|
RECENT WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON PRESIDENTS' ICE HOCKEY NEWS |
|
Welcome to the unofficial website of Washington & Jefferson College Ice Hockey. As always check back for more game details for the fastest, most up to date W&J Ice Hockey info! |
|
2007 - 2008 SEASON |
|||||||||||||
|
Washington & Jefferson Completes Season at Annual Banquet |
|||||||||||||
|
The Washington & Jefferson
Ice Hockey team finished up its year at the season-ending banquet held at Washington &
Jefferson College. In front of a dedicated staff and family members, the
Presidents were rewarded and acknowledged for their efforts
this season. Head Coach John Harford, along with Assistant Coaches Jeff Fenton and John McCarthy, gave words of thanks for the effort given by the Presidents' Hockey Team this season. After recalling moments and watching highlights of W&J's successful run of winning the College Hockey Mid-America League Championship, team awards were presented by Vicki Staton. Seniors Dave Bean, Craig Frey, Mike Guthrie, Clint Lang, & Jed Michael were presented with plaques for their hard work / dedication as a member of Washington & Jefferson College Ice Hockey.
Congratulations to the graduating Seniors and Award Winners.
|
 W&J
Presidents' Junior forward,
Mario Panucci, has been selected to the First Annual American Collegiate Hockey Association
Divison I All-Star game to be played at Penn State University's
Greenberg Ice
Pavilion on Saturday, March 29, 2008.
Click here for more details. |
|
|
|
Click here to view the ACHA Divison I All-Star Game on
Livesportvideo.com. |
|
Update 3-2-08: Click here to read Chris Adamski's Post-Gazette article about the Champs. |
|
CHMA CHAMPS! |
|
THE WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON PRESIDENTS ARE THE 2007-2008 COLLEGE HOCKEY MID-AMERICA CHAMPIONS AFTER A THRILLING WIN VERSUS WEST VIRGINA. |
|
|
|
CLICK ON PHOTO TO SUPER-SIZE .... SCROLL DOWN FOR COMPLETE GAME SUMMARY!! |
|
|
FEBRUARY 24, 2008 -- It was a long, winding road for the Washington &
Jefferson College Ice Hockey team this season. A year of new faces,
nail-biting games, and dedicated effort from all. W&J ended last season
with a tough loss to Duquesne in the CHMA Finals, a feeling that none of
the Presidents wanted to experience again. The Presidents redeemed that
loss with a win over Duquesne last night but sought more today. The
Presidents achieved their coveted CHMA Title today with a victory over
#14 ranked, and previously CHMA undefeated, West Virginia (14-0-0).
W&J's
Craig Frey
and WVU's J.L. Feely took home co-honors for
being named the CHMA League Tournament MVP.
The thrilling 5-3 victory was deemed an instant classic by all who were in attendance. A mentally and physically exhausting game provided a full highlight reel that any hockey fan would admire and appreciate.
On this day, W&J once again struck gold first, 5:18 remaining in the opening frame, with a timely goal from Matt Chapman. The play began as Chad Talotta dumped the puck deep to get a change. However, Chapman hustled into the zone and was quick to pounce on a loose puck that caromed in front of the WVU net. Chapman promptly buried the biscuit past WVU goaltender Ratislav Kret for the 1-0 W&J lead.
|
|
| W&J's Matt Chapman & Mike Ellis celebrate Chapman's goal that gave the Presidents a 1-0 lead with 5:18 to go in the first period in the CHMA Championship versus West Virginia. |
|
|
|
Dave Bean, Craig Frey, & Mario Panucci display the banner following their CHMA Championship victory over West Virginia on Feb. 24, 2008. |
Ryne Savisky, "Mr. Consistency", scored his 50th goal as a President and spotted W&J an important two goal lead with 2:37 left in the period. Savisky deflected home an initial shot on goal by Clint Lang with credit to Chad Talotta for the assist on the setup.
W&J's Mario Panucci struck big just ten seconds later, on a breakaway with WVU defenseman draped on him. Panucci picked up the loose puck and was off to the races. Credit to Clint Lang with a pass from Mike Guthrie, who started the play in effort to chip it out of the neutral zone. On the play, Panucci skated in, faked to the backhand, and roofed the puck top shelf on the forehand past Kret and hit twine for a 3-0 W&J lead.
|
|
|
Freshman speedster Brian Doak had a great weekend & looked to add one versus the Mountaineers. |
W&J struggled this season putting WVU away, as in their earlier two losses to WVU this season, W&J squandered away two 3-0 leads in defeat. WVU started the comeback early in the second period as J.L. Feeley worked his magic, as he did all tournament. Feeley struck with assists from Kenny Lehmann and Brendon Hogan to cut the lead to 3-1.
|
|
|
2/3 of the Parkway Line: Ryne Savisky & Mario Panucci looking for another goal. |
The game wore on and several penalties disrupted play. W&J managed to maintain the lead, despite finding themselves on the two man disadvantage and on the wrong side of two 5 minute major penalties. Enough can't be said about the complete team game. Brian Doak played today despite suffering a separated shoulder while gifted grinders Jeff Rich and Mike Ellis skated tough all day, frustrating the Mountaineers. Bo Gezzer and Zach Stryffeler were essential for the penalty killing and power play units.
W&J lost Jim Pasquine to a 2 and 10 minute misconduct but he later returned with a vengeance and skated tough throughout the rest of the contest.
The combo of Aaron Siegel and Dan Ford anchored the defense with their stay at home approach along with some great plays to keep the zone on the offensive end. Defenseman Dave Bean played his most solid game of the season, making some key breakout passes and helped shut down the potent WVU offense having made some excellent plays down the stretch in front of goaltender John Mioduszewski.
The period seemed as if it would end with the score still remaining at 3-1. However, Clint Lang capitalized on the power play for W&J with just 1:15 remaining in the second period. Lang ripped a shot from the point after Ryne Savisky and Mike Guthrie set up the play in typical form and gave W&J a 4-1 lead at the end of two.
|
|
|
Mike Guthrie and Clint Lang: College Hockey Mid-American Champions |
West Virginia found themselves deep in the hole but there was a reason why this team was undefeated in league play this season and they proved it in the third. The Mountaineers came out skating like a different team in the third frame and it was J.L. Feeley who scored short-handed with a slick move to the backhand that sneaked its way through W&J goaltender John Mioduszewski's five hole to cut the W&J lead in half at 4-2.
The game wore on and WVU caught W&J's defense sleeping with 5:12 to go with a cross-ice tape to tape pass from J.L. Feeley to Brent Hart, who one-touched the pass nicely into the W&J net to send the fans into a frenzy (credit to WVU's Jeff Poweski with an assist). W&J's lead had quickly dissipated to 4-3 and had to dig down deep to hold on.
