On Frozen Blog

A WCHA showdown between two promising Caps’ prospects last night went the way of Travis Morin and Minnesota State, who in shocking fashion on the road scored 5 goals in the game’s final 15 minutes to upend Andrew Gordon and his 4th-ranked St. Cloud St. Huskies 6-4. Gordon scored a goal for the Huskies, but Morin went 1 and 2 for the Mavericks. A rematch at Minnesota State takes place tonight.
Even more shocking was the sub-.500 Wisconsin Badgers taking out no. 1 ranked Minnesota 2-1. Caps’ prospect Andrew Joudrey had the primary assist on the game-winner. Minnesota’s last loss? Twenty four games earlier, on opening night, October 6, against Maine. The victory was the 1,000th in Wisconsin Badgers’ hockey history. Not a bad way to earn no. 1,000, upsetting no. 1.
Senior Joudrey leads the Badgers in scoring, with 4 goals and 15 assists in 23 games, but Mike Eaves’ club is pretty anemic in the offensive end. Still, Joudrey is a likely Caps’ training camp attendee this September, and he may get a good look as a defensive forward in Hershey. He wears the ‘C’ for Wisconsin.
Caps’ collegiate netminder prospect Justin Mrazek stopped all 24 shots he faced in Union’s 5-0 win over Rensselear last night. While the Engineers are seriously struggling this season, they did enjoy 10 power play chances against Union.
Speaking of Hershey, they were led by a gladiator last night . . . Maximus Daigneault, who stopped all 30 Binghamton shots he faced plus four more in a shootout. The Bears prevailed 1-0 on the road, overcoming an 0-for-9 performance on the power play, ending a three-game losing streak, and remaining tied with Norfolk for first place with 59 points. The baby Sens’ netminder acquitted himself in fine fashion as well: Kelly Guard stopped all 40 Bears’ shots he faced in regulation and overtime. Winning in shootouts isn’t something we’ve seen Hershey do a lot of the past two seasons.
Two shutouts by two goaltending prospects on the same night — you don’t see that very often.
Happy Hockey Day in Canada, everyone.