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birddog
9/30/2007, 02:04 AM
here you go, chris.

Chris Perry
10/3/2007, 03:36 PM
message received birddog - thanks

Chris Perry
10/3/2007, 03:37 PM
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For the Week of October 1, 2007



No. 8 SOONERS SPLIT WITH No. 10 LINDENWOOD

OKLAHOMA OFF THIS WEEKEND



THIS WEEK’S GAMES - The University of Oklahoma® hockey club (3-1-0) has this weekend off to participate in the OU/Texas weekend festivities in Dallas.



LAST OU HOCKEY GAMES – Oklahoma went on the road last weekend and split a pair of games with No. 10 Lindenwood (2-2-0) in Wentzville, MO. On Friday night, the Sooners received a pair of goals from forward Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX), single goals from Greg Curtiss (Flint, MI) and Jarrod Yost (Murphy, TX) and a goal via penalty shot from Daniel Siira (Anchorage, AK) on their way to a 5-3 win over the Lions. Goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) stopped 30 of 33 shots to earn the win. Saturday night was indeed alright for fighting as six Sooners were tossed from the game for fighting after a line brawl started on the ice early in the second period of the following game. Lindenwood won the game by a score of 5-2 but penalties dominated the game. OU racked up 164 minutes in penalties on the evening while Lindenwood accumulated 136 of their own for a total of 300 minutes in penalties between the two teams. Scoring goals for OU on Saturday were forwards Keith Denton (Vail, CO) and Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ). Mattison took the loss after replacing starting goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) who was ejected for taking part in the second period melee. Lindenwood is historically always a tough opponent but the weekend's penalty-fest ought to make things interesting when the Lions travel to Oklahoma City in November for a pair of games against the Sooners.



TEAM CAPTAINS ANNOUNCED – Defenseman Mark Tylka (Wisconsin Dells, WI) has been named captain of the 2007-2008 Sooners. Forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) and defensemen Trey Snow (Coppell, TX) and Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) were named alternate captains.



RANKINGS – The Sooners are ranked 8th in the 2007-2008 pre-season ACHA Coaches Division 1 ranking. The next ranking is scheduled to be released this weekend.



SOONERS HOME GAMES ON THE AIR – All University of Oklahoma® Hockey home games this season will be broadcast on The WIRE. Fans can listen to Sooners Hockey home games via the Internet (www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu), Cox Cable Television Channel 4 SAP in Norman or 1710 AM in the immediate vicinity of the OU campus. OU Hockey broadcasts begin 15 minutes prior to face-off.



TICKETS – Individual tickets for upcoming OU Hockey home games are on sale now. In addition, a limited number of 2007-2008 season tickets are also available. Individual and season tickets can be purchased at Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 South I-35, in Oklahoma City. Call 631-3307 or 631-2709 for additional information.



PRACTICE SCHEDULE – The Sooners practice this week at the Blazers Ice Centre on Tuesday from 8:45-10:30 P.M., Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 P.M. and also Sunday TBA in order to help the team recover from the weekend festivities in Dallas.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!



### BOOMER SOONER! ###

MEDIA CONTACT:

Chris Perry, Dir. Communications
University of Oklahoma® Hockey
Phone: (405) 631-2709 / Cell: (405) 488-4048
Email: [email protected] / Fax: (405) 631-2102

www.icehockey.ou.edu / www.ouhockey.com

Chris Perry
10/8/2007, 03:02 PM
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For the Week of October 8, 2007



No. 7 SOONERS FACE WEBER STATE ON THE ROAD

OKLAHOMA TRAVELS TO OGDEN, UTAH THIS WEEKEND



THIS WEEK’S GAMES - After a week off due to the OU/Texas football weekend, the University of Oklahoma® hockey club (3-1-0) gets back to business this week with a pair of games against Weber State University (3-1-0) in Ogden, Utah. The Sooners have a 5-3-2 all-time record against the Wildcats and a 2-1-1 record against Weber State in games played at the Weber County Ice Sheet. Last season, the Sooners were 3-1-0 against Weber State, winning both games played in Ogden and splitting a pair of games in Oklahoma City.



LAST OU HOCKEY GAMES – Oklahoma's last games were two weeks ago when the Sooners split a pair of games with then-No. 10 Lindenwood in Wentzville, MO, winning the first game on Friday 5-3 and losing a penalty-filled contest on Saturday by a score of 5-2.



RANKINGS – The Sooners are ranked 7th in the latest ACHA Coaches Division 1 ranking released this past Friday. Here are the complete rankings:

2007-2008 ACHA Men's Division 1 Ranking #1
Rank School Name 1st Votes Record Pts Previous
1 Penn State 40 2-0-0 950 1
2 Illinois 1 2-0-0 905 2
3 Rhode Island 2-0-0 850 4
4 Ohio 1 3-1-0 791 5
5 Liberty 4-0-0 778 6
6 Oakland 1-1-0 751 3
7 Oklahoma 3-1-0 691 8
8 Delaware 1-1-0 683 7
9 Lindenwood 1-1-0 621 10
10 West Chester 1-0-1 620 11
11 Michigan-Dearborn 1-1-0 562 12
12 Iowa State 2-2-0 528 9
13 West Virginia 1-1-0 520 14
14 Kent State 2-0-0 487 13
15 Washington & Jefferson 2-1-0 394 15
16 Robert Morris (PA) 0-0-0 363 16
17 Niagara 3-0-0 289 24
18 Eastern Michigan 2-2-0 226 18
19 Central Oklahoma 4-0-0 224 NR
20 Navy 3-0-0 198 23
21 Western Michigan 0-1-1 182 17
22 Slippery Rock 3-1-0 124 NR
23 Arizona State 1-2-0 117 20
24 Robert Morris (IL) 0-2-0 110 19
25 Duquesne 1-1-0 90 21


Others receiving votes: Arizona, Mercyhurst, Youngstown State, Stony Brook, Rutgers, Indiana (PA), Saint Louis, Towson, and Drexel.



SCOUTING THE WILDCATS – The Weber State squad has endured some trying times recently. After the first game last season between OU and Weber State in Ogden, a 9-3 victory for OU, the Wildcats parted ways with their Head Coach, Joe Pfleegor. Former Weber State player Zak Treasure stepped in to take over the coaching reins for the remainder of the season. This season, Treasure serves as co-head coach with Aaron Dufford, a former Wildcat defenseman. Weber State disbanded its D2 club over the summer and the D1 club was forced to deal with some internal university audit issues before being allowed to play this season. On the ice, Weber State started out shaky with a 3-2 road loss to arch rival Utah State (ACHA D2) but have since followed that up with three wins, a 4-2 win over Utah State and 12-1 and 18-3 thrashings of Utah (ACHA D2). Forwards Michael Spawton, Chris Cotsilis and Nick Micek lead the Wildcats attack while defensemen Devon Benike and Scott Lam hold down the Weber State blueline. Goaltender Kyle Gover, back for another season between the pipes for Weber State, had a 3.76 goals against average last season and always seems to play well against the Sooners.



AFTER FURTHER REVIEW – In Oklahoma's last game, the 5-2 loss at Lindenwood, seven different Sooners were ejected from the game and received game disqualification penalties, mostly as a result of a 6-on-6 line brawl in the second period. In college hockey, a game disqualification penalty not only ejects the player from that game, but it also disqualifies the player for the next regularly scheduled game. The end result for OU was that the seven players who received Game DQs could not dress for the first game at Weber State. However, Lindenwood's referee-in-chief reviewed the game last week and rescinded the Game DQs for Keith Denton (Vail, CO) and Ryan Kenny (Scottsdale, AZ), meaning that both players are immediately eligible to play this weekend. The Game DQ penalties to Sooners goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN), forward Greg Smith (Irvine, CA), forward Chris Nicolaou (Dallas, TX) and defenseman Daryl Dee (Garland, TX) were upheld and all four players cannot play in the first game at Weber State as a result. Defenseman Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) was assessed an additional Game DQ by Lindenwood's referee-in-chief for his role in the melee. Miller must sit out three games as a result, including this weekend's series at Weber State, and will not be eligible to play for the Sooners until OU's home game against Arizona State on October 20th.



ON THE SIDELINE – Hard-hitting defenseman Trevor Hallberg (Flagstaff, AZ) injured his knee in practice recently, tearing both his ACL and MCL. Dr. Dan J. Jones and the excellent team of healthcare professionals at Southwest Orthopaedic & Reconstructive Specialists in Oklahoma City are overseeing Hallberg's injury and rehabilitation. Under the supervision of Dr. Jones and the great staff at SOS, Hallberg will have surgery in the coming weeks to repair the damage. Hallberg, a junior majoring in biomedical engineering and a key part of the Sooners defensive corps, will be out for the remainder of the season.



SOONERS HOME GAMES ON THE AIR – All University of Oklahoma® Hockey home games this season will be broadcast on The WIRE. Fans can listen to Sooners Hockey home games via the Internet (www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu), Cox Cable Television Channel 4 SAP in Norman or 1710 AM in the immediate vicinity of the OU campus. OU Hockey broadcasts begin 15 minutes prior to face-off.



TICKETS – Individual tickets for all OU Hockey home games are on sale now. In addition, a limited number of 2007-2008 season tickets are also available. Individual and season tickets can be purchased at Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 South I-35, in Oklahoma City. Call 631-3307 or 631-2709 for additional information.



PRACTICE SCHEDULE – The Sooners practice this week at the Blazers Ice Centre on Monday and Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 P.M. and Tuesday from 8:45-10:30 P.M. before leaving for Utah early Friday morning.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!





### BOOMER SOONER! ###

MEDIA CONTACT:

Chris Perry, Dir. Communications
University of Oklahoma® Hockey
Phone: (405) 631-2709 / Cell: (405) 488-4048
Email: [email protected] / Fax: (405) 631-2102

www.icehockey.ou.edu / www.ouhockey.com

Chris Perry
10/12/2007, 12:49 PM
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WHAT: Oklahoma Sooners® vs. Weber State Wildcats

WHEN: Friday, October 12, 2007, 8:15 P.M. MDT (9:15 P.M. CDT)

WHERE: Weber County Ice Sheet, Ogden, UT

BROADCAST: None



2007-08 RECORDS:

Oklahoma: 3-1-0 ACHA Division I

Weber State: 3-1-0 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Weber State – Zak Treasure & Aaron Dufford



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the first of two games between Oklahoma and Weber State this weekend...OU and Weber State will play a total of four times during the regular season, with the Wildcats coming to Oklahoma City in November for the second pair of games between the teams this year...Oklahoma has a 5-3-2 all-time record against Weber State, including a 2-1-1 road record against the Wildcats in Ogden.



OKLAHOMA NOTES: The Sooners are ranked 7th in the latest ACHA D1 coaches ranking...OU split a pair of games two weeks ago against Lindenwood, winning the first game 5-2 and losing the follow-up 5-3...Forwards Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) and Keith Denton (Vail, CO) lead the Sooners in goals scored with four apiece...Forwards Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL), Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) and Jarrod Yost (Murphy, TX) each have scored three goals this season...Four Sooners are lead the Sooners in assists, tied with four helpers each: Gebbie, McCauley, defenseman Shawn Hayden (Allen, TX) and forward Daniel Siira (Anchorage, AK)...Gebbie leads all OU scorers with 8 points...Forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) returns to the Sooners lineup tonight after recovering from an arm injury suffered at Nationals last March...Five Sooners, goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN), defensemen Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) and Daryl Dee (Garland, TX), and forwards Chris Nicolaou (Dallas, TX) and Greg Smith (Irvine, CA), must sit out tonight's game due to game disqualification penalties received in the 5-3 loss to Lindenwood...Dee and Nicolaou made the trip to Utah and will play tomorrow night...Smith, Helgason and Miller did not travel with the team to Utah this weekend.



WEBER STATE NOTES: Weber State is unranked...The games against Oklahoma are the first D1 games that Weber State will play this season, having faced D2 opponents in their games to date...Weber State has split a pair of games with D2 Utah State, losing 3-2 and winning 4-2, and has absolutely hammered D2 Utah by scores of 12-1 and 18-3...Forwards Anton Volkov (separated shoulder), Dane Ludolph (broken hand) and Dave Lorenzen (broken foot) are expected to be out of the Weber State lineup this weekend...Forward Nick Micek leads the Wildcats in scoring so far this season with 3 goals and 12 assists for 15 points total...Micek is followed in scoring by forwards Chris Cotsilis (8-3-11), Zach Zane (5-5-10) and Colter Knapton (3-4-7)...Weber State goaltender Kyle Gover has a 2-1 record this season and a 2.00 goals against average.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: The Sooners stay in Ogden for the second game in this two game series tomorrow evening at 8:15 P.M. MDT…For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!





### BOOMER SOONER! ###

MEDIA CONTACT:

Chris Perry, Dir. Communications
University of Oklahoma® Hockey
Phone: (405) 631-2709 / Cell: (405) 488-4048
Email: [email protected] / Fax: (405) 631-2102

www.icehockey.ou.edu / www.ouhockey.com

Chris Perry
10/13/2007, 01:31 AM
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OKLAHOMA 5, WEBER STATE 1



The 7th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club had to shake off some travel legs early before finding its scoring groove on the way to a 5-1 win over Weber State Friday night in Ogden, Utah. Five Sooners were suspended for tonight's game as a result of game disqualification penalties received two weeks ago at Lindenwood. Three of those players did not make the trip to Utah while the remaining two traveled to Weber State, leaving OU with nineteen players tonight instead of the usual twenty-one that can suit up for ACHA games.



There were no goals scored in the first period as the Oklahoma players struggled to shake off the effects of early morning air travel to Utah. However, no scoring did not mean there were no scoring chances. Despite being undermanned by two players, Oklahoma had 20 shots on goal in the period, compared to Weber State's lonely two shots during the same time, and Oklahoma had four power plays in the stanza while Weber State had three chances to score with the man advantage in the first twenty minutes of play.



In the second period, forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) started the Oklahoma scoring with a goal at the 2:31 mark to give the Sooners a 1-0 lead. Forward Daniel Siira (Anchorage, AK) scored the eventual game-winner at 5:32 to give OU a two goal cushion. In the third period, Weber State scored on a power play to cut the Oklahoma lead in half. But Siira scored his second goal at 8:28 of the third period and Allan followed suit with his second tally of the evening, a power play goal at 13:06, to put the Sooners up by a comfortable 4-1 margin. Forward Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) topped off the Oklahoma scoring with a goal at 17:27 to make tonight's final score 5-1 in favor of the Sooners.



Sooners goaltender Rob Mattison stopped 18 of the 19 shots he faced from the Wildcats while his Weber State counterpart, Kyle Gover, stopped 44 of 49 shots. Oklahoma was 1 for 6 on the power play while Weber State was 1 for 8 with the man advantage.



With the win, the Sooners improve to 4-1-0 on the season while Weber State drops to 3-2-0. Oklahoma stays in Ogden to face Weber State again Saturday evening.




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Oklahoma 0 – 2 – 3 -- 5

Weber State 0 – 0 – 1 -- 1


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: WSU, Micek (interference), 3:01; WSU, Cotsilis (slashing), 3:51; OU, Gebbie (check from behind), 10:40; OU, Johnson (kneeing), 11:03; WSU, Knapton (slashing), 11:03; WSU, Herzog (holding), 11:13; OU, Tylka (high sticking), 13:33; OU, Rose (slashing), 15:11; WSU, Lam (tripping), 17:15.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, OU, Allan (Hetrick), 2:31; 2, OU, Siira (McCauley, Yost), 5:32. Penalties: OU, Siira (slashing), 8:15; OU, Yost (slashing), 12:40; OU, Rose (roughing), 18:22.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, WSU, Lam (Knapton, Herzog), 4:36 (pp); 4, OU, Siira (Kenney), 8:28; 5, OU, Allan (Gebbie, Johnson), 13:06 (pp); 6, OU, McCauley (Siira), 17:27. Penalties: OU, Kenney (cross-checking), 3:15; WSU, Micek (holding), 11:44; WSU, Benike (high sticking), 12:21; OU, Johnson (high sticking), 13:54; WSU, Knapton (slashing), 15:27; OU, Gebbie (holding), 15:27; WSU, Micek (slashing), 17:48; OU, Deines (roughing), 17:48.



Shots on goal:


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Oklahoma 20 16 13 - 49

Weber State 2 7 10 - 19


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Goalies: OU, Mattison (19 shots, 18 saves); WSU, Gover (49, 44).



### BOOMER SOONER! ###

MEDIA CONTACT:

Chris Perry, Dir. Communications
University of Oklahoma® Hockey
Phone: (405) 631-2709 / Cell: (405) 488-4048
Email: [email protected] / Fax: (405) 631-2102

www.icehockey.ou.edu / www.ouhockey.com

Chris Perry
10/13/2007, 10:09 AM
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WHAT: Oklahoma Sooners® vs. Weber State Wildcats

WHEN: Saturday, October 13, 2007, 8:15 P.M. MDT (9:15 P.M. CDT)

WHERE: Weber County Ice Sheet, Ogden, UT

BROADCAST: None



2007-08 RECORDS:

Oklahoma: 4-1-0 ACHA Division I

Weber State: 3-2-0 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Weber State – Zak Treasure & Aaron Dufford



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the second of two games between Oklahoma and Weber State this weekend...OU beat Weber State last night by a score of 5-1...Oklahoma now has a 6-3-2 all-time record against Weber State, including a 3-1-1 road record against the Wildcats in Ogden.



OKLAHOMA NOTES: Forwards Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) and Daniel Siira (Anchorage, AK) scored two goals each last night in the Sooners' 5-1 victory...Forward Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) added a goal of his own last night...Goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) stopped 18 of the 19 shots he faced yesterday to improve his record to 3-1-0...After sitting out last night's game due to game DQ penalties, defenseman Daryl Dee (Garland, TX) and forward Chris Nicolaou (Dallas, TX) will be back in the Sooners line-up tonight...OU was 1 for 6 on the power play yesterday...The Sooners have a balanced offensive attack, as evidenced by eight different Sooners scoring points last night and six different Sooners having three or more goals each through five games this season.



WEBER STATE NOTES: Weber State's lone goal last night was scored by defenseman Scott Lam...Feisty forward Nick Micek didn't make the scoring column yesterday but was assessed three minors as he re-introduced himself to some of his favorite Sooners...Goaltender Kyle Gover must have seen pucks in his sleep last night after the Sooners pelted him with 49 official shots on goal...Unofficially, the Sooners had at least 10 more that were "missed" by the WSU official scorer...Weber State plays on an Olympic-sized sheet of ice (200' x 100' as opposed to a traditional 200' x 85' NHL-sized sheet) but could not take advantage of their home rink last night, partly due to Oklahoma's preparation in practice this past week which focused on spreading OU's offensive attack and tightening the defensive zone coverage to account for the extra space on the Weber State ice.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: The Sooners return home to face No. 23 Arizona State next weekend…For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!


### BOOMER SOONER! ###

MEDIA CONTACT:

Chris Perry, Dir. Communications
University of Oklahoma® Hockey
Phone: (405) 631-2709 / Cell: (405) 488-4048
Email: [email protected] / Fax: (405) 631-2102

www.icehockey.ou.edu / www.ouhockey.com

Chris Perry
10/14/2007, 02:01 AM
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OKLAHOMA 6, WEBER STATE 0



The 7th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club earned its first shutout of the season Saturday night as it humbled Weber State 6-0 in Ogden, Utah. Forward Luke Rose (Norman, OK) got the scoring started with a goal at the 9:11 mark of the first period to give OU a 1-0 lead. After Rose's goal, which turned out to be the game-winner, the Sooners turned on the power play offense, scoring five goals on the man advantage through the rest of the game. Defenseman Blake Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) scored on the power play at 11:30 of the first to make the score 2-0. Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) scored his third goal of the weekend with a power play tally just 58 seconds into the second period to put the Sooners up by 3 goals. Forward Daniel Siira (Anchorage, AK) also scored his third marker of this road trip, again on the power play, at the 9:28 mark of the second period to make it a four goal lead for Oklahoma. Forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK), playing in his first games of the season this weekend since he was injured at Nationals in March, scored at 11:26 of the second period to give the Sooners an insurmountable 5-0 lead. Defenseman Daryl Dee (Garland, TX) topped off the OU scoring with an unassisted power play goal in the third period to make tonight's final score 6-0 in favor of the Sooners.



Sooners goaltender Rob Mattison stopped all 23 shots he faced tonight, earning his first shutout since his high school hockey days. Weber State's goalie, Kyle Gover, was outstanding in net for the Wildcats as he stopped 59 of the 65 shots the Sooners threw his way, preventing what easily could have been a bigger Sooners blowout and limiting OU to just six goals. Oklahoma was 5 for 13 on the power play while Weber State was 0 for 8 with the man advantage.



The Sooners are now 5-1-0 on the season while Weber State sinks to .500 at 3-3-0. Oklahoma returns home to host No. 23 Arizona State next weekend.




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Oklahoma 2 – 3 – 1 -- 6

Weber State 0 – 0 – 0 -- 0


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, OU, Rose (Borchgrevink, Brewer), 9:11; 2, OU, Johnson (McCauley, Nicolaou), 11:30 (pp). Penalties: WSU, Valach (interference), 1:52; OU, McCauley (roughing), 6:48; WSU, Valach (tripping), 11:17; OU, Hayden (delay of game), 12:48.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, OU, Allan (Snow, Gebbie), :58 (pp); 4, OU, Siira (Nicolaou, McCauley), 9:28 (pp); 5, OU, Brewer (Dee, Johnson), 11:26 (pp). Penalties: WSU, Herzog (hooking), :18; WSU, Becci (hooking), :40; WSU, Knapton (goaltender interference), 2:25; OU, Gebbie (roughing), 6:52; WSU, Spawton (hooking), 8:16; WSU, Cotsilis (slashing), 9:03; WSU, Micek (roughing), 9:03; WSU, Spawton (slashing), 10:38; OU, Deines (roughing), 12:39; OU, Brewer (slashing), 13:58; OU, Denton (roughing), 14:16; OU, Borchgrevink (slashing), 15:10; WSU, Micek (roughing), 19:03; OU, Allan (roughing), 19:03.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, OU, Dee (unassisted), 15:04 (pp). Penalties: OU, Borchgrevink (tripping), 4:13; WSU, Herzog (roughing), 8:20; OU, Deines (roughing), 8:20; WSU, Micek (slashing), 9:11; WSU, Herzog (roughing, ten-minute misconduct), 10:31; WSU, Valach (check from behind), 13:51; WSU, Spawton (butt end major, game misconduct), 15:04; WSU, Benike (elbowing), 15:04.



Shots on goal:


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Oklahoma 17 21 27 - 65

Weber State 8 11 4 - 23


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Goalies: OU, Mattison (23 shots, 23 saves); WSU, Gover (65, 59).



### BOOMER SOONER! ###

MEDIA CONTACT:

Chris Perry, Dir. Communications
University of Oklahoma® Hockey
Phone: (405) 631-2709 / Cell: (405) 488-4048
Email: [email protected] / Fax: (405) 631-2102

www.icehockey.ou.edu / www.ouhockey.com

Chris Perry
10/15/2007, 01:50 PM
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For the Week of October 15, 2007



SOONERS WIN TWO AT WEBER STATE

No. 7 OKLAHOMA HOSTS No. 23 ARIZONA STATE THIS WEEKEND



THIS WEEK’S GAMES - The University of Oklahoma® hockey club (5-1-0) will play its first home games in four weeks as they host the Arizona State Sun Devils (1-3-0) for games on Friday and Saturday evening. The Sooners have a 4-4-0 all-time record against the Sun Devils and a 2-2-0 record against ASU in games played at the Blazers Ice Center. Last season, the Sooners went undefeated against Arizona State, winning all four games the teams played against one another.



LAST OU HOCKEY GAMES – Oklahoma returns from a road swing to Utah this past weekend where the Sooners swept two games from Weber State. Friday night, Sooners forwards Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) and Daniel Siira (Anchorage, AK) powered the Oklahoma offense with two goals apiece as the Sooners beat Weber State 5-1. Saturday evening, goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) turned away all 23 shots he faced and the Sooners scored five power play goals as OU cruised to its first shutout of the season, beating Weber State by a score of 6-0.



RANKINGS – The Sooners are ranked 7th in the latest ACHA Coaches Division 1 ranking. The next ranking is scheduled to be released this Friday.



SCOUTING THE SUN DEVILS – Arizona State has stumbled out of the gate this season. Right now, they are ranked 23rd in the latest D1 ranking but with a 1-3-0 record, look for ASU to drop further or even out of this Friday's upcoming ranking. The Sun Devils lost their first game of the season at Cal State-Long Beach (ACHA D2) by a score of 3-2. ASU's lone victory this season came the next night when they beat the 49ers 3-2 in a shootout, winning the shootout 1-0. ASU followed that effort with a pair of home losses to archrival Arizona two weeks ago by scores of 3-1 and 8-5. Forwards Patrick Lind (1G-3A-4pts), Ryan Clark (2-1-3), Trevor Van Conant (1-2-3) and defenseman Tony Bonacorso (1-2-3) are ASU's leading scorers so far this season. Sun Devils goaltender Kyle Bronsteen has a 3.18 goals against average through four games this season.



SIMPLY THE BEST – With the victories this past weekend, Head Coach Larry Donovan is now the winningest coach in OU Hockey history. Donovan entered this season needing four wins to eclipse former coach Craig Mcalister's 48-18-4 record. Six games and five wins later, Coach Donovan's record now sits at 50-15-1 and counting.



SOONERS HOME GAMES ON THE AIR – All University of Oklahoma® Hockey home games this season will be broadcast on The WIRE. Fans can listen to Sooners Hockey home games via the Internet (www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu), Cox Cable Television Channel 4 SAP in Norman or 1710 AM in the immediate vicinity of the OU campus. OU Hockey broadcasts begin 15 minutes prior to face-off.



TICKETS – Individual tickets for all OU Hockey home games are on sale now. In addition, a limited number of 2007-2008 season tickets are also available. Individual and season tickets can be purchased at Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 South I-35, in Oklahoma City. Call 631-3307 or 631-2709 for additional information.



PRACTICE SCHEDULE – The Sooners practice this week at the Blazers Ice Centre on Monday and Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 P.M. and Tuesday from 8:45-10:30 P.M.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!





### BOOMER SOONER! ###

MEDIA CONTACT:

Chris Perry, Dir. Communications
University of Oklahoma® Hockey
Phone: (405) 631-2709 / Cell: (405) 488-4048
Email: [email protected] / Fax: (405) 631-2102

www.icehockey.ou.edu / www.ouhockey.com

Mixer!
10/15/2007, 03:59 PM
Faceoff times are 7:30 & 6:30 - BE THERE!!!!

Chris Perry
10/19/2007, 12:05 PM
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WHAT: Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Friday, October 19, 2007, 7:30 P.M.

WHERE: Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 S. I-35, Oklahoma City, OK

BROADCAST: The WIRE 1710 AM, Cox Ch. 4 (SAP) and online at www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu



2007-08 RECORDS:

Arizona State: 1-3-0 ACHA Division I

Oklahoma: 5-1-0 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Arizona State – Todd Bisson



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the first of two games between Oklahoma and Arizona State this weekend...OU and ASU will play a total of four times during the regular season, with the Sooners traveling to Tempe in January for the second pair of games between the teams this year...Oklahoma has a 4-4-0 all-time record against the Sun Devils, including a 2-2-0 record against ASU in Oklahoma City.



OKLAHOMA NOTES: The Sooners remain ranked 7th in the most recent ACHA D1 coaches ranking released earlier this morning...OU swept a pair of road games last weekend from Weber State, winning 5-1 and 6-0...Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) leads the Sooners in goals with six...Forward Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) is the leading scorer for OU with four goals and seven assists for a total of eleven points...Forward Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) is right behind McCauley with 10 points (4 goals, 6 assists)...After notching his first shutout of the season last week, goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) has a 4-1-0 record, a 1.94 goals against average and a .914 save percentage...For his efforts at Weber State, Mattison was named this week's Athlete of the Week by The Oklahoma Daily student newspaper...Defensemen Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) will sit out tonight's game as he serves the last of his three game suspension from accumulated game disqualification penalties in the September 29 loss at Lindenwood...Forwards Jarrod Yost (Murphy, TX), Adrian Borchgrevink (Kenai, AK) and Kenny Deines (Highland Village, TX) will not play this weekend due to injury...Forward Matt Pangrac (Decatur, IL) also will not play against ASU this weekend as he is competing for the OU bass fishing team in the Under Armour College Bass National Championship going on through Saturday on the Arkansas River; as reported on http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/tournaments/news/story?id=3069689, Pangrac and the Sooners lead the event after the first day of competition (follow Pangrac's progress throughout the tournament at http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/index).



ARIZONA STATE NOTES: Arizona State was No. 23 but was not in the Top 25 in this morning's ranking...Earlier this week, Mike De Angelis stepped down as Head Coach of ASU's club but will remain involved in the program as an Assistant Coach and Assistant Manager...Todd Bisson of Toronto, Ontario, will now lead ASU's team starting this weekend...Bisson was already with the team this season as ASU's Defense Coach...Bisson played NCAA D1 collegiate hockey at Canisius College and played a few years of minor pro hockey at the AA/A level after graduation...Arizona State's last games were two weeks ago when they were swept at home by Arizona...Forwards Patrick Lind (1-3-4), Ryan Clark (2-1-3), Trevor Van Conant (1-2-3) and defenseman Tony Bonacorso (1-2-3) are ASU's leading scorers so far this season...Sun Devils goaltender Kyle Bronsteen has a 3.18 goals against average through four games this season.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: The Sooners host the Sun Devils again tomorrow night at 6:30 P.M. at the Blazers Ice Centre…For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!





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Chris Perry
10/20/2007, 01:28 AM
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OKLAHOMA 5, ARIZONA STATE 2



What appeared at first to be an easy evening for the 7th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club was anything but as the Sooners had to stage a third period offensive flurry to secure a 5-2 win over unranked Arizona State Friday night in Oklahoma City.



Oklahoma's leading goal scorer, forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ), scored just 34 seconds into the game on a rising shot from the point that sailed over the ASU goalie into the net to give OU a quick 1-0 lead. The Sooners struck again when forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) scored at 10:32 of the first period to make the score 2-0 in OU's favor and it appeared as if the Sooners were going to roll over the Sun Devils. Arizona State had other ideas though as they connected on a power play goal late in the first period to cut the OU lead in half.



Less than a minute into the second period, ASU had tied the game at 2 with another power play tally. The Sooners successfully killed off a 1:50 5-on-3 ASU power play in the second to keep the score knotted at 2-2 after two periods of play. However, the Sooners' conditioning paid off in the final stanza as OU continued to skate at a torrid pace while ASU looked noticeably tired during the final twenty minutes of the game.



Oklahoma took the lead for good at 3:14 of the third period when Allan scored his second goal of the night, this one coming while the teams were playing four-on-four hockey. Allan and defenseman Blake Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) raced into the ASU zone on a 2-on-1 and, after receiving a sweet crossing pass from Johnson, Allan buried the puck into the ASU net to give OU a 3-2 lead. Forward Chris Nicolaou (Dallas, TX) scored OU's first power play goal of the night less than a minute later to put the Sooners up 4-2. Brewer added his second goal of the evening on another power play with 8:31 to go in the game to make the final score 5-2 in favor of the Sooners.



Sooners goaltender Rob Mattison stopped 26 of 28 shots he faced tonight. Arizona State's goalie, David Tanner, ended up stopping 39 of the 44 Oklahoma shots he saw during the evening. Oklahoma was 2 for 9 on the power play while ASU was 2 for 11 with the man advantage.



The Sooners are now 6-1-0 on the season while Arizona State's record falls to 1-4-0. The two teams meet again Saturday night at 6:30 P.M. at the Blazers Ice Centre.




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Arizona State 1 – 1 – 0 -- 2

Oklahoma 2 – 0 – 3 -- 5


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, OU, Allan (Johnson, Gebbie), :34; 2, OU, Brewer (Rose), 10:32; 3, ASU, Lind (Bolls, Maire), 17:35 (pp). Penalties: OU, Brewer (hooking), 2:59; ASU, Barry (hooking), 7:05; ASU, Chadwick (hooking), 11:55; ASU, Ahern (hooking, ten-minute misconduct), 14:45; OU, Hayden (interference), 15:52; OU, Siira (tripping), 19:57.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, ASU, Maire (Lind), :59 (pp). Penalties: OU, Snow (high sticking), 3:22; OU, Allan (tripping), 8:35; OU, Johnson (tripping), 15:17; OU, Brewer (hooking), 15:27; OU, Rose (ten-minute misconduct), 15:27; OU, Hayden (roughing), 19:26.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, OU, Allan (Johnson), 3:14; 6, OU, Nicolaou (Snow, Hetrick), 4:24 (pp); 7, OU, Brewer (Dee, Hayden), 11:29 (pp). Penalties: ASU, bench (too many men, served by Maire), 2:34; OU, Denton (goaltender interference), 3:06; ASU, Hogge (hooking), 4:15; ASU, Vassos (boarding), 9:59; ASU, Mackey (roughing), 10:13; OU, Curtiss (roughing, unsportsmanlike conduct), 10:13; ASU, Bonacorso (tripping), 11:18; OU, Poe (slashing), 19:00.



Shots on goal:


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Arizona State 14 10 4 - 28

Oklahoma 10 12 22 - 44


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Goalies: OU, Mattison (28 shots, 26 saves); ASU, Tanner (39, 34). Referee: Mariconda. Linesmen: Little, Wedlake.



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mfosterftw
10/20/2007, 04:14 PM
A "W" is a "W"... good to see Chris get a gino...

Chris Perry
10/21/2007, 01:02 AM
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OKLAHOMA 6, ARIZONA STATE 2



The 7th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club sandwiched two terrific periods of hockey around a lackluster middle period, scoring six power play goals along the way, as they beat a tired club from Arizona State by a score of 6-2 Saturday night in Oklahoma City.



Forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) put the Sooners on the scoreboard first with a goal at 5:59 of the first period to give OU an early 1-0 lead. Defenseman Shawn Hayden (Allen, TX) slipped a shot from the point into the corner of the ASU net at 15:07 of the first to make the score 2-0 in OU's favor. Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) banged home a rebound at 18:18 to send the Sooners off at the first intermission up 3-0.



In the second period, the Sooners lost their intensity and composure which allowed the Sun Devils to get back into the contest. Ten of the fourteen penalties called in the middle stanza were assessed against the Sooners. ASU made the most of their man advantage opportunities by scoring two goals, one at even strength but immediately after a power play had just expired and the other on the power play, to cut the Sooners' lead to one after 40 minutes of play.



Just like the night before, the Sooners came out focused in the third period and scored three goals to salt the game away. Defenseman Daryl Dee (Garland, TX) scored an unassisted goal at 5:41 to give OU a two goal cushion over ASU. Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) scored his 9th goal of the season at 8:03 and Brewer added a bookend goal at 14:32 to make tonight's final 6-2 in favor of the Sooners.



Sooners goaltender Chad Helgason stopped 25 of 27 shots he faced tonight. Arizona State's Kyle Bronsteen stopped 28 of the 34 shots he saw tonight. Oklahoma was an incredible 6 for 13 on the power play while the Sooners' penalty kill unit held ASU to only 1 power play goal in 12 opportunities.



The Sooners are now 6-1-0 on the season while Arizona State's record falls to 1-4-0. Oklahoma plays three games in three nights at home next week, starting with Adrian College on Thursday night followed by two games against the University of Missouri on Friday and Saturday.




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Arizona State 0 – 2 – 0 -- 2

Oklahoma 3 – 0 – 3 -- 6


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, OU, Brewer (Dee), 5:59 (pp); 2, OU, Hayden (McCauley), 15:07 (pp); 3, OU, McCauley (Miller), 18:18 (pp). Penalties: OU, McCauley (slashing), 1:36; ASU, Lind (interference), 2:36; OU, Miller (roughing), 4:37; ASU, Mackey (roughing), 4:37; ASU, Hogge (holding), 5:16; OU, Smith (roughing), 12:11; ASU, Jordan (roughing), 12:11; OU, Poe (roughing), 12:11; OU, Rose (cross-checking), 12:42; ASU, Mackey (slashing), 13:53; OU, Kenney (roughing), 16:19; ASU, Mackey (roughing, holding), 16:19; OU, Rose (slashing), 19:15; ASU, Clark (check from behind), 19:33.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, ASU, Van Conant (Lind), 1:19; 5, ASU, Lucenta (Jordan), 6:39 (pp). Penalties: OU, Brewer (high sticking), :25; ASU, Vassos (holding), 2:28; ASU, Bonacorso (roughing), 4:36; ASU, Barry (roughing), 4:36; OU, Brewer (roughing), 4:36; OU, Allan (roughing), 4:36; OU, Kenney (holding), 5:30; OU, Siira (roughing, slashing), 7:21; OU, Hetrick (holding), 9:09; OU, Miller (charging), 10:35; OU, Siira (ten-minute misconduct), 10:35; ASU, Lucenta (hooking), 11:17; OU, Johnson (interference), 17:22.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, OU, Dee (unassisted), 5:41 (pp); 7, OU, Allan (Miller), 8:03 (pp); 8, OU, Brewer (Miller), 14;32 (pp). Penalties: ASU, Van Conant (interference), 1:59; ASU, Chadwick (slashing), 3:39; OU, Miller (diving), 3:39; ASU, Bolls (holding), 5:17; ASU, Langston (tripping), 7:40; ASU, Bolls (holding), 13:35; ASU, Reveland (high sticking), 15:07; ASU, Bolls (cross-checking), 16:27; OU, Johnson (charging), 18:06.



Shots on goal:


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Arizona State 7 11 9 - 27

Oklahoma 15 7 12 - 34


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Goalies: OU, Helgason (27 shots, 25 saves); ASU, Bronsteen (34, 28). Referee: Johnston. Linesmen: Pepsis, Schamel.



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INGRAM1
10/21/2007, 03:16 PM
Cool go sooners!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chris Perry
10/22/2007, 10:22 PM
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For the Week of October 22, 2007



SOONERS SWEEP SUN DEVILS

No. 7 OKLAHOMA HOSTS ADRIAN AND MISSOURI THIS WEEK



THIS WEEK’S GAMES - The University of Oklahoma® hockey club (7-1-0) will play three home games in three nights this week for the first time in OU Hockey history. Thursday night will see ACHA newcomer Adrian College (1-5-0) come to town to face the Sooners at 7:30 P.M. This will be the first time that Oklahoma and the Bulldogs have met on the ice. After Adrian on Thursday night, the Sooners will host the Tigers from ACHA D2 University of Missouri (6-4-0) for games on Friday and Saturday evening. The Sooners have a 2-0-0 all-time record against Mizzou, winning by scores of 11-0 and 8-1 in home games played in October 2003.



LAST OU HOCKEY GAMES – Oklahoma played consistent hockey for two of the three periods each night this past week on the way to 5-2 and 6-2 home wins over Arizona State. Each night, the Sooners jumped out to early leads in the first period only to relax in the second stanza to let ASU back into the games. However, the Sooners turned up the intensity and scored three goals in the third period of each game to pull away from the Sun Devils and sweep the weekend series.



RANKINGS – The Sooners are ranked 7th in the latest ACHA Coaches Division 1 ranking. The full ranking is listed below. The next ranking is scheduled to be released on November 2nd.



