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UMD KNOCKS COLORADO COLLEGE FROM THE WCHA UNBEATEN RANKS FRIDAY

Friday, November 6, 2009

Travis Oleksuk potted his first goal in a UMD uniform Friday

Travis Oleksuk, welcome back!

After being shelved for the nearly a month while nursing a knee injury, the sophomore left winger returned to the University of Minnesota Duluth lineup Friday night and was a key contributor to the Bulldog cause, scoring once and assisting on another goal in a 4-3 road victory over 12th-ranked Colorado College.

Junior left winger Kyle Schmidt broke a 3-3 deadlock with his first collegiate game winning goal with 4:52 to play in regulation and No. 20 UMD weathered a 5-on-3 Colorado College power play in the waning moments of play to extend its unbeaten streak at World Arena to five games (4-0-1). The Bulldogs, who are now 4-0-1 in weekend openers this season, went up up 2-0 on first-period scores by sophomore defenseman Brady Lamb (on the power play) and rookie right winger Mike Seidel before the Tigers countered by scoring three straight goals, including a pair 19 seconds apart midway through the second period. Oleksuk's goal, his first as a Bulldog, came at the 10:09 mark of the third.

Junior center Rob Bordson continued his torrid early-season scoring run by picking up two assists (he now has 13 points on the year and seven in his last three games) in helping sophomore goaltender Kenny Reiter secure his first career road win. Reiter finished with 30 saves -- including one against Steven Schultz on a penalty shot at 12:15 of the second -- while the Tigers' Joe Howe had 17 stops.

The Bulldogs (6-2-1 overall and 3-1-1 in the WCHA) and Tigers (4-2-1; 3-1-1) will meet again Saturday at 8:05 p.m. CST.

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