March 2, 2006
Box Score
COLORADO SPRINGS - Paul Stastny (St. Louis, Mo.) scored two goals, including the game-winner at 3:33 in overtime, as the No. 10 Denver Pioneers rallied for a 5-4 win over No. 4 Colorado College tonight in WCHA action before 7,732 fans at World Arena. Adrian Veideman (Sicamous, British Columbia) added two power-play goals, including the game-tying score in the third period, as DU (20-13-2, 17-8-2 WCHA) recorded its sixth consecutive win over their in-state rivals. CC falls to 23-13-1 overall and 15-11-1 in league play. The Tigers received two goals and one assist from All-American Brett Sterling in the loss.
J.D. Corbin (Littleton, Colo.) tallied three assists, including the game-winner to a streaking Stastny from the boards behind the right faceoff circle in the extra period. Stastny's goal from the low slot beat a helpless Matt Zaba as DU improved to 6-0-9 in its last 15 overtime games. Peter Mannino (Farmington Hills, Mich.) came off the bench to earn the win with 12 saves.
Veideman tied it at 4-4 with his second power-play goal of the night at 10:47 of the third period. Veideman bombed a slap shot from the point that was redirected by a CC defender past Zaba (24 saves). CC killed off a crucial 5-on-3 DU advantage for 1 minute and 25 seconds and the remaining 35 seconds with the man-advantage with six minutes left in the period.
Stastny struck first for DU when he buried a Ryan Dingle (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) feed at 2:40 of the first period. CC stormed back with goals from Trevor Frischmon and Sterling to take a 2-1 lead. Frischmon flipped a wrist shot off the back of Glenn Fisher (Edmonton, Alberta) from the bottom of the left circle at 5:17 and Sterling scored on a 5-on-3 CC advantage at 9:35. Dingle quickly tied it for DU with a backhanded wrist shot on the power play at 16:46.
Veideman's power-play goal at 3:13 of the second stanza regained the lead for DU, but Sterling tied it 15 seconds later with his second goal of the night. Derek Patrosso's goal at 8:01 gave CC a 4-3 and Mannino replaced Fisher (15 saves) moments later. Sterling left the game with an injury near the 9 minute mark of the period.
CC outshot DU, 31-29, and finished 1-for-4 on the power play. DU finished 3-for-8 with the man-advantage and is now 7-for-16 with the man-advantage in its last two games.
The win assures the Pioneers a top-3 finish in the WCHA. DU aims for its first four-game season sweep against CC since the 1987-88 season tomorrow night. Puck drop at Magness Arena is scheduled for 7:37 p.m. MT.
