Defenseman Kurt Davis scored a goal and assisted on another and Mick Berge had three assists as No. 18 Minnesota State, Mankato, held off a hard-charging Bemidji State 4-2 and finished off a series sweep Saturday.
The game was scoreless until 5:20 remained in the second period when Mankato's Zach Harrison scored his first goal of the season.
The Mavericks (2-0-0) built a 3-0 lead on goals by Davis and Jason Wiley in the third period. Berge assisted on both goals.
Goaltender Mike Zacharias (29 saves) appeared to be on his way to his seventh career shutout, but the Beavers (0-2-0) stormed back with goals by Shea Walters and Tyler Scofield with 2:12 and 1:45 remaining in the game, respectively.
The Mavericks finally sealed the win on Geoff Irwin's empty-net goal with 24 seconds to go. Berge got his third assist of the game on the play.
Midway through the second period, Irwin was awarded a penalty shot but was stopped by goalie Orlando Alamano (33 saves).
It was Mankato's fourth consecutive win over Bemidji.
***
The Mavericks broke nearly 35 minutes of scoreless hockey when junior center Zach Harrison scored his first goal of the season. Rylan Galiardi, who was a shot-blocking force in Friday's opener assisted on the goal. ... Earlier, MSU's Geoff Irwin was awarded a penalty shot after Ben Kinne dragged him down during a short-handed breakaway. Irwin made a nice move to get goalie Orlando Alamano down and open the left side of the goal. But he didn't lift the puck, and Alamano saved the shot with a flail of his glove.
***
The first period was scoreless with neither team getting great scoring chances. The Mavericks outshot the Beavers 11-9, and there were six penalties called between them. MSU did kill off 45 seconds of 5x3 power play.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
MSU-BSU, part 2
We're about an hour away from Game 2. Minnesota State is going with the same lineup as last night. Bemidji State is making just two changes, including in goal where senior Orlando Alamano will start. Here are the lines (starters in bold):
MINNESOTA STATE
Wiley-Bruess-Berge
Galiardi-Harrison-Louwerse
Irwin-Sackrison-Thompson
Mueller-Schiller-Jokinen
Davis-Kilburg
Youds-Boe
Friesen-Canzanello
Zacharias
Tormey
Lee
BEMIDJI STATE
Scofield-Read-Cramer
Lowe-Winter-Marino
Kinne-McKelvie-Lehrke
MacQueen-Walters-Billberg
Bostock-Hunt
MacIntyre-McManamin
Hardwick-Jundt
Alamano
Bakala
MINNESOTA STATE
Wiley-Bruess-Berge
Galiardi-Harrison-Louwerse
Irwin-Sackrison-Thompson
Mueller-Schiller-Jokinen
Davis-Kilburg
Youds-Boe
Friesen-Canzanello
Zacharias
Tormey
Lee
BEMIDJI STATE
Scofield-Read-Cramer
Lowe-Winter-Marino
Kinne-McKelvie-Lehrke
MacQueen-Walters-Billberg
Bostock-Hunt
MacIntyre-McManamin
Hardwick-Jundt
Alamano
Bakala
Friday, October 10, 2008
Mavericks 5, Beavers 2 -- final
Redshirt freshman Mike Louwerse scored two goals as No. 18 Minnesota State, Mankato, defeated Bemidji State 5-2 in the season-opening game for both teams.
Louwerse sat out all but four games last season with a sports hernia and was given an extra year of eligibility for medical reasons. He scored the game's opening goal during a 5-on-3 power play at 4:16 of the first period and added an even-strength goal in the second period.
Geoff Irwin, Justin Jokinen and Trevor Bruess also scored goals for the Mavericks (1-0-0). Jokinen, a true freshman, netted the game-winning goal at 11:41 of the second period. Kurt Davis and Ben Youds each had two assists for Mankato. Goalie Mike Zacharias made 16 saves in the win.
Bemidji State got power-play goals from Travis Winter and Brad Hunt. The game was filled with penalties (26 minors in all), as the NCAA has gone to a two-referee system and is emphasizing rules to limit obstruction. Goalie Matt Dalton finished with 24 saves.
The win was the first season-opening win for Mavericks coach Troy Jutting, who is beginning his ninth season.
***
The penalties didn't stop in the second period, with nine more calls. And the teams made each other pay for their mistakes. Scoring went like this:
3:44, BSU-Winter (Marino, Bostock) 5x4 ppg ... rebound goal, Winter was open at the right post
7:01, MSU-Irwin (Wiley, Youds) 4x4 ... a pretty play in which Irwin turned as he crashed the net and backhanded Wiley's rebound in
9:38, BSU-Hunt (Marino) 4x3 ppg ... off a faceoff
11:41, MSU-Jokinen (Mueller) 5x5 ... yes, this was an even-strength goal!
18:53, MSU-Louwerse (unasssted) 5x5 ... second goal of the game; this guy looks good
***
Redshirt freshman Mike Louwerse got things started with a 5-on-3 power play goal at 4:16, getting assists from Mick Berge and Kurt Davis. The score easily could have been 3-0 or 4-0, but Beavers goalie Matt Dalton made several outstanding saves.
