DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Gophers have finished an
early season sweep of the defending national college hockey champs.
They edged Minnesota-Duluth 5-4 last night as Nate Condon tallied
two goals and Nick Bjugstad added a goal and two assists. Condon
also had the game-winner in Friday's 5-4 win. The Gophers are 4-0
while the Bulldogs are off to a 1-3 start.
UNDATED (AP) - Erik Higby's goal early in the second period was
the difference as Northern Michigan edged St. Cloud State 3-2 in
college hockey on Saturday. Joey Holka and Jared Festler had goals
for the Huskies who are 1-3 so far this season. Justin Jokinen had
the lone goal for Minnesota State, Mankato in a 4-1 loss to
Massachusetts-Lowell. The Mavericks are 1-3.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Detroit Red Wings edged the Minnesota
Wild 3-2 last night on Johan Franzen's power-play goal with 48.5
seconds left in overtime. Ian White and Jiri Hudler also scored for
Detroit, which trailed 2-0 in the second period following goals by
Greg Zanon and Cal Clutterbuck. Detroit is off to its first 4-0
start since the 1997-98 season.
CHICAGO (AP) - The Minnesota Vikings are in Chicago for a
meeting with the Bears as the bottom half of the NFC North gets the
prime-time matchup. The Vikings are coming off a win over Arizona
last week. The Bears lost to division-leader Detroit on Monday
night and have been routed in the sacks game, allowing 18 and
getting nine this season.
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