DENVER - Senior Brandon Vossberg and junior Anthony Maiani each
tallied one goal and added two assists to lead Denver to a 5-2 WCHA
win over Michigan Tech in front of 5,625 fans at Magness Arena
Friday (Feb. 19). Sophomore Brett Olson paced the
Huskies with one goal and one assist.
"We came out and did a great job moving our feet in the first
period," said head coach Jamie Russell. "We played a
very good hockey game. We generated some great chances. Your margin
of error against this team is very small. They are very talented
and No. 2 for a reason."
Senior Cody Brookwell opened the scoring for the Pioneers with a
slap shot from the top of the faceoff circle at 1:22 of the first
period. Seniors Rhett Rakhshani and Tyler Ruegsegger each assisted
on the goal.
The Huskies tied the game at 1-1 at 11:56 of the first period.
Olson sent a pass across the crease to senior Malcolm
Gwilliam who poked the puck between the legs of Denver junior
goalie Marc Cheverie. The goal was the 63rd point of Gwilliam's
career.
Denver took a 3-1 lead after goals by Ruegsegger at 17:00 of the
second period and junior Kyle Ostrow at 6:14 of the third
period.
Olson recorded his second point of the evening scoring his
team-leading third short handed goal of the season at 7:39 of the
third period. After receiving a pass from freshman Mikael
Lickteig, Olson made a spin move around a defender before
scoring his team-leading 17th goal of the season. The assist was
the first point of Lickteig's career.
Maiani scored off his own rebound less than two minutes after the
goal by Olson to extend the DU lead to 4-2.
The Huskies were unable to convert on a quality scoring chance that
ended when a DU player cleared a puck off the goal line with five
minutes to go.
Vossberg scored his first goal of the season at 17:29 of the third
period to wrap-up the scoring in the game.
Freshman Kevin
Genoe (4-16-1) finished with 37 saves for the Huskies and
Cheverie (18-3-3) finished with 30 saves.
Neither team scored on the man advantage and Tech's streak of six
straight games with a power play goal came to an end.
The two teams will close out the series Saturday (Feb. 20) at
Magness Arena.
