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Falcons Lose at St. Norbert, 5-2 March 15, 2003 The Falcon men's hockey team dropped a 5-2 decision at St. Norbert on Saturday in the NCAA Div. III quarterfinals. SNC led 1-0 after one and 4-1 after two. SNC's Michael Buchan opened the scoring with a goal at 10:03 of the first period. He was assisted by Jim Underwood and Trent Dickson. He scored off a rebound from about 20 feet in front of the Falcon goal. The Falcons tied the game just 20 seconds into the second period when Aaron Degerness scored a power-play goal with assists to Matt Elsen and Jim Murphy. Degerness got to a rebound and was able to flip the puck past the SNC goalie. But SNC scored three times before the period ended. Connor Hughes scored an unassisted goal at 5:43. Hughes picked up a loose puck in the slot and scored from 10 feet out. At 8:27 SNC's Kelly Wosnack scored an unassisted goal. After a faceoff in the Falcon zone, Wosnack picked up the loose puck and scored from 20 feet out. At 12:05, SNC scored the final goal of the period. Terry Wilson got the goal with assists to Wosnack and Andy Trann. Wilson tipped the puck past Falcon goalie Jacque Vezina. UWRF made it a 4-2 game at 8:34 of the third period. Mike Salmela scored a power-play goal from 10 feet in front of the SNC goal. He was assisted by Murphy and Degerness. SNC added a short-handed empty net goal with 17 seconds to play. Brant Kersey was credited with the score. Vezina made 22 saves for the Falcons while SNC's Chancy Colquhoun made 16 saves. The Falclons end their season with a 23-7-1 record. SNC improves to 27-1-2 and advances to the NCAA Div. III semifinals next weekend at a stie to be determined. Falcons Beat St. John's 2-0, Advance to Quarterfinals March 12, 2003 The Falcons broke a 54-minute scoreless streak with the game-winner, a loose rebound, to beat MIAC champion St. John's 2-0 in the NCAA tournament play-in game Wednesday night at Hunt Arena. Falcon goalie Jacque Vezina withstood 31 shots on goal in the physical defensive duel. A shot from the middle of the right circle put the puck in the crease and, for a while, Johnny goalie Rick Gregory appeared to have it covered, but Nate Hansen found a way to put it in the net at 14:15 of the third period. Assists went to Josh Magnuson and Nate Kotewa. Pulling their goalie with 50 seconds to go in the game, the Johnnies put on the pressure, but Marc-Andre Lalande sent the puck off the glass from the Falcon zone and it slid all the way to the open net at 19:36. The Johnnies dominated shots on goal early, taking a 14-5 first period advantage. Four and a half minutes into the contest SJU put the puck in the net off a skate. The play was nullified. Shots were even, 7-7, in the second period and 10-10 in the third. UW-RF drew seven penalties; SJU served six. The Falcons were out-shot 31-22. The win boosts the Falcons overall record to 23-6-1 and pits them against No. 1-seeded St. Norbert in the NCAA quarterfinals Saturday night at 7 p.m. at the Cornerstone Community Center in Ashwaubenon, Wis.
Falcons Lose to UWSP in NCHA Third Place Game March 1, 2003 The Falcon men's hockey team lost a 5-2 decision to UW-Stevens Point in the game for third place in the NCHA Peters Cup playoffs held in Ashwaubenon Saturday afternoon. UWSP led 1-0 after one and 2-1 after two. UWSP got on board at 4:14 of the first period when Zenon Kochan scored with an assists to Sean Leahy and Andy Corran. UWRF tied the game at :52 of the second period when Jim Murphy scored with an assist to Aaron Degerness. UWSP took back the lead for good at 1:07 when David Scott scored with assists to Derrick Johnson and Justin Micek. UWSP took a 3-1 lead at 3:50 of the third period when Micek scored a short-handed goal. Jordan Blair got the assist. The Falcons got back to within 3-2 at 4:16 when Nate Kotewa scored with assists to Rheese Carlson and Jess Modahl. UWSP went ahead 4-2 when Blair scored a power-play goal at 11:54 with an assist to Nick Glander. UWSP added an empty net goal at 19:23. Johnson scored the goal with assists to Micek and Corran. UWRF goalie Dan Meneghin and UWSP's Ryan Scott both had 22 saves. The Falcons, now 22-6-1 overall, will wait until March 9 to see if they have earned a berth in the NCAA Div. III tournament. Falcons Lose to UWS in NCHA Semifinals Feb. 28, 2003 The Falcon men's hockey team lost a 6-3 decision to UW-Superior in the NCHA semifinals played Friday night in Ashwaubenon. The Falcons had a 2-1 lead after one period. Aaron Degerness scored just 22 seconds into the period to give UWRF the early lead. Matt Elsen and Adam Kragthorpe got the assists. UWS tied the game at 3:33 when Randall Smisko scored a power-play goal with an assist to Dale Lupul. The Falcons got that goal back at 12:42 when Jamie Steinert scored with assists to John Conboy and Elsen. UWS tied the game with another power-play goal at 12:50 of the second period. Chris Hackett got the goal with an assist to Steve Rodberg. The Falcons took back the lead at 14:29 when Elsen scored unassisted. UWS scored four times in the third period to get the win. The Jackets tied the game again at 6:30 with Yann Poirier getting the goal with assists to Beau Moyer and Colin Kendall. The Jackets took a 4-3 lead at 10:13 when Smisko scored what proved to be the game winner with an assist to Kyle Nosan. Ryan Kalbrener scored the Jackets' fifth goal at 16:45 with assists to Poirier and Lupul. Reed Larson scored an empty-net goal at 19:04 with Lupul getting his third assist of the