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Chris Perry
1/6/2007, 02:30 AM
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OKLAHOMA 5, ARIZONA STATE 4 (SO)

The No. 3-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club rebounded from yesterday’s ugly loss with a gutsy performance tonight as they beat No. 10 Arizona State 5-4 in a shootout. ASU struck first with a goal just 9:11 into the contest but OU tied the game when Justin Hall jammed home a loose puck at the 10:42 mark of the first period. Luke Rose put the Sooners up 2-1 when he slipped the puck into the ASU net at the 15:35 mark and Oklahoma skated off the ice at the end of the period with a one goal lead. However, the Sun Devils charged back in the second period, scoring two goals in the first ten minutes of the period to take a 3-2 lead and then adding a power play goal to increase their lead to 4-2. However, the Sooners showed a lot of heart in the third period as they dominated most of the action in the period, outshooting ASU 10-2. Oklahoma’s hard work and perseverance paid off at 13:28 of the third period when Matt Pangrac ripped a shot past ASU’s goalie to bring the Sooners to within one goal and Michael Gray went top shelf just over two minutes later to tie the game 4-4.

After a scoreless five-minute, four-on-four overtime, the teams headed to a five-man shootout to decide the winner. Tonight’s game was the first time that Oklahoma has ever been involved in a shootout while ASU has been involved in three games this season that were decided in a shootout. Tonight’s shootout saw scoring attempts by Owen Brewer and Adrian Borchgrevink turned away by ASU’s goalie while the Sun Devils scored on their second shot to take an early 1-0 lead. Oklahoma’s third shooter, Luke Rose, scored for OU to tie the shootout at 1 and Aaron Schmeilski denied ASU’s third shooter. Kevin Kennedy scored for OU and Schmeilski denied the next ASU shooter to give OU a 2-1 lead in four attempts. Matt Pangrac was tapped as the last OU shooter and he did not disappoint as he scored a sweet backhand goal to give OU an insurmountable 3-1 shootout lead and secured the 5-4 victory for the Sooners.

Sooners goalie Schmeilski stopped 19 of the 23 ASU shots he faced on the evening while his counterpart, ASU’s Tyler Gallant, officially made 32 saves on 37 shots. OU was 1 for 8 on the power play while ASU scored on their only power play opportunity.

The win improves OU’s record to 21-2-0 while Arizona State drops to 9-11-0. The Sooners will meet Arizona State for the last time in the regular season on Sunday afternoon in OU’s third and last game at the Desert Classic.

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Oklahoma 2 – 0 – 2 – 0 – 1-- 5
Arizona State 1 – 3 – 0 – 0 – 0-- 4
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, ASU, Corey (Reveland), 9:11; 2, OU, Hall (Pangrac), 10:42; 3, OU, Rose (Borchgrevink, Smith), 15:35. Penalties: ASU, Lewin (tripping), 2:21; ASU, Reveland (holding), 7:00.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, ASU, Clark (Ferroni, Ahern), 4:39; 5, ASU, Corey (Patterson, Biffignani), 9:50; 6, ASU, Reveland (Clark, Ferroni), 18:33 (pp). Penalties: ASU, Bonacorso (tripping), :33; ASU, Langston (interference), 14:00; OU, Hallberg (kneeing), 16:41.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 7, OU, Pangrac (Tylka), 13:28 (pp); 8, OU, Gray (Denton, Kenney), 15:43. Penalties: ASU, Corey (holding), 2:21; ASU, Bonacorso (hooking), 4:17; ASU, Nelson (tripping), 9:12; ASU, Chadwick (high sticking), 11:37.

OVERTIME – Scoring: None. Penalties: ASU, Clark (roughing), 3:39; OU, Allan (roughing), 3:39.

SHOOTOUT –
OKLAHOMA ASU
Shooter Score Shooter Score
Brewer N Ahern N
Borchgrevink N Ferroni Y
Rose Y Clark N
Kennedy Y Corey N
Pangrac Y
Shots on goal:
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Oklahoma 14 9 10 3 1 - 37
Arizona State 7 12 2 2 0 - 23
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Goalies: OU, Schmeilski (23 shots, 19 saves); ASU, Gallant (37, 32). Referee: Barteski. Linesmen: Bibbs, Bilbe.

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Duke o Brewery
1/6/2007, 04:55 AM
EXCELLENT! BOOMER SOONER!