University of Minnesota Athletics
Matson, Condon Named WCHA Players of the Week
11/2/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Hockey
Matson entered the season with three career goals in 32 games. He had three even-strength goals and blocked three shots last weekend as Minnesota completed a road sweep of Colorado College. Matson registered the first two-goal game of his career last Friday, which included the game-winning goal. He also added the Gophers' third goal at the 16:59 mark of the third period to give Minnesota a 3-1 lead and seal the victory. On Saturday, Matson won 13 of 20 faceoffs and gave Minnesota a 2-1 lead with his third goal of the weekend at the 14:02 mark of the first period. He now has more career goals (7) than career penalties (4) and more career points (11) than career penalty minutes (8).
Condon was held off the scoresheet and took only one shot on Friday at Colorado College. Saturday was a different story. Condon scored twice, had three assists, recorded a plus-five rating and was named first star in Minnesota's 9-4 romp of the Tigers. Condon is the first Gopher to record five points in a game since Ryan Potulny (4g-1a) against St. Cloud State on March 17, 2006 in the WCHA Final Five and the first freshman since Phil Kessel (1g-4a) on Nov. 11, 2006, in a 9-0 rout of Alaska Anchorage.
This is the first time Matson and Condon have been honored by the WCHA. Senior Jay Barriball was named Red Baron® WCHA Offensive Player of the Week for Oct. 12.
