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UMD women's hockey: Bulldogs top St. Cloud 3-0
Duluth News Tribune
Published Saturday, October 06, 2007
Minnesota Duluth goalie Kim Martin passed the first test of the 2007-08 season.

The sophomore stopped 32 shots and held St. Cloud State scoreless on 13 power plays as the Bulldogs beat the Huskies 3-0 in a Western Collegiate Hockey Association women’s opening game Friday before 412 at the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, Minn.

“[Martin] got a lot of action,” UMD coach Shannon Miller said. “When you’re on the penalty kill all that time, the goalie has to be instrumental in your success.”

Sophomore captain Saara Tuominen scored two goals and added an assist for the Bulldogs (1-0, 1-0 WCHA), who have shut out St. Cloud State three straight games on the road. Martin has four career shutouts overall.

“I thought it was fitting that after [Tuominen] got named captain [Thursday], she has a good night [Friday],” Miller said.

St. Cloud (0-1, 0-1) outshot UMD 22-16 through two periods, but the Huskies couldn’t score.

“All our defenders stood out tonight,” Miller said. “Everyone got a lot of work with how many times we were down a player.”

With UMD ahead 1-0, the Bulldogs outshot the Huskies 18-10 and scored two goals in the third period. At 12:31, Tuominen stole the puck from a Huskies player and set up freshman Laura Fridfinnson for her first career goal. Iya Gavrilova and Elin Holmlov assisted on Tuominen’s second goal with 3:52 to play.

Martin, an Olympian from Sweden, will be goalie again today as UMD finishes the series with St. Cloud State at 7:07 p.m.

“She got a lot of work, and she deserves to be in there [today],” Miller said.