Wolves hockey take on Lindenwood in double-header
Kyle Schafer
Issue date: 10/27/09 Section: Sports
The Wolves' hockey team lost a pair of games to the National Champions, the Lindenwood University Lions.
Last Friday, the University of Michigan-Dearborn Wolves woke up to find themselves the #12 team in the country-the highest they had been ranked in the ACHA national poll in over two years.
The game started out with the Wolves earning scoring opportunities, but Lions' goaltender Chris Abbott was up to the task, and kept Dearborn off the board. The Wolves even went on a brief 5-on-3 powerplay, but the Lions killed it, as well. Just moments after the kill, Lindenwood picked up the puck and scored the first goal of the game.
Dearborn went right back to work, and lodged some pretty nice shots against Abbott. Unfortunately, they were still unable to cash in. The backbreaker occurred on the 4-on-4, late in the period, when a puck, strangely, seemed to slide under the pads of Dearborn starting goaltender Paul Petrous and Lindenwood skated to the locker room up by a 2-0 score.
The Wolves seemed to outplay the Lions in the first period. Whether it was tired bus legs or a product of strong play out of the Wolves would remain to be seen.
In the second period, the Wolves came out and played more solid hockey. They picked up an early powerplay, but a misplay by junior Shawn Wilson, at the blue line, gave LU's Alex Roth a breakaway, and the Lions a 3-0 lead.
Shawny "Babawney" Wilson would atone for his mistake, later in the frame, when he grabbed a loose puck, and netted the Wolves' first goal of the game. With a 3-1 score, UM-Dearborn had a renewed sense of vigor, and once again began peppering Abbott with shots.
With six minutes left in the period, a myriad of penalties were called, somehow the Lions wound up on the powerplay (though having taken two penalties to the Wolves' one). Right off the faceoff, a Lions forward scored on a one-timer. This is where things started to take a turn.
A Lindenwood player started taking swings at Dearborn freshman defenseman Ian Barnaby, and a scrum ensued. Several penalties were handed out, and when the dust had settled, Brent Morrell and Barnaby were tossed from the game, for fighting, and both teams were on the 4-on-4. The period continued, uneventful, and ended with Lindenwood up 4-1.
Last Friday, the University of Michigan-Dearborn Wolves woke up to find themselves the #12 team in the country-the highest they had been ranked in the ACHA national poll in over two years.
The game started out with the Wolves earning scoring opportunities, but Lions' goaltender Chris Abbott was up to the task, and kept Dearborn off the board. The Wolves even went on a brief 5-on-3 powerplay, but the Lions killed it, as well. Just moments after the kill, Lindenwood picked up the puck and scored the first goal of the game.
Dearborn went right back to work, and lodged some pretty nice shots against Abbott. Unfortunately, they were still unable to cash in. The backbreaker occurred on the 4-on-4, late in the period, when a puck, strangely, seemed to slide under the pads of Dearborn starting goaltender Paul Petrous and Lindenwood skated to the locker room up by a 2-0 score.
The Wolves seemed to outplay the Lions in the first period. Whether it was tired bus legs or a product of strong play out of the Wolves would remain to be seen.
In the second period, the Wolves came out and played more solid hockey. They picked up an early powerplay, but a misplay by junior Shawn Wilson, at the blue line, gave LU's Alex Roth a breakaway, and the Lions a 3-0 lead.
Shawny "Babawney" Wilson would atone for his mistake, later in the frame, when he grabbed a loose puck, and netted the Wolves' first goal of the game. With a 3-1 score, UM-Dearborn had a renewed sense of vigor, and once again began peppering Abbott with shots.
With six minutes left in the period, a myriad of penalties were called, somehow the Lions wound up on the powerplay (though having taken two penalties to the Wolves' one). Right off the faceoff, a Lions forward scored on a one-timer. This is where things started to take a turn.
A Lindenwood player started taking swings at Dearborn freshman defenseman Ian Barnaby, and a scrum ensued. Several penalties were handed out, and when the dust had settled, Brent Morrell and Barnaby were tossed from the game, for fighting, and both teams were on the 4-on-4. The period continued, uneventful, and ended with Lindenwood up 4-1.
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