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Game
Report
UW vs
USC - Away
Game 1 - Friday November 30, 2001
Huskies 8, USC 3
The Huskies stepped into the Trojan home
rink ready for another great match with USC. With the home court
advantage, the campus cable station and the CAL-Fullerton radio station on
hand, the Trojans came out strong in the first few plays of the game.
However, at 18:23 Shaun Lawrence scored his first of two goals on the
night from a pass from Brett Lawrence. The game then started going back
and forth with good rushes by both teams. USC went on the board to tie the
game at 13.49. Then a few seconds later at 12:32 Brian Mead set up Brett
Lawrence who wrapped the puck around the front of the goalie from left to
right. It was his first of three goals for the night, and second point of
eight for the game. The Huskies scored again at 10:38 when Eric Sato
scored in the far right corner of the net. The game continued with great
speed and little physicality by either teams. At 8:42 Shaun Lawrence
scored his second goal when he stepped over the blue line and his slap
shot found the lower right corner. Then at 7:20, on a 2-on-1 play, Brett
Lawrence scored on a slap shot to the upper right corner. USC took the
first and only penalty of the first period at 4:41 but did not allow the
Huskies to convert. The period ended with the Huskies leading 5-1. USC had
2 minutes in penalties, while the Huskies tallied none. Each team took 11
shots on net.
The second period both teams picked up
the physical play with big hits in each zone. The Huskies took a penalty
at 12:22 but did not allow USC to score. At 6:53 Brett Lawrence scored his
third goal of the night when he spun around in the high slot and scored on
the goalie that never saw the puck. USC scored with 1:15 remaining in the
second period on a goal mouth scramble. The Huskies took 10 shots to USC’s
16 shots on net. The Huskies had the loan 2 minute penalty in the second.
The third period USC came out hitting
hard in the first minutes of the period. The Huskies picked up the pace
and matched them check for check. The Trojans went up on the board first
at 16:11 on a power play. USC continued to bombarded the Husky goalie,
Scott Southard, who came up big time and time again. The UW defense also
continued to be stingy and disallowed odd-man rushes. Paul Margolis then
scored at 10:10 when he jammed the puck in the lower corner, assisted by
Brett Lawrence. The Matt Carlson scored, from assist from Brett Lawrence,
at 1:56 to take the tally up to 8 goals. But USC continued to battle and
put the puck in the net with 32 seconds to go on 4-on-4 play. USC out shot
the Huskies 23-13. UW had 6 minutes in penalties to USC’s 4 minutes. The
game ended with the Huskies winning 8-3.
Final Game Stats:
Husky Winning Score: 8-3
UW shots on net: 34
USC shots on net: 50
UW penalties: 8 minutes
USC penalties: 6 minutes
Notable: Brett Lawrence scored three
goals and assisted the other 5 goals on the night. It was his second
consecutive hat trick.
Link to Saturday's game
here and Sunday's
here.
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