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Friday Oct 28, 2005 Sports St Cloud Times 3D L'UfS HOCKEY 1 Mario, Penguins rally for 7-5 win TIME; 7:07 p.m. today and Saturday WHERE National Hockey Center (5.768; 200x100). RADIO: KNSI-AM (1450), KCML-FM (99.9) TV: All-time Division I series record: UM leads 40-18 9 Charter Ch. 14, FSN (both); ESPNU (today) Head-to-head past 3 seasons: UM leads 9-1-2 ft r- CD Probable lineups (based on'practice andor NHL standings EASTERN COt4FERMCE AttMWC OtvaiM OT Its GF GA N.Y.Rangers 3 1 13 35 27 PhMadelphui 2 1 11 33 26 Y. Islanders 5 5 0 10 30 35 NewJersey 4 5 0 28 34 Pittsburgh 1 4 5 7 33 48 NorthMSt MyfeiM I OT PH GF GA Montreal 7 2 1 IS 31 27 Ottawa 7 1 0 14 33 17 Buffalo 1 0 12 28 25 Toronto 5 3 2 12 40 34 Boston 5 5 2 12 40 42 Southeast DMsion OT GF GA Carolina 6 2 1 13 35 23 Florida 6 4 1 13 27 28 Tampa Bay 5 3 2 12 30 24 Washington 4 6 0 8 23 42 Atlanta 3 7 8 6 29 42 WESTERN CONFERENCE Cetral Ptytikw I OT Pts GF GA Detroit 10 1 0 20 47 21 Nashville 8 1 17 32 22 Chicago 3 7 8 29 39 Columbus 3 0 20 34 St Louis 2 5 2 26 34 Northwest Dtvisios OT PH GF GA Vancouver 8 2 1 17 40 34 Colorado 5 4 1 11 45 34 MnexiU 5 4 1 11 33 23 Calgary 4 6 1 9 25 34 Edmonton 3 1 7 23 36 Pacific DMsioa I OT Pti GF GA Los Angeles 7 3 0 14 34 25 Dallas 5 3 1 11 26 31 Anaheim 4 5 1 28 30 San Jose 4 5 1 9 30 38 Phoenix 4 6 1 9 28 32 Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss.

Resorts Thursday HUSKIES (0-1-1 WCHA, 1-2-1 overall) GOPHERS (2 0 29RyanStoa 9AndySertich 13 Ben Gordon (International Falls; 5-U 162. So) 21ToniPohl (Red Wing. 6-1184, So.) 26PhilKessei (Madison, 7 GinoGuyer 16RyanPotulny (Grand Forks, 22 Brent Borgen N.D. Ft.) (2 20 Billy Hengen (Eden Prairie; 5-9, 185. Sr.) 13NateDey 19 Gary Houseman (Saskatoon, 5-10.

177, Jr.) 14DanKronick (Inver Grove 23 Joe Jensen (Plymouth; 5-11, 190, Sr.) 22 Brock Hooton Sr.) 11 Matt Francis (Surrey, B.C.: 5-10. 175, So.) 37 Michael Olson (Tisdale. 5-a 185, Fr.) most recent gaies) 17 Andrew Gordon (Ports Lake, N.S.; 5-U. 190. So) 26JohnSwanson (St Cloud; 5-U.

165, Fr.) 8 Nate Raduns (Sauk Rapids; 6-3. 205, Jr.) 10MattHartman (St Cloud; 6-1 191 So.) 6 Casey Borer (Brooklyn Park; 6-2. 200, Jr.) 27 Justin Fletcher (Maryville, 5-10, 185, Jr.) 32 Aaron Brocklehurst 1 Tim Boron (Winnipeg; 5-11, 185, Jr.) 0 WCHA 2-1-1 overall) 24 Mike Howe (St Cloud; 5-a 188. So.) 18KrisChucko (Burnaby.B.C.;6-Z198.So.) 17 Blake Wheeler (Plymouth: 6-4. 219.