2007-2008 ACHA Men's Division 1 Ranking #2
Rank School Name 1st Votes Record Pts Previous
1 Illinois 44 6-0-0 1121 2
2 Penn State 2 4-1-1 1054 1
3 Rhode Island 3 6-0-0 1050 3
4 Ohio 5-3-0 928 4
5 Oakland 4-2-0 910 6
6 Lindenwood 5-1-0 884 9
7 Oklahoma 5-1-0 872 7
8 Liberty 6-2-0 860 5
9 Delaware 4-2-0 729 8
10 West Chester 5-1-1 683 10
11 West Virginia 5-2-0 625 13
12 Kent State 3-2-0 613 14
13 Iowa State 4-4-0 548 12
14 Central Oklahoma 6-3-0 508 19
15 Niagara 6-1-0 420 17
16 Michigan-Dearborn 2-5-0 336 11
17 Washington & Jefferson 2-5-0 314 15
18 Slippery Rock 6-3-0 287 22
19 Navy 5-2-0 253 20
20 Robert Morris (PA) 1-1-0 249 16
21 Eastern Michigan 3-5-0 230 18
22 Stony Brook 4-1-0 226 NR
23 Robert Morris (IL) 4-3-0 212 24
24 Western Michigan 3-2-1 197 21
25 Arizona 4-1-0 164 NR

Others receiving votes: Duquesne, Pittsburgh, Mercyhurst, Rutgers, Saint Louis, Arizona State, Oswego State, Penn State Berks, Drexel, Indiana (PA), Scranton, and Youngstown State.


SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS – Adrian has so far received a rude welcome to ACHA play in its first year of existence. Their lone win came on a weekend in which they split games with No. 23 Robert Morris (IL). Adrian has also lost pairs of games to ACHA D2 Michigan and No. 21 Eastern Michigan. Forward Jared Semple (5G-3A-8pts) leads Adrian in scoring, followed by Jason Knutson (2-2-4) and Mark Wood (2-1-3). Goaltender Ryan Krichiver has logged the most minutes in goal for the Bulldogs this season and sports a 4.41 goals against average so far this season.



SCOUTING THE TIGERS – Missouri finished last season ranked 7th in the ACHA D2 Central region and plays in the tough D2 Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association. Missouri is coming off a sweep of Eastern Illinois by scores of 7-4 and 8-3. Forward Christian Waters (5G-5A-10pts) leads the Tigers in scoring, followed by forward Nicholas Edwards (4-3-7) and defenseman Brock Gale (2-5-7). Goaltender Jeff Vogt has been between the pipes for most of Mizzou's games this season, accumulating a 4.81 GAA and a .832 save percentage.



SOONERS HOME GAMES ON THE AIR – All University of Oklahoma® Hockey home games this season will be broadcast on The WIRE. Fans can listen to Sooners Hockey home games via the Internet (www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu), Cox Cable Television Channel 4 SAP in Norman or 1710 AM in the immediate vicinity of the OU campus. OU Hockey broadcasts begin 15 minutes prior to face-off.



TICKETS – Individual tickets for all remaining OU Hockey home games are on sale now. Individual and season tickets can be purchased at Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 South I-35, in Oklahoma City. Call 631-3307 or 631-2709 for additional information.



PRACTICE SCHEDULE – The Sooners practice this week at the Blazers Ice Centre on Monday and Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 P.M. and Tuesday from 8:45-10:30 P.M.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!





### BOOMER SOONER! ###

MEDIA CONTACT:

Chris Perry, Dir. Communications
University of Oklahoma® Hockey
Phone: (405) 631-2709 / Cell: (405) 488-4048
Email: [email protected] / Fax: (405) 631-2102

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Sooner_Havok
10/23/2007, 12:08 AM
HAHAHA. We may have a lot of penalty minutes, but that just means more chances to kill the penalty!

INGRAM1
10/23/2007, 06:07 PM
Thanks for the information, I will listen this week.

QUOTE=Chris Perry]http://www.ouhockey.com/weekly.jpg

For the Week of October 22, 2007



SOONERS SWEEP SUN DEVILS

No. 7 OKLAHOMA HOSTS ADRIAN AND MISSOURI THIS WEEK



THIS WEEK’S GAMES - The University of Oklahoma® hockey club (7-1-0) will play three home games in three nights this week for the first time in OU Hockey history. Thursday night will see ACHA newcomer Adrian College (1-5-0) come to town to face the Sooners at 7:30 P.M. This will be the first time that Oklahoma and the Bulldogs have met on the ice. After Adrian on Thursday night, the Sooners will host the Tigers from ACHA D2 University of Missouri (6-4-0) for games on Friday and Saturday evening. The Sooners have a 2-0-0 all-time record against Mizzou, winning by scores of 11-0 and 8-1 in home games played in October 2003.



LAST OU HOCKEY GAMES – Oklahoma played consistent hockey for two of the three periods each night this past week on the way to 5-2 and 6-2 home wins over Arizona State. Each night, the Sooners jumped out to early leads in the first period only to relax in the second stanza to let ASU back into the games. However, the Sooners turned up the intensity and scored three goals in the third period of each game to pull away from the Sun Devils and sweep the weekend series.



RANKINGS – The Sooners are ranked 7th in the latest ACHA Coaches Division 1 ranking. The full ranking is listed below. The next ranking is scheduled to be released on November 2nd.



2007-2008 ACHA Men's Division 1 Ranking #2
Rank School Name 1st Votes Record Pts Previous
1 Illinois 44 6-0-0 1121 2
2 Penn State 2 4-1-1 1054 1
3 Rhode Island 3 6-0-0 1050 3
4 Ohio 5-3-0 928 4
5 Oakland 4-2-0 910 6
6 Lindenwood 5-1-0 884 9
7 Oklahoma 5-1-0 872 7
8 Liberty 6-2-0 860 5
9 Delaware 4-2-0 729 8
10 West Chester 5-1-1 683 10
11 West Virginia 5-2-0 625 13
12 Kent State 3-2-0 613 14
13 Iowa State 4-4-0 548 12
14 Central Oklahoma 6-3-0 508 19
15 Niagara 6-1-0 420 17
16 Michigan-Dearborn 2-5-0 336 11
17 Washington & Jefferson 2-5-0 314 15
18 Slippery Rock 6-3-0 287 22
19 Navy 5-2-0 253 20
20 Robert Morris (PA) 1-1-0 249 16
21 Eastern Michigan 3-5-0 230 18
22 Stony Brook 4-1-0 226 NR
23 Robert Morris (IL) 4-3-0 212 24
24 Western Michigan 3-2-1 197 21
25 Arizona 4-1-0 164 NR

Others receiving votes: Duquesne, Pittsburgh, Mercyhurst, Rutgers, Saint Louis, Arizona State, Oswego State, Penn State Berks, Drexel, Indiana (PA), Scranton, and Youngstown State.


SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS – Adrian has so far received a rude welcome to ACHA play in its first year of existence. Their lone win came on a weekend in which they split games with No. 23 Robert Morris (IL). Adrian has also lost pairs of games to ACHA D2 Michigan and No. 21 Eastern Michigan. Forward Jared Semple (5G-3A-8pts) leads Adrian in scoring, followed by Jason Knutson (2-2-4) and Mark Wood (2-1-3). Goaltender Ryan Krichiver has logged the most minutes in goal for the Bulldogs this season and sports a 4.41 goals against average so far this season.



SCOUTING THE TIGERS – Missouri finished last season ranked 7th in the ACHA D2 Central region and plays in the tough D2 Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association. Missouri is coming off a sweep of Eastern Illinois by scores of 7-4 and 8-3. Forward Christian Waters (5G-5A-10pts) leads the Tigers in scoring, followed by forward Nicholas Edwards (4-3-7) and defenseman Brock Gale (2-5-7). Goaltender Jeff Vogt has been between the pipes for most of Mizzou's games this season, accumulating a 4.81 GAA and a .832 save percentage.



SOONERS HOME GAMES ON THE AIR – All University of Oklahoma® Hockey home games this season will be broadcast on The WIRE. Fans can listen to Sooners Hockey home games via the Internet (www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu), Cox Cable Television Channel 4 SAP in Norman or 1710 AM in the immediate vicinity of the OU campus. OU Hockey broadcasts begin 15 minutes prior to face-off.



TICKETS – Individual tickets for all remaining OU Hockey home games are on sale now. Individual and season tickets can be purchased at Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 South I-35, in Oklahoma City. Call 631-3307 or 631-2709 for additional information.



PRACTICE SCHEDULE – The Sooners practice this week at the Blazers Ice Centre on Monday and Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 P.M. and Tuesday from 8:45-10:30 P.M.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!





### BOOMER SOONER! ###

MEDIA CONTACT:

Chris Perry, Dir. Communications
University of Oklahoma® Hockey
Phone: (405) 631-2709 / Cell: (405) 488-4048
Email: [email protected] / Fax: (405) 631-2102

www.icehockey.ou.edu / www.ouhockey.com[/QUOTE]

Chris Perry
10/25/2007, 06:27 AM
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WHAT: Adrian Bulldogs vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Thursday, October 25, 2007, 7:30 P.M.

WHERE: Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 S. I-35, Oklahoma City, OK

BROADCAST: The WIRE 1710 AM, Cox Ch. 4 (SAP) and online at www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu



2007-08 RECORDS:

Adrian: 1-5-0 ACHA Division I

Oklahoma: 7-1-0 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Adrian – Michael Buchan



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the first of three home games in three nights for Oklahoma...It is also the only meeting of the regular season between OU and Adrian...Oklahoma has never played Adrian before in hockey.



OKLAHOMA NOTES: The Sooners remain ranked 7th in the most recent ACHA D1 coaches ranking released last Friday...Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) leads the Sooners in goals with nine...Forward Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) is the leading scorer for OU with five goals and eight assists for a total of thirteen points...Forward Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) (4-7-11) and Allan (9-2-11) follow McCauley in terms of leading scorers...Goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) is expected to get the start in net tonight...Forwards Jarrod Yost (Murphy, TX), Adrian Borchgrevink (Kenai, AK) and Kenny Deines (Highland Village, TX) will not play tonight due to injury...Forward Matt Pangrac (Decatur, IL) returns to the Sooners after his OU bass fishing team placed third in the Under Armour College Bass National Championship last weekend.



ADRIAN NOTES: Adrian is a new hockey program this season and is a first year ACHA D1 team...As a result, Adrian is ineligible to go to the National Championship Tournament at the end of the season even if they are ranked among the Top 16 teams...With one win in six games this season, it's fair to say that Adrian has received a rude welcome to ACHA play so far...The Bulldogs' lone win came on a weekend in which they split games with No. 23 Robert Morris (IL)...Adrian has also lost pairs of games to ACHA D2 Michigan and, most recently, No. 21 Eastern Michigan...Forward Jared Semple (5G-3A-8pts) leads Adrian in scoring, followed by Jason Knutson (2-3-5) and Mark Wood (2-1-3)...Goaltender Ryan Krichiver has logged the most minutes in goal for the Bulldogs this season and sports a 4.18 goals against average so far this season.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: The Sooners host ACHA D2 Missouri tomorrow night at 7:30 P.M. at the Blazers Ice Centre…For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!





### BOOMER SOONER! ###

MEDIA CONTACT:

Chris Perry, Dir. Communications
University of Oklahoma® Hockey
Phone: (405) 631-2709 / Cell: (405) 488-4048
Email: [email protected] / Fax: (405) 631-2102

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Chris Perry
10/26/2007, 12:04 AM
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OKLAHOMA 7, ADRIAN 5



An uninspired performance from the 7th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club almost resulted in the first home loss of the season. However, the Sooners overcame their sluggish and undisciplined play to beat Adrian College 7-5 Thursday night in Oklahoma City.



Forward Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) tipped in a shot from the point on a 5-on-3 power play to give OU a quick 1-0 lead just 6:16 into the game. Just over a minute later, forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) scored on the remaining power play at 7:18 to give the Sooners a two goal cushion. The teams traded two goals each, with defenseman Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) and forward Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) scoring for Oklahoma, to make the score 4-2 after the first twenty minutes of action.



In the second period, forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) scored a short handed goal to give the Sooners a 5-2 lead. McCauley scored again on the power play to put OU up 6-2 ad it appeared as if the rout was on. However, the visiting Bulldogs had other ideas, scoring two goals before the end of the second period and a power play goal in the third to pull within one goal of the Sooners at 6-5. Adrian could not convert on late power play chances or when they pulled their goaltender with 20 seconds to go as they tried to tie the game. But Allan secured the win for OU with an empty netter with three ticks left on the clock. Allan's goal, his 11th of the season, secured the 7-5 win for the Sooners.




Sooners goaltender Rob Mattison stopped 16 of 21 shots he faced tonight. Adrian's Ryan Krichiver stopped 35 of the 34 OU shots he saw tonight. Oklahoma was 3 for 13 on the power play while Adrian was 1 for 8.



The Sooners are now 7-1-0 on the season while Adrian falls to 1-6-0. Oklahoma plays home games against the University of Missouri on Friday and Saturday.




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Adrian 2 – 2 – 1 -- 5

Oklahoma 4 – 2 – 1 -- 7


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, OU, Gebbie (Miller, Allan), 6:16 (pp); 2, OU, Brewer (Siira, Miller), 7:18 (pp); 3, AC, Semple (Knutson), 10:40; 4, OU, Miller (Allan), 11:48; 5, AC, Markovich (Semple), 12:37; 6, OU, McCauley (Nicolaou, Brewer), 19:49. Penalties: OU, Dee (tripping), 3:04; AC, Wood (hooking), 3:17; AC, bench minor (too many men, served by Ling), 5:27; AC, Carlson (hooking), 5:43; OU, McCauley (elbowing), 10:21; AC, Fowler (high sticking), 10: 25; AC, bench minor (unsportsmanlike conduct, served by Wood), 15:06; OU, Siira (holding the stick), 16:22.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 7, OU, Allan (unassisted), 9:39 (sh); 8, OU, McCauley (Hayden, Miller), 13:28 (pp); 9, AC, Yakamovich (Semaan, Warson), 17:23; 10, AC, Wood (unassisted), 19:16. Penalties: OU, Nicolaou (hooking), 9:11; OU, Snow (slashing), 10:28; AC, Scullion (cross-checking), 13:11.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 11, AC, Semple (Markowich), 7:13 (pp); 12, OU, Allan (unassisted), 19:57 (en). Penalties: OU, Gebbie (hooking), :20; AC, Semaan (tripping), 2:03; OU, Gebbie (cross-checking major, game disqualification), 4:25; OU, Allan (unsportsmanlike conduct), 4:25; OU, Hayden (roughing), 4:25; AC, Semaan (unsportsmanlike conduct), 4:25; AC, Swanson (roughing), 4:25; AC, Warson (boarding), 11:56; AC, Markovich (hooking), 12:14; OU, Hetrick (hooking), 15:36; OU, Miller (high sticking), 17:55.



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Adrian 8 8 5 - 21

Oklahoma 17 14 10 - 41


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Goalies: OU, Mattison (21 shots, 16 saves); AC, Krichiver (41, 35). Referee: Sappo. Linesmen: Rex, Lachall.



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MEDIA CONTACT:

Chris Perry, Dir. Communications
University of Oklahoma® Hockey
Phone: (405) 631-2709 / Cell: (405) 488-4048
Email: [email protected] / Fax: (405) 631-2102

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Chris Perry
10/26/2007, 08:19 AM
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WHAT: Missouri Tigers vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Friday, October 26, 2007, 7:30 P.M.

WHERE: Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 S. I-35, Oklahoma City, OK

BROADCAST: The WIRE 1710 AM, Cox Ch. 4 (SAP) and online at www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu



2007-08 RECORDS:

Missouri: 6-4-0 ACHA Division II

Oklahoma: 8-1-0 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Missouri – John Lamond



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the second of three home games in three nights for Oklahoma...It is also the first of two games between Oklahoma and Missouri this weekend...Oklahoma has a 2-0-0 record against Mizzou, dating back to October 2003 when OU pasted Missouri 11-0 and 8-1.



OKLAHOMA NOTES: The Sooners barely survived a spirited effort by Adrian last night, winning the game 7-5 despite numerous miscues and turnovers deep in the Sooners' defensive zone...Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) added to his team lead in goals by scoring twice last night, leaving him with eleven goals on the season...Allan had a four point evening as he also added two assists...Forward Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) scored two goals as well yesterday...Like Allan, Defenseman Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) had a four point evening but Miller's points resulted from a goal and three assists...Goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) stopped 16 of 21 shots last night, including a breakaway opportunity for Adrian that could have tied the game in the third period...Forward Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) will be out of tonight's lineup due to a game disqualification penalty received last night...The Sooners scored their first empty net goal of the season yesterday.



MISSOURI NOTES: Missouri finished last season ranked 7th in the ACHA D2 Central region and plays in the tough D2 Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association...Missouri is coming off a sweep two weeks ago of Eastern Illinois by scores of 7-4 and 8-3...In their other games this season, Mizzou has swept Kansas, split with both McKendree College and Illinois State and been swept by Missouri State...Oklahoma is the first ACHA D1 opponent Missouri will have played this season...The Tigers were scheduled to play at D1 Lindenwood on a weekday in late September but that game was cancelled...Forward Christian Waters (5G-5A-10pts) leads the Tigers in scoring, followed by forward Nicholas Edwards (4-3-7) and defenseman Brock Gale (2-5-7)...Goaltender Jeff Vogt has been between the pipes for most of Mizzou's games this season, accumulating a 4.81 GAA and a .832 save percentage.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: The Sooners host Missouri again Saturday night at 6:30 P.M. at the Blazers Ice Centre…For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!




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MEDIA CONTACT:

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University of Oklahoma® Hockey
Phone: (405) 631-2709 / Cell: (405) 488-4048
Email: [email protected] / Fax: (405) 631-2102

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mfosterftw
10/26/2007, 08:50 AM
An uninspired performance from the 7th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club almost resulted in the first home loss of the season. However, the Sooners overcame their sluggish and undisciplined play to beat Adrian College 7-5 Thursday night in Oklahoma City.

When asked about his team's execution, head coach Larry Donovan replied "I'm in favor of it..."

Sorry... John McKay's old line from the 0-14 Bucs was low-hanging fruit... but there's been execution issues all season. The team has yet to play sixty minutes of hockey in a game.

Chris Perry
10/27/2007, 12:29 AM
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OKLAHOMA 10, MISSOURI 2



The 7th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club dominated a tired Missouri club Friday night in a 10-2 Sooners victory. Forward Adrian Borchgrevink (Kenai, AK) started the scoring cascade at 1:21 of the first when he ripped a wrist shot into the top right corner of the Tigers net to put OU up 1-0. Mizzou tied the game with a power play goal less than five minutes later to cause the Sooners some hesitation and doubt about tonight's outcome. The Sooners took the lead again when forward Chris Nicolaou (Dallas, TX) buried a 2-on-1 shorthanded chance at 14:35 of the first period.



The Sooners struck early in the second period to keep the scoring machine rolling as Nicolaou scored his second goal of the night just 37 seconds into second period to give the Sooners a two goal cushion at 3-1. Forward Keith Denton (Vail, CO) scored on the power play at 13:56 and defenseman Robert Hetrick (Tulsa, OK) ripped a shot from the slot high into the Mizzou net at 15:54 to give the Sooners a commanding 5-1 lead. Missouri scored a goal seconds before the second period buzzer sounded to tighten the game at 5-2.



In the third period, the Sooners cranked up the offense and put any doubt about the game's outcome to rest. Forward Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) started the third period onslaught of goals with an absolutely beautiful deke-and-dangle goal at the 3:47 mark of the period. Forward Ryan Kenney (Scottsdale, AZ) landed on the scoresheet when he jammed home a power play rebound at 8:07. Denton scored his second of the night on the power play at 15:33, forward Luke Rose (Norman, OK) scored an even-strength goal at 17:51 and forward Greg Curtiss (Flint, MI) rounded out the scoring just 39 seconds from the final whistle to make tonight's final 10-2 in OU's favor.




Sooners goaltender Chad Helgason stopped 17 of 19 shots he faced tonight while Mizzou's Jeff Vogt will be sleeping well tonight after all the action he endured, stopping 56 of the 66 OU shots thrown his direction by the Sooners. Oklahoma was 4 for 8 on the power play while Missouri was 2 for 9 with the m an advantage. The Sooners are now 9-1-0 on the season and the loss drops Missouri to 6-5-0. Oklahoma hosts Mizzou again Saturday at 6:30 P.M.




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Missouri 1 – 1 – 0 -- 2

Oklahoma 2 – 3 – 5 -- 10


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, OU, Borchgrevink (Brewer), 1:21 (pp); 2, MU, D. Bauer (Waters, J. Bauer), 6:05 (pp); 3, OU, Nicolaou (Kenney, Snow), 14:35 (sh). Penalties: MU, Gale (interference), :54; OU, Pangrac (hooking), 2:26; OU, Miller (tripping), 5:02; OU, Siira (interference), 6:28; MU, Stream (interference), 8:21; OU, Rose (tripping), 9:02; MU, Gale (hooking), 11:14; OU, McCauley (cross-checking), 12:44.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, OU, Nicolaou (Miller), :37; 5, OU, Denton (Snow, Johnson), 13:56 (pp); 6, OU, Hetrick (Nicolaou, Dee), 15:54; 7, MU, Waters (Edwards), 19:46. Penalties: MU, Edwards (hooking), 1:52; OU, Pangrac (high sticking), 5:27; MU, Gatti (hooking), 6:31; MU, J. Bauer (slashing), 13:22; MU, Gale (slashing), 15:54; OU, Smith (tripping), 15:54; OU, Rose (high sticking), 16:34; MU, Gilley (roughing), 19:42; OU, Johnson (roughing), 19:42.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 8, OU, McCauley (Siira), 3:47; 9, OU, Kenney (Siira, Miller), 8:07 (pp); 10, OU, Denton (Dee, Allan), 15:33 (pp); 11, OU, Rose (Brewer, Miller), 17:51; 12, OU, Curtiss (Pangrac), 19:21. Penalties: MU, D. Bauer (slashing), 6:33; OU, Rose (cross-checking), 9:17; OU, Dee (interference), 11:22; MU, Gale (hooking), 13:43.



Shots on goal:


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Missouri 6 9 4 - 19

Oklahoma 14 24 28 - 66


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Goalies: OU, Helgason (19 shots, 17 saves); MU, Vogt (66, 56). Referee: Henderson. Linesmen: Williams, Watkins.



### BOOMER SOONER! ###

MEDIA CONTACT:

Chris Perry, Dir. Communications
University of Oklahoma® Hockey
Phone: (405) 631-2709 / Cell: (405) 488-4048
Email: [email protected] / Fax: (405) 631-2102

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Chris Perry
10/27/2007, 11:06 AM
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WHAT: Missouri Tigers vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Saturday, October 27, 2007, 6:30 P.M.

WHERE: Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 S. I-35, Oklahoma City, OK

BROADCAST: The WIRE 1710 AM, Cox Ch. 4 (SAP) and online at www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu



2007-08 RECORDS:

Missouri: 6-5-0 ACHA Division II

Oklahoma: 9-1-0 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Missouri – John Lamond



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the last of three home games in three nights and the last game of a five game home stand for Oklahoma...It is also the second of two games between Oklahoma and Missouri this weekend...Eight different Sooners scored goals last night as Oklahoma pounded Mizzou 10-2 in the first game of the series...Oklahoma now has a 3-0-0 record against the Tigers.



OKLAHOMA NOTES: Forwards Chris Nicolaou (Dallas, TX) and Keith Denton (Vail, CO) scored two goals apiece in last night's rout...The Sooners also received goals from forwards Adrian Borchgrevink (Kenai, AK), Ryan Kenney (Scottsdale, AZ), Luke Rose (Norman, OK), Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL), Greg Curtiss (Flint, MI) and defenseman Robert Hetrick (Tulsa, OK)...Defenseman Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) had three assists for the Sooners for the second game in a row...Nicolaou also had a three point night as he had an assist to go with his two goals...Goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) stopped 17 of 19 shots in net yesterday...Forward Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) will be eligible to play tonight after sitting out last night's game due to a game disqualification penalty.



MISSOURI NOTES: Mizzou received power play goals from Christian Waters and Dave Bauer...Defenseman Brock Gale got to know the penalty box attendant very well last night as he was sent off four separate times for minor infractions...Tigers goaltender Jeff Vogt came into this weekend's series with a 4.81 GAA and a .832 save percentage, but he will likely see those statistics balloon after giving up 10 goals on 66 shots yesterday.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: The Sooners head back out on the road for a pair of games against No. 8 Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia next weekend…For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!




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Chris Perry
10/28/2007, 12:35 AM
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OKLAHOMA 8, MISSOURI 1



The 7th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club powered their way past an outmatched Missouri club Saturday night in Oklahoma City on their way to an 8-1 win over the Tigers. Mizzou struck early with a goal just over two minutes into the game. However, the Sooners tied the game at the 4:00 mark on a goal from forward Matt Pangrac (Decatur, IL) and took the lead for good when forward Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX), flicked in a power play goal with less than two minutes to go in the first period.



In the second period, forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) went top shelf on the power play at the 3:44 mark to give the Sooners a two goal lead. Forward Ryan Kenney (Scottsdale, AZ) scored at 14:31 and forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) scored at 16:34 to make the score 5-1 after 40 minutes of play. The third period saw the Sooners receive goals from forward Chris Nicolaou (Dallas, TX), defenseman Mark Tylka (Wisconsin Dells, WI) and another from Brewer to make tonight's final score 8-1.




Sooners goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) played the first 47 minutes of the game, stopping 5 of 6 shots, before Jordan Jones (Summerville, SC) took over for the rest of the game, stopping the lone shot he faced. Mizzou's Jeff Vogt stopped 40 of 45 shots he faced during the first two periods. Vogt was relieved by Kevin McFarland at the start of the third period and McFarland ended up stopping 21 of 24 shots in the last twenty minutes of the game. Oklahoma was 3 for 10 on the power play while Missouri was 0 for 9 with the man advantage.



The Sooners are now 10-1-0 on the season. Missouri falls to 6-6-0. Oklahoma plays at No. 8 Liberty in Lynchburg, Virginia next weekend.




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Missouri 1 – 0 – 0 -- 1

Oklahoma 2 – 3 – 3 -- 8


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, MU, D. Bauer (J. Bauer), 2:17; 2, OU, Pangrac (Curtiss), 4:00; 3, OU, Gebbie (Denton, Miller), 18:03 (pp). Penalties: OU, McCauley (interference), 5:30; MU, Kootman (hooking), 6:29; OU, Gebbie (cross-checking), 7:22; OU, Rose (interference), 12:17; MU, Wescott (obstruction hooking), 14:24; OU, Brewer (hooking), 14:50; MU, Edwards (hooking), 17:27; MU, Gale (cross-checking), 18:44.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, OU, Allan (Brewer, Miller), 3:44 (pp); 5, OU, Kenney (Siira, Nicolaou) 14:31; 6, OU, Brewer (Rose, McCauley), 16:34. Penalties: MU, Gale (unsportsmanlike conduct), 3:28; OU, Kenney (tripping), 9:51; MU, Edwards (head contact), 10:39; MU, Edwards (unsportsmanlike conduct), 18:43; MU, Hensley (roughing), 20:00; OU, Denton (roughing, roughing), 20:00.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 7, OU, Nicolaou (McCauley, Dee), :22; 8, OU, Tylka (Curtiss, Pangrac), 9:37 (pp); 9, OU, Brewer (Hetrick), 10:30. Penalties: OU, Dee (holding the stick), 4:35; MU, Gilley (charging), 8:53; MU, D. Bauer (roughing), 10:17; OU,Johnson (late hit), 10:17; MU, Gale (roughing), 11:01; MU, Edwards (instigation, roughing, ten-minute misconduct), 11:55; OU, Dee (roughing), 11:55; OU, Siira (interference), 13:03; OU, Hayden (roughing), 13:59; MU, D. Bauer (slashing), 15:40; MU, J. Bauer (roughing), 15:54; MU, Stream (roughing), 15:54; OU, Pangrac (roughing), 15:54; OU, Curtiss (roughing), 15:54; OU, Rose (tripping), 19:10.



Shots on goal:


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Missouri 2 4 1 - 7

Oklahoma 16 29 24 - 69


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Goalies: OU, Mattison (6 shots, 5 saves), Jones (1, 1); MU, Vogt (45, 40); McFarland (24, 21). Referee: Lachall. Linesmen: Henderson, Watkins.



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mfosterftw
10/28/2007, 02:57 PM
Goalies: OU, Mattison (6 shots, 5 saves), Jones (1, 1); MU, Vogt (45, 40); McFarland (24, 21).

Listening to the game, I thought Mizzou's netminder was named Thegoaltender...

INGRAM1
10/29/2007, 11:55 AM
Wow!! Sounds like we dominated them both games. Good luck hockey team.

Chris Perry
10/29/2007, 01:28 PM
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For the Week of October 29, 2007



SOONERS BEAT BULLDOGS AND TIGERS

No. 7 OKLAHOMA TRAVELS TO No. 8 LIBERTY THIS WEEK



THIS WEEK’S GAMES - The University of Oklahoma® hockey club (10-1-0) head back out on the road this week as they travel to Lynchburg, Virginia to face the No. 8 Liberty University Flames (8-3-0) on Friday and Saturday. This will be the first time that Oklahoma and Liberty have met on the ice.



LAST OU HOCKEY GAMES – Oklahoma won three home games this past week. ACHA D1 newcomer Adrian (2-7-0) came to town on Thursday and gave a flat Sooners squad fits all night long. Forwards Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) and Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) each scored twice as OU outlasted a tenacious Adrian club by a 7-5 score. Friday night, Missouri (6-6-0) visited the Blazers Ice Centre and were no match for the Sooners. Forwards Chris Nicolaou (Dallas, TX) and Keith Denton (Vail, CO) had two goals apiece and six others had single goals as OU smothered the Tigers 10-2. On Saturday night, forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) scored two goals and again six others netted single markers as the Sooners powered their way to an 8-1 win over a tired Missouri squad. All told, some big numbers were put up over the three games: defenseman Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) racked up nine points with a goal and eight assists; Brewer had seven points with three goals and four assists; Allan had three goals and three assists for six points as did Nicoloau; and McCauley had five points with three goals and two assists.



RANKINGS – The Sooners are ranked 7th in the latest ACHA Coaches Division 1 ranking. The next ranking is scheduled to be released this Friday.



SCOUTING THE FLAMES – Head Coach Kirk Handy has done an outstanding job developing the Liberty program into a Top 10 ACHA D1 program. Liberty's last game was this past Saturday when they beat No. 22 Stony Brook 5-2 in Lynchburg. The Flames are loaded with offense, led by forward Kyle Dodgson who has 10 goals and 12 assists for 22 total points. Following Dodgson in scoring for the Flames is defenseman Dave Semenyna (6-15-21), forward John Langabeer (9-5-14) and forward Kevin Hendrix (5-7-12). Liberty is very strong in net as goaltender Dalton Stoltz (2.17 GAA) has two shutouts in six games and backup Mike Binnie (2.50 GAA) has one clean slate in four games.

NO INTERNET BROADCAST THIS WEEKEND – Unfortunately, Liberty does not offer any broadcasts of their home games. During this weekend's games, the front page of the OU Hockey website will be updated as quickly as the information is relayed back to Oklahoma.


TICKETS – Individual tickets for all remaining OU Hockey home games are on sale now. Individual and season tickets can be purchased at Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 South I-35, in Oklahoma City. Call 631-3307 or 631-2709 for additional information.



PRACTICE SCHEDULE – The Sooners practice this week at the Blazers Ice Centre on Monday and Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 P.M. and Tuesday from 8:45-10:30 P.M. before leaving for Virginia on Friday morning.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!





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INGRAM1
10/29/2007, 03:46 PM
Hopefully we keep up the puck possession as evidenced by shooting more than 60 shots vs mizzou this weekend. Hey coach do you think that we will do better in the playoffs this year? I am a major hockey fan, I have loved the Red Wings for the last 15 years. Also love the Sooners for the last 20 or more. Go Sooners. I hope that we beat #8 Liberty.

Chris Perry
11/2/2007, 11:13 PM
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LIBERTY 3, OKLAHOMA 2 (OT)



The 6th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club came out flat on the road against No. 8 Liberty and ended up paying for it as they lost 3-2 in overtime to the Flames in Lynchburg, VA Friday night. Liberty struck first with a power play goal in the first period to take a 1-0 lead. In the second period, while on a 5-on-3 power play, Oklahoma turned the puck over and Liberty scored short-handed to make it a 2-0 game. The Sooners finally got on the scoreboard in the third period when defenseman Blake Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) scored on the power play at the 1:43 mark of the period to cut the lead in half. Forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) tied the game at 2 with another power play tally less than two minutes later. However, just 29 seconds into the five-minute 4-on-4 overtime, Liberty's Kevin Dykstra threw the puck at the net from the offensive corner and it squeezed through the pads of Oklahoma's goalie into the net for the game winner, sealing a 3-2 overtime loss for the Sooners.




Sooners goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) stopped 31 of 34 shots. Liberty's Mike Binnie stopped 37 of 39 shots. Oklahoma was 2 for 8 on the power play while Liberty was 1 for 10 with the man advantage.



The Sooners are now 10-1-1 on the season. Liberty improves to 9-2-1. Oklahoma remain in Lynchburg for another game against Liberty in Lynchburg, Virginia on Saturday night.




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Oklahoma 0 – 0 – 2 - 0 -- 2

Liberty 1 – 1 – 0 - 1 -- 3


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, LIB, Bauman (Semenyna, Dykstra), 1:53 (pp). Penalties: OU, Johnson (obstruction interference), 1:16; OU, Siira (hooking), 4:45; LIB, Hendrix (interference), 4:45; OU, Gebbie (interference), 5:19; LIB, Masterson (hooking), 7:23; OU, Poe (interference), 12:45; OU, Hetrick (cross-checking), 13:41; LIB, Mackenzie (tripping), 16:02.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, LIB, Hendrix (Masterson, Mackenzie), 5:28 (sh). Penalties: OU, Miller (unsportsmanlike conduct), :32; LIB, Shaw (unsportsmanlike conduct), 3:51; LIB, McEvoy (holding, ten-minute misconduct), 3:51; OU, Siira (unsportsmanlike conduct, ten-minute misconduct), 3:51; LIB, Dodgson (cross-checking), 4:34; OU, Miller (interference), 11:03; LIB, Bauman (triping), 16:35; LIB, Stewart (boarding), 19:52.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, OU, Johnson (Tylka, Denton), 1:43 (pp); 4, OU, Brewer (Johnson, Denton), 3:41 (pp). Penalties: OU, Gebbie (unsportsmanliek conduct), 5:43; LIB, Bauman (hitting from behind major, game misconduct), 5:43; OU, Allan (roughing), 7:52; LIB, Dykstra (slashing), 8:11; OU, McCauley (interference), 10:52; OU, Kenney (tripping), 14:21; LIB, Ahier (holding), 14:49; LIB, Semenyna (ten-minute misconduct), 14:49; OU, Dee (holding), 17:52; OU, Rose (roughing), 19:59; LIB, Langabeer (roughing), 19:59.



OVERTIME -- Scoring: 5, LIB, Dykstra (Hendrix), :29. Penalties: None.



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Oklahoma 15 7 17 0 - 39

Liberty 12 9 12 1 - 34


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Goalies: OU, Mattison (34 shots, 31 saves); LIB, Binnie (39, 37).



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Chris Perry
11/3/2007, 10:50 AM
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WHAT: Liberty Flames vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Saturday, November 3, 2007, 7:30 P.M. EDT (6:30 P.M. CDT)

WHERE: LaHaye Ice Center, Lynchburg, VA

BROADCAST: None



2007-08 RECORDS:

Oklahoma: 10-1-1 ACHA Division I

Liberty: 9-2-1 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Liberty – Kirk Handy



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the second of a two game series between Oklahoma and Liberty this weekend...Last night, the Sooners spotted the Flames two goals before tying the game in the third period...Liberty prevailed 3-2, scoring on a bad angle shot from the corner just 29 seconds into the overtime period.



OKLAHOMA NOTES: The Sooners received goals last night from defenseman Blake Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) and forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK)...Brewer's goal was his ninth in eight games played since returning from injury suffered at last season's conclusion...The Sooners flew to Baltimore yesterday morning and bussed from Baltimore to Lynchburg for the games against Liberty...Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) is the 6th leading goal scorer in ACHA D1 with 12 goals in 12 games...Defenseman Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) is seventh in assists in all of ACHA D1 with thirteen helpers...The Sooners were 2 for 8 on the power play yesterday...Oklahoma killed off 9 of 10 Liberty power play chances.



LIBERTY NOTES: The Flames received goals from Zac Bauman, Kevin Hendrix and Kevin Dykstra...Flames goaltender Mike Binnie stopped 37 of 39 Oklahoma shots...Hotel rooms are extremely rare in Lynchburg this weekend as thousands of men have descended upon the famous Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg to participate in the IMPACT 2007 Men's Conference.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: The Sooners travel to scenic Ames, Iowa next weekend for a two game set against Big XII rivals Iowa State…For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!




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Chris Perry
11/4/2007, 12:18 AM
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OKLAHOMA 4, LIBERTY 2



After starting yesterday's game flat, the 6th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club came out blazing tonight and scored four goals in the first sixteen minutes of the game on the way to a 4-2 road win over No. 8 Liberty. Defenseman Robert Hetrick (Tulsa, OK) started the OU scoring with a goal at the 2:34 mark of the first period. Forward Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) scored at 5:16 to double the Sooners lead. The goal scored at 6:52 by forward Daniel Siira (Anchorage, AK) was the eventual game-winner and chased Flames starting goaltender Dalton Stoltz from the net, who was replaced by Mike Binnie. Forward Luke Rose (Norman, OK) banged a rebound home past Binnie at 15:13 of the first period to give OU a 4-0 lead, which score held up through the remainder of the period.



In the second period, the Flames scored twice, once on the power play and once at even strength, to cut the Sooners' lead in half at 4-2. Liberty kept up the pressure in the third period but could not get any closer on the scoreboard. Sooners goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) was outstanding in net for the Sooners tonight, stopping 52 of 54 shots, 25 of them coming in the third period alone, including tremendous save on a Liberty penalty shot at 12:53 of the third period to keep the Sooners' lead at two goals.




Liberty's Stoltz stopped 5 of 8 shots before being replaced by Binnie, who ended up stopping 34 of 35 OU shots. Oklahoma was shut out on the power play, going 0 for 9, while Liberty was 1 for 10 with the man advantage.



The win improves Oklahoma's record to 11-1-1 on the season. Liberty's record falls to 9-3-1. Oklahoma plays two games against No. 12 Iowa State in Ames next weekend.




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Oklahoma 4 – 0 – 0 -- 4

Liberty 0 – 2 – 0 -- 2


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, OU, Hetrick (Smith), 2:34; 2, OU, McCauley (Brewer), 5:16; 3, OU, Siira (Nicolaou, Kenney), 6:52; 4, OU, Rose (Hayden, McCauley), 15;13. Penalties: LIB, Reynolds (charging), 9:24; OU, Gebbie (clipping), 16:11.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, LIB, Dodgson (Semenyna), 4:04; 6, LIB, Semenyna (Dykstra, Langabeer), 6:06 (pp). Penalties: OU, Hetrick (hooking), :45; LIB, Bauman (diving), :45; LIB, Dykstra (hitting after whistle), 4:04; LIB, Bauman (slashing), 5:37; OU, Siira (slashing), 7:32; OU, Hetrick (interference), 8:22; LIB, McEvoy (roughing), 11:37; OU, Allan (slashing), 11:37; LIB, McEvoy (hitting after whistle), 11:37; LIB, Semenyna (slashing), 15:40; LIB, Bauman (cross-checking), 19:57.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: OU, Hayden (cross-checking), 1:23; OU, Johnson (roughing, roughing), 2:07; LIB, Ahier (roughing), 2:07; OU, Miller (cross-checking), 5;12; OU, Allan (interference), 6:54; LIB, Dykstra (cross-checking), 15:17; LIB, Hendrix (roughing, ten-minute misconduct), 17:57; OU, Siira (roughing, ten-minute misconduct), 17:57; LIB, Langabeer (high sticking), 18:34; LIB, Dodgson (boarding), 19:51.