night. UWRF goalie Jacque Vezina made 21 saves and UWS's Nathan Ziemski stopped 18 shots. The Falcons, now 22-5-1 overall, will play UW-Stevens Point in the NCHA tournament's third place game. Action starts at 3:05 p.m. at the Cornerstone Arena. UWS will play St. Norbert in the title game that starts at 7:05 p.m. St. Norber topped UW-Stevens Point, 3-1, to advance to the title game. Falcons Advance to Semifinal with 14-2 Win Feb. 15, 2003 Josh Schlipp scored four goals to lead the Falcons to a 14-2 victory and NCHA first round series sweep against St. Scholastica Saturday night at Hunt Arena. The Falcons scored on 7-of-10 power play opportunities and amassed 48 shots on goal in the contest. The win gave UW-RF the 2-0 sweep. There were 22 penalties called, and the Saints served 15 for 46 minutes. In the first period, Evan Stensrud scored first at 8:50 shooting behind left-moving traffic to hit the open right side of the net. Aaron Degerness got a pass at the right corner of the crease from Jim Murphy to score at 10:06 on a power play. The penalty was the first part of a double minor against Saint Gordon Burnett, who collected four penalties on the night. The second minor allowed Tony Sikich to find the net at 10:55. The Saints then responded when a Jamie Coffey shot was redirected past Jacque Vezina by Mike Rossa at 12:14 on a power play. At 13:49, Stensrud passed to Rob Novak at the right side of the crease for a quick put-in to make it 4-1. Sikich finished the period's scoring when he went 2-on-1 with Schlipp but kept it and scored the wrister. In the second period, Schlipp scored his first at 1:23, and Murphy set up Degerness at 2:30. Both were power play goals. At 3:35, Stensrud skated down the left boards, looked for Jamie Steinert on the 2-on-1 but scored it himself. Then at 4:27, Schlipp struck again hitting the left post and in. Novak rebounded an Adam Kragthorpe shot at 6:20 for the 10-1 power play goal. And at 12:16, CSS's Josh Martalock rebounded a shot for the team's second goal. The third period saw Schlipp score his hat trick goal at 2:46 just under the crossbar. At 3:28 Nate Kotewa made it 12-2, and then Schlipp scored No. 4 shorthanded after weaving through the Saint-controlled zone and backhanding the puck in against back-up goalie Cory Lonke. Matt Elsen put in the final score at 17:11 on the power play. Vezina saved 24 shots on goal. Josh Liebig took the loss in goal for the Saints. The Falcons improve to 22-4-1 and advance to an NCHA semifinal game with UW-Superior Friday, Feb. 28. St. Norbert will host the semifinals Friday and championship/third place games Saturday. St. Norbert plays UW-Stevens Point Feb. 28.
Falcons Take Game 1 Feb. 14, 2003 The Falcon men's hockey team won game one of the NCHA first round series 3-0 over St. Scholastica Friday night at Hunt Arena. Two first-period goals got the Falcons out front and a shutout by Dan Meneghin sealed the deal as the Falcons move a step closer to the semifinals. Game two of the first round series will be Saturday night at 7:05 p.m. in Hunt Arena. Tony Sikich scored the opening goal at 7:15 of the first with an assist from Joe Dustin. Josh Schlipp made it a two-goal lead at 18:44 with help from Dustin and Sikich. The game went scoreless in the second period as the Saints out-shot UW-RF 9-8. Matt Elsen finished the scoring column at 17:04 of the third period with a goal assisted by Jim Murphy. Less than half of the 15 penalties on the night created power plays. UW-RF was 0-for-4 with the extra man. The Falcons finished the contest with 32 shots on goal, and Meneghin made 16 saves. The Falcons are now 21-4-1 overall.
Falcons Win, 4-1, at Lake Forest Feb. 8, 2003 The Falcon men's hockey team ended the regular season with a 4-1 win at Lake Forest on Saturday night. UWRF led 2-0 after one period and 3-1 after two. Jamie Steinert started
the scoring for the Falcons at 7:44 of the first period. He was assisted
by Adam Kragthorpe and Even Stensrud. UWRF went ahead 2-0 at 15:23 when
Jess Johnson scored with an assist to Joe Dustin. LFC made it a 2-1 game
at 13:59 of the second period when Ryan Panet scored a power-play goal.
The Falcons got the two goal lead back at 16:39 when Dustin scored with
assists to Stensrud and Rob Novak. Johnson scored the only goal of the
third period, at 19:35 into an empty net, with assists to Josh Schlipp
and Marc-Andre Lalande. The Falcons, now 20-4-1 overall and 11-2-1 in the NCHA, will host St. Scholastica on Friday and Saturday in the first round of the NCHA playoffs. Game time both nights is 7:05 p.m. at Hunt Arena. Falcons Lose in OT at SNC, 3-2 Feb. 7, 2003 The Falcons lost a 3-2 overtime decision at St. Norbert Friday night. The loss moves St. Norbert into first place in the NCHA with 23 points. The Falcons are now tied for second place with UW-Superior. Both teams are 10-2-1 for 21 points. If both UWS and UWRF win on Saturday night, UWS will place second and UWRF third in the final NCHA standings. UWS holds the tie breaker over UWRF. The first tie breaker is head-to-head games between teams and UWS has a 1-0-1 advantage in the series this year. The first period was scoreless and both teams scored in the second period. UWRF got on the board first when Jamie Steinert scored at 1:05 with assists to Even Stensrud and Adam Kragthorpe. SNC tied the game at 4:33 when Jim Underwood scored. SNC took a 2-1 lead at 13:05 of the third period when Jason Deitsch scored. With the goalie pulled, the Falcons tied the game with just 14 seconds to play. Matt Elsen got the goal with