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Chris Perry
3/2/2008, 12:06 AM
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WHAT: Delaware Blue Hens vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Sunday, March 2, 2008, 10:30 A.M. CST

WHERE: ESL Sports Centre, Rochester, NY

BROADCAST: Online at http://www.livesportsvideo.com/hockey/acha/div1nationals08/Index.asp





2007-08 RECORDS:

Delaware: 28-6-1 ACHA Division I

Oklahoma: 29-5-2 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Delaware – Mike DeAngelis



SETTING THE STAGE: Sunday morning's game is the first game in the Sunday winner's bracket of the ACHA D1 National Championship Tournament here in beautiful Rochester, New York...This will be the second time in as many years that the Sooners have faced Delaware...Last season at Nationals, Delaware stunned Oklahoma with a 2-1 upset win in the first round of games...Oklahoma moved into Sunday's game with a 4-3 win over No. 12 Oakland in the opening round of Nationals...In their first round game, Delaware beat No. 13 Western Michigan by a score of 6-3 despite being outshot 37-29...Sixteen teams arrived in Rochester with a chance to win the Murdoch Cup; after Saturday, only eight teams, including the Sooners, remain in the hunt.




OKLAHOMA NOTES: The Sooners received goals from forwards Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ), Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK), Justin King (DeWitt, MI) and Adrian Borchgrevink (Kenai, AK) in Saturday's win over Oakland...Sooners goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) stopped 24 of 27 shots in the first-round win...The Sooners were 2 of 5 on the power play again Oakland...Forward Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) and defenseman Shawn Hayden (Allen , TX) each had two assists on Saturday...The Countdown to Nationals: One down, three to go.



DELAWARE NOTES: Head Coach Mike DeAngelis has his Blue Hens squad on a roll since making their run at Nationals last season when they beat Oklahoma and Rhode Island to finish in the Top 4...Delaware is led in scoring by forward Mike Gardner who has 22 goals and 37 assists for 59 total points...Following Gardner in points for the Blue Hens are forwards Justin Wehrenberg (20-23-43), Justin Sexton (14-29-43) and Kari Marttinen (19-20-39)...Delaware's No. 1 goaltender is Jimmy Depfer who has a 2.52 goals against average and two shutouts in over 1500 minutes of action.




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