2008 Woodie Awards
'Hawks notch nation-best 21st win
Miami sweeps Nebraska-Omaha with back-to-back 3-goal victories
Erika Hadley
Issue date: 1/15/08 Section: Sports
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Senior captain Ryan Jones led the Red and White in scoring for the weekend, tallying a total of two goals and two assists. Jones' goal in the second period of Saturday night's game turned out to be the game winner-his seventh game winner of the 2007-08 campaign, which leads the nation in game winning goals. He currently has 19 goals this season and sits just one goal behind University of Michigan's Kevin Porter for the nation's lead in goals scored.
Junior goaltender Jeff Zatkoff was solid in goal for Miami all weekend as well. He turned away 33 of 36 shots Friday night and 16 of 17 shots Saturday to capture his 16th and 17th wins of the season. Zatkoff saw his goals against average sink to 1.63, good for first in the CCHA and third nationally.
"For me, Friday night they had more chances and so basically just the biggest thing was keeping the team in the game, and eventually, in the third period, we took it to them," Zatkoff said. "And Saturday night I wasn't really faced with many quality shots. I just stopped the ones that I was supposed to and the team took care of the rest."
With a 6-3 win over the Mavericks Friday night, Miami captured its 20th victory of the season-and has now posted at least 20 wins in five of the last six seasons.
The Red and White established its presence on the ice, drawing first blood 13 minutes into the first period. The goal came off the stick of Jones, who picked up a rebound and drilled it past Nebraska-Omaha goaltender Jerad Kaufmann. Junior defenseman Michael Findorff and freshman forward Pat
Cannone assisted.
Miami would go up by two goals, only to see the Mavericks storm right back and tie the game at two.
The RedHawks pulled away 3-2 off of Charley Fetzer's second goal of the season.
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