Rowan Ice Hockey Blog

We have found our scoring touch after being in a slump for a few weeks. After going O for October, November started out pretty well. A league matchup with number 10 ranked Rider looked to be a tough matchup and a good measuring stick. We put up 9 marks while only letting 2 get by us. The next two games we scored 13 goals an impressive offensive outburst. Unfortunately we let 20 get by us. Yes 20. We run and gun and open the offense, WIDE open, unfortunately our defense and goalie feel the pain. We are going to need to tighten it up some. More than likely it will bring down our offense but that will be ok if we can bring down the GAA as well.

We also played Liberty, the number 13th ranked team in the league. Another wide open affair. I don't think they were accustomed to such a style as ours, we put up 8 but surrendered 10 again. I thought we were going to come back and steal the game but a 5 minute major at the end of the game prevented the comeback. I thought the game was very entertaining with 18 goals scored and some huge hits and even a fight. If you were in the building you saw a fun one.

Next weekend is our last two games for November. We hit the road vs NYU and then return home to meet MACHA mates U Penn. This is our final home game for November and the last game to bring the non-perishable food items for the food bank. I can't thank everyone enough for their generosity this month in helping us help others.

See you on the pond.

Coach

The season is now chugging along and we are still mired in a losing streak. Like every streak, winning or losing you manage to find ways to keep it going if you let it get into your head. When you're winning you can find ways to win when you shouldn't and vice-versa. The latter happened to us last week vs St Joe's. Last minute of play on a powerplay and an untimely turnover ended up in our net and we lost the game by one. Disappointing but not deadly. Thankfully, the hockey gods always provide us a clean sheet on the pond and a new day. We'll keep plugging along making some changes and tweaking the systems and line-up til we figure it out. Hard work pays off and I still believe we can get it turned around.

November brings along with it the holiday season. We will be collecting non-perishable food items to donate to an area food bank. If you are planning on attending one of the home games please help us to help others.

See you on the pond

Coach