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Difficult defeat tough to swallow in Denver
Sioux dropped by Eagles in first round of NCAA hockey
Scott Stone
Issue date: 4/15/08 Section: Sports
There are always two sides of a story. One side says that the UND Fighting Sioux men's hockey team has made the Frozen Four for four consecutive seasons and that is a major accomplishment. The other side says that this fact isn't good enough and after a 6-1 drubbing at the hands of the Boston College Eagles in the national semifinals at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado this past Thursday, that side of the story is being told the most.
The Sioux were man-handled early and often in this one giving up four first period and two second period goals en route to their third straight exit from the Frozen Four against Boston College.
"You don't want to say you didn't want it," said senior forward Kyle Radke who played in his last collegiate game in the loss. "Boston College, they're a well-coached team, very well-trained, they just executed. All the credit to them. They did what they had to do and they got it done."
BC were paced by Hobey Baker finalist Nathan Gerbe who tallied a hat-trick and assist for a four point night and the play of freshman goaltender John Muse who stopped 29 of 30 Sioux shots on goal and didn't give up a goal until Jake Marto found the back of the net with 1:16 left to play in the game.
"He's executing on damn near every one of his scoring opportunities," said Radke of Gerbe. "I really hadn't watched him much throughout the year, there was a lot of talk about Porter for the Hobey, but the kid plays well. All the power to him."
After a UND onslaught to start the game, BC scored four straight goals in the first and knocked the Sioux back on their heels. While most of the scoring would eventually come off the stick of Gerbe, Andrew Orpik opened the scoring with a goal at 7:08 of the first. The score went to 1-0 on a turnover in the UND zone that saw Kyle Kucharski gather the puck and make a nice pass to Orpik who was with him on a 2-on-1 into the Sioux zone. Orpik then buried a one-timer that beat UND goal Jean-Philippe Lamoureux to his far-side.
The Sioux were man-handled early and often in this one giving up four first period and two second period goals en route to their third straight exit from the Frozen Four against Boston College.
"You don't want to say you didn't want it," said senior forward Kyle Radke who played in his last collegiate game in the loss. "Boston College, they're a well-coached team, very well-trained, they just executed. All the credit to them. They did what they had to do and they got it done."
BC were paced by Hobey Baker finalist Nathan Gerbe who tallied a hat-trick and assist for a four point night and the play of freshman goaltender John Muse who stopped 29 of 30 Sioux shots on goal and didn't give up a goal until Jake Marto found the back of the net with 1:16 left to play in the game.
"He's executing on damn near every one of his scoring opportunities," said Radke of Gerbe. "I really hadn't watched him much throughout the year, there was a lot of talk about Porter for the Hobey, but the kid plays well. All the power to him."
After a UND onslaught to start the game, BC scored four straight goals in the first and knocked the Sioux back on their heels. While most of the scoring would eventually come off the stick of Gerbe, Andrew Orpik opened the scoring with a goal at 7:08 of the first. The score went to 1-0 on a turnover in the UND zone that saw Kyle Kucharski gather the puck and make a nice pass to Orpik who was with him on a 2-on-1 into the Sioux zone. Orpik then buried a one-timer that beat UND goal Jean-Philippe Lamoureux to his far-side.
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Mike T.
posted 4/17/08 @ 10:50 PM CST
We drove 30 hours to see this event; even though the Sioux lost, we had a great season, the seniors had a tremendous 4-year run and we'll miss every player that has played his final game for the beloved Sioux. (Continued…)
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