Goaltender John Mioduszewski buckled in for what seemed to be a marathon ride and made a huge stop with just over 3:00 to play with a point blank shot by a Mountaineer forward in the slot. WVU would not quit and found themselves with Kret pulled and a chance to tie it up. However, as they have all season long, W&J found a way to win and it was senior Craig Frey, who suitably sealed the game, as he took a lead pass from Mario Panucci and promptly buried it into the empty cage for the 5-3 Washington & Jefferson victory.
 |
|
Jim Pasquine, Eric Sweeney, & Zach Stryffeler power their way through WVU during their first shift of the CHMA Championship game. |
 |
|
W&J's Eric Sweeney (15) crashes the net as Jim Pasquine (21) and Dave Bean (6) look on. |
Message from the writer: It has been an honor writing for the team yet again this year. It's been a great experience getting to know the team and all of the fans. I'm glad to know that my efforts with the team are appreciated by all. It was great to see this team accomplish a goal that they set out for nearly a year ago at this time. Congratulations to the Presidents for bringing home the CHMA League Title! Already looking forward to next season. See you all at the banquet. -Justin
|
WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON IN SEARCH OF CHMA TITLE |
||||||||
|
'1 MORE!' |
||||||||
|
PRESIDENTS ADVANCE TO FINALS -- DEFEAT DUKES; WVU AWAITS |
||||||||
|
FEBRUARY 23, 2008 -- W&J's senior class didn't want their hockey to end
just yet as they dug down and put forth a huge effort tonight at the Ice
Zone versus Duquesne. Mr. Cub's and the W&J faithfuls' motto of "Let's
play two!" rang louder after
tonight's game and has since been modified to "1 More". One more game in
the 2007-2008 Season for the Washington & Jefferson Presidents
(21-12-1): the West Virginia Mountaineers. The Seniors started it off, then some help from a freshman goaltender and freshmen forwards, mixed together with a dose of the Parkway Line, and the solution was about as good as it could get. W&J's 7-5 victory over Duquesne sends W&J to the CHMA Finals for the second year in a row, as the win was sweet redemption for the Presidents, following last year's CHMA final loss to Duquesne. Craig Frey's 4 point night led the way while Ryne Savisky added a goal and 2 assists. Brian Doak skated at another level tonight and scored the game winner. Mike Guthrie scored two power play goals, both of which were momentum boosters. John Mioduszewski turned aside 28 of 30 in the final two frames for the win. Just 20 seconds in, senior Craig Frey kicked off the scoring to give W&J an early 1-0 lead as he rebounded a Bo Gezzer initial shot on goal (with credit to Aaron Siegel picking up a helper to get the play started). The Dukes' Si Bishop (assisted by Millard/Heath) answered back for Duquesne just three minutes later to notch it up at one. Clearly this was just a preview of what the rest of this game had to offer. The Dukes' leading scorer, Holt Hair, scored just two minutes after Bishop to spot Duquesne a 2-1 lead. At 8:56, Jim Pasquine answered, short-handed, as he took a lead pass from Craig Frey, skated along the right side, and sneaked one five-hole, on a semi-break, past Duquesne goalie Brian Adamczak to notch it at two. However, Holt Hair answered again and gave Duquesne a one goal lead yet again after he took a pass from Mike Heath and promptly put it into the back of the W&J net. The goal gave some momentum to Duquesne as they headed into the first intermission with a 3-2 advantage. W&J goaltender Jed Michael faced several first period shots stopping 12 of 15.
W&J came out quick in the second [period] and at 16:21 Mike Guthrie ripped a shot from the point after a power play setup from Ryne Savisky. The goal re-energized the W&J bench and brought the crowd to its feet.
John Mioduszewski, who replaced Michael at the start of the second period, faced the music early as well. Duquesne senior, Mike Heath, quickly silenced the W&J section of the crowd in about 'as fast as you could say Jack Robinson' with two goals of his own. Heath scored at 15:34 (assisted by Wawrzeniak/Waite) and 14:30 (assisted by Seifert/Hair) to rally Duquesne and gave the Dukes the ever-so-important, two goal lead at 5-3. However, this is all that Mioduszewski would allow as he stopped 28 of 30 Duquesne second and third period shots. At 13:27 of the second, Sophomore Ryne Savisky put on a show with a highlight reel goal to cut the lead to 5-4. Savisky split a pair of Dukes, turned a defender inside-out with style, and slipped a low shot past Adamczak. The score remained the same as the teams battled up and down the ice until the second intermission. At 12:58 of the third period, senior Mike Guthrie scored his 2nd power play goal of the night with a shot from the point again to send the W&J crowd to its feet yet again (following a nice power play setup between Craig Frey and Ryne Savisky. The goal re-established momentum for W&J and the tide turned yet again. However, this time the momentum was W&J's to keep. Tonight, it seemed as if it simply was Brian Doak and open ice. The freshman skated fast, tough, gave fits to the Dukes all night, and scored the clinching and game winning / shorthanded goal for W&J as he took a lead pass from Craig Frey. Frey got rid of the puck just in time along the boards, took a hit, and sent Doak on his way. Doak went to the backhand and roofed it top shelf to give Washington & Jefferson a 6-5 lead with just 5:13 remaining in the game as the crowd erupted. Just over a minute later, senior Dave Bean took a pass from Mario Panucci and wristed one from the left side off the glove of Adamaczak and into the back of the net. The final goal of the night was a true game sealer and deflated the hopes of a Duquesne comeback. The win propels the Presidents into the College Hockey Mid-America finals for the second year in a row where the Mountaineers of West Virginia await. WVU finished the CHMA season undefeated at 14-0-0 and defeated SRU tonight by the score of 7-3.
GAME PREVIEW -- FEBRUARY 22, 2008 -- Washington & Jefferson will enter the College Hockey Mid-America playoffs as the #2 seed on Saturday at the Ice Zone in Youngstown, OH. The Presidents have earned a first round bye and will play #3 seed, Duquesne, in the semi-finals, whose 10-3 victory over IUP on Friday night, gives the Western PA hockey fans a rematch of last years' CHMA final. The puck will drop at 7:30 PM. W&J and Duquesne split the season series with W&J prevailing 7-3 on Nov. 17 and Duquesne winning by the score of 6-2 on Jan. 16. #1 seed, West Virginia will play Slippery Rock at 4:30 PM on Saturday at the Ice Zone in Boardman, OH.
|
|
#18 WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON vs. OHIO #8 |
|
PRESIDENTS PREPARE FOR BOBCATS |
|
JANUARY 29, 2008 -- Washington & Jefferson (20-10-1) will finish off its regular season with two games at #8 Ohio University (18-12-1) on Friday & Saturday (Feb. 1st and 2nd). The #18 Presidents are looking to make a statement and pull off an upset or two at Bird Arena in front of the fan faithful, Gang Green. The puck will drop at 7:30 PM for each game. Western PA Hockey will be well-represented in this game, obviously for W&J but for Ohio as well. Ohio has several players with Pittsburgh-area connections from their high school hockey days and should make for an interesting match-up. OHIO GAME NOTES... Ohio's potent offense is lead by senior and Keystone Oaks grad, Jim Fuhs. Fuhs has tallied 15 goals and 22 assists for 37 points on the season. Jeff Jepson is the Bobcats second leading scorer with 28 points (9 goals, 19 assists) quickly followed by Montour grad, Dave Fitzgerald (27 points) and Pine Richlander, Ryan Tessmer (27 points). Goaltender Paul Marshall has an impressive 2.29 goals against average with 4 shutouts on the season in over 1300 minutes played. |
|
#18 WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON vs. SLIPPERY ROCK #20 |
|
PRESIDENTS WIN ANOTHER CLOSE ONE AGAINST THE ROCK |
|
WARRENDALE, PA -- JANUARY
26, 2008 -- Most will say its tough to defeat a team three times in a
season. However, the Presidents (20-10-1) accomplished that feat versus
#20 ranked Slippery Rock on Friday night by the final of 4-3. In what has always
been a great game to watch, W&J once again got the best of their CHMA
rival. Each time for the past two seasons (5 games total), W&J and
Slippery Rock have battled back and forth with the outcome being
determined by a lone goal. The Presidents' 4-3 win on Friday night gave
them their second consecutive 20 win season.