Shots on goal:


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Oklahoma 21 11 11 - 43

Liberty 11 18 25 - 54


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Goalies: OU, Helgason (54 shots, 52 saves); LIB, Stoltz (8, 5), Binnie (35, 34).



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Chris Perry
11/5/2007, 02:05 PM
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For the Week of November 5, 2007



SOONERS SPLIT GAMES WITH FLAMES

No. 6 OKLAHOMA TRAVELS TO No. 12 IOWA STATE THIS WEEK



THIS WEEK’S GAMES - The University of Oklahoma® hockey club (11-1-1) travels to Ames, Iowa this weekend for a pair of games against Big XII rival No. 12 Iowa State University (10-4-0). The Sooners have a 1-6-2 all-time record against the Cyclones, with the lone Sooners win coming in the last game played between the teams last season.



LAST OU HOCKEY GAMES – Oklahoma traveled to Lynchburg, Virginia for a pair of games against No. 8 Liberty University (9-3-1). In the Friday night contest, the cross-country travel earlier that day clearly affected the Sooners play on the ice. OU played sluggish for the first two periods and Liberty scored twice to take a 2-0 lead. However, defenseman Blake Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) and forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) scored in the third period for OU to tie the game at 2-2. Liberty ended the Sooners' comeback hopes with an odd angle goal just 29 seconds into the five-minute 4-on-4 overtime to defeat the Sooners 3-2. On Saturday night, the Sooners took care of business early, scoring four goals against the Flames in the first period. Scoring goals for Oklahoma were defenseman Robert Hetrick (Tulsa, OK), forward Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL), forward Daniel Siira (Anchorage, AK) and forward Luke Rose (Norman, OK). Liberty scored twice in the second period but was denied the rest of the game, including being stoned by OU goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) on a third period penalty shot, as the Sooners skated away with a 4-2 win and a series split. Liberty comes to Oklahoma City in February for two more games against the Sooners.



RANKINGS – The Sooners are ranked 6th in the latest ACHA Coaches Division 1 ranking, released last Friday and detailed below:



2007-2008 ACHA Men's Division 1 Ranking #3
Rank School Name 1st Votes Record Pts Previous
1 Illinois 49 9-0-0 1150 1
2 Rhode Island 1 10-0-0 1072 3
3 Penn State 8-1-2 1069 2
4 Ohio 8-4-0 1003 4
5 Lindenwood 7-3-1 939 6
6 Oklahoma 10-1-0 898 7
7 Delaware 8-2-0 876 9
8 Liberty 8-2-1 833 8
9 Oakland 5-5-0 737 5
10 West Chester 7-2-2 721 10
11 West Virginia 9-3-0 700 11
12 Iowa State 8-4-0 630 13
13 Kent State 6-5-0 617 12
14 Central Oklahoma 8-4-0 554 14
15 Niagara 9-1-0 520 15
16 Robert Morris (PA) 4-1-0 360 20
17 Eastern Michigan 6-5-1 339 21
18 Washington & Jefferson 4-7-1 297 17
19 Slippery Rock 8-5-0 296 18
20 Stony Brook 8-2-0 294 22
21 Michigan-Dearborn 2-8-0 196 16
22 Robert Morris (IL) 6-5-0 188 23
23 Navy 5-6-0 163 19
24 Arizona 6-2-1 121 25
25 Western Michigan 4-5-1 98 24

Others receiving votes: Drexel, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Indiana (PA), Penn State Berks, Oswego State, Mercyhurst, John Carroll, Arizona State, and Saint Louis.


SCOUTING THE CYCLONES – Al Murdoch is in his 39th season as head coach of the Cyclones. The Cyclones are coming off a weekend series sweep of No. 21 Michigan-Dearborn by scores of 9-4 and 5-4. The Cyclones are led in scoring by forward Pete Majkozak who has 12 goals and 5 assists for 17 total points. Following Majkozak in scoring for Iowa State is forward Brian Spring (6-11-17), forward Mike Murtaugh (8-6-14) and forward Bill Adolph (8-5-13). The Cyclones' main netminder this season has been Christian Johansson (3.38 GAA).

ACHA SCOREBOARD – Starting this week, the ACHA D1 scores from the previous week of play will be included in Sooners Weekly. Here are the scores from October 30 - November 4 (Home team in CAPS):

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

JOHN CARROLL 7, Youngstown State 3



Friday, November 2, 2007

#1 Illinois 7, #17 EASTERN MICHIGAN 0

#2 RHODE ISLAND 3, #7 Delaware 2 (OT) [Rhode Island Wins Shootout 2-1]

#3 Penn State 6, #23 NAVY 2

#5 LINDENWOOD 9, #4 Ohio 6 [Empty Net Goal]

#8 LIBERTY 3, #6 Oklahoma 2 (OT)

#9 OAKLAND 5, (ACHA M2) Central Michigan 4

#10 WEST CHESTER 9, Maryland 4

#13 KENT STATE 6, #11 West Virginia 1

ARIZONA STATE 4, #14 Central Oklahoma 3

#15 Niagara 10, ROCHESTER 0

DUQUESNE 9, #19 Slippery Rock 0

SAINT LOUIS 5, #24 Arizona 0

Ithaca 4, BINGHAMTON 2

(ACHA M2) Davenport 11, BUFFALO 0

(ACHA M2) GRAND VALLEY STATE 2, Adrian 0

Pittsburgh 6, INDIANA (PA) 5

(ACHA M2) MARYLAND-BALTIMORE COUNTY 6, Villanova 5 (OT)

MERCYHURST 5, Syracuse 2 [Empty Net Goal]

RUTGERS 7, St. Bonaventure 2

Drexel 7, TOWSON 6 (OT)

Scranton 2, (ACHA M2) VERMONT 2 (OT) [NO SHOOTOUT]

Weber State 7, (ACHA M2) UTAH STATE 5 [Empty Net Goal]



Saturday, November 3, 2007

#1 Illinois 6, #17 EASTERN MICHIGAN 2

#7 Delaware 5, #2 RHODE ISLAND 2 [Empty Net Goal]

#3 Penn State 6, #23 NAVY 1

#5 LINDENWOOD 3, #4 Ohio 1 [Empty Net Goal]

#6 Oklahoma 4, #8 LIBERTY 2

#11 West Virginia 7, JOHN CARROLL 3

#12 IOWA STATE 9, #21 Michigan-Dearborn 4 at Bucs Arena, Des Moines, IA

#13 KENT STATE 8, #16 Robert Morris (PA) 3

ARIZONA STATE 5, #14 Central Oklahoma 2

#15 NIAGARA 11, Rochester 1

#18 Washington & Jefferson 8, MERCYHURST 4

#19 Slippery Rock 4, PITTSBURGH 0

#25 Western Michigan 5, #22 ROBERT MORRIS (IL) 1

SAINT LOUIS 8, #24 Arizona 4

ADRIAN 5, (ACHA M2) Grand Valley State 2

Cornell 3, BINGHAMTON 2

(ACHA M2) Davenport 6, BUFFALO 1

Cortland State 4, SYRACUSE 3 (OT)

DREXEL 6, Towson 4

DUQUESNE 7, Indiana (PA) 3

Oswego State 4, PENN STATE-BERKS 2
RUTGERS 10, St. Bonaventure 3
Maryland 4, VILLANOVA 2 [Empty Net Goal]



Sunday, November 4, 2007

#12 IOWA STATE 5, #21 Michigan-Dearborn 4

DUQUESNE 6, #16 Robert Morris (PA) 5 (OT)

John Carroll 5, #18 WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON 3

#25 Western Michigan 4, #22 ROBERT MORRIS (IL) 3

Cortland State 5, ITHACA 1

Oswego State 3, PENN STATE-BERKS 2



IOWA STATE GAMES ON THE AIR – Rejoice, Sooners Hockey fans! After going without any broadcasts of Sooners Hockey last week at Liberty, the Sooners will be back on the internet as Iowa State does provide broadcasts of their home games. Sure, you'll have to put up with some homerisms from the Cyclones announcers but at least you'll be able to get live coverage of the Sooners as they play this weekend.

U DA MAN, RH – Special thanks to OU Hockey trainer extraordinaire Ronnie Hayes for keeping the Sooner Hockey faithful updated with his texts from the bench during the Liberty games this past weekend.


TICKETS – Individual tickets for all remaining OU Hockey home games are on sale now. Individual and season tickets can be purchased at Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 South I-35, in Oklahoma City. Call 631-3307 or 631-2709 for additional information.



PRACTICE SCHEDULE – The Sooners practice this week at the Blazers Ice Centre on Monday and Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 P.M. and Tuesday from 8:45-10:30 P.M. before leaving for Ames on Thursday evening.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!



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Chris Perry
11/9/2007, 01:04 PM
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WHAT: Iowa State Cyclones vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Friday, November 9, 2007, 7:30 P.M. CST

WHERE: Ames/ISU Ice Arena, Ames, IA

BROADCAST: via Iowa State's broadcast at http://www.teamline.cc/sportpage?teamcode=1751&eventcode=25



2007-08 RECORDS:

Oklahoma: 11-1-1 ACHA Division I

Iowa State: 10-4-0 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Iowa State – Al Murdoch



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the first of a two game series between Big XII rivals Oklahoma and Iowa State this weekend...Oklahoma has a 1-6-2 all-time record against Iowa State over the past four years...The Sooners are ranked No. 6 in the nation while the Cyclones are ranked No. 12...Last week, Oklahoma split a pair of games at No. 8 Liberty, losing 3-2 in overtime and winning 4-2...Iowa State swept two games at home from No. 21 Michigan-Dearborn by scores of 9-4 and 5-4.



OKLAHOMA NOTES: The Sooners arrived in Ames early this morning and had a leisurely morning skate to shake off the "bus legs"...Forward Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) leads the Sooners in points with nine goals and eleven assists for 20 total points...Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) leads the Sooners in goals scored with 12...Goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) is expected to get the start in net tonight for the Sooners...Forward Jarrod Yost (Murphy, TX) returns to the Sooners lineup tonight after being out the past few weeks due to injury...The Sooners' power play has a 28.1% success rate this season and a 24.7% success rate against D1 opponents.



IOWA STATE NOTES: The Cyclones are members of the ACHA's Central States Collegiate Hockey League...Head Coach Al Murdoch is in his 39th season behind the bench with the Cyclones...Former ISU player Brian Wierson has returned to Ames to be Coach Murdoch's assistant coach...The Cyclones are led in scoring by forward Pete Majkozak who has 12 goals and 5 assists for 17 total points...Following Majkozak in scoring for Iowa State is forward Brian Spring (6-11-17), forward Mike Murtaugh (8-6-14) and forward Bill Adolph (8-5-13)...The Cyclones' main netminder has been Christian Johansson who has a 3.38 GAA this season.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: The Sooners stay in Ames for another game Saturday night against the Cycloones…For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!




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Chris Perry
11/10/2007, 12:47 AM
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OKLAHOMA 4, IOWA STATE 3



The 6th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club won its first game ever in Ames, Iowa as they beat No. 12 Iowa State 4-3 before a packed house at Ames/ISU Ice Center. Iowa State scored first but forward Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) evened the score with a wicked wrist shot at 4:44 of the first period. In the second period, forward Chris Nicolaou (Dallas, TX) scored at 5:24 to put the Sooners up 2-1. Forward Daniel Siira (Anchorage, AK) redirected a shot from the point by defenseman Shawn Hayden (Allen, TX) into the Cyclones' net at 10:46 of the second period to put the Sooners up by two goals at 3-1. Iowa State scored before the period ended to make the score 3-2 after 40 minutes of play.



In the third period, forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) scored a power play goal at 10:53, banging home a rebound after a scrum in front of the ISU net, to put the Sooners up 4-2. Iowa State scored a power play goal at 14:40 to tighten the game at 4-3. However, Iowa State took some late penalties and the Sooners held off the Cyclones until the final buzzer sounded. The 4-3 win was Oklahoma's first win in Ames in nine tries and gave Iowa State their first home loss of the season.



Sooners goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) stopped 30 of 33 shots while Iowa State's Christian Johansson stopped 19 of 23 OU shots. Oklahoma was 1 for 7 on the power play while Iowa State was 1 for 6. The win improves Oklahoma's record to 12-1-1 on the season while Iowa State's record falls to 10-5-0. Oklahoma plays Iowa State again in Ames Saturday night.




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Oklahoma 1 – 2 – 1 -- 4

Iowa State 1 – 1 – 1 -- 3


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, ISU, Adolph (Markey), 1:50; 2, OU, McCauley (Brewer), 4:44. Penalties: OU, Gebbie (tripping), 5:28; ISU, Cornelius (interference), 7:04; OU, Dee (unsportsmanlike conduct), 9:44; ISU, Mueller (interference), 11:58; OU, Hetrick (interference), 15:04; ISU, Turcato (interference), 17:21.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, OU, Nicolaou (Yost, Kenney), 5:24; 4, OU, Siira (Hayden), 10:46; 5, ISU, Pascale (MacKay, Verdoni), 16:40. Penalties: OU, Miller (slashing), 11:01; OU, Denton (hooking), 11:27; ISU, Westbrook (elbowing), 14:25; OU, Gebbie (slashing), 19:49.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, OU, Allan (Denton, Gebbie), 10:53 (pp); 7, ISU, Spring (Majkozak), 14:40 (pp). Penalties: ISU, Rahme (tripping), 3:51; ISU, Majkozak (charging, delay of game), 5:00; OU, Johnson (delay of game), 5:00; ISU, Lebler (charging), 9:25; OU, Rose (hooking), 13:21; ISU, Cornelius (hooking), 16:08; ISU, Irwin (hooking), 17:17.



Shots on goal:


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Oklahoma 8 8 7 - 23

Iowa State 11 13 9 - 33


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Goalies: OU, Helgason (33 shots, 30 saves); ISU, Johansson (23, 19).



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INGRAM1
11/10/2007, 09:51 AM
Good job boys. Continue your success. Go Sooners.

Chris Perry
11/10/2007, 11:52 AM
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WHAT: Iowa State Cyclones vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Saturday, November 10, 2007, 7:30 P.M. CST

WHERE: Ames/ISU Ice Arena, Ames, IA

BROADCAST: via Iowa State's broadcast at http://www.teamline.cc/sportpage?teamcode=1751&eventcode=25



2007-08 RECORDS:

Oklahoma: 12-1-1 ACHA Division I

Iowa State: 10-5-0 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Iowa State – Al Murdoch



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the last of two games this weekend between Big XII rivals Oklahoma and Iowa State...Oklahoma beat Iowa State last night by a score of 4-3...Oklahoma now has 2-6-2 all-time record against Iowa State...Due to the Sooners leaving for Norman directly after the game tonight, the game recap of this evening's game will be delayed until tomorrow.



OKLAHOMA NOTES: The Sooners received goals last night from forwards Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL), Chris Nicolaou (Dallas, TX), Daniel Siira (Anchorage, AK) and Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ)...Goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) is expected to get the start in net tonight for the Sooners...The Sooners were 1 for 7 on the power play last night...The Sooners killed of 5 of 6 Iowa State power plays yesterday, including a 1:34 5-on-3 Cyclone power play...Oklahoma has quite a cheering section in Ames as the parents and relatives of goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN), defensemen Mark Tylka (Wisconsin Dells, WI), Austin Miller (Dallas, TX), Robert Hetrick (Tulsa, OK), Daryl Dee (Garland,TX) and Trey Snow (Coppell, TX) and forwards McCauley, Nicoloau, Matt Pangrac (Decatur, IL) and Luke Rose (Norman, OK) are all here supporting the Sooners this weekend.



IOWA STATE NOTES: Today is a big sports day in Ames as Iowa State hosts Colorado in football followed by the Cyclones' game against Oklahoma later tonight...Scoring goals for the Cyclones last night were Bill Adolph, Jordan Pascale and Bill Spring...The Cyclones are one of the few teams that have cheerleaders at their home games...A Cyclone tradition (or strategic tactic depending on your view) reared its head once again last night: when Iowa State gets behind at home, their forwards have a tendency to "accidentally" run the opposing goaltender and it happened not once but twice last night.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: The Sooners return home to host two games against Weber State next weekend…For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!




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Chris Perry
11/11/2007, 11:50 AM
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OKLAHOMA 3, IOWA STATE 1



The 6th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club completed a road sweep of No. 12 Iowa State by beating the Cyclones 4-3 at Ames/ISU Ice Center in Ames, Iowa on Saturday night.



As he did the previous night, forward Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) started off the scoring for the Sooners with a twisted wrister from the right circle at 6:04 of the first to give the Sooners a 1-0 lead, a score that would hold up through the remainder of the period. In the second period, forwards Jarrod Yost (Murphy, TX) and Daniel Siira (Anchorage, AK) attacked the Cyclones' net on a two-on-one and Yost jammed home the puck at 6:41 to give Oklahoma a two goal lead. At 14:25 of the second period, forward Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) skated in from the right circle and went top shelf over the ISU goalie to give OU a 3-0 lead. The Cyclones scored nine seconds later on a floater from the blue line that had eyes but there would be no further scoring in the game. Iowa State had two power play chances in the third period, including a 6-on-4 opportunity after pulling their goaltender in the final minute of play. However, the Sooners defensive play, led by goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK), stymied the Cyclones' efforts and preserved the 3-1 OU win.



Sooners goaltender Mattison stopped 29 of 30 shots while Iowa State's Christian Johansson suffered his second straight loss, stopping only 25 of 28 OU shots. Neither team scored on the power play, with Oklahoma going 0 for 3 and Iowa State going 0 for 4.



The win improves Oklahoma's record to 13-1-1 on the season while Iowa State drops to 10-6-0. Oklahoma returns home to host Weber State on this upcoming Friday and Saturday at the Blazers Ice Centre.




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Oklahoma 1 – 2 – 0 -- 3

Iowa State 0 – 1 – 0 -- 1


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, OU, McCauley (Hetrick), 6:04. Penalties: OU, Nicolaou (roughing), 1:48; ISU, Jeske (checking from behind, ten-minute misconduct), 1:48; ISU, Cornelius (slashing), 11:27; OU, Dee (hooking), 15:39.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, OU, Yost (Siira), 6:41; 3, OU, Gebbie (Allan), 14:25; 4, ISU, Rahme (Turcato), 14:34. Penalties: ISU, Verdoni (tripping), 4:28; OU, Johnson (hooking), 8:16; ISU, Rahme (roughing), 18:05.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: OU, Allan (hooking), 7:43; OU, Miller (holding), 15:09; ISU, Turcato (roughing), 15:09; OU, Gebbie (interference), 19:22.



Shots on goal:


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Oklahoma 9 11 8 - 28

Iowa State 7 12 11 - 30


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Goalies: OU, Mattison (30 shots, 29 saves); ISU, Johansson (28, 25). Referee: Bruggman. Linesmen: Evers, Stanto.



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Chris Perry
11/12/2007, 03:21 PM
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For the Week of November 12, 2007



SOONERS SWEEP BIG XII RIVALS CYCLONES

No. 6 OKLAHOMA HOSTS WEBER STATE THIS WEEKEND

FRIDAY IS MILITARY APPRECIATION NIGHT AT OU HOCKEY



THIS WEEK’S GAMES - The University of Oklahoma® hockey club (13-1-1) returns home for a pair of games this weekend against the Wildcats of Weber State University (5-6-1). Earlier this season, the Sooners traveled to Ogden and swept the Wildcats at home by scores of 5-1 and 6-0.



MILITARY APPRECIATION NIGHT - Friday's game against Weber State is Military Appreciation Night. Military personnel in uniform receive free admission to the game while all other military personnel and their family only need to show their military ID at the ticket window for a special $2.00 per person admission. This is OU Hockey's opportunity to say thanks to all the fine men and women in military service and to show its appreciation for protecting our freedom.



LAST OU HOCKEY GAMES – Oklahoma traveled to Ames, Iowa this past weekend and swept a pair of games from Big XII rivals and No. 12 Iowa State University (10-6-0). Forwards Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL), Chris Nicolaou (Dallas, TX), Daniel Siira (Anchorage, AK) and Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) scored goals for the Sooners in Friday's 4-3 over the Cyclones. Oklahoma goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) preserved the victory by fending off 30 shots plus a few Cyclones players that (wink, wink) couldn't help from barreling into him. On Saturday night, McCauley scored again as did forwards Jarrod Yost (Murphy, TX) and Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) as the Sooners powered their way to a 3-1 win over Iowa State. Goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) stopped 29 of 30 Cyclones shots to earn the win for the Sooners. The wins were the first for OU in Ames (OU had beaten Iowa State last season in Des Moines) and also accounted for Iowa State's first home losses of the season.



RANKINGS – The Sooners are ranked 6th in the latest ACHA Coaches Division 1 ranking. The next ACHA D1 ranking is scheduled to be released this Friday.



SCOUTING THE WILDCATS – Due to their remote location (at least in a hockey geography sense) in Ogden, Utah, Weber State does not have a lot of ACHA D1 opponents readily available and nearby so they play a schedule that includes a number of ACHA D2 teams. The Wildcats have only played four D1 games, going 1-3-0 in those contests. Their last games were at home against D2 opponents, losing to D2 Denver 6-5 this past Friday and losing 6-5 in a shootout to D2 San Jose State on Saturday. Weber State is led in scoring by forward Nick Micek who has 6 goals and 15 assists for 21 total points. Following Micek in scoring for Weber State are forwards Chris Cotsilis (9-3-12), Zach Zane (5-6-11), Dave Lorenzen (7-3-10) and Michael Spawton (6-4-10). The Wildcats' main netminder is Kyle Gover, who has a 3.86 goals against average this season and has always played extremely well against the Sooners.


ACHA SCOREBOARD – Here are the ACHA D1 scores for games played during the week of November 5 - November 12 (Home team in CAPS):

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

#18 WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON 6, #13 Kent State 2



Thursday, November 8, 2007

CORTLAND STATE 7, Ithaca 3



Friday, November 9, 2007

#1 ILLINOIS 6, Saint Louis 1

#3 Penn State 5, #2 RHODE ISLAND 1

#4 Ohio 4, #17 EASTERN MICHIGAN 1

#6 Oklahoma 4, #12 IOWA STATE 3

#7 DELAWARE 5, #23 Navy 3

#8 LIBERTY 7, (ACHA M2) Davenport 4

Adrian 4, #9 Oakland 1 at Robert Morris Tournament, Bensenville, IL

#10 West Chester 9, VILLANOVA 2

#11 West Virginia 5, INDIANA (PA) 2

#13 KENT STATE 6, Youngstown State 2

(ACHA M2) Kansas 3, #14 CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 1

#15 Niagara 4, MERCYHURST 3 (OT)

#22 ROBERT MORRIS (IL) 5, #16 Robert Morris (PA) 4 (OT) [Robert Morris (IL) Wins Shootout 2-0] at Robert Morris Tournament, Bensenville, IL

#25 WESTERN MICHIGAN 7, #21 Michigan-Dearborn 4 [Empty Net Goal]

#24 ARIZONA 7, (ACHA M2) California State-Long Beach 0

Oswego State 4, BINGHAMTON 2

PITTSBURGH 6, Buffalo 1

Lehigh 4, DREXEL 3 (OT)

Cornell 7, (Non-ACHA) HOBART 5 [Empty Net Goal]

(Non-ACHA) Canton 5, ROCHESTER 2

SYRACUSE 5, John Carroll 2 [Empty Net Goal]

Maryland 6, TOWSON 4 [Empty Net Goal]

MINOT STATE 11, (ACHA M2) Montana State 2

(ACHA M2) Denver 6, WEBER STATE 5



Saturday, November 10, 2007

#1 ILLINOIS 8, Saint Louis 0

#3 Penn State 4, #2 RHODE ISLAND 1

#17 EASTERN MICHIGAN 5, #4 Ohio 3

DUQUESNE 6, #5 Lindenwood 5

#6 Oklahoma 3, #12 IOWA STATE 1

#7 Delaware 5, #23 NAVY 2 [Empty Net Goal]

#8 LIBERTY 5, (ACHA M2) Davenport 4 (OT)

#9 Oakland 5, #16 Robert Morris (PA) 3 at Robert Morris Tournament, Bensenville, IL

#10 West Chester 5, #20 STONY BROOK 3

#11 West Virginia 9, YOUNGSTOWN STATE 1

(ACHA M2) Kansas 3, #14 CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 2 (OT) [Kansas Wins Shootout 3-2]

(Non-ACHA) Canton 2, #15 NIAGARA 0

#18 Washington & Jefferson 6, VILLANOVA 2

#25 WESTERN MICHIGAN 6, #21 Michigan-Dearborn 2

#22 ROBERT MORRIS (IL) 4, Adrian 1 at Robert Morris Tournament, Bensenville, IL

#24 ARIZONA 5, (ACHA M2) California State-Long Beach 0

Buffalo 2, MERCYHURST 1

Cornell 6, ITHACA 5 (OT)

Scranton 6, DREXEL 3

Towson 7, MARYLAND 0

Binghamton 3, ROCHESTER 2

John Carroll 6, SYRACUSE 3

MINOT STATE 14, (ACHA M2) Montana State 1

OSWEGO STATE 9, (ACHA M2) Rochester Institute of Technology 8 (OT) [Oswego State Wins Shootout 2-0]

ST. BONAVENTURE 3, Penn State-Berks 2

(ACHA M2) San Jose State 6, WEBER STATE 5 (OT) [San Jose State Wins Shootout 3-0]



Sunday, November 11, 2007

(NCAA D3) Wesleyan 3, #2 RHODE ISLAND 2

#5 Lindenwood 6, DUQUESNE 5

#9 Oakland 6, #22 ROBERT MORRIS (IL) 4 at Robert Morris Tournament, Bensenville, IL

#16 Robert Morris (PA) 5, Adrian 3 [Empty Net Goal] at Robert Morris Tournament, Bensenville, IL

#18 Washington & Jefferson 6, VILLANOVA 1

#20 STONY BROOK 4, Lehigh 2 [Empty Net Goal]

Drexel 5, SCRANTON 3 [Empty Net Goal]

(ACHA M2) Rochester Institute of Technology 9, ITHACA 3

MINOT STATE 14, (ACHA M2) Montana State 0

OSWEGO STATE 5, (Non-ACHA) Mohawk Valley Community College 2

Penn State-Berks 7, ST. BONAVENTURE 4



MUST BE THE NEW MATH – We've received a few polite email and phone inquiries about the Sooners' record being calculated as 13-1-1 (instead of 13-2-0). We've also been told that some folks are claiming that we're ignoring reality by labeling the overtime loss at Liberty two weeks ago as a tie. Unfortunately for the few critics, nothing could be further from the truth. The ACHA has simply decided this year to report records differently than in years past. Here it is, directly from the ACHA D1 Commissioner's regular emails issued to member teams weekly throughout the season: "With everyone in M1 playing the shootout format (no ties), the way we list won-loss records is changing. Now, the numbers will read as follows: (All Wins - Regulation Losses - OT or SO Losses). If any teams have a tie, it will be noted. So far, only Arizona (at M2 Texas Tech) and Scranton (at M2 Vermont) have a tie." As a result, Oklahoma's record through 15 games this season is officially 13-1-1.

SOONERS HOME GAMES ON THE AIR – All University of Oklahoma® Hockey home games this season will be broadcast on The WIRE. Fans can listen to Sooners Hockey home games via the Internet (www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu), Cox Cable Television Channel 4 SAP in Norman or 1710 AM in the immediate vicinity of the OU campus. OU Hockey broadcasts begin 15 minutes prior to face-off.

TICKETS – Individual tickets for all remaining OU Hockey home games are on sale now. Individual and season tickets can be purchased at Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 South I-35, in Oklahoma City. Call 631-3307 or 631-2709 for additional information.



PRACTICE SCHEDULE – The Sooners practice this week at the Blazers Ice Centre on Monday and Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 P.M. and Tuesday from 8:45-10:30 P.M.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!



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Chris Perry
11/16/2007, 12:18 PM
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WHAT: Weber State Wildcats vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Friday, November 16, 2007, 7:30 P.M. CST

WHERE: Blazers Ice Centre, Oklahoma City, OK

BROADCAST: The WIRE 1710 AM, Cox Ch. 4 (SAP) and online at www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu



2007-08 RECORDS:

Weber State: 5-6-1 ACHA Division I

Oklahoma: 13-1-1 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Weber State – Zak Treasure and Aaron Dufford



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the first of two games this weekend between No. 6 Oklahoma and Weber State...Oklahoma traveled to Ogden, Utah earlier this season and swept a pair of games from the Wildcats, winning by scores of 5-1 and 6-0...OU and Weber State have played twelve times over the past five years and in those twelve games, the Sooners have accumulated seven wins, three losses and two ties.



MILITARY APPRECIATION NIGHT TONIGHT: Tonight's game against Weber State is Military Appreciation Night...Military personnel in uniform receive free admission to the game while all other military personnel and their family only need to show their military ID at the ticket window for a special $2.00 per person admission.



OKLAHOMA NOTES: As of the time of this writing, the new rankings which are to be released today have not yet been issued...In the last ranking released two weeks ago, the Sooners were ranked 6th in the nation...Since that last ranking, the Sooners have gone 3-1 on the road with a split at No. 8 Liberty and a sweep of No. 12 Iowa State...Forward Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) leads the Sooners in points with 22...Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) leads the Sooners in goals with 13...Head Coach Larry Donovan will miss this weekend's contests as he tends to family business in Cedar Rapids, Iowa...Assistant coaches James Ord and Chris Johnston will be behind the bench for the Sooners in Donovan's absence...Defenseman Trey Snow (Coppell, TX) is not expected to play this weekend as he recovers from blocking a slapshot last weekend against Iowa State.



WEBER STATE NOTES: The Wildcats are unranked...Weber State has only played four D1 games this season (compared to Oklahoma's 11 D1 games)...In those few D1 games, the Wildcats were swept at home by the Sooners and split a home series with Arizona State...Weber State's last games were at home against D2 opponents, losing to D2 Denver 6-5 last Friday and losing 6-5 in a shootout to D2 San Jose State on last Saturday...Weber State is led in scoring by forward Nick Micek who has 6 goals and 15 assists for 21 total points...Following Micek in scoring for Weber State are forwards Chris Cotsilis (9-3-12), Zach Zane (5-6-11), Dave Lorenzen (7-3-10) and Michael Spawton (6-4-10)...The Wildcats' main netminder is Kyle Gover, who has a 3.86 goals against average this season and has always played extremely well against the Sooners.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: The Sooners host Weber State again tomorrow night at 6:30 P.M...For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!




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Chris Perry
11/17/2007, 02:07 AM
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OKLAHOMA 7, WEBER STATE 2



The 5th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club performed at a workmanlike pace tonight in its first home game in three weeks on its way to a 7-2 win over Weber State University at the Blazers Ice Centre on Friday night.



Just one minute into the game, forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) tipped in a shot from the point to give the Sooners an early 1-0 lead. Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) fired a laser wrister into the top of the Weber State net at 10:22 of the first period to give OU a 2-0 lead. In the second period, forward Greg Curtiss (Flint, MI) redirected home a sweet pass from forward Jarrod Yost (Murphy, TX) while short-handed at the 5:22 mark to put the Sooners up by three goals. Forward Keith Denton (Vail, CO) faked the Weber State goaltender out of all his equipment with a gorgeous goal at 16:10 of the second to give the Sooners a four goal cushion. Allan scored his second goal of the night just 21 seconds into the third period to make the score 5-0. Weber State scored twice, once on a 5-on-3 power play and once at even strength, to tighten the score at 5-2. But Allan completed his hat trick, the first Sooners hat trick this season, at the 15:10 mark while on the power play to put the Sooners up 6-2. Forward Daniel Siira (Anchorage, AK) capped off the night with a power play goal just thirteen seconds from the final whistle to make tonight's final score 7-2 in favor of Oklahoma. Even though the final score and the shot totals (62-21 in favor of OU) indicate the game was a scorefest, and indeed it was, the game was also a herky-jerky affair with little flow as the final two periods were bogged down with penalties, many arising from undisciplined play and unnecessary banter after the whistle from players on both teams.



Sooners goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) stopped 19 of 21 shots while Weber State's Kyle Gover was pelted with 62 shots, stopping 55 of them. Oklahoma was 3 for 11 on the power play while Weber State was 1 for 10 with the man advantage.



The win improves Oklahoma's record to 14-1-1 on the season while Weber State drops to 5-7-1. Oklahoma hosts Weber State again on Saturday evening at 6:30 P.M..




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Weber State 0 – 0 – 2 -- 2

Oklahoma 2 – 2 – 3 -- 7


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, OU, Brewer (Miller, McCauley), 1:00; 2, OU, Allan (Denton), 10:22. Penalties: OU, Miller (hooking), 8:12; OU, Smith (interference), 14:17; WSU, Micek (high sticking), 15:40.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, OU, Curtiss (Yost), 5:22 (sh); 4, OU, Denton (Gebbie), 16:10 (pp). Penalties: OU, Nicolaou (hooking, ten-minute misconduct), 4:11; WSU, Micek (slashing, roughing), 5:55; OU, Denton (roughing), 5:55; OU, Miller (charging), 5:55; OU, Gebbie (interference), 5:55; WSU, Haley (hooking), 6:45; OU, Curtiss (roughing), 6:59; WSU, Herzog (interference), 10:13; WSU, Kelly (roughing), 10:13; OU, Pangrac (charging), 10:13; OU, Poe (roughing), 10:13; OU, Hayden (cross-checking), 13:29; WSU, Spawton (hooking), 13:48; WSU, Cotsilis (tripping), 15:38; WSU, Lam (unsportsmanlike conduct), 16:46; OU, Siira (roughing), 16:46; OU, Pangrac (unsportsmanlike conduct), 16:46.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, OU, Allan (Denton, Gebbie), :21; 6, WSU, Micek (Lam), 4:36 (pp); 7, WSU, Volkov (Micek, Lam), 9:09; 8, OU, Allan (Denton, Smith), 15:10 (pp); 9, OU, Siira (unassisted), 19:47 (pp). Penalties: WSU, Benike (interference), 2:21; OU, Siira (hooking, ten-minute misconduct), 3:42; OU, bench minor (unsportsmanlike conduct, served by Pangrac), 4:14; OU, Miller (ten-minute misconduct), 4:14; WSU, Spawton (hooking), 6:53; WSU, Herzog (interference), 9:23; OU, Brewer (hooking), 11:53; WSU, Benike (slashing), 13:39; WSU, Lam (interference), 14:12; WSU, Micek (slashing), 15:10; WSU, Lam (tripping), 16:45; OU, Yost (tripping), 16:45; OU, Miller (ten-minute misconduct), 16:45; WSU, Micek (slashing, ten-minute misconduct), 17:58; WSU, Head Coach (game misconduct, game disqualification), 17:58; OU, Poe (roughing), 19:47.



Shots on goal:


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Weber State 8 8 5 - 21

Oklahoma 16 22 24 - 62


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Goalies: OU, Mattison (21 shots, 19 saves); WSU, Gover (62, 55). Referee: Sappo. Linesmen: Williams, Watkins.



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INGRAM1
11/17/2007, 10:25 AM
Good job, coach and the boys. Keep up the good work.

Chris Perry
11/17/2007, 01:10 PM
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WHAT: Weber State Wildcats vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Saturday, November 17, 2007, 6:30 P.M. CST

WHERE: Blazers Ice Centre, Oklahoma City, OK

BROADCAST: The WIRE 1710 AM, Cox Ch. 4 (SAP) and online at www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu



2007-08 RECORDS:

Weber State: 5-7-1 ACHA Division I

Oklahoma: 14-1-1 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Weber State – Zak Treasure and Aaron Dufford



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the second of two games this weekend between OU and Weber State...It is also the last of four games between the two teams this season...Oklahoma beat an undermanned Weber State team yesterday by a score of 7-2...Oklahoma has won all three games played between the teams this season.




OKLAHOMA NOTES: The Sooners are ranked 5th in the nation in the latest ACHA D1 rankings released yesterday...Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) scored the first Sooners hat trick of the season last night...Forward Keith Denton (Vail, CO) had a four point night with a goal and three assists...Forwards Greg Curtiss (Flint, MI), Daniel Siira (Anchorage, AK) and Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) also scored goals yesterday...Some Sooners forgot last night to let their play do the talking as forwards Siira and Chris Nicolaou (Dallas, TX) and defenseman Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) all earned ten-minute misconduct penalties for arguing with the on-ice officials...Miller was tabbed twice with ten-minute misconducts, effectively taking himself out of the action for over a third of last night's game...Defensemen Daryl Dee (Garland, TX) and Robert Hetrick (Tulsa, OK) missed last night's contest due to other obligations but are expected in the lineup tonight...Goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) is expected to get the start in net tonight for the Sooners.



WEBER STATE NOTES: Weber State's Nick Micek had an eventful night as he scored a goal and an assist and was whistled for six penalties, fine minors and a ten-minute misconduct...Anton Volkov scored the other Weber State goal yesterday...The Wildcats are still waiting for this year's hockey sweaters to arrive so they played last night in last year's sweaters with nameplates that did not match the players...Head Coach Zak Treasure was assessed a game disqualification penalty last night, meaning that unless something changes before game time, he will not be eligible to be behind the bench tonight...As usual, Wildcats goaltender Kyle Gover played outstanding against the Sooners, stopping 55 of 62 shots and keeping the score closer than it realistically could have been.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: A huge matchup in the ACHA is on tap next weekend as No. 4 Lindenwood travels to No. 5 Oklahoma for a pair of games on Friday and Saturday...For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!




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Chris Perry
11/18/2007, 01:34 AM
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OKLAHOMA 9, WEBER STATE 1



The 5th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club outworked and outclassed an undermanned squad from Weber State on Saturday night as the Sooners coasted to a 9-1 win over the Wildcats at the Blazers Ice Centre in Oklahoma City.



The unranked Wildcats are struggling in many ways: They are under intense scrutiny and oversight from their university administration; their recruiting efforts have grown stale these past few years, evidenced by their fall from one of the elite ACHA teams in recent years to the shell of a team they now field; and they have gone through four coaches in as many years as the inmates clearly run the Wildcat hockey asylum. That lack of pride and discipline was in full effect tonight on the ice and was fully exploited by the Sooners. Weber State incurred the first eight penalties tonight and thirteen of the fourteen penalties assessed in the first period. Oklahoma took advantage by scoring four power play goals in the first period to seal tonight's game long before the final buzzer sounded. Defenseman Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) scored at the 6:52 mark to put the Sooners on the scoreboard. Defenseman Mark Tylka (Wisconsin Dells, WI) went five-hole on Weber State's goaltender at 7:24 to put OU up by two goals. Forward Keith Denton (Vail, CO) scored at 13:00 and forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) scored with three seconds to go in the period to give the Sooners a 4-0 lead.



