UNO Set to Host No. 2 Miami
Jan 10, 2008 | Hockey
Nebraska-Omaha takes to the ice against No. 2 Miami Friday Jan. 11 and Saturday Jan. 12 at the Qwest Center Omaha with both games starting at 7:05 p.m. CST.
Media Coverage
The games will be broadcast on KKAR, 1290 AM, with the pre-game show beginning 30 minutes before face-off. Greg Harrington will call the action, with Terry Leahy providing color commentary.
The Records
UNO now stands at 9-10-3 overall and 6-7-3 in the CCHA, Miami is tied for second in the conference with a record of 11-3-0 and is 19-3-0 overall.
The Coaches
Nebraska-Omaha's Mike Kemp is in his 11th season as the Maverick head coach. Kemp is a 1975 graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn. The Duluth, Minn., native is 171-197-48
at UNO overall and has a 97-108-36 mark in the CCHA. Miami head coach Enrico Blasi (Miami, ‘94) is in his ninth season with the RedHawks. Blasi's overall record at Miami is 173-133-27 and his coaching record in CCHA games is 126-92-22.
The Series
The RedHawks lead the series 13-6-2 but in Omaha the series is tied 4-4-0. Miami has only played on UNO home ice once since Oct. 2002. In Oct. 2005 the RedHawks swept UNO 6-3 and 3-2.
Last Meeting
The RedHawks out scored the Mavericks 12-4 in the teams' last meeting in Oxford Oct. 26-27. Dan Charleston had a marker in each of the games and Mick Lawrence and Dan Swanson each scored once against Miami.
Last Week
UNO defeated Western Michigan 6-3 and 4-2 in the team's second conference-road sweep of the season. Senior forwards Mick Lawrence and Brandon Scero contributed four of the ten goals
scored in Kalamazoo. Senior forward and captain Bryan Marshall extended his point streak to nine games and added to his nation's best 23 assists. Junior defenseman Juha Uotlia recorded two assists in each of the games, junior forward Tomas Klempa recorded a shorthanded goal on Saturday and an empty-net goal on Sunday and sophomore forward Jeric Agosta netted two goals in the Saturday victory.
Coming up
Nebraska-Omaha will make the yearly trip north to Fairbanks, Alaska next weekend. The Mavs lead the 2007-08 series 1-1-0 and have gone unbeaten the last four games on the Nanooks' home ice,
including last season's first-ever UNO sweep of Alaska at home.
Media Coverage
The games will be broadcast on KKAR, 1290 AM, with the pre-game show beginning 30 minutes before face-off. Greg Harrington will call the action, with Terry Leahy providing color commentary.
The Records
UNO now stands at 9-10-3 overall and 6-7-3 in the CCHA, Miami is tied for second in the conference with a record of 11-3-0 and is 19-3-0 overall.
The Coaches
Nebraska-Omaha's Mike Kemp is in his 11th season as the Maverick head coach. Kemp is a 1975 graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn. The Duluth, Minn., native is 171-197-48
at UNO overall and has a 97-108-36 mark in the CCHA. Miami head coach Enrico Blasi (Miami, ‘94) is in his ninth season with the RedHawks. Blasi's overall record at Miami is 173-133-27 and his coaching record in CCHA games is 126-92-22.
The Series
The RedHawks lead the series 13-6-2 but in Omaha the series is tied 4-4-0. Miami has only played on UNO home ice once since Oct. 2002. In Oct. 2005 the RedHawks swept UNO 6-3 and 3-2.
Last Meeting
The RedHawks out scored the Mavericks 12-4 in the teams' last meeting in Oxford Oct. 26-27. Dan Charleston had a marker in each of the games and Mick Lawrence and Dan Swanson each scored once against Miami.
Last Week
UNO defeated Western Michigan 6-3 and 4-2 in the team's second conference-road sweep of the season. Senior forwards Mick Lawrence and Brandon Scero contributed four of the ten goals
scored in Kalamazoo. Senior forward and captain Bryan Marshall extended his point streak to nine games and added to his nation's best 23 assists. Junior defenseman Juha Uotlia recorded two assists in each of the games, junior forward Tomas Klempa recorded a shorthanded goal on Saturday and an empty-net goal on Sunday and sophomore forward Jeric Agosta netted two goals in the Saturday victory.
Coming up
Nebraska-Omaha will make the yearly trip north to Fairbanks, Alaska next weekend. The Mavs lead the 2007-08 series 1-1-0 and have gone unbeaten the last four games on the Nanooks' home ice,
including last season's first-ever UNO sweep of Alaska at home.
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