University of Minnesota Athletics
KILLEWALDS STOPS 51 AS GOPHERS TIE BULLDOGS
2/13/2000 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
Minnesota took the lead early as Kelly Olson scored on the power play at 8:09 of the opening period. UMD would carry a 2-1 lead into the final period as former Gopher Jenny Schmidgall scored with 6:53 left in the opening period and Erika Holst scored her third of the weekend 7:28 into the second period.
The Gophers' national-best power-play came to the rescue in the final period as Muzerall extended her goal-scoring streak to 15 games with her 15th power-play goal of the season.
Killewald was the story of the game. She stopped 14 shots in the opening period and 16 in the second and third periods, making another five in overtime. Tuula Puputti had 31 saves, including four in overtime.
Minnesota........... 1 0 1 0 - 2 Minnesota-Duluth.... 1 1 0 0 - 2 1st period - 1, MINN, Kelly Olson 2 (Ambria Thomas, Courtney Kennedy) 8:09 (pp). 2, UMD, Jenny Schmidgall 34 (Maria Rooth) 13:07. Penalties - Laura Slominski, MINN (interference) 1:01; Pamela Pachal, UMD (cross checking) 7:27; Jessica Smith, UMD (cross checking) 10:03; Nadine Muzerall, MINN (slashing) 10:31; Jessica Smith, UMD (hooking) 14:33. 2nd period - 3, UMD, Erika Holst 21 (Hanne Sikio, Jenny Schmidgall) 7:28. Penalties - Courtney Kennedy, MINN (interference) 3:50; Erika Holst, UMD (holding) 5:09; Kelly Olson, MINN (hooking) 10:37; Ambria Thomas, MINN (holding) 11:03; Michelle McAteer, UMD (high sticking) 11:03; Laurie Alexander, UMD (interference) 14:51. 3rd period - 4, MINN, Nadine Muzerall 40 (Emily Buchholz, Ronda Curtin) 2:00 (pp). Penalties - Jenny Schmidgall, UMD (high sticking) 1:17; Angela Borek, MINN (high sticking) 7:05. OT period - No scoring. Penalties - Erika Holst, UMD (elbowing) 1:06. Shots on goal - MINN 10-9-10-4 33; UMD 15-17-16-5 53. Power plays - MINN 2 of 7; UMD 0 of 5. Goalies - MINN, Erica Killewald 12-5-1(53 shots-51 saves); UMD, Tuula Puputti 2-3-2(33-31). Referee - Jerry Krieger. Asst. referees - Evonne Young, Brad Shepherd. A - 1041.