In the second period, Weber State took eight of the twelve penalties but the Sooners could only score at even strength. Forward Jarrod Yost (Murphy, TX) scored at 15:47 to give OU a five goal lead and Brewer scored his second of the night, again in the final minute of the period, to put the Sooners up by six goals after forty minutes of play. In the third period, forward Chris Nicolaou (Dallas, TX) scored at 6:31 to make the score 7-0. Eight seconds after Nicolaou's goal, Yost scored his second goal of the night to put OU up 8-0. Weber State avoided the shutout with a goal just over three minutes from the end of the game. Forward Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) capped off the scoring with a goal at the 17:27 mark of the third to make tonight's final 9-1 in favor of the Sooners.



Sooners starting goaltender Chad Helgason should have brought a book with him in net tonight as he faced only four shots in under 33 minutes of action, stopping all four shots. Helgason was relieved in the second period by Jordan Jones (Summerville, SC) who stopped 7 of the 8 shots he faced in about 27 minutes of action. Weber State starter Kyle Gover stopped 25 of 30 OU shots he faced before being relieved in the second period by Blake Niflis who stopped 20 of 24 shots. Oklahoma was 4 for 20 on the power play while Weber State was 0 for 8 with the man advantage.



The win improves Oklahoma's record to 15-1-1 on the season while Weber State drops to 5-8-1. Oklahoma hosts No. 4 Lindenwood Friday night at 7:30 P.M.




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Weber State 0 – 0 – 1 -- 2

Oklahoma 4 – 2 – 3 -- 9


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, OU, Miller (McCauley), 6:52 (pp); 2, OU, Tylka (Brewer, Smith), 7:24 (pp); 3, OU, Denton (Miller), 13:00 (pp); 4, OU, Brewer (Tylka, Hetrick), 19:57 (pp). Penalties: WSU, Micek (hooking), 1:28; WSU, Kelly (hooking), 2:43; WSU, Volkov (hooking), 5:55; WSU, Debungie (tripping), 6:34; WSU, Herzog (tripping), 7:24; WSU, Spawton (hooking), 11:37; WSU, Haley (hooking), 12:18; WSU, Gover (unsportsmanlike conduct), 13:27; OU, Brewer (hooking), 14:41; WSU, Volkov (hooking), 16:34; WSU, Benike (hooking, ten-minute misconduct, game misconduct), 18:13; WSU, Micek (ten-minute misconduct), 19:57.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, OU, Yost (Kenney, Hayden), 15:47; 6, OU, Brewer (Rose, Dee), 19:15. Penalties: OU, McCauley (interference), :24; WSU, Spawton (hooking), 2:40; OU, Yost (roughing), 3:24; OU, Miller (tripping), 3;44; WSU, bench (too many men, served by Deitsch), 6:11; WSU, Lam (hooking), 7:32; WSU, Herzog (hooking), 12:41; WSU, Cotsilis (hooking), 13:00; WSU, Knapton (slashing), 13:41; WSU, Cotsilis (hooking), 15:26; OU, Miller (goaltender interference), 18:29; WSU, Kelly (hooking), 18:56.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 7, OU, Nicolaou (Yost, Kenney), 6:31; 8, OU, Yost (Nicolaou), 6:39; 9, WSU, Volkov (Cotsilis), 16:24; 10, OU, McCauley (Dee, Kenney), 17:27. Penalties: OU, bench (too many men), :35; WSU, Rose (tripping), 9:52; WSU, Cotsilis (tripping), 13:18; WSU, Herzog (hooking), 13:48; OU, McCauley (interference), 14:03.



Shots on goal:


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Weber State 2 4 6 - 12

Oklahoma 17 20 17 - 54


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Goalies: OU, Helgason (4 shots, 4 saves), Jones (8, 7); WSU, Gover (30, 25), Niflis (24, 20). Referee: Williams. Linesmen: Pepsis, Schamel.



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Chris Perry
11/20/2007, 09:26 AM
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For the Week of November 19, 2007



SOONERS SWEEP HAPLESS WEBER STATE

No. 5 OKLAHOMA HOSTS No. 4 LINDENWOOD THIS WEEKEND



THIS WEEK’S GAMES - In what will undoubtedly be the toughest and most anticipated home matchup of the season, the University of Oklahoma® hockey club (15-1-1) hosts a pair of games this weekend against No. 4 Lindenwood (12-4-1). Earlier this season, the Sooners traveled to Wentzville, Missouri and split a pair of games with the Lions, winning 5-3 the first night and losing the next evening 5-2 in a brawl-marred contest.



LAST OU HOCKEY GAMES – Oklahoma hosted an unimpressive and undermanned Weber State squad this past weekend and won both games easily. Friday night, forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) scored the first Sooners hat trick of the season and four other Sooners scored single goals as OU romped over the Wildcats 7-2. Saturday night, forwards Jarrod Yost (Murphy, TX) and Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) scored two goals each and five other Sooners added solo goals as Oklahoma embarrassed Weber State 9-1. The wins complete a Sooners season sweep of all four games between the two teams this year.



RANKINGS – The Sooners are ranked 5th in the latest ACHA Coaches Division 1 ranking, released last Friday and detailed below:



2007-2008 ACHA Men's Division 1 Ranking #4
Rank School Name 1st Votes Record Pts Previous
1 Illinois 47 13-0-0 1100 1
2 Penn State 1 12-1-2 1054 3
3 Rhode Island 11-4-0 965 2
4 Lindenwood 10-4-1 954 5
5 Oklahoma 13-1-1 898 6
6 Delaware 11-2-1 877 7
7 Ohio 9-7-0 857 4
8 Liberty 11-3-1 807 8
9 West Chester 10-2-2 707 10
10 Oakland 8-6-0 679 9
11 West Virginia 12-4-0 658 11
12 Iowa State 10-6-0 632 12
13 Kent State 9-6-0 621 13
14 Niagara 12-2-0 523 15
15 Central Oklahoma 8-7-1 390 14
16 Eastern Michigan 7-8-1 383 17
17 Washington & Jefferson 8-8-1 360 18
18 Stony Brook 9-3-0 322 20
19 Robert Morris (PA) 5-3-2 307 16
20 Western Michigan 8-5-1 242 25
21 Slippery Rock 9-6-0 226 19
22 Robert Morris (IL) 8-8-0 218 22
23 Duquesne 7-5-0 92 NR
24 Navy 5-10-0 79 23
25 Arizona 8-4-1 66 24


Others receiving votes: Michigan-Dearborn, Arizona State, Pittsburgh, John Carroll, Rutgers, Drexel, Oswego State, Saint Louis, Mercyhurst, Adrian, Cornell, and Indiana (PA).


SCOUTING THE LIONS – Lindenwood is the talk of the ACHA so far this season as they are proving themselves to be legitimate contenders for the ACHA D1 National Championship. Other than the loss to the Sooners earlier this season, Lindenwood has only lost four other games, three decisions to No. 1 Illinois and an overtime loss at No. 23 Duquesne. The Lions have signature sweeps this season over No. 7 Ohio, No. 8 Liberty, No. 12 Iowa State and No. 13 Kent State. Head Coach Derek Schaub has assembled a powerhouse team that just swept No. 22 Robert Morris (IL) this past weekend by scores of 16-3 and 7-4. Lindenwood is led in scoring by forward Jake Ebner who has 16 goals and 11 assists for 27 total points. Following Ebner in scoring for the Lions are forwards Steve Balint (10-17-27), Cory Spradling (12-9-21) and Carson Hamill (8-13-21). Longtime Lindenwood offensive threats Quinn Henry and Larry Kopecky are not far behind in the statistical columns. Lindenwood's main netminders this season have been Grahame Lippert (4.42 GAA) and Robi Cavallari (2.51 GAA).


ACHA SCOREBOARD – Here are the ACHA D1 scores for games played during the week of November 13 - November 18 (Home team in CAPS):

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

#18 WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON 5, Youngstown State 3



Friday, November 16, 2007

#2 PENN STATE 7, #8 Liberty 1

#3 Rhode Island 6, DREXEL 3
#4 LINDENWOOD 16, #22 Robert Morris (IL) 3

#5 OKLAHOMA 7, Weber State 2

#6 Delaware 2, BUFFALO 1

#7 OHIO 13, Youngstown State 0

#9 WEST CHESTER 6, Indiana (PA) 1

#10 Oakland 7, (ACHA M2) GRAND VALLEY STATE 6

#13 KENT STATE 7, #12 Iowa State 4

#14 NIAGARA 4, Oswego State 2

#15 CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 5, (ACHA M2) Texas Tech 0

#16 Eastern Michigan 6, (ACHA M2) MICHIGAN 2

#17 Washington & Jefferson 3, #19 Robert Morris (PA) 2

#24 NAVY 6, Scranton 5 (OT)

(ACHA M2) Michigan State 4, #25 ARIZONA 1

ARIZONA STATE 4, (ACHA M2) California-Irvine 3

Rutgers 5, BINGHAMTON 2

Penn State-Berks 10, CORTLAND STATE 4

JOHN CARROLL 4, Syracuse 3

LEHIGH 6, (ACHA M2) Lafayette 5

Villanova 3, MARYLAND 2 (OT) [Villanova Wins Shootout 3-1]

Rochester 6, ST. BONAVENTURE 2

TOWSON 3, Pittsburgh 1 [Empty Net Goal]



Saturday, November 17, 2007

#8 Liberty 5, #2 PENN STATE 4 (OT)
#3 Rhode Island 8, DREXEL 3

#4 LINDENWOOD 7, #22 Robert Morris (IL) 4 [Empty Net Goal]

#5 OKLAHOMA 9, Weber State 1

#6 Delaware 3, BUFFALO 1

#7 OHIO 11, Youngstown State 1

#9 WEST CHESTER 5, Indiana (PA) 0

#13 KENT STATE 6, #12 Iowa State 3
#14 NIAGARA 5, (Non-ACHA) Toronto 2
#15 CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 9, (ACHA M2) Texas Tech 3

#19 ROBERT MORRIS (PA) 10, Syracuse 4

#16 EASTERN MICHIGAN 3, #21 Slippery Rock 2 (OT)

#17 Washington & Jefferson 7, #23 DUQUESNE 3

(ACHA M2) SIENA 5, #18 Stony Brook 2

SAINT LOUIS 7, #20 Western Michigan 4

Scranton 5, #24 NAVY 3

#25 ARIZONA 4, (ACHA M2) Michigan State 3 (OT)

ARIZONA STATE 11, (ACHA M2) California-Irvine 2

Penn State-Berks at Cornell [GAME SUSPENDED - BROKEN GLASS. PENN STATE BERKS LEADING 4-3]

Rutgers 7, ITHACA 3
Pittsburgh 5, MARYLAND 1
MINOT STATE 12, North Dakota State 2

John Carroll 5, ROCHESTER 2
Binghamton 4, ST. BONAVENTURE 2
TOWSON 7, Villanova 4



Sunday, November 18, 2007

#7 OHIO 5, #23 Duquesne 0

#18 Stony Brook 6, (ACHA M2) WAGNER 3
#20 Western Michigan 6, SAINT LOUIS 3
#21 Slippery Rock 3, ADRIAN 1
Pittsburgh 3, #24 NAVY 2 (OT)

Oswego State 11, CORTLAND STATE 0
MINOT STATE 7, North Dakota State 3

Towson 4, Villanova 1



SOONERS HOME GAMES ON THE AIR – All University of Oklahoma® Hockey home games this season will be broadcast on The WIRE. Fans can listen to Sooners Hockey home games via the Internet (www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu), Cox Cable Television Channel 4 SAP in Norman or 1710 AM in the immediate vicinity of the OU campus. OU Hockey broadcasts begin 15 minutes prior to face-off.

TICKETS – Individual tickets for all remaining OU Hockey home games are on sale now. Individual and season tickets can be purchased at Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 South I-35, in Oklahoma City. Call 631-3307 or 631-2709 for additional information.



PRACTICE SCHEDULE – The Sooners practice this week at the Blazers Ice Centre on Monday and Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 P.M. and Tuesday from 8:45-10:30 P.M.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!



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Chris Perry
11/23/2007, 10:31 AM
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WHAT: Lindenwood Lions vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Friday, November 23, 2007, 7:30 P.M. CST

WHERE: Blazers Ice Centre, Oklahoma City, OK

BROADCAST: The WIRE 1710 AM, Cox Ch. 4 (SAP) and online at www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu



2007-08 RECORDS:

Lindenwood: 12-4-1 ACHA Division I

Oklahoma: 15-1-1 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Lindenwood – Derek Schaub



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the first of two games this weekend between OU and Lindenwood...It is also the third of five games between the teams this season...Oklahoma split a pair of games at Lindenwood earlier this season, winning the first game 5-3 and losing the follow-up 5-2...Oklahoma leads the all-time series 6-5-0 over Lindenwood




OKLAHOMA NOTES: The Sooners are ranked 5th in the nation in the latest ACHA D1 rankings...Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) leads the Sooners in goals scored with 16...Forward Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) leads the Sooners in points with 25 points on 12 goals and 13 assists...Defenseman Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) leads the Sooners in assists with 15...Goaltender Robert Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) has a 2.11 GAA and one shutout on the season...Forward Adrian Borchgrevink (Kenai, AK) returns to the lineup tonight after being out the past few weeks due to injury...The Sooners' power play has a 25.9% success rate this season and a 22.9% success rate against D1 opponents...The Sooners have killed off 139 of 154 (90.3%) power play chances against this season and have a 93.1% (108 of 116) kill rate against D1 opponents.



LINDENWOOD NOTES: The Lions are ranked 4th in the nation in the latest ACHA D1 rankings...Lindenwood has 10 seniors and 12 freshman on their 27-man squad...The Lions' All-Freshmen line of Carson Hamill, Steve Balint and Jake Ebner now occupy the top three spots in Lindenwood scoring...Balint and Ebner each have 27 points to lead the team and Hamill is second with 24 points...With some injuries to the Lindenwood defensive corps, Tim Gardner and Ryan Bond have moved back to the blue line...Goaltender Robi Cavallari has started his career at Lindenwood with a perfect 7-0-0 record...Lindenwood's power play unit has been successful on 27 of 111 (24%) chances...The Lions have killed of 83 of 108 (76.9%) power play chances against.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: Oklahoma hosts Lindenwood again Saturday evening at 6:30 P.M...For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!




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Chris Perry
11/24/2007, 01:26 AM
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OKLAHOMA 5, LINDENWOOD 4



In a battle of ACHA heavyweights, the 5th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club overcame some late adversity and beat No. 4 Lindenwood 5-4 in a tremendous game Friday night at the Blazers Ice Centre in Oklahoma City.



Lindenwood struck first, taking advantage of a defensive miscue in the Sooners zone to take an early 1-0 lead just 3:16 into the game. The Sooners evened the game with a power play goal from defenseman Shawn Hayden (Allen, TX) at the 6:22 mark. Lindenwood's Henri St. Arnault took advantage of another mistake by the Sooners in their defensive zone and scored an even-strength goal at 11:47 to put the Lions up by one again. However, just as he did last week, forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) scored in the final minute of the first period, this time with eight seconds remaining, to tie the game at 2-2. In the second period, Lindenwood's St. Arnault scored short-handed to give the Lions a 3-2 lead. Once again, the Sooners battled back to tie the game when defenseman Robert Hetrick (Tulsa, OK) scored at the 10:57 mark.



In the third period, the Sooners took their first lead of the game when forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) scored on the power play at 4:10 to put OU up 4-3. Lindenwood evened the game when Larry Kopecky scored on a penalty shot at 16:01 and it appeared as if the see-saw game was destined to be decided in overtime or perhaps a shootout. However, just 22 seconds later, defenseman Daryl Dee (Garland, TX), who had been playing up at forward all evening long, ripped a laser shot from the top of the left wing circle over the shoulder of the Lions goaltender and into the net to give OU the lead at 5-4 with 3:37 remaining in the game. As the remaining seconds slowly clicked off the game clock, Lindenwood put plenty of pressure on the Sooners, even pulling their goaltender for the extra attacker with less than a minute to go but it was to no avail as the Sooners defense preserved the 5-4 OU victory.



Sooners goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) stopped 19 of 23 shots while Lindenwood goalie Robi Cavallari suffered his first loss of the season in eight games played, stopping only 27 of 32 shots. Oklahoma was 2 for 7 on the power play while Lindenwood was 1 for 6 with the man advantage.



The win improves Oklahoma's record to 16-1-1 on the season while Lindenwood's record is now 12-5-1. Oklahoma hosts Lindenwood again Saturday night at 6:30 P.M.




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Lindenwood 2 - 1 - 1 -- 4

Oklahoma 2 - 1 - 2 -- 5


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, LU, Spradling (Hagerman), 3:16; 2, OU, Hayden (Nicolaou, McCauley), 6:42 (pp); 3, LU, St. Arnault (Bokina, Kopecky), 11:47; 4, OU, Brewer (Borchgrevink, Hetrick), 19:52. Penalties: LU, Herr (roughing), 5:02; OU, Curtiss (interference), 7:45; OU, Hetrick (unsportsmanlike conduct), 14:34; OU, Miller (head contact), 17:21; LU, Gawrys (slashing), 17:44.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, LU, St. Arnault (Hagerman), 4:00 (sh); 6, OU, Hetrick (Rose, Dee), 10:57. Penalties: LU, Gardner (tripping), 3:48; OU, Hetrick (slashing), 7:38.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 7, OU, Allan (Miller, Snow), 4:10 (pp); 8, LU, Kopecky (penalty shot), 16:01 (pp); 9, OU, Dee (Rose, Tylka), 16:23. Penalties: LU, Jacobsmeyer (tripping), 2:26; LU, Henry (tripping), 6:11; LU, Miller (holding), 7:01; LU, Cook (boarding), 7:01; OU, Gebbie (roughing), 7:01; OU, Tylka (hooking), 9:53; OU, Johnson (tripping) 6:01; LU, Hamill (slashing), 17:46.



Shots on goal:


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Lindenwood 10 8 5 - 23

Oklahoma 8 8 16 - 32


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Goalies: OU, Helgason (4 shots, 4 saves); LU, Cavallari (24, 20). Referee: Rivera. Linesmen: Hauth, Schamel.



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mfosterftw
11/24/2007, 01:34 AM
I'd say there's a good blend of talent here, eh Chris?

Chris Perry
11/24/2007, 11:19 AM
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WHAT: Lindenwood Lions vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Saturday, November 24, 2007, 6:30 P.M. CST

WHERE: Blazers Ice Centre, Oklahoma City, OK

BROADCAST: The WIRE 1710 AM, Cox Ch. 4 (SAP) and online at www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu



2007-08 RECORDS:

Lindenwood: 12-5-1 ACHA Division I

Oklahoma: 16-1-1 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Lindenwood – Derek Schaub



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the second of two games this weekend between OU and Lindenwood...Oklahoma won a thriller last night, scoring with less than four minutes to go to win 5-4...Oklahoma leads the all-time series 7-5-0 over Lindenwood.




OKLAHOMA NOTES: Three defenseman took the offense into their own hands and scored goals for the Sooners last night: Shawn Hayden (Allen, TX), Robert Hetrick (Tulsa, OK) and Daryl Dee (Garland, TX)...However, Dee was not on the blueline last night as the coaches played him up at the forward position yesterday...Forwards Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) and Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) also scored for the Sooners...Allan now leads the Sooners with 17 goals...The Sooners were 2 for 7 on the power play yesterday...Forward Adrian Borchgrevink (Kenai, AK) made an immediate contribution last night in his first game back from injury as he assisted on Brewer's goal...Goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) is expected to get the start tonight.



LINDENWOOD NOTES: Lions goaltender Robi Cavallari suffered his first loss yesterday after starting the season with a perfect 7-0-0 record...Henri St. Arnault had a pair of goals, including a short-handed goal, in yesterday's contest...Larry Kopecky converted on a penalty shot in the third period...The Lions were 1 for 6 on the power play...Kopecky is Lindenwood's all-time leading scorer...Lindenwood plays in the tough Central States Collegiate Hockey League.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: Oklahoma hosts Central Oklahoma on Friday, December 7th at 7:30 P.M...For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!




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Chris Perry
11/25/2007, 12:45 AM
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LINDENWOOD 8, OKLAHOMA 1



OUCH! The 5th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club found themselves in the unusual position of being on the receiving end of a blowout score tonight as No. 4 Lindenwood dominated the Sooners in an 8-1 OU loss on Saturday night at the Blazers Ice Centre in Oklahoma City.



Lindenwood scored on their first shot just over a minute into the game to take an early 1-0 lead. The Lions scored an even-strength goal at 6:16 and a power play goal at 13:24 to take a quick 3-0 lead. Sooners Head Coach Larry Donovan pulled starting goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) after Lindenwood's third goal in favor of Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) but it was going to be one of those nights as the Lions' offense just would not be denied. Lindenwood scored on Helgason with 1:05 left in the first period to take a commanding 4-0 lead after just 20 minutes of play.



The Sooners turned up the intensity in the second period and had plenty of scoring chances but Lindenwood stifled the OU momentum and scored a breakaway goal at 11:24 to go up 5-0, effectively removing any hope of a Sooners comeback. The Lions scored again and the second period ended with the score 6-0. Lindenwood added another in the third before Oklahoma defenseman Shawn Hayden (Allen, TX) broke the shutout with a power play goal at 8:45, making the score 7-1. Lindenwood scored a final goal in the last minute of play to pad their lead and make tonight's final score 8-1.



Sooners starting goalie Mattison stopped 3 of 6 shots while Helgason stopped 19 of 24 shots. Lindenwood goalie Grahame Lippert stopped 23 of 24 OU shots. Oklahoma was 1 for 6 on the power play while Lindenwood was 4 for 13 with the man advantage. The loss makes Oklahoma's record to 16-2-1 on the season while Lindenwood's improves to 13-5-1. Oklahoma hosts Central Oklahoma on Friday, December 7th at 7:30 P.M.



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Lindenwood 4 - 2 - 2 -- 8

Oklahoma 0 - 0 - 1 -- 1

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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, LU, Gawrys (Henry, Hagerman), 1:05; 2, LU, Bond (Ebner), 6:16; 3, LU, Loach (unassisted), 13:24 (pp); 4, LU, Bokina (Ebner, Hamill), 18:55 (pp). Penalties: LU, Divito (delay of game), 3:46; OU, Hetrick (delay of game), 3:46; LU, Spradling (high sticking, ten-minute misconduct), 9:08; LU, Divito (charging), 9:08; OU, Borchgrevink (elbowing), 10:20; OU, Kenney (interference), 11:32; OU, Gebbie (holding), 13:52; OU, Hayden (hooking), 17:51; OU, Nicolaou (tripping), 19:43.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, LU, Kopecky (unassisted), 11:24; 6, LU, Loach (Gardner), 18:09. Penalties: LU, Henry (interference), :27; OU, Rose (slashing), 13:00; OU, Miller (tripping), 15:16; LU, Divito (high sticking), 18:41.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 7, LU, McLaughlin (St. Arnault), 2:57; 8, OU, Hayden (Johnson), 8:45 (pp); 9, LU, Loach (St. Arnault, Herr), 19:43 (pp). Penalties: OU, Nicolaou (holding), 1:37; OU, Johnson (high sticking), 2:18; OU, Miller (hooking), 5:09; OU, Hetrick (roughing), 6:58; OU, Miller (ten-minute misconduct), 6:58; LU, Miller (slashing), 7:22; LU, Henry (roughing), 7:22; LU, Divito (slashing, ten-minute misconduct), 11:19; OU, Miller (ten-minute misconduct), 11:19; OU, Rose (roughing), 11:19; LU, Janssen (unsportsmanlike conduct, unsportsmanlike conduct), 12:27; OU, McCauley (roughing, unsportsmanlike conduct), 12:27; LU, McLaughlin (fighting major, game disqualification), 12:51; OU, Hayden (cross-checking, fighting major, game disqualification), 12:51; LU, Herr (slashing), 15:00; OU, Johnson (roughing, roughing), 18:48; OU, Gebbie (tripping), 19:26.



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Lindenwood 9 7 14 - 30

Oklahoma 4 11 9 - 24

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Goalies: OU, Mattison (6 shots, 3 saves), Helgason (24, 19); LU, Lippert (24, 23). Referee: Sappo. Linesmen: Nebe, Schamel.

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Chris Perry
11/27/2007, 01:55 AM
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For the Week of November 26, 2007



SOONERS SPLIT GAMES WITH No. 4 LINDENWOOD

No. 5 OKLAHOMA OFF THIS WEEKEND



THIS WEEK’S GAMES - The Sooners (16-2-1) are off this weekend. They return to action on December 7th & 8th with a home-and-home series against Central Oklahoma (10-10-1). The Sooners host the Bronchos at the Blazers Ice Centre on Friday night. The next night, Oklahoma travels north to Arctic Edge Ice Arena in Edmond for the second game of the weekend series.



LAST OU HOCKEY GAMES – It was a weekend of firsts as Oklahoma split a pair of games with No. 4 Lindenwood (13-5-1) this past weekend. On Friday night, Sooners defenseman Daryl Dee (Garland, TX) scored the winning goal with less than four minutes to go in the game as Oklahoma won a terrific hockey game 5-4 over the Lions. In doing so, Oklahoma subjected Lions goaltender Robi Cavallari to his first loss in eight starts this season. The next night was Lindenwood's turn to inflict a first upon Oklahoma as the Lions pounded the Sooners by a score of 8-1, handing OU its first loss at home this season.



RANKINGS – The Sooners are ranked 5th in the latest ACHA Coaches Division 1 ranking. The next ranking is scheduled to be released this Friday.



ACHA SCOREBOARD – Here are the ACHA D1 scores for games played during the week of November 19 - November 25 (Home team in CAPS):

Friday, November 23, 2007

#18 Stony Brook 3, #3 RHODE ISLAND 2
#5 OKLAHOMA 5, #4 Lindenwood 4
#16 Eastern Michigan 6, #9 West Chester 4 at Michigan-Dearborn Holiday Classic, Dearborn, MI
#20 Western Michigan 3, #11 West Virginia 2 (OT) [Western Michigan Wins Shootout 3-2 (6 rounds)] at Michigan-Dearborn Holiday Classic, Dearborn, MI

#12 Iowa State 5, ARIZONA STATE 2 [Empty Net Goal]
MICHIGAN-DEARBORN 5, #15 Central Oklahoma 3 at Michigan-Dearborn Holiday Classic, Dearborn, MI

Adrian 6, Youngstown State 2 at Michigan-Dearborn Holiday Classic, Dearborn, MI



Saturday, November 24, 2007

#3 RHODE ISLAND 3, (NCAA D3) Worcester State 1

#4 Lindenwood 8, #5 OKLAHOMA 1

#9 West Chester 12, MICHIGAN-DEARBORN 5 at Michigan-Dearborn Holiday Classic, Dearborn, MI

Adrian 2, #11 West Virginia 0 at Michigan-Dearborn Holiday Classic, Dearborn, MI

#12 Iowa State 4, ARIZONA STATE 2 [Empty Net Goal]

#13 Kent State 5, Indiana (PA) 3 at Wooster Thanksgiving Tournament, Wooster, OH

#16 Eastern Michigan 3, #15 Central Oklahoma 2 at Michigan-Dearborn Holiday Classic, Dearborn, MI

Penn State-Berks 5, #19 Robert Morris (PA) 4 at Wooster Thanksgiving Tournament, Wooster, OH
#20 Western Michigan 6, Youngstown State 2 at Michigan-Dearborn Holiday Classic, Dearborn, MI



Sunday, November 25, 2007

#20 Western Michigan 3, #9 West Chester 2 at Michigan-Dearborn Holiday Classic, Dearborn, MI

#11 West Virginia 4, MICHIGAN-DEARBORN 2 at Michigan-Dearborn Holiday Classic, Dearborn, MI

#13 Kent State 8, Penn State-Berks 0 at Wooster Thanksgiving Tournament, Wooster, OH

Adrian 6, #15 Central Oklahoma 1 at Michigan-Dearborn Holiday Classic, Dearborn, MI

#16 Eastern Michigan 7, Youngstown State 4 at Michigan-Dearborn Holiday Classic, Dearborn, MI

#19 Robert Morris (PA) 6, Indiana (PA) 4 at Wooster Tournament, Wooster, OH




TICKETS – Individual tickets for all remaining OU Hockey home games are on sale now. Individual and season tickets can be purchased at Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 South I-35, in Oklahoma City. Call 631-3307 or 631-2709 for additional information.



PRACTICE SCHEDULE – The Sooners practice this week at the Blazers Ice Centre on Tuesday from 8:45-10:30 P.M. and Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 P.M.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!



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Chris Perry
12/3/2007, 01:53 PM
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For the Week of December 3, 2007



SOONERS BACK IN ACTION AGAINST UCO

No. 5 OKLAHOMA PLAYS HOME-AND-HOME SERIES THIS WEEKEND



THIS WEEK’S GAMES - The University of Oklahoma® hockey club (16-2-1) closes out the Fall semester portion of the regular season with a pair of games against No. 19 Central Oklahoma (10-10-1). Friday night's game will be at the Blazers Ice Centre while the Saturday evening contest will be at Arctic Edge Ice Arena in Edmond. Faceoff times for both games are 7:30 P.M. The Sooners have a 1-1-0 all-time record against Central Oklahoma, losing 3-2 in the initial meeting between the teams last season before pasting UCO in the follow-up affair by a score of 5-0.



LAST OU HOCKEY GAMES – The Sooners were off this past weekend. OU last played two weeks ago when the Sooners split a pair of games with No. 4 Lindenwood, winning the first game 5-4 and losing badly in the second game 8-1.




RANKINGS – The Sooners remain ranked 5th in the latest ACHA Coaches Division 1 ranking, released last Friday and detailed below:



2007-2008 ACHA Men's Division 1 Ranking #5
Rank School Name 1st Votes Record Pts Previous
1 Illinois 45 13-0-0 1099 1
2 Penn State 3 13-1-3 1051 2
3 Lindenwood 13-5-1 979 4
4 Rhode Island 14-5-0 951 3
5 Oklahoma 16-2-1 921 5
6 Delaware 13-2-1 871 6
7 Ohio 12-7-0 836 7
8 Liberty 12-4-1 832 8
9 Kent State 13-6-0 677 13
10 West Chester 13-4-2 661 9
11 Oakland 9-6-0 648 10
12 Iowa State 12-8-0 627 12
13 West Virginia 13-5-1 614 11
14 Niagara 14-2-0 542 14
15 Eastern Michigan 12-8-1 476 16
16 Stony Brook 11-4-0 404 18
17 Western Michigan 12-6-1 366 20
18 Washington & Jefferson 11-8-1 362 17
19 Central Oklahoma 10-10-1 336 15
20 Slippery Rock 10-6-1 223 21
21 Robert Morris (PA) 7-5-2 199 19
22 Robert Morris (IL) 8-10-0 155 22
23 Duquesne 7-7-0 95 23
24 Adrian 7-11-0 68 NR
25 Navy 6-11-1 44 24


Others receiving votes: Pittsburgh, Arizona, Rutgers, John Carroll, Oswego State, Arizona State, Michigan-Dearborn, Saint Louis, Penn State-Berks, and Scranton.


SCOUTING THE BRONCHOS – Central Oklahoma started off the season strong but has floundered of late, losing 8 of their last 11 games. UCO was ranked as high as No. 14 earlier this season but the on-ice slump has dropped them to their current position at 19. Central Oklahoma's last games were a three-game road stretch over the Thanksgiving weekend in which they lost 5-3 to Michigan-Dearborn, lost 3-2 to Eastern Michigan and lost 6-1 to Adrian College. On the season, UCO's record against ACHA D1 teams is 6-9-0. Central Oklahoma is led in scoring by forward Jason Thibodeau who has 13 goals and 12 assists for 25 total points. Following Thibodeau in points for UCO are forwards A. J. Alfrey (12-13-25), Jonathon Cannizzo (9-10-19), Matt Cohn (9-9-18) and Rob Deubel (5-10-15). Central Oklahoma's main netminder this season has been Justin Sgro who has a 3.05 goals against average in over 17 games, including two shutouts.



ACHA SCOREBOARD – Here are the ACHA D1 scores for games played during the week of November 26 - December 2 (Home team in CAPS):

Friday, November 30, 2007

#1 ILLINOIS 5, #17 Western Michigan 3

#2 PENN STATE 3, #6 Delaware 0

#3 LINDENWOOD 7, (ACHA M2) Minnesota 3

#4 Rhode Island 10, SCRANTON 2

#7 OHIO 6, (ACHA M2) Davenport 2

# 8 LIBERTY 6, (ACHA M2) North Carolina State 2

#10 WEST CHESTER 9, Towson 2

#13 WEST VIRGINIA 8, #23 Duquesne 2

#12 IOWA STATE 9, (ACHA M2) Missouri State 2

#9 KENT STATE 6, #15 Eastern Michigan 5 (OT)

#14 Niagara 8, #20 SLIPPERY ROCK 7

#18 Washington & Jefferson at #21 Robert Morris (PA) [POSTPONED]

#16 Stony Brook 5, #25 NAVY 4

#22 ROBERT MORRIS (IL) 7, Michigan-Dearborn 5 [Empty Net Goal]

#24 Adrian 4, BUFFALO 1 [Empty Net Goal] at Blizzard in Buffalo, Amherst, NY

Weber State 3, ARIZONA 2
BINGHAMTON 8, Ithaca 5

Villanova 4, Youngstown State 3 (OT) at Blizzard in Buffalo, Amherst, NY

Lehigh 4, MARYLAND 3 (OT)

INDIANA (PA) 6, John Carroll 3

Minot State 14, (ACHA M2) MONTANA STATE 1

Syracuse 6, ST. BONAVENTURE 3



Saturday, December 1, 2007

#1 ILLINOIS 4, #17 Western Michigan 0

#2 PENN STATE 4, #6 Delaware 1

#4 Rhode Island 6, SCRANTON 0

(ACHA M2) Davenport 4, #7 OHIO 2 [Empty Net Goal]

#15 Eastern Michigan 4, #9 KENT STATE 3

#10 West Chester 9, TOWSON 2

#12 IOWA STATE 7, (ACHA M2) Missouri State 4

#13 WEST VIRGINIA 2, Pittsburgh 0

#14 Niagara 4, #21 ROBERT MORRIS (PA) 3

#16 Stony Brook 4, DREXEL 1

#18 Washington & Jefferson 4, JOHN CARROLL 2

#20 SLIPPERY ROCK 6, #23 Duquesne 3

#22 ROBERT MORRIS (IL) 6, Michigan-Dearborn 5 (OT) [Robert Morris (IL) Wins Shootout 2-1]

#24 Adrian 3, Villanova 0 at Blizzard in Buffalo, Amherst, NY

ARIZONA 4, Weber State 3 (OT)
BINGHAMTON 6, Oswego State 4

BUFFALO 3, Youngstown State 1 at Blizzard in Buffalo, Amherst, NY

LEHIGH 3, Maryland 2 (OT) [Lehigh Wins Shootout]

MERCYHURST 5, Rochester 2

(ACHA M2) Minnesota 4, SAINT LOUIS 3 (OT)

SYRACUSE 9, St. Bonaventure 3

Minot State 9, (ACHA M2) MONTANA STATE 1



Sunday, December 2, 2007

#3 Lindenwood 5, SAINT LOUIS 2

#11 Oakland 6, (ACHA M2) Grand Valley State 5 at Lapeer, MI

CORTLAND STATE 2, Lehigh 0

MERCYHURST 4, Pittsburgh 1

Minot State 11, (ACHA M2) MONTANA STATE 0



SOONERS HOME GAMES ON THE AIR – All University of Oklahoma® Hockey home games this season will be broadcast on The WIRE. Fans can listen to Sooners Hockey home games via the Internet (www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu), Cox Cable Television Channel 4 SAP in Norman or 1710 AM in the immediate vicinity of the OU campus. OU Hockey broadcasts begin 15 minutes prior to face-off.

TICKETS – Individual tickets for all remaining OU Hockey home games are on sale now. Individual and season tickets can be purchased at Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 South I-35, in Oklahoma City. Call 631-3307 or 631-2709 for additional information.



PRACTICE SCHEDULE – The Sooners practice this week at the Blazers Ice Centre on Monday and Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 P.M. and Tuesday from 8:45-10:30 P.M.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!



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Chris Perry
12/7/2007, 09:12 AM
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WHAT: Central Oklahoma Bronchos vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Friday, December 7, 2007, 7:30 P.M. CST

WHERE: Blazers Ice Centre, Oklahoma City, OK

BROADCAST: The WIRE 1710 AM, Cox Ch. 4 (SAP) and online at www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu



2007-08 RECORDS:

Central Oklahoma: 10-10-1 ACHA Division I

Oklahoma: 16-2-1 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Central Oklahoma – Craig McAllister



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the first of two games this weekend between OU and Central Oklahoma...It is also the first of four games between the teams this season...The Sooners have a 1-1-0 all-time record against Central Oklahoma, losing 3-2 in the initial meeting between the teams last season before pasting UCO in the follow-up affair by a score of 5-0.




OKLAHOMA NOTES: The Sooners are ranked 5th in the nation in the latest ACHA D1 rankings...Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) leads the Sooners in goals scored with 17...Forward Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) leads the Sooners in points with 26 points on 12 goals and 14 assists...Defenseman Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) leads the Sooners in assists with 16...Eleven Sooners are in double digits in terms of scoring this season...The Sooners' power play has a 25.7% success rate this season and a 22.9% success rate against D1 opponents...This weekend's games are the last games of the Fall semester for the Sooners...Defenseman Shawn Hayden (Allen, TX) must sit out tonight's contest due to a game disqualification penalty received in the Sooners' last game...Forward Daniel Siira (Anchorage, AK) is expected to be back in the lineup after missing the Lindenwood series due to injury...Two of the three OU losses this season have been at the hands of No. 3 Lindenwood while the lone overtime loss was at No. 8 Liberty...The Sooners are the top-ranked Independent team in ACHA D1 so far this season.



CENTRAL OKLAHOMA NOTES: Central Oklahoma has lost 8 of their last 11 games...UCO is ranked 19th in the latest ACHA D1 rankings...Central Oklahoma's last games were a three-game road stretch over the Thanksgiving weekend in which they lost 5-3 to Michigan-Dearborn, lost 3-2 to Eastern Michigan and lost 6-1 to Adrian College...On the season, UCO's record against ACHA D1 teams is 6-9-0...Central Oklahoma is led in scoring by forward Jason Thibodeau who has 13 goals and 12 assists for 25 total points...Following Thibodeau in points for UCO are forwards A. J. Alfrey (12-13-25), Jonathon Cannizzo (9-10-19), Matt Cohn (9-9-18) and Rob Deubel (5-10-15)...Central Oklahoma's main netminder this season has been Justin Sgro who has a 3.05 goals against average in over 17 games, including two shutouts.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: Oklahoma and Central Oklahoma play again on Saturday, December 8th at 7:30 P.M. in Edmond...For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!




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Mixer!
12/7/2007, 08:14 PM
Predictable, really. The first weekend without football combined with home hockey dates, and the weather puts those plans straight in the crapper. :mad:

I would like to urge everybody who *can* make it to go out and support these equally deserving Sooner student-athletes. *BOOMER!*



EDIT - What's up with the announcers using the B-word to describe the game series with UCO?

Chris Perry
12/8/2007, 01:49 AM
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OKLAHOMA 6, CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 3



The 5th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club battled back from a sluggish start to beat No. 19 Central Oklahoma 6-3 on Friday night at the Blazers Ice Centre in Oklahoma City.



