2008 Woodie Awards
Men's hockey secures home ice for playoff opener
Juliana Wynohradnyk
Issue date: 2/28/08 Section: Sports
With only a week left in regular season play, the Sacred Heart University men's ice hockey team took another split weekend against Holy Cross.
The Pioneers lost 3-1 on Friday night at the Hart Center, but dominated on their power-play chances to capture a 4-0 shutout win on Saturday night at the Milford Ice Pavilion.
The Pioneers came out strong to start Friday night's game. Junior Bear Trapp scored a power-play goal at 6:03 into the first period. The goal, Trapp's 12th of the season, was taken off a pass from senior Alexandre Parent. The Pioneers closed the first period with a 1-0 lead and a shot tally of 16, compared to the Crusaders' eight shots.
Holy Cross was able to tie the game at one goal a piece with 11:35 remaining in the second period. Although the Crusaders out-shot Sacred Heart 11-7 in the period, they were unable to capitalize on their power- play opportunities.
"Their strength is their offense and power play," said sophomore Nick Johnson. "Coach Hannah has been praising discipline and staying out of the box to keep them off the power play."
"We were well aware of Holy Cross' ability to produce most of their offense on the power- play and that we will be more successful by taking fewer penalties," said junior Kyle Tyll.
Holy Cross scored 34 seconds into the third period. From there, the Crusaders took control and scored again with 23 seconds left in the period when the Pioneers pulled junior goaltender Stefan Drew for an extra man advantage.
"The last time we played Holy Cross we were physically much stronger," said Tyll. "We need to play very physical with them."
Saturday night's game between the two teams deemed victorious for the Pioneers as they jumped all over the Crusader's failure to stay out of the box.
At the 15:08 mark in the first period, junior Dave Jarman scored the first of four Sacred Heart power-play goals for the night. The assist came from sophomore Erik Boisvert.
The Pioneers lost 3-1 on Friday night at the Hart Center, but dominated on their power-play chances to capture a 4-0 shutout win on Saturday night at the Milford Ice Pavilion.
The Pioneers came out strong to start Friday night's game. Junior Bear Trapp scored a power-play goal at 6:03 into the first period. The goal, Trapp's 12th of the season, was taken off a pass from senior Alexandre Parent. The Pioneers closed the first period with a 1-0 lead and a shot tally of 16, compared to the Crusaders' eight shots.
Holy Cross was able to tie the game at one goal a piece with 11:35 remaining in the second period. Although the Crusaders out-shot Sacred Heart 11-7 in the period, they were unable to capitalize on their power- play opportunities.
"Their strength is their offense and power play," said sophomore Nick Johnson. "Coach Hannah has been praising discipline and staying out of the box to keep them off the power play."
"We were well aware of Holy Cross' ability to produce most of their offense on the power- play and that we will be more successful by taking fewer penalties," said junior Kyle Tyll.
Holy Cross scored 34 seconds into the third period. From there, the Crusaders took control and scored again with 23 seconds left in the period when the Pioneers pulled junior goaltender Stefan Drew for an extra man advantage.
"The last time we played Holy Cross we were physically much stronger," said Tyll. "We need to play very physical with them."
Saturday night's game between the two teams deemed victorious for the Pioneers as they jumped all over the Crusader's failure to stay out of the box.
At the 15:08 mark in the first period, junior Dave Jarman scored the first of four Sacred Heart power-play goals for the night. The assist came from sophomore Erik Boisvert.
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