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The Matchup
It’s hockey playoff time again and this weekend the Huskies will travel to Denver, CO, to face the top-ranked Pioneers. The Huskies finished the regular season 34 points behind the WCHA Regular Season Champs, but they seem determined to make the tenth playoff meeting between these two an interesting one.
Needing a win to move into third in the WCHA Standings, at least for the time being, the No. 7 North Dakota overcame two hockey Huskies’ power play goals en route to a 3-2 win at the Ralph Engelstad Arena on the final night of the WCHA Regular Season.
Despite trailing for about 13 minutes, the No. 7 North Dakota Fighting Sioux rattled off three goals in 1:19 in the second period to defeat the Michigan Tech Huskies, 5-1. The Huskies struggled without assistant captain Brett Olson for the second straight night.
North Dakota
After dropping back-to-back 5-2 losses to the No. 3 Wisconsin Badgers to end the home portion of their schedule, the Huskies head back out on the road for their final WCHA series of the season against the No. 7 North Dakota Fighting Sioux.
The Sioux (18-11-5 overall, 13-10-3 WCHA) are fresh off a sweep of the Colorado College Tigers, and currently hold the final home playoff spot with 29 points.
The Michigan Tech Huskies were without their top offensive threat, assistant captain Brett Olson, and the loss was apparent almost from the opening faceoff as the No. 3 Wisconsin Badgers outhustled the Huskies to loose pucks and picked up a pair of goals from both Aaron Bendickson and Andy Bohmbach en route to a 5-2 win and the weekend sweep at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena.
After falling to the Wisconsin Badgers 5-2 last night, the hockey Huskies enter Saturday night looking to split the series, and send the six seniors off a victory in their final home game as a Husky. Josh Robinson will need to come up big, as Kevin Genoe notched 58 saves in last night’s loss. Below is the Lode’s exclusive live blog of Saturday’s Huskies/Badgers game.
Whether it’s inclement weather or hot goaltending, the No. 3 Wisconsin Badgers have had their share of troubles during their last three trips to Houghton to face the hockey Huskies. Tonight was no exception as the Huskies got superb goaltending from Kevin Genoe, who made 58 saves. The Badgers did manage two power play goals to skate away with a 5-2 win at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena.
The Michigan Tech Huskies hockey team, which has already faced the toughest schedule in all of Division I college hockey, will face the No. 2 Wisconsin Badgers on Friday night for the first night of the final home weekend of Husky hockey. Check out the full preview of this weekend’s games. Below is the live blog for tonight’s game. Don’t forget to check back shortly after game completion for a complete wrap-up.
As the 2009-10 WCHA Regular Season comes to a close for the Huskies, they have one last home series against the No. 3Wisconsin Badgers before finishing on the road at No. 8 North Dakota. This means there’s one last chance for fans to see Ryan Bunger, Drew Dobson, captain Malcolm Gwilliam, John Kivisto, Mike VanWagner and Eli Vlaisavljevich before graduation.
Eli Vlaisavljevich has been named as one of 10 finalists for the Lowe’s senior CLASS (Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School) Award in the 2009-10 hockey division.
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