an assist to Stensrud. SNC got the winner at 2:36 of the overtime when Faron Duthie scored. UWRF goalie Jacque Vezina made 30 saves and the Falcons had 21 shots on goal. The Falcons, now 19-4-1 overall and 10-2-1 in the NCHA, play at Lake Forest on Saturday with the puck dropping at 7:30 p.m. Falcons Win 11-2 vs. St. Scholastica Feb. 1, 2003 Matt Elsen scored a hat trick to lead the Falcons to an 11-2 win over St. Scholastica Saturday night at Hunt Arena. The Falcons out-shot the Saints 42-20 and scored five goals in the second period and three in each of the first and third periods. UW-RF finished 4-for-8 on the power play. Evan Stensrud scored the first goal after breaking free from a hold behind the net and shooting the puck around the right corner of the post. He was assisted by Rob Novak and Jamie Steinert at 1:33. Elsen got a nice setup from Novak and Stensrud out front and put away the second goal at 9:24, on the game's first power play opportunity, a 6-on-4. Eight seconds later, however, the Saints' Cale Finseth got an open look from the right circle and beat Dan Meneghin top shelf gloveside at 9:32 while the Saints were still shorthanded. Elsen produced his second goal of the night at 16:00 of the first period at the edge of the right circle from a Jim Murphy pass. Mike Salmela also got an assist. Half a minute (0:32) into the second period while cycling the puck on a power play, Murphy fired the puck from the middle of the right circle, and it hit the crossbar and went in. Elsen got an assist on the play. Then at 1:11, on another power play, Josh Schlipp got a pass fromt the left side and his one-timer between the circles made it a 5-1 game. Marc-Andre Lalande and Steinert got assists. The Saints then served another sentence in the penalty box, their third in a little more than two minutes, and Jess Johnson met a slow bouncing Salmela shot that had been deflected at the right corner of the crease and scored at 3:35. Johnson went back-to-back at 6:54, scoring his second goal while following Rheese Carlson in traffic in front of the net. Johnson's shot hit the pipe in the top right, but it went in enough for the score. Lalande also got an assist. St. Scholastica then pulled goalie Josh Liebig for Cory Lonke, and the Saints shortly after made it 7-2 on their second short-handed goal of the evening when Brian Charneski got a pass-back from a teammate and scored the one-timer gloveside. Later in the second period the siren went off for a Johnson hat trick, but referees called the goal off saying the puck was kicked in. He had gotten a pass to the open right side of the net. Murphy finished the second period scoring at 15:19 when he got away from a defender for a breakaway against Lonke and came in from the right, juked, and backhanded the goal on the left. Aaron Degerness and Ryan Vieau got assists. Elsen scored his hat trick goal at 5:59 of the third period from Murphy and John Conboy. Stensrud, behind the net, passed to Tony Sikich at the right corner of the crease for a 11:17 goal, also assisted by Steinert. Goal No. 11 came at 12:02 at the hands of Schlipp on a delayed penalty. He followed traffic blinding the goalie on the left side and shot it through. An assist went to Carlson. There were 16 penalties in the contest; the Saints served 10, including the first five. The Falcons went to the box six times. Meneghin finished with 18 saves. The Falcons, now 19-3-1 overall and 10-1-1 in the NCHA, venture to St. Norbert and Lake Forest next weekend for the final NCHA matchups of the regular season. Game times are 7:05 p.m. Friday in De Pere and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Lake Forest.
Falcons Lose to Superior, 5-3 Jan. 31, 2003 The Falcons were unable to come back from a 3-0 first period deficit despite coming within one at the end of the game and lost 5-3 to UW-Superior Friday night at Hunt Arena. Josh Schlipp's score just in front of the net from a Rob Novak pass at 19:07 in the third period left the Falcons just short at 4-3. Nevertheless, Jacque Vezina left the net after the face-off for the second time on the night and Superior's Colin Kendall chased a loose puck down the left boards, beating the Falcons and passing to Josh Liebenow for the empty net goal at 19:37. Superior amassed a 3-0 lead in the first period. After Vezina went well out of the crease to prevent a breakaway, Rob Whidden got to the puck first, skated around Vezina, and put the Yellowjackets on the scoreboard at 11:39 of the first. Reed Larson hit the left corner of the net to get goal No. 2 at 13:08, and Chris Niemiec put a breakaway shot between Vezina's legs five minutes later. Vezina slowed it down, reached behind himself with one hand but couldn't stop the puck before it crossed the line for the 17:43 goal. The Falcons got one back late in the second period, at 19:06, when Evan Stensrud set up behind the left circle, fired a shot and Aaron Degerness tipped it in for the power play score. Jim Murphy also got an assist. The Falcons narrowed the Jacket lead to 3-2 at 8:46 of the third period scoring at the hands of Steve Moe, who was assisted by Nate Kotewa. Superior pulled back to a two-goal lead at 13:50 when Randoll Smisko rebounded a teammate's shot on the power play. Hunt Arena housed 1,063 fans. Both teams scored once with the extra man; UW-RF had four chances and UW-S had five. The Falcons out-shot the Yellowjackets 30-26. The Falcons, now 18-3-1 overall and 9-1-1 in the NCHA, host St. Scholastica Saturday at Hunt Arena. Game time is 7:05 p.m.
