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Chris Perry
2/9/2007, 12:08 PM
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SOONERS SLAPSHOT
WHAT: Oklahoma Sooners® vs. Arizona IceCats
WHEN: Friday, February 9, 2007, 7:30 PM CST
WHERE: Blazers Ice Centre, Oklahoma City, OK
BROADCAST: via www.ouhockey.com or www.icehockey.ou.edu

2006-07 RECORDS:
Arizona: 13-12-0 ACHA Division I
Oklahoma: 24-4-0 ACHA Division I

COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Arizona – Leo Golembiewski

SETTING THE STAGE: Oklahoma plays Arizona tonight in the first of two games between the teams this weekend…The Sooners traveled to Tucson in November and swept a pair of games from the IceCats, winning 5-4 and 3-2…Oklahoma has an all-time record of 9-2-0 against Arizona…Oklahoma is ranked 5th in the latest ACHA D1 Coaches poll…Arizona is ranked 20th in the same poll…OU’s last games were two weeks ago when they split with No. 6 Iowa State on the road…Arizona was swept on the road two weeks ago by unranked Weber State and also last week by No. 17 Arizona State.

SORORITY NIGHT AT OU HOCKEY: All OU students who wear their Greek sorority letters get in to the game tonight for only $3.00…In addition, those students showing their sorority pride will be eligible to be selected for intermission contests and the chance to win some great OU Hockey swag.

OKLAHOMA NOTES: Sooners forward Adrian Borchgrevink leads the Sooners in goals with 21 and total points with 35…OU forward Doug Gebbie is second on the team in goals with 15…Owen Brewer (8-22-30), Gebbie (15-15-30) and Luke Rose (12-10-22) follow Borchgrevink in terms of points…Oklahoma goaltender Aaron Schmeilski has a record of 14-3-0 with a 2.09 GAA and a .925 save percentage…The Oklahoma power play this season has scored 65 goals in 275 chances for a 23.6% success rate…The Sooners are 39-15-3 all-time in games played on Fridays and 26-7-1 in Friday night games at home…OU defenseman Robert Hetrick (8-13-21) and forward Kevin Kennedy (12-8-20) will not play this weekend due to injuries sustained two weeks ago in the Iowa State series.

ARIZONA NOTES: Arizona is led in scoring by forward Matt Conover who has 18 goals and 29 assists for a total of 47 points…Unfortunately, Conover sustained a knee injury two weeks ago against Weber State and is not expected to make the trip to Oklahoma this weekend…Conover is followed in terms of scoring by forward Craig Irwin (13-19-32), forward Robbie Nowinski (14-16-30) and forward Scott Marshall (5-13-18)…Goaltenders Luke Edwall (3.52 GAA) and Nick Boddy (3.31) have been the platoon in net for Arizona this season…Arizona added two players to the roster at the semester break: forwards Keith Patterson (1-2-3) and Jake Allison (0-0-0)…Patterson is questionable for this weekend due to a knee injury.

NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: The Sooners host Arizona again tomorrow night at 8:30 P.M. at the Blazers Ice Centre in Oklahoma City…For more information, please call the OU Hockey Office at (405) 631-2709.

### BOOMER SOONER! ###

MEDIA CONTACT:
Chris Perry, General Manager
University of Oklahoma® Hockey
Phone: (405) 631-2709 / Cell: (405) 488-4048
Email: [email protected] / Fax: (405) 631-3303
www.icehockey.ou.edu / www.ouhockey.com