Slippery Rock forward Tim Snyder was up to his usual ways, scoring yet another goal for the Rock to give them an early 1-0 lead. Trailing 1-0 late in the first period, defenseman Clint Lang (4th) snapped a nice wrister from the point that found its way to twine with 2:50 remaining. The second period began slowly but the Presidents had a different idea soon enough. W&J tallied three in the the second frame for a 3 goal cushion. Craig Frey (10th) has had a hot hand of late and a true goal scorer's goal as he crashed the net and cleaned up a Brian Doak shot on goal to give W&J a 2-1 lead. Chad Talotta (15th) scored for the Parkway Line after some nice puck distribution between Ryne Savisky and Mario Panucci. The Presidents finished off the second period flurry with a nice rush up ice with 3:56 to go in the period. Craig Frey avoided a defender and just got a way a nice cross ice pass to a cutting Doak. Brian Doak (11th) went to the back hand and put it past the SRU goaltender for the 4-1 W&J lead. However, like in every other game between W&J and SRU, there is no quit in either team. Tim Snyder scored twice more in the third period for the hat trick to pull the Rock within a goal at 4-3. The W&J defense buckled down and played solid in front of Senior goaltender Jed Michael down the stretch. Michael made some key saves for the Presidents as he would not let another goal by him and earned the win for W&J. The Presidents will travel to Athens, OH to play Ohio University for two next weekend on Feb. 1st and 2nd versus the #8 ACHA ranked Bobcats. |
|
#18 WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON vs. PENN STATE #2 |
||||||||||||||||||||
|
W&J STALLS EARLY, SUFFERS DEFEAT |
||||||||||||||||||||
|
GAME SUMMARY --
JANUARY 24, 2008 -- Washington & Jefferson (19-10-1) found themselves
behind early and often as Penn State's offensive output was simply too
much. Penn State, the #2 ACHA Division 1 ranked team in all the land,
skated tough en route to a 10-3 victory over W&J on Wednesday night. The
Icers rolled out to a 5-0 first period lead with two goals by Bethel
Park native, Tim O'Brien, as they put 22 shots on goal while limiting
Washington & Jefferson to just four. W&J got a spark early in the second and looked like a different team. W&J skated well, generated offensive opportunities, and got two quick goals from Mario Panucci (12th - assisted by Chad Talotta) and Craig Frey (8th) to cut the Icers lead to 5-2. W&J had its chances in this time frame to capitalize but couldn't finish off some prime opportunities. Before W&J knew it, Penn State's Matt Schwartz scored a short-hander and a power play goal in a five minute span to put the game out of reach. W&J out-shot Penn State 16-11 in the second period. Craig Frey (9th, assisted by Eric Sweeney) would add his second goal of the game in the third period with a nice wrister in front while Penn State's Luke Delorenzo notched the hat trick for the Icers. W&J went 1 for 12 on the power play while the Icers went 2 for 5. Shots for the game: W&J 30 PENN STATE: 49. W&J will travel to #20 Slippery Rock on Friday night at the Bladerunner's in Warrendale, PA. The puck is set to drop at 10:00 PM.
GAME PREVIEW -- JANUARY 22, 2008 --
Washington & Jefferson and
Penn State will face off against one another
on Wednesday night at 8:00 PM @ the Penn State Ice Pavilion in a highly
anticipated rematch from last year's game for the archives. In last
year's contest Chad Talotta lit the lamp twice, tying the game at three.
However, the Icers pulled out the win versus the Presidents by the score
of 4-3 with a late goal by Jaime Zimmel with 20 seconds remaining. The Presidents are once again seeking
an upset as they make a push
towards Nationals.
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON vs. MARYLAND |
|||||||||||||
|
PRESIDENTS WIN ON SENIOR NIGHT VS. TERPS AT ICEOPLEX |
|||||||||||||
|
GAME SUMMARY -- JANUARY 21, 2008 -- #18 Washington & Jefferson didn't
disappoint the home crowd on senior night as the Presidents dominated
play for the duration. Senior Craig Frey (6,7) scored twice and
added two helpers while fellow senior defenseman Clint Lang added
three assists.
Mario Panucci scored (11) and assisted on two while Parkway line mate Ryne Savisky assisted on three. Jim Pasquine scored twice (10,11), including a nice top shelf shot, as he picked a corner skating in on the right side. Parkway liner, Chad Talotta, finished off a sick-looking goal (14) by the Presidents off some tape to tape passing between Savisky and Panucci. Freshman Bo Gezzer (9) took a nice centering pass from Craig Frey and buried a wrister that jump started the Presidents offense and the Presidents off and rolling. Gezzer also added two assists on the night. Junior Matt Chapman skated well for the Presidents and made a nice play to set up Frey's 2nd goal of the game. Senior goaltender Jed Michael got the start and picked up the win in net for W&J, stopping 11 of 12 Maryland shots on goal. The Presidents will have to buckle down as they face their toughest test of the season as they travel to #2 Penn State on Wednesday, January 23 for what is W&J's biggest game of the season. GAME PREVEIW -- JANUARY 19, 2008 -- Washington & Jefferson will honor its senior class at the Iceoplex at Southpointe in the Presidents' home season finale versus Maryland on Sunday (1/20) at 1:20 PM. This year's senior class: Dave Bean, Craig Frey, Mike Guthrie, Jed Michael, & Clint Lang have been an integral part of the program's success throughout their four years at Washington & Jefferson. They have become exceptional hockey players, model teammates, great students, and leaders by example. They have proven to portray their leadership (both on and off the ice) and will undoubtedly continue their success post-graduation from Washington & Jefferson College.
