OFFENSE

	Corsi	House	Possession %
First Period
Second Period
Third Period
Overtime
TOTAL	62		57%

Analysis: Michigan’s offense was better than last night’s…in a way. They did get a number of Grade A chances in front of the net. They finished none of them, unfortunately. Jack LaFontaine was very, very good all series, too. He snuffed out anything that Michigan threw at him. Without the five super talented guys that are out for this series, it is just not the same offense. It is very similar to the previous couple years. From a possession stand point, Close Corsi was 21-14, Minnesota. That’s also telling.

 

DEFENSE

	Corsi	House	Possession %
First Period
Second Period
Third Period
Overtime
TOTAL	46		43%

Analysis: The was better than last night, for the most part. While they did struggle in their end at times, it was not the egregious DZTO-fest from previous games…aside from the horrendous centering pass from Pehrson that allowed Koster to scoop up the loose puck, skate down the slot, and pick a corner. It was already 3-0 at that point, though. Summers did get a ten minute misconduct that saw Gingell get his first action of the year. Jay Keranen also looked competent, again. The first goal was a bad matchup. Michigan had the GVW line against the Reedy line to start. The second shift of the night for the Reedy line came against the Johnson-Becker-Pasta line, though…and it produced a goal. After that, the GVW line was on the ice against the Reedy line.

 

Too many of these in this series [Patrick Barron]

SPECIAL TEAMS

	PP For	PP Against	PP Corsi For	PP Corsi Against	PP Shots/Min For	PP Shots/Min Against
First Period	n/a	1/1	n/a	2	n/a	1 (1/1)
Second Period	n/a	1/1	n/a	3	n/a	3 (3/1)
Third Period	0/1	0/2	3	5	1 (2/2)	1.25 (5/4)
Overtime	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
TOTAL	0/1	2/4	3	10	1 (2/2)	1.5 (9/6)

Analysis: Michigan’s penalty kill was not great all series. They allowed goals on their first two penalties. The first may have been a little unlucky as Scott Reedy knocked down the Brinkman drive from the point…right to the waiting stick of Sammy Walker. The second one was worse. Minnesota got three shots from about two feet away. Mann saved the first two with thundering pad saves…the last one is put away on a rebound. On a positive not, Michigan DID kill two penalties in the third period, though. The game was out of hand at that point, though. You just can’t take penalties against the Gophers.

Blankenburg got a very nice look on the Michigan’s man advantage that produced a nice rebound; however, all of Minnesota’s skaters walled off any Wolverine in the area until the puck was eventually cleared. That is a big difference in these two Kills. Groll had a hard shot from the dot, later…but that was about it.

 

Mann and Portillo were good…but so was Jack LaFontaine [Patrick Barron]

GOALTENDING

	Shots Faced	Shots from House Faced
First Period	12
Second Period	12
Third Period	10
Overtime	n/a
TOTAL	34

Analysis: Strauss Mann started again, and made every save he possibly could make and then a couple thereafter. After the Pehrson “centering pass,” he was lifted for Erik Portillo. Portillo played well. He made a few very athletic saves. He also looks like he can puck-handle, as well. This game was never about the goalie play for Michigan.

 

ODD MAN RUSHES

Defense	Rushes	Advs	Escape%	Offense	Rushes	Advs	Scoring%
1st Period	n/a	n/a	n/a		1	1v0	0%
2nd Period	1	2v1	100%		n/a	n/a	n/a
3rd Period	n/a	n/a	n/a		n/a	n/a	n/a
OT	n/a	n/a	n/a		n/a	n/a	n/a
Total	1	2v1	100%		1	1v0	0%

Analysis: Luke Morgan caught a terrible pass at the red line and burst into the zone, alone, but LaFontaine made a nice glove save.

When Michigan was pressing, the Gophers caught them for a 2v1, but Owen Power’s unicorn stick was just long enough to break up the pass.

 

FINAL CORSI NUMBERS

www.collegehockeynews.com had: Michigan 62 , Minnesota 46;
 

Close Corsi was: Minnesota 21, Michigan 14