Falcons Top UWEC, 9-3 Jan. 25, 2003 The Falcons scored four goals in the first and third periods and went on for a 9-3 win over UW-Eau Claire Saturday night at Hunt Arena. The Falcons jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first period. Nate Hansen started the scoring at 3:27. Evan Stensrud scored a power-play goal at 5:04 and Matt Elsen scored a power-play goal at 9:40. With just five seconds to play in the period Mike Salmela scored to make it 4-0. UWEC scored a goal at 6:42 of the second period to make it a 4-1 game. UWRF's Tony Sikich scored at 17:28 to make it 5-1. But UWEC scored a power-play goal at 18:19 to make it a 5-2 game after two. Sikich scored his second of the night at 2:43 of the final period. UWEC scored another power-play goal at 10:02. But UWRF scored he final three goals of the game. Jess Modahl scored at 10:28, Jim Murphy a power-play goal at 15:45 and Erik Ste. Marie at 17:03. UWRF goalie Dan Meneghin made 18 saves to get the win. The Falcons had 32 shots on goal. UWRF finished 3-5 on the power play and UWEC was 2-3. The Falcons improve to 18-2-1 overall and 9-0-1 in the NCHA. The Falcons, in first place in the NCHA, host UW-Superior on Friday at Hunt Arena. Action starts at 7:05 p.m. Falcons Beat Pointers in Overtime, 3-2 Jan. 24, 2003 The Falcons had a two-goal lead matched by UW-Stevens Point in the third period but then scored the game-winner in overtime to beat the Pointers 3-2 at Hunt Arena Friday night. Just 43 seconds into the overtime period, still on a power play from a late third period Pointer bench penalty for too many men on the ice, Evan Stensrud passed across an opening to Jim Murphy just inside the right circle, and his shot beat Ryan Scott for the game. The Falcons got their other two goals from Nate Kotewa and Ryan Vieau in the first and second periods. Kotewa came around from the back of the net and drew Scott away from the post while the puck trickled in next to the post. The goal was also assisted by Matt Elsen at 10:40 of the first period. Vieau scored on a penalty shot at 5:56 of the second period. His shot beat Scott between the legs. The Pointers came back at 6:28 and 10:36 of the third period, the latter a power play goal, to tie the game at twos and send it to overtime. The game was very physical, beginning right at the drop of the puck. Fifteen penalties were called, eight against the Falcons. The Pointers outshot UW-RF 33-28. UW-RF was 1-for-3 on the power play; UW-SP was 1-for-4. The Falcons improve to 17-2-1 overall and 8-0-1 in the NCHA. They host UW-Eau Claire Saturday night at 7:05 p.m. at Hunt Arena.
Falcons Win at Gustavus Adolphus, 4-2 Jan. 14, 2003 The Falcons bounced back from a two-goal deficit to earn a 4-2 win at Gustavus Adolphus Tuesday night. The Gusties scored twice within 15 seconds in the first period to take a 2-0 lead. Craig Jankowski scored at 12:35 and Sam Johnson scored at 12:50. The Falcons got back to within 2-1 when Aaron Degerness scored a power-play goal, his sixth of the season, with Matt Elsen and Evan Stensrud assisting. With Falcon Jim Murphy in the penalty box, Nate Kotewa tied the game with an unassisted short-handed goal at 16:39 of the first period. It was Kotewa's eighth goal of the season and a team-leading third short-handed goal of the year. There was no scoring in the second period. The Falcons put the game away in the third scoring twice. Elsen scored what proved to be the game-winner, with the Falcons on the power play, at 11:04. Murphy and Mike Salmela got the assists on Elsen's seventh goal of the season. Just 15 seconds later the Falcons scored again with Rob Novak getting the goal with an assist from Elsen. It was Novak's eighth goal of the year. Elsen's three-point game gives him 21 points on the year. UWRF goalie Jacque Vezina made 25 saves to get the win, his seventh of the year. UWRF was outshot in the first period, 12-3. The Falcons had 23 shots on goal. The Falcons, now 16-2-1 overall and 7-0-1 in the NCHA, next host UW-Stevens Point on Jan. 24. Game time at Hunt Arena is 7:05 p.m. Falcons Beat Stout, 6-2 Jan. 11, 2003 Rob Novak and Evan Stensrud each scored twice to help lead the Falcon men's hockey team to a 6-2 win at UW-Stout Saturday night. UWRF led 2-0 after one period and 5-0 after two. Novak scored both goals in the first period. The first came at 4:30 and the second at 9:33. Stensrud scored the team's first two goals of the second period, at 4:44 and 16:32. At 19:54, Jamie Steinert scored to make it a 5-0 game. Stout scored at 2:24 of the final period. But Aaron Degerness scored at 9:43 to make it a 6-1 game. Stout scored the final goal of the night at 18:50. UWRF goalie Dan Meneghin made 22 saves to get the win. The Falcons had 61 shots on goal, 21 in he first, 23 in the second and 17 in the third. The Falcons, now 15-2-1 overall and 7-0-1 in the NCHA, travel to Gustavus Adolphus on Tuesday for a non-conference game that starts at 7:05 p.m. Falcons Blank Stout, 8-0 Jan. 10, 2003 Eight different Falcons scored and Jacque Vezina was perfect against 20 shots in an 8-0 win over UW-Stout Friday night at Hunt Arena. The Falcons scored four goals in the first period, including three in the first nine minutes, to set the pace for the evening. Rheese Carlson began the onslaught at 5:54 with an assist from Josh Magnuson. Marc-Andre Lalande scored the second goal, on the game's first power play, unassisted at 7:07 from behind the right circle. Josh Schlipp made it 3-0 with an 8:35 goal with help from Jess Johnson. Evan Stensrud scored the final goal of the period at 15:14 with assists from Rob Novak and Adam Kragthorpe. Stensrud then went on to assist four consecutive goals, beginning with Novak's at 15:45 of the second period. Jamie Steinert also contributed an assist. Johnson opened up the third period with a 2:10 goal from Stensrud, Steinert made the game 7-0 at 9:55 on a breakaway passed from Stensrud, and then Mike Salmela finished the contest off at 19:25 on the power play, assisted by Stensrud. The Falcons finished 2-for-7 with the extra man; the Blue Devils were 0-for-5. The referees called 18 penalties, and eight, all minors, were served by Falcons. Vezina stopped all 20 of the Blue Devils' shots on goal. The Falcons shot 50 against Stout netminder Jeff Dotson. The Falcons, now 14-2-1 overall and 6-0-1 in the NCHA, travel to UW-Stout Saturday. Action starts at 7:30 p.m.
