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Chris Perry
11/5/2006, 02:17 AM
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OKLAHOMA 5, MINNESOTA 1

A workmanlike game for the No. 4-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club resulted in a Saturday evening 5-1 win over ACHA D2 University of Minnesota. Sooners defenseman Danny Force scored on the power play at 8:41 to put OU up 1-0. Oklahoma forward Kevin Kennedy ripped a top-shelf at the 10:42 mark and Matt Pangrac deflected a power play shot into the Gopher net with just under a minute to go in the period to give OU a 3-0 lead after one period of action. In the second period, Sooners defenseman Trevor Hallberg scored his first career goal three minutes in to put OU up by four goals. Oklahoma forward Keith Denton sniped a glorious shot past the Gopher goalie at the 15:11 mark to give OU a 5-0 lead. Minnesota would score with just 11 seconds left in the period to make the score 5-1 after 40 minutes of play. There was no scoring in the last period as both teams played physical gritty hockey while trying to avoid injury or insult.

Oklahoma goaltender Tom Schaul made saves on all but one of Minnesota’s 17 shots while Golden Gophers goalie Kyle Olson stopped 31 of 36 OU shots. OU’s power play was 2 for 8 while Minnesota was 0 for 6 with the man advantage.

The Sooners improve to 13-0-0 on the season while Minnesota is now 3-4-1. The Sooners travel to Tucson next weekend for a pair of games against No. 11 Arizona.
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Minnesota 0 – 1 – 0 -- 1
Oklahoma 3 – 2 – 0 -- 5
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, OU, Force (Tylka, Kenney), 8:41 (pp); 2, OU, Kennedy (Snow), 10:42; 3, OU, Pangrac (Hallberg, Gray), 19:03 (pp). Penalties: OU, Force (elbowing), 4:11; Minn, Gunderson (interference), 8:11; Minn, Gador (hooking), 14:52; Minn, Hudlik (interference), 17:19.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, OU, Hallberg (Denton, Gebbie), 3:00; 5, OU, Denton (Gebbie, Castle), 15:11; 6, Minn, Hochbrunn (Jorgensen, Hultgren), 19:49. Penalties: OU, Snow (tripping), 4:32; Minn, Sternberg (hooking), 9:45; OU, Deines (high sticking), 15:21; Minn, Cummings (tripping), 16:24; Minn, Hultgren (cross-checking), 17:05; Minn, Chapman (roughing), 17:45; OU, Gray (unsportsmanlike conduct), 17:45; OU, Kenney (interference), 17:48.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: OU, Snow (tripping), :12; OU, Force (holding), 5:58; Minn, Jorgensen (interference), 8:44; OU, Force (interference), 11:26; Minn, Hultgren (head contact), 14:02; Minn, Vandegrift (roughing), 19:05.

Shots on goal:
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Minnesota 5 4 8- 17
Oklahoma 11 11 14- 36
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Goalies: OU, Schaul (17 shots, 16 saves); Minn, Olson (36, 31). Referee: Henderson. Linesmen: Pepsis, Rex.

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