On Saturday night, Utica defeated Bowdoin, 4-2, on four unanswered goals to send the Pioneers to Lake Placid for the D-III Frozen Four. The game winning goal, a deflection by Ridge Garbutt (F, Jr.) off an Evan Chlanda (F, Sr.) shot caused controversy for some who thought it came off a high stick (it was high, but it was not a "high stick"). Thanks to the marvels of modern technology, a Bowdoin fan (Gully Foyle, we originally said Utica fan; apologies) in attendance posted a HD video of the goal on YouTube with slow motion replay. Watch for yourself.
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Monday, March 11, 2013
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Bowdoin at Utica: An NCAA Quarterfinal in tweets and pics
Pre-Game
Hyped up for tomorrow! #UCHockey #SeeYouAtTheAud twitter.com/melissajmorrow…
— Melissa Morrow (@melissajmorrow) March 8, 2013
Watch hs hockey online today on Sun Journal and Bowdoin D3 game vs Utica is here @8:30.empire8.tv/play/index.cfm…
— Rob Munzing (@MunzingMedia) March 9, 2013
Cannot wait for Saturday. Playing for a chance to head back to Lake Placid and play in the old home barn #UChockey #Nwood #cantbestopped
— Jordan Hobaica (@Hoby15) March 7, 2013
Tell em game was moved to Clinton arena. RT @pb_reporter Large group of Bowdoin fans at Delmonico's
— Caz (@cazzball) March 9, 2013
Locker room is ready to go. It's the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history! twitter.com/UCMensHockey/s…
— UC Men's Hockey (@UCMensHockey) March 9, 2013
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal Roundup: Utica 4/Bowdoin 2
Bowdoin Polar Bears (23-4-2) 2
Utica Pioneers (21-5-2) 4
It was over when...: Utica's Eric Peterson (F, SR.) netted an empty net goal with 53.4 seconds remaining to cap off four unanswered tallies and send the Pioneers to their first ever NCAA D-III men's ice hockey Final Four in what Utica Coach Gary Heenan called a "win by committee." Bowdoin's most successful season in program history came to an end after the Polar Bears carried a 2-0 lead into the first intermission for the third time in the last four games.
Neither team seemed to find their rhythm in the first ten minutes of play, as the Utica radio announcers said it was "blue line to blue line." For Utica, it was their first game in twenty days, so there may have been a bit of getting the rust off. For Bowdoin, as Coach Meagher said, "the first ten minutes were about feeling out the sheet of ice itself."
Utica Pioneers (21-5-2) 4It was over when...: Utica's Eric Peterson (F, SR.) netted an empty net goal with 53.4 seconds remaining to cap off four unanswered tallies and send the Pioneers to their first ever NCAA D-III men's ice hockey Final Four in what Utica Coach Gary Heenan called a "win by committee." Bowdoin's most successful season in program history came to an end after the Polar Bears carried a 2-0 lead into the first intermission for the third time in the last four games.
Neither team seemed to find their rhythm in the first ten minutes of play, as the Utica radio announcers said it was "blue line to blue line." For Utica, it was their first game in twenty days, so there may have been a bit of getting the rust off. For Bowdoin, as Coach Meagher said, "the first ten minutes were about feeling out the sheet of ice itself."
Saturday, March 9, 2013
NCAA Quarterfinal Final: Utica 4/Bowdoin 2
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Bowdoin 2Utica 4
FINAL Preview Box Score
Pre-game: Despite one OT, the high school games finished in a timely manner and the game started on time. Bowdoin took the ice to boos, the Pioneers to cheers. Shocker. Fenkell started in net. He was joined by Toz, Lockwood, MacGregor, Renaud and McGarry. The Utica College faithful joined in for the "you see" (get it?) of the national anthem.
1st Period: UC went on the PP first as Tim Coffey was called for high sticking 2:48 in. PBs killed the penalty but Adam Graff of UC got an open wrist shot off that Fenkell had to make a nice pad save to turn aside. Alot of forechecking in the first 10 as the TV announcers said the play was "blue line to blue line." Bowdoin got their first power play with 13:14 remaining as Pioneer captain Evan Chlanda gets called as the sixth skater on the ice. UC killed the penalty with not much pressure from Bowdoin. Utica had a series of chances in the middle of the period but Fenkell was up to the task.
