March
14 , 2003
Bemidji State in the Hunt
Wayne State's quest for three-peat continues.
By Mike Eidelbes
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Bemidji
State 4,
Findlay 0 |
| Team |
Goal |
Str |
| Time |
Assists |
| First
Period |
| 1-BS |
Bill
Methven |
EV |
| 14:46 |
T.
Barnes |
| Second
Period |
| 2-BS |
Bryce
Methven |
EV |
| 5:16 |
A.
Murray |
| 2-BS |
Andrew
Murray |
EV |
| 5:55 |
Bryce
Methven, P. Jonsson |
| Third
Period |
| 4-BS |
Andrew
Murray |
PP |
| 14:42 |
B.
Cook, J. McGill |
| Goaltending |
| UF:
Jamie VandeSpyker, 60:00, 26 saves, 4 GA |
| BS:
Grady Hunt, 60:00, 29 saves, 0 GA |
| Penalties:
UF 12/35; BS 11/33 |
| Power
Plays: UF 0-5; BS 1-4 |
| Attendance:
1,461 |
Bemidji State
goaltender Grady Hunt is used to working with a razor-thin margin
of error. The Beavers entered the College Hockey America tournament
as the league's lowest-scoring team. Rather than bemoan his lack
of support, Hunt took matters into his own hands by posting the
conference's best goals against average.
Such was the case tonight in the first round of the CHA tournament
at Tri-City Arena in Kearney, Neb., as Hunt turned aside all 29
shots he faced en route to his third straight shutout, a 4-0 win
over Findlay.
The Beavers (13-13-8) overall, face top seed Alabama-Huntsville
in one Saturday semifinal.
Twin defensemen Bill and Bryce Methven gave BSU a 2-0 lead. Bill
scored 14:46 into the first period, while Bryce tallied a little
more than five minutes into the second.
Andrew Murray pushed the Bemidji advantage to 3-0 with his first
goal of the game just 39 seconds after Bryce Methven scored. Murray
added an insurance goal on the power play late in the third period.
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Wayne
State 4,
Air Force 2 |
| Team |
Goal |
Str |
| Time |
Assists |
| First
Period |
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No
scoring |
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| Second
Period |
| 1-WS |
Jason
Durbin |
EV |
| 0:51 |
T.
Kindle |
| 2-WS |
Keith
Stanich |
PP |
| 9:26 |
Unassisted |
| 1-AF |
Andy
Berg |
EV |
| 15:14 |
S.
Zwiers |
| 3-WS |
Dustin
Kingston |
PP |
| 19:33 |
T.
Kindle , K. Stanich |
| Third
Period |
| 4-WS |
Derek
MacKay |
EV |
| 0:21 |
J.
Durbin |
| 2-AF |
Justin
Hamilton |
PP |
| 18:56 |
S.
Leonard, S. Zwiers |
| Goaltending |
| AF:
David Goodley, 59:02, 25 saves, 4 GA |
| WS:
David Guerrera, 60:00, 27 saves, 2 GA |
| Penalties:
AF 11/30; WS 12/24 |
| Power
Plays: AF 1-8; WS 2-6 |
| Attendance:
1,200 |
In the matinee,
Wayne State got two points from Jason Durbin, Keith Stanich and
Tyler Kindle as the third-seeded Warriors – winner of the
last two CHA titles – bested Air Force, 4-2.
After a scoreless
first period, Durbin broke the ice 51 second into the middle frame
with an assist from Kindle. Stanich picked up a power play goal
for Wayne State near the midway mark of the second period to give
his team a two-goal edge. Air Force halved the Warrior lead with
4:46 left in the second on a goal by Andy Berg, but Wayne State
would take a 3-1 lead into the locker room on a PPG from Dustin
Kingston 27 seconds prior to the break.
Derek MacKay extended the Warrior advantage to 4-1 when he scored
21 seconds into the third period. Justin Hamilton notched the
other Air Force goal, a power play tally with 1:04 left in the
game.
David Guerrera made 27 saves for Wayne State (19-16-2). The Warriors
face second-seeded Niagara in Saturday's semifinals. David Goodley,
meanwhile, stopped 25 of 29 shots.
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