Fr.) 14 Justin Bostrom (Vadnais Heights; 5-9, 173. Fr.) Jr.) 15MikeVannelli (Mendota Heights; 6-2, 186, Jr.) 3 Chris Harrington (St. Cloud; 6-0, 182. Sr.) 4P.J.Atherton lJef(Frazee (Bloomington; 6-0, 201, Fr.) 5 Derek Peltier (Plymouth; 6-0, 190. So.) 2 Peter Kennedy 10AlexGoligoskJ (Grand Rapids; 6-0, 178, So.) 34 Kellen Briggs (Colorado Springs; 5-U, 188, Jr.) 3T.J.McElroy (Plymouth; Sr.) 21 Grant Clafton (Grand Rapids; 5-U, 180.

Jr.) 24 Matt Stephenson (Midland, Ontario; 6-2. 204, So.) 47 Bobby Goepfert (Kings Park, N.Y.; 5-10. 170, Jr.) Huskies scoring Skater, pos. (drafted) Andrew Gordon, So. (WSH) Joe Jensen, Sr.

(PIT) Billy Hengen, Sr. Matt Stephenson, So. Matt Hartman, So. Michael Olson, Fr. Chris Anderson, So.

Aaron Brocklehurst So. Dan Kronick. Jr. Casey Borer, Jr. (CAR) Konrad Reeder, Sr.

Grant Clafton, Jr. Brock Hooton, Sr. (OTT) NateDey.F.So. Matt Francis, So. Nate Raduns, Jr.

John Swanson, Fr. TJ. McElroy, 0, Sr. Justin Fletcher, Jr. David Carlisle, Fr.

Sean Garrity, So. Marty Mjelleli, So. Bobby Goepfert, Jr. (PIT) Tim Boron, 6, Jr. Bench St Cloud State Opponents Huskies goaltending GP A 4 2 2 4 2 1 4 0 2 4 0 2 3 10 4 10 2 0 4 0 3 0 1 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 6 10 4 10 16 Pts 11 9 Gophers scoring Skater, pos.

(drafted) GinoGuyer.F, Sr. (DAL) RyanPotulny, Andy Sertich, Sr. (PIT) Alex Goligoski, So. (PIT) PhHKesseLF.Fr. Blake Wheeler, Fr.

(PHO) Mike Howe, So. Chris Harrington, Sr. Tyler Hirsch, Sr. Derek Peltier, So. (COA) Justin Bostrom, Fr.

Ryan Stoa, Fr. (COA) Evan Kaufmann, So. Danny Irmen, Jr. (MIN) Kellen Briggs, Jr. Brent Borgen, So.

Ben Gordon, So. Tom PoM, So. Jeff Frazee, Fr. (NJD) RJ. Anderson, Fr.

(PHI) Mike Vanned), Jr. (ATL) Nate Hagemo, So. PJ. Atherton, D. Sr.

(TBL) Bench Minnesota Opponents WCHA scoring leaders (All games) Skater (school), pos. GP A 1. Brett Sterling (CO Sr. LW 6 4 7 2. Brian Salcido (CO 6 0 9 3.

Marty Sertich (CO 6 4 4 3.TJ.Oshie(UND)Fr..D 6 3 5 5. Derek Patrosso (CO So, RW 6 5 2 5. Chris Conner (MTU) SrW 6 5 2 7. Jonathan Toews (UND) Fr, 6 3 3 8. Brock Trotter (DU) Fr.

4 3 2 6 3 2 (7 others tied with 5 points and fewer than 3 goals) Goaltending leaders (All games) GP A Pts P1M 4 3 1 4 2 4 3 14 0 4 13 4 6 4 13 4 4 4 1 3 4 4 4 2 13 2 4 12 3 4 4 0 3 3 8 4 112 6 2 0 2 2 2 4 0 2 2 4 3 10 16 4 1 0 1 19 4 0 112 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 4 0 0.0 8 2 4 15 23 38 95 4 12 20 32 72 Pts MM 4 2 3 4 2 2 2 4 10 10 112 118 14 0 6 0 6 0 4 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 60 26 79 W-L-T SvPct GAA 3- 0-1 .959 1.22 1- 1-0 .950 134 4- 1-0 .932 1.69 2- 1-1 .937 1.71 1-1-1 1 .914 L21 Goalie (school) yr. 1. Jordan Parise (UNO) Jr. 2. JohnDeCaro(UAA)Sr.

