Michigan
1-1-1
Minnesota-Duluth
2-0-0
Wolverines Fall to Minnesota-Duluth in Stampede Final
10/13/2001 12:00:00 AM | Ice Hockey
OMAHA, Neb. -- The No. 3-ranked University of Michigan ice hockey team fell short of its quest for the 2001 Maverick Stampede Championship, dropping a 3-2 decision to upset-minded Minnesota-Duluth on Saturday (Oct. 13) at the Omaha Civic Auditorium.
The Wolverines outshot the Bulldogs 30-23, but in the end it was special teams that won the game, as UMD converted on two of its six power-play opportunites and overcame two Michigan one-goal leads to win the title.
Michigan spent most of the first period in the Bulldogs' zone, and it looked like missed opportunities were going to trouble the Wolverines as senior forward Jed Ortmeyer (Omaha, Neb.) and freshman forward Milan Gajic (Burnaby, B.C.) both missed open-net chances about three minutes apart. Junior forward Mike Cammalleri (Richmond Hill, Ontario) finally put U-M on the board at 15:23, flipping a rebound into an empty net off his own shot. Cammalleri's scoring chance came off an initial shot from freshman defenseman Brandon Rogers (Rochester, N.H.) at the top of the right faceoff circle.
Minnesota-Duluth (2-0-0), which posted a 5-2 upset of No. 13 Nebraska-Omaha in the semifinals, tied the contest at 1-1 on the power play just under four minutes into the second period, as UMD's Judd Medak beat senior goalkeeper Josh Blackburn (Choctaw, Okla.) on a back-door play. With the Bulldogs set up in the Michigan zone, Medak circled behind the net and tapped in a pass from Nate Anderson before Blackburn could recover.
The Wolverines regained the lead at 2-1 10:47 into the second stanza when sophomore forward Joe Kautz (Des Plaines, Ill.) beat UMD's Adam Coole along the ice. Kautz received the puck right in front of the net after a shot by Cammalleri from along the right goal line caromed off Coole and onto Kautz's stick.
UMD mounted a comeback at that point, scoring the game's next two goals to take a 3-2 lead. The Bulldogs tied the game at 18:13, scoring their second power-play goal of the night. With Cammalleri and freshman forward Eric Nystrom (Syosset, N.Y.) in the penalty box along with UMD's Drew Otten, Andy Reierson fired a blast from the high slot the beat Blackburn over his left shoulder. UMD took its first lead of the game 3:07 into the third period when Tyler Brosz broke down the left side and beat Blackburn high on his glove side.
The Bulldogs' defense kept the Wolverines in check for the majority of the third period, including the final 1:35 that saw Michigan pepper the UMD defense with Blackburn on the bench and an extra attacker out. Blackburn finished the game with 20 saves, while Coole stopped 28 of Michigan's 30 shots to earn Stampede MVP honors.
Sophomore blueliner Mike Komisarek (Islip Terrace, N.Y.) and Cammalleri were named to the Maverick Stampede All-Tournament team, and were joined by UMD's Mark Carlson, Judd Medak, Tyler Brosz and Coole.
Michigan (1-1-1, 0-0-1 CCHA) will return to Central Collegiate Hockey Association play next Friday and Saturday (Oct. 19-20), facing Western Michigan University in a two-game, home-and-home series. Friday's contest is slated for 7:05 p.m. at WMU's Lawson Ice Arena in Kalamazoo, while Satutrday's contest will start at 7:35 p.m. at Yost Ice Arena on the U-M campus.
GAME SUMMARY
| Goals By Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
| Minnesota-Duluth | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
1st period
1, MICH, Mike Cammalleri/3 (Brandon Rogers, Michael Woodford) 15:23.
PENALTIES - Todd Smith, UMD (holding) 2:10; Eric Werner, MICH (hooking) 5:26; Junior Lassard, UMD (elbowing) 11:14; J.J. Swistak, MICH (cross-checking) 15:56; Drew Otten, UMD (boarding) 18:41.
2nd period
2, UMD, Judd Medak/2 (Nate Anderson, Mark Carlson) 3:40 (pp).
3, MICH, Joe Kautz/1 (Mike Cammalleri, Eric Werner) 10:47.
4, UMD, Andy Reierson/1 (Mark Carlson) 18:19 (pp).
PENALTIES - Joe Kautz, MICH (tripping) 3:10; Brett Hammond, UMD (high sticking) 11:54; Drew Otten, UMD (unsportsmanlike conduct) 17:15; Mike Cammalleri, MICH (slashing) 17:15; Eric Nystrom, MICH (obstruction-hooking) 17:42.
3rd period
5, UMD, Tyler Brosz/1 (Todd Smith, Drew Otten) 3:07.
PENALTIES - Mike Cammalleri, MICH (roughing) 3:23; Judd Medak, UMD (roughing) 3:23; Mike Cammalleri, MICH (high sticking) 3:23; Jed Ortmeyer, MICH (high sticking) 5:55; Tyler Brosz, UMD (hit after whistle) 12:51; John Shouneyia, MICH (hit after whistle) 12:51; Judd Medak, UMD (hit after whistle) 12:51; Joe Kautz, MICH (hit after whistle) 12:51; Junior Lassard, UMD (roughing) 19:57; Mike Komisarek, MICH (roughing) 19:57.
Shots on goal: UMD 6-8-9 23; MICH 11-9-10 30. Power plays: UMD 2 of 6; MICH 0 of 4. Penalties: UMD 9 (18 min); MICH 11 (22 min). Goalies: UMD, Adam Coole 1-0-0 (60:00 minutes, 30 shots-28 saves); MICH, Josh Blackburn 1-1-1 (58:25, 23-20) , EMPTY NET (01:35, 0-0). Referee: Duke Shegos. Assistant Referees: Justin Morrison, Dan Brown. Attendance: 8314. Time: 2:26.
| Individual Player Statistics | |
## Minnesota-Duluth G A PIM Sh +/- --------------------------------------- 2 Neil Petrulc....... 0 0 0 1 -1 6 Todd Smith......... 0 1 2 0 +1 7 Andy Reierson...... 1 0 0 4 0 8 Mark Carlson....... 0 2 0 1 -2 11 Tyler Brosz........ 1 0 2 2 +1 13 Jon Francisco...... 0 0 0 1 -1 14 Tim Hambly......... 0 0 0 0 -1 15 Nate Anderson...... 0 1 0 1 0 17 Michael Miskovich.. 0 0 0 0 0 18 Judd Medak......... 1 0 4 5 -1 20 Brett Hammond...... 0 0 2 1 0 21 Luke Stauffacher... 0 0 0 2 -1 22 Junior Lassard..... 0 0 4 0 -1 23 Chad Kolar......... 0 0 0 2 +1 24 Drew Otten......... 0 1 4 0 +1 25 Tom Nelson......... 0 0 0 2 -1 26 Beau Geisler....... 0 0 0 0 +1 27 Evan Schwabe....... 0 0 0 1 -1 28 Tyler Williamson... 0 0 0 0 0 Totals............. 3 5 18 23 -5 | ## Michigan G A PIM Sh +/- --------------------------------------- 3 Eric Werner........ 0 1 2 0 +1 4 Andy Burnes........ 0 0 0 2 0 5 Brandon Rogers..... 0 1 0 2 0 8 Mike Komisarek..... 0 0 2 3 0 9 Milan Gajic........ 0 0 0 0 0 10 Dwight Helminen.... 0 0 0 3 0 11 Joe Kautz.......... 1 0 4 2 +1 12 J.J. Swistak....... 0 0 2 0 0 13 Mike Cammalleri.... 1 1 6 8 +1 14 Craig Murray....... 0 0 0 1 0 15 Jay Vancik......... 0 0 0 0 +1 17 Michael Woodford... 0 1 0 1 +1 18 David Moss......... 0 0 0 1 0 21 Eric Nystrom....... 0 0 2 2 0 22 Jason Ryznar....... 0 0 0 1 0 23 Mike Roemensky..... 0 0 0 0 0 26 Jed Ortmeyer....... 0 0 2 2 0 28 John Shouneyia..... 0 0 2 2 0 Totals............. 2 4 22 30 +5 |
Q U O T E S
U-M Head Coach Red Berenson
On the game ... "They're (Minnesota-Duluth) a good team, there's no question, and you've got to give them full marks. As disappointed as we are, they played a strong game, they scored the goals they needed to score, in particular the power-play goals. It was one of those games where we couldn't score when we had to and they scored when they had to. It was a fairly evenly played game, and I thought we had the edge in the first part of the game, but after the midway part of the first period it was pretty even."
On what the weekend showed ... "I think this weekend shows us that we're a pretty good team, but we can be good team and we also can be inconsistent. Obviously the penalties hurt us, and I can't say they're dumb penalties, but they hurt us. We're going to have to tighten up, and everybody realizes that they have to play better. We've got a lot of guys that need to play better, and as a team we need to play more consistently. This weekend, when we played well, we looked good, but when we didn't we looked bad, like there was no in-between."
Contact: Paul Thomas (734) 763-4423
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