Did you feel like it was deja vu all over again?  Last season, the Eagles opened their campaign against United and St. Paul came away with a 4-0 victory.  T-G again opened their 2012-2013 season against United and again when the dust settled, the Eagles were on the wrong side of a 4-0 score.

St. Paul took advantage of a turnover deep inside the T-G zone and converted it into a goal at the 3:28 mark of the first period.  From there, it turned into the Alev Baysoy show.  She increased the United lead to 2-0 with just 35 seconds remaining in the period.  Alev would add another goal in the second period and she completed her hat trick with a goal late in the third period to complete the scoring.

There were some bright spots for the Eagles in the game in that they won the face-off battle for the night 14-9.  This was an area that T-G had challenges with last season.  Freshman Amelia Vosen and Allison Parnell had solid games in their Varsity debuts.  Despite taking the loss, Logan Knip also had a strong game in net, stopping a number of close in scoring opportunities and she finished with 23 saves.

The Eagles will next take on Simley on Saturday at 3:00pm in their home opener at Parade Ice Garden.