3. MattZaba(CC)Jr. 4. Brian Elliott (UW) Jr. 5.

Bobby Goepfert (SCSU) Jr. WCHA team leaders Scoring offense: Minnesota, 3.75 gpg Scoring defense: North Dakota, 1.50 gapg Goal differential: Colorado College, plus-10 Gophers goaltending Goalie (drafted) GP SvPct GAA W-L-T Jeff Frazee. Fr. (NJD) 2 .900 238 l-O-l Kellen Briggs, Jr. 2 .912 2.92 1-1-0 Minnesota 4 .906 2.89 2-1-1 Opponents 4 97 3.62 1-2-1 WCHA penalty box Penalty minutes: MSU-Mankato, 31.0 PIMgame Power play: Alaska Anchorage, 21.1 percent Penalty kill: North Dakota, 89.8 percent Gophers special teams Goalie (drafted) GP SvPct GAA W-L-T SO Bobby Goepfert, Jr.

(PIT) 3 .914 2.21 1-1-1 0 Tim Boron, Jr. 1 .882 2.05 0-1-0 0 St Cloud State 4 .908 2.40 1-2-1 0 Opponents 4 .941 1.44 2-1-1 1 Huskies special teams Power play PPG Opp. Pet SHGA St Cloud State 2 27 .074 1 Opponents 3 25 .120 1 Penalty kill Opp. killed Total opp. Pet SHG St Cloud State 22 25 .880 1 Opponents 25 27 326 1 Log on to www.sctimes.comsports for game coverage, scores all season.

The Associated Prew PITTSBURGH Mario Lemieux scored twice during a five-point night and the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied from a four-goal deficit to beat the reeling Atlanta Thrashers 7-5 on Thursday night and win for the first time this season. Down four goals halfway through the first period, the Penguins stormed back with a team record-tying six power- play goals. The Penguins, in danger of a blowout loss after Ilya Kov-alchuk scored once and set up three goals in the opening 9:50, needed 10 games for their first victory easily the longest stretch in franchise history. The Penguins have at least one point in all but four games, but are 1-4-5. Lemieux, Sergei Gonchar and John LeClair each scored twice on the power play as all but one of the Penguins' seven consecutive goals against goalie Steve Shields in his first start of the season came with a man advantage.

The only other time in their 39-season history the Penguins scored six power-play goals was Dec. 12, 1986, against Toronto in an 8-3 victory. Atlanta 4 i 1-5 Pittsburgh 2 4 1-7 First Period-1, Atlanta, Kovalchuk 4 (Savard, Havelid). 3:18 (pp). 2, Atlanta, Stefan 2 (Hossa, Kovalchuk), 8:32.

3, Atlanta, Bondra 4 (Holik, Kovalchuk), 9:00 (pp). 4, Atlanta, Havelid 1 (Kovalchuk, Hossa), 9-30 (pp). 5, Pittsburgh, lemieux 4 (Jackman, Crosby), 10:08 (pp). 6. Pittsburgh, Lemieux 5 (Recchi, Jackman), 19:38 (pp).

Second Period-7, Pittsburgh, Gonchar 2 (Recchi, Lemieux), 11:56 (pp). 8, Pittsburgh, Gonchar 3 (Crosby, lemieux), 14:50 (pp). 9, Pittsburgh, LeClair 2 (Malone, Palffy), 15:21 (pp). 10, Pittsburgh, Jackman 3 (Palffy, Malone), 16:06. Third Period-11, Pittsburgh, LeClair 3 (Gonchar, Lemieux), 14:10 (pp).

12, Atlanta, Kozlov 2 15:43. Shots on goal-Atlanta 11-9-15-35. Pittsburgh 13-10-7-30. Power-play Opportunities-Atlanta 3 of Pittsburgh 6 of 1L Goalies-Atlanta, Shields 0-1-0 (30 shots-23 saves). Pittsburgh, Caron 1-0-3 (35-30).

T-224. Avalanche 6, Canucks 2 DENVER Milan Hejduk scored his 200th career goal to help Colorado to a 6-2 win over Vancouver and Todd Bertuzzi, who was booed all night in his first game in Denver since breaking Avalanche forward Steve Moore's neck. Pierre Turgeon scored twice for the Avalanche to reach 499 for his career, as Colorado snapped the Canucks' six-game winning streak in the first of two straight games between the Northwest Division rivals in Denver. The rematch is Saturday. Vancouver 1 1-2 Colorado 3 3 0-6 First Period-1, Colorado, Clark 2 (Saktc Brise-bois), 2:37 (pp).

