Box Score Nov. 13, 2009
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MADISON, Wis. -- Senior Aaron Bendickson (Thief River Falls, Wis.) scored his first two goals of the season and freshman Craig Smith (Madison, Wis.) tallied his first as a Badger to help Wisconsin men's hockey (5-3-1, 3-3-1 WCHA) to a 5-1 victory over Alaska Anchorage (4-7-0, 2-5-0 WCHA) at the Kohl Center Friday night.
Wisconsin set the tone early, when Craig Smith scored just 14 seconds into the game. After the opening faceoff was initially controlled by the Seawolves, the Badger go the puck into the UAA zone, where senior forward Andy Bohmbach (Hudson, Wis.) forced a turnover. The puck found its way to Craig Smith racing his way to the net. That's when he finished for the first time as a Badger.
First-period scoring continued for the Badgers. Craig Smith gained control of the puck in the high slot and skated behind the Anchorage goal. From there, he found a wide-open Cody Goloubef (Oakville, Ontario) cutting to the net. Unnoticed, Goloubef shot the puck past the UAA goaltender John Olthuis for his third goal of the season. Senior tri-captain Blake Geoffrion (Brentwood, Tenn.) was credited with his third assist of the year on the goal at 12:50.
With just over one minute remaining in the first, Bendickson cashed in his first of two goals of the night. He took a pass from junior Patrick Johnson (Madison, Wis.). The secondary assist was credited to senior forward John Mitchell (Neenah, Wis.).
This concluded the first period's scoring. Heading into the second, the Badgers led the Seawolves by a score of 3-0.
After a physical first 12 minutes of the second period, senior forward Michael Davies (St. Louis) found the back of the net for the second time this year with 7:52 remaining in the period. The goal came on a UW power play. After sophomore forward Derek Stepan (Hastings, Minn.) saw his shot get saved by the UAA goaltender, Davies was there to rebound the puck and find the net. Freshman defenseman Justin Schultz (West Kelowna, B.C.) had the secondary assist on the play.
This was the only goal of the second, and, heading into the third, the score was 4-0 in favor of UW.
Bendickson notched his second goal of the game and the season just over five minutes into the third period. The team's first short-handed goal of the year came when Bendickson knocked home the rebound of senior tri-captain Ben Street's (Coquitlam, B.C.) shot. This put the Badger advantage at 5-0.
After a goal power-play goal by Anchorage junior Craig Parkinson put the Seawolves on the board with 13:06 remaining in the third, the Badgers' defense remained too strong for them to do anything else.
The game ended in a 5-1 Badger victory, with junior goaltender Brett Bennett (Williamsville, N.Y.) having stopped 19 UAA shots. His record rose to 4-2-0 on the year, as Seawolves goaltender Jon Olthuis saw his record fall to 2-4-0 on the year.
The Badgers get back onto the ice tomorrow looking for a sweep of Alaska-Anchorage. The puck is scheduled to drop at 7 p.m., as the Badgers attempt to send the Seawolves back to Alaska winless for the weekend at the Kohl Center.
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Brady Hartung, UW Athletic Communications
