Sunday, January 13, 2008

Official Overview's of the weekend sweep

CC Athletics below, USCHO Friday and Saturday recaps


Tigers sweep UAA with 5-2 victory
Powered by the familiar duo of Jimmy Kilpatrick and Chad Rau, Colorado College kept rolling on Saturday. Kilpatrick scored the game-winning goal and added a pair of assists, while Rau tallied twice including an empty netter with 14 seconds remaining, leading the Tigers to a 5-2 victory over Alaska Anchorage and a series sweep at the World Arena. With the triumph, in which 11 different players recorded at least one point, fourth-ranked and league-leading CC widened it lead to six points over archrival Denver in the WCHA standings after the Pioneers lost 7-2 at home to Wisconsin. Once again, as in Friday’s 6-1 win, Colorado College and UAA entered the second period scoreless. And, once again, the Tigers responded with three goals – by Rau, Brian McMillin and Kilpatrick – to take command heading into the final 20 minutes. Kilpatrick’s three points gave him seven (2g,5a) in the series and 99 (33g,66a) for his collegiate career. Rau, the WCHA scoring leader, extended his point-scoring streak to 15 consecutive games. Bill Sweatt also clicked on a power play early in the third period, when the Seawolves finally dented freshman goalie Richard Bachman for a pair of late tallies. Bachman finished with 19 saves.

Kilpatrick, Walsky power CC last Seawolves
Jimmy Kilpatrick has enjoyed a glittering career against the University of Alaska Anchorage. Eric Walsky is following suit with a pretty impressive season vs. his former team. The two veteran forwards combined for three second-period goals on Friday, including a pair just eight seconds apart, to spark Colorado College to a 6-1 victory over the Seawolves at the World Arena. Junior forward Walsky struck for the first two tallies of the game, at 6:03 and 12:33 of the middle frame, and now has been credited with the game winner in two of the Tigers’ victories over UAA this season, his first at CC. Senior right wing Kilpatrick, who added three assists in the victory, now has collected 21 of his 96 career points in 11 all-time outings against the same team. With the victory, the WCHA-leading Tigers maintained their four-point spread over second-place Denver in the league standings and improved their home-ice record to a perfect 8-0. Senior left wing Scott McCulloch, junior center Chad Rau and freshman center Tyler Johnson also scored in the third period. Rau collected a pair of assists while extending his point-scoring streak to 14 consecutive games. McCulloch, who helped set up Walsky's game winner, recorded his second straight multiple-point outing. Freshman goaltender Richard Bachman made 21 saves, allowing only a second-period goal by Seawolves sophomore Josh Lunden that came 81 seconds after Kilpatrick gave Colorado College a 3-0 cushion at 12:41.

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