Before Thanksgiving, the Blugolds took on Waldorf College in Albert Lea, MN in a big conference matchup. The Blugolds played hard on Saturday, coming away with a strong 3-2 win. The Sunday game was a different story, with the team losing 5-0, with all goals coming on the power play for Waldorf.
The last series before Winter Break is coming up this weekend, with the Blugolds taking on the University of St. Thomas. Game times at 9:45pm both nights in Mendota Heights, MN.
Check out Austin King score one of the 21 goals the Blugolds scored in our second sweep of the season!
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The Blugolds hosted the UW-Oshkosh TItans this past weekend, and took care of business in a convincing fashion. The Friday night game resulted in a 10-2 win for the Blugolds, with Nate Teuscher picking up his third win of the year. Saturday was a bit more back and forth, but UWEC came away with an 11-6 win with Max Glaser picking up the win. Next in action for the Blugolds is heading down to Albert Lea, MN to take on the Waldorf College Warriors in a big conference series.
The UWEC Men's Club Hockey team has been busy playing games across the Midwest in the past few weeks. Here are some results from our recent games:
October 4: UWEC 4, University of Minnesota 5
October 5: UWEC 10, University of Minnesota 7
October 18: UWEC 4, UM-Duluth: 3
October 19: UWEC 6, UM-Duluth 3
October 25: UWEC 10, Bemidji State 1
October 26: UWEC 2, Bemidji State 3
November 1: UWEC 2, Northern Michigan University 10
November 2: UWEC 2, Northern Michigan University 2
The boys are traveling to Winona this weekend to add the next chapter to the rivalry with Saint Mary's University. Game times are 7:30pm on Saturday, November 9, and 1:00pm on Sunday, November 10.
Tryouts concluded today, and the roster for the 2013-2014 UWEC Club Hockey team is set. Look for the team in action in their first ever WCCHA series when we take on the Gophers on October 4th and 5th at Mariucci and Ridder Arenas:
Forwards:
Arcand, Josh
Balz, Jarrid
Boldenow, Ben
Boldenow, Brad
Dillon, Luke
Gavazzoni, Dillon
Geiger, Kyle
King, Austin
Liddicoat, Tyler
Mlynar, Andy
Preskar, Mike
Roessler, Jon
Smith, Chad
Theiler, Ryan
Defenseman:
Michaelson, Dan
Oungst, Austin
Pandow, Luke
Stover, Matt
Surita, Marques
Zitske, Alex
Goaltenders:
Glaser, Max
Laughlin, Ryan
Teuscher, Nate
With school just around the corner, that means hockey season is coming up quickly. Here are the important preseason dates and times that everyone interested in learning more or trying out for the team should remember:
Blugold Organizations Bash (B.O.B.) - Wednesday, September 4th. Time: 11am-2pm. Location: Campus Mall. Description: The UWEC Club Hockey team will have a booth set up during this event, where students can sign up and learn more about all the clubs and organizations on campus. Stop by the booth to talk with executive staff members and players and sign up to be on the email list. The full season schedule will be available, along with the time and location of the first team meeting.
1st Team Meeting: Thursday, September 5th. Time: 7pm. Location: Dakota A Room, Davies Center. Description: Attendance of the team meeting is highly recommended to anyone trying out for the team. During the meeting, you can meet the coaching staff and the executive staff. There will be information about dues, tryouts, schedules, fundraising, and other club information there. There will be player information cards there that are required to be filled out by everyone trying out for the team.
Tryout Schedule: All practices at Hobbs Ice Center in Eau Claire. Exact tryout procedure isn't yet set at this time, pending numbers of players who show up. Last year there were two rounds of cuts. Regardless of how many rounds of cuts, there will only be five tryout ice sessions. After the fifth session, the team will be finalized.
Saturday, September 7th: 12:30pm
Tuesday, September 10th: 8:15pm
Thursday, September 12th: 8:15pm
Saturday, September 14th: 12:30pm
Tuesday, September 17th: 8:15pm
If you are interested in joining the UWEC Men's Club Hockey team, make sure to stop by the Contact Us page! There you can fill out a form requesting more information, and get in touch with the President. This is a great first step in joining the team.
