After making the trek to and from Duluth, MN the UWEC men's hockey club comes back to Eau Claire with a couple losses, but an feeling that things are going to get better. The team faced the UMD Bulldogs out of the Western Collegiate Club Hockey Association (WCCHA). Coming into the weekend the Blugolds were expecting a challenge, and they got one. Friday night started out strong with Nick Adams opening up the scoring with a perfect pass from Neil McMillan on a 2 on 1 chance early in the first period. The Bulldogs jumped back quick with a goal of their own tying the game up at 1-1. Trent Sobeck scored next for the Blugolds off a face-off and the Blugolds pulled ahead 2-1. After a hard fought first period the Bulldogs scored two more times to end the first with a score of 3-2. Shortly into the 2nd period UMD scored against pulling ahead by two goals, leading scorer Austin King tried to spark Eau Claire with a break away goal and bringing the Blugolds within one. However, that was as close as UWEC was going to get that night as UMD ended up scoring 3 more goals before the games end and beating the Blugolds by a score of 3-7. Saturday morning proved to be another rough game for the Blugolds as UMD came out fast, scoring early and often. After two periods UWEC trailed the dogs 0-8, and after a decent 3rd period ended the game losing 2-10.
With this weekend behind us that marks the halfway point for the 2011-2012 season. After the first ten games the team has a first half record of 5-5 (.500). We open up the 2nd half of our schedule against the University of Minnesota this weekend in Minneapolis, MN. Our game Friday (11/18) night will be played at Mariucci Arena with a start time of 10pm and Saturday (11/19) night's game will be played next door at Ridder Arena with a 9pm start time. We hope that despite the late start times if you are in the area you will come watch us as we take on the Golden Gophers of Minnesota!
With this weekend behind us that marks the halfway point for the 2011-2012 season. After the first ten games the team has a first half record of 5-5 (.500). We open up the 2nd half of our schedule against the University of Minnesota this weekend in Minneapolis, MN. Our game Friday (11/18) night will be played at Mariucci Arena with a start time of 10pm and Saturday (11/19) night's game will be played next door at Ridder Arena with a 9pm start time. We hope that despite the late start times if you are in the area you will come watch us as we take on the Golden Gophers of Minnesota!