less bulk, but also creates anopportunity to run and gun

BY TOM LARSONNEWS TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

The Minnesota Duluth men'sbasketball team opened the2003-04 season on Wednesdayminus its conference's MVP. Or,as UMD guard Matt Williamscalled Jason Schneeweis, "thebiggest human being, ever."

The Bulldogs understand youdon't replace 6-foot-9, 270-poundcenters who led the Northern SunIntercollegiate Conference inrebounding, finished third inscoring, added the 2003 leagueMVP trophy to his 2002 leaguetournament MVP award, and takethe team to two NCAA Division I Itournaments.

So while coach Gary Holquistwaits for the day when anotherlow-post behemoth comesaround, the Bulldogs instead willrun, hustle on defense and, theyhope, discover that one of theirslender slashers has a meanstreak under the boards.

"Probably more so than at anytime in my 18 years here, wereally have some athletes," saidHolquist, who is in his sixth yearas head coach after 12 years asa UMD assistant. "We have agroup of kids who are long, leanand athletic. I think we can pre-sent some interesting matchupsfor other teams."

Schneeweis, now playing profes-sionally in Holland, departed withfour-year regular Marcus Jack-son, and forward Nick Cheney,who averaged 10 points and fiverebounds in 30 starts last season

but left the team to concentrateon academic pursuits.

Holquist added eight new playersthis season, but the Bulldogs arenot bereft of veterans.

Williams started at point guardmost of last season. Sophomoreforward Sean Seaman averaged12 points, five rebounds and ateam-high five assists.

Senior forward Dusty Deckermight have been the NSIC's topbench threat last year, winningthe league tournament MVPaward last spring with a 28-pointeffort in the final.

Senior Hudson Denny is a solidrebounder at 6-6, sophomoreforward Joe Korneta started 23games last season, and 6-8 jun-ior Dan Determan doesn't haveSchneeweis's presence in thepost but is a much quicker playeraround the basket.

"If you look at it, those are sixguys who've really been an inte-gral part of a conference cham-pion and two NCAA tournamentteams," Holquist said.

Returning to that point will requirea game that's fast and gritty,Williams said.

"It'll be a whole new look, a wholenew energy," said the senior outof AlBrook High School. "It'll bemore up-and-down with five guysworking together instead of run-ning everything through Jasoninside. I think everybody is readyfor the challenge."

UMD's newer players will needsome time to fall in, but Holquistappears to have players capableof doing so in short order.

Sophomore forward Jim Emer-son, a 6-5 transfer from the Uni-versity of Wisconsin, impressedcoaches in fall drills, and redshirtfreshman Bryan Foss, a 6-7swingman, was playing on parwith Holquist's regulars in prac-tice by the end of last season.

Point guard Ryan Breidenbach, a6-1 true freshman, is goodenough already to be penciled into back up Williams.

"Losing Schneeweis leaves a bigvoid," Denny said. "But I think wehave enough through recruitingand the veterans we have back.It'll be a different style. We haveno choice but to use our quick-ness and speed."

UMD will find out quickly how theirnew style looks in the mirror. TheBulldogs open at the Pepsi Tip-Off Nov. 21-22 against perennialNorth Central Conference andNCAA contender South DakotaState and a Minnesota State-Mankato team that defeatedthem last year.

A week later, in their own Ameri-can Family Classic, the Bulldogsplay Michigan Tech and MetroState, teams that could beranked Nos. 1 and 2 in the coun-try this season.

"This team is going to be reallygood at some point," Holquistsaid. "I just hope it's sooner thanlater."


Saint Paul Pioneer Press

October 16, 2003 Thursday Minnesota: SPORTS; BRIEF; Pg. 2D

SHOOTER: Vikings on top of salary cap

CHARLEY WALTERSPioneer Press Columnist

The Vikings are 5-0 this sea-son, and they are a yearahead of their salary cap plan.

When Red McCombs boughtthe Vikings in 1998, the teamwas among the worst in theNFL in terms of salary cap lati-tude. After years of restruc-turing their cap, the Vikingsnext season are expected tobe the best-positioned salarycap team in the league. Thatmeans the cap isn't expectedto cause a loss of players andwill allow the Vikings to retaintheir core of young talent andadd new talent.

"There should be no restric-tions; we have pretty muchcleaned it all up," vice presi-dent of football operationsRob Brzezinski said Wednes-day. "The only problem wehave is the revenue challengefrom not having a new sta-dium."

The Vikings are about $3.3million under the NFL's $75million salary cap. Next March,the only high-priority freeagents will be Jim Kleinsasserand Fred Robbins.

* Vikings quarterback DaunteCulpepper, returning from athree-week absence becauseof broken bones in his back,will wear a special pad on hisback for protection duringSunday's game against Den-ver in the Metrodome.