2, Vancouver, Carter 3 (D.Sedin, H.Sedin). 5:40. 3, Colorado, Konowalchuk 4 (La-perriere, Laaksonen), 1033. 4, Colorado, Laper-riere 3 (Brunette, Clark), 12:32. Second Period-5, Colorado, Turgeon 3 (Brunette, Svatos), 3:44.

6. Colorado, Hejduk 3 (Tan-guay, Liles), 11:47 (pp). 7, Colorado, Turgeon 4 (Brunette, Ules), 14:02 (pp). Third Period -8, Vancouver, Kesler 2 (Bertuzzi, Cooke), 2:24. Shots on goal-Vancouver 14-5-23-42.

Colorado 17-13-0-30. Power-play Opportunities-Vancouver 0 of Colorado 3 of 8. Goalies-Vancouver, Cloutier 5-2-1 (18 shots. 14 saves), Auld (3:44 Second, 12-10). Colorado, Aebischer 4-3-0 (42-40).

A 18,007 2:13. Bruins 2, Maple Leafs 1 BOSTON Hannu Toivonen made 36 saves, and the Bruins earned their first Northeast Division victory of the season by beating Toronto. Boston, which had been 0-5-1 in its division, won for just the second time in seven games. Eric Lindros cut the deficit to 2-1 with 2:37 left when he scored his eighth goal jamming the puck past Toivonen. Toronto 1-1 Boston If 1-2 First Period-1, Boston, Sleor 1 (Axelsson, Scatchard), 14:51 (pp).

Second Period-None. Third Period-2, Boston, Samsonov 6 (Thornton), 1:12. 3, Toronto, Lindros 8 (Wellwood, Kaberle), 17 03 (pp). Shots on goal-Toronto 10-20-7-37. Boston 18-4-8-30.

Power-play Opportunities-Toronto 1 of Boston 1 of 3. Goalies-Toronto. Tellqvlst 1-1-0 (30 shots-28 saves). Boston, Toivonen 2-1-0 (37-36). Flyers 5, Panthers 4, OT PHILADELPHIA Peter Forsberg tied the game in the final minute of regulation and Joni Pitkanen scored early in overtime to lead the Flyers to a win over Florida.

Only 49 seconds away from their second straight loss, Forsberg instead picked a perfect time to score his first goal of the season. Florida 12 1 t-4 PMtadetphia 2 2 1-5 First Period-1, Florida, Morton 6 (Weiss, Joki-nen), 10:40 (pp). Second Period-2, Philadelphia, Carter 1 (Pitkanen, Sim), 4:46. 3, Florida, Jokinen 3 (Horton, Van Ryn), 8:56 (pp). 4, Florida, Gelktas3 (Payer, Kolnik), 16:58.

5, Philadelphia, Gagne (Forsberg, Primeau), 18:35 (pp). Third Period -6, Florida, Huselius 2 (Hill, Bou-wmeester), 2:51 (pp). 7, Philadelphia, Gagne 9 (Forsberg), 6:21. 8, Philadelphia. Forsberg 1 (Gagne.

Desjardins). 19:10. Overtime-9, Philadelphia, Pitkanen 2 (Desjardins. Primeau), 1:13. Penaities-None.

Shoes on goal-Florida 11-13-9-1-34. Philadelphia 10-15-12-3-40. Missed Penalty Shot-Forsberg, Phi, 15:32 third. Power-play Opportunities-Florida 3 of Philadelphia lot 7. A.D.

clarifies himself on St. Cloud State athletic director Morris Kurtz on Thursday clarified a report in the Two-Minute Drill of Wednesday's Times regarding the school's search for a men's head hockey coach. Kurtz said no announcement was expected this week and no official decision has been made as to whether Bob Motzko, the Huskies' acting head coach, was expected to be confirmed as the final choice. An application process closed Monday. The school's special advisor to president Roy Saigo, Anne Boston 2, Toronto 1 Philadelphia 5, Florida 4.

