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By Dan Berrigan
Posted: 11/8/04 Section: Sports
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"You always have to think like you'll never be scored on, and those two goals were so close," DeGeorge said. "I was right on top of them, and they both barely went over the line. You feel like you let down the team after letting in a goal like that, but the guys were right there to pick me back up."
Illinois didn't need shootout to decide the game Saturday. It was over in the first period.
After a mere 17 seconds, Illinois was on the board when senior forward Brett Duncan blew one past sophomore goaltender Trent Baker. Illinois added two more to end the period with a three-goal lead.
Krates said the Cyclones just ran out of gas.
"They were running two or three lines all week while we were running all four," he said after the game. "I think it showed tonight."
The Cyclones changed goaltenders and tactics in the second period, taking cheap shots at the Illini. But Illinois was able to hold the lead until the end of the game despite some breakdowns defensively, which Cassel said needs to be improved upon.
"All weekend really we would get the momentum then there wasn't much consistency once we had it," he said. "Everyone was making poor decisions with the puck, coughing it up in bad areas, undisciplined at times and we have to improve on that."
However, the Illini were able to win in spite of themselves, and Cassel said it shows the team has the ability and the potential to beat any team in the country if the choose to play 60 minutes of hard-fought hockey.
"We knew we had to come out and play hard today with more intensity than the weekend before," Krates said. "It shows a lot about our team to come out the way we did two weekends in a row."
Illinois didn't need shootout to decide the game Saturday. It was over in the first period.
After a mere 17 seconds, Illinois was on the board when senior forward Brett Duncan blew one past sophomore goaltender Trent Baker. Illinois added two more to end the period with a three-goal lead.
Krates said the Cyclones just ran out of gas.
"They were running two or three lines all week while we were running all four," he said after the game. "I think it showed tonight."
The Cyclones changed goaltenders and tactics in the second period, taking cheap shots at the Illini. But Illinois was able to hold the lead until the end of the game despite some breakdowns defensively, which Cassel said needs to be improved upon.
"All weekend really we would get the momentum then there wasn't much consistency once we had it," he said. "Everyone was making poor decisions with the puck, coughing it up in bad areas, undisciplined at times and we have to improve on that."
However, the Illini were able to win in spite of themselves, and Cassel said it shows the team has the ability and the potential to beat any team in the country if the choose to play 60 minutes of hard-fought hockey.
"We knew we had to come out and play hard today with more intensity than the weekend before," Krates said. "It shows a lot about our team to come out the way we did two weekends in a row."
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