The team meeting and tryout information for this upcoming fall will be posted here, so be sure to check back.
The 2013-2014 schedule for the UWEC Men's Hockey Club is now finalized, and posted under the "Schedule/Results" page. The Blugolds have a 20 game schedule lined up for next season, and also the WCCHA Tournament at the end of the year. 14 of the 20 games are conference games. Saint Mary's University and UW-Oshkosh are two familiar non-conference foes, and Bemidji State University will make it's first appearance against the Blugolds in October. Times and venues will be posted once ice times are finalized in late August/early September.
151 days until the puck drops on the 2013-2014 season!
The Blugold Club Hockey team finished up their season with an invitation to the WCCHA Tournament in early February. The team took on #1 seed Northern Michigan University. The boys played tough, but NMU prevailed 6-1. Early the next morning, UWEC took on Minnesota, a team they swept in Eau Claire earlier in the year. Following a great team effort, UWEC won the game and moved on to the consolation championship, where they'd meet St. Thomas University. A back and forth game ensued, but Marques Surita scored the overtime game winner for the Blugolds.
Following the conference, the team applied for entrance into the WCCHA Conference. It turned out to work out in our favor, as we are now the 8th member of the WCCHA Conference! Being admitted to the conference means for an even more exciting season next year, as the team will be playing for the WCCHA Tournament again, and a spot in the ACHA Regional tournament.
After the disappointing loss to Madison, the boys were ready to host a much more competitive Duluth squad in Chippewa Falls. Despite playing with high intensity, game one started off with Duluth scoring the only goal in the first period. In the second the Blugolds answered back when Austin King scored unassisted early in the period. The teams then traded shots back and forth throughout the game until the Blugolds found themselves down by two late in the third, despite goaltender Max Glaser making some huge saves to keep Eau Claire in the game. Down by two the Blugolds pulled their goalie and Brad Boldenow scored his second of the game with twenty-two seconds remaining. However, it wasn’t enough and the Blugolds fell to the Bulldogs with a score of five to four.
Game two started out with sniper Austin King staying hot getting one in the first from line-mate Jon Roessler. However, the Bulldogs weren’t going quietly and scored the next two going up two to one after the first. The Boldenow boys got it going in the second, Ben and Brad got on the board, but Duluth was equal to the task scoring two and taking a one goal lead going into the final stanza. It was now or never for the Eau Claire boys. Ben Boldneow got a power-play goal early in the third knotting the score at four. Then, Roessler got the go-ahead goal to give the Blugolds their first lead since the first period. With only five minutes left in the game, a win seemed a sure thing. But the Bulldogs answered back, getting a goal a minute later tying the score at five apiece. Overtime seemed inevitable, with seconds remaining Ben Boldneow rushed down the ice and riffled a shot from outside beating the goaltender with eight seconds left, getting the hat trick, game winning goal, and knocking off the No. 2 ranked team in the WCCHA. The Blugolds skate to a split with the score of six to five.
The Eau Claire team headed to Madison for the first time in club hockey history to play the Badgers. The first game began with Madison jumping on the Blugolds early scoring twice in first period. However, defenseman Dan Michaelson got a goal to cut the deficit in half before the first ended. In the second the Blugolds woke up and scored the next four goals in the game. Even though the Blugolds were outshot 45 to 37, stellar goaltending by Ryan Laughlin led the team to an easy six to three victory.
Game two was a different story. The Blugolds came out flat and never got the intensity up. Despite freshman sensation Brad Boldenow getting on the board first ill-timed penalties gave the Badgers the edge. Madison scored two in the first including a dagger of a goal on the power play with seconds left in the period. Andy Mlynar tried to get the boys back in the game with a late second period goal, but it was too little too late. The Blugolds got out shot again, 47 to 36, but this time lost with a score of five to two.
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