OT N.Y. Rangers 3, N.Y. Islanders 1 Ottawa 4, Montreal 3, OT Detroit 5, Chicago 2 Pittsburgh 7, Atlanta 5 Colorado 6, Vancouver 2 Calgary at Phoenix, (n) Games today Minnesota at Columbus, 6 p.m. Philadelphia at Carolina, 6 p.m. Buffalo at New Jersey, 6:30 p.m.

Washington at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m. Edmonton at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m. St Louis at Anaheim, 9-JO pjn. Gaines Saturday Washington at Ftork ppd, hurricane New Jersey at Boston, 6 pm Ottawa at Toronto, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, 6 p.m. Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 6 p.m. Buffalo at N.Y. Islanders, 6 pjn Carolina at Pittsburgh, 6:30 pjn.

Columbus at Minnesota, 7 pjn. Edmonton at Nashville, 7 pjn. Detroit at Chicago, 7 JO pjn. Dallas at Phoenix, 9 pi Vancouver at Colorado, 9 pjn. Calgary at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

St Louis at Los Angeles, 930 pjn. Next Today: The Wild (5-4-1) face the Blue Jackets (3-7- 0) at 6 p.m. in Columbus, Ohio. TV: FSN. Goalies-Florida, Luongo 6-5-0 (40 shots-35 saves).

Philadelphia, Esche 3-2-1 (34 shots-30 saves). T-2 J9. Rangers 3, Islanders 1 NEW YORK Jaromir Jagr assisted on a pair of first-period goals and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 31 shots to lead the Rangers over the Islanders. The Rangers killed all 11 penalties called against them, and Lundqvist made a game-saving stop on Robert Nilsson's shot with 2:19 left. N.Y.

Islanders 1-1 N.Y. Rangers 2 1-3 First Period-1, N.Y. Rangers, Strata 1 (Jagr, Rozsival), 13:22 (pp). 2, N.Y. Rangers, Tyutin 2 (Jagr, Nylander), 16:26.

Second Period None Third Period-3, N.Y. Islanders, Campoli 2 (Asham. Blake), 9:20. 4, N.Y. Rangers, Setts 2 (Rucinsky, Strudwick), 19:29 (en).

Shots on Islanders 9-10-13-32. N.Y. Rangers 13-11-9-33. Power-play Islanders 0 of 11; N.Y. Rangers 1 of 6.

Islanders, DiPietro 4-4-0 (32 shots-30 saves). N.Y. Rangers, Lundqvist 4-1-2 (32-31). Red Wings 5, Blackhawks 2 DETROIT Manny Legace made 21 saves to become the first NHL goalie to win 10 games in a month and Mathieu Schneider scored twice for the Red Wings. Henrik Zetterberg, Kris Draper and Brendan Shanahan also scored for Detroit, which got two assists each from Pavel Datsyuk and Robert Lang and won for the 10th time in 11 games.

Chicago 118-2 Detroit 113-5 First Period-1, Chicago. Ellison 2 (Bell, Dowd), 10:02. 2. Detroit Schneider 3 (Lang, Samuels-son), 13:12 (pp). Second Period-3, Chicago, Spacek 2 (Lapotnte, Seabrook), 7:28.

4, Detroit Zetterberg 6 (Datsyuk. Hofmstrom), 9,26. Third Period-5, Detroit Schneider 4 (Datsyuk, lidstrom), 11:58 (pp). 6, Detroit Draper 1 (Yzerman), 1457. 7, Detroit Shanahan 7 (Lang.

Williams). 18:41. Shots on goal-Chicago 12-9-2-23. Detroit 6-9-13-28. Power-play Opportunities-Chicago 0 of Detroit2ofS.

Goalies-Chicago, Khabibulin 3-6-0 (28 shots-23 saves). Detroit Legace 10-1-0 (23-21). Senators 4, Canadiens 3, OT OTTAWA (AP) Jason Spe-zza scored 2:48 into overtime to lift the Senators. Dany Heatley, who scored one of Ottawa's two power-play goals in the second period, took the puck from Montreal's Richard Zednik in the Senators zone and passed to Spezza. Montreal .1 2 I 8-1 Ottawa 0 2 11-4 First Period-1, Montreal, Ryder 5 (Bouillon), 13:21.