Falcons Beat St. Olaf, 3-1 Jan. 4, 2003 The Falcons scored three goals in the second period to give them victory, 3-1, over St. Olaf Saturday night at Hunt Arena. Josh Schlipp began the scoring at 2:40 of the second period, crashing the crease and getting the puck through with help from Jim Murphy and Jess Johnson. It was the only even-strength goal of the night. At 10:53, Johnson made it 2-0 from between the circles when he backhanded the puck off the inside of the post and in. The goal was unassisted and on a Falcon power play. Schlipp added his second of the night at 15:06 on the power play with help from Mike Salmela and Evan Stensrud. The Oles responded to the 3-0 deficit at 10:09 of the third period, capitalizing on a power play of their own. Mike Jewison scored it with assists from Keith Townsend and Ronn Guild. Dan Meneghin saved 19 shots on goal. The Falcons shot 40. There were 19 penalties called, nine against UW-RF. The Falcons were 2-for-6 with the extra man. The Oles were 1-for-6. The Falcons advance to 13-2-1 on the season. UW-RF has a home-and-away series against UW-Stout next weekend, hosting the home game Friday night at 7:05 p.m. at Hunt Arena.
Falcons Lose to Johnnies, 2-1 Dec. 14, 2002 Nineteen seconds after the Falcons scored the tying goal with 1:01 left in the game, St. John's put the winner in the net to beat UW-RF 2-1 at Hunt Arena Saturday night. After abandoning the net for an extra attacker in the closing minutes of the third period, Marc-Andre Lalande sent the puck across the front of the crease and Jim Murphy knocked it in to give the Falcons a tie, 1-1, with 1:01 left in the game. Aaron Degerness was also in the play. But before the celebration died down, St. John's Darryl Smoleroff got the puck by Jacque Vezina with help from Ryan Langenbrunner and Scott Bjorklund at 19:18. The Johnnies' first goal came at 15:59 of the second period on power play by Brady Lundblad with assists from Kevin Willey and Smoleroff. Vezina saved 22 shots on the night. The Falcons shot 25 against Johnny Rick Gregory. The Falcons went 0-for-3 on the power play; St. John's was 1-for-2. A total of 11 penalties were called, 6-5 with SJU serving the extra one. The loss, UW-RF's first at home this year, drops the Falcons to 12-2-1 on the season as they take their three-week break for the Holidays. UW-RF next hosts St. Olaf at Hunt Arena Jan. 4 at 7:05 p.m.
Falcons Beat Augsburg, 8-1 Dec. 13, 2002 Jim Murphy scored two goals to help lead the Falcon men's hockey team to an 8-1 win over Augsburg on Friday night at Hunt Arena. UWRF held a 1-0 lead after one period and led 5-0 after two. Tony Sikich scored his first collegiate goal at 13:41 of the first period. Joe Dustin got the assist. Murphy scored at :40 of the second period with Matt Elsen and Marc-Andre Lalande assisting. Rob Novak gave the Falcons a 3-0 lead at 7:33 with Dustin assisting. Murphy scored a power-play goal at 9:15 with Elsen and Mike Salmela getting the assists. The Falcons final goal of the period came from Nate Hansen at 17:43 with Sikich and Dustin assisting. It was Dustin's third assist of the game. AC made it a 5-1 game at :19 of the third period when Brady Fougner scored. The Falcons took advantage of a five-minute major penalty on Augsburg with two power-play goals. Adam Kragthorpe scored the first at 4:39 and Jamie Steinert the second at 6:56. Elsen and Lalande assited on the first and Sikich and Kragthorpe on the second. Josh Schlipp scored the Falcons final goal at 8:14 with Steve Moe and Jess Johnson assisting. UWRF goalie Dan Meneghin made 23 saves in raising his record to 6-0 on the year. AC goalies Erik Young (31) and Pete Samargia (13) combined for 44 saves. Young played the first two periods. The Falcons, 12-1-1 overall, host St. John's on Saturday at Hunt Arena with action starting at 7:05 p.m. Falcons Edge St. Mary's, 5-4 Dec. 7, 2002 The Falcon men's hockey team scored four goals - two on power play - in the third period to turn around a 2-1 defecit and beat St. Mary's 5-4 Saturday night at Winona. After the Falcons took a 1-0 lead after one period of play on a Jamie Steinert goal assisted by Rob Novak and Evan Stensrud, the Cardinals responded with two early second period scores to take away the lead. Lenny Hofmann and Sam Phillips scored at 1:11 and 2:58 to turn the momentum around and enter the final period on top. UWRF came up with two goals in the first half of the period to make it a 3-2 game. Aaron Degerness scored on the power play with help from Mike Salmela and Stensrud, and Josh Schlipp put the puck in from Tony Sikich and Adam Kragthorpe. But St. Mary's didn't give up. At 10:21 Cardinal B.J. Gaustad evened the score unassisted. Two minutes later, at 12:23, Jim Murphy scored his first of two consecutive goals to propel the Falcons ahead once again. His first was assisted by Ryan Vieau, and his second, at 13:44 on another power play, by Degerness and Jess Johnson. St. Mary's Hofmann pulled the game back to within one at 18:50, but Dan Meneghin and the Falcons held them off for the win. The Falcons outshot St. Mary's in two of three periods and overall, 40-34. Both teams spent considerable time in the penalty box; River Falls 20 minutes and St. Mary's 16. Meneghin made 30 saves. The win puts the Falcons at 11-1-1 overall. Next weekend they host Augsburg and St. John's at Hunt Arena Friday and Saturday. Both games start at 7:05 p.m.
