Well it was a good week to be a Lumberjack with a couple of shootout wins and a game a lot closer than the score indicated.
12/1 @ Williston State
We played the Tetons in their new rink for the first time and it was a pretty well played game for the most part. If we could have put one more past there goalie in the third when it was 4-2 I think we would have been able to avoid Overtime. But give credit to there team and #16 who got them back in the game and tied it up late in the third. It was a good battle among the netminders and we came away with the victory in the shootout.
12/5 and 12/6 @ NDSU Bison
Well Saturday night started well as we scored 4 goals in the first including one with 2 seconds left and really buried them after that goal. I feel that we did not play well in the first and got some big saves and then capitalized on some turnovers for some goals. Phoenix really took the team on his back and had 5 points (3g, 2a) and included 2 shorthanded goals. We played well the rest of the game and won 7-0.
Sunday we started really well and was up 4-1 after the first period and was playing good. In the second we got away from the game plan and they came hard and we were down 5-4 after the second. The guys rallied in the third and then we won in the shootout for the second time this week.
Off to Iowa next week for a good test. It will be tough with the travel and finals coming up but I think we will be up for the challenge.
Long Live Those Lumberjacks!!