Second Pertod-2, Ottawa. Chara 2 (Smolin-ski, Pothier), 3:28 (pp). 3, Ottawa. Heatley 4 (Al-fredsson. Spezza), 6:56 (pp).

4. Montreal. Ribeiro 5 (Ryder, Rivet), 8:40 (ppX 5, Montreal, Ribeiro 6 (Ryder, Zednik), 14.24 (pp). Third Period-6, Ottawa, Vermette 3 Overtime-7, Ottawa, Spezza 5 (Heatley), 2:48. Shots on goal-Montreal 12-10-7-1-30.

Ottawa 16-14-10-2-42. Power-play opportunities-Montreal 2 of Ottawa 2 of 8. Goalies-Montreal, Theodore 6-3-0 (42 shots-38 saves). Ottawa. Emery 2-0-0 (30 shots-27 saves).

WCHA standings Women SO 0 0 0 0 PPG Opp. Pet 4 25 .160 4 31 .129 Opp. killed Total opp. Pet 27 31 an 21 25 .840 SHGA 0 1 SHG 1 0 would wake up and say 'OK, it's time to play and we'd win," Motzko said "They (the Gophers) can do that but we can't "We have to limit our mistakes, stay out of the (penalty) box and, if we don't, our penalty killing has tobeperfect" Anything less and it could get ugly. Huskies notebook Defenseman Grant Clafton practiced this week with a cast protecting a wrist injury suffered last Saturday against Wisconsin.

He's expected to play. The Gophers are without senior forward Tyler Hirsch (taking a year off for personal reasons), junior alternate captain Danny Irmen (finger), and sophomore defenseman Nate Hagemo (shoulder). Defenseman Peter Kennedy (hip) is available. The last tie in the all-time series against Minnesota came on March 8, 2003. Jason Montgomery stopped 40 shots and Garrett Larson scored in a 1-1 tie at Mariucci The Huskies' last home point came Jan.

4, 2003, when Montgomery made 46 saves in a 3-3 tie. Jensen also scored a goal in that game. The Huskies haven't defeated the Gophers at the Hockey Center since March 3, 2001, a 5-2 victory in which every St Cloud State goalscorer Tyler Arnason, Mark Hartigan, Duvie Westcott (twice) and Joe Motzko went on to play in the NHL. And the Huskies' winning goaltender, Scott Meyer, dressed for one game with the New York Rangers. Guyer needs three points to become the 74th player in Minnesota history to score 100 in his career.

The next-closest is Harrington, who has 12 goals and 63 assists for 75 points. Tonight's Gophers broadcast on FSN will be delayed approximately an hour and a half by the Minnesota Wild game at Columbus. The local Division I men's hockey players mentioned in Thursday's Times did not include Eric Griffin, a freshman defense-man at American International, because he lists Magnolia, Texas, as his hometown. Griffin played from 2000-2002 at St. Cloud Cathedral.

Power play Minnesota Opponents Penalty kit Minnesota Opponents coaching job Zemek de Dominguez, an affirmative action official, is out of the office until Monday. She must review all applications before the next step is taken. Motzko succeeded Craig Dahl when he stepped down Aug. 31. By law, the school must conduct a search for a permanent replacement.

"Everything we do is procedural in nature," Kurtz said. "We're taking it all one step at a time and no conclusion has been drawn." The school could name finalists next week. Kevin Allenspach Conf. Overal Team W-l-T Pts. W-L-T GF GA Mina-Dukith 5-1-0 10 5-1-0 27 11 Minnesota 2-04 4 5-1-0 14 7 Wisconsin 2-1-0 4 4-1-0 20 9 MSU-Mankato 2-1-0 4 3-2-0 11 11 Ohio State 2-2-0 4 4-2-0 17 16 SCSU 2-44 4 2-40 16 17 North Dakota 0-2-0 0 2-2-0 IS 12 Bemidji State 0-4-0 0 1-4-1 8 17 Gaines today North Dakota at Wisconsin, 2:07 p.m.

Minnesota State-Mankato at Ohio State, 6:07 p.m. Minnesota-Duluth at Minnesota, 7:07 pjn. Games Saturday North Dakota at Wisconsin, 2:07 p.m. Minnesota State-Mankato at Ohio State, 3:07 p.m. Minnesota-Duluth at Minnesota, 7:07 p.m.