Falcons Lose at UST, 5-2 Dec. 6, 2002 St. Thomas handed the Falcon men's hockey team its first loss of the season, 5-2, Friday night in St. Paul. UST led 2-0 after one and 4-1 after two. UST got first period goals from
Peter Brooks at 13:53 and Chris Hood at 16:23 to take the lead. UST went
ahead 3-0 at 4:40 of the second period when Anthony Blumer scored. UWRF
got back to within 3-1 when Nate Kotewa scored a short-handed goal at
17:03. But the Tommies got that goal back at 18:20 when David DuBord scored
a power-play goal. In the third, UWRF got a power-play goal at 17:31 when
Matt Elsen scored. UST got the final goal, short-handed into an empty-net,
by DuBord at 19:21. The Falcons, now 10-1-1 overall, play at St. Mary's on Saturday with action starting at 7:05 p.m. Falcons Dominate Saints, 8-1 Dec. 3, 2002 The Falcons scored five goals in the first period alone as they dominated St. Scholastica, 8-1, Tuesday night at Hunt Arena. Jim Murphy, Jamie Steinert and Matt Elsen all had two-goal performances in the win. The Falcons outshot the Saints 40-13 with Jacque Vezina in net. Rheese Carlson drifted off-center to the right and fired the first goal past CSS's Josh Liebig. He was assisted by Josh Magnuson at 2:18. Shortly after, at 3:26, Murphy put his first in net with help from Elsen and Aaron Degerness. Jess Johnson pulled up on Liebig's left side, squared and knocked the puck in at 5:57 for the 3-0 lead, assisted by Jess Modahl. St. Scholastica got one back at 8:39, just more than 20 seconds into the game's first power play opportunity. Gordon Burnett had his shot redirected past Vezina. It was also the first CSS shot on goal. Steinert capitalized on the Falcons' first power play chance at 14:42 with a goal aided by Mike Salmela. Elsen finished the opening period's scoring with a rebound goal from an Evan Stensrud shot. Murphy also assisted. UWRF scored a pair more in the second period, beginning when Murphy had a two-on-one but kept it. He skated to the right corner of the crease, came back across the front and lifted the puck past CSS goalie Cory Lonke, who replaced Liebig after the UWRF fifth goal. Murphy's score came at 11:36 of the second with John Conboy and Degerness assisting. The other goal came at the hand of Steinert. After Josh Schlipp hit the pipe on a close-proximity shot from the right, Schlipp tried again moments later, but Lonke made the save. Johnson rebounded, but again Lonke saved. Finally Steinert backhanded the puck in over Lonke's shoulder at 18:17. Both Johnson and Schlipp got credit for helping. Elsen made it 8-1 in the third period with an open shot at Lonke that caught part of his glove but went in. The goal was at 14:21 and was assisted by Adam Kragthorpe and Marc-Andre Lalande. UWRF's 40 shots were distributed 14, 17 and 9 over the three periods. Vezina finished with 12 saves. There were 17 penalties on the night; the first three resulted in goals. UWRF finished 2-for-8 on the power play; CSS was 1-for-3. CSS served 22 of the game's 34 penalty minutes. The Falcons improve to 10-0-1 on the year. This weekend UWRF travels to St. Thomas Friday and St. Mary's Saturday.
Falcons Upset No. 1 in the Nation, St. Norbert, 5-2 Nov. 23, 2002 The Falcons toppled the USCHO.com No. 1 by a 5-2 score Saturday night at Hunt Arena. Entering the third period on top 2-0, the Falcons gave up four Green Knight power plays but scored half of its six shots on goal to win the period 3-2 and the game. The Falcons began the night with an immediate goal at 1:22 when Jamie Steinert passed across the face of St. Norbert goalie Eric Van Den Bosch to Evan Stensrud, who tipped in the opening score from the right side of the crease. At the end of the period, 19:31, Adam Kragthorpe added another score to the Falcon lead with an open look between the circles that he fired through. Assists went to Rob Novak and John Conboy. Shots on goal for the first and second periods were nearly identical. St. Norbert edged the Falcons 8-7 in the first and tied 12-12 in the second. The Falcons made a statement as the third period opened, scored their third goal at 0:30 when Aaron Degerness' shot glanced off Van Den Bosch's shoulder and in. Degerness was assisted by Matt Elsen and Jim Murphy. The Green Knights turned right around, though, and took one back at 1:38 as Kyle Peterson, skating across the circles looking for a shot, held on to the puck and passed back to Trent Dickson for a one-timer at the right edge of the crease. The Falcons' second third period shot on goal was also the team's second third period goal. Nate Kotewa chased Van Den Bosch into the corner to play the puck. Van Den Bosch misplayed it, Kotewa passed it across the front, and a Green Knight defender involved in a scramble there slid into the net and brought the puck with him for the goal. Kotewa was assisted by Tony Sikich. At 13:09, nine seconds after a St. Norbert power play expired, Brant Kersey took a shot from the point after a teammate swung and missed between the circles, and Kersey's shot was deflected in midair past UWRF goalie Jacque Vezina. The score cut the Falcon lead to 4-2. Shortly after, a short-handed SNC team took a rebound off Vezina behind the net for a wrap-around that went under Vezina but did not cross the line. The Green Knights pulled Van Den Bosch just after an 18:24 penalty against the Falcons, thus taking a two-man advantage. But the Falcons held on, and put the game out of reach when Novak grabbed out of the air in his own zone and flipped it out to Kotewa, who skated down and took a hard shot into the empty net for the shorthanded goal at 19:58. Vezina repelled 28 of SNC's 30 shots on goal. The Falcons mustered 25 against Van Den Bosch. Neither team was successful on the power play. UWRF was 0-for-6; SNC went 0-for-7. The Falcons improve to 9-0-1 on the season. The SNC loss was its first blemish of 2002-03. UWRF hosts St. Scholastica Dec. 3 at Hunt Arena. Game time is 7:05 p.m.
