The ESU Warriors defeated the Penn State University Berks Campus 7 – 0 last Friday night. Travis LeBar recorded his second shutout of the season. There are no details of this game at this moment. I was not present at the game, due to the fact the weather report scared the courage out of me. The videotographer (is that a word?) also found a bright yellow streak down his back and stayed home. If details are forthcoming they will be passed on. Next game is Saturday home vs. Neumann (said with the same inflection as Jerry Seinfeld would say it). See you there, weather permitting!
Warriors Lose to Alvernia on Last Minute Goal
There seems to be a pattern. Slow starts with a frenzied, high energy effort in the 3rd period. The other haunting occurrences are goals being scored in the last minute of a game. The Warriors can play with anybody if they are tenacious from the opening whistle. Last season we had some difficult regular season losses, but the players have to remember how well ESU played in the playoffs.
Just under 3 minutes into the 1st period Alvernia scored when a loose puck was shoveled to the front of the net where an open AU player fired a wrister into the net. ESU 0 AU 1. Six seconds later AU scored again. On the face-off, after the goal the winger carried the puck into the ESU zone, and wristed a shot from above the right circle into the right top shelf. ESU 0 AU 2. Two and a half minutes later an Alvernia player received a pass as he came off the right boards and let go a wicked wrister. With five and a half minutes gone in the first period it was ESU 0 Alvernia 3. On a power play with just over 5 minutes left in the 1st period the Warriors got one back on a power play as Tim Brown took a shot from the top of the right circle. Jon Fisher, was parked at the net, and as Fisher was hit he got the loose puck to Bob McMillan in the slot and he buried the puck up high over the goalie. ESU 1 AU 3. Two minutes later Matt Denega gave Ryan Malandra a neutral zone pass. Malandra used his speed to go to the net. His shot was stopped, but Denega following the play and chipped the rebound in the goal. ESU 2 AU 3.
In the second period, half way through the period AU took a two goal lead on a power play when a pass from behind the goal line went to a AU player open down low who put a wrist shot on the long side. ESU 2 AU 4. Just after the Warriors had killed off a one and half minute 5 on 3 Alvernia took back a 3 goal lead. The puck was turned over near the blue line and the AU player fired a pass to an open player on the edge of the crease who tipped in the pass. ESU 2 AU 5.
The 3rd period was uneventful until about half way through the period, Joe Iannacone stopped the puck at the point and cranked a slap shot that hit the twine beating the Bob McMillan screened goalie. ESU 3 AU 5. The Warriors scored a short handed goal when the pressured AU point man turned over the puck and Malandra and Denega skated in on a 2 on 1. Malandra went toward the right post and sent a backhander at the goal. The rebound was put in by Denega standing on the door step. ESU 4 AU 5. There were 3 1/2 minutes left in the game and Joe Deery was using his speed to hassle the Alvernia defenseman who lost control of the puck into the high slot where Chris deIturrondo one timed a blistering shot and the biscuit blew past the basket keeper. ESU 5 AU 5. Just 38 seconds were left on the clock when the final goal of the game, that made the net bulge, and ESU fans groan. The AU defenseman sent the puck airborne from his goal line to the neutral zone. Both Warrior defenders tried to make a play on the puck, but the rubber disc got by and AU had a 2 on none and a wrister was left in the back of the net. Final score ESU 5 Alvernia 6.
Warriors shutout by Stockton
A four zero shutout usually means one team dominated the other. But in this game it didn’t seem that way. Shots on goal E27-S22; penalties E7-S8 (ESU had a 2 minute 5 on 3, followed immediately by another 5 on 4 advantage). One thing to note was an ESU 14 to 5 shots edge in the 3rd Period. Need that energy early in the game.
The first period was scoreless. In the second period Stockton got on the scoreboard with 13 minutes left in the period on a power play. The score came on a wrist shot from the left circle dot. ESU 0 SU 1.
Ten minutes later Tim Brown stick checked the puck carrier twice along the boards. The puck went to the point where a snap shot was stopped by goalie Travis LeBar, but the rebound was sent to the twine. ESU 0 SU 2. With 32 seconds left in the 2nd, a beautiful pass from the circle to a player flying to the slot and the biscuit found the basket. ESU 0 SU 3.
Just as a Stockton power played ended they scored their final goal. In what really was a man advantage situation, a give and go pass behind the net allowed a player to step out and shoot from the post. That shot was stopped, but the rebound went to an open man on the far side of the net and rubber disc was flipped in. Final score ESU 0 – Stockton 4.
