University of Denver
North Dakota
North Dakota Completes Sweep of Denver
2/16/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
The Fighting Sioux (19-8-2, 16-7-1 WCHA) hand the Pioneers (19-10-1, 13-8-1) their fifth consecutive road loss and move into a first-place tie in the WCHA with
Joe Finley, Evan Trupp, Andrew Kozek and T.J. Oshie scored for the Fighting Sioux, while Brian Gifford (
Kozek tallied his fourth goal of the weekend off a faceoff win by T.J. Oshie at 11:46 of the second stanza. Gifford finally put the Pioneers on the board with a nifty goal at 13:14. Tempers escalated at the end of the period and
Oshie iced the game with an empty-net goal at 18:50. The Fighting Sioux outshot DU, 28-17, and went 1-for-4 on the power play. DU went 0-for-4 with the man-advantage.
Notes: The Pioneers are sixth in the latest PairWise Rankings and third in the WCHA. DU is 2-6-1 in its last nine games. Tyler Ruesegger missed his fourth consecutive game with an abdominal injury. The Pioneers have allowed three or more goals in all 10 losses.