While the Sooners carried most of the play in the first period, the Bronchos got on the scoreboard first with a weird goal just over 6 minutes into the game. The Sooners cranked up the offense during the first intermission as they evened the score just 28 seconds into the second period when forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) tied the game on a snipe shot from the left circle. UCO regained the lead less than five minutes later but forward Daniel Siira (Anchorage, AK) tied the game at 2 with a sweet goal at the 12:18 mark of the second period. Forward Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) put the Sooners up 3-2 with a goal at 15:21 of the second period, which is how the score stood after 40 minutes of play. UCO tied the game at 3-3 in the first minute of the third period but Allan scored the eventual game-winner at 7:24 of the final period, ripping a wicked wrister into the top of the UCO net while on the power play. Forward Luke Rose (Norman, OK) went five-hole and scored at even strength at the 9:00 mark of the last period to put the Sooners up 5-3. Forward Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) added a final goal when he scored on the power play with just over 5 minutes to go in the game to put the Sooners up 6-3, which is how the game ended.



Sooners goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) stopped 20 of 23 shots while Central Oklahoma goalie Justin Sgro stopped only 29 of 35 shots. Oklahoma was 2 for 5 on the power play while Central Oklahoma was 0 for 6 with the man advantage.



The win improves Oklahoma's record to 17-2-1 on the season while Central Oklahoma drops to 10-11-1. Oklahoma plays Central Oklahoma again, this time in Edmond, on Saturday night at 7:30 P.M.




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Central Oklahoma 1 - 1 - 1 -- 3

Oklahoma 0 - 3 - 3 -- 6


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, UCO, Szecsodi (Fukala, Thompson), 6:27. Penalties: UCO, Panizzo (elbowing), 2:46; OU, Johnson (ten-minute misconduct), 4:52; UCO, Deubel (kneeing), 6:42; OU, Siira (high sticking), 9:16; OU, Allan (hooking), 12:10.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, OU, Allan (Denton), :28; 3, UCO, Cohn (Alfrey), 5:11; 4, OU, Siira (Pangrac, Hetrick), 12:18; 5, OU, Gebbie (Allan), 15:21. Penalties: OU, Brewer (hooking), :59; UCO, Dibernardo (roughing), 7:58; OU, Gebbie (slashing) 7:58; UCO, Jackson (high sticking), 16:48; OU, Gebbie (slashing), 18:27.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, UCO, Alfrey (unassisted), :46; 7, OU, Allan (Miller, Gebbie), 7:24 (pp); 8, OU, Rose (Hetrick, Tylka), 9:00; 9, OU, McCauley (Miller, Helgason), 14:38 (pp). Penalties: UCO, Glowa (tripping), 6:05; OU, Hetrick (interference), 9:57; UCO, Glowa (interference), 12:43; OU, Allan (cross-checking major), 12:43; UCO, Lehmann (cross-checking), 12:59.



Shots on goal:


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Central Oklahoma 8 6 9 - 23

Oklahoma 14 10 11 - 35


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Goalies: OU, Helgason (23 shots, 20 saves); UCO, Sgro (35, 29). Referee: Mariconda. Linesmen: Williams, Watkins.



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Chris Perry
12/8/2007, 10:52 AM
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WHAT: Central Oklahoma Bronchos vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Saturday, December 8, 2007, 7:30 P.M. CST

WHERE: Blazers Ice Centre, Oklahoma City, OK

BROADCAST: Online via www.ucohockey.com



2007-08 RECORDS:

Oklahoma: 17-2-1 ACHA Division I

Central Oklahoma: 10-11-1 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Central Oklahoma – Craig McAllister



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the last of two games this weekend between OU and Central Oklahoma...Tonight's game is also the last game of the Fall semester for the Sooners...Yesterday, the Sooners scored six goals in the final two periods on their way to a 6-3 victory over the Bronchos.




OKLAHOMA NOTES: Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) scored two goals in last night's contest...Allan continues to lead the Sooners in goals scored this season with 19...Forwards Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL), Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX), Daniel Siira (Anchorage, AK) and Luke Rose (Norman, OK) scored single markers for the Sooners yesterday...McCauley continues to lead the Sooners in points with 27...Defensemen Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) and Robert Hetrick (Tulsa, OK) each had two assists on the evening...The Sooners were 2 for 5 with the man advantage in yesterday's contest...Defenseman Shawn Hayden (Allen, TX) is eligible to return to the lineup tonight after serving a game disqualification penalty last night...Goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) stopped 20 of 23 shots yesterday.



CENTRAL OKLAHOMA NOTES: Bronchos team captain A.J. Alfrey had a goal and an assist in yesterday's game...Forwards Shawn Szecsodi and Matt Cohn scored goals as well for UCO...After last night, Central Oklahoma has lost 9 of their last 12 games...Goaltender Justin Sgro stopped 29 of 35 shots...UCO did not convert on any of the six power play opportunities they had yesterday.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: Oklahoma takes some well-deserved time off for final exams and the holidays...The Sooners return to action on Friday, January 4th when they host Minot State University at 7:30 P.M. at the Blazers Ice Centre...For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!




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Chris Perry
12/9/2007, 03:15 AM
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OKLAHOMA 4, CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 1



The 5th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club churned out a workmanlike 4-1 road win at No. 19 Central Oklahoma on Saturday night in Edmond.



It appeared as if the Sooners were on the power play for the entire first period as they had six power plays, including two five-on-threes. However, OU did not cash in on the opportunities until 19:01 when forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) scored to give the Sooners a 1-0 lead. In the second period, forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) emerged from a pile of players in front of the UCO net to tap in a loose puck while on the power play to give the Sooners a two goal lead. If the first period was essentially OU on the power play, the second period was clearly Central Oklahoma's turn with the man advantage. However, goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) turned away all seven UCO power play chances and the period ended with OU up 2-0. In the third period, Central Oklahoma deflected a puck past Mattison to tighten the game up at 2-1. The Sooners responded by controlling the play for the remainder of the game. That discipline paid off for OU as the Bronchos put the Sooners on an extended power play late in the third period and forward/defenseman Daryl Dee (Garland, TX) scored at the 17:50 mark of the third to make the score 3-1 in OU's favor. Dee's goal sent the UCO faithful heading for the doors and Brewer sealed the win with his second goal of the game, this one just twenty seconds from the final buzzer.



Sooners goaltender Mattison stopped 25 of 26 shots while Central Oklahoma goalie Justin Sgro stopped 31 of 35 shots. Oklahoma was 3 for 13 on the power play while Central Oklahoma was 1 for 14 with the man advantage.



The win seals a run of eight consecutive D1 games for the Sooners in which OU went 7-1 and improved their season at the semester break to 18-2-1. Meanwhile, Central Oklahoma has lost 10 of their last 13 games and drops to 10-12-1. Oklahoma hosts Minot State on January 4th and 5th at the Blazers Ice Centre in Oklahoma City.




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Oklahoma 1 - 1 - 2 -- 4

Central Oklahoma 0 - 0 - 1 -- 1


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, OU, Brewer (Denton), 19:01 (pp). Penalties: OU, Kenney (high sticking), 2:53; UCO, Thibodeau (holding), 3:56; UCO, Scolaro (high sticking), 5:52; OU, Borchgrevink (roughing), 10:59; UCO, Jansen (holding), 13:50; UCO, Thompson (cross-checking), 14:18; UCO, Masters (cross-checking), 16:29; UCO, Steggles (cross-checking), 18:15.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, OU, Allan (Gebbie, Miller), 2:37 (pp). Penalties: UCO, Fukala (charging), :37; UCO, Deubel (ten-minute misconduct), 2:37; OU, Siira (interference), 3:23; OU, Miller (hooking), 4:42; OU, Hetrick (holding), 7:05; UCO, Panizzo (interference), 7:30; OU, Rose (roughing), 7:52; UCO, Thibodeau (hooking, roughing), 7:52; OU, Miller (unsportsmanlike conduct), 7:52; OU, McCauley (holding the stick), 9:34; OU, Denton (hooking), 9:53; OU, Miller (roughing, ten-minute misconduct), 11:35; UCO, Alfrey (high sticking), 13:21; UCO, Sgro (delay of game), 14:46; OU, Tylka (hooking), 19:18.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, UCO, Glowa (Deubel), 6:15 (pp); 4, OU, Dee (Miller), 17:50 (pp); 5, OU, Brewer (unassisted), 19:40. Penalties: OU, Johnson (tripping), :25; OU, Yost (roughing), 4:47; OU, Hayden (hooking), 5:41; OU, Rose (tripping), 6:26; UCO, Alfrey (hooking), 7:56; OU, Tylka (elbowing), 8:29; UCO, Masters (hooking), 9:49; OU, Hetrick (roughing, roughing), 12:52; UCO, Fukala (roughing, fighting major, game disqualification), 12:52; UCO, Deubel (ten-minute misconduct, game disqualification), 20:00.



Shots on goal:


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Oklahoma 18 8 9 -35

Central Oklahoma 7 10 9 -23


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Goalies: OU, Mattison (26 shots, 25 saves); UCO, Sgro (35, 31). Referee: Sappo. Linesmen: Williams, Rex.



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Chris Perry
12/10/2007, 02:26 PM
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For the Week of December 10, 2007



SOONERS SWEEP CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

No. 5 OKLAHOMA RESUMES PLAY JANUARY 4th & 5th AGAINST MINOT STATE



THIS WEEK’S GAMES - The University of Oklahoma® hockey club (18-2-1) has concluded the Fall semester portion of the regular season. The Sooners return to action on Friday, January 4th and Saturday, January 5th when they host a pair of games against Minot State University (10-1-0).



LAST OU HOCKEY GAMES – The Sooners swept two games from No. 19 Central Oklahoma (10-12-1). Friday night's game at the Blazers Ice Centre saw Central Oklahoma take an early 1-0 lead but the Sooners scored three goals in each of the final two periods to beat the Bronchos 6-3. Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) had a pair of goals including the eventual game-winner. Fellow forwards Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL), Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX), Daniel Siira (Anchorage, AK) and Luke Rose (Norman, OK) also scored for the Sooners. Saturday night in Edmond, the Sooners had a 2-0 lead going into the third period when UCO scored to cut the OU lead in half. The Sooners never wavered, though, scoring two more goals before the night was through on their way to a convincing 4-1 win to secure the weekend sweep. Forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) scored twice on Saturday. Allan and forward/defenseman Daryl Dee (Garland, TX) also scored goals for the Sooners.



RANKINGS – The Sooners remain ranked 5th in the latest ACHA Coaches Division 1 ranking. The next ranking is scheduled to be released this Friday.




ACHA SCOREBOARD – Here are the ACHA D1 scores for games played during December 4 - 9 (Home team in CAPS):


Tuesday, December 4, 2007

(NCAA D3) MASSACHUSETTS-DARTMOUTH 6, #4 Rhode Island 4 [Empty Net Goal]



Wednesday, December 5, 2007

#2 Penn State 6, INDIANA (PA) 0

#18 WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON 7, #20 Slippery Rock 6



Thursday, December 6, 2007

#6 Delaware 13, DREXEL 2



Friday, December 7, 2007

#1 ILLINOIS 11, Illinois State 1

#2 PENN STATE 5, #13 West Virginia 1

#3 Lindenwood 8, #17 WESTERN MICHIGAN 2

#8 Liberty 5, #4 RHODE ISLAND 1

#5 OKLAHOMA 6, #19 Central Oklahoma 3

#9 KENT STATE 4, #22 Robert Morris (IL) 2 at Wooster, OH

#12 IOWA STATE 8, Iowa 1 at Bucs Arena, Des Moines, IA

#14 Niagara 10, BUFFALO 1

#15 Eastern Michigan 7, MICHIGAN-DEARBORN 5 [Empty Net Goal]

#18 Washington & Jefferson 3, PITTSBURGH 2

#20 Slippery Rock 5, YOUNGSTOWN STATE 1

ARIZONA 3, Arizona State 0

INDIANA (PA) 6, Villanova 2

(ACHA M2) Bowling Green State 4, JOHN CARROLL 3

Maryland 5, RUTGERS 4

Cortland State 12, ST. BONAVENTURE 4



Saturday, December 8, 2007

#1 ILLINOIS 11, Illinois State 1

#2 PENN STATE 6, #13 West Virginia 2

#3 Lindenwood 5, #17 WESTERN MICHIGAN 4

#8 Liberty 3, #4 RHODE ISLAND 2 (OT) [Liberty Wins Shootout 3-1]

#5 Oklahoma 4, #19 CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 1

#6 DELAWARE 5, Drexel 2

#7 Ohio 8, SAINT LOUIS 0

#9 KENT STATE 9, Robert Morris (IL) 6

#11 OAKLAND 7, #24 Adrian 4

#12 Iowa State 8, IOWA 4 at Cedar Rapids, IA

#14 NIAGARA 4, Buffalo 0

#15 EASTERN MICHIGAN 3, Michigan-Dearborn 2

#16 STONY BROOK 10, Maryland 1

#20 SLIPPERY ROCK 6, Villanova 1

#21 ROBERT MORRIS (PA) 2, Mercyhurst 0

Arizona State 5, ARIZONA 2 [Empty Net Goal]
CORNELL 6, (Non-ACHA ) Hobart 3 [Empty Net Goal]

Penn State-Berks 4, RUTGERS 2 [Empty Net Goal]

(ACHA M2) UTAH VALLEY STATE 4, Weber State 2

John Carroll 5, YOUNGSTOWN STATE 2



Sunday, December 9, 2007

#7 Ohio 7, SAINT LOUIS 0

#11 Oakland 3, #24 ADRIAN 1

#21 Robert Morris (PA) 3, MERCYHURST 1

CORNELL 12, (ACHA M2) Rochester Institute of Technology 3

PENN STATE-BERKS 7, Ithaca 0



PRACTICE SCHEDULE – The Sooners are off for finals and the holidays. Practices will resume on December 29th at the Blazers Ice Centre.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!



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Mixer!
12/22/2007, 10:00 AM
heh.

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Chris Perry
1/3/2008, 01:18 AM
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For the Week of December 31, 2007 (but released a few days later in 2008)



No. 4 SOONERS START PUSH FOR NATIONALS

OKLAHOMA RESUMES PLAY THIS WEEKEND AGAINST MINOT STATE



THIS WEEK’S GAMES - The University of Oklahoma® hockey club (18-2-1) resumes play this weekend with a pair of home games against Minot State University (10-3-0). The Sooners have a 2-0-0 all-time record against the Beavers, with both wins coming last season in Oklahoma City. In the first game between the two teams last season, Minot State gave Oklahoma a dramatic scare by forcing the only ACHA shootout to date at the Blazers Ice Centre, eventually won by the Sooners 5-4. The next game with Minot State was never in doubt as the Sooners poured on the offense, winning 6-1.



RANKINGS – The Sooners are ranked 4th in the latest ACHA Coaches Division 1 ranking released at the end of the Fall semester. The next ranking is scheduled to be released on Friday, January 18th.



SNEAK PEEK – Shhhhh.....Keep this on the hush hush, ok? The ACHA is in the final stages of pulling together its first Men's Division 1 Media Guide. Right now, it is only in draft form, not the final edition, but we thought loyal Sooners fans might enjoy seeing the Media Guide before it is officially released. The draft of the Media Guide can be found online at http://acha.goalline.ca/files/0708_achaversion4.pdf. So just in case someone asks who told you about it, do us a favor and don't tell them it was us. Thanks in advance!



SCOUTING THE BEAVERS – Minot State has not played a lot of games this season, due in part to their remote geographic location and a coaching change. The always effervescent Bernie Lynch is no longer coaching in Minot and has moved on to the Czech Republic. Sheldon Schneider is now at the helm of the Minot State program and is trying to return the MSU program to its glory days. Unfortunately, geography and Schneider's late summer appointment have resulted in Minot State having a hard time finding ACHA D1 competition. Out of the 13 games the Beavers have played, only the two games played against North Dakota State were D1 contests. Minot State's last games were 6-1 and 8-0 losses to NJCAA National Champion Minot State-Bottineau in mid-December. Minot State is led in scoring by forward Wade Regier who has 20 goals and 9 assists for 29 total points. Following Regier in points for MSU are forwards Scott Arnold (10-17-27), Jarod Eagles (12-13-25), Luke Strueby (13-11-24) and Andrew Figueira (8-16-24). Minot State has split its goaltending duties this season between Brett Thomas (1.51 GAA, 1 shutout) and Tyler Stahl (1.92 GAA, 1 shutout).



SOONERS HOME GAMES ON THE AIR – All University of Oklahoma® Hockey home games this season will be broadcast on The WIRE. Fans can listen to Sooners Hockey home games via the Internet (www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu), Cox Cable Television Channel 4 SAP in Norman or 1710 AM in the immediate vicinity of the OU campus. OU Hockey broadcasts begin approximately 15 minutes prior to face-off.

TICKETS – Individual tickets for all remaining OU Hockey home games are on sale now. Individual and season tickets can be purchased at Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 South I-35, in Oklahoma City. Call 631-3307 or 631-2709 for additional information.



PRACTICE SCHEDULE – With school not yet in session on the Norman campus, the Sooners have been practicing this week at the Blazers Ice Centre earlier in the day than their regular practice schedule. The Sooners hit the ice at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday and Friday this week. Once the semester gets underway, the Sooners will resume their normal practice times on Monday and Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 P.M. and Tuesday from 8:45-10:30 P.M.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!

Chris Perry
1/4/2008, 01:32 PM
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WHAT: Minot State Beavers vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Friday, January 4, 2008, 7:30 P.M. CST

WHERE: Blazers Ice Centre, Oklahoma City, OK

BROADCAST: The WIRE 1710 AM, Cox Ch. 4 (SAP) and online at www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu



2007-08 RECORDS:

Minot State: 10-3-0 ACHA Division I

Oklahoma: 18-2-1 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Minot State – Sheldon Schneider



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the first of two games this weekend between OU and Minot State...The Sooners have a 2-0-0 all-time record against Minot, winning a shootout 5-4 in the initial meeting between the teams last season before pasting the Beavers in the follow-up affair by a score of 6-1.




OKLAHOMA NOTES: The Sooners are ranked 4th in the nation in the latest ACHA D1 ranking...Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) leads the Sooners in goals scored with 20...Allan and forward Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) are tied for the lead in points with 27 so far this season...Defenseman Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) leads the Sooners in assists with 20...At the semester break, thirteen Sooners are in double digits in terms of scoring this season...The Sooners' power play has a 25.9% success rate this season and a 23.4% success rate against D1 opponents...Goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) is expected to get the start in goal tonight for the Sooners...Tonight's game marks the start of the Sooners' final push towards the ACHA D1 National Championship Tournament in Rochester, New York on February 29-March 5...The Top 16 ACHA D1 teams as of February 15th will be invited to Nationals for a chance to compete for the ACHA D1 Championship...With the Sooners ranked 4th, Oklahoma is likely to be invited to Nationals unless something cataclysmic and unforeseen occurs between now and February 15th...The Countdown to Nationals: 56 days.



MINOT STATE NOTES: The Beavers have only played 13 games this season...Only two of those 13 games have been against ACHA D1 competition...Minot State's last games were 6-1 and 8-0 losses to Minot State-Bottineau...Minot State is led in scoring by forward Wade Regier who has 20 goals and 9 assists for 29 total points...Following Regier in points for MSU are forwards Scott Arnold (10-17-27), Jarod Eagles (12-13-25), Luke Strueby (13-11-24) and Andrew Figueira (8-16-24)...Minot State has split its goaltending duties this season between Brett Thomas (1.51 GAA, 1 shutout) and Tyler Stahl (1.92 GAA, 1 shutout)...Sooners forward Kyle Allan and MSU forward Scott Arnold won a league championship together when they were teammates in 2004-2005 on the Pilot Butte Storm of the South Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: Oklahoma and Minot State play again on Saturday, January 5th at 6:30 P.M. at Blazers Ice Centre...For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!

StuMondo
1/4/2008, 05:30 PM
How many native oklahomans like hockey. I mean like the sport. Not just they like the fights, or the cheap beer.

I want native oklahomans who like the sport for what it is.

holla!

Mixer!
1/4/2008, 08:48 PM
When I was little, I wanted to be the next Bobby Orr. Unfortunately, there was a decided lack of ice to play on here.

I remember watching the original CHL Blazers & Oilers game footage on the nightly local sports, and wishing that they would one day join the NHL. I was really hoping that OKC would've landed an expansion franchise a decade ago.

Now I just watch games on the Center Ice package, and the Sooners. The current CHL holds no interest for me.

Chris Perry
1/5/2008, 01:38 AM
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OKLAHOMA 3, MINOT STATE 2



The 4th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club opened the second half of its season Friday night with a lackluster effort, narrowly escaping with a 3-2 win over an energized club from Minot State.



Minot struck first with a goal less than five minutes into the game to take an early 1-0 lead. Forward Keith Denton (Vail, CO) was part of a scrum in front of the Minot net and ended up jamming the puck past the Beavers netminder at 6:41 of the first period to tie the game at one goal apiece. Oklahoma took the lead when defenseman Robert Hetrick (Tulsa, OK) floated a shot from the point past a screened Minot goaltender with four minutes to go in the opening period to make the score 2-0. Neither team scored in the second period as the teams, especially Minot, tightened up their defensive zone coverage to limit the number of offensive chances.



Just twenty-four seconds into the third period, defenseman Blake Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) shot the puck from almost the exact point where Hetrick scored earlier and ripped a slapper into the Minot net to give OU a 3-1 lead. Minot scored again after a gift-wrapped turnover in front of the Sooners net to make the score 3-2. The Beavers pulled their goalie with almost a minute and a half to go in the game in an effort to try to tie the game and force overtime. However, Sooners goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) and the Sooners defense thwarted Minot's efforts until the final buzzer to secure the 3-2 win for Oklahoma.



Helgason stopped 14 of 16 shots in net for the Sooners while Minot's goalie Brett Thomas stopped 24 of 27 shots. Neither team had any success on the power play as both teams were 0 for 3 with the man advantage.



The win improves OU's season record 19-2-1 while Minot State drops to 10-4-0. Oklahoma hosts Minot State again Saturday night at the Blazers Ice Centre in Oklahoma City.




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Minot State 1 - 0 - 1 -- 2

Oklahoma 2 - 0 - 1 -- 3


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Minot, Eagles (Arnold, Lillejord), 4:39; 2, OU, Denton (Allan, Gebbie), 6:41; 3, OU, Hetrick (Curtiss, Nicolaou), 16:00. Penalties: Minot, Stoicescu (tripping), 8:13; OU, Gebbie (interference), 19:06.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: OU, Poe (interference), 4:32; Minot, Regier (interference), 6:50; Minot, Hanselman (roughing), 11:39; OU, Denton (roughing), 11:39; Minot, Hodgson (high sticking), 18:04.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, OU, Johnson (Denton, Allan), :24; 5, Minot, Regier (unassisted), 2:27. Penalties: Minot, Pinkerton (hooking), 10:31; OU, Johnson (roughing), 10:31; OU, Miller (roughing), 19:15; Minot, P. Strueby (roughing), 19:15; OU, Gebbie (charging), 19:55.



Shots on goal:


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Minot State 5 5 6 -16

Oklahoma 15 5 7 -27


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Goalies: OU, Helgason (16 shots, 14 saves); Minot, Thomas (27, 24). Referee: Watkins. Linesmen: Rex, Nebe.



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Chris Perry
1/5/2008, 09:00 AM
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WHAT: Minot State Beavers vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Saturday, January 5, 2008, 6:30 P.M. CST

WHERE: Blazers Ice Centre, Oklahoma City, OK

BROADCAST: The WIRE 1710 AM, Cox Ch. 4 (SAP) and online at www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu



2007-08 RECORDS:

Minot State: 10-4-0 ACHA Division I

Oklahoma: 19-2-1 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Minot State – Sheldon Schneider



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the last of two games this weekend between OU and Minot State...Last night, the Sooners played down to the level of their opponent and let Minot keep the game close as OU eventually prevailed 3-2...The Sooners now have a 3-0-0 all-time record against Minot...Tonight's game will be broadcast as planned on The WIRE...Yesterday's game was not broadcast due to last-minute logistics issues with The WIRE personnel...OU Hockey and The WIRE apologize for any inconvenience caused by last night's non-broadcast.




OKLAHOMA NOTES: Forward Keith Denton (Vail, CO) and defensemen Robert Hetrick (Tulsa, OK) and Blake Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) scored goals last night for the Sooners...Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) had two assists on the evening to increase his season point total to 29...Forwards Greg Curtiss (Flint, MI), Chris Nicolaou (Dallas, TX), Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) and Denton all had assists yesterday as well...Goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) stopped 14 of 16 shots he faced last night...The Sooners were shut down by Minot in the power play department, going 0 for 3 with the man advantage...Both Oklahoma and Minot elected to dress only 20 players last night, one less than the normal 21 permitted on the game roster under ACHA rules...The Countdown to Nationals: 55 days.



MINOT STATE NOTES: The Beavers received goals from forwards Jarod Eagles and Wade Regier last night...Beavers goalie Brett Thomas played well last night, stopping 24 of 27 OU shots...The Beavers fared no better than the Sooners in the power play department as they too went 0 for 3 with the man advantage...Head Coach Sheldon Schneider played at Minot from 1999-2003...Minot traveled 17 hours by bus on Thursday to get to Oklahoma City for the games this weekend...Only four of the 23 players on Minot's roster are Americans; the remaining 19 players are all from Canada...By contrast, there's only one Canadian on Oklahoma's team: assistant coach Chris Johnston.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: Oklahoma travels to Tempe to take on the Sun Devils of Arizona State in a pair of games next weekend...For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!




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Chris Perry
1/6/2008, 01:23 AM
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OKLAHOMA 6, MINOT STATE 5



The 4th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club looked like they were going to blow this game wide open but had to hang on for dear life at the end to secure a 6-5 win over Minot State.



As they did last night, Minot scored the first goal of the game, this one coming just over a minute and a half into the contest. The Sooners had a golden chance to even the score when forward Daryl Dee (Garland, TX) was awarded a penalty shot at the 9:08 mark of the period. However, Dee's effort was thwarted by the Minot goaltender and the Sooners remained a goal down. Forward Keith Denton (Vail, CO) tied the score shortly after the penalty shot attempt with a goal at 10:39 of the first period. Forward Adrian Borchgrevink (Kenai, AK) flew down the right wing side and ripped a shot into the top right corner of the Minot net to give the Sooners a 2-1 lead at 12:04 of the period. Minot responded almost twenty seconds later to tie the game at two goals apiece. While on the penalty kill, defenseman Mark Tylka (Wisconsin Dells, WI) knocked the puck into the Minot net for a short-handed goal with twenty seconds to go in the opening period to send the Sooners to the locker room at the first intermission leading 3-2.



In the second period, Borchgrevink scored his second of the game with a power play marker at the 4:35 mark to put OU up by a score of 4-3. Minot scored to tighten the game at 4-3 with about six minutes to go in the period. The intensity of the game resulted in some extracurricular physicalities with just under five minutes to go in the second period as each team had two players sent off for fighting majors and associated game disqualification penalties that will require the players to sit out their next respective games. In the third period, forward Chris Nicolaou (Dallas, TX) scored two minutes into the period to give OU a two-goal lead. Defenseman Shawn Hayden (Allen, TX) scored from the left point at 6:16 to make the score 6-3 and it appeared as if the Sooners would coast the rest of the way. While that may have been what the Sooners were thinking, Minot had different thoughts. The Beavers made the most of an OU defensive miscue and scored around the halfway mark of the period and pulled within one goal with a power play tally with 1:55 to go in the game. Oklahoma withstood Minot's last second offensive pressure until the final buzzer sounded, content to take a hard-earned 6-5 win over the feisty Beavers.



Sooners goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) stopped 18 of 23 shots in net for the Sooners while Minot goalie Brett Thomas stopped 27 of 33 shots. Oklahoma was 1 for 7 on the power play while Minot was 1 for 9 with the man advantage.



OU's season record improves to 20-2-1 while Minot State's season record drops to 10-5-0. Oklahoma travels to Arizona State next weekend for a pair of games.




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Minot State 2 - 1 - 2 -- 5

Oklahoma 3 - 1 - 2 -- 6


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Minot, L. Strueby (Turner), 1:33; 2, OU, Denton (Gebbie), 10:39; 3, OU, Borchgrevink (Brewer), 12:04; 4, Minot, Lillejord (Arnold, Eagles), 12:25; 5, OU, Tylka (Kenney, Hetrick), 19:40 (sh). Penalties: Minot, Cronin (cross-checking), 5:49; OU, Gebbie (hooking), 7:04; Minot, P. Strueby (tripping - penalty shot), 9:08; Minot, L. Strueby (roughing), 17:42; OU, Gebbie (roughing, unsportsmanlike conduct), 17:42; Minot, Pinkerton (slashing), 18:29; OU, Denton (interference), 19:01.




SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, OU, Borchgrevink (Brewer, Miller), 4:35 (pp); 7, Minot, Regier (Maillet, Gonella), 13:23. Penalties: Minot, Hanselman (tripping), 3:19; Minot, P. Strueby (hooking), 6:33; OU, Yost (roughing), 8:57; OU, Curtiss (tripping), 11:20; Minot, Figueira (hooking), 11:23; Minot, Cronin (fighting major, game disqualification), 15:18; Minot, Figueira (fighting major, game disqualification), 15:18; OU, Snow (fighting major, game disqualification), 15:18; OU, Johnson (fighting major, game disqualification), 15:18; OU, Dee (roughing), 15:18.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 8, OU, Nicolaou (Hayden, Dee), 2:00; 9, OU, Hayden (Dee), 6:16; 10, Minot, Stoicescu (unassisted), 10:03; 11, Minot, Regier (Pinkerton, Arnold), 18:05 (pp). Penalties: OU, Allan (hooking), 2:30; Minot, Hanselman (hooking), 6:40; Minot, Lesperance (cross-checking), 7:51; OU, Miller (slashing), 13:35; OU, Gebbie (slashing), 17:16.



Shots on goal:


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Minot State 5 8 10 -23

Oklahoma 15 9 9 -33


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Goalies: OU, Helgason (23 shots, 18 saves); Minot, Thomas (33, 27). Referee: Rex. Linesmen: Little, Wedlake.



### BOOMER SOONER! ###

Chris Perry
1/7/2008, 07:52 PM
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For the Week of January 7, 2008



No. 4 SOONERS SQUEAK PAST MINOT STATE

OKLAHOMA TRAVELS TO ARIZONA STATE THIS WEEKEND



THIS WEEK’S GAMES - The University of Oklahoma® hockey club (20-2-1) travels to sunny Tempe, Arizona for a pair of games against the Sun Devils of Arizona State University (7-11-1). The Sooners have a 6-4-0 all-time record against the Sun Devils, including 5-2 and 6-2 wins over ASU this past October when they visited Oklahoma City. OU has a 2-2-0 record in games against ASU played in Tempe.



LAST OU HOCKEY GAMES – The Sooners swept two games from unranked Minot State (10-5-0) this past weekend but it was not easy. On Friday night at the Blazers Ice Centre, Minot scored first and last, but goals in between from forward Keith Denton (Vail, CO) and defensemen Robert Hetrick (Tulsa, OK) and Blake Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) propelled the Sooners to a hard-fought 3-2 victory. The next night, it appeared as if OU would score two goals for every one scored by Minot. Denton, defenseman Mark Tylka (Wisconsin Dells, WI), defenseman Shawn Hayden (Allen, TX), forward Chris Nicolaou (Dallas, TX) all scored single markers for the Sooners and forward Adrian Borchgrevink (Kenai, AK) had two goals on the evening for OU. Oklahoma held a 6-3 lead late in the third period and looked to coast the rest of the way. However, Minot scored a pair of goals to tighten the game but could not tie the game before time ran out, leaving the Sooners with a 6-5 squeaker of a win.



RANKINGS – The Sooners are ranked 4th in the latest ACHA Coaches Division 1 ranking released at the end of the Fall semester. The next ranking is scheduled to be released on Friday, January 18th.




ACHA SCOREBOARD – Here are the ACHA D1 scores for games played during January 4 - 6 (Home team in CAPS):

Friday, January 4, 2008

#1 Illinois 11, MICHIGAN-DEARBORN 6

#2 Penn State 7, ARIZONA STATE 2

#4 OKLAHOMA 3, Minot State 2

#6 Rhode Island 4, #21 Robert Morris (PA) 3 (OT) [Rhode Island Wins Shootout 1-0]

#7 Delaware 8, NAVY 5

#8 OHIO 11, #22 Robert Morris (IL) 1

#11 Oakland 5, (ACHA M2) DAVENPORT 2

#15 Eastern Michigan 7, (ACHA M2) CENTRAL MICHIGAN 6

#17 WESTERN MICHIGAN 7, #23 Adrian 2



Saturday, January 5, 2008

#1 Illinois 8, MICHIGAN-DEARBORN 0

#2 Penn State 8, ARIZONA STATE 0

#4 OKLAHOMA 6, Minot State 5

#21 ROBERT MORRIS (PA) 2, #6 Rhode Island 1

Navy 4, #7 DELAWARE 2 [Empty Net Goal]

#22 Robert Morris (IL) 3, #8 OHIO 2

(ACHA M2) Davenport 2, #11 OAKLAND 0

#12 IOWA STATE 4, (Non-ACHA) Peoria Mustangs Jr A3 3

#16 STONY BROOK 4, #14 Niagara 3

#15 Eastern Michigan 5, (ACHA M2) CENTRAL MICHIGAN 1

#17 Western Michigan 2, #23 ADRIAN 1

RUTGERS 6, (ACHA M2) College of New Jersey 2



Sunday, January 6, 2008

#12 IOWA STATE 10, (Non-ACHA) Peoria Mustangs Jr A3 5

#16 STONY BROOK 3, #14 Niagara 2

Minot State 3, #19 CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 2







SCOUTING THE SUN DEVILS – The week that ASU traveled to Oklahoma City in October was a tumultuous week for the Sun Devils as Mike DeAngelis resigned as head coach and Todd Bisson assumed the lead role before traveling to face the Sooners. Since Bisson took over, the Sun Devils have recorded six of their seven wins on his watch. Arizona State's last games were 7-2 and 8-0 homes losses this past weekend to No. 2 Penn State. ASU is led in scoring by forward Patrick Lind who has 10 goals and 12 assists for 22 total points. Following Lind in points for ASU are forwards Trevor Van Conant (8-8-16), Matthew Mackey (6-8-14), Joe Ahern (6-5-11) and Ryan Clark (5-5-10). Arizona State's main goaltender is Kyle Bronsteen who has a 3.29 goals against average.



SOONERS HOCKEY PARENTS TRAVELING TO TEMPE THIS WEEKEND? – Oklahoma hockey parents, family and fans are known throughout the ACHA for how well they travel to support the Sooners on the road. If you'll be in Tempe this weekend for the games against ASU, please send an email to [email protected]. Chris and Shelly Kenney, parents of junior forward Ryan Kenney (Scottsdale, AZ), are graciously hosting a post-game get-together after Saturday's game and you're invited! So shoot an email for directions and additional information.



SOONERS HOME GAMES ON THE AIR – All University of Oklahoma® Hockey home games this season will be broadcast on The WIRE. Fans can listen to Sooners Hockey home games via the Internet (www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu), Cox Cable Television Channel 4 SAP in Norman or 1710 AM in the immediate vicinity of the OU campus. OU Hockey broadcasts begin approximately 15 minutes prior to face-off.

TICKETS – Individual tickets for all remaining OU Hockey home games are on sale now. Individual and season tickets can be purchased at Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 South I-35, in Oklahoma City. Call 631-3307 or 631-2709 for additional information.



PRACTICE SCHEDULE – With school still not yet in session on the Norman campus, the Sooners will practice this week at the Blazers Ice Centre earlier in the day than their regular practice schedule. Once the semester gets underway, the Sooners will resume their normal practice times on Monday and Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 P.M. and Tuesday from 8:45-10:30 P.M.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!



### BOOMER SOONER! ###

Chris Perry
1/7/2008, 07:55 PM
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For the Week of January 7, 2008



No. 4 SOONERS SQUEAK PAST MINOT STATE

OKLAHOMA TRAVELS TO ARIZONA STATE THIS WEEKEND



THIS WEEK’S GAMES - The University of Oklahoma® hockey club (20-2-1) travels to sunny Tempe, Arizona for a pair of games against the Sun Devils of Arizona State University (7-11-1). The Sooners have a 6-4-0 all-time record against the Sun Devils, including 5-2 and 6-2 wins over ASU this past October when they visited Oklahoma City. OU has a 2-2-0 record in games against ASU played in Tempe.



LAST OU HOCKEY GAMES – The Sooners swept two games from unranked Minot State (10-5-0) this past weekend but it was not easy. On Friday night at the Blazers Ice Centre, Minot scored first and last, but goals in between from forward Keith Denton (Vail, CO) and defensemen Robert Hetrick (Tulsa, OK) and Blake Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) propelled the Sooners to a hard-fought 3-2 victory. The next night, it appeared as if OU would score two goals for every one scored by Minot. Denton, defenseman Mark Tylka (Wisconsin Dells, WI), defenseman Shawn Hayden (Allen, TX), forward Chris Nicolaou (Dallas, TX) all scored single markers for the Sooners and forward Adrian Borchgrevink (Kenai, AK) had two goals on the evening for OU. Oklahoma held a 6-3 lead late in the third period and looked to coast the rest of the way. However, Minot scored a pair of goals to tighten the game but could not tie the game before time ran out, leaving the Sooners with a 6-5 squeaker of a win.



RANKINGS – The Sooners are ranked 4th in the latest ACHA Coaches Division 1 ranking released at the end of the Fall semester. The next ranking is scheduled to be released on Friday, January 18th.




ACHA SCOREBOARD – Here are the ACHA D1 scores for games played during January 4 - 6 (Home team in CAPS):

Friday, January 4, 2008

#1 Illinois 11, MICHIGAN-DEARBORN 6

#2 Penn State 7, ARIZONA STATE 2

#4 OKLAHOMA 3, Minot State 2

#6 Rhode Island 4, #21 Robert Morris (PA) 3 (OT) [Rhode Island Wins Shootout 1-0]

#7 Delaware 8, NAVY 5

#8 OHIO 11, #22 Robert Morris (IL) 1

#11 Oakland 5, (ACHA M2) DAVENPORT 2

#15 Eastern Michigan 7, (ACHA M2) CENTRAL MICHIGAN 6

#17 WESTERN MICHIGAN 7, #23 Adrian 2



Saturday, January 5, 2008

#1 Illinois 8, MICHIGAN-DEARBORN 0

#2 Penn State 8, ARIZONA STATE 0

#4 OKLAHOMA 6, Minot State 5

#21 ROBERT MORRIS (PA) 2, #6 Rhode Island 1

Navy 4, #7 DELAWARE 2 [Empty Net Goal]

#22 Robert Morris (IL) 3, #8 OHIO 2

(ACHA M2) Davenport 2, #11 OAKLAND 0

#12 IOWA STATE 4, (Non-ACHA) Peoria Mustangs Jr A3 3

#16 STONY BROOK 4, #14 Niagara 3

#15 Eastern Michigan 5, (ACHA M2) CENTRAL MICHIGAN 1

#17 Western Michigan 2, #23 ADRIAN 1

RUTGERS 6, (ACHA M2) College of New Jersey 2



Sunday, January 6, 2008

#12 IOWA STATE 10, (Non-ACHA) Peoria Mustangs Jr A3 5

#16 STONY BROOK 3, #14 Niagara 2

Minot State 3, #19 CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 2







SCOUTING THE SUN DEVILS – The week that ASU traveled to Oklahoma City in October was a tumultuous week for the Sun Devils as Mike DeAngelis resigned as head coach and Todd Bisson assumed the lead role before traveling to face the Sooners. Since Bisson took over, the Sun Devils have recorded six of their seven wins on his watch. Arizona State's last games were 7-2 and 8-0 homes losses this past weekend to No. 2 Penn State. ASU is led in scoring by forward Patrick Lind who has 10 goals and 12 assists for 22 total points. Following Lind in points for ASU are forwards Trevor Van Conant (8-8-16), Matthew Mackey (6-8-14), Joe Ahern (6-5-11) and Ryan Clark (5-5-10). Arizona State's main goaltender is Kyle Bronsteen who has a 3.29 goals against average.