State but I'm sure for Bob, he might not want to admit it but part of his heart is still here (at Minnesota)," said Lucia, whose team bounced back last weekend with a sweep of Minnesota State-Mankato. "He knows our personnel inside and out and he's got (the Huskies) playing aggressive, the way he wants. They've got an outstanding goalie in Bobby Goepfert and he'll keep them in a lot of games. If they get to three (goals), they'll have a chance to win." Motzko said it's better to face his former team in St Cloud than at Mariucci, where he might find his way onto the wrong bench out offeree of habit "When I was at Minnesota, we could go through a lull for two periods and then Thomas Vanek From Page ID Hockey points in seven games against St Cloud State. The Huskies don't need any reminders that the series has become a nightmare.

They've lost eight straight and are 0-9-2 in the last 11 games against the Gophers. St Cloud State's last victory coincided with Joe Jensen scoring the first three goals of his career on Jan. 3, 2003, in a 4-3 win at Mariucci Arena. Jensen is a senior now and that was the last hat trick by a Husky. "They've got some kids on their team that aren't on special teams that would be on our power play? Motzko said of the Gophers.

"That's not a crack at our guys, it just shows that they have so much depth." In the near future, Motzko hopes to tap some of the same resources he brought to Minnesota only this time for St. Cloud State. He'll still battle the Gophers' mystique, at least in-state, but in building up a program he can also offer something in short supply at places like Minnesota: Ice time. "You look at a kid like Marty Sertich," Motzko said, referring to the Rosevflle native and Colorado College's senior center. "Does he win the Hobey Baker Award if he goes to Minnesota? I don't know, but at CC he's always had a chance to play in every situation." But recruiting, of course, concerns the future.

And that's not going to help the Huskies in the next two days. For the first time, because of a four-year rotating WCHA schedule that is in its final phase, they will play host to both games of I a senes against their arch-rivals on back-to-back nights. The Gophers, who practiced Thursday in Minneapolis, will Don Lucia Stay over tonight Gophers coach lrt meets ex-assistant in St Cloud. "I want Bob to be successful, just not at our expense," said Gophers coach Don Lucia, who will 1 Jar: Li Men Cont Overal Team W-l-T Pts. W-l-T GF GA Minnesota 2-04 4 2-1-1 15 12 Wisconsin 1-0-1 3 2-1-1 9 7 SCSU 0-1-1 1 1-2-1 6 10 Colorado College 0-0-0 0 5-1-0 21 11 North Dakota 0-0-0 0 4-1-1 17 9 AK-Anchorage 0-04 0 2-2-0 9 8 Denver 04-0 0 2-2-0 13 14 Michigan Tech 0-0-0 0 1-54 14 23 Mkia-Ouluth 0-04 0 0-44 5 18 MSU-Mankato 0-2-0 0 0-4-0 11 20 Games today Minnesota at St Cloud State, 7:07 p.m.

Minnesota-Duluth at Michigan Tech, 6:07 p.m. Alaska Anchorage at Wisconsin, 7:07 p.m. Colorado College at Minnesota State-Mankato, 7:37 p.m. Denver at North Dakota. 7:37 p.m.

Games Saturday Minnesota at St Cloud State, 7:07 p.m. Minnesota-Duluth at Michigan Tech, 6:07 p.m. Alaska Anchorage at Wisconsin, 7:07 p.m. Colorado College at Minnesota State-Mankato, 7:07 p.m. Denver at North Dakota, 7:07 p.m.

coach against his fifth former assistant tonight Lucia left Alaska-Fairbanks for Colorado College in 1993 and slapped down Dave Laurion, who took over the Nanooks, with a sweep a year later. In 1999, Lucia moved to Minnesota and split his first meeting with Scott Owens, who took over the Tigers. In 2002, with former Gophers assistant John Hill coaching Alaska Anchorage, Lucia tied and defeated the Seawolves. Two weeks ago, however, Tavis MacMillan coached Fairbanks to a shocking win and tie in the first two home games for Minnesota, the top-ranked team in the preseason and the WCHA coaches' pick to win the MacNaughton Cup. "There's a rivalry with St Cloud.