Anyone predicting that the two-referee system and some rule changes would increase penalties was right on the money. The first period featured nine penalties, including four on the Mavericks.
Shots were 12-6 in favor of MSU.
Louwerse sat out all but four games last season with a sports hernia and was given an extra year of eligibility for medical reasons. He scored the game's opening goal during a 5-on-3 power play at 4:16 of the first period and added an even-strength goal in the second period.
Geoff Irwin, Justin Jokinen and Trevor Bruess also scored goals for the Mavericks (1-0-0). Jokinen, a true freshman, netted the game-winning goal at 11:41 of the second period. Kurt Davis and Ben Youds each had two assists for Mankato. Goalie Mike Zacharias made 16 saves in the win.
Bemidji State got power-play goals from Travis Winter and Brad Hunt. The game was filled with penalties (26 minors in all), as the NCAA has gone to a two-referee system and is emphasizing rules to limit obstruction. Goalie Matt Dalton finished with 24 saves.
The win was the first season-opening win for Mavericks coach Troy Jutting, who is beginning his ninth season.
***
The penalties didn't stop in the second period, with nine more calls. And the teams made each other pay for their mistakes. Scoring went like this:
3:44, BSU-Winter (Marino, Bostock) 5x4 ppg ... rebound goal, Winter was open at the right post
7:01, MSU-Irwin (Wiley, Youds) 4x4 ... a pretty play in which Irwin turned as he crashed the net and backhanded Wiley's rebound in
9:38, BSU-Hunt (Marino) 4x3 ppg ... off a faceoff
11:41, MSU-Jokinen (Mueller) 5x5 ... yes, this was an even-strength goal!
18:53, MSU-Louwerse (unasssted) 5x5 ... second goal of the game; this guy looks good
***
Redshirt freshman Mike Louwerse got things started with a 5-on-3 power play goal at 4:16, getting assists from Mick Berge and Kurt Davis. The score easily could have been 3-0 or 4-0, but Beavers goalie Matt Dalton made several outstanding saves.
Anyone predicting that the two-referee system and some rule changes would increase penalties was right on the money. The first period featured nine penalties, including four on the Mavericks.
Shots were 12-6 in favor of MSU.
Lots of excitement
Nearly 90 minutes before the opening faceoff, MSU students were lined up outside the Alltel Center, queuing all the way to Mankato's Intergovernmental Center waiting to claim their seat. On Wednesday, the university distributed 1,100 free student tickets at the Taylor Center. The line snaked all the way to the Myers Field House, and tickets were gone within 15 minutes. Students unable to get one of the free tickets aren't completely left out in the cold; they're able to buy them for $6.
The players skated out for warmups 40 minutes before gametime, and the student section was packed and cheering wildly for the Mavericks (and, of course, booing the referees and Beavers).
As for the game, here are tonight's lines (starters in bold):
MINNESOTA STATE
Wiley-Bruess-Berge
Galiardi-Harrison-Louwerse
Irwin-Sackrison-Thompson
Mueller-Schiller-Jokinen
Davis-Kilburg
Youds-Boe
Friesen-Canzanello
Zacharias
Tormey
Lee
BEMIDJI STATE
Scofield-Read-Cramer
Lowe-Winter-Marino
Kinne-McKelvie-Lehrke
MacQueen-Walters-Billberg
Bostock-Hunt
MacIntyre-McManamin
Hardwick-Adams
Dalton
Bakala
The players skated out for warmups 40 minutes before gametime, and the student section was packed and cheering wildly for the Mavericks (and, of course, booing the referees and Beavers).
As for the game, here are tonight's lines (starters in bold):
MINNESOTA STATE
Wiley-Bruess-Berge
Galiardi-Harrison-Louwerse
Irwin-Sackrison-Thompson
Mueller-Schiller-Jokinen
Davis-Kilburg
Youds-Boe
Friesen-Canzanello
Zacharias
Tormey
Lee
BEMIDJI STATE
Scofield-Read-Cramer
Lowe-Winter-Marino
Kinne-McKelvie-Lehrke
MacQueen-Walters-Billberg
Bostock-Hunt
MacIntyre-McManamin
Hardwick-Adams
Dalton
Bakala
Read all about it (updated)
Forget about your stock portfolio for a few minutes. As promised here some of the storylines surrounding the first weekend of college hockey:
Minnesota State goalie Mike Zacharias is coming off a record-setting season.
The Freep's Minnesota State-Bemidji State preview can be found here.
Bemidji State is embarking on one of its toughest early season schedules.
Like MSU Minnesota Duluth is counting on its MVP goalie, too.
Staying in Duluth, here's a peek at what the new DECC, slated to open on New Year's Eve, 2010, will look like.
The Capital Times' Todd Milewski has five questions about the Badgers then breaks down the roster.
Staying in Madison, the Wisconsin State Journal looks for the Badgers' offensive leader.
In St. Cloud, the Huskies will face Mercyhurst for the first time, although it almost happened last year.
