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30 - The Michigan Daily - Orientation Edition 2006
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One and done: Icers fall
in NCAA tournament
By Mark Giannotto
Mar.24,2006
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - It wasn't intentional, but it
seemed as if North Dakota goaltender Jordan Parise
was just adding insult to injury.
Michigan trailed 5-1 with less than two minutes
remaining in the third period when Wolverine fresh-
man Jason Bailey skated in alone on Parise and
appeared to have the goaltender beat. Parise was on his
belly when Bailey fired a wrist shot on net. The junior
goalie reached into the air with his glove and somehow
caught the puck.
It was just that kind of night for Michigan
and Parise.
"I thought (Parise) played really well," Michigan
coach Red Berenson said. "Obviously we had some
goodscoring chances. We thought we might have some
ideas on how to beat him, but obviously he showed up
and made some big saves in the game."
Despite the lopsided final scorethe Wolverines were
not left wanting for shots on goal. They outshot the
Fighting Sioux, 35-33, over the course of the game. The
only problem was that Parise stopped 34 of them.
- The Faribault, Minn. native was sharp from
the opening faceoff. Michigan had three power
plays in the opening stanza and produced plenty
of quality chances.
In contrast, Michigan goalie Noah Ruden
allowed two goals in the first eight minutes of the
game, which got the crowd into it, and the Fight-
ing Sioux didn't look back.
"We had to come out and understand that there'd
be a great home ice environment," Berenson said.
"And we didn't want to give up that first goal, but
we did too easily."
North Dakota used big saves by Parise to catapult
their own offense. Multiple times throughout the game,
the Fighting Sioux would break out of their own zone
after Parise blocked a Michigan shot.
With Michigan down 2-0 and on the power play,
freshman Andrew Cogliano's shot was blocked by
Parise, and the rebound went right to North Dakota for-
ward Travi Zajac. The sophomore sent an outlet pass to
junior Drew Stafford, who carried the puck the length
of the ice and fired a shot by a helpless Ruden.
The short-handed tally essentially ended any hopes
of a Michigan comeback.
Parise's game was even more impressive when look-
ing at which Wolverines the shots on net came from.
The Wolverines' top line of senior captain Andrew
Ebbett, senior alternate captain Brandon Kaleniecki
and sophomore Chad Kolarik combined for 14 shots
on goal. The second line of junior alternate captain T.J.
Hensick, sophomore Kevin Porter and junior David
Rohlfs mustered eight shots on Parise.
"They buried their chances, and we didn't,"
Ebbett said. "We had our opportunities. It just
wasn't meant to be."
Following the game, Parise downplayed his perfor-
mance, giving credit to others on the Fighting Sioux.
"I think the team, in general, is playing a lot better in
front of me," Parise said. "They are clearing lanes and
making my job a lot easier. But the puck seemed pretty
big out there."
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Senior goalie Noah Ruden looks dejected after allowing one of the five goals against
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