After a 9-0 win Friday night, Coach Don Lucia promised to change things up for Saturday’s rematch with Sacred Heart and that is exactly what the Minnesota Golden Gophers head coach has done. Three players from last night – forwards Nico Sacchetti, Travis Boyd and defenseman Blake Thompson – are scratched while Nick Larson, Jake Parenteau and freshman Christian Isackson make their 2011-2012 Gophers debut.
Here are the lines.
Minnesota Golden Gophers
Forwards
Kyle Rau – Nick Bjugstad – Zach Budish (A)
Sam Warning – Erik Haula – Jake Hansen (A)
Nate Condon – Taylor Matson © – Seth Ambroz
Tom Serratore – Christian Isackson – Nick Larson
Defense
Seth Helgeson – Justin Holl
Ben Marshall – Mark Alt
Jake Parenteau – Nate Schmidt
Goaltenders
Kent Patterson
Michael Shibrowski
Jake Kremer
Sacred Heart Pioneers
Forwards
Matt Gingera (A) – Eric Delong © – Torin Snyderman
Tye Lewis – Drew George – Kyle Verbeek
Brian Sheehan – Ben Lake – Ben Ketuchum
Chad Barthelmess – Chad Filteau – Tommy Castonguay
Defense
Chris Bailer (A) – Bryan Felice
Alex Stuart – Jordan Ciccarello
Jared Eng – WIll Raymer
Goaltenders
Andrew Bodnarchuk
Chris Paliafito
Steven Legatto
Tonight’s game starts at 7 PM and is broadcast on ESPN 1500 (Fox Sports North is showing the Wild). Follow me on twitter @gopherstate for live updates from Mariucci.