North Dakota's biggest question mark is in goal where it will have a new starter this year.
Goaltending is the theme in Anchorage, Alaska, this weekend, too.
The WCHA's highest-scoring team last season, Colorado College, thinks rule changes will help it score more goals this year.
The coaches at Michigan Tech and Lake Superior State, who will face each other tonight, are old friends.
When it comes to college hockey, The Denver Post says Colorado, not Minnesota, is the real "state of hockey."
Here is some additional late-afternoon reading ...
USCHO.com has put out its WCHA preview (the Mavericks are picked fourth).
This is the WCHA released the results of its beat writers poll (the Mavericks are fifth).
College Hockey News previewed the WCHA in two parts, here and here.
Inside College Hockey put its preview out earlier this week.
Minnesota State goalie Mike Zacharias is coming off a record-setting season.
The Freep's Minnesota State-Bemidji State preview can be found here.
Bemidji State is embarking on one of its toughest early season schedules.
Like MSU Minnesota Duluth is counting on its MVP goalie, too.
Staying in Duluth, here's a peek at what the new DECC, slated to open on New Year's Eve, 2010, will look like.
The Capital Times' Todd Milewski has five questions about the Badgers then breaks down the roster.
Staying in Madison, the Wisconsin State Journal looks for the Badgers' offensive leader.
In St. Cloud, the Huskies will face Mercyhurst for the first time, although it almost happened last year.
North Dakota's biggest question mark is in goal where it will have a new starter this year.
Goaltending is the theme in Anchorage, Alaska, this weekend, too.
The WCHA's highest-scoring team last season, Colorado College, thinks rule changes will help it score more goals this year.
The coaches at Michigan Tech and Lake Superior State, who will face each other tonight, are old friends.
When it comes to college hockey, The Denver Post says Colorado, not Minnesota, is the real "state of hockey."
Here is some additional late-afternoon reading ...
USCHO.com has put out its WCHA preview (the Mavericks are picked fourth).
This is the WCHA released the results of its beat writers poll (the Mavericks are fifth).
College Hockey News previewed the WCHA in two parts, here and here.
Inside College Hockey put its preview out earlier this week.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
It's game day
Just about, anyway.
Minnesota State and Bemidji State will get underway at 7:07 p.m. Friday night. I'll add some links as the day goes on, including my feature in The Free Press on Mavericks goalie Mike Zacharias.
The Mavericks will have a somewhat young forward lineup with five freshmen in the lineup. Three juniors are out, including Kael Mouillerat (suspended for the weekend for violating team rules), Jerad Stewart (mononucleosis) and James Gaulrapp (injury).
So the lines are likely to look like this: Bruess-Berge-Wiley, Sackrison-Irwin-Thompson*, Harrison-Louwerse*-Galiardi, Mueller*-Jokinen*-Schiller* (* denotes freshman).
No surprise, Mike Zacharias will start in goal, and the six defensemen who finished the season in the lineup -- Kilburg, Davis, Boe, Youds, Canzanello, Friesen -- will take the ice.
More later ...
Minnesota State and Bemidji State will get underway at 7:07 p.m. Friday night. I'll add some links as the day goes on, including my feature in The Free Press on Mavericks goalie Mike Zacharias.
The Mavericks will have a somewhat young forward lineup with five freshmen in the lineup. Three juniors are out, including Kael Mouillerat (suspended for the weekend for violating team rules), Jerad Stewart (mononucleosis) and James Gaulrapp (injury).
So the lines are likely to look like this: Bruess-Berge-Wiley, Sackrison-Irwin-Thompson*, Harrison-Louwerse*-Galiardi, Mueller*-Jokinen*-Schiller* (* denotes freshman).
No surprise, Mike Zacharias will start in goal, and the six defensemen who finished the season in the lineup -- Kilburg, Davis, Boe, Youds, Canzanello, Friesen -- will take the ice.
More later ...
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Pro players
Three ex-Mavericks are starting the NHL season this week with their big clubs. Forward David Backes and defenseman Steve Wagner are with the St. Louis Blues, and forward Ryan Carter is on the Anaheim Ducks' opening-day roster.
Meanwhile, forward Tim Jackman is starting with Bridgeport, the New York Islanders' American Hockey League affiliate. Also in the AHL are forward Grant Stevenson, who was assigned to Chicago by the Atlanta Thrashers, and forward Jon Kalinski, who was assigned to Philadelphia by the Philadelphia Flyers. Finally, the Washington Capitals signed forward Travis Morin to South Carolina of the East Coast Hockey League.
By the way the St. Louis Post-Dispatch had a good article on Backes today.
Meanwhile, forward Tim Jackman is starting with Bridgeport, the New York Islanders' American Hockey League affiliate. Also in the AHL are forward Grant Stevenson, who was assigned to Chicago by the Atlanta Thrashers, and forward Jon Kalinski, who was assigned to Philadelphia by the Philadelphia Flyers. Finally, the Washington Capitals signed forward Travis Morin to South Carolina of the East Coast Hockey League.
By the way the St. Louis Post-Dispatch had a good article on Backes today.
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