Dogs ROUT Gopher 7-1, Clinch WCHA 2nd seed!

I don't think ANY of us imagined this game becoming a rout, but holy crap UMD came out skating. Emmanuelle Blais set the tone with 2 goals in the first 2:38 and UMD didn't look back after that.

Blais and Lanzl seemed to take advantage of a speed deficiency of the Gophers early and often, getting around the defense almost at will. Elin Holmlov also got 2 goals for UMD. Koizumi, knee injury and all, was flying all over the ice, playing the 2nd line, IF you can call a line with Blais and Tuominen a "2nd" line. Sara O'Toooooooooooooooooooooooooole saw some ice time as well, coming off a bad back injury.

The whole team came to play and noone seemed to take a shift off for UMD today. The crowd was great also, though I don't think I've ever seen fans bring old frying pans to a game for noise makers!

UMD has clinched the 2nd seed for the WCHA playoffs, regardless of tomorrow's outcome. Tom Hansen(post game radio) said the tentative start of the playoff games next weekend are 4:07, but with the MEN playing at home I'm positive that will change to 3:07 or even 2:37