|
|||||||||||||
|
WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON SWEEPS BUFFALO |
|
JANUARY 12, 2008 -- W&J won its 13th game in a row but had to battle for
a victory on this night as they picked up a 2-1 win over visiting
Buffalo on Saturday evening at the Iceoplex at Southpointe. After a scoreless first period, Dave Bean (6) scored from the point on the power play for the Presidents at 15:14 of the second period for a 1-0 lead off assists from Ryne Savisky and Clint Lang. However, Buffalo answered 7 minutes later on a goal by Chris Kokkinis and tied that game at one at the end of two periods of play. At 11:09 of the third, Buffalo was whistled for a tripping penalty. W&J went on the power play and didn't disappoint. Goaltender John Mioduszewski spotted forward Jim Pasquine open. Pasquine (8th) took the pass, skated down the left side around a defenseman, and scored over the shoulder of Buffalo goaltender Chris Holtz. The Presidents held on down the stretch for the 2-1 final and picked up lucky win #13. W&J goaltender, John Mioduszewski (17-3-0), continued his hot play of late and only allowed one goal for the second consecutive night. |
|
WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON vs. BUFFALO |
|
WIN STREAK CONTINUES AS PRESIDENTS ROLL IN WIN |
|
JANUARY 11, 2008 -
ICEOPLEX AT SOUTHPOINTE -- The Presidents (17-8-1) rolled in sync from
the start, not missing a beat, en route to their 12th consecutive win on
Friday night versus Buffalo by the score of 5-1. W&J once again had an extra step on this night, creating several offensive rushes that lead to multiple scoring opportunities early and often. Brian Doak lit the red lamp twice (8,9) and added an assist while Bo Gezzer (8), Mario Panucci (10), and Eric Sweeney (2) added single goals for the Presidents. Forward Jim Pasquine picked up another multi-point night with 2 assists. Bo Gezzer dented the scoreboard first at 13:39, with a wrister, after Craig Frey and Brian Doak worked the magic to set up the play. The first period continued as W&J had several chances to score but Buffalo goaltender Patrick Jones stood equal to the task. However at 13:17 of the second period, Mario Panucci scored his 10th of the year on a back hander, following a nice face-off win/pass from Parkway Linemate Ryne Savisky. W&J continued to press and freshman Eric Sweeney scored from the slot after a nice centering pass from Jim Pasquine and helper from Mike Guthrie. Brian Doak struck gold after another helper from Jim Pasquine and setup pass from Dave "Don't call me Mr." Bean that gave the Presidents a convincing 4-0 lead at the end of two. That wasn't the last time we heard from Brian Doak on this night, as he was soon back for a second helping. Doak scored at 7:31 of the third on a nifty short-handed, breakaway goal that fooled goaltender Jones, and brought a nice ovation from the home crowd of the Iceoplex. Goaltender John Mioduszewski (16-3-0) is only a freshman but his play can be described as a well-seasoned veteran. Once again, he and the W&J defense were up to their old tricks and stifled the Buffalo offense for most of the night. "Mio" was on yet again and stopped 26 of 27 shots on goal to pick up his 16th win in the process. W&J finished the game with 37 shots on goal. W&J and Buffalo will take Part II tomorrow (1/12/08) at the Iceoplex at Southpointe. The puck will drop at aproximately 4:20 PM. |
|
WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON vs. INDIANA UNIV. OF PA |
|
PRESIDENTS IN FULL STRIDE: TAKE 11TH IN ROW |
|
JANUARY 9, 2008 --
ICEOPLEX AT SOUTHPOINTE -- Washington & Jefferson, ranked #18 in the
ACHA Division I polls and 16-8-1 overall record, picked up its 11th win
in a row with a solid victory over IUP on Wednesday night by the score
of 9-1. Mario Panucci (8,9) scored twice and added an assist
while
Ryne Savisky and Craig Frey each dished out three assists.
Meanwhile, several other Presidents picked up multi-point games. Chad
Talotta (13) scored and added an assist while Bo Gezzer (7),
Matt Chapman (4), and Jeff Rich (3) equaled the task.
Mike Guthrie (7), Zach Stryffeler (4), and Brian Doak (7)
each added singles for the Presidents to complete the scoring. Jim
Pasquine picked up a two point night with two helpers and some nice
work on the power play. W&J was simply too much for IUP and it showed greatly in the first period as W&J stormed out to a 6-0 lead. W&J's special teams has been hot as of late and it showed as it scored 4 power play goals tonight. Less than four minutes into the game, Chad Talotta began the scoring with a nice shot from the slot after setup passes from Craig Frey and Ryne Savisky. Just four minutes later, Matt Chapman found twine after a nice centering pass from Mike Ellis after a nice combo with line mate Jeff Rich, who began the play. With just under six minutes to go in the first, W&J found themselves shorthanded as Mario Panucci stole an IUP breakout pass. Panucci skated in on the break and slipped it five-hole for the 3-0 President lead. Bo Gezzer answered just 49 seconds later after some crisp passing between Mario Panucci and Jim Pasquine. With 3:23 remaining in the first, Jeff Rich spotted W&J a 5-0 lead with a nice roofing shot from the slot after Matt Chapman and Dave Bean worked the magic from down low behind the IUP net. Zach Stryffeler capped the first period scoring on the power play with just under a minute to go after some nice work from Jim Pasquine and Craig Frey to give the Presidents a 6-0 lead at the end of one. Freshman Brian Doak used his speed as he entered the IUP zone and scored his 7th of the season with 12 minutes to play in the second period off a nice breakout between Bo Gezzer and Craig Frey, yet again. Mike Guthrie scored on the power play with 1:12 to go in the second period off setups from Ryne Savisky and Dave Bean. Mario Panucci finished off the W&J scoring with his second of the night as he scored from in front after some slick puck movement between Parkway Linemates Ryne Savisky and Chad Talotta. Goaltender John Mioduszewski stopped all 19 shots that he faced in the first two periods while Senior goaltender Jed Michael stopped 8 of 9 in the third period. |
|
FINAL |
|
WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON 4 - ROBERT MORRIS UNIV. 3 |
|
PRESIDENTS GRIND OUT WIN VS. COLONIALS AT RMU IN GOALTENDING DUEL |
|
JANUARY 7, 2008 -- The #18th ranked Washington & Jefferson Presidents won their 10th game in a row as they defeated the # 21 Robert Morris Colonials tonight at the RMU Island Sports Center. W&J jumped out to an early 3-0 lead on goals from Mike Guthrie (6), Bo Gezzer (6), and Chad Talotta (12) but RMU struck back and tied the game at three late in the game. John Mioduszewski (50 saves on 53 shots on goal) played spectacular games in net for the Presidents. Ryne Savisky (16) scored from the side with 1:09 remaining in the third period, on the power play, off passing between Craig Frey and Mario Panucci. The Presidents have a 15-8-1 record on the season and will next play on Wednesday night versus IUP at the Iceoplex at Southpointe. |
|
WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON @ ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY |
||||||||||
|
ACHA ACTION -- PRESIDENTS & COLONIALS FACE OFF ON MONDAY NIGHT (1/7) |
||||||||||
JANUARY 7, 2008 -- #18 W&J
will begin its second half of the season tonight at the Robert Morris
University Island Sports Center in what will be a good test versus the
#21 RMU Colonials. W&J holds a 14-8-1 overall record and is a winner of
its last 9 games. Meanwhile, RMU is off to a fast start to it's second
half with a tie and a win versus #6 Rhode Island in recent days. In what
should be a great goaltending matchup between Mioduszewski and Hoffmann,
both teams offer a balanced and underrated offenses that can score at
any moment. The puck is set to drop at 8:00 PM Monday night at the RMU
ISC.
|
|
W&J EDGES SLIPPERY ROCK 7-6 |
|
HATS ON THE ICE FOR SAVISKY AS THE PRESIDENTS ROLL PAST THE ROCK |
| DECEMBER
5, 2007 -- ICEOPLEX AT SOUTHPOINTE -- W&J stormed to its 8th win in a
row in a 7-6, high scoring affair against CHMA foe Slippery Rock on
Wednesday night. Slippery Rock took an early 1-0 lead at 11:00 as Derek Rusbarsky scored his first of three on the night with some fine passing between linemates Tim Snyder and Wes Waldschmidt. With 6:24 remaining in the first, Chad Talotta (11) had different ideas as he struck back from the left side with a power play goal for the Presidents off setup passing between Dave Crockett and Ryne Savisky. W&J scored again just two minutes later as Dave "Don't call me Mr." Bean (5) scored on a nice shot from the point with credits to Brian Doak and Mario Panucci, who were able to control the puck down low to setup the goal. SRU answered back with a late goal with just 26 seconds remaining in the first as Mike Conti hit twine to tie it at two at the end of the first period off a nice pass by SRU's Shane Smith. The Rock took a 3-2 lead early in the second as Justin Summerville snapped a nice shot off another nice feed from Shane Smith. W&J's Mike Ellis (3) answered at 12:20 with a high wrister that beat SRU goaltender Shawn Ketterer over the shoulder. On the play, Dave Bean and Jeff Rich worked the puck down low. Rich fed the puck in front and Ellis promptly buried it to tie it at three. |
Derek Rusbarsky picked up his second of the game just 45 seconds after the Ellis goal to re-establish the SRU one goal lead as Snyder and Waldschmidt picked up the helpers once again. However, the back and forth game continued and Ryne Savisky (13) scored on the power play after a setup between Dave Crockett and Mike Guthrie.
