Tweets - Frozen Four - Championship Game - Minnesota vs Union College - First Period.
@GopherHockey - Here we go! The final game of the 2013-14 season has begun! #SkateFor6 -
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@NCAAIceHockey - And we're off! @GopherHockey and @UnionHockey for the national title. #MINNvsUNION #FrozenFour
@GopherHockey - Early PP for Union - Skjei heads to the penalty box for roughing.
@GopherHockey - #Gophers kill off the PP, back to full strength with 17:41 in the first period.
@NCAAIceHockey - MINN 0, UNION 0 (17:41, 1st) The Gophers kill off the first penalty of the game. We're at even strength.
@NCAAIceHockey - GOAL!!! Justin Kloos cleans up in front of the net and Minnesota leads, 1-0 - 17:23 to go in the 1st Period.
@GopherHockey - GOAL!!!! Justin Kloos sends the puck to the back of the net off a rebound.
#Gophers lead 1-0 with 17:23 in the first. #SkateFor6
@NCAAIceHockey - Kloos' goal is his 16th of the year, assist to Nate Condon (16). #MINNvsUNION #FrozenFour
LaxSabre - GOAL!!! Gophers!! Right off the face-off, shot from the face-off circle - Stevens can't handle it, trickles in front and Kloos puts it home to give Minnesota the 1-0 lead.
@GopherHockey - Warning heads to the box for hooking, #Gophers on the PK.
LaxSabre - Minnesota kills the penalty but not before Union College with a couple of great chances.
LaxSabre - Hudson Fasching brings the puck in, puts a move on a Union College defenseman and just wrists a shot wide of the net - Bucci then brings up the Sabres picking him up at the trade deadline. Also Bucci ask people to send in their frozen pond pictures to him and the one they showed was a guy wearing a Tyler Myers Blue Sabres Jersey. Cool!
@NCAAIceHockey - MINN 1, UNION 0 (13:37, 1st) A frenzied, exciting opening 6 minutes of the game. Gophers lead in shots, 5-4.
@GopherHockey - #Gophers go on the PP as Union goes to the penalty box for holding. #SkateFor6.
@GopherHockey - Union kills off the #Gophers PP, 11:13 to play in the first. #SkateFor6
@NCAAIceHockey - GOAL! The Flyer prospect Shayne Gostisbehere knots the score at 1 with 10:34 left in the 1st period.
LaxSabre - went coast to coast, wrist shot beats Wilcox to tie the game - 1-1.
@GopherHockey - Goal Union. #Gophers are now tied 1-1 with 10:34 to play in the first. #SkateFor6
@NCAAIceHockey - GOAL! Minnesota's Sam Warning responds with his 14th of the year and the Gophers lead, 2-1, with 9:57 to go.
@NCAAIceHockey - Taylor (13) & Wilkins (15) assisted Gostisbehere, while Rau (26) & Parenteau (4) helped Warning's tally.
@GopherHockey - #Gophers back in the lead 2-1 - Warning sneaks through to the back of the net off a wraparound from Rau.
9:57 left in the first. #SkateFor6
@DerekVolner - This isn't the easiest angle to score from. However, @GopherHockey's Sam Warning does just that! -
https://twitter.com/DerekVolner/status/455133610278789121/photo/1
LaxSabre - WARNING! WARNING! Minnesota goal about to happen! - GOAL!! GOPHERS! a wrap-a-around goes across the crease - Warning picks up the rebound from basically the end-line and somehow it finds its way into the net from an impossible angle. Fasching in front - huge screen. Minnesota leads 2-1.
@NCAAIceHockey - GOAL! Union's Vecchione gets a few swipes at it and finally scores, it's 2-2 with 4:51 remaining in the 1st.
@NCAAIceHockey - Assisting on Vecchione's 14th goal of the year were Daniel Carr (28) and Daniel Ciampini (18).
@GopherHockey - Goal Union. We're 2-2 here in Philly with 4:51 to go in the first.
LaxSabre - Reminded me of the Sabres goal in the last minute vs the Leafs a couple of years ago - four or five chances for the offense -
defense didn't clear/knock down a man and puck winds up going in.
@NCAAIceHockey - GOAL! Eli Lichtenwald makes it 3-2 for Union as he puts away another rebound.
@NCAAIceHockey - For Lichtenwald that's his 9th of the season, the assist goes to Shayne Gostisbehere (24).
@GopherHockey - Goal Union. #Gophers trail 3-2 with 3:54 left in the first. #SkateFor6
@NCAAIceHockey - GOAL! Daniel Ciampini makes it 4-2! That's three straight Dutchmen goals.
@NCAAIceHockey - Ciampini put away his 23rd goal of the year, assisted by Matt Hatch (9) and Max Novak (16).
@GopherHockey - Union Goal. #Gophers trail 4-2 with 2:57 to play in the first. #SkateFor6
@GopherHockey - #Gophers and Union will head to the penalty box, we'll go 4-on-4 with 1:14 to play in the first. #SkateFor6
@GopherHockey - At the end of the first period - #Gophers trail 4-2. Shots are 20-15 in favor of Union.
#Gophers goals are from Kloos and Warning. #SkateFor6.
@NCAAIceHockey - End 1st: Union 4, Minnesota 2. Six goals in the first period - 35 shots -
thrilling 3-0 goal run in 1:57 by the Dutchmen to close out the first. #MINNvsUNION #FrozenFour.
@NCAAIceHockey - First Period Stats - (MINN vs UNION) Shots-15-20. Saves-16-13. Power Plays-0-1/0-2.
Blocked Shots-10-3. Faceoff Wins-20-11. #FrozenFour.
@NCAAIceHockey - After the first period it looks like a classic! #FrozenFour #MINNvsUNION -
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