University of Minnesota Men's Media Relations GolDEN GoPHER Phone: (612) 625-4090 Fax: (612) 625-0359 Website: www.gophersports.com Contact: Brad Ruiter Phone: (612) 625-4389 E-Mail: ruiteOO [email protected] •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ..lfbuw:sJtu(581., 34-l)atA1tl:slazAnt:hof660, 44Cf WEEK.L Y RELEASE SCHEDULE/RESULTS Novernber29, 1999 Sullivan Arena • AnchonJtle, Alaslca Frl.day, December 3 •10:35 p.m. (CST} Oct. 16 #@ fld""e LS.3 Saturday, December 4 • 10:35 p.m. (CST) Oct. 17 #@fld""e L54 LAST WEEKEND Oct.22 I'Df?THD.AKOTA T2-2 AZZ·2'bne Serla 111. BecuDolr.u: Minnesota leads 23-9-2 Oct.23 /'Df?THDAKOTA LJ.2 The Golden Gophers Oct.29 #OCJSrONCCXL W&S(o~ split a pair of games at the Seria Mac Minnesota leads the series in Anchorage (8-~21 and Oct.~ #OCJSrONCCXL L4-l College Hockey in Minneapolis (15-4-0) • the Golden Gophers oum a 64-0 edge in the 1\tw.S @Cd::rcrbCd L30 Showcase in Michigan. last 10 games • 15 ofthe last 16 Golden Gopher wins in the series 1\01.6 @Cd::rcrbCd W2-l Minnesota downed fifth­ have been by two or more goals, while the last five UAA victories 1\01. 12 @W.sccnsh L4-3 ranked Michigan 6-1 on have been by two orfewer goals • Minnesota has prevailed in 11 of 1\01. 13 @W&:cnsh L54(o~ Friday before falling to the last 12 meetings at Mariucci.Atena • sixofthe last eight tuxr 1\01. 19 MmD.11JTH w53 1\01. 20 MN'J.UUJTH W40 fourth-ranked Michigan game sets in the all-time series have resulted in sweeps • UAA is just 1\01.26 #@fv'dt;p1 W&l 2-.for-38 (.053) on the powerplay over the last two seasons against State 6-2 on Saturday 1\01.27 #@fv'dt;p1St. L&2 Minnesota • the Golden Gophers and Seawolves have met in thejirst evening. D:;c.3 @1\tlikc:r.Arch. IC!35pm round ofthe WCHAplayoffs in three ofthe last .four seasons D:;c.4 @1\tlikc:r.Arch. IC!35pm D:;c. 10 @st. Cb.x:J state 7:35pm The Seawolves were Last Sea8on -. BecuDoiPa: Minnesota won four ofsix meetings D:;c. JJ ST.CLa.DsrA7E 7:05pm idle lost weekend. The lost with Alaska-Anchorage last season, splittingfour regular-season D:;c. IS *VJ.i.ERB'.GA 7:05pm action for UAA was when games before the Golden Gophers swept the Seawolves in a WCHA D:;c.29 tv1ARLCCICLASSX: they hosted North Dakota first round playoffseries • last season at Sullivan Arena UAA f\0. f..ld'i;}::ri{Wa.s-Arrtasf 4 p.m. on Nov. 12-13. The Fighting prevajJed 5-3 in game one before Minnesota rebounded with a 4-1 #1-bvad/Mireiolo 7 pm Sioux claimed a pair of victory the following evening • the Golden Gophers scored first in all D:;c. ~ tv1ARLCCICLASSX: wins in the series at six games • returning playersfor the 1999-2000 season scored four 1/Td r:;bceg::me 4 pm Anchorage (7-1, 3-0) ofthe.five goals in last season's .first round playoffseries • Oun~g::me 7pm. goaltender Adam Hauser has a aurent shutout streak of 143:54 Jcn 14 fJB\fvfR 7:05pm. against UAA • Minnesota was 1-.for-14 (.071) on the power play, Jcn IS fJB\fvfR 7:05pm while UAA was held without a goal (0/ 19) with the man advantage Jcn 2 I @ N:tfh [)cj(ofa 7:35pm. MEDIA INFORMATION Jcn 22 @ N:tfh Dd<olo 7:35p.m. AlaMcl Arachon.we .lllnn.acJt,a Jcn28 N3JMAN<ATO 7:05pm. TV: There Is no local PowerPIDIJ 4/59(.068) 21/85(.247) Jcn29 N3JMAN<ATO 7:05pm television coverage for Lfltlgrui.PoiUIII'"""' 3/32(.094) 12/42(.286) Feb. 4 @ fv1iTI.DJJit1 7."()5 pm. this weekend's series at ~mu 33/37(.892) 69/85(.812) Feb.S @fv1i"n.DJJit1 l."OSp.m. Alaska Anchorage Let:~gru~ ~ mu 18/21 (.857) 34/40(.150) Feb. I I ca.aw:oCCtL7:05pm. LtutlOGama ~(.500) ~(.500) Feb. 12 ca.J:R,AWCilll.-Q5pm. Ht11111e 2-4-{) (.333) 3-2-1 (.583) Feb. 18 @ f..ld'i;}::rl Tecfl 6:35pm. RAo1o: Both games Live Road 4-2-D (.667) 2-6-0(.250) Feb. 19 @ f..ld'i;}::rl Tecfl 6."05 pm KSTP-AM/Don Terhoor­ 2.00 3.14 Feb. 25 W&:ONSN 7."05 pm. play-by-play; Glen ~ Goaz.A~ 2.67 3.36 Feb. 26 W&:ONSN 7."05 pm. Sonmor-color ~ 4.17 8.71 Nrach3 sr.aa.nsrA7E 7."05pm. SIIDt80rl~ 26.83 29.79 Mcrch4 @st.Cb.x:Jstate 7.