With 4:25 remaining in the second, Bo Gezzer (5) gave W&J its first lead from in front after a centering pass by Zach Stryffeler from behind the SRU net to make the score 5-4. However, SRU was quick to strike back yet again as Derek Rusbarsky completed the hat trick after a third assist from Tim Snyder and tied the game at 5-5 at the end of two.
With a game that went back and forth the entire night, W&J didn't want to disappoint for it was its turn to score and respond to the late second period SRU goal. The Parkway Line promptly did that early in the third as Ryne Savisky (14) connected for his second of the night after some crisp passing between Mario Panucci and Chad Talotta that gave W&J a 6-5 lead with 18 minutes remaining.
Goaltender John Mioduszewski played as about a solid third period as you can ask, stopping 24 of 25 third period SRU shots. Mioduszewski stopped 42 of 48 on the night.
With 11:39 left in the game, Ryne Savisky (15) notched the HT with a slapper from the side after a pass from defenseman Clint Lang. SRU responded yet again with a goal from Ryan Deloplaine with 8:12 to go but could not pull any closer. SRU had a late chance with 1:30 to tie with the man advantage and a face off deep in the W&J zone. However, SRU chose not to pull goaltender Shawn Ketterer until there were 30 seconds remaining and W&J pulled out the 7-6 victory and improved to 13-8-1 overall.
|
W&J WINS AT JOHN CARROLL 4-2 |
| DECEMBER
1, 2007 -- GATES MILLS, OH -- W&J picked up another College Hockey
Mid-America league win as the Presidents defeated the hosting Streaks of
John Carroll by the score of 4-2. W&J started the scoring on the power play as Mike Guthrie (5) scored from the point with a low shot off a setup between Ryne Savisky and Mario Panucci. John Carroll would tie the game at one after a 5 on 3 goal by Ryan Atkinson after a nice pass by JCU leading scorer Nick Morici. Midway through the second period, Dave Crockett (15) gave the Presidents a 2-1 lead after a nice centering pass from Craig Frey. Brian Doak began the play with a nice feed to Frey. Frey spotted Crockett and he quickly deposited it into the back of the net, low stick-side past JCU goaltender, Nick Fabrizio. |
Just four minutes later, Craig Frey (4) gave W&J a 3-1 lead just on the power play after a turnover by John Carroll. With just 8 minutes remaining, Ryne Savisky (12) took a lead pass from Chad Talotta. Savisky skated into the JCU zone with 8 minutes to go and lit the lamp with a slap shot from the top of the right circle, lasering it past Fabrizio for the 4-1 W&J lead. John Carroll's Zack Skook added a late goal for the Streaks but it would be for not as W&J held on for the 4-2 victory.
John Mioduszewski stopped 29 of 31 John Carroll shots on goal to preserve the win for Washington & Jefferson.
|
W&J CRUISES TO 7-3 WIN AT DUQUESNE |
|
NOVEMBER 17, 2007 -- ICE
CASTLE CASTLE SHANNON -- W&J (11-8-1 and ranked #17 in the latest ACHA
Division I rankings) jumped out to an early lead and didn't look back as
the Presidents prevailed over the hosting Duquesne Ice Dukes #23 by the
score of 7-3 tonight at the Ice Castle in Castle Shannon. Mike Guthrie (4) kicked things off with a nice goal from the slot after a nice feed from Dave Crockett. Duquesne quickly tied it up at 1-1 but W&J returned the favor. Ryne Savisky (11) deflected home a Clint Lang shot from the point after some good puck movement between Lang and Mario Panucci. Not much later, Mario Panucci (7) struck for a shorthanded goal with a nice slapper from the right side that found its way over Duquesne goaltender Matt Vaughan's shoulder for the 3-1 W&J lead. Duquesne added a goal to pull within one but Chad Talotta (10) scored on the power play with a lot shot along the ice after a setup from Jim Pasquine. Duquesne answered again to cut the lead to 4-3 but it would be for the last time as W&J goaltender John Mioduszewski stood tall in net for W&J, including a Hasek-like sprawling save late in the second period. |
Despite being shorthanded more often throughout the game, W&J still found a way to extend its lead. Jim Pasquine (7) scored in the third on the power play off some playmaking between Ryne Savisky and Mike Guthrie. Craig Frey gave W&J a 6-3 lead off another nice centering pass from Dave Crockett. Dave Crockett (14) capped the scoring as Craig Frey returned the favor with an assist on a 2-1.
|
WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON DEFEATS RMU AT THE SHOWCASE |
|
NOVEMBER 16, 2007 --
Washington & Jefferson #17 and RMU #19 battled in what was a defensively
minded game at Mellon Arena on Friday night at the Pittsburgh College
Hockey Showcase. Once again, it was the Presidents who prevailed with a
3-2 victory.
Dave Crockett (13) scored the game's opening goal with a slick backhander that found its way over RMU goaltender Jon Hoffman's shoulder for the early 1-0 W&J lead. W&J took a 2-0 lead as Brian Doak (6) took a centering pass from Dave Crockett and Doak slipped it past Hoffman for the 2-0 President advantage. They say a two goal lead is the hardest lead to keep and RMU proved that as Chris Campell scored for the Colonials to cut the W&J lead in half. The teams stifled one another on this night with most of the play found in the neutral zone. The W&J defense played well as Mike Guthrie, Clint Lang, Aaron Siegel, and Dave Bean helped limit the Colonials to 25 shots on goal for the night in front of goaltender John Mioduszewski. However, the Colonials completed the comeback as Jacob Javitt scored to notch the game at two late in the third period. Soon after the RMU goal, the Colonials were whistled for a penalty, and the Presidents made them pay. Ryne Savisky (10) tallied a one timer from the left side after another great centering play by Dave Crockett. John Mioduszewski stopped 23 of 25 to earn the win. The win gave the Presidents their 5th in a row and 6th out of their last 7. |
|
WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON SWEEPS VILLANOVA |
|
W&J SUSTAINING MOMENTUM |
|
NOVEMBER 12, 2007 -- W&J
(8-8-1) traveled to Villanova and swept the weekend series with a 6-2
win on Saturday followed with a 6-1 win on Sunday night. On Sunday night, W&J conjured up the same result with a 6-1 win. Sophomore winger Jeff Rich (1,2) scored two goals while Mario Panucci (6) added a power play goal and an assist. Chad Talotta (9), Jim Pasquine (6), and Matt Chapman (3) each scored a goal to sweep the Wildcats this weekend. Mike Ellis added two assists on the night. Chad Talotta, Dave Bean, Mike Guthrie, Clint Lang each added single assists of their own. In Saturday's 6-1 victory, Dave Crockett scored twice (11,12) and added an assist while Ryne Savisky scored and added two helpers. Craig Frey dished out two assists as well as the Presidents coasted to a win. Mario Panucci (5), Matt Chapman (3), and Tyler Learn (1) all scored goals for the Presidents. |
|
WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON DEFEATS YOUNGSTOWN STATE |
|
NOVEMBER 14, 2007 --
Craig Frey dished out two assists while Dave Crockett (10)
and Zach Stryffeler (2) each added a goal and an assist as the
Presidents defeated CHMA foe Youngstown State by the score of 5-3.
