Game Report
UW vs UCLA - Away

Game 2 - Saturday December 1, 2001
Huskies 16, UCLA 1

The Huskies first of two games with UCLA was a speedy and feisty match. UCLA put on the jets immediately, however the Huskies went up on the score board two minutes into the first period. Brian Mead fed Marty Boyd the puck on a rush to the net and he tipped it into the net. It would be Boyd’s first of three on the night. The Huskies took a penalty at 14:54 but killed the power play. UCLA continued with a few good rushes but the UW defense played strong with the help of the forwards. At 9:36 Bryce Kennedy received a pass from defensive partner Randy Shiggetani. He took a slap shot, which found the lower corner. It was Kennedy’s first of three goals for the night.  UCLA went on a power play at 8:20 but the Huskies killed the man-advantage play. Then at 5:57 Marty Boyd fed Charlie Walters, who had a water-bottle-shot off his slap shot, his first of two for the night. The first period the Huskies took 27 shots on net to UCLA’s 7. Each team 2 minutes in penalties.

The second period the Huskies continued to dominate and scored immediately on a power play at 18:25 when Shaun Lawrence collected a rebound and his slap shot found the back of the net. Then at 17:20 Matt Carlson set up Brett Lawrence, who scored while falling down and wrapping the puck around the front of the goalie. Then at 16:26 Bryce Kennedy jumped into the play, stole the puck on the fore check and scored while shooting low on the ice. And, the final goal for the Huskies in the second period was scored by Charlie Walters when he walked out of the corner and took a slap shot that found the upper left corner.

The Huskies took 24 shots to UCLA 2 shots on net. The Huskies took 6 minutes in penalties to UCLA’s 4 minutes. Husky Adam Senta, after being cup-checked several times, received a disqualified for butt ending.

The third period started to get more physical at time continued on.  The Husky defensive squad made some bit hits and continued to be stingy and pass well. The Huskies scored at 18:48, while shorthanded, when Brett Lawrence fore checked, stole the puck, and scored right to left on the ice and around the goalie. Brian Mead fed Bryce Kennedy at 14:08 who scored 5-hole. Then Kennedy scored again at 13:43 from a slap shot from the point. He tallied the first hat trick for the defensive squad. At 11:03 Eric Sato scored from a pass from Brian Smith when he tipped the puck in the far right corner. At 8:10, on 4-on-4 play, Sean O’Brien beat the defensemen on the blue line and fed Brian Mead the puck who was rushing down the right side and tipped the puck in. At 5:40 Charlie Walters fed Marty Boyd who scored on the right side. Then ten seconds later Boyd scored again, from a pass from Randy Shigetani, when he jammed the puck lower left side, a hat trick for Boyd. At 3:32 Matt Carlson passed to Shaun Lawrence, who fed it back to Carlson who scored on a slow roller into the net. And, the final goal for the Huskies was put in by Eric Sato from a pass from Brett Lawrence.  UCLA then scored their one and only goal with 41 seconds left in the game. The Huskies took 17 shots on net to UCLA’s 5 shots. UCLA hat 10 minutes in penalties to UW’s 4. The Huskies won the game 16-1.

Final Game Stats:
Husky Winning Score: 16-1
UW shots on net: 68
UCLA shots on net: 14
UW penalties: 17 minutes (plus a DQ)
UCLA penalties: 24 minutes

Of Note: Bryce Kennedy and Marty Boyd had hat tricks for the night, plus Boyd had 2 assists.

Link to Friday's game here and Sunday's here.

© Husky Hockey, 2001