SOONERS HOCKEY PARENTS TRAVELING TO TEMPE THIS WEEKEND? – Oklahoma hockey parents, family and fans are known throughout the ACHA for how well they travel to support the Sooners on the road. If you'll be in Tempe this weekend for the games against ASU, please send an email to [email protected]. Chris and Shelly Kenney, parents of junior forward Ryan Kenney (Scottsdale, AZ), are graciously hosting a post-game get-together after Saturday's game and you're invited! So shoot an email for directions and additional information.



SOONERS HOME GAMES ON THE AIR – All University of Oklahoma® Hockey home games this season will be broadcast on The WIRE. Fans can listen to Sooners Hockey home games via the Internet (www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu), Cox Cable Television Channel 4 SAP in Norman or 1710 AM in the immediate vicinity of the OU campus. OU Hockey broadcasts begin approximately 15 minutes prior to face-off.

TICKETS – Individual tickets for all remaining OU Hockey home games are on sale now. Individual and season tickets can be purchased at Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 South I-35, in Oklahoma City. Call 631-3307 or 631-2709 for additional information.



PRACTICE SCHEDULE – With school still not yet in session on the Norman campus, the Sooners will practice this week at the Blazers Ice Centre earlier in the day than their regular practice schedule. Once the semester gets underway, the Sooners will resume their normal practice times on Monday and Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 P.M. and Tuesday from 8:45-10:30 P.M.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!



### BOOMER SOONER! ###

Chris Perry
1/11/2008, 01:08 AM
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WHAT: Oklahoma Sooners® vs. Arizona State Sun Devils

WHEN: Friday, January 11, 2008, 7:30 P.M. MST (8:30 PM CST)

WHERE: Alltel Ice Den, Scottsdale, AZ

BROADCAST: None



2007-08 RECORDS:

Oklahoma: 20-2-1 ACHA Division I

Arizona State: 7-11-1 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Arizona State – Todd Bisson



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the first of two games this weekend between OU and Arizona State...OU and ASU met earlier this season in Oklahoma City and the Sooners won both games 5-2 and 6-2...The Sooners have a 6-4-0 all-time record against the Sun Devils...OU is 2-2-0 in games against ASU played in Scottsdale...Today's Sooners Slapshot is being sent out a tad early as the Sooners have to catch an early flight to Phoenix for the games this weekend.




OKLAHOMA NOTES: The Sooners are ranked 4th in the ACHA...But for Nationals and a ten-minute drive to Edmond later in the season, this road trip to the desert is the last of the season for OU...Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) continues to lead the Sooners in goals and points with 20 goals and 29 total points...Defenseman Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) leads the team in assists with 21...Defensemen Trey Snow (Coppell, TX) and Blake Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) are making the trip to the desert but have to sit out Friday's game due to game disqualification penalties received last week...Forward Jordan Novak (Plano, TX) has re-joined the Sooners and will be making his OU Hockey season debut this weekend...Fifteen Sooners, over half the team, have now scored in double digits on the season...The Countdown to Nationals: 49 days.



ARIZONA STATE NOTES: ASU is not ranked in the ACHA D1 Top 25...Since Todd Bisson took over as ASU's head coach in October, the Sun Devils have recorded six of their seven wins under his tutelage...Arizona State's last games were 7-2 and 8-0 home losses this past weekend to No. 2 Penn State...The Sun Devils used to host the ASU Desert Classic during the first weekend in January but elected not to continue the Classic this season due to difficulty getting three teams to travel to Arizona during the semester break...ASU is led in scoring by forward Patrick Lind who has 10 goals and 12 assists for 22 total points...Arizona State's main goaltender is Kyle Bronsteen who has a 3.55 goals against average.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: Oklahoma remains in Tempe for one last game against the Sun Devils this season on Saturday...For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!




### BOOMER SOONER! ###

Chris Perry
1/12/2008, 02:56 AM
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OKLAHOMA 5, ARIZONA STATE 3



The 4th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club traveled early and came to life late in the day to take a hard-earned 5-3 win over Arizona State in Scottsdale on Friday evening.



The Sooners scored first when forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) deftly gathered in a rebound off the Sun Devils goalie's pads and slipped it into the net on the power play at 6:54 for a quick 1-0 lead. ASU tied the game with a power play tally near the twelve minute mark of the period. Oklahoma had a golden chance to take the lead when forward Daryl Dee (Garland, TX) was awarded a penalty shot at 13:58, his second penalty shot in as many games. Dee juked the ASU goalie and had a wide open net but his shot rang off the cross-bar and the period ended with the teams tied 1-1. In the second period, forward Keith Denton (Vail, CO) scored at 7:40 to give OU a 2-1 lead and forward Jordan Novak (Plano, TX), playing in his first game of this season, scored at 10:16 to give the Sooners a two-goal cushion. However, ASU tied the game with a short-handed goal and a power play tally, leaving the two teams tied at 3-3 after 40 minutes of play. The second period was chippy as both teams were whistled for a variety of penalties due to the physicality of play.



The third period focused less on which team was more macho and physical and more on hockey. As a result, it was a back-and-forth affair with the Sooners dominating the majority of the action. Despite having plenty of scoring chances, neither team cashed in and as the period wore on, it appeared as if overtime was a realistic possibility. fortunately for Oklahoma, forward Ryan Kenney (Scottsdale, AZ) was the hometown hero for the Sooners tonight as he jammed home the puck to score the winning goal with 5:30 left in the game to give Oklahoma a 4-3 lead. Defenseman Mark Tylka (Wisconsin Dells, WI) sealed the win for OU with a power play goal with 1:42 left in the game to make the final score 5-3 for the Sooners.



Sooners goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) stopped 35 of 38 shots in net for the Sooners while ASU's goalie Tyler Gallant stopped 38 of 43 shots. Oklahoma was 2 for 5 on the power play while ASU was 2 for 9 with the man advantage. The win improves OU's season record 21-2-1 while Arizona State drops to 7-12-1. Oklahoma plays ASU again Saturday night at the Alltel Ice Den in Scottsdale.




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Oklahoma 1 - 2 - 2 -- 5

Arizona State 1 - 2 - 0 -- 3


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, OU, Brewer (Miller, Yost), 6:54 (pp); 2, ASU, Langston (Vassos, Maire), 12:08 (pp). Penalties: OU, Tylka (tripping), 4:43; ASU, O'Neil (roughing), 6:00; OU, Miller (cross-checking), 10:42; ASU, Bolls (hooking - penalty shot miss), 13:58; ASU, Sanborn (roughing), 16:20; OU, Siira (roughing), 16:20; OU, Hetrick (holding), 18:06.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, OU, Denton (Nicolaou), 7:40; 4, OU, Novak (Tylka, Pangrac), 10:14; 5, ASU, Barry (Ahern), 11:44 (sh); 6, ASU, Lind (Clark), 16:47 (pp). Penalties: ASU, Sanborn (roughing), 1:41; OU, Nicolaou (roughing), 1:41; OU, Siira (hooking), 4:34; ASU, Ahern (hooking), 5:33; ASU, O'Neil (roughing), 5:33; OU, Miller (slashing), 5:38; OU, Denton (cross-checking), 5:38; ASU, Sanborn (slashing), 10:57; OU, Denton (boarding), 16:07; OU, Gebbie (fighting major, game disqualification), 16:07; ASU, Ahern (fighting major, game disqualification), 16:07; ASU, Bonacorso (slashing), 19:14; ASU, O'Neil (roughing), 19:56; OU, Allan (roughing), 19:56.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 7, OU, Kenney (Denton) 14:30; 8, OU, Tylka (Curtiss, Brewer), 18:18 (pp). Penalties: OU, Novak (elbowing), 3:13; ASU, Sanborn (holding), 15:02; OU, Yost (roughing), 15:02; ASU, Jordan (hooking), 17:35; OU, Nicolaou (slashing), 19:14.



Shots on goal:


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Oklahoma x x x -43

Arizona State x x x -38


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Goalies: OU, Mattison (38 shots, 35 saves); ASU, Gallant (43, 38).



### BOOMER SOONER! ###

Chris Perry
1/12/2008, 11:06 AM
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WHAT: Oklahoma Sooners® vs. Arizona State Sun Devils

WHEN: Saturday, January 12, 2008, 5:30 P.M. MST (6:30 PM CST)

WHERE: Alltel Ice Den, Scottsdale, AZ

BROADCAST: via www.ustream.tv (search for ASU Hockey and today's date to get the video/audio feed)



2007-08 RECORDS:

Oklahoma: 21-2-1 ACHA Division I

Arizona State: 7-12-1 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Arizona State – Todd Bisson



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the last of two games this weekend and of four games this season between OU and Arizona State...OU played disciplined hockey in the third period and it paid off with two late goals to secure a 5-3 win over the Sun Devils yesterday...The Sooners are now 7-4-0 all-time against the Sun Devils and 3-2-0 in games against ASU played in Scottsdale.




OKLAHOMA NOTES: Forwards Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK), Keith Denton (Vail, CO), Jordan Novak (Plano, TX), Ryan Kenney (Scottsdale, AZ) and defenseman Mark Tylka (Wisconsin Dells, WI) scored goals last night for the Sooners...Novak's goal came in the first game he played for OU since re-joining the Sooners this semester...Goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) stopped 35 of 38 ASU shots yesterday...Denton and Brewer had two point nights as each player recorded a goal and an assist last night...Forward Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) will have to sit out tonight's game due to a game disqualification penalty he received last night due to fighting in the second period of the game...On the positive side, Gebbie clearly won the tilt...While Gebbie must sit, defensemen Trey Snow (Coppell, TX) and Blake Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) will be in the lineup tonight after sitting out due to DQ penalties yesterday...As is the norm, Sooners fans travel well; last night's crowd of approximately 200 was 60/40 in Oklahoma's favor...The Countdown to Nationals: 48 days.



ARIZONA STATE NOTES: Scoring for ASU last night were Pat Lind, Greg Langston and Kyle Barry...ASU's Joe Ahern must sit out tonight's game and feel shame due to his fight with Gebbie yesterday...Scott O'Neil and Ben Sanborn were frequent visitors to the penalty box last night; O'Neil was tagged with three minor penalties over the course of the game while Sanborn had four separate trips to the sin bin for minors...Langston left last night's game in the second period with an apparent knee injury and his status for tonight's game is unknown.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: Oklahoma returns home for a tripleheader of hockey next weekend with games against Colorado (ACHA D2) on Friday and Sunday bookending a single match against Colorado State (ACHA D2) on Saturday...For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!




### BOOMER SOONER! ###

Chris Perry
1/13/2008, 03:05 AM
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OKLAHOMA 8, ARIZONA STATE 2



The 4th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club, fueled by a five-goal second period, dominated Arizona State and beat the Sun Devils by a score of 8-2 in Scottsdale on Saturday evening.



Forward Chris Nicolaou (Dallas, TX) started the scoring with a rifle shot on the power play at 8:03 to give OU a 1-0 lead. That one goal lead would hold up through the first intermission. Defenseman Robert Hetrick (Tulsa, OK) fired a shot from the blueline for another power play goal at 9:03 of the second period to put OU up 2-0. Shortly thereafter, ASU's Ben Sanborn lost his mind and tried to fight OU's Jarrod Yost (Murphy, TX) in front of the ASU net. However, Yost kept his cool, Sanborn was ejected from the game and the Sooners found themselves on a seven minute power play. During that power play, the Sooners scored three times to put the game out of reach. Forward Jordan Novak (Plano, TX) scored at 10:11, forward Daryl Dee (Garland, TX) scored at 12:48 and forward Daniel Siira (Anchorage, AK) scored at 13:51 to give OU a 5-0 lead. ASU changed goalies after Dee's goal and also nixed the shutout bid with a goal scored on a 2-on-1. Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) restored the Sooner lead to five when he sniped a shot into the ASU net just thirteen seconds before the second period ended to make the score 6-1. In the third period, forward Adrian Borchgrevink (Kenai, AK) scored at 2:48 to make the score 7-1. ASU scored on the power play to make it a 7-2 game but Dee scored his second goal of the night with a power play tally at 15:15 to make tonight's final 8-2 in favor of the good guys.



Sooners goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) stopped 23 of 25 shots in net for the Sooners. ASU's starting goalie Gallant stopped 17 of 21 shots before being yanked in favor of Kyle Bronsteen, who fared no better, stopping only 18 of 22 shots. Oklahoma ended up scoring six power plays goals on five power play chances due to ASU's major penalty in the second period, while ASU was 1 for 8 with the man advantage.



The win improves OU's season record 22-2-1 while Arizona State drops to 7-13-1. Oklahoma hosts Colorado next Friday night at the Blazers Ice Centre in Oklahoma City.




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Oklahoma 1 - 5 - 2 -- 8

Arizona State 0 - 1 - 1 -- 2


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, OU, Nicolaou (Johnson), 8:03 (pp). Penalties: ASU, Clark (tripping), 1:38; ASU, Sanborn (unsportsmanlike conduct), 7:11; OU, Denton (hooking), 15:11; OU, Siira (tripping), 19:21.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, OU, Hetrick (Brewer), 9:03 (pp); 3, OU, Novak (Brewer), 10:11 (pp); 4, OU, Dee (Tylka, Nicolaou), 12:48 (pp); 5, OU, Siira (Yost, Snow), 13:51; 6, ASU, Schwartz (Clark, Yohre), 17:39; 7, OU, Allan (Denton), 19:47. Penalties: OU, Borchgrevink (roughing), 1:11; OU, Novak (roughing), 4:08; ASU, Lind (slashing), 7:16; ASU, Sanborn (roughing, cross-checking major, game misconduct), 9:56; OU, Novak (interference), 10:46; OU, Siira (holding), 20:00; ASU, Mackey (roughing), 20:00.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 8, OU, Borchgrevink (unassisted), 2:48; 9, ASU, Bonacorso (Barry, Lind), 11:42 (pp); 10, OU, Dee (Siira), 15:15 (pp). Penalties: OU, Allan (hooking), 11:07; ASU, Barry (tripping), 13:37; OU, Siira (roughing, holding), 15:34; ASU, O'Neil (roughing), 15:34; OU, Hayden (interference), 18:28.



Shots on goal:


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Oklahoma 9 21 13 -43

Arizona State 7 8 10 -25


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Goalies: OU, Mattison (25 shots, 23 saves); ASU, Gallant (21, 17), Bronsteen (22, 18). Referee: Stratton. Linesmen: MacWalter, Britt.



### BOOMER SOONER! ###

Chris Perry
1/18/2008, 10:59 AM
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WHAT: Colorado Buffaloes vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Friday, January 18, 2008, 7:30 P.M. CST

WHERE: Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 S. I-35, Oklahoma City, OK

BROADCAST: The WIRE 1710 AM, Cox Ch. 4 (SAP) and online at www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu




2007-08 RECORDS:

Colorado: 18-1-3 ACHA Division II

Oklahoma: 22-2-1 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Colorado – Paul Sisson



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the first of three games this weekend for the Sooners...It is also the first of two games this weekend between OU and Colorado...Colorado will play the Sooners during a Sunday matinee before heading back to the Rockies...The Sooners have a 2-2-0 all-time record against the Buffs, splitting games in Boulder during the 03-04 season and then splitting games in Oklahoma City the following season.




OKLAHOMA NOTES: The Sooners are ranked 4th in the ACHA...Oklahoma has the second best winning percentage among ACHA D1 teams with 90%, trailing only undefeated and No. 1 Illinois...Considering only ACHA D1 games, OU is third in overall win percentage at 88.1% behind No. 1 Illinois (100%) and No. 2 Penn State (88.9%)...Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) continues to lead the Sooners in goals and points with 21 goals and 31 total points...Defenseman Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) leads the team in assists with 22...Forward Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) will have to sit out tonight's game due to receiving his second game disqualification penalty of the season last weekend...Forward Justin King (DeWitt, MI) has joined the Sooners and will be making his OU Hockey season debut this weekend...King will don the No. 9 sweater formerly worn by forward Luke Rose (Norman, OK) earlier this season...Forward Wil Petty (Arlington, TX) is also expected to make his OU Hockey season debut this weekend...Since re-joining the team last weekend, forward Jordan Novak (Plano, TX) has two goals in two games...The Countdown to Nationals: 42 days.



COLORADO NOTES: Colorado is the No. 1 team in the ACHA D2 West Division...CU's last games were this past weekend when they beat Oregon 6-2 and Denver 4-3...CU is led in scoring by forward Conor Williams who has 17 goals and 15 assists for 32 total points...Following Williams in points for Colorado are forwards Scott Tittle (12-18-30), Max Myers (14-15-29) and Andrew Neitenbach (12-14-26)...Colorado's main goaltender is Kevin Litinsky who has a 2.11 goals against average.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: Oklahoma hosts Colorado State at the Blazers Ice Centre on Saturday...For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!




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Chris Perry
1/19/2008, 12:34 AM
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OKLAHOMA 5, COLORADO 2



The 4th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club came our gunning against Colorado in the first period and coasted the rest of the way on its way to a 5-2 win over the Buffs Friday night in Oklahoma City.



Forward Ryan Kenney (Scottsdale, AZ) scored at 15:12 of the first period to give the Sooners a 1-0 lead. Forward Jarrod Yost (Murphy, TX) scored a power play goal at 17:07 of the period to put the Sooners up by two goals. Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) scored his team-leading 22nd goal of the season when he connected at 18:12 of the first period on the power play to go up 3-0 over the Buffs. In the second period, forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) ripped the puck into the Colorado net to put Oklahoma up by four goals. The Buffs scored twice on the power play in the third period to tighten the game a bit but forward Jordan Novak (Plano, TX) scored his third goal in as many games at 13:34 of the period to make tonight's final 5-2.



Sooners goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) stopped 20 of 22 shots in net for the Sooners. Colorado's goalie Kevin Litinsky 37 of 42 shots. Oklahoma ended up going 2 for 8 on the power play while Colorado went 2 for 11 with the man advantage. The win improves OU's season record 23-2-1 while Colorado drops to 18-2-3. Oklahoma hosts Colorado State on Saturday night at the Blazers Ice Centre in Oklahoma City.




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Colorado 0 - 0 - 2 -- 2

Oklahoma 3 - 1 - 1 -- 5


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, OU, Kenney (Miller, Siira), 15:12; 2, OU, Yost (Borchgrevink, Miller), 17:07 (pp); 3, OU, Allan (Hetrick, Dee), 18:12 (pp). Penalties: CU, Edelberg (interference), 15:16; CU, Wirth (cross-checking), 16:53.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, OU, Brewer (Johnson, Yost), 2:10. Penalties: OU, Allan (tripping), 3:15; CU, Bevan (high sticking), 8:14; OU, King (high sticking), 8:19; CU, Coloccia (interference), 9:58; OU, Hayden (interference), 10:39; CU, Edelberg (interference), 14:30; OU, Hayden (tripping), 15:26; OU, Johnson (hooking), 16:19; OU, Hetrick (roughing), 17:46; CU, Blumenthal (tripping), 18:03.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, CU, Alpert (Williams, Bevan), 4:02 (pp); 6, CU, Ludwig (Alpert, Carpenter), 6:47 (pp); 7, OU, Novak (Dee), 13:34. Penalties: OU, Miller (tripping), 1:50; OU, Hetrick (hooking), 2:40; OU, Tylka (interference), 5:01; CU, Ludwig (elbowing), 7:11; OU, Hetrick (interference), 11:01; CU, Pfeiff (roughing), 14:02; OU, Novak (roughing), 14:02; OU, Johnson (tripping), 15:16; CU, Bevan (hooking), 15:51.



Shots on goal:


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Colorado 3 9 10 -22

Oklahoma 19 12 11 -42


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Goalies: OU, Mattison (22 shots, 20 saves); CU, Litinsky (42, 37). Referee: Henderson. Linesmen: Schamel, D. Mercer.



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Chris Perry
1/19/2008, 12:35 AM
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OKLAHOMA 5, COLORADO 2



The 4th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club came our gunning against Colorado in the first period and coasted the rest of the way on its way to a 5-2 win over the Buffs Friday night in Oklahoma City.



Forward Ryan Kenney (Scottsdale, AZ) scored at 15:12 of the first period to give the Sooners a 1-0 lead. Forward Jarrod Yost (Murphy, TX) scored a power play goal at 17:07 of the period to put the Sooners up by two goals. Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) scored his team-leading 22nd goal of the season when he connected at 18:12 of the first period on the power play to go up 3-0 over the Buffs. In the second period, forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) ripped the puck into the Colorado net to put Oklahoma up by four goals. The Buffs scored twice on the power play in the third period to tighten the game a bit but forward Jordan Novak (Plano, TX) scored his third goal in as many games at 13:34 of the period to make tonight's final 5-2.



Sooners goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) stopped 20 of 22 shots in net for the Sooners. Colorado's goalie Kevin Litinsky 37 of 42 shots. Oklahoma ended up going 2 for 8 on the power play while Colorado went 2 for 11 with the man advantage. The win improves OU's season record 23-2-1 while Colorado drops to 18-2-3. Oklahoma hosts Colorado State on Saturday night at the Blazers Ice Centre in Oklahoma City.




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Colorado 0 - 0 - 2 -- 2

Oklahoma 3 - 1 - 1 -- 5


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, OU, Kenney (Miller, Siira), 15:12; 2, OU, Yost (Borchgrevink, Miller), 17:07 (pp); 3, OU, Allan (Hetrick, Dee), 18:12 (pp). Penalties: CU, Edelberg (interference), 15:16; CU, Wirth (cross-checking), 16:53.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, OU, Brewer (Johnson, Yost), 2:10. Penalties: OU, Allan (tripping), 3:15; CU, Bevan (high sticking), 8:14; OU, King (high sticking), 8:19; CU, Coloccia (interference), 9:58; OU, Hayden (interference), 10:39; CU, Edelberg (interference), 14:30; OU, Hayden (tripping), 15:26; OU, Johnson (hooking), 16:19; OU, Hetrick (roughing), 17:46; CU, Blumenthal (tripping), 18:03.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, CU, Alpert (Williams, Bevan), 4:02 (pp); 6, CU, Ludwig (Alpert, Carpenter), 6:47 (pp); 7, OU, Novak (Dee), 13:34. Penalties: OU, Miller (tripping), 1:50; OU, Hetrick (hooking), 2:40; OU, Tylka (interference), 5:01; CU, Ludwig (elbowing), 7:11; OU, Hetrick (interference), 11:01; CU, Pfeiff (roughing), 14:02; OU, Novak (roughing), 14:02; OU, Johnson (tripping), 15:16; CU, Bevan (hooking), 15:51.



Shots on goal:


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Colorado 3 9 10 -22

Oklahoma 19 12 11 -42


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Goalies: OU, Mattison (22 shots, 20 saves); CU, Litinsky (42, 37). Referee: Henderson. Linesmen: Schamel, D. Mercer.



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Chris Perry
1/19/2008, 12:38 AM
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OKLAHOMA 5, COLORADO 2



The 4th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club came our gunning against Colorado in the first period and coasted the rest of the way on its way to a 5-2 win over the Buffs Friday night in Oklahoma City.



Forward Ryan Kenney (Scottsdale, AZ) scored at 15:12 of the first period to give the Sooners a 1-0 lead. Forward Jarrod Yost (Murphy, TX) scored a power play goal at 17:07 of the period to put the Sooners up by two goals. Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) scored his team-leading 22nd goal of the season when he connected at 18:12 of the first period on the power play to go up 3-0 over the Buffs. In the second period, forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) ripped the puck into the Colorado net to put Oklahoma up by four goals. The Buffs scored twice on the power play in the third period to tighten the game a bit but forward Jordan Novak (Plano, TX) scored his third goal in as many games at 13:34 of the period to make tonight's final 5-2.



Sooners goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) stopped 20 of 22 shots in net for the Sooners. Colorado's goalie Kevin Litinsky 37 of 42 shots. Oklahoma ended up going 2 for 8 on the power play while Colorado went 2 for 11 with the man advantage. The win improves OU's season record 23-2-1 while Colorado drops to 18-2-3. Oklahoma hosts Colorado State on Saturday night at the Blazers Ice Centre in Oklahoma City.




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Colorado 0 - 0 - 2 -- 2

Oklahoma 3 - 1 - 1 -- 5


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, OU, Kenney (Miller, Siira), 15:12; 2, OU, Yost (Borchgrevink, Miller), 17:07 (pp); 3, OU, Allan (Hetrick, Dee), 18:12 (pp). Penalties: CU, Edelberg (interference), 15:16; CU, Wirth (cross-checking), 16:53.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, OU, Brewer (Johnson, Yost), 2:10. Penalties: OU, Allan (tripping), 3:15; CU, Bevan (high sticking), 8:14; OU, King (high sticking), 8:19; CU, Coloccia (interference), 9:58; OU, Hayden (interference), 10:39; CU, Edelberg (interference), 14:30; OU, Hayden (tripping), 15:26; OU, Johnson (hooking), 16:19; OU, Hetrick (roughing), 17:46; CU, Blumenthal (tripping), 18:03.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, CU, Alpert (Williams, Bevan), 4:02 (pp); 6, CU, Ludwig (Alpert, Carpenter), 6:47 (pp); 7, OU, Novak (Dee), 13:34. Penalties: OU, Miller (tripping), 1:50; OU, Hetrick (hooking), 2:40; OU, Tylka (interference), 5:01; CU, Ludwig (elbowing), 7:11; OU, Hetrick (interference), 11:01; CU, Pfeiff (roughing), 14:02; OU, Novak (roughing), 14:02; OU, Johnson (tripping), 15:16; CU, Bevan (hooking), 15:51.



Shots on goal:


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Colorado 3 9 10 -22

Oklahoma 19 12 11 -42


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Goalies: OU, Mattison (22 shots, 20 saves); CU, Litinsky (42, 37). Referee: Henderson. Linesmen: Schamel, D. Mercer.



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Chris Perry
1/19/2008, 12:15 PM
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WHAT: Colorado State Rams vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Saturday, January 19, 2008, 6:30 P.M. CST

WHERE: Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 S. I-35, Oklahoma City, OK

BROADCAST: The WIRE 1710 AM, Cox Ch. 4 (SAP) and online at www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu




2007-08 RECORDS:

Colorado State: 10-8-2 ACHA Division II

Oklahoma: 23-2-1 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Colorado State – Joe Sharrock



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the second of three games this weekend for the Sooners...It is the only game this season between OU and Colorado State...Oklahoma has a 1-1-0 all-time record against CSU, having split a pair of games in Oklahoma City during the 03-04 season.




OKLAHOMA NOTES: The Sooners remain ranked 4th in the ACHA in the latest ranking released yesterday...Oklahoma beat Colorado yesterday 5-2...In the win over the Buffs, the Sooners got goals from forwards Ryan Kenney (Scottsdale, AZ), Jarrod Yost (Murphy, TX), Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ), Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) and Jordan Novak (Plano, TX)...Allan's goal was his team-leading 22nd of the season...Novak's goal was his third in as many games since re-joining the Sooners...With two assists last night, defenseman Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) now has a team-best 24 assists on the season...Forward Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) is eligible to return to the lineup tonight after sitting out the past two games due to accumulated disqualification penalties...The Countdown to Nationals: 41 days.



COLORADO STATE NOTES: Colorado State is ranked 6th in the ACHA D2 West Division...CSU lost last night at Central Oklahoma by a score of 7-4...The Rams are led in scoring by forward Tim Stiller who has 14 goals and 22 assists for 36 total points...Following Stiller in points for CSU are Dan Malone (21-10-31), Casey Schermerhorn (16-13-29) and Mike Saint (7-18-25)...CSU's main goaltender is Brian Minor who has a 3.07 goals against average...Rams team captain Jordan Stover played with the ACHA D2 Select team in Europe over the Christmas break.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: Oklahoma finishes out the weekend tripleheader by hosting a Sunday matinee against Colorado at the Blazers Ice Centre...For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!




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Chris Perry
1/19/2008, 11:55 PM
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COLORADO STATE 7, OKLAHOMA 5



The 4th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club gave one away Saturday night as they lost 7-5 to ACHA D2 Colorado State in Oklahoma City.



Colorado State scored just 47 seconds into the game to stun the Sooners with an early 1-0 lead. The Rams scored on the power play to take a 2-0 lead before the first period was half over. It could have been 3-0 when CSU was awarded a penalty shot but the CSU player's effort was denied. Oklahoma finally got on the scoreboard when defenseman Shawn Hayden (Allen, TX) fired a laser from the point into the CSU net with just over a minute to go in the first period to cut the CSU lead in half.



In the second period, Colorado State scored to make it a 3-1 lead but the Sooners came back with a three goal flurry in a two minute span. Defenseman Greg Smith (Irvine, CA) did his best Sergei Federov impersonation when he went coast-to-coast at 5:04 to get the Sooners to within one goal. Forward Jarrod Yost (Murphy, TX) scored a power play goal at 6:26 of the period to tie the game and defenseman Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) put the Sooners on top 4-3 with a power play blast from the blueline at 7:14 of the period. However, the Rams fought back with a power play goal of their own to tie the game at 4-4. CSU then scored the proverbial backbreaker, getting a goal from an odd angle shot just milliseconds before the end of the second period to send the Rams to the locker room at the second intermission with a 5-4 lead.



In the third period, Colorado State scored another power play goal to make it a 6-4 game. Yost potted his second power play tally of the night at 8:37 of the period to get the Sooners back within one goal. Head Coach Larry Donovan pulled the goaltender for the extra attacker with just under a minute to go in the game but CSU scored an empty netter to make tonight's final score 7-5 in favor of the visitors.



Sooners starting goaltender Jordan Jones (Summerville, SC) stopped 10 of 13 shots, including the Rams penalty shot, before being replaced in the second period by Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) who stopped 19 of 22 shots. Colorado State's goalie Brian Minor stopped 24 of 29 shots. Oklahoma was 3 for 9 on the power play while Colorado State was 3 for 11 with the man advantage.



The loss brings OU's season record to 23-3-1 while Colorado State improves to 11-8-2. Oklahoma hosts Colorado in a Sunday afternoon matinee at 1 PM at the Blazers Ice Centre in Oklahoma City.




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Colorado State 2 - 3 - 2 -- 7

Oklahoma 1 - 3 - 1 -- 5


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, CSU, Malone (unassisted), :47; 2, CSU, Burge (Griffin, Schermerhorn), 7:19 (pp); 3, OU, Hayden (Novak), 18:56 (pp). Penalties: OU, bench minor, served by Deines (too many men), 5:54; OU, Denton (hooking), 6:49; CSU, Malone (interference), 7:56; CSU, Griffin (holding), 9:55; OU, Siira (high-sticking), 11:10; OU, Gebbie (interference), 12:45; CSU, Stiller (tripping), 12:48; CSU, Griffin (roughing), 15:34; CSU, Havens (tripping), 17:51; OU, Miller (hooking - penalty shot miss), 17:58; CSU, Griffin (hooking), 18:27.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, CSU, Malone (Hau, Schermerhorn), 4:23; 5, OU, Smith (Kenney), 5:04; 6, OU, Yost (Brewer), 6:26 (pp); 7, OU, Miller (King), 7:14 (pp); 8, CSU, McFarland (Stiller, Hau), 12:43 (pp); 9, CSU, Stiller (McFarland), 19:59. Penalties: CSU, Jurhs (interference), 5:50; CSU, Saint (hooking), 6:59; OU, Deines (hooking), 8:45; OU, bench minor, served by Smith (unsportsmanlike conduct), 9:46; OU, Miller (roughing), 11:05; CSU, Havens (unsportsmanlike conduct), 14:06; OU, Hayden (unsportsmanlike conduct), 14:06; OU, bench minor, served by King (unsportsmanlike conduct), 14:06.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 10, CSU, Hau (McFarland, Stover), 1:36 (pp); 11, OU, Yost (Kenney, King), 8:37; 12, CSU, Hau (unassisted), 19:18 (en). Penalties: OU, Deines (hooking), 1:30; OU, Hayden (cross-checking), 3:35; CSU, Hau (interference), 5:38; OU, Siira (hooking, ten-minute misconduct, game misconduct), 9:36; OU, Hayden (holding), 13:28; OU, Brewer (high-sticking), 20:00.



Shots on goal:


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Colorado State 8 13 14 -35

Oklahoma 11 9 9 -29


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Goalies: OU, Jones (13 shots, 10 saves), Helgason (22, 19); CSU, Minor (29, 24). Referee: Williams. Linesmen: G. Mercer, D. Mercer.



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Chris Perry
1/20/2008, 10:42 AM
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WHAT: Colorado Buffaloes vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Sunday, January 20, 2008, 1:00 P.M. CST

WHERE: Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 S. I-35, Oklahoma City, OK

BROADCAST: The WIRE 1710 AM, Cox Ch. 4 (SAP) and online at www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu




2007-08 RECORDS:

Colorado: 19-2-3 ACHA Division II

Oklahoma: 23-3-1 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Colorado – Paul Sisson



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the final game in a tripleheader of Sooners Hockey action this weekend...Oklahoma beat Colorado 5-2 on Friday night...OU lost to Colorado State 7-5 yesterday...Colorado traveled to Edmond and beat Central Oklahoma 3-2 yesterday.




OKLAHOMA NOTES: Forward Jarrod Yost (Murphy, TX) had a pair of goals for the Sooners yesterday...Defensemen Austin Miller (Dallas, TX), Greg Smith (Irvine, CA) and Shawn Hayden (Allen, TX) added solo goals...The goaltending tandem of Jordan Jones (Summerville, SC) and Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) was in net for the Sooners...Yesterday's loss was the first OU loss to an ACHA D2 team since February 12, 2005 when the Sooners were beaten by then-D2 champs Oakland University...The Countdown to Nationals: 40 days.



COLORADO NOTES: David Ludwig and Kevin Alpert had goals for the Buffs in the 5-2 loss to OU two nights ago...Kevin Litinsky stopped 37 of 42 shots that night...Colorado went 2 for 11 on the power play against the Sooners.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: Oklahoma has the upcoming weekend off before facing another tripleheader in two weeks when No. 5 Liberty and No. 3 Lindenwood come to Oklahoma City for games at the Blazers Ice Centre...For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!




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Chris Perry
1/20/2008, 05:39 PM
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OKLAHOMA 10, COLORADO 1



The 4th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club rebounded from a disappointing loss last night with a 10-1 pounding of Colorado on Sunday afternoon in Oklahoma City.



Forward Greg Curtiss (Flint, MI) started the scoring with a power play goal at the 7:04 mark of the first period. Forward Jarrod Yost (Murphy, TX) picked up a loose puck in front of the Buffs' net and backhanded it home at 8:16 to give OU a 2-0 lead. Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) ripped a nasty slapshot into the CU net at 10:53 to chase Colorado's starting goaltender and put the Sooners up by three goals. Forward Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) scored at 14:48 and forward Adrian Borchgrevink (Kenai, AK) scored with just under two minutes to go in the stanza to cap a five-goal Oklahoma first period. The second period saw Curtiss and Gebbie score their second goals of the game, with Gebbie's goal coming while short-handed. Colorado ruined the shutout bid with a goal halfway into the third period to make the score 7-1. Defenseman Robert Hetrick (Tulsa, OK), forward Keith Denton (Vail, CO) and Allan all added goals thereafter to make tonight's runaway final 10-1 in favor of the Sooners.



Sooners goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) stopped 21 of 22 shots. Colorado's starting goalie, Marc Torrente, stopped 3 of 6 shots before being replaced by Kevin Litinsky who stopped 28 of 35 shots. Oklahoma was 2 for 4 on the power play while Colorado was 0 for 5 with the man advantage. The win improves OU's season record to 24-3-1 while Colorado drops to 19-3-3. Oklahoma hosts No. 5 Liberty on February 1st at the Blazers Ice Centre in Oklahoma City.




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Colorado 0 - 0 - 1 -- 1

Oklahoma 5 - 2 - 3 -- 10


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, OU, Curtiss (unassisted), 7:04 (pp); 2, OU, Yost (Hetrick, Borchgrevink), 8:16; 3, OU, Allan (McCauley, Johnson), 10:53; 4, OU, Gebbie (Tylka), 14:48; 5, OU, Borchgrevink (Brewer, Novak), 18:04. Penalties: CU, Williams (cross-checking), 5:05; CU, Blumenthal (roughing), 5:05; OU, Siira (roughing), 5:05; OU, Siira (interference), 8:38; OU, McCauley (high-sticking), 15:43.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, OU, Curtiss (Tylka, Brewer), 9:48; 7, OU, Gebbie (Hayden), 18:41 (sh). Penalties: OU, King (hooking), 7:15; CU, Blumenthal (hooking), 10:25; OU, Siira (slashing, unsportsmanlike conduct), 16:51.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 8, CU, Ludwig (Edelberg, Wetzel), 9:39; 9, OU, Hetrick (Kenney), 10:50 (pp); 10, OU, Denton (Nicolaou, Dee), 16:12; 11, OU, Allan (Curtiss), 17:13. Penalties: CU, Cooley (slashing), 10:41.



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Colorado 6 6 10 -22

Oklahoma 14 8 19 -41


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Goalies: OU, Mattison (22 shots, 21 saves); CU, Torrente (6, 3), Litinsky (35, 28). Referee: Collier. Linesmen: Schamel, Donovan.



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Chris Perry
1/22/2008, 12:27 AM
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For the Week of January 21, 2008



No. 4 SOONERS WIN TWO OF THREE

OKLAHOMA HOSTS No. 5 LIBERTY, No. 3 LINDENWOOD IN TWO WEEKS



THIS WEEK’S GAMES - The University of Oklahoma® hockey club (24-3-1) has a week off before making the big push for the ACHA D1 National Championship tournament in Rochester, New York at the end of February.



LAST OU HOCKEY GAMES – The Sooners hosted the ACHA D2 teams from Colorado (19-3-3) and Colorado State (11-9-2) this past weekend. On Friday night against Colorado, the Sooners scored three goals in the first period to pave the way to a 5-2 win over the Buffs. Five different Sooners, forwards Ryan Kenney (Scottsdale, AZ), Jarrod Yost (Murphy, TX), Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ), Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) and Jordan Novak (Plano, TX), scored for Oklahoma. On Saturday night against Colorado State, the Sooners were stunned by the upstart Rams who jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead on OU. The Sooners took a 4-3 lead at one point but CSU came back to steal the game by a score of 7-5. Scoring goals for OU in the loss were defensemen Shawn Hayden (Allen, TX), Greg Smith (Irvine, CA) and Austin Miller (Dallas, TX), as well as Yost, who had two more goals in the loss. The Sooners got back on track Sunday afternoon against Colorado with a dominating 10-1 performance. Forwards Greg Curtiss (Flint, MI), Allan and Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) each had two goals in the Sunday matinee while Yost, forward Adrian Borchgrevink (Kenai, AK), defenseman Robert Hetrick (Tulsa, OK) and forward Keith Denton (Vail, CO) all added solo goals. Sooners goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) earned the two wins over the weekend.