Jim Pasquine (5), Eric Sweeney (1) scored his first as a
President, and Brian Doak (5) all scored goals for the
Presidents. Mike Guthrie, Mario Panucci, Jeff Rich, and Joe Michelucci all picked up single assists in the contest. |
|
WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON 6 - KENT STATE 2 |
||
|
#18 W&J LOOKS IMPRESSIVE IN WIN OVER #12 KENT STATE |
||
|
NOVEMBER 8, 2007 --
Washington & Jefferson entered the rink determined for a win versus what
has become a big rivalry between the Presidents and the Golden Flashes
of Kent State. W&J stormed out of the gate early and didn't look back. Dave Crockett (9) scored 5 minutes in on the power play with assists from Chad Talotta and Ryne Savisky and W&J was off and rolling. W&J took a 2-0 lead with 5 minutes remaining in the first period with another power play goal by Ryne Savisky (7) off a setup between Clint Lang and Jim Pasquine. Chad Talotta (8) has had a hot hand of late and struck early in the second after two tape to tape passes out of the W&J zone between Ryne Savisky and Mario Panucci. Panucci controlled the puck coming out of the W&J zone and sent a streaking pass to Savisky. Savisky hit Talotta in stride and Talotta scored with a nice forehand shot on a breakaway for the 3-0 W&J Presidents' lead. Jim Pasquine (4) skated tough and it paid dividends. Just three minutes after the Talotta breakaway goal, Pasquine stole the puck from a Kent State defenseman, skated in for a break, deked left and scored low on the forehand of KSU goaltender Craig Mohr. Clint "Clubber" Lang (2) spotted W&J a 5-0 lead midway through the second [period] off some passing between Aaron Siegel and Jim Pasquine. Pasquine moved the puck to the point to Siegel. Siegel sent a pass from the point over to Lang. Lang faked out a KSU player and wristed a puck with eyes through traffic and hit nothing but twine. W&J finished off its scoring for the night just 23 seconds into the third period as Ryne Savisky (8) capped his 4 point night with his 2nd power play goal of the game. KSU broke John Mioduszewski's shutout bid with two goals in the third but it was Mioduszewski who had the last laugh as the freshman goaltender stopped 19 of 21 on the night as he improved to (4-2-1) on the season. W&J looks to build some momentum this weekend at Villanova for two games on November 10th and November 11.
|
|
WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON WINS BIG AT MERCYHURST |
|
W&J POWERS PAST MERCYHURST |
|
NOVEMBER 3, 2007 -- W&J
was on the road Saturday night as the Presidents traveled to Mercyhurst
College. The Presidents have had a tough test early this season with one
of the toughest schedules in the ACHA. On Saturday night, the Presidents
put together a complete game en route to an impressive 8-4 win in Laker
Land. The Parkway Line took it to the road and had success all night as Chad Talotta [4 goals (4,5,6,7) 1 assist], Ryne Savisky [1 goal (5), 3 assists], and Mario Panucci (5 assists) tortured the hometown Lakers. Freshman Brian Doak (3,4) skated tough and scored 2 nice goals. Jim Pasquine (3) added a nice goal from the slot as he went hard to the net which complemented some nice checks and big hits that made for a solid game on Big Jimmy's part. Chad Talotta's first came just two minutes into the game off some tape to tape passing between line mates Mario Panucci and Ryne Savisky. Savisky took a lead pass from Panucci and in turn fed it across the goal mouth to a waiting Talotta. However, ACHA leading scorer Matt Warren quickly responded with a nice roofing wrister that found twine to notch the game at one. W&J had several opportunities through one period of play but the score remained the same heading into the intermission. W&J's Jim Pasquine scored in the slot off a rebound after an initial setup by Bo Gezzer. Just after the Pasquine goal, Chad Talotta struck again with a quick one-time snapshot off tic-tac-toe passing between Mario Panucci & Ryne Savisky to give W&J a 3-1 lead. For the second time on the night, Mercyhurst's Matt Warren answered with a power play goal to cut the W&J lead in half. With 3:23 remaining in the second Brian Doak lit the red light with a quick rush up ice to regain the 2 goal lead for the Presidents. Freshman goaltender John Mioduszewski (3-2-1) played solid in net for W&J and turned aside 22 of 26 shots on goal, and made some impressive stops early in the game as the Presidents were on the short end of a 5 on 3. Entering the third period, Chad Talotta notched the hat trick on the power play after a setup between Mario Panucci and Mike Guthrie. Guthrie's initial shot on net was deflected right in front, low along the ice, and past the Mercyhust goaltender for the 5-2 W&J lead. Chad Talotta scored his 4th after a slick breakout and puck movement between Mario Panucci and Ryne Savisky as they entered the Mercyhurst zone. Savisky spotted Talotta and he quickly swept it into the Lakers' goal to give W&J a comfortable 6-2 lead. Ryne Savisky later added a goal this time the passing was between Mario Panucci and Chad Talotta as Savisky dunked one in for his 5th of the year off a 3 on 1 break for the Presidents. Late third period, Brian Doak took a lead pass, skated around a defender on the angle, and backhanded home his second goal of the night and capped the W&J scoring after a lead pass from Dave Bean with credit to Nick Masters on the assist. The Lakers added two late goals for the 8-4 final. Jeff Rich's intensity showed as he heckled the Lakers most of the night. Meanwhile, Mike Ellis did the same as he played a gritty game that took the Lakers off their game. Washington & Jefferson returns home on Sunday, November 4th for a game versus John Carroll at the Iceoplex. The puck drops at 3:50 PM. |
|
WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON VS. PITT |
|
MOMENTUM BUILDER? W&J DEFEATS PITT 4-1 |
|
OCTOBER 25, 2007 --
Washington & Jefferson skated well and got timely goals en route to an
impressive 4-1 victory over visiting Pitt at the Iceoplex on Wednesday
night in a College Hockey Mid-America league game. The Presidents started the game's scoring just three minutes in as Mike Ellis (2) intercepted an errant Pitt clearing attempt, skated in and roofed a nice wrister over Pitt goaltender, Ben Levy's, left shoulder. W&J skated well and outplayed Pitt throughout the first period but the game remained 1-0. However, late in the first, W&J got the goal it was looking for as Mario Panucci (4) intercepted another errant Pitt pass out of the zone, skated in on a break, deked, and slipped the puck five-hole for the 2-0 W&J advantage. The goal gave W&J some momentum heading into the first intermission with a two goal lead. Early in the second, Pitt drew a penalty and capitalized as Pitt's Ryan Severyn scored on the power play after a setup from Graham Cohen to cut the W&J lead in half. But once again, it was The Parkway Line that lit the lamp just a minute and a half later to reclaim the two goal lead. This time it was Ryne Savisky (4), who scored from the left side, with a quick wrister that found its way past the short side (blocker side) of Levy. Mario Panucci began the breakout and moved the puck up along the left side to Clint Lang. Lang spotted Savisky with a nice lead pass that sent Savisky on his way for the goal. Joe Michelucci, who skated well all night with some hustle plays and good back-checking efforts, thought he had given W&J another big goal but went unnoticed, keeping the score 3-1 in favor of W&J. W&J got the game sealer with 13 minutes to play as The Parkway Line struck again as Chad Talotta (3) roofed a backhander into the top right corner for W&J's fourth goal after some nice puck movement from Savisky and Panucci. Senior goaltender Jed Michael nearly played flawlessly stopping 26 of 27 Pitt shots on goal, including some sprawling saves in the second and third periods to shut down the Pitt offense. W&J out shot Pitt 46-27 for the game. |
