University of Denver coach George Gwozdecky called his timeout with 2:26 remaining in the second period Saturday. His team was winning, but not playing nearly as well as in Friday's 5-1 season-opening triumph over Massachusetts-Lowell.
Air Force does that. The Falcons disrupt systems like it was their jobs, and the Pioneers needed coordinates to get the the visitor's net with any consistency at Magness Arena.
Fortunately for DU, however, its defense was similarly as suffocating, and the the game's best offensive player wore the Pioneers' crimson and gold. Junior center Nick Shore scored three goals to lead DU to a 5-2 victory over Air Force in the Front Range rivals' annual nonleague game.
Shore struck on the power
play 17:42 of the first period, at even strength 11:56 into the second, and 3:56 into the third — the latter just 1:02 after Air Force made it a 2-1 game. Shore had a game-high five shots after two periods, when the Pioneers (2-0) outshot the Falcons (0-2-2) 28-14 and led 2-0.Senior goalie Adam Murray was solid for DU until early in the third, when Casey Kleisinger's wrist shot from just inside the blue line sneaked through his legs. DU regained the two-goal advantage on the ensuing shift, when Shore redirected a slap shot from the point by freshman defensman Dakota Mermis. The puck dribbled over the goal line behind goalie Jason Torf, who absorbed a 6-2 loss to Colorado College on Friday at the Academy.
DU scored its second power-goal goal 7:32 into the third period on Joey LaLeggia's blast from the point. Shore got an assist to complete his four-point night and make it 4-1. On Dec. 31, Shore's older brother, then-junior Drew Shore, had a four-point night in a 7-1 victory over the Falcons. Drew signed with the NHL's Florida Panthers in April, forgoing an opportunity to play with two brothers at DU. Quentin Shore is a freshman center for the Pioneers.
DU has now won five consecutive games over Air Force, which fell to 3-33 in the series. The Falcons last beat DU in 2008 by a 5-2 score.
Mike Chambers: 303-954-1357, mchambers@denverpost.com or twitter.com/mchambersdp
Denver Post three stars
1. Nick Shore. Three goals for the DU junior center from Denver.
2. Joey LaLeggia. Pioneers sophomore defenseman had two points, including a goal.
3. Nolan Zajac. DU freshman defenseman had an assist, giving him three points in two career games
What you might have missed
Air Force freshman Ben Carey of Aurora was making his NCAA debut. He and DU sophomore Daniel Doremus of Aspen were midget triple-A teammates with the Colorado Thunderbirds.
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Michigan Tech, Friday at Magness Arena. Mike Chambers, The Denver Post
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