RANKINGS – The Sooners are ranked 4th in the latest ACHA Coaches Division 1 ranking released this past Friday. Here is the entire ranking:



2007-2008 ACHA Men's Division 1 Ranking #7
Rank School Name 1st Votes Record Pts Previous
1 Illinois 44 21-0-0 1000 1
2 Penn State 22-1-4 955 2
3 Lindenwood 18-5-1 909 3
4 Oklahoma 22-2-1 882 4
5 Liberty 16-5-1 806 5
6 Delaware 18-5-1 774 7
7 Rhode Island 19-8-1 740 6
8 Ohio 17-10-0 739 8
9 West Chester 16-5-2 669 10
10 Kent State 17-9-0 611 9
11 Iowa State 20-8-0 592 12
12 Oakland 14-7-1 558 11
13 West Virginia 15-8-2 512 13
14 Eastern Michigan 19-8-2 483 15
15 Stony Brook 18-5-0 461 16
16 Niagara 18-5-0 418 14
17 Western Michigan 16-10-1 389 17
18 Washington & Jefferson 18-8-1 328 18
19 Robert Morris (PA) 12-7-3 250 21
20 Slippery Rock 14-8-2 221 20
21 Central Oklahoma 10-15-1 165 19
22 Robert Morris (IL) 11-15-0 134 22
23 Adrian 11-15-0 93 23
24 Arizona 13-7-1 55 25
25 Duquesne 8-11-0 44 24


Others receiving votes: Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Navy, Minot State, Oswego State, Cornell, Drexel, and Penn State-Berks.


ACHA SCOREBOARD – Here are the ACHA D1 scores for games played during January 16 - 20 (Home team in CAPS):


Wednesday, January 16, 2008

#25 Duquesne 6, #18 WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON 2

YOUNGSTOWN STATE 6, John Carroll 2 [Empty Net Goal]



Friday, January 18, 2008

#1 ILLINOIS 6, #10 Kent State 1
#2 PENN STATE 10, Navy 0

#3 Lindenwood 6, #14 EASTERN MICHIGAN 5
#4 OKLAHOMA 5, (ACHA M2) Colorado 2

(ACHA M2) DAVENPORT 3, #5 Liberty 2

#6 DELAWARE 4, #7 Rhode Island 1 [Empty Net Goal]

#8 OHIO 2, #17 Western Michigan 1 (OT) [Ohio Wins Shootout 3-0]

#9 WEST CHESTER 12, Drexel 3

#11 Iowa State 6, #22 ROBERT MORRIS (IL) 4 [Empty Net Goal]

#24 ARIZONA 7, #12 Oakland 4 [Empty Net Goal]

#16 NIAGARA 6, John Carroll 4 [Empty Net Goal]
#19 ROBERT MORRIS (PA) 5, Indiana (PA) 1

(ACHA M2) Penn State 4, #20 SLIPPERY ROCK 2 [Empty Net Goal]
#21 CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 7, (ACHA M2) Colorado State 4

#23 ADRIAN 4, Michigan-Dearborn 2 [Empty Net Goal]

#25 Duquesne 6, PITTSBURGH 5 (OT) [Duquesne Wins Shootout 2-1]

Mercyhurst 3, BUFFALO 2 (OT) [Mercyhurst Wins Shootout]

NORTH DAKOTA STATE 5, (ACHA M2) St. Cloud State 3 [Empty Net Goal]

RUTGERS 10, Towson 7 [Empty Net Goal]
Oswego State 6, ST. BONAVENTURE 3

(ACHA M2) Missouri State-Maroon 5, SAINT LOUIS 1

Scranton 7, SYRACUSE 5



Saturday, January 19, 2008

#1 ILLINOIS 5, #10 Kent State 2
#2 PENN STATE 7, Navy 3
#3 Lindenwood 3, #14 EASTERN MICHIGAN 2 (OT) [Lindenwood Wins Shootout 2-0]

(ACHA M2) Colorado State 7, #4 OKLAHOMA 5 [Empty Net Goal]

(ACHA M2) DAVENPORT 4, #5 Liberty 2

#6 DELAWARE 1, #7 Rhode Island 0

#17 Western Michigan 5, #8 OHIO 2 [Empty Net Goal]

#9 West Chester 10, DREXEL 0

#11 Iowa State 6, #22 ROBERT MORRIS (IL) 1

#12 Oakland 5, #24 ARIZONA 0

#13 WEST VIRGINIA 6, John Carroll 2

#15 STONY BROOK 4, (ACHA M2) Marist 1

Mercyhurst at #16 Niagara [POSTPONED - Inclement Weather]

#19 Robert Morris (PA) 4, INDIANA (PA) 3

#20 SLIPPERY ROCK 9, (ACHA M2) Dayton 2

(ACHA M2) Colorado 3, #21 CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 2

MICHIGAN-DEARBORN 5, #23 Adrian 3

ARIZONA STATE 9, Weber State 4

(ACHA M2) St. Cloud State 4, NORTH DAKOTA STATE 3 (OT) [St. Cloud State Wins Shootout]

PITTSBURGH 9, Maryland 1

ROCHESTER 6, Buffalo 4

SAINT LOUIS 9, (ACHA M2) Missouri State-Maroon 6

SCRANTON 8, Syracuse 3

TOWSON 5, Rutgers 2

Penn State-Berks 5, VILLANOVA 1



Sunday, January 20, 2008

#4 OKLAHOMA 10, (ACHA M2) Colorado 1

#9 WEST CHESTER 5, #25 Duquesne 3

#13 WEST VIRGINIA 6, Youngstown State 3

#15 STONY BROOK 2, Villanova 0 [Empty Net Goal]

#18 WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON 7, Maryland 1

#21 CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 5, (ACHA M2) Colorado State 4 (OT)

ARIZONA STATE 5, Weber State 0

LEHIGH 9, Penn State-Berks 4



FREEZE FRAME – The OU Hockey club is extremely fortunate to have a top-notch photographer at most of its home games. Norman's own Lee Davenport of Davenport Photos (www.davenportphotos.com) has quite a few online galleries of on-ice action, behind-the-scenes and other unique perspectives from many of this season's OU Hockey home games, including this past weekend's games against Colorado and Colorado State. So whether you're wanting to re-live game action or are interested in purchasing some shots for your personal collection, check out Lee's OU Hockey photos by clicking on the PHOTOS link at www.ouhockey.com or by going directly to www.davenportphotos.com.


PRACTICE SCHEDULE – The Sooners practice on Monday and Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 P.M. and Tuesday from 8:45-10:30 P.M.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!



### BOOMER SOONER! ###

Chris Perry
1/29/2008, 01:12 AM
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For the Week of January 28, 2008



No. 4 SOONERS HOST No. 5 LIBERTY, No. 3 LINDENWOOD

SOONERS HOCKEY TRIPLEHEADER OF ACHA D1 ACTION THIS WEEKEND



THIS WEEK’S GAMES - The University of Oklahoma® hockey club (24-3-1) returns to action this week in a tripleheader of hockey action between three teams ranked 3rd, 4th and 5th in ACHA D1. OU hosts No. 5 Liberty (18-7-1) on Friday and Saturday and No. 3 Lindenwood (22-5-1) on Sunday afternoon. The Sooners have a 1-1-0 all-time record against the Flames, splitting games in Lynchburg, Virginia earlier this season. Oklahoma has a 7-6-0 all-time record against Lindenwood, with the teams splitting a pair of games in each other's barns this season. The last game played between the two teams was a 8-1 spanking in Oklahoma City delivered to the Sooners by the Lions.



LAST OU HOCKEY GAMES – The Sooners last played two weeks ago when they beat ACHA D2 Colorado (19-3-3) twice and lost to ACHA D2 Colorado State (11-9-2).



RANKINGS – The Sooners are ranked 4th in the latest ACHA Coaches Division 1 ranking. The next ranking is scheduled to be released this Friday.



ACHA SCOREBOARD – Here are the ACHA D1 scores for games played during January 21 - 27 (Home team in CAPS):


Monday, January 21, 2008

(Non-ACHA) ERIE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 5, #16 Niagara 4
PITTSBURGH 7, Youngstown State 4 [Empty Net Goal]



Wednesday, January 23, 2008

#2 PENN STATE 10, #18 Washington & Jefferson 3

TOWSON 4, Lehigh 2



Thursday, January 24, 2008

DREXEL 5, Lehigh 1



Friday, January 25, 2008

#1 ILLINOIS 5, #8 Ohio 0

#2 PENN STATE 2, Drexel 1
#3 LINDENWOOD 5, Saint Louis 1

#5 LIBERTY 5, #22 Robert Morris (IL) 1

#6 DELAWARE 5, Michigan-Dearborn 3 [Empty Net Goal]

#7 RHODE ISLAND 4, Scranton 0

NAVY 5, #9 West Chester 4

#10 KENT STATE 6, Mercyhurst 3

#11 IOWA STATE 9, (ACHA M2) Iowa 2

#12 OAKLAND 5, Buffalo 2

TOWSON 6, #13 West Virginia 3

#17 Western Michigan 6, #14 EASTERN MICHIGAN 5 (OT) [Western Michigan Wins Shootout 1-0 (7 rounds)]
#16 Niagara 9, SYRACUSE 1
#18 Washington & Jefferson 4, #20 SLIPPERY ROCK 3

#19 ROBERT MORRIS (PA) 3, #21 Central Oklahoma 2 (OT) [Robert Morris Wins Shootout 2-0]

#23 Adrian 5, YOUNGSTOWN STATE 1

#24 Arizona 2, ARIZONA STATE 0

#25 Duquesne 7, INDIANA (PA) 4
CORTLAND STATE 5, St. Bonaventure 3

JOHN CARROLL 6, (ACHA M2) Akron 3 [Empty Net Goal]

LEHIGH 2, Villanova 0
Penn State-Berks 3, MARYLAND 2
Minot State 5, North Dakota State 0 at Rugby, ND
OSWEGO STATE 4, Cornell 2
Ithaca 7, ROCHESTER 2

WEBER STATE 5, (ACHA M2) Utah Valley State 4 (OT)



Saturday, January 26, 2008

#1 ILLINOIS 2, #8 Ohio 1 (OT) [Illinois Wins Shootout 5-4 (11 rounds)]

#2 PENN STATE 8, Drexel 0

#3 LINDENWOOD 15, Saint Louis 1

#5 LIBERTY 6, #22 Robert Morris (IL) 5

#6 DELAWARE 4, Michigan-Dearborn 2 [Empty Net Goal]

#7 RHODE ISLAND 6, Scranton 5

#9 WEST CHESTER 8, 13 West Virginia 2

#10 KENT STATE 5, Mercyhurst 3

#11 Iowa State 11, (ACHA M2) IOWA 3

#12 OAKLAND 2, Buffalo 0 [Empty Net Goal]

#14 Eastern Michigan 6, #17 WESTERN MICHIGAN 3 [Empty Net Goal]

#15 Stony Brook 6, TOWSON 4 [Empty Net Goal]

#16 Niagara 6, CORTLAND STATE 5 (OT) [Niagara Wins Shootout]

#21 Central Oklahoma 5, #19 ROBERT MORRIS (PA) 2

#23 Adrian 8, YOUNGSTOWN STATE 1

#24 Arizona 6, ARIZONA STATE 5 (OT) [Arizona Wins Shootout 1-0]

John Carroll 6, (ACHA M2) AKRON 1

Navy 8, MARYLAND 5
PITTSBURGH 3, Indiana (PA) 2
Syracuse at Rochester
RUTGERS 4, Binghamton 2 [Empty Net Goal]

Lehigh 1, VILLANOVA 0

(ACHA M2) Brigham Young 4, WEBER STATE 1



Sunday, January 27, 2008

#9 WEST CHESTER 6, #15 Stony Brook 3

Pittsburgh 4, #25 DUQUESNE 1

PENN STATE-BERKS 7, Binghamton 3

CORTLAND STATE 9, Cornell 8

ITHACA 6, Oswego State 3 [Empty Net Goal]


SCOUTING THE FLAMES – Like Oklahoma, Liberty is a independent team in the ACHA D1 realm. Head Coach Kirk Handy recruits heavily in Canada to lure quality hockey players to Jerry Falwell's university in south-central Virginia. Liberty swept No. 22 Robert Morris (IL) this past weekend in Lynchburg, beating BobbyMo by scores of 5-1 and 6-5. Liberty is led in scoring by defenseman Dave Semenyna who has 19 goals and 24 assists for 43 total points. Following Semenyna in points for the Flames are Kyle Dodgson (16-19-35), John Langabeer (14-9-23) and Kevin Dykstra (7-15-22). Liberty's main goaltenders are Mike Binnie who has a 2.65 goals against average and Dalton Stoltz who has a 3.16 GAA.



SCOUTING THE LIONS – Lindenwood is having an excellent season under Head Coach Derek Schaub. Even though they are clearly one of the elite teams in the nation, the Lions play in the rugged Central States Collegiate Hockey League and find themselves lower in the CSCHL (4th) than in the Nation (3rd) behind fellow CSCHL teams No. 1 Illinois, No. 11 Iowa State and No. 14 Eastern Michigan. Lindenwood's last games were this past weekend when they smoked local rival Saint Louis by scores of 5-1 and 15-1. The Lions are led in scoring by forward Jake Ebner who has 24 goals and 16 assists for 40 total points. Following Ebner in points for Lindenwood are Steve Balint (14-22-36), Larry Kopecky (14-15-29) and Henri St. Arnault (10-18-28). Lindenwood's main goaltender is Grahame Lippert who has a 3.38 goals against average.


NATIONALS - This years ACHA Men's Division 1 National Championships will be hosted by the Monroe County Sports Commission and take place March 1-5, 2008 at the ESL Sports Centre in Rochester, NY. Sixteen teams will qualify for the tournament. The Regular Season Champions from the Central States Collegiate Hockey League (CSCHL), College Hockey Mid-America (CHMA), Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association (ECHA), and Eastern Collegiate Hockey League (ECHL) will receive an automatic berth. Two teams have already punched their tickets to Nationals: West Chester as the Regular Season Champions of the ECHA and West Virginia as Regular Season Champs of the CHMA are the first two qualifiers. As the No. 4 team in the nation with two more rankings to go, Oklahoma will likely be joining them in Rochester. If you are entertaining thoughts of traveling to Rochester to root the Sooners to a Championship, be sure to contact us for hotel and other information regarding Nationals.

ACHA ALL-STAR GAME – The 1st Annual American Collegiate Hockey Association Men's Division 1 All-Star Game is set to take place at the Penn State Ice Pavilion in University Park, PA on Saturday, March 29, 2007. Game time is 7:00 PM EST. The All-Star Game will showcase 40 of the top Men's Division 1 players from amongst the 54 Men's Division 1 teams. Players will be required to provide their own transportation to and from Penn State University. The game is scheduled to be webcast live. There will be a fee to access the webcast. Ticket information and further information will be forthcoming.



SOONERS HOME GAMES ON THE AIR – All University of Oklahoma® Hockey home games this season will be broadcast on The WIRE. Fans can listen to Sooners Hockey home games via the Internet (www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu), Cox Cable Television Channel 4 SAP in Norman or 1710 AM in the immediate vicinity of the OU campus. OU Hockey broadcasts begin approximately 15 minutes prior to face-off.

TICKETS – Individual tickets for all remaining OU Hockey home games are on sale now. Individual and season tickets can be purchased at Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 South I-35, in Oklahoma City. Call 631-3307 or 631-2709 for additional information.



PRACTICE SCHEDULE – The Sooners practice on Monday and Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 P.M. and Tuesday from 8:45-10:30 P.M.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!



### BOOMER SOONER! ###

Chris Perry
1/29/2008, 01:13 AM
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For the Week of January 28, 2008



No. 4 SOONERS HOST No. 5 LIBERTY, No. 3 LINDENWOOD

SOONERS HOCKEY TRIPLEHEADER OF ACHA D1 ACTION THIS WEEKEND



THIS WEEK’S GAMES - The University of Oklahoma® hockey club (24-3-1) returns to action this week in a tripleheader of hockey action between three teams ranked 3rd, 4th and 5th in ACHA D1. OU hosts No. 5 Liberty (18-7-1) on Friday and Saturday and No. 3 Lindenwood (22-5-1) on Sunday afternoon. The Sooners have a 1-1-0 all-time record against the Flames, splitting games in Lynchburg, Virginia earlier this season. Oklahoma has a 7-6-0 all-time record against Lindenwood, with the teams splitting a pair of games in each other's barns this season. The last game played between the two teams was a 8-1 spanking in Oklahoma City delivered to the Sooners by the Lions.



LAST OU HOCKEY GAMES – The Sooners last played two weeks ago when they beat ACHA D2 Colorado (19-3-3) twice and lost to ACHA D2 Colorado State (11-9-2).



RANKINGS – The Sooners are ranked 4th in the latest ACHA Coaches Division 1 ranking. The next ranking is scheduled to be released this Friday.



ACHA SCOREBOARD – Here are the ACHA D1 scores for games played during January 21 - 27 (Home team in CAPS):


Monday, January 21, 2008

(Non-ACHA) ERIE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 5, #16 Niagara 4
PITTSBURGH 7, Youngstown State 4 [Empty Net Goal]



Wednesday, January 23, 2008

#2 PENN STATE 10, #18 Washington & Jefferson 3

TOWSON 4, Lehigh 2



Thursday, January 24, 2008

DREXEL 5, Lehigh 1



Friday, January 25, 2008

#1 ILLINOIS 5, #8 Ohio 0

#2 PENN STATE 2, Drexel 1
#3 LINDENWOOD 5, Saint Louis 1

#5 LIBERTY 5, #22 Robert Morris (IL) 1

#6 DELAWARE 5, Michigan-Dearborn 3 [Empty Net Goal]

#7 RHODE ISLAND 4, Scranton 0

NAVY 5, #9 West Chester 4

#10 KENT STATE 6, Mercyhurst 3

#11 IOWA STATE 9, (ACHA M2) Iowa 2

#12 OAKLAND 5, Buffalo 2

TOWSON 6, #13 West Virginia 3

#17 Western Michigan 6, #14 EASTERN MICHIGAN 5 (OT) [Western Michigan Wins Shootout 1-0 (7 rounds)]
#16 Niagara 9, SYRACUSE 1
#18 Washington & Jefferson 4, #20 SLIPPERY ROCK 3

#19 ROBERT MORRIS (PA) 3, #21 Central Oklahoma 2 (OT) [Robert Morris Wins Shootout 2-0]

#23 Adrian 5, YOUNGSTOWN STATE 1

#24 Arizona 2, ARIZONA STATE 0

#25 Duquesne 7, INDIANA (PA) 4
CORTLAND STATE 5, St. Bonaventure 3

JOHN CARROLL 6, (ACHA M2) Akron 3 [Empty Net Goal]

LEHIGH 2, Villanova 0
Penn State-Berks 3, MARYLAND 2
Minot State 5, North Dakota State 0 at Rugby, ND
OSWEGO STATE 4, Cornell 2
Ithaca 7, ROCHESTER 2

WEBER STATE 5, (ACHA M2) Utah Valley State 4 (OT)



Saturday, January 26, 2008

#1 ILLINOIS 2, #8 Ohio 1 (OT) [Illinois Wins Shootout 5-4 (11 rounds)]

#2 PENN STATE 8, Drexel 0

#3 LINDENWOOD 15, Saint Louis 1

#5 LIBERTY 6, #22 Robert Morris (IL) 5

#6 DELAWARE 4, Michigan-Dearborn 2 [Empty Net Goal]

#7 RHODE ISLAND 6, Scranton 5

#9 WEST CHESTER 8, 13 West Virginia 2

#10 KENT STATE 5, Mercyhurst 3

#11 Iowa State 11, (ACHA M2) IOWA 3

#12 OAKLAND 2, Buffalo 0 [Empty Net Goal]

#14 Eastern Michigan 6, #17 WESTERN MICHIGAN 3 [Empty Net Goal]

#15 Stony Brook 6, TOWSON 4 [Empty Net Goal]

#16 Niagara 6, CORTLAND STATE 5 (OT) [Niagara Wins Shootout]

#21 Central Oklahoma 5, #19 ROBERT MORRIS (PA) 2

#23 Adrian 8, YOUNGSTOWN STATE 1

#24 Arizona 6, ARIZONA STATE 5 (OT) [Arizona Wins Shootout 1-0]

John Carroll 6, (ACHA M2) AKRON 1

Navy 8, MARYLAND 5
PITTSBURGH 3, Indiana (PA) 2
Syracuse at Rochester
RUTGERS 4, Binghamton 2 [Empty Net Goal]

Lehigh 1, VILLANOVA 0

(ACHA M2) Brigham Young 4, WEBER STATE 1



Sunday, January 27, 2008

#9 WEST CHESTER 6, #15 Stony Brook 3

Pittsburgh 4, #25 DUQUESNE 1

PENN STATE-BERKS 7, Binghamton 3

CORTLAND STATE 9, Cornell 8

ITHACA 6, Oswego State 3 [Empty Net Goal]


SCOUTING THE FLAMES – Like Oklahoma, Liberty is a independent team in the ACHA D1 realm. Head Coach Kirk Handy recruits heavily in Canada to lure quality hockey players to Jerry Falwell's university in south-central Virginia. Liberty swept No. 22 Robert Morris (IL) this past weekend in Lynchburg, beating BobbyMo by scores of 5-1 and 6-5. Liberty is led in scoring by defenseman Dave Semenyna who has 19 goals and 24 assists for 43 total points. Following Semenyna in points for the Flames are Kyle Dodgson (16-19-35), John Langabeer (14-9-23) and Kevin Dykstra (7-15-22). Liberty's main goaltenders are Mike Binnie who has a 2.65 goals against average and Dalton Stoltz who has a 3.16 GAA.



SCOUTING THE LIONS – Lindenwood is having an excellent season under Head Coach Derek Schaub. Even though they are clearly one of the elite teams in the nation, the Lions play in the rugged Central States Collegiate Hockey League and find themselves lower in the CSCHL (4th) than in the Nation (3rd) behind fellow CSCHL teams No. 1 Illinois, No. 11 Iowa State and No. 14 Eastern Michigan. Lindenwood's last games were this past weekend when they smoked local rival Saint Louis by scores of 5-1 and 15-1. The Lions are led in scoring by forward Jake Ebner who has 24 goals and 16 assists for 40 total points. Following Ebner in points for Lindenwood are Steve Balint (14-22-36), Larry Kopecky (14-15-29) and Henri St. Arnault (10-18-28). Lindenwood's main goaltender is Grahame Lippert who has a 3.38 goals against average.


NATIONALS - This years ACHA Men's Division 1 National Championships will be hosted by the Monroe County Sports Commission and take place March 1-5, 2008 at the ESL Sports Centre in Rochester, NY. Sixteen teams will qualify for the tournament. The Regular Season Champions from the Central States Collegiate Hockey League (CSCHL), College Hockey Mid-America (CHMA), Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association (ECHA), and Eastern Collegiate Hockey League (ECHL) will receive an automatic berth. Two teams have already punched their tickets to Nationals: West Chester as the Regular Season Champions of the ECHA and West Virginia as Regular Season Champs of the CHMA are the first two qualifiers. As the No. 4 team in the nation with two more rankings to go, Oklahoma will likely be joining them in Rochester. If you are entertaining thoughts of traveling to Rochester to root the Sooners to a Championship, be sure to contact us for hotel and other information regarding Nationals.

ACHA ALL-STAR GAME – The 1st Annual American Collegiate Hockey Association Men's Division 1 All-Star Game is set to take place at the Penn State Ice Pavilion in University Park, PA on Saturday, March 29, 2007. Game time is 7:00 PM EST. The All-Star Game will showcase 40 of the top Men's Division 1 players from amongst the 54 Men's Division 1 teams. Players will be required to provide their own transportation to and from Penn State University. The game is scheduled to be webcast live. There will be a fee to access the webcast. Ticket information and further information will be forthcoming.



SOONERS HOME GAMES ON THE AIR – All University of Oklahoma® Hockey home games this season will be broadcast on The WIRE. Fans can listen to Sooners Hockey home games via the Internet (www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu), Cox Cable Television Channel 4 SAP in Norman or 1710 AM in the immediate vicinity of the OU campus. OU Hockey broadcasts begin approximately 15 minutes prior to face-off.

TICKETS – Individual tickets for all remaining OU Hockey home games are on sale now. Individual and season tickets can be purchased at Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 South I-35, in Oklahoma City. Call 631-3307 or 631-2709 for additional information.



PRACTICE SCHEDULE – The Sooners practice on Monday and Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 P.M. and Tuesday from 8:45-10:30 P.M.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!



### BOOMER SOONER! ###

Chris Perry
2/1/2008, 10:11 AM
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WHAT: Liberty Flames vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Friday, February 1, 2008, 7:30 P.M. CST

WHERE: Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 S. I-35, Oklahoma City, OK

BROADCAST: The WIRE 1710 AM, Cox Ch. 4 (SAP) and online at www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu




2007-08 RECORDS:

Liberty: 18-7-1 ACHA Division I

Oklahoma: 24-3-1 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Liberty – Kirk Handy



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the first of three games this weekend for the Sooners...It is also the third of four games between Oklahoma and Liberty this season...OU traveled to Lynchburg, Virginia last November for a pair of games, losing the first game 3-2 in overtime and winning the second game 4-2.




OKLAHOMA NOTES: Oklahoma is ranked 4th in the latest ACHA D1 ranking released this morning...Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) continues to lead the Sooners in goals scored this season with 24...Defenseman Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) leads the team in assists with 24...Eighteen of the thirty players on the Sooners roster have reached double digits in terms of scoring this season...Including tonight, the Sooners will play seven games in sixteen days to finish out the regular season...Spring semester roster additions Jordan Novak (Plano, TX) and Justin King (DeWitt, MI) have had an immediate impact on the ice for OU: Novak has five points in as many games while King is just under the point per game pace with 2 points in three games...Goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) has a 2.23 goals against average and a .909 save percentage on the season...Forward Jarrod Yost (Murphy, TX) was on fire in OU's last games, scoring four goals and an assist in three contests...The Countdown to Nationals: 28 days.



LIBERTY NOTES: Liberty fell one spot in the rankings and is now ranked 6th in the nation according to the ACHA D1 coaches poll...Liberty swept No. 22 Robert Morris (IL) this past weekend in Lynchburg, winning by scores of 5-1 and 6-5...Liberty is led in scoring by defenseman Dave Semenyna who has 19 goals and 24 assists for 43 total points...Following Semenyna in points for the Flames are Kyle Dodgson (16-19-35), John Langabeer (14-9-23) and Kevin Dykstra (7-15-22)...Liberty's main goaltenders are Mike Binnie who has a 2.65 goals against average and Dalton Stoltz who has a 3.16 GAA...Seventeen of the twenty-five players on Liberty's roster are from Canada, fifteen of those seventeen coming from one province: Ontario.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: Oklahoma hosts Liberty again on Saturday night at the Blazers Ice Centre...For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!




### BOOMER SOONER! ###

Chris Perry
2/2/2008, 02:30 AM
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LIBERTY 3, OKLAHOMA 2



The 4th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club played awesome for the first twenty minutes of tonight's game but only played average hockey for the remaining 40 minutes and it came back to bite them as No. 6 Liberty scored three unanswered goals to beat the Sooners by a score of 3-2 Friday night in Oklahoma City.



The Sooners got on the score board first when forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) scored his team-leading 25th goal of the season at 4:34 of the opening period to give OU a 1-0 lead. That lead was doubled when forward Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) buried a gorgeous pass from forward Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) on a short-handed 2-on-1 chance at the 7:57 mark. That 2-0 lead would hold up through the remainder of the period. In the second period, the Sooners took their foot off the gas and Liberty found their stride as the Flames scored twice in the period to tie the game at 2-2. In the third period, both teams had plenty of chances but neither connected until 10:59 when Liberty's John Langabeer hopped out of the penalty box behind the Sooners defense and scored on a breakaway to give the Flames their first lead of the night at 3-2. Oklahoma had two more power play chances to tie the game but Liberty clamped down to protect their net and preserve the 3-2 road win over the Sooners.



Sooners Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) stopped 24 of 27 shots. Liberty's Mike Binnie stopped 26 of 28 shots. Neither team scored on the power play as Oklahoma went 0 for 7 while Liberty was 0 for 3. The loss brings OU's season record to 24-4-1 while Liberty improves to 19-7-2. Oklahoma hosts Liberty again on Saturday evening at 6:30 PM at the Blazers Ice Centre in Oklahoma City.




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Liberty 0 - 2 - 1 -- 3

Oklahoma 2 - 0 - 0 -- 2


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, OU, Allan (Tylka), 4:34; 2, OU, Gebbie (McCauley), 7:57 (sh). Penalties: OU, Siira (slashing), 6:19; LIB, Morrison (hooking), 9:49; LIB, Bauman (interference), 12:28; OU, Denton (interference), 12:28; OU, King (tripping), 14:26.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, LIB, Masterton (unassisted), 2:56; 4, LIB, Hoefler (Mackenzie, Chung), 13:32. Penalties: LIB, Morrison (roughing, grabbing the face mask), 6:52; OU, Dee (roughing), 6:52; OU, Kenney (holding), 10:57; LIB, Hendrix (interference), 19:12.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, LIB, Langabeer (Reynolds), 10:59. Penalties: LIB, Docksteader (hooking), 5:42; LIB, Langabeer (holding), 8:53; LIB, Hoefler (interference), 12:15; LIB, Hendrix (interference), 17:49; OU, Nicolaou (fighting major, game disqualification), 20:00.



Shots on goal:


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Liberty 12 9 7 -27

Oklahoma 10 10 7 -28


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Goalies: OU, Mattison (27 shots, 24 saves); LIB, Binnie (28, 26). Referee: Watkins. Linesmen: Williams, Gotsdiner.



### BOOMER SOONER! ###

Chris Perry
2/2/2008, 12:14 PM
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WHAT: Liberty Flames vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Saturday, February 2, 2008, 6:30 P.M. CST

WHERE: Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 S. I-35, Oklahoma City, OK

BROADCAST: The WIRE 1710 AM, Cox Ch. 4 (SAP) and online at www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu




2007-08 RECORDS:

Liberty: 19-7-1 ACHA Division I

Oklahoma: 24-4-1 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Liberty – Kirk Handy



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the second of three games this weekend for the Sooners...It is also the last of four games between Oklahoma and Liberty this season...OU scored twice in the first period, Liberty evened things up in the second and the Flames scored the lone goal of the third to beat the Sooners last night 3-2...Oklahoma is now 1-2-0 all-time against Liberty.




OKLAHOMA NOTES: Forwards Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) and Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) scored goals for the Sooners last night...Allan's goal was his team-leading 25th of the season...Gebbie's goal was scored while the Sooners were short-handed...Defensemen Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) and Trey Snow (Coppell, TX) did not play last night due to lower body injuries while forward Jarrod Yost (Murphy, TX) was out due to illness...Forward Chris Nicolaou (Dallas, TX) is ineligible to play in OU's next two games due to accumulated game disqualification penalties...The Countdown to Nationals: 27 days.



LIBERTY NOTES: Pete Masterton, John Langabeer and Ryan Hoefler scored goals for Liberty yesterday...Goaltender Mike Binnie closed the door on the Sooners after letting in two goals in the first period, stopping 26 of 28 shots during the game...Liberty is in their second season of play at the ACHA D1 level after years of tremendous success at the ACHA D2 level...Forward Ryan McEvoy sat out last night's game due to a game DQ penalty.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: Oklahoma hosts No. 3 Lindenwood in a Super Bowl Sunday matinee at 1 PM at the Blazers Ice Centre...For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!




### BOOMER SOONER! ###

Chris Perry
2/3/2008, 01:25 AM
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OKLAHOMA 6, LIBERTY 2



The 4th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club rebounded from a tough Friday night loss with a dominating 6-2 winning performance over No. 6 Liberty on Saturday night in Oklahoma City.



Liberty got on the scoreboard first with a goal just over 13 minutes into the game to take a 1-0 lead. The Sooners came out firing in the second period and their hard work paid off when Matt Pangrac (Decatur, IL) scored at 4:59 of the period to tie the game at 1-1. Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) scored his team-leading 26th goal of the season at 11:08 of the period to give OU the lead at 2-1. Forward Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) buried the puck into the Flames net at 12:10 of the second period to give OU a two-goal lead at 3-1 which would hold up at the end of 40 minutes of play.



In the third period, forward Daryl Dee (Garland, TX) scored at 3:19 to put the Sooners up 4-1. Forward Adrian Borchgrevink (Kenai, AK) finished the scoring off for the Sooners when he sandwiched a pair of power play goals, scored at 5:44 and 18:08 of the final period, around a Liberty power play goal to make tonight's final score 6-2 in favor of the good guys.



Sooners goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) stopped 20 of 22 shots. Liberty's Mike Binnie stopped 25 of 31 shots. Oklahoma went 2 for 6 on the power play while Liberty was 1 for 4 with the man advantage.



The win improves OU's season record to 25-4-1 while Liberty drops to 19-8-2. Oklahoma hosts No. 3 Lindenwood on Sunday afternoon at 1:00 PM at the Blazers Ice Centre in Oklahoma City.




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Liberty 1 - 0 - 1 -- 2

Oklahoma 0 - 3 - 3 -- 6


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, LIB, Semenyna (Langabeer), 13:03. Penalties: OU, Hayden (slashing), 4:48; OU, Siira (high-sticking), 7:30; LIB, Stewart (fighting major, game disqualification), 11:34; OU, Siira (fighting major, game disqualification), 11:34; LIB, Langabeer (slashing), 14:51.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, OU, Pangrac (King, Petty), 4:49; 3, OU, Allan (Denton, Hayden), 11:08; 4, OU, Gebbie (Dee), 12:10. Penalties: LIB, Bauman (hooking), :50; LIB, Langabeer (roughing), 10:39; OU, Johnson (roughing), 10:39; LIB, Hoefler (tripping), 17:22.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, OU, Dee (Gebbie, Hayden), 3:19; 6, OU, Borchgrevink (Brewer, Yost), 5:44 (pp); 7, LIB, Bauman (Semenyna, Hodgson), 11:38 (pp); 8, OU, Borchgrevink (Curtiss, Brewer), 18:08 (pp). Penalties: OU, Allan (interference), 2:18; LIB, Masterton (head contact), 2:29; LIB, Dykstra (roughing), 4:34; LIB, Morrison (roughing), 6:31; OU, Allan (roughing), 6:31; OU, Smith (roughing), 10:45; LIB, Hendrix (roughing), 17:13; OU, King (roughing), 17:13; LIB, Bauman (high-sticking), 17:36; LIB, Hendrix (high-sticking), 17:47; LIB, Langabeer (roughing), 19:58; OU, Yost (cross-checking), 19:58.



Shots on goal:


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Liberty 7 6 9 -22

Oklahoma 12 9 10 -31


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Goalies: OU, Helgason (22 shots, 20 saves); LIB, Binnie (31, 25). Referee: Rex. Linesmen: Wedlake, Excel.



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Chris Perry
2/3/2008, 02:51 AM
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WHAT: Lindenwood Lions vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Sunday, February 3, 2008, 1:00 P.M. CST

WHERE: Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 S. I-35, Oklahoma City, OK

BROADCAST: The WIRE 1710 AM, Cox Ch. 4 (SAP) and online at www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu




2007-08 RECORDS:

Lindenwood: 23-6-1 ACHA Division I

Oklahoma: 25-4-1 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Lindenwood – Derek Schaub



SETTING THE STAGE: This afternoon's game is the last of three games this weekend for the Sooners...It is also the last of three games for Lindenwood this weekend as they split a pair of games in Edmond against Central Oklahoma...Oklahoma split a pair of games this weekend with No. 6 Liberty...Oklahoma leads the all time series 7-6-0 over Lindenwood...This season, Oklahoma has a 2-2-0 record against the Lions...Lindenwood won the last meeting earlier this season by the score of 8-1 in Oklahoma.




OKLAHOMA NOTES: Forwards Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ), Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) and Adrian Borchgrevink (Kenai, AK) scored two goals for the Sooners in the games against Liberty...Forwards Matt Pangrac (Decatur, IL) and Daryl Dee (Garland, TX) also scored goals against Liberty...Defenseman Shawn Hayden (Allen, TX) had a pair of assists against Liberty...Allan now leads the Sooners in goals with 26...Forwards Chris Nicolaou (Dallas, TX) and Daniel Siira (Anchorage, AK) are ineligible to play in today's game due to game disqualification penalties...Defensemen Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) and Trey Snow (Coppell, TX) remain out of the lineup due to lower body injuries while forward Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) was out Saturday due to illness...Oklahoma has a 5-0-0 all-time record in games played on Sundays...The Countdown to Nationals: 26 days.



LINDENWOOD NOTES: Jake Ebner continues his record breaking season by leading the Lions in most offensive categories...Ebner's 49 points and 25 goals lead the team and his 24 assists are tied for the team lead…Linemates Ebner, Steve Balint, and Carson Hamill continue to occupy the top three spots in scoring for the Lions…Larry Kopecky is second on the team in goals with 18…Henri St. Arnault has 24 assists which is tied with Ebner for the team lead…Justin McLaughlin continues to lead Lions’ dmen in scoring with 24 points on 4 goals and 20 assists…Hamill leads the Lions with a plus/minus rating of +38…Goaltender Grahame Lippert leads Lions with a 13-5-0 record, a 3.20 GAA and a .900 save percentage.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: Oklahoma plays a home-and-home series against No. 21 Central Oklahoma next weekend, starting with a Friday night game in Edmond...For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!




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Chris Perry
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LINDENWOOD 8, OKLAHOMA 7 (SO)



The 4th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club lost 8-7 in a shootout this afternoon to No. 3 Lindenwood in Oklahoma City.



Lindenwood looked as if they were going to rout the Sooners as they scored just 19 seconds into the game and again near the five minute mark of the first period to take a quick 2-0 lead. Forward Jarrod Yost (Murphy, TX) scored on the power play at 13:31 to bring the Sooners within one. Forward Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) scored short-handed, his second short-handed tally in three games, at 16:45 to tie the game at 2-2. Forward Daryl Dee (Garland, TX) gave the Sooners a 3-2 lead when he scored on the power play with 1:15 to go in the first period and it appeared as if the Sooners had completed the comeback to take a one-goal lead to the first intermission. But Lindenwood scored with just thirty seconds to go in the period to tie the game at 3-3 after 20 minutes of action.



Over the next forty minutes of action, the teams would trade goals back and forth. In the second period, Lindenwood took a 4-3 lead but forward Adrian Borchgrevink (Kenai, AK) scored to tie the game at 4-4. In the third period, forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) scored at 4:43 to give OU a 5-4 lead but Lindenwood tied the game ten seconds later. Gebbie scored his second goal of the night, this one coming on the power play, to give the Sooners a 6-5 lead and two minutes later Lindenwood again tied the game at 6-6. Forward Justin King (DeWitt, MI) scored at 12:27 of the period to give OU another one-goal lead and, right on cue, Lindenwood tied the game again almost two minutes later. After 60 minutes of play, the No. 3 and No. 4 teams in ACHA D1 remained tied at 7-7.