|
WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON AT WEST VIRGINIA |
|
OCTOBER 20, 2007 -- W&J and WVU battled back and forth all night long in a gritty game between the two CHMA rivals but it was the Mountaineers who prevailed in this contest by the score of 6-4. Mario Panucci (2,3) added 2 goals and an assist while Dave Bean (4)and Bo Gezzer (2) also lit the lamp for the Presidents. Ryne Savisky and Chad Talotta were playmakers all night long and resulted in them each picking up 2 assists on both of Panucci's goals. Just two minutes into the game, the Presidents dented the scoreboard on the power play as Mario Panucci scored with a low slapper that beat WVU goaltender Ratislav Kret. On the play, Chad Talotta moved the puck over to Ryne Savisky. Savisky drew a defender and made a nice drop pass to Panucci who deposited it into the back of the net. WVU struck back with a goal by WVU forward Tony Attanucci who poked one past goaltender Jed Michael to tie the game at one. Later in the first, defenseman Dave Bean scored the Presidents second goal from the slot after a saucer pass from Panucci and a helper from Savisky to give W&J a 2-1 lead. With the period seemingly over, WVU struck with just two seconds remaining to tie the game at 2 at the end of one. WVU struck early in the second to take a 3-2 lead and the teams continued to battle back and forth throughout the second period. Mario Panucci and Dave Crockett narrowly missed on breakaways and the game remained 3-2 in favor of WVU. WVU added a power play goal early in the third to take a two goal advantage. However, with six minutes to go in the third, Mario Panucci scored his second of the night, from down low, after some more puck movement between Chad Talotta and Ryne Savisky. Defenseman Mike Guthrie and freshman forward Brian Doak skated well and played strong games for the Presidents. WVU again scored on the power play with just 3 minutes to go to make the score 5-3. W&J didn't waver, kept the pressure on, and freshman Bo Gezzer scored with 8 seconds to go in the game to cut the WVU lead to one. However, WVU gained possession from the draw added an empty netter for the 6-4 final. |
|
WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON AT YOUNGSTOWN STATE |
|
PRESIDENTS DEFEAT PENGUINS 7-1 |
|
OCTOBER 17, 2007 1ST PERIOD SUMMARY -- Washington & Jefferson took an early lead as they found themselves on the short end of a 5 on 3 with a nice shorthanded breakaway goal by Dave Crockett (7). However, Youngstown State bounced back with a power play goal to tie it at one at the end of one. W&J out-shot Youngstown State 22-13 in the first. The Parkway Line of Mario Panucci, Ryne Savisky, & Chad Talotta has been reunited and has been productive thus far tonight. 2ND PERIOD SUMMARY -- During the second period, W&J jumped out in front with a barrage of three quick goals. W&J found a habit of scoring goals in bunches last year and did so tonight. Dave Crockett (8) scored from in front on the power play for the 2-1 lead. Moments later, Ryne Savisky (3) scored with a nice 2 on 1 connection and setup from Mario Panucci with credit to Mike Guthrie on a nice outlet pass to Panucci breaking out of the zone. Mike Ellis (1) notched his first of the year for the 4-1 Presidents' lead off a setup pass from Dave Crockett. W&J had a nice opportunity late in the second with a 5 on 3 power play but could not convert. Shots through two periods are in favor of W&J 44-21. 3RD PERIOD SUMMARY -- Mike Guthrie (3) has added a 5th goal for the Presidents and Dave Bean (3) has since scored off some passing between Jeff Rich and Mike Ellis. Freshman Bo Gezzer (1) scored his first goal as a President in the third period off passes from Jeff Rich and Mike Ellis for the 7-1 victory. Freshman goaltender John Mioduszewski picked up his second win of the season stopping 27 of 28. W&J out-shot YSU 67-28 for the game. |
|
WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON vs. RHODE ISLAND |
|
W&J struggled again at
home versus another top notch ACHA team in Rhode Island. W&J has played
through a tough schedule thus far and it got even more tough as they
played host to the #3 Rams. W&J fell on Friday night by the score of 5-2 in a competitive game but faltered by the score of 7-1 on Saturday. W&J took the early 1-0 lead as Chad Talotta (2) scored on a low shot from in front off assists from Jeff Rich and Mike Guthrie. However, URI struck back twice with goals 20 seconds apart by Peter Ducharme and Kyle Krannich. Midway through the second period, Rhode Island then got a timely shorthanded goal from Stephen Gaffney for a 3-1 Rams lead. W&J answered back with just under a minute to go in the second, as Dave Crockett (6) scored on the power play off some nice passing between Dave Bean and Chad Talotta. The goal gave some momentum to W&J heading into the 2nd intermission. W&J had some scoring chances early in the third but could not put one past Rhode Island goaltender Ray Martin. With 8 minutes to play, Rhode Island's James Gaffney scored and seemingly took the air out of W&J. W&J tried to pull goaltender Jed Michael with under a minute to play but it would be for not as Jaryd Coleman added the empty-netter to seal the Rams' 5-2 victory. W&J found itself in the penalty box frequently on Saturday night and never seemed to have the opportunity to gain any momentum. URI held a 1-0 lead at the end of one but then notched 3 quick goals in a matter of three minutes early in the second period. Once again, W&J found themselves in a tight game but seemingly a few minute lapse cost them on this night. URI's Cory Manley heckled W&J with 2 goals and an assist on the night. W&J's Mike Guthrie (2) ended the W&J scoring drought early in the third on the power play off an effective setup between Mario Panucci & Ryne Savisky. However, this would be all the Presidents could muster on offense and URI went on to win with by an impressive 7-1 score. |
|
#15 WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON AT OAKLAND #6 |
|
OCTOBER 7, 2007 - The
Presidents (2-3) had a rough weekend as they were swept by Oakland
University, last year's ACHA DI champs. The Presidents couldn't
seemingly get anything started on offense during Friday's game as the
Grizzlies stormed out to a 2-0 lead at the end of one. The Presidents
had a few scoring chances in the second period but Oakland goaltender
Colin Chase stood up to the challenge and was nearly flawless all night,
stopping 32 of 33.
