Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Tuesday night at the rink

It's 30 minutes until game time between the MSU Mavericks and the UNO Mavericks. The Spirit of the Maverick Trophy is on the line, but, more importantly, so is MSU's No. 7 Pairwise ranking. A win by four goals keeps the trophy in Mankato. A win, period, will suit the home team just fine. A loss, though, could be crushing.

Here are the lines (starters in italic):

MINNESOTA STATE
Kalinski-Harrison-Berge
Hanson-Bruess-Mouillierat
Irwin-Sackrison-Wiley
Galiardi-Gunderson-Stewart

Davis-Kilburg
Youds-Friesen
Canzanello-Boe

Zacharias
Tormey
Lee

NEBRASKA-OMAHA
Scero-Martin-Lawrence
Charleston-Platisha-Klempa
Fanto-Agosta-Ambroz
Koehler-Bagron-Swanson

Del Grosso-Bernier
Uotila-Phillipi
Von Bokern-Goulet

Dupont
Aarnio
Kaufmann

Notes: MSU defenseman R.J. Linder is out for personal reasons. UNO starter Jeremie Dupont has been his team's top backup this season. The sophomore is 0-6-0. ... UNO is missing senior forward Bryan Marshall, who was one of the nation's top scorers before suffering a knee injury a couple of weeks ago. ... UNO defeated MSU 6-3 in December, so MSU must win by four goals to keep the traveling trophy that goes with this nonconference series. A three-goal win will result in a shootout for the hardware.

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