Neither team scored in the five minute four-on-four overtime and the game proceeded to a shootout. In the shootout, each selected five skaters to shoot one-on-one against the goaltenders. Lindenwood's first shooter scored in the shootout to give the Lions the lead until Brewer, OU's fourth shooter, tied the initial five-player shootout round at one goal apiece. The fifth shooters for both teams missed and the game proceeded to sudden death shootout rounds, using the same five players. The shootout ended after it went twelve shooters deep when Lindenwood scored and OU's King missed, nailing the crossbar, to give the Lions an 8-7 shootout win over Oklahoma.



Sooners goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) stopped 29 of 37 shots. Lindenwood's Grahame Lippert stopped 22 of 29 shots. Oklahoma went 3 for 6 on the power play while Lindenwood was 0 for 5 with the man advantage.



The shootout loss drops OU's season record to 25-4-2 while Lindenwood improves to 24-6-1. Oklahoma plays a home-and-home series against No. 21 Central Oklahoma next weekend.




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Lindenwood 3 - 1 - 3 - 0 - 1 -- 8

Oklahoma 3 - 1 - 3 - 0 - 0 -- 7


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, LU, Ebner (Hamill, Balint), :19; 2, LU, McLaughlin (Jansson), 5:13; 3, OU, Yost (Hayden, Borchgrevink), 13:31 (pp); 4, OU, Gebbie (Curtiss), 16:45 (sh); 5, OU, Dee (Hayden, Curtiss), 18:45 (pp); 6, LU, Bokina (St. Arnault, Kopecky), 19:30. Penalties: LU, Cook (interference), 5:22; OU, Tylka (delay of game), 7:35; LU, Balint (hooking), 8:16; LU, Reis (tripping), 12:48; OU, Novak (roughing), 14:55; LU, Reis (cross-checking), 18:10.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 7, LU, Henry (Hagerman), 2:50; 8, OU, Borchgrevink (Yost, Brewer), 18:19. Penalties: OU, Gebbie (slashing), 7:38; LU, St. Arnault (interference), 8:13; OU, Denton (roughing), 8:13; OU, Poe (cross-checking), 15:35.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 9, OU, Brewer (Borchgrevink), 4:43; 10, LU, Bokina (St. Arnault, Hagerman), 4:53; 11, OU, Gebbie (Hayden, Curtiss), 6:51 (pp); 12, LU, Bokina (Rickermann, Kopecky), 8:49; 13, OU, King (Poe), 12:27; 14, LU, Balint (Ebner, Hamill), 14:39. Penalties: LU, Henry (interference), 5:49; OU, Denton (elbowing), 12:38; OU, King (slashing), 15:12; LU, Hamill (roughing, roughing), 16:34; OU, bench minor (unsportsmanlike conduct, served by Pangrac), 16:34; OU, Denton (slashing), 16:34; LU, Reis (hooking), 17:50.



OVERTIME – Scoring: None. Penalties: OU, Dee (kneeing), 4:40; OU, Gebbie (slashing), 5:00.



SHOOTOUT – Scoring:

LINDENWOOD

OKLAHOMA


Shooter
Score
Shooter
Score

Balint
Y
Borchgrevink
N

Kopecky
N
King
N

Bokina
N
Yost
N

Ebner
N
Brewer
Y

St. Arnault
N
Allan
N

Balint
N
Borchgrevink
N

Kopecky
N
King
N

Bokina
N
Yost
N

Ebner
N
Brewer
N

St. Arnault
Y
Allan
Y

Balint
Y
Borchgrevink
Y

Kopecky
Y
King
N






Penalties: OU, Johnson (game disqualification), 0:00.



Shots on goal:


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Lindenwood 15 11 8 2 1 - 37

Oklahoma 12 8 7 2 0 - 29


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Goalies: OU, Mattison (37 shots, 29 saves); LU, Lippert (29, 22). Referee: Sappo. Linesmen: Schamel, Petrin.



### BOOMER SOONER! ###

Chris Perry
2/5/2008, 12:22 AM
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For the Week of February 4, 2008



OKLAHOMA EARNS 3 OF 6 POINTS THIS WEEKEND

No. 4 SOONERS HOME-AND-HOME WITH No. 21 CENTRAL OKLAHOMA



THIS WEEK’S GAMES - The 4th-ranked University of Oklahoma® hockey club (25-4-2) plays a home-and-home series against No. 21 Central Oklahoma (14-17-2) this weekend. Friday night's game will be in Edmond while the Saturday night affair gets underway at 6:30 P.M. at the Blazers Ice Centre in Oklahoma City. Earlier this season, Oklahoma swept a pair of games against the Bronchos, winning 6-3 and 4-1 respectively. The Sooners have an all-time record of 3-1-0 against Central Oklahoma.



LAST OU HOCKEY GAMES – The Sooners split a pair of games with No. 6 Liberty (19-8-1) this past weekend, losing a 3-2 squeaker of a game on Friday night before coming back and dominating the Flames in a 6-2 victory on Saturday night. No. 3 Lindenwood (24-6-1) rolled in for a Sunday matinee battle of ACHA heavyweights against the Sooners. Lindenwood jumped out to an early lead, the Sooners fought back and the game was tied 7-7 after 65 minutes of play. In a thrilling shootout that went into sudden-death and went 12 shooters deep, Lindenwood ultimately prevailed to earn an 8-7 win against Oklahoma. With six standing points on the line in the three games, the Sooners ended up skating away with only three of those points.



RANKINGS – The Sooners are ranked 4th in the most recent ACHA Coaches Division 1 ranking released last Friday. Here is the complete ranking:




2007-2008 ACHA Men's Division 1 Ranking #8

Rank
School Name
1st Votes
Record
Pts
Previous

1
Illinois
40
25-0-0
900
1

2
Penn State

27-1-4
863
2

3
Lindenwood

22-5-1
821
3

4
Oklahoma

24-3-1
787
4

5
Delaware

22-5-1
739
6

6
Liberty

18-7-1
710
5

7
Rhode Island

21-10-1
666
7

8
Ohio

18-12-1
652
8

9
West Chester

21-6-2
601
9

10
Iowa State

24-8-0
560
11

11
Kent State

19-11-0
557
10

12
Oakland

17-8-1
500
12

13
Eastern Michigan

20-9-4
445
14

14
West Virginia

17-10-2
421
13

15
Western Michigan

18-11-2
394
17

16
Stony Brook

22-7-0
382
15

17
Niagara

21-6-0
354
16

18
Washington & Jefferson

20-10-1
275
18

19
Robert Morris (PA)

15-8-3
243
19

20
Slippery Rock

15-10-2
185
20

21
Central Oklahoma

13-16-2
161
21

22
Robert Morris (IL)

11-19-0
102
22

23
Arizona

16-8-1
96
24

24
Adrian

14-16-0
88
23

25
Pittsburgh

15-7-1
43
NR




Others receiving votes: Duquesne, Navy, Rutgers, Minot State, and Towson.



ACHA SCOREBOARD – Here are the ACHA D1 scores for games played during January 31 - February 3 (Home team in CAPS):


Thursday, January 31, 2008

#23 ARIZONA 5, Arizona State 4 (OT)

(ACHA M2) Colorado 7, WEBER STATE 1



Friday, February 1, 2008

#1 Illinois 3, #10 IOWA STATE 2 (OT)

#2 PENN STATE 3, #7 Rhode Island 2

#3 Lindenwood 11, #21 CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 3

#6 Liberty 3, #4 OKLAHOMA 2

#5 Delaware 5, SCRANTON 3

#8 OHIO 8, #18 Washington & Jefferson 0

#9 West Chester 5, #14 WEST VIRGINIA 3 [Empty Net Goal]

#11 KENT STATE 4, Michigan-Dearborn 3

(ACHA M2) Davenport 4, #12 OAKLAND 3

(ACHA M2) Grand Valley State 2, #13 EASTERN MICHIGAN 1

#22 Robert Morris (IL) 4, #15 WESTERN MICHIGAN 3

(Non-ACHA) MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 5, #17 Niagara 2

#19 Robert Morris (PA) 8, ROCHESTER 0

#20 Slippery Rock 2, INDIANA (PA) 1

#23 ARIZONA 6, Arizona State 5
#25 PITTSBURGH 8, Towson 2

BINGHAMTON 3, Cortland State 2

Navy 1, DREXEL 0 [FORFEIT]

Maryland 4, (ACHA M2) GEORGETOWN 3

Mercyhurst 8, JOHN CARROLL 3

Oswego State at Buffalo - [POSTPONED - Inclement Weather]

Syracuse 5, RUTGERS 3 [Empty Net Goal]

Ithaca at St. Bonaventure - [POSTPONED - Inclement Weather]

(ACHA M2) Colorado State 12, WEBER STATE 3



Saturday, February 2, 2008

#1 Illinois 3, #10 IOWA STATE 2 (OT)

#2 PENN STATE 5, #7 Rhode Island 0

#21 CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 6, #3 Lindenwood 2

#4 OKLAHOMA 6, #6 Liberty 2

#5 DELAWARE 8, Scranton 1

#8 OHIO 4, #18 Washington & Jefferson 1

#9 West Chester 5, #14 WEST VIRGINIA 4 (OT) [West Chester Wins Shootout 3-2]

#11 KENT STATE 4, Michigan-Dearborn 1 [Empty Net Goal]

#12 Oakland 4, (ACHA M2) DAVENPORT 3 (OT) [Oakland Wins Shootout 1-0 (6 Rounds)]

(ACHA M2) GRAND VALLEY STATE 2, #13 Eastern Michigan 1

#15 WESTERN MICHIGAN 5, #22 Robert Morris (IL) 2

#16 STONY BROOK 4, (ACHA M2) Wagner 3 (OT)

#19 Robert Morris (PA) 8, BUFFALO 1

#20 SLIPPERY ROCK 4, Mercyhurst 1
#24 Adrian 1, SAINT LOUIS 0 [FORFEIT]

ITHACA 6, Binghamton 4
Duquesne 5, JOHN CARROLL 4 (OT)

Rutgers 5, MARYLAND 3 [Empty Net Goal]

MINOT STATE 4, (Non-ACHA) Minot State-Bottineau 3 (OT)

Lehigh 4, NAVY 2 [Empty Net Goal]

ROCHESTER 4, St. Bonaventure 2

Cornell at (ACHA M2) Rochester Institute of Technology

VILLANOVA 6, Syracuse 3



Sunday, February 3, 2008

#3 Lindenwood 8, #4 OKLAHOMA 7 (OT) [Lindenwood Wins Shootout 4-3 (12 Rounds)]

#19 Robert Morris (PA) 5, #17 NIAGARA 2

#24 Adrian 1, SAINT LOUIS 0 [FORFEIT]
DUQUESNE 5, John Carroll 4

ITHACA 8, St. Bonaventure 2
NAVY 1, Drexel 0 [FORFEIT]

VILLANOVA 7, Rutgers 3


SCOUTING THE BRONCHOS – Central Oklahoma split a pair of games against Lindenwood this past weekend, getting hammered 11-3 by the Lions before surprising Lindenwood on Saturday night with a 6-2 win. The Bronchos are 8-15-1 against ACHA D1 opponents this season. Central Oklahoma is led in scoring by A.J. Alfrey who has 17 goals and 22 assists for 39 total points. Following Alfrey in points for the Bronchos are Jason Thibodaeu (16-17-33), Jonathan Cannizzo (15-16-31) and Matt Cohn (16-11-27). Central Oklahoma's main goaltenders these days are Justin Sgro who has a 3.36 goals against average and Kyle Morgan who has a 3.06 GAA.



NATIONALS - This years ACHA Men's Division 1 National Championships will be hosted by the Monroe County Sports Commission and take place March 1-5, 2008 at the ESL Sports Centre in Rochester, NY. Sixteen teams will qualify for the tournament. The last two automatic berths for this year's Nationals are now complete: It will be Robert Morris University from the Eastern Collegiate Hockey League (ECHL) and the University of Illinois from the Central States Collegiate Hockey League (CSCHL). They join West Virginia University of College Hockey Mid-America (CHMA) and West Chester University of the Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association (ECHA) as the four automatic qualifiers. As the No. 4 team in the nation with only one more ranking to go, Oklahoma will also most likely be in Rochester. If you are entertaining thoughts of traveling to Rochester to root the Sooners to a Championship, be sure to contact us for hotel and other information regarding Nationals.

ACHA ALL-STAR GAME – The 1st Annual American Collegiate Hockey Association Men's Division 1 All-Star Game is set to take place at the Penn State Ice Pavilion in University Park, PA on Saturday, March 29, 2007. Game time is 7:00 PM EST. The All-Star Game will showcase 40 of the top Men's Division 1 players from amongst the 54 Men's Division 1 teams. Players will be required to provide their own transportation to and from Penn State University. The game is scheduled to be webcast live. There will be a fee to access the webcast. Ticket information and further information will be forthcoming.



SOONERS HOME GAMES ON THE AIR – All University of Oklahoma® Hockey home games this season will be broadcast on The WIRE. Fans can listen to Sooners Hockey home games via the Internet (www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu), Cox Cable Television Channel 4 SAP in Norman or 1710 AM in the immediate vicinity of the OU campus. OU Hockey broadcasts begin approximately 15 minutes prior to face-off.

TICKETS – Individual tickets for all remaining OU Hockey home games are on sale now. Individual and season tickets can be purchased at Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 South I-35, in Oklahoma City. Call 631-3307 or 631-2709 for additional information.



PRACTICE SCHEDULE – The Sooners practice on Monday and Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 P.M. and Tuesday from 8:45-10:30 P.M.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!



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Chris Perry
2/8/2008, 09:25 AM
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WHAT: Central Oklahoma Bronchos vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Friday, February 8, 2008, 7:30 P.M. CST

WHERE: Arctic Edge Ice Arena, Edmond, Oklahoma

BROADCAST: Online via the Central Oklahoma broadcast at http://www.broadcastmonsters.com/ucohockey/ucohockey020808.asx




2007-08 RECORDS:

Central Oklahoma 14-17-2 ACHA Division I

Oklahoma: 25-4-2 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Central Oklahoma – Craig McAllister



SETTING THE STAGE: The 4th-ranked University of Oklahoma® hockey club plays a home-and-home series against No. 21 Central Oklahoma this weekend...Earlier this season, Oklahoma swept a pair of games against the Bronchos, winning 6-3 and 4-1 respectively...The Sooners have an all-time record of 3-1-0 against Central Oklahoma.




OKLAHOMA NOTES: Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) continues to lead the Sooners in goals scored this season with 26...Forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) leads the Sooners in total points with 18 goals and 19 assists for 37 total points...Forward Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) is on an offensive roll as he scored four goals and an assist in OU's last three games...Oklahoma is 19-3-2 against ACHA D1 opponents this season...The Sooners are deadly on the power play, scoring on 28% of their chances this season, including a 25.9% success rate against D1 clubs...Defensemen Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) and Trey Snow (Coppell, TX) are not likely to play this weekend due to lower body injuries...Forward Chris Nicolaou (Dallas, TX) is eligible to play tonight after sitting out OU's last two games due to accumulated game disqualification penalties...Defenseman Blake Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) however will miss this weekend's games as he must sit out two games due to accumulated DQ penalties...Eighteen of the thirty players on the Sooners roster have reached double digits in terms of scoring this season...The Countdown to Nationals: 21 days.



CENTRAL OKLAHOMA NOTES: Central Oklahoma split a pair of games against Lindenwood this past weekend, getting hammered 11-3 by the Lions before surprising Lindenwood on Saturday night with a 6-2 win...The Bronchos are 8-15-1 against ACHA D1 opponents this season...Central Oklahoma is led in scoring by A.J. Alfrey who has 18 goals and 22 assists for 40 total points...Following Alfrey in points for the Bronchos are Jason Thibodeau (17-18-35), Jonathan Cannizzo (15-17-32) and Matt Cohn (17-11-28)...Central Oklahoma's main goaltenders are Justin Sgro who has a 3.49 goals against average and Kyle Morgan who has a 3.69 GAA.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: Oklahoma plays Central Oklahoma again Saturday night at 6:30 P.M. at the Blazers Ice Centre...For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!




### BOOMER SOONER! ###

Chris Perry
2/9/2008, 01:53 AM
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OKLAHOMA 4, CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 3 (OT)



The 4th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club showed some mettle and resolve tonight as it came back to beat No. 21 Central Oklahoma 4-3 in overtime after being down 3-1 with nearly fifteen minutes to go in the game.



Neither team scored in a lackluster first period of play. The Sooners had plenty of chances, outshooting the Bronchos 12-8 and carrying the majority of play despite having to kill off three straight penalties, but they could not find the back of the net in the first twenty minutes of the game. That changed in the second period when forward Keith Denton (Vail, CO) scored at the 2:47 mark to put the Sooners up 1-0. UCO tied the game three minutes later and took a 2-1 lead when they scored near the ten-minute mark of the period. It looked bleak for OU when the Bronchos scored again just three and a half minutes into the third period to go up 3-1. However, less than a minute later, forward Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) scored to bring the Sooners within one at 3-2. Forward Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) tied the game at 3-3 when he scored with 7:24 left in the third period. After 60 minutes of play, the teams were still tied at three goals apiece. Overtime didn't last long as forward Daryl Dee (Garland, TX) walked out of the corner and waited for the UCO goalie to commit before snapping the puck into the net to give OU a huge 4-3 overtime win over No. 21 UCO.



Sooners goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) stopped 22 of 25 shots. Central Oklahoma's Justin Sgro stopped 44 of 48 shots. Neither team scored on the power play, with Oklahoma going 0 for 3 and UCO going 0 for 7 with the man advantage. The overtime win improves OU's season record to 26-4-2 while Central Oklahoma drops to 14-18-2. Oklahoma plays the back end of the home-and-home series against Central Oklahoma tomorrow at 6:30 P.M. at the Blazers Ice Centre.




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Oklahoma 0 - 1 - 2 - 1 -- 4

Central OK 0 - 2 - 1 - 0 -- 3


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: OU, Hetrick (hooking), 1:53; OU, Hayden (roughing), 11:25; OU, Yost (interference), 16:01; UCO, Thibodeau (roughing), 18:10.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, OU, Denton (Allan, Tylka), 2:47; 2, UCO, Roadhouse (Fukala), 5:55; 3, UCO, Thibodeau (Steggles), 9:48. Penalties: OU, Smith (slashing), 3:38; OU, Smith (roughing), 7:31; OU, Hayden (roughing), 7:31; OU, Yost (roughing), 7:31; UCO, Cannizzo (roughing), 7:31; UCO, Alfrey (roughing), 7:31; UCO, Scolaro (roughing), 7:31; UCO, Cannizzo (interference), 11:12; OU, McCauley (interference), 12:11; UCO, Thompson (holding), 17:12; OU, Gebbie (roughing), 19:27.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, UCO, Alfrey (Cohn, Cannizzo), 3:34; 5, OU, Gebbie (Hayden), 4:31; 6, OU, McCauley (Hayden, Denton), 12:36. Penalties: OU, Gebbie (roughing), 14:10.



OVERTIME – Scoring: 7, OU, Dee (Gebbie), :37. Penalties: None.




Shots on goal:


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Oklahoma 12 16 18 2 - 48

Central OK 8 11 6 0 - 25


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Goalies: OU, Helgason (25 shots, 22 saves); UCO, Sgro (48, 44). Referee: Rex. Linesmen: G. Mercer, D. Mercer.



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WHAT: Central Oklahoma Bronchos vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Saturday, February 9, 2008, 6:30 P.M. CST

WHERE: Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 S. I-35, Oklahoma City, OK

BROADCAST: The WIRE 1710 AM, Cox Ch. 4 (SAP) and online at www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu




2007-08 RECORDS:

Central Oklahoma 14-17-3 ACHA Division I

Oklahoma: 26-4-2 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Central Oklahoma – Craig McAllister



SETTING THE STAGE: The 4th-ranked University of Oklahoma® hockey club beat No. 21 Central Oklahoma 4-3 in overtime last night after being down 3-1 with fifteen minutes to go in the third period...Tonight is the last of four games between the two teams this season...Tonight's game is also the first of a three-game homestand for the Sooners as they wind up the 07-08 regular season...Including last night's contest, the Sooners have an all-time record of 4-1-0 against Central Oklahoma.




OKLAHOMA NOTES: Forwards Keith Denton (Vail, CO), Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX), Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) and Daryl Dee (Garland, TX) scored goals for the Sooners last night...Dee's goal was the game-winner, coming just 37 seconds into the five-minute sudden death overtime...With a goal and an assist last night, Gebbie has now scored five goals and two assists in OU's last four games...Goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) stopped 22 of 25 shots last night to earn the win...Oklahoma is 20-3-2 against ACHA D1 opponents this season...Yesterday, we mentioned that the Sooners are deadly on the power play; take it for what it is worth but they went 0 for 3 last night with the man advantage...Defenseman Blake Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) must sit out tonight's game due to a game disqualification penalty...The Countdown to Nationals: 20 days.



CENTRAL OKLAHOMA NOTES: Central Oklahoma goal scorers last night were Jake Roadhouse, A. J. Alfrey and Jason Thibodeau...Goaltender Justin Sgro stopped 44 of 48 shots last night...Central Oklahoma is now 8-15-2 against ACHA D1 competition this season...The Bronchos were 0 for 7 on the power play last night.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: Oklahoma rounds out the regular season with a pair of games next weekend against the No. 1 team in the ACHA D2's ultratough Central Division, Davenport University...For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



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Chris Perry
2/10/2008, 01:25 AM
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OKLAHOMA 2, CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 1 (SO)



The 4th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club apparently enjoys playing more than 60 minutes every night. For the third time in as many games, the Sooners had to play past regulation to decide the outcome, tonight going to a shootout to beat No. 21 Central Oklahoma 2-1.



Forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) opened the scoring just 47 seconds into the game when he slipped the puck around the Central Oklahoma goalie and into the net to give the Sooners a quick 1-0 lead. UCO scored on the power play near the midway point of the period to tie the game at 1-1. From there on out, the scoring taps appeared to be turned off for both teams. It wasn't for lack of effort by either team. The Sooners had at least two breakaways denied and were forced to kill off a lengthy 5-on-3 UCO power play in the second period. The third period saw the Sooners take complete control of the game, outshooting the Bronchos 21-7, but they could not find the back of the UCO net. After 60 minutes of play, the two teams remained deadlocked. In the five minute four-on-four overtime, UCO was the outshot OU 4-1 with the majority of the shots coming on a rare overtime power play for the Bronchos. The Sooners defense held true and forced a five-man shootout. Central Oklahoma's first shooter was denied by Sooners goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) and forward Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) scored on his attempt to give OU a 1-0 lead in the shootout. UCO's next shooter scored to tie the score but forward Keith Denton (Vail, CO) unleashed a wicked wrister into the UCO net to give OU a 2-1 lead after two shooters. After that, Helgason took over as he denied the next three UCO shooters to preserve the Sooners' shootout lead to make tonight's final score 2-1 in favor of the good guys.



Helgason stopped 22 of 25 shots. Central Oklahoma's Justin Sgro stopped 44 of 48 shots. Oklahoma was 0 for 9 on the power play while Central Oklahoma was 1 for 9 with the man advantage. The shootout victory improves OU's season record to 27-4-2 while Central Oklahoma falls to 14-17-4. Oklahoma hosts the No. 1 team in ACHA D2, Davenport University, in a pair of games next weekend at the Blazers Ice Centre.





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Central OK 1 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -- 1

Oklahoma 1 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1 -- 2


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, OU, Brewer (unassisted), :47; 2, UCO, Wingfeld (Steggles, Jansen), 8:54 (pp). Penalties: OU, Hayden (slashing), 1:25; UCO, Pannizzo (hooking), 4:47; UCO, Fukala (charging), 8:06; OU, Allan (roughing), 8:06; OU, Denton (roughing), 8:06; Thibodeau (delay of game), 10:04; McCauley (boarding, ten-minute misconduct), 17:36; UCO, Thibodeau (holding), 18:16.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: OU, Hayden (elbowing), 3:52; OU, Hetrick (interference), 4:27; OU, King (ten-minute misconduct), 12:07; UCO, Thompson (boarding), 13:38; UCO, Cohn (cross-checking), 19:00.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: OU, Denton (roughing), :25; UCO, Pannizzo (hooking), 2:16; OU, Allan (interference), 3:44; UCO, Lehmann (unsportsmanlike conduct), 4:03; OU, Allan (interference), 8:41; UCO, Alfrey (slashing), 9:00; UCO, Steggles (hooking), 11:28.




OVERTIME – Scoring: None. Penalties: OU, Borchgrevink (tripping), 1:58.



SHOOTOUT – Scoring:



CENTRAL OK

OKLAHOMA


Shooter
Score
Shooter
Score

Thibodeau
N
Gebbie
Y

Cohn
Y
Denton
Y

Masters
N
Siira
N

Alfrey
N
Curtiss
N

Steggles
N
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Penalties: None.



Shots on goal:


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Central OK 9 9 7 4 0 - 29

Oklahoma 9 7 21 1 1 - 39


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Goalies: OU, Helgason (29 shots, 28 saves); UCO, Sgro (39, 37). Referee: Rivera. Linesmen: Schamel, G. Mercer.



NOTE: The first goal in last night's 4-3 overtime win has been corrected to reflect forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) as the goal scorer, assisted by Denton and defenseman Mark Tylka (Wisconsin Dells, WI). It was originally reported as Denton from Allan and Tylka.



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Chris Perry
2/12/2008, 01:22 AM
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For the Week of February 11, 2008



No. 4 OKLAHOMA COMPLETES SEASON SWEEP

OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

SOONERS HOST No. 1 ACHA D2 TEAM DAVENPORT THIS WEEKEND



THIS WEEK’S GAMES - The 4th-ranked University of Oklahoma® hockey club (27-4-2) plays its final home series of the 07-08 season this weekend as they host the No. 1 team in ACHA D2, the Panthers of Davenport University (25-11-3). Friday night's game starts at 7:30 P.M. while the Saturday night affair gets underway at 6:30 P.M. Both games will be played at the Blazers Ice Centre in Oklahoma City. This will be the first time that Oklahoma and Davenport have met on the ice.



LAST OU HOCKEY GAMES – The Sooners swept No. 21 Central Oklahoma (14-17-4) this past weekend. Friday night in Edmond, OU found themselves down 3-1 with 15 minutes to go in the game before mounting a terrific comeback to tie the game and force overtime. In OT, forward Daryl Dee (Garland, TX) roofed the game-winner to give OU a 4-3 victory. Saturday night saw the Sooners jump out early with a goal in the first minute of the game. The Bronchos tied the game with a power play goal and that was it for scoring in regulation and the overtime that ensued. In the shootout, forwards Doug Gebbie (Frisco, TX) and Keith Denton (Vail, CO) scored for the Sooners and goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) stopped 4 of 5 UCO shooters to seal a 2-1 final and the season sweep over the Bronchos.



RANKINGS – The Sooners are ranked 4th in the most recent ACHA Coaches Division 1 ranking. The next ranking, scheduled to be released later this week, will determine the 16 teams that will compete at Nationals for the ACHA D1 National Championship.



ACHA SCOREBOARD – Here are the ACHA D1 scores for games played during February 4-10 (Home team in CAPS):


Monday, February 4, 2008

Minot State 5, (Non-ACHA) MINOT STATE-BOTTINEAU 4



Wednesday, February 6, 2008

NAVY 9, (ACHA M2) Georgetown 2
Binghamton 8, (Non-ACHA) BROOME COMMUNITY COLLEGE 5



Thursday, February 7, 2008

#10 IOWA STATE 1, Saint Louis 0 [FORFEIT]
#12 OAKLAND 4, (ACHA M2) Michigan State 3 (OT) [Oakland Wins Shootout 2-1]

#24 ADRIAN 5, (ACHA M2) Davenport 3 [Empty Net Goal]



Friday, February 8, 2008

#1 Illinois 6, #22 ROBERT MORRIS (IL) 1

#5 DELAWARE 5, #2 Penn State 3 [Empty Net Goal]

#3 LINDENWOOD 9, Duquesne 4

#4 Oklahoma 4, #21 CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 3 (OT)

#6 LIBERTY 12, #20 Slippery Rock 6

Arizona State 2, #7 RHODE ISLAND 1

#8 OHIO 5, #11 Kent State 0

#9 WEST CHESTER 7, #19 Robert Morris (PA) 2

(ACHA M2) Saint Thomas 5, #10 IOWA STATE 4

#13 EASTERN MICHIGAN 7, Michigan-Dearborn 4

#15 WESTERN MICHIGAN 9, (ACHA M2) Central Michigan 1

#23 Arizona 3, WEBER STATE 1

(ACHA M2) DAVENPORT 6, #23 Adrian 1

#25 PITTSBURGH 9, Mercyhurst 5
BINGHAMTON 4, St. Bonaventure 2

BUFFALO 7, Rochester 1

CORTLAND STATE 5, Ithaca 2
Scranton 1, DREXEL 0 [FORFEIT]

(ACHA M2) PENNSYLVANIA 5, Villanova 4 (OT)

Oswego State 5, (Non-ACHA) SUNY-CANTON 3

Towson 7, Maryland 4 at Navy Crabpot, Annapolis, MD

NAVY 8, (ACHA M2) Maryland-Baltimore County 3 at Navy Crabpot, Annapolis, MD



Saturday, February 9, 2008

#1 Illinois 5, #22 ROBERT MORRIS (IL) 2

#5 DELAWARE 5, #2 Penn State 1

#3 LINDENWOOD 12, Duquesne 5

#4 Oklahoma 2, #21 CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 1 (OT) [Oklahoma Wins Shootout 2-1]

#6 LIBERTY 7, #20 Slippery Rock 1

#7 RHODE ISLAND 7, Arizona State 2

#8 OHIO 6, #11 Kent State 2

#9 WEST CHESTER 5, #19 Robert Morris (PA) 3

#10 IOWA STATE 7, (ACHA M2) Saint Thomas 1

#12 Oakland 4, (ACHA M2) MICHIGAN STATE 3 (OT) [Oakland Wins Shootout]
MICHIGAN-DEARBORN 2, #13 Eastern Michigan 1 (OT)

#14 West Virginia 3, #25 PITTSBURGH 1 [Empty Net Goal]

#15 WESTERN MICHIGAN 8, (ACHA M2) Central Michigan 2

#16 Stony Brook 6, INDIANA (PA) 0

#17 Niagara 5, JOHN CARROLL 2

#23 Arizona 9, WEBER STATE 2

CORNELL 10, St. Bonaventure 0

CORTLAND STATE 10, Rochester 3

Scranton 6, LEHIGH 5 (OT)

Minot State 10, NORTH DAKOTA STATE 3
Rutgers 3, PENN STATE-BERKS 2 (OT)

(Non-ACHA) SUNY-CANTON 5, Oswego State 2 [Empty Net Goal]

SYRACUSE 4, Buffalo 2

VILLANOVA 7, (ACHA M3) Vanderbilt 2

Mercyhurst 7, YOUNGSTOWN STATE 2

(ACHA M2) Maryland-Baltimore County 5, Maryland 3 at Navy Crabpot, Annapolis, MD

Towson 4, NAVY 1 at Navy Crabpot, Annapolis, MD



Sunday, February 10, 2008

#10 IOWA STATE 1, Saint Louis 0 [FORFEIT]
#16 Stony Brook 4, LEHIGH 3

#17 Niagara 4, YOUNGSTOWN STATE 0

Oswego State at Cornell - [POSTPONED - Inclement Weather]

CORTLAND STATE 6, Binghamton 2

Minot State 12, NORTH DAKOTA STATE 2

SCRANTON 1, Drexel 0 [FORFEIT]




SCOUTING THE PANTHERS – Davenport is the No. 1 team in ACHA D2. Unlike D1, there are ties in D2 games which means the team records in D2 are kept differently. While the Sooners are 27-4-2 representing 27 wins, 4 losses in regulation and 2 overtime/shootout losses, Davenport's 25-11-3 represents 25 wins, 8 regulation losses, 3 overtime/shootout losses and 3 ties. In their most recent games, Davenport lost 5-3 to D1 Adrian last Thursday and beat D2 Denver 7-2 on Saturday evening. Davenport is led in scoring by Robert Collar who has 23 goals and 34 assists for 55 total points. Following Collar in points for the Panthers are Adam Thomas (35-13-48), Dayne Gluting (15-23-38) and Jeff Kraemer (13-23-36). Davenport's main goaltender is Chris Joswiak who has a 3.38 goals against average in over 1200 minutes of action.



NATIONALS - This years ACHA Men's Division 1 National Championships will be hosted by the Monroe County Sports Commission and take place March 1-5, 2008 at the ESL Sports Centre in Rochester, NY. Sixteen teams will qualify for the tournament. The automatic berths for this year's Nationals are now complete: Robert Morris University from the Eastern Collegiate Hockey League, University of Illinois from the Central States Collegiate Hockey League, West Virginia University of College Hockey Mid-America and West Chester University of the Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association are the four automatic qualifiers. Oklahoma will be in Rochester as an at-large bid. If you are entertaining thoughts of traveling to Rochester to root the Sooners to a Championship, be sure to contact us for hotel and other information regarding Nationals.

ACHA ALL-STAR GAME – The 1st Annual American Collegiate Hockey Association Men's Division 1 All-Star Game is set to take place at the Penn State Ice Pavilion in University Park, PA on Saturday, March 29, 2007. Game time is 7:00 PM EST. The All-Star Game will showcase 40 of the top Men's Division 1 players from amongst the 54 Men's Division 1 teams. Players will be required to provide their own transportation to and from Penn State University. The game is scheduled to be webcast live. There will be a fee to access the webcast. Ticket information and further information will be forthcoming.



SOONERS HOME GAMES ON THE AIR – All University of Oklahoma® Hockey home games this season will be broadcast on The WIRE. Fans can listen to Sooners Hockey home games via the Internet (www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu), Cox Cable Television Channel 4 SAP in Norman or 1710 AM in the immediate vicinity of the OU campus. OU Hockey broadcasts begin approximately 15 minutes prior to face-off.

TICKETS – Individual tickets for all remaining OU Hockey home games are on sale now. Individual and season tickets can be purchased at Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 South I-35, in Oklahoma City. Call 631-3307 or 631-2709 for additional information.



PRACTICE SCHEDULE – The Sooners practice on Monday and Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 P.M. and Tuesday from 8:45-10:30 P.M.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!



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Chris Perry
2/15/2008, 09:50 AM
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WHAT: Davenport Panthers vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Friday, February 15, 2008, 7:30 P.M. CST

WHERE: Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 S. I-35, Oklahoma City, OK

BROADCAST: The WIRE 1710 AM, Cox Ch. 4 (SAP) and online at www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu




2007-08 RECORDS:

Davenport: 25-11-3 ACHA Division II

Oklahoma: 27-4-2 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Davenport – Paul Lowden



SETTING THE STAGE: The 5th-ranked University of Oklahoma® hockey club rounds out the 07-08 regular season with a weekend series against ACHA D2 Davenport University...The Panthers are the No.1 in all of ACHA D2... The Sooners are headed to Rochester, New York for the ACHA D1 National Championship Tournament in two weeks...Davenport is headed to the ACHA D2 National Tournament in Fort Myers, Florida in mid-March...Tonight's game is the first meeting on the ice between Oklahoma and Davenport.




OKLAHOMA NOTES: This weekend is the final home weekend for OU Hockey seniors Wil Petty (Arlington, TX), Trey Snow (Coppell, TX) and Matt Pangrac (Decatur, IL)...Forward Kyle Allan (Flagstaff, AZ) continues to lead the Sooners in goals this season with 27...Forward Owen Brewer (Kenai, AK) leads the Sooners in total points with 19 goals and 19 assists for 38 total points...The Sooners have gone to overtime in their last three games, winning two and losing the other in a shootout...Goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) was in net for each Sooners game last weekend and earned both wins...Defensemen Austin Miller (Dallas, TX) and Snow are not likely to play tonight due to lower body injuries...Defenseman Blake Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) is eligible to play tonight after sitting out OU's last two games due to accumulated game disqualification penalties...The Countdown to Nationals: 14 days.



DAVENPORT NOTES: Davenport plays in the Greater Midwest Hockey League of ACHA's D2 division...Unlike D1, there are ties in D2 games which means the team records in D2 are kept differently...While the Sooners are 27-4-2 representing 27 wins, 4 losses in regulation and 2 overtime/shootout losses, Davenport's 25-11-3 record represents 25 wins, 8 regulation losses, 3 overtime/shootout losses and 3 ties...In their most recent games, Davenport lost 5-3 to D1 Adrian last Thursday and beat D2 Denver 7-2 on Saturday evening...Davenport is led in scoring by Robert Collar who has 23 goals and 34 assists for 55 total points...Following Collar in points for the Panthers are Adam Thomas (35-13-48), Dayne Gluting (15-23-38) and Jeff Kraemer (13-23-36)...Davenport's main goaltender is Chris Joswiak who has a 3.38 goals against average in over 1200 minutes of action.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: Oklahoma plays its final game of the 07-08 regular season on Saturday against Davenport at 6:30 PM at the Blazers Ice Centre...Saturday will be OU Hockey Senior Night...After the game Saturday, it's time to get on the ice and Skate With The Sooners...For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!




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Chris Perry
2/16/2008, 01:17 AM
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DAVENPORT 7, OKLAHOMA 3



For a team looking to build momentum as it heads towards a first-round clash at Nationals against the defending ACHA D1 National Champion Oakland University, the 5th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club made all the wrong moves Friday night as it dropped a 7-3 contest to the No. 1 team in ACHA D2, the Panther of Davenport University.



The Sooners came out flat and the Panthers took full advantage. Davenport scored just two and a half minutes into the game and scored again 28 seconds later to take a 2-0 lead less than three minutes into the contest. The lone bright spot for the Sooners was the hat trick scored by defenseman Blake Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK). Johnson scored short-handed at 5:44 of the first period to bring the Sooners to within one goal. Johnson added an even-strength tally at 2:46 of the second to tie the game at 2-2 and then he followed that with a power play goal at 9:11 of the second to give Oklahoma a 3-2 lead. However, OU never scored again and the Sooners' lead was short-lived as Davenport scored 1:16 later to tie the game at 3-3 and then just 44 seconds after that goal, the Panthers scored again to take a lead they would never again relinquish. Davenport scored once more in the second period to take a 5-3 lead to the locker room after 40 minutes of play. In the third, Davenport scored twice more, chasing Sooners starting goaltender Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN) at 3:29 of the third and scoring an extra insurance goal on Helgason's replacement tonight, Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK). When it was all said and done, Davenport outskated, outworked, outhustled and outplayed the Sooners and made OU look mediocre as they coasted to a 7-3 victory over Oklahoma.



Helgason stopped 17 of 23 shots while he was in net and Mattison stopped 3 of 4 after coming into the game in the third period. Davenport's Chris Joswiak stopped 29 of 32 shots. Oklahoma was 1 for 5 on the power play while Davenport was 0 for 3 with the man advantage.



Oklahoma drops to 27-5-2 while Davenport improves their record to 26-11-3. Oklahoma plays its last home game of the season and honors three OU Hockey Seniors on Saturday night against Davenport at 6:30 P.M. at the Blazers Ice Centre.





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Davenport 2 - 3 - 2 -- 7

Oklahoma 1 - 2 - 0 -- 3


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, DU, Ouellette (Stolarz), 2:29; 2, DU, Green (Rutzel, Bultema), 2:57; 3, OU, Johnson (unassisted), 5:44 (sh). Penalties: OU, Denton (slashing), 3:50; DU, Bultema (roughing), 7:27; DU, Jacobs (delay of game), 9:39; OU, Siira (hooking), 11:12; DU, Rