Wednesday, March 4, 1998

The contenders

Icer Opponent Capsules:

-- #8 Arizona (15-10-1)

Game: Wed., March 4 10 a.m. CST

Note: 14th straight appearance

Last played PSU- 1997 ACHA Consolation Game

Result: PSU 4-2

Coach's Comments-
"Extremely offensive-minded. They really throw caution to the wind. It's kind of interesting because they have two freshman goalies and they're not real deep on defense, yet they play a real wide-open, run-and-gun game of hockey."

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-- #5 Eastern Michigan (23-9-2)

Game: Thurs., March 5 1 p.m. CST

Last played PSU- Jan. 31, 1998

Result: Eastern Michigan 7-3

Coach's Comments-
"It's gonna be a hard-fought game. It's gonna be a battle. They try to throw you off your game by doing some after the whistle stuff. We're just going to have to be disciplined and not get sucked into that kind of hockey."

-- #4 Iowa State (32-6-0)

Game: Fri., March 6 7:30 p.m. CST

Note: 1997 Nationals Runner-up

Last played PSU- Nov. 29, 1997

Result: PSU 4-3 (OT)

Coach's Comments-
"That'll be one of the marquee games of the tournament. Goaltending will certainly be a key throughout the tournament and definitely in that game. They probably have a little bit more experience than we do. They're a junior-senior-oriented team, but we play four lines, they play three, and, hopefully, that'll be the difference in the game."