Lower-line contributions provide boost
Premium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.Whatever combination of 12 forwards UNO dresses for a particular game, four of them have scored three points or less. Keep in mind, of course, that the Mavericks are an upper-division WCHA team contending for home ice in the first round of the playoffs.
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Q&A with Maverick goalie Ryan Massa
Premium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.The freshman from Littleton, Colo., is 7-5-2 with a 2.35 goals-against average and a .922 save percentage. After a slow start to his UNO career because of mononucleosis, he gradually worked his way into more steady work, getting the start in seven straight games for which he was healthy before serving as the backup Saturday at Colorado College
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Walters leads way for Mavs’ comeback
Ryan Walters scored two third-period goals Saturday night as UNO rallied from a 3-1, late second-period deficit for an important 5-3 victory over Nos. 14 and 15 Colorado College. Walters scored a short-handed goal to tie the game just 2:48 into the third period after stealing the puck from steady defenseman Gabe Guentzel and breaking away alone against goalie Josh Thorimbert. He beat him with a high backhander.
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Disallowed goal thwarts Mavericks' comeback bid
UNO, playing from behind all night, appeared to have achieved a tie Friday in the first game of its crucial series with Colorado College, but a goal with 2:56 left in regulation was ruled to have been kicked into the goal intentionally by Dominic Zombo. The reversal helped Colorado College hold on for a 4-3 victory before 6,942 at World Arena, allowing the Tigers to take sole possession of fourth place in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.
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Mavs' playoff position rides on last three series
Premium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.Lost, maybe, in all the commotion this week about next year's outdoor hockey game is that there's a pretty significant weekend coming up that could determine the fate of this UNO season. The Mavericks, who picked up three points in a crucial series at Michigan Tech last weekend, play their final road series of the regular season Friday and Saturday at slumping Colorado College, ranked 14th and 15th in the national polls.
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Mavs used to White's production
Premium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.It was early in the second period of a scoreless game Saturday, in what was another make-or-break late-season matchup for UNO. Sophomore right winger Matt White skated in one-on-two against Michigan Tech's defensemen. "He beat the (first) defenseman, and he was going too fast for the other defenseman to slide over," UNO coach Dean Blais said. "He had about 3 or 4 inches to shoot at, and he found a way to get the puck in."
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Outdoor games will be 'event' for Omaha
Premium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.It took time, but finally, outdoor hockey in Omaha has become a reality. And the city will get a double dose. The official announcement came Tuesday that a doubleheader, with the Omaha Lancers facing the Lincoln Stars in the opening game, and the University of Nebraska at Omaha playing North Dakota in the second matchup, is set for Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, at TD Ameritrade Park, the 24,000-seat stadium that is home to baseball's College World Series.
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Lunch with Tom: Replay
Replay the “Lunch with Tom” chat, your weekly chance to talk sports with World-Herald columnist Tom Shatel.
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Report: TD Ameritrade to host UNO, Lancer games
Outdoor hockey is coming to TD Ameritrade Park next winter. UNO and the Omaha Lancers are set to play outdoor hockey games next season, against North Dakota and the Lincoln Stars, respectively, according to sources. A press conference to announce "a unique winter sporting event to be held at TD Ameritrade Park during 2013" is set for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the downtown stadium.
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Defenseman Aneloski also proud of points
Premium ContentClick on Premium Content on the Featured navigation bar for information.Bryce Aneloski's persistence has begun turning into consistency. After a nine-game streak without a point, the University of Nebraska at Omaha defenseman has made his mark in eight of the last nine games, including seven in a row, after getting a goal and an assist in last weekend's series at Michigan Tech. Included in that stretch were goals in three consecutive games — the overtime game winner Jan. 20 at Minnesota State-Mankato, a clutch third-period goal in a game the Mavs eventually...
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