UC’s 9-3 Bearcats are planning to “Puck Louisville” this weekend, as they take on the 0-5 Cardinals on Friday night at Sports Plus, and on Saturday in Lousiville.
The Bearcats go into the all Big East conference match-up coming off a split series last weekend, beating IPFW on Saturday but losing to Canisius College the next morning. By this Sunday afternoon, UC hopes to have raised their record to 11-3, putting them into the top quarter of the ACHA Division III North Conference.
“We’re hoping to play well this weekend and get back on the winning side of the scoresheet,” says senior goalie, and forth year player Ted Riolo. Judging from the University of Louisville’s record, and that of the Bearcats against them, winning shouldn’t be too much of a problem for UC. continue reading Puck Louisville! This Weekend!
Published at 9:44 am on Thursday, November 6, 2008
The Bearcats split this weekend’s two game series, beating IPFW but losing to Canisius College, raising their overall record to 9-3.
Saturday night, UC beat IPFW 5-4 in a game that progressed into sudden death overtime. Despite a slow start, the Bearcats managed to shape up and pull out the victory over their Indiana neighbors in the hard fought battle.
IPFW came out playing hard, taking the lead 2-0 early in the first period. In a effort to change the tone of the game, Coach Blaine Stoughton replaced rookie goalie Benjamin Nieman at 13:58 with forth year netminder Ted RIolo. In spite of the switch, IPFW scored again at 10:08, bringing the score to 3-0. continue reading UC Splits Series, Go 9-3
Published at 7:34 am on Monday, November 3, 2008
The Bearcats won two of three games this weekend despite fatigue, numerous penalties, and consistently chippy play.
Friday night, UC lost 8-5 to an EKU whom they’ve beaten twice to begin the season in September. The loss came as a surprise to fans given UC’s previous performance against the Colonials.
Coach Blaine Stoughton says a combination of overconfidence on UC’s part and the stellar performance of EKU’s goaltender were to blame for the loss. “It was a closer game than the score indicated,” says Stoughton, “In the first period, from crease to crease, it was pretty even.” Even so, by the end of the period, the Bearcats were down 2-0. continue reading UC Wins 2 of 3 in Rough Weekend
Published at 7:43 pm on Sunday, October 26, 2008
For a series that most of the team considered to be “a little sloppy”, the UC Bearcats managed an impressive sweep of the Xavier Musketeers in two straight games on home ice, raising their record to 6-1.
Friday night’s game was an exciting one for Bearcat fans, UC consistently lighting up the scoreboard. In his first start for UC, goaltender Martin Paul denied all comers in the 6-0 blowout win.
Forward Arman Olgun got a dose of long awaited revenge, scoring a hat trick in his first game against XU since blowing out his knee several seasons ago as a result of a dirty hit. “It felt amazing to win like that against [XU], especially since it’s the team that took me out my freshman year.” continue reading Bearcats Sweep Xaiver, 6-0, 4-3
Published at 10:22 am on Sunday, October 19, 2008
The 4-1 UC Bearcats prepare to take on the 0-2 Xavier Musketeers in a two game series this weekend.
The Bearcats went 1-3 against Xavier last season, and are looking to redeem themselves on home ice in this weekend’s series. The contests mark the first two of a total of four games against the Musketeers this season.
Fully one half of UC’s 30 man roster are new, and have never set foot on the ice against rival XU. As senior goalie Ted Riolo pointed out, the Bearcats haven’t faced the XU team since last season’s disappointing series. Riolo also noted this Friday’s game will be only the second game the Bearcats have played at their new home, Sports Plus.
The Bearcats hope to add to two big wins picked up at the ACHA National Showcase in Roanoke, VA two weeks ago. After dropping the first game of the showcase to the PSU-B Lions, UC rallied with an impressive 13-2 victory over NOVA. The Bearcats finished out the tournament with a 5-3 victory over the USF Ice Bulls, which team captain Mike “Jags” Jagelewski, and assistant captain Will Hunter call the highlight of the season so far. With more than half the season still ahead, fans can hope to see some exciting hockey from this young team.
The games will take place at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Sports Plus in Sharonville. For directions to Sports Plus see below. Tickets are only $7 for adults, $5 for non-UC students, $3 for children, and are available at the door.
Bearcat Hockey encourages all UC students and Alumni to come out and cheer the team to victory against arch-rival Xavier this weekend.
Published at 1:11 pm on Tuesday, October 14, 2008