Falcons Edge Foresters Nov. 22, 2002 The Falcon men's hockey squad broke a 2-2 tie on a power play midway through the third period to defeat Lake Forest 3-2 Friday night at Hunt Arena. Josh Schlipp slapped the puck through at 9:59, half a minute into the power play, with assists from Marc-Andre Lalande and Jess Johnson to get the game winner. Forester goalie Cody Brown stopped 24 of the 27 Falcon shots on goal. Lake Forest put 30 against Falcon Dan Meneghin. Ryan Vieau scored first in the contest, just 2:01 into the game and unassisted. The Foresters caught up in the second period with two goals at the hand of Dave Williams. Williams' first was a breakaway shot that beat Meneghin. The second was on a power play. Between his goals, Nate Kotewa scored for the Falcons on a second rebound. He was assisted by Joe Dustin and Tony Sikich. After two, it was tied 2-2. The Foresters, after outshooting the Falcons in both of the first two periods, mustered only five to UWRF's 11. Of 13 penalties in the game, the Falcons were charged with eight, all minor penalties. UWRF was 1-for-5 with the man advantage; LFC went 1-for-8. The Falcons improve to 8-0-1 with the win. The Foresters are now 3-3-1. UWRF welcomes St. Norbert to Hunt Arena Saturday night for a bout with the top team in the nation. UWRF is currently fourth in the USCHO.com Division III poll.
Falcons Top Bethel, 6-0 Nov. 16, 2002 Nate Hansen scored twice and goalie Jacque Vezina recorded his second straight shutout as the Falcons beat Bethel, 6-0, Saturday night at Hunt Arena. Hansen, playing for the first time at forward, scored at 9:59 and 13:58 of the second period to give UWRF a then 4-0 lead. Joe Dustin gave the Falcons a 1-0 lead in the first period when he scored at 13:31. Marc-Andre Lalande scored at 8:05 of the second period to put the Falcons ahead, 2-0. Hansen then scored twicce before the period was over to give UWRF a 4-0 lead after two. The Falcons added two insurance goals in the third. Matt Elsen scored at 13:27 and Jess Johnson at 17:52, with the Falcons on the power play. Aaron Degerness picked up two assists. Vezina picked up his second shutout of the season making 22 saves. He helped the Falcons kill off a 5-3 Bethel power play advantage in the second period. He had three saves in the first period, 10 in the second and nine in the third. He now has eight career shutouts which ties him with Jeff Heil (1994-97) and Brady Alstead (1995-99) for the UWRF record. UW-RF improves to 7-0-1 and will return to NCHA play next weekend. Friday the Falcons host Lake Forest and Saturday St. Norbert. Both games start at 7:05 p.m. Falcons Blank Pipers, 5-0 Nov. 15, 2002 Five different Falcons scored as Dan Meneghin recorded his first collegiate shutout to beat Hamline 5-0 Friday night at Hunt Arena. Meneghin stopped all 20 Fighting Piper shots on goal, and his teammates hurled 50 against HU goalie Tom Lovett. Joe Dustin started things off for the Falcons at 13:07 in the first period with a shot from the corner just inside the blue line that caught the open bottom left corner of the net. Dustin received assists from Jamie Steinert and Evan Stensrud. UW-RF added two more in the second period, first at the hand of Stensrud, who put in a second rebound at 5:17 off Rob Novak's original shot from behind the right circle. Steinert had the first rebound attempt. At 10:35, capitalizing on the squad's first power play opportunity, Adam Kragthorpe banged one in from the point. He was assisted by Matt Elsen and Jim Murphy. Late in the third period, already on top 3-0, the Falcons added two more to finish off the Pipers. At 18:00, Ryan Vieau knocked the fourth goal in from near the blue line on the left side. His assist came from Nate Kotewa. 50 seconds later, Josh Schlipp led Jess Johnson and another Falcon on a 3-on-1. Schlipp dished off to Johnson, and the junior forward put the puck by Lovett top shelf right side. Schlipp and Jess Modahl were credited with assists. There were only four penalties in the contest, none in the first period and one overall against the Falcons. UW-RF improves to 6-0-1 and will host Bethel at Hunt Arena Saturday night, starting at 7:05 p.m.
Falcons, Yellowjackets Stalemate, 0-0 Nov. 9, 2002 The goalies were spectacular in a deadlocked match between the Falcons and the defending national champs in Superior Saturday night. Jacque Vezina came up with 32 saves in a perfect 65-minute effort, including three overtime saves. Yellowjacket Nathan Ziemski saved all of the Falcons' 28 shots on goal. The Falcons were unable to put anything against Ziemski in the overtime. Both teams had just three penalties a piece and two power play opportunities. The Falcons' record is now 5-0-1 (3-0-1 in the NCHA). Superior, after beating Stout in overtime Friday, goes to 3-1-1 (2-1-1 in the NCHA). Next weekend the Falcons host Hamline and Bethel. Bost games start at 7:05 p.m. in Hunt Arena.
Falcons Get 7-1 Win at St. Scholastica Nov. 8, 2002 Jamie Steinert scored twice to lead the Falcons to a 7-1 win at St. Scholastica Friday night. UWRF led 1-0 after one and 4-0 after two. Rheese Carlson started the scoring for the Falcons at 13:24 of the first period to give UWRF a 1-0 lead. Jim Murphy scored a power-play goal at :43 of the second period. Steve Moe added a goal at 5:28 and Josh Schlipp scored an unassisted goal at 13:08 to put UWRF ahead 4-0 after two. CSS made it a 4-1 game with a goal at 1:23. But the Falcons scored three more times before the period was over. Steinert scored his first at 3:27 and added a power-play goal at 5:32. Nate Kotewa scored the final Falcon goal at 13:23. Mike Salmela had three assists. UWRF goalie Dan Meneghin made 30 saves to get the win. UWRF had 42 shots on goal. The Falcons, now 5-0 overall and 3-0 in the NCHA and ranked No. 7 in the Nov. 4 USCHO poll, play at UW-Superior on Saturday with the puck dropping at 7:05 p.m. UWS was ranked No. 4 in the Nov. 4 USCHO poll. Falcons Earn 7-2 Win at UWSP Nov. 2, 2002 The Falcons scored five straight third period goals and went on to earn a 7-2 win at UW-Stevens Point Saturday night. UWRF took a 1-0 lead after one period when Steve Moe scored at 13:14. UWSP tied the game in the second when Adam Kostichka scored at 11:25. UWRF went ahead at 12:16 when Rob Novak scored to make it 2-1. UWSP tied the game again at 19:58 when Mike Brolsma scored. But then the Falcons went on a rampage to get the win. Mike Salmela got the eventual game-winner at 1:23. Jim Murphy scored at 5:56, Jess Johnson at 9:58, Josh Schlipp at 16:20 and Josh Magnuson at 18:58. Schlipp and Evan Stensrud each had two assists. Murphy and Magnuson scored power-play goals. UWRF outshot UWSP 11-6 in the third period and 26-25 for the game. UWRF goalie Dan Meneghin made 23 saves, including 11 in the first period. UWSP's Ryan Scott stopped 20 shots. The Falcons, now 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the NCHA, play at St. Scholastica on Friday. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. Falcons Win Big at UWEC Nov. 1, 20 The Falcons exploded for seven second period goals and went on to a 10-1
win at UW-Eau Claire Friday night. Falcon goalie Jacque Vezina made 32 saves to get the win. UWEC had 32 shots on goal. The Falcons finished 3-7 on the power-play and held UWEC scoreless in three chances. The Falcons, now 3-0 overall and 1-0 in the NCHA, play at UW-Stevens Point on Saturday. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. Falcons Complete Sweep of MSOE, 7-1 Oct. 26, 2002 Saturday the Falcons had more shots on goal than Friday, 57, and managed to put seven in the net to beat MSOE 7-1 for the opening weekend sweep at Hunt Arena. The Falcons came out strong in the first period, assaulting MSOE goalie Marcus Feferman with 29 shots on goal, but Feferman held his own and allowed just two goals. Evan Stensrud started the UWRF scoring at 7:40 with an unassisted power play goal, his second goal of the season. Less than a minute later, Jess Modahl played with the puck a little on the right side of the crease before lifting it top shelf gloveside past Feferman. Early in the second period, Feferman left the crease to play the puck to the right side, but Nate Kotewa got it back at the blue line, turned and shot it. Feferman, retreating back, went airborne sideways and caught it, sliding to the boards. But a minute later, Jamie Steinert scored the first of two consecutive goals on the night, a shorthanded goal assisted by Matt Elsen. Steinert's next goal came at 6:25 with help from Josh Schlipp and Modahl. Just seven seconds into his third power play, MSOE's Nicholas Wedster, who also drew three minor penalties on the night, had his slapshot go by UWRF goalie Dan Meneghin. Scoring next for the Falcons was Marc-Andre Lalande from the corner, through a couple people, at 9:01. The assist went to Stensrud. Adam Kragthorpe finished the period's scoring at 12:00, beating MSOE's quick power play score with a goal of his own merely five seconds after the penalty. Jim Murphy assisted the goal. UWRF's seventh goal came at the hands of Jess Johnson who fought through a defender and swung his stick at the puck, knocking it by Feferman. Modahl got the assist by throwing the puck at the crease. Meneghin saved 17 of 18 shots in the Falcon crease while Feferman stopped 50 of the Falcons' 57 shots on goal. The Falcons served eight minor penalties, MSOE seven. UWRF was 2-for-6 on the power play; MSOE was 1-for-7. The Falcons improve to 2-0 after the opening weekend. UWRF now goes on a four-game road trip beginning next weekend at UW-Eau Claire Friday and UW-Stevens Point Saturday.
Falcons Rout MSOE, 11-2 Oct. 25, 2002 The Falcon men's hockey team amassed 11 goals to win in the season opener against Milwaukee School of Engineering Friday at Hunt Arena. Anxious to break into the new season, freshman Aaron Degerness made a memorable debut performance by taking and scoring on the Falcons' first shot on goal at 0:16. He was assisted by Jim Murphy and Matt Elsen. The Falcons had four goals in the first six minutes Friday, the second one at 3:12 when Nate Kotewa and Josh Magnuson went two-on-one against Raider goalie Marcus Feferman. Kotewa passed to Magnuson just in front and Magnuson put the puck in the net. Rheese Carlson also had an assist on the play. At 5:04, Rob Novak scored from Evan Stensrud, and 45 seconds later, Marc-Andre Lalande made it 4-0 with assists from Josh Schlipp and Jess Johnson. Stensrud then finished off the Falcon first period scoring at 12:20 on the power play, assisted by Adam Kragthorpe. MSOE got on the scoreboard at 13:44 on a shot from the right circle that squeezed between Jacque Vezina's shoulder and the post. David Pederson scored on one of four shots in the period. In the second period, Jamie Steinert became the sixth Falcon scorer. He was the recipient of a pass out front and went one-on-one with the goalie. His shot hit Feferman but trickled into the net. Stensrud had the pass for assist. Nearly four minutes later, Johnson had an open opportunity against the goalie and missed, but he came back immediately across the front and got a pass from Jess Modahl to score UWRF's seventh goal. Magnuson scored his second goal of the night at 10:31 from Joe Dustin. In the third period, the Falcons added three more. Modahl got his first goal as a freshman at 2:56 from Schlipp and Johnson. Kotewa started his senior season with a goal at 9:11 from Carlson. At 15:37, MSOE's Joe Swanson knocked a shot at Vezina's foot from behind the net and the puck found its way around the pole and in for the Raiders' second score. Johnson finished the scoring column with No. 11 at 19:10 from a Schlipp assist. The Falcons totaled 46 shots on goal; Feferman stopped 35. MSOE had 16 shots on goal, 14 stopped by Vezina. UWRF was 1-for-3 on the power play, MSOE 0-for-3. Both teams had five penalties for 10 minutes. The Raiders return Saturday night for another contest with the Falcons.
The game is at 7:05 p.m. at Hunt Arena. Falcons Open Season This Weekend Oct. 21, 2002 If anything is safe to assume in the highly competitive NCHA, it is that
the 2002-03 Falcon men's hockey team has the talent to win at least 18
games. |