-Q5pm. INTERVIEWS: The coaching Nrach 10.12 IACHAFRSfR.CX.f\D r-------------------------------------------------, Mach 16-18 'vVCHAFNA/...Ffv'E staff and players ore ~@[j'@@[j' ~(f;@[j'~mJ@ 'IJ~o ~~@~~@ ~[ij)(f;lnJ@iJ'@@@ (@TagetCenta;~ available for interviews on Player (game~ G·A··Pts Notes WEDNESDAYS by request Dave Spehar (14) 6-3-9 GWG in 2/21/98 win Mad124-26 I'CAAREGONALS through the media Mike Lyons ( 14) 0-6--6 2a in sweep on 1/3-4/97 (@MaU::dAreru~ (@ Per:;S Aren:l/>b::nf. N.Y.} relations office. The Jordan Leopold (6) 2-2--4 Assist on GWG on 3!13/99 Apf6 I'CAASEMFNN.S Golden Gopher locker Rico Pagel ( 13) 2-2--4 Scored GWG on 3!13/99 Erik Wendell (6) 2-2--4 Multiple-pt. game on 3!12/99 (@ t=tovi:ience, Rl.} room is CLOSED to the Dylan Mills (9) 0-4--4 2a in 11/21/98 win Apf8 1\CM Cf-Wv1F'()NSJ-F media at all times. John Pohl (6) 2-1--3 2nd period goal in 3!12/99 (@ t=tovi:ience, Rl} Postgame interviews Aaron Miskovich (9) 1-2--3 Assist on GWG on 3/13/99 should be done outside Nate Miller ( 14) 0-3--3 Assist in playoff win on 3/12/99 • -extbiOl gcrne the locker room after a 10 Erik Westrum (9) 0-3--3 Assist in playoff win on 3/12/99 # -ra-caTererr::.egcrne Doug Meyer (6) 1- 1--2 first career goal on 11 /21 /98 dgcrne 1i11es aeCentrd minute cooling off period. Stuart Senden (9) 1-1--2 Both points as a freshman gcme liTlescre Sl.J:iedtoclrrge Matt Leimbek ( 10) 0-2--2 2a in loss on 11/20/98 1 Ryan Trebil (7) 0-1--1 Assist in 11/15/97 game @ UAA ~------------------------------------------------- News&Notes 1999-2000 RECORD WHEN The Cocu:ha: Minnesota Head Coach Don Lucia is in his first season with Overall Record 5-8-1 the Golden Gophers. Lucia, who has compiled a record of284-163-29 (.627) WCHA Record 3-4-1 in 13 seasons overall as a head coach, led Colorado College to the NCAA A Home Record 3-2-1 Tournament in each ofthe last four seasons. Lucia was 166-68-18 (.694) in W Road Record 2-6-0 six seasons with the Tigers, and is 122-53-17 (.680) in WCHA games. Lucia Neutral Site Record 0-0-0 is 36-23-6 in 65 career games against Alaska Anchorage, and spent two Last 20 Games 9-10-1 Last 10 Games 5-5-0 seasons (1985-87) as an assistant coach with the Seawolves. Lucia spent a Last 5 Games 3-2-0 total of 12 seasons in the state ofAlaska, working six seasons as the head coach at Alaska Fairbanks. Alaska Anchorage Head Coach Dean Takifous Scoring A Power-Play Goal 5-6-1 is in his fourth season at the helm ofthe Seawolves program, with a record Not Scoring A Power-Play Goal 0-2-0 of34-72-14 (.342) at UAA, and a career record of 144-156-30 in 12 years as Allowing A Power-Play Goal 4-7-1 a head coach ofthe Seawolves and at UW-River Falls (alma mater). Not Allowing A Power-Play Goal 1-1-0 Scoring A Short-Handed Goal 1-2-0 Coach Lucia On The Air: Coach Lucia's regular weekly media appear- Allowing A Short-Handed Goal 1-2-0 ances are as follows: KSTP-AM (1500) - Thursday mornings (7:45) with Bar- bara Carlson, Saturday mornings (11:50) with Joe Soucheray, and the pre- 10 Or More Penalties 3-3-0 game and post-game shows before and following games; WCCO-AM (830) - Fewer Than 10 Penalties 2-5-1 Friday mornings with Dave Lee, and Friday evenings (6:40) with Mike Max; More Penalties Than Opponent 2-4-0 MSC- The Don Lucia Show which airs one hour before each MSC telecast Fewer Penalties Than Opponent 1-4-1 Same Amount Of Penalties 2-0-0 Scheduls Talk: After playing 12 ofits first 14 games this season against teams ranked in the top seven in the nation, the Golden Gophers now In One-Goal Games 2-4-0 embark on a portion of the season where they will not face a ranked oppo- In Two-Goal Games 1-1-0 nent until a Jan. 21-22, 2000 series against North Dakota. The combined In Three-Goal or More Games 2-3-0 record of the Golden Gophers' first eight opponents (14 games) this season is In Overtime Games 1-1-1 69-27-3 (. 712) after last weekend's action. Scoring 4 or More Goals 4-2-0 Scoring 3 or Fewer Goals 1-6-1 Quick Starttl, Slow l'illiaha: Minnesota has outscored opponents 10-2 in Scoring 3 or More Goals 4-4-0 the first 10:00 of games this season.