Tonight the Crosstown Faceoff is going to be broadcast live on Bearcast. Dylan Moody and Scott Waldrop will be calling the game live from the Cincinnati Gardens. To listen to the broadcast visit bearcast.uc.edu and click the listen button at the top right.

Blaine Stoughton Show episode 5 is now online. This was a special episode featuring interviews with 6 players, and a call in from Blaine. Each player gives his take on the season so far, and his reaction to making the regional tournament.

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The team has just been informed that they have finished the regular season ranked #9 in the North Region. This is the highest the Cats have ever finished, and it is good enough to earn them a spot in the regional tournament.

The Bearcats will travel to Saginaw Michigan next week to face off with Grand Valley State.

More details will be released in the near future, but the Cats are playing in the postseason!

The team will be celebrating tonight around 8:00 at BW3’s on Calhoun if anyone is interested in joining them.

[By: Amy Schoenfeld]

[Photos: Ty Kuck]

The University of Cincinnati hockey team recently battled it out on the ice to help out two families with children who battled cancer. The team participated in the University of South Florida Madison Goss and Friends Pediatric Cancer Awareness Tournament on Jan. 17 to raise money for the families’ medical trust funds.

Madison Goss, known as Maddi, is a 3-year-old living in Atlanta who, at the time, was battling cancer when her uncle posted a Facebook message asking people to pray for his niece. General manager of the University of South Florida Ice Bulls, Colleen Hennessy spotted the message and wondered if there was more that could be done. She contacted Madison’s father, Glenn, and asked if they could organize a hockey tournament for his daughter. continue reading Off The Ice [From The News Record]

After taking care of business last week against Louisville to scratch a 4 game slide, the Cats entered February hoping to make a playoff run. The last opponent in their way? The Jackson Community College Ice Jets. In what has been their most offensive weekend of the year the Bearcats clawed right through the Jets winning two decisive games. And the Cats found offense from all over the roster. Leading the pack was 2nd year forward Will Hunter who scored a total of 6 goals on the weekend, while registering 3 assists for good measure. First year players Toni Sarni and Michael Rehbaum each scored twice contributing to the 15 goals scored. Also finding the scoresheet this weekend, Conn, Bailey Homer, Romo, and Gillens each had a goal. Lastly, 2nd year defensemen Ben Mutchler earned himself a playmaker in the first game.

Now the Cats must sit and wait for the ranking committee to return a decision. Currently ranked 12th, the Cats need to advance 2 spots to book themselves a ticket to the regional tournament in Saginaw Michigan.

The official website for the Crosstown Face-off has launched. That site will be updated every day from now until the puck drops.

The Cats returned home from their travels to Loserville victorious again. Stretching their season series with the Cards to 3-0 the team looks ahead to the second half of the home and home series. Game time is 9:30PM at Sports Plus in Evendale. Rumor has it The Bearcat might be making his first appearance at a hockey game tonight. Also, tonight the Cats will be wearing black at home for the first time in over 2 years.

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This is episode number four of the Blaine Stoughton Show. Topics of discussion include the recent travel to Florida, and the games the team played there. The upcoming games against the University of Louisville also came up. The Blaine Stoughton Show is hosted by Jonathan Machuga, and is recorded live at Buffalo Wild Wings in Clifton.

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The Bearcats played their first game in Florida tonight

Tonight the Bearcats found themselves on the loosing end of a fierce battle with the Florida Atlantic University. It was the first ever meeting of the two teams, but it didn’t take long for the two to become rivals. FAU struck first midway through the first period and it got the attention of the Cats. Managing to get through the first period only down 1-0 the Cats regrouped during the intermission.

Some early powerplays in the second period allowed UC to establish sustained offensive pressure. The Cats power play was getting the better of the Owls. During one 60 second shift the top defensive pairing or Bailey and Jags struck the crossbar twice and the post once. Just a quarter of an inch and the game could have swung open. The power play chances came and went, and the Cats held strong on defense shutting down the Owls offensive attacks. Then with the second period coming to a close Ben ‘Cash’ Bailey took the puck end to end to bring the score back to one a side.

In the dressing room spirits were high and the Cats knew what they had to do. After managing the powerful FAU offense for the first half of the third, one slipped by. A two-on-one goal put the Owls up a goal in the third. Then another odd man rush gave them a two goal advantage. But the Bearcats were down, not out. They battled the rest of the game keeping up their relentless attack on the FAU net. With just over a minute to play Coach Stoughton pulled his goalie to give the Cats an extra attacker. Off a set play from the face off Aaron Conn sent the puck back to ‘Cash’ who wound up and fired, finding the stick of Will Hunter who placed the puck just inside the post. The Cats were within 1 with 40 seconds remaining.

After winning the resulting face off the Cats lost the puck in their own zone and FAU managed to keep possession and run out the remaining clock to seal their victory.

The Bearcats play a double header tomorrow facing off with The University of California Davis at 1PM, followed by a 5:30 face-off with hosting University of South Florida.

Pictures of tonights game will be posted in the media gallery.

Last night Blaine Stoughton was a guest on the Thursday Night Throwdown with Chuges and Dylian Moody. It was a live call in from the hotel in Tampa. Topics discussed were the recent games with EKU, as well as his expectations in Florida.

The Thursday Night Throwdown airs every Thursday from 8-10PM and can be found at Bearcast.uc.edu

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