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Ugly, but a win is a win. Big three points in the WCHA standings. Now to go get the other three tomorrow.
But then Bethany Brausen found Sarah Erickson behind the MSU net, and Erickson forced her way out in front and roofed a backhander past Mav goaltender Alli Altman for the 1-0 lead. 
(though the second of those was questionable at best 
).
), and Sarah spent 6 minutes in the sin bin. , and it sounds like she may not play for awhile . Depending on how long she'll be unavailable, a couple of us fans are wondering if she could still get a medical redshirt since she's only played in four games so far this season. Note that Amanda Kessel and Alyssa Grogan were still out as well.
Particularly in the first period last night, there was a lot of snow on the ice. The puck would go along the rail and stop almost immediately, and at times, the biscuit was half covered in snow. It reminded me of watching that girls' HS game outside in the snow in Duluth on Hockey Day Minnesota a year or two ago. But bad rink conditions or not, the Gophs were off, particularly in the first. Maybe effects of coming off a bye or the result of what MSU was doing to them (the Mavs are much improved, to my eyes), I can't say. Defensively, the high slot was wide open through the first and during our D-zone draws, it seemed like we were going at practice speed while Mankato was dialed up to game speed.
Given the street clothes contingent we are seeing on a regular basis, we probabliy need that version of Noora night in, night out in order to be a factor. Probably not fair to put that much on her shoulders, but she apparently thrives on pressure.
At the same time, her teammates buckled down and prevented the high-quality opportunities by Harvard that Noora had to stop back in the first period. ), but Jen didn't miss the second try. (I'm also not sure what the officials were reviewing after the goal 
, but if they had waved it off, I would have pulled out some student section "cheers" I normally reserve for the men's games. 
) At any rate, it was a very important extra insurance goal that significantly reduced any remaining pressure on Lura. 3-0 Gophers.
I thought the initial shot by Erickson was actually in under the crossbar and back out in a millisecond. Thought that's what they might have been looking at...but they gave the goal to #24 so...guess I was mistaken.I'm not exactly sure what the deal was with Schoullis' second goal in the third period. All I know is that Bellamy ended up way out of the net, Sarah Erickson initially missed the wide-open opportunity (other reports say she hit the crossbar
At the same time, her teammates buckled down and prevented the high-quality opportunities by Harvard that Noora had to stop back in the first period. I'm not downplaying anything. What part of "I have to give her credit for stopping all 10 shots she faced", "she played solidly", and completely agreeing with awarding her the third star of the game seems like downplaying?
Enter Jenny Lura, seeing significant action for the first time in quite awhile. First, I have to give her credit for stopping all 10 shots she faced -- she played solidly, especially given the situation.
Amazing how you downplay what Lura just did for the team considering she hasn't played since February. Solid, solid goalie #1 quality goalie who is being given zero opportunity. So amazingly sad!!