Jim Pasquine scored W&J's lone goal of the night on the power play off an assist from defenseman Dave Bean. W&J had its chances with the 5 on 3's but couldn't dent the scoreboard. The W&J power play was 1 for 10 on the night. On Saturday night, W&J was able to generate more offense but the outcome was the same as Oakland prevailed 8-5. The Parkway Line was reunited as Ryne Savisky (1 goal .2 assists), Mario Panucci (1 goal, 2 assists) and Chad Talotta (1 assist) accounted for 7 points on the night. W&J was able to put three in on the power play on the night but it would be for not as the Grizzlies offensive out put was enough for the W. W&J took a big hit on offense as senior Craig Frey was injured and did not return. Presidents' goal scorers were: Ryne Savisky (2), Dave Bean (2), Mario Panucci (1), Dave Crockett (5), & Jim Pasquine (3). W&J has a big opportunity this upcoming Friday and Saturday as they host 4-0 Rhode Island at the Iceoplex. Game times are 5:50 and 5:20 respectively.
|
|
W&J vs. OAKLAND GAME PREVIEWS |
|
OCTOBER 5,
2007 - The Presidents will travel to Oakland University to take on last
years' ACHA Division I National Champs. W&J defensemen Clint Lang, Dave Bean, and Mike Guthrie are playing well this season and are looking to lead a severely underrated defensive corps. W&J has benefited from solid goaltending as well with Senior Jed Michael and freshman John Mioduszewski, who has stepped right in and played well for the Presidents. Oakland (1-1) recently split with Michigan-Dearborn and counters with Brent Cooper, Steve Picolli, and Jesse Worrell, who have accounted for a good portion of the Grizzlies goals thus far. However, the Grizzlies have more than just three goal scorers with another deep roster and playmakers including Matt Kowalczyk (1 goal and 2 helpers) already this season. W&J will have to put some pressure on the Oakland defense and goaltender Chase Colin. Colin has already faced 75 shots in 2 games this season with 9 goals against. |
|
WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON vs. SLIPPERY ROCK |
|
W&J PICKS UP 4-3 ROAD WIN AT THE ROCK |
|
SEPTEMBER 29, 2007 -- Everyone
knows that its always going to be a competitive game when W&J and Slippery
Rock compete. What has now become a College Hockey Mid-America rivalry, this
was another match-up that didn't disappoint. However, once again it was the
Presidents who prevailed 4-3 in a nice come from behind victory. Dave Crockett (2,3,4) notched the hat trick with three nice wristers as W&J came back from a 3-1 second period defecit. Mike Guthrie (1) put home the game winner from in front off a nice setup from Ryne Savisky and Craig Frey. Savisky notched 2 assists on the night and made his biggest play for last on the nice centering pass to Guthrie with just under four minutes to play. Frey also picked up 2 assists of his own as the Presidents picked up a nice early season win. Goaltender John Mioduszewski picked up his first win in net for the Presidents, stopping 30 of 33 Slippery Rock shots on goal. No save bigger than late in the third, Mioduszewski made a slick glove save from point blank range to preserve the W&J win. W&J had some early opportunities but couldn't solve SRU goaltender Kris Wisniewski. Mario Panucci raced against the clock at the end of the first with a breakaway off a nice outlet from Brian Doak but Wisniewski stood to the challenge and made a nice glove save on Panucci as time expired to keep the game tied at one at the end of one. The speed of Doak, Panucci, and Crockett led to several odd man rushes and several scoring opportunities. Jeff Rich and Chad Talotta heckled the Pride all night long. Defenseman Clint "Clubber" Lang played a strong game and did a nice job of keeping pucks in the zone along with some nice puck movement. W&J came out a little sluggish in the second but Crockett found the back of the net twice in a 5 minute span to give W&J the momentum heading into the third. Jim Pasquine, who skated through defenders most of the night, had a nice setup to Crockett and helped to provide a spark that W&J was searching for. Mario Panucci had another opportunity as he stole an errant pass raced in on for his second breakaway and was hauled down from behind, and got the shot off but it was Wisniewski who again held strong to keep the Pride in striking distance. Although, it would not be enough as the Presidents dug down deep and Guthrie and Savisky provided the drama late as they hooked up for the game winner.
|
|
WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON vs. EASTERN MICHIGAN |
||
|
|
||
|
* NOTE IF ANYONE HAS GAME
PHOTOS FROM THIS GAME PLEASE EMAIL THEM TO
WASHJEFFHOCKEY@YAHOO.COM AND PROPER CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN. THANK
YOU. SEPTEMBER 23, 2007 -- Washington & Jefferson #15 in the ACHA pre-season ranking polls, returned to the ice for the first time since their run to Nationals last year and did so in a successful manner, posting a 4-2 victory versus Eastern Michigan on Saturday night. New coaches Jeff Fenton and John McCarthy were excited to get down to business. The Presidents were ready too as they shook off a jittery and anxious start to put together solid second and third periods for the win. There are several new faces associated with the Presidents club this season but it was the same result as the Presidents (1-0) put together a solid outing against the Eagles (0-2). However, W&J found itself trailing early as Eastern Michigan's Aaron Peterson lit the lamp with a nice wrister from the left side that found the upper corner past President goaltender Jed Michael. However, the Presidents would answer back as Craig Frey (1) put one home on the power play midway through the first after a nice set up from Dave Crockett and Cling Lang. W&J found themselves shorthanded just a few minutes later but still managed to dent the scoreboard again. Brian Doak spotted linemate Dave Crockett (1) on a break. Crockett took the pass, danced around a defender, and picked a spot for his first goal of the young season to give the Presidents a 2-1 lead. Eastern Michigan found the equalizer with under seven minutes to go in the first as Aaron Peterson picked up his 2nd goal of the game on the power play to tie it at two. This would be the last time the Eagles would put one up on the scoreboard. Senior goaltender Jed Michael clamped down and made several huge saves including many on thee Eastern Michigan 5 on 3's. Michael stopped 27 of 29 shots against on the night along with some nice sprawling saves in the third. The Presidents got an early second period goal and eventual game winner from Chad Talotta (1) on the power play after some nice back and forth passing from Jim Pasquine and Mike Guthrie at the points. Talotta found the puck down low and wristed one low into the back of the net for the 3-2 lead.
W&J finished off the
scoring just a minute later as Brian Doak (1) picked up his first
goal as a President off some slick passing between linemates Mario
Panucci and Dave Crockett. Crockett moved the puck to Panucci.
Panucci skated the puck deep into the EMU zone and made a slick pass behind
his back to a flying Brian Doak who promptly distributed the puck into the
net past EMU goaltender Erik Schardt. |
W&J ROLLS PAST EMU EAGLES IN SEASON OPENER
|
2007-2008 INFORMATIONAL MEETING / TRYOUTS |
|
W&J ICE HOCKEY |
|
SEPTEMBER 6, 2007 -- Day 3 of
tryouts will be held tonight (Thursday, Sept. 6) at the Iceoplex at 10:10
PM. |
|
|
|
The W&J hockey team watches as the new coaching staff diagrams plays at day two of tryouts on September 5, 2007. |
|
AUGUST 29, 2007 -- There will be an informational W&J Hockey meeting on campus on Sunday, September 2, 2007 at 7:00 PM in Old Main Room 204. The first day of Washington & Jefferson Ice Hockey tryouts will be held on Monday, September 3, 2007 at 9:30 PM at the Iceoplex at Southpointe. |
|
WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON PREPARES FOR 2007-08 CAMPAIGN |
|
BE SURE TO CHECK BACK SOON FOR THE 2007-2008 W&J HOCKEY PREVIEW |
|
|
