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MSOE hockey captures its first Harris Cup

Published: 02/28/2005 Bookmark and Share
The MSOE hockey team captured its first Harris Cup by taking a two-game series from Minnesota-Crookston at the Kern Center. The Raiders won Friday's game 3-2 in a contest that saw all five goals come on the power play, and downed the Golden Eagles, 4-3, in overtime on Saturday. Brian Soik scored the winning goal at 2:51 of overtime to give the Raiders their first MCHA title. The team finishes the season 20-8-0, the most wins since joining the MCHA eight years ago.

 

Seven Raiders made the 2004-05 MCHA All-Academic Team: Jacob Basten, Jr., Alexander Kislia, Joshua Rudolph, Brian Soik , Joseph Swanson, Paul Tychsen and David Yolo.

 

MSOE’s Mark Ostapina was named MCHA Co-Coach-of-the-Year, with Gary Warren of Minnesota-Crookston.

 

Against UMC, the Raiders overcame a 3-2 deficit in the third period on a goal by senior Jake Basten with 9:50 remaining on the clock. The game was a tight contest with the lead changing hands on three separate occasions. MSOE (16-2 MCHA, 20-8 overall) jumped out early, with Nick Bilpush scoring with 4:15 remaining in the first period.

 

UMC (9-9 MCHA, 14-16-2 overall) wasted no time tying the game, as Theran Bauer scored for the Golden Eagles with a little over two minutes left in the period. Not to be outdone, the Raiders bounced back as Soik scored his first goal of the game on a passes from Raider freshmen Lee Swallow and Ross Chawansky with 27 seconds left in the first stanza.

 

The second period saw UMC respond by tying the game two minutes into the period and taking the lead with 4:22 left in the second frame. That was the end of the Golden Eagles scoring, as the Raiders took over in the third period with Basten’s game tying goal.

 

Both Goaltenders were busy on the day, with the tournament Most Valuable Player award going to Raider Matt Burzon. The sophomore Burzon stopped 29 shots on 32 attempts. Goalie Jaden Isakson of UMC (40 saves on 44 shots) also joined Burzon on the All-Tourney team.

 

Raider’s sophomore defenseman Chawansky and senior center Jake Basten were also all-tournament selections. The Raider freshman, Chawansky scored the game winning goal Friday night in the 4-3 MSOE victory in game one of the MCHA finals. Basten had 2 goals and one assist in both games of the championship round.

 

UMC added forward Patrick Knutson and defenseman Mark Tveit to the All Tournament team with Marian forward Andy Allen also making the squad.