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Saturday, 2/9/08 @ SLP Rec Ctr
Varsity vs. Cooper

This just wasn’t Cooper’s day. After the JVs whipped them 8-0, the Varsity piled on, winning 6-1.

Park outshot Cooper 12-5 in the first, and scored the period’s only goal, a beauty by Marcus Voss, assisted by Jake Schlegel and Jake Albersheim-Carter.

In the second, with both teams playing a man down, Schlegel connected, assisted by Kevin Bell and Dustin Brinkman.

Cooper picked up their play in the second, getting off nine shots. Park goalie, Nick Smith, made a great save with 7:00 left in the period, and Ben Besasie cleared the puck just before Cooper could get to the rebound.With 3:00 left in the period, with Park on the power play, there was a flurry of shots and colliding bodies in front of the Cooper goal, and it appeared the puck crossed into the goal for a split second before the goalie could kick it back out. The referees conferred and a goal was given to Voss, assisted by Albersheim-Carter, giving Park a 3-0 lead.With 1:27 left, Colin Petit ripped a one-timer, got his own rebound, and stuffed the puck into the left corner for a 4-0 lead (assists to Bell and Mitchell Wynia).In the third period, Sean Robb scored assisted by Brinkman and Alex Smith, and Wynia scored the game’s last goal, unassisted, with 5:49 left.

The game was sloppy at times, with 16 penalties between both clubs. Park outshot Cooper 35-10, and Nick Smith collected his third shutout of the season, and second against Cooper.
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Thursday, 2/7/08 @ SLP Rec Ctr
Varsity vs. Spring Lake Park

Mitchell Wynia and Marcus Voss each scored two goals in leading St. Louis Park over Spring Lake Park, 6-2.

Spring Lake Park took an early lead, 1-0, on a goal 6:08 into the first period. With 55 seconds left in the period, Voss scored (assisted by Jake Albersheim-Carter and Jake Schlegel) to tie the game going into the first intermission.

By the way, during intermission, the Park Mites played a short game, and Willie Basil scored a beautiful goal for the game’s highlight.

Five minutes into the second period, Park had several shots on goal in front of the net, and Colin Petit stuffed in a rebound (assist to Jacob Wood) to put the Orioles up 2-1. 3:22 later, Wynia scored, assisted by Petit, to push the lead to two goals, 3-1.

Park started to dominate offensively, and scored twice more in the last three minutes of the period: Wynia scored, assisted by Schlegel; and Jeff Howes scored, assisted by Sean Robb and Kevin Bell. Park led 5-1 at the second intermission.

The third period was more of the same, with Park controlling the puck, and constantly putting pressure on Spring Lake Park. 3:37 into the period, though, Spring Lake Park scored a powerplay goal to cut the lead to 5-2, but Park took back control and didn’t let it go.

With 10 minutes remaining in the game, Park took two simultaneous penalties, but Spring Lake Park couldn’t score even when they were up two skaters. The defense of Voss, Wynia, Dustin Brinkman, Wood, Bell, and Schlegel helped Park kill both penalties without allowing a quality shot.

With 48 seconds left in the game, Voss scored an unassisted goal to end the scoring and seal the win.

Park out-shot Spring Lake Park 29-27, and Park goalie, Nick Smith, played an outstanding game, stopping 25 of 27 shots (.926 save%).
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