* If the University of Minnesotafootball team defeats Michi-gan State on Saturday, theGophers probably will be in-cluded in the Bowl Champi-onship Series rankings thatwill be announced Monday. IfMichigan State wins, the Spar-tans will be ranked amongBCS teams.

* In 19 years of coaching bas-ketball, the Gophers' DanMonsonsaid 6-foot-9, 240-pound Kris Humphries "is asready physically as any fresh-man I've had."

* National media will be in theMetrodome for Sunday's Vi-kings-Broncos game. CBS-TVreporter Lesley Visser was intown Wednesday.

* General manager Terry Ryanremembers choosing pitcherMark Redman, who started forthe Florida Marlins against theChicago Cubs in Game 7 ofthe National League Champi-onship Series on Wednes-day, with the Twins' first pick inthe 1994 amateur draft, thentrading him seven years laterto Detroit.

"I needed a relief pitcher, sowe traded him to the Tigers forTodd Jones," Ryan said.

* The Gophers' marketing de-partment will use dry ice for asmokelike effect for playerintroductions at Saturday's12:01 a.m. opening of men'sand women's basketball prac-tices at Williams Arena. Doorsopen at 10 p.m. Friday.

* Gophers junior wide receiverParis Hamilton, out after kneesurgery, has returned to run-ning and is making progress,but is not expected to playthis season. Minnesota is ex-pected to appeal for a medicalredshirt year for him.

* The Vikings, Twins and Go-phers are preparing for an ag-gressive stadium lobbyingeffort at the upcoming ses-sion of the Minnesota Legisla-ture.

* The Vikings say tickets forSunday's game against Den-ver are as much in demand asa game against the Green BayPackers at the Dome. Theteam sold out of 530 VIP-package tickets at $300apiece four weeks ago.

* Irrigation work has beencompleted on the front nineholes of the renovated High-land Park National golf course,and the front nine and drivingrange have been seeded.The range is expected toopen next year, the course in2005.

* Former Vikings wide receiverChris Walsh has given up re-turning to the NFL but would-n't mind coming back to theVikings as a coaching assis-tant.

* The Minnesota Old-TimersFootball Association gaveGophers athletics directorJoel Maturi a $500 check tobe used for a campus sta-dium.


* The Metrodome's new turf in2004 will be significantlyslower than the current turf.

* Former North Stars broad-caster Al Shaver will make the"Let's Play Hockey" call be-fore tonight's Wild-Avalanchegame at the Xcel Energy Cen-ter.

* Word is USA Hockey is will-ing to contribute $50,000 ayear to sustain the HobeyBaker Award, which has beenoperated out of St. Paul inrecent years. But along withthe donation would comeUSA Hockey management ofthe award, emblematic of thetop college player. A coupleof $25,000 sponsors are be-ing sought to keep the annualaward's local connection.

* Eli Vlaisavljevich of St.Agnes-St. Bernard's-Concordia Academy hascommitted to play hockey atMichigan Tech.

* Former Gopher Trent Klatt ofthe Los Angeles Kings is tiedfor the NHL lead in goals withthree. Former Gopher JohnnyPohl scored a goal the otherday for the St. Louis Blues'

American Hockey Leagueteam in Worcester, Mass.

* A Twins ballpark in St. Paulremains the priority, but MayorRandy Kelly hasn't given upon the notion of a ballpark atLexington and Universityavenues to be shared by theNorthern League Saints andthe Gophers.

* Jibrahn Ike, a former St. An-thony Village basketball star,has a one-year contract to playfor Hungarian champion BCMarc Kormend.

* White Bear Lake's TerryO'Loughlin, 33, a former Go-phers golfer, will compete inhis fifth, and final, PGA Tourqualifying school Oct. 25 in LaPurisimo, Calif. DON'T PRINTTHAT

* Vikings coach Mike Tice cau-tioned his players to remain intop condition during their byeweek. The most any playerwas over his prescribedweight upon return to work-outs was wide receiver RandyMoss, who gained threepounds.

* The University of Minnesotafootball team, which drew62,000 spectators in Friday'sloss to Michigan in the Metro-dome, has sold 35,000 ticketsfor Saturday's game againstMichigan State and is hopingfor attendance of 40,000.

* The Vikings didn't receiveany offers before Tuesday'sNFL trading deadline.

* A proposal from state politi-cal leaders on how to financestadiums for the Twins andVikings is expected to bemade public next month.

OVERHEARD

* Wes Hamilton, who playedoffensive guard for the Vi-kings for 10 years and whoseson, Ben, starts at left offen-sive guard for the DenverBroncos, was asked who hewill cheer for Sunday at theMetrodome: "Blood is thickerthan water."

Charley Walters' column ap-pears Sundays, Tuesdays,Wednesdays, Thursdays andFridays. He can be reached [email protected]

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