Tigers Top Buffs
Colorado
Springs (Feb 27, 2010) Strike one in the loss column for the Buffaloes
preseason, losing Saturday afternoon to the Colorado College Tigers 9-7 for the
third straight time. Colorado’s last
victory over the Tigers was a 12-11 win back in 2007.
Goals for the Buffaloes were scored by James Blackburn(2),
Tyler Snyder, Aaron Gray, Max Leonard, Steven Keyes and Nick Kupewicz. All but Colorado’s final 2 goals were
unassisted during the contest, but still wasn’t enough to mount a
comeback.
The game was tied three separate times up until the late
second quarter when Colorado College struck four straight into the back of the
net and began to pull away.
The Buffs won the faceoff and groundball battles, but
struggled in turnovers (31), and clears (14 of 21), not to mention being
out-shot 46-29 and taking 11 penalties worth nearly an entire quarter worth of
man-down situations throughout the game.
The Tigers were able to capitalize on three of their eleven man-up
opportunities to keep a steady lead and maintain pressure on Colorado’s
defense.
CU has one more pre-season game to tweak out any outstanding
problems versus Mines before the regular season opens March 5th.