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Bryce Evans
Issue date: 3/7/07 Section: Sports
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"Sweep. Sweep. Sweep."
That was the chant by the Colorado College student section at World Arena in Colorado Springs Saturday night, as their Tigers were just two minutes away from a 5-3 victory and a season sweep of the Pioneers.
The chant quickly turned to stunned silence when the Pioneers scored twice in the last 35 seconds of the game to force overtime and gain a much needed tie.
The Pioneers, after dropping a dismal 3-0 contest the night before at Magness Arena, were down the entire game Saturday night to their instate rivals before clawing their way back to a tie.
Saturday's game began with the Pioneers creating some early pressure but not generating any quality scoring chances.
The game began to take a bad turn for the Pioneers when freshman defenseman Keith Seabrook took a penalty less than two minutes into the game.
Playing on an Olympic-sized sheet of ice at World Arena, the Tigers used the extra space to their advantage. They worked the Pioneers out of position before Tiger forward Bill Sweatt slid a pass through the DU defense to teammate Mike Testwuide for an easy one-timer goal, giving CC an early 1-0 lead.
The Pioneers, who struggled to get any shots on Tiger goalie Matt Zaba in the early moments, were given their first power play with 12 minutes left in the first period.
As has been the trend lately for the Pioneers, they struggled with puck control, making sloppy passes, leading to zero shots on goal.
Moments after the power play ended, DU freshman defenseman Cody Brookwell took a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct for checking from behind.
With the Tigers gaining a five-minute power play, in which they could score as many times as possible without losing the man advantage, they took full advantage.
After a failed clearing attempt by DU freshman Brock Trotter that almost led to a Pioneer 2-on-1 rush, the Tigers grabbed the turnover and got the puck to forward Chad Rau in the slot, who promptly ripped a shot past Pioneer goalie Peter Mannino for a 2-0 lead.
That was the chant by the Colorado College student section at World Arena in Colorado Springs Saturday night, as their Tigers were just two minutes away from a 5-3 victory and a season sweep of the Pioneers.
The chant quickly turned to stunned silence when the Pioneers scored twice in the last 35 seconds of the game to force overtime and gain a much needed tie.
The Pioneers, after dropping a dismal 3-0 contest the night before at Magness Arena, were down the entire game Saturday night to their instate rivals before clawing their way back to a tie.
Saturday's game began with the Pioneers creating some early pressure but not generating any quality scoring chances.
The game began to take a bad turn for the Pioneers when freshman defenseman Keith Seabrook took a penalty less than two minutes into the game.
Playing on an Olympic-sized sheet of ice at World Arena, the Tigers used the extra space to their advantage. They worked the Pioneers out of position before Tiger forward Bill Sweatt slid a pass through the DU defense to teammate Mike Testwuide for an easy one-timer goal, giving CC an early 1-0 lead.
The Pioneers, who struggled to get any shots on Tiger goalie Matt Zaba in the early moments, were given their first power play with 12 minutes left in the first period.
As has been the trend lately for the Pioneers, they struggled with puck control, making sloppy passes, leading to zero shots on goal.
Moments after the power play ended, DU freshman defenseman Cody Brookwell took a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct for checking from behind.
With the Tigers gaining a five-minute power play, in which they could score as many times as possible without losing the man advantage, they took full advantage.
After a failed clearing attempt by DU freshman Brock Trotter that almost led to a Pioneer 2-on-1 rush, the Tigers grabbed the turnover and got the puck to forward Chad Rau in the slot, who promptly ripped a shot past Pioneer goalie Peter Mannino for a 2-0 lead.
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