Tigers smack St. Cloud

So here's something interesting. The article in the Gayzette today spoke of the Tigers living on the edge of doom, committing stupid penalties and being on the edge of disaster. The USCHO speaks of CC dominating the entire game, what's the deal? If Kate is writing in the paper's notorious gloom-and-doom style she's an idiot (by the way, she was the one who released the "blackface" incident that was blown ridiculously out of proportion). How can the "home" paper be more negative than the national media? Doesn't make sense so, like always, I will not post her article and let you read about what really happened, not what some lame wanna-be journalist thought of the game.



The HEADLINE article on USCHO
In their first action since being passed over for the nation’s number one ranking, the now No. 3 Colorado College Tigers stated their case. Emphatically. Going into the always tough National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, CC dominated from the outset, getting two first period goals — including the game winner from freshman defenseman Ryan Lowery — to knock off the No. 17 Huskies, 3-1. Now 11-4-0 overall and a scintillating 11-2-0 in the WCHA, the high-octane Tigers are garnering at least initial comparisons to the Don Lucia-helmed squads who ran roughshod over the conference in the late 1990s. The two top 20 squads will face off again tomorrow evening.

CC Athletics:
Tigers keep rolling with 3-1 victory at SCSU
Whatever cobwebs Colorado College may have developed from a weekend away from competition, the WCHA-leading Tigers shook off very quickly on Friday. They picked up right where they left off 13 days earlier, winning their third consecutive road decision with a 3-1 victory over St. Cloud State University at the National Hockey Center. A pair of young defensemen – sophomore Nate Prosser and freshman Ryan Lowery – clicked for first-period goals that were enough for freshman goalie Richard Bachman, who again was superb between the pipes. Bachman made 26 saves, allowing only a power-play tap-in by SCSU’s Ryan Lasch in the final minute of the second period. Lowery’s game winner, a bouncing shot from the right boards and the first point of his collegiate career, came with 2:22 left in the opening frame after Prosser gave CC a 1-0 lead at the 9:03 mark. Senior left wing Scott McCulloch added an insurance tally at 14:10 of the third period, firing high over the shoulder of Huskies goalie Dan Dunn after Chad Rau won a faceoff in the St. Cloud State end. Dunn had relieved starter B.J. O’Brien after the opening stanza. The two combined for 32 saves, as the Tigers out-shot SCSU by a 35-27 margin. Third-ranked Colorado College, which has won nine of its last 10 outings, improved to 11-4 overall and 11-2 in league play.