It was a crazy, crazy night at the Alltel Center. ... Record crowd of 5,201. ... A five-goal outburst by the Mavericks in the second period that included three breakaway goals, two by Kael Mouillierat and one by Jerad Stewart. ... Four major penalties and two game disqualifications (including one on Trevor Bruess that the referees changed from a game misconduct to a DQ after the game). ... Two rather disgruntled head coaches.
"Emotions were running pretty high," Mavericks junior forward Rylan Galiardi said. "Hockey is a pretty intense sport. I think teams were just trying to protect each other, protect their teammates. No one wants to see guys get hurt."
Jutting had no comment about the change in Bruess' penalty, an excessive roughness/elbowing major in the second period. Bruess will miss Saturday's rematch at Mariucci Arena. Minnesota's Brian Schack will also be out after he jumped Channing Boe from behind midway through the third period after Boe threw a check from behind. Boe, who also got a major, left the ice on a stretcher but was seen on crutches after the game, possibly with a broken ankle.
"The hits we had tonight, I don't know if that's part of hockey, but it was tonight," Gophers coach Don Lucia said. Later, he added, "That didn't look like college hockey out there to me."
About the physical play in general, Jutting said, "Those were two proud hockey teams out there. I thought both teams played pretty physical tonight for the most part."
Mouillierat, Galiardi and Jerad Stewart each had three-point games, and Mike Zacharias made 28 saves in net.
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