NCAA Quarterfinals: Bowdoin at Utica 8:30 PM 3/9/13
Who: Bowdoin Polar Bears (23-3-2) at Utica Pioneers (20-5-1)
Where: The Utica Memorial Auditorium Utica, NY
When: 8:30 PM Saturday March 9, 2013
Audio/Video: Video Audio Live Stats
Overall Stats (National Rank) Statistical Leaders
Offense: 4.50 G/GM (4) Louie Educate (F, So) (17-18-35)
Defense: 2.19 G/GM (13) Ridge Garbutt (F, Jr.) (9-17-26)
Power Play: 23/125-18.40% (44) Jon Gaffney (F, Jr.) (13-12-25)
Penalty Kill: 97/113 - 85.8% (31) Nick Therrien (G, Sr. ) 2.13 GAA
Overall (National Rank) Statistical Leaders
Offense: 4.32 G/GM (5) Ollie Koo (D/F, Jr.) (15-18-33)
Where: The Utica Memorial Auditorium Utica, NY
When: 8:30 PM Saturday March 9, 2013
Audio/Video: Video Audio Live Stats
Overall Stats (National Rank) Statistical Leaders Offense: 4.50 G/GM (4) Louie Educate (F, So) (17-18-35)
Defense: 2.19 G/GM (13) Ridge Garbutt (F, Jr.) (9-17-26)
Power Play: 23/125-18.40% (44) Jon Gaffney (F, Jr.) (13-12-25)
Penalty Kill: 97/113 - 85.8% (31) Nick Therrien (G, Sr. ) 2.13 GAA
Offense: 4.32 G/GM (5) Ollie Koo (D/F, Jr.) (15-18-33)
Defense: 2.50 G/GM (21) Dan Weiniger (F, Sr.) (17-12-29)
Power Play: 34/125 - 27.20% (6) Harry Matheson (F, Jr.) (12-16-28)
Penalty Kill: 115/139 - 80.8% (26) Max Fenkell (G, So) 2.03 GAA
The Lowdown: Spring Break at...Lake Placid?
The Bowdoin College Polar Bears will meet the Utica College Pioneers tonight in the Quarterfinal round of the NCAA D-III men's ice hockey tournament at the historic Utica Memorial Auditorium. The winner goes to Lake Placid for a semifinal game of the Final Four on March 15th. The Championship game is played the following day on March 16th.
The ECAC-West: The little conference that could
by Benet Pols
Here’s a primer for the ECAC-West, the home conference of the Utica
College Pioneers, Bowdoin’s host for this weekend's NCAA quarterfinals. The puck will be dropped at 8:30 PM in the famed Utica Auditorium----that is, if
each of the four high school games
set to be played at the Aud Saturday finish on schedule.
Here’s a primer for the ECAC-West, the home conference of the Utica
College Pioneers, Bowdoin’s host for this weekend's NCAA quarterfinals. The puck will be dropped at 8:30 PM in the famed Utica Auditorium----that is, if
each of the four high school games
set to be played at the Aud Saturday finish on schedule.
The ECAC-West has just six teams and so does not have an Automatic
Qualifier, or AQ, for the NCAA tournament. The NCAA requires a conference to
field at least seven teams before it can send an AQ to the NCAA Div. III men’s
ice hockey tournament. Thus, this year, any team from the ECAC-West with
realistic hopes for the NCAA had to wait for the NCAA to designate its three
Pool-C, or at-large, qualifiers before learning whether they’d make the
tournament.
The conference members, in order of the final regular season standings, are: Utica, Hobart, Neumann, Manhattanville, Elmira and
Nazareth. Utica finished the season
11-3-1 in conference and 20-5-1 overall.
Utica and Hobart were consistently ranked high all season in media
polls such as USCHO.com and D3Hockey rankings (links found on left sidebar). However, the hockey media is not used to
determine which three teams qualify for the at large bids. Instead, the NCAA
uses its own regional rankings, which were released publicly on February
12, 19 and 27. The NCAA regional
rankings rate 16 teams from the east and 8 from the west. A fourth set of
rankings was generated on Selection Sunday, March 3rd, but those were
not released to the public.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Bowdoin at Utica: A Coach's Perspective
We invited Colby Assistant Coach Chris Hall to breakdown the match-up for this Saturday's NCAA D-III Tournament Quarterfinals between Bowdoin and Utica.
by Chris Hall
by Chris Hall
Overall Record (23-3-2) Overall Record (20-5-1)
Away Record (9-1-1) Home Record (13-3-0)
Offense: 4.32 GPG Offense: 4.5 GPG
Defense: 2.5 GAPG Defense: 2.19 GAPG
Power Play: 27.2% Power Play: 18.4%
Penalty Kill: 82.7% Penalty Kill: 85.8%
Bowdoin at Utica promises to be a well-played and hard-fought NCAA Quarterfinal match-up on Saturday night at the Auditorium in Utica. Looking at how close these records and statistics are, it should be a very good match-up. In the high stakes one and done world of the NCAA Tournament, you can throw the records out. Both teams feature potent offenses in a time of year when defense wins championships.
Similarities
The Polar Bears and Pioneers each have rosters full of forwards with good skating ability and some explosive speed. They both have a handful of high-end goal scorers and players who can make plays to win the game. For Bowdoin, keep an eye on #20 John McGinnis and #12 Harry Matheson - they were two impact players from Wednesday night against UMass-Dartmouth. Utica has one of the best young scorers in the country in sophomore #25 Louie Educate (77 points in two seasons) and the Pioneers carry a strong junior class.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
The Utica Memorial Auditorium: Historic "Aud" hosts Bowdoin/Utica NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal
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| Images of "The Aud" Courtesy of www.ucpioneers.com |
The Utica Memorial Auditorium, or "Aud", was the vision of former Utica mayor John McKennan. In 1956, the city of Utica hired the architectural firm of Gehron & Seltzer to build a stadium, and the team soon found out the task was more complicated than your run of the mill arena construction. For starters, the site was small, necessitating a round design, and the building required a colorless roof that wasn't too high because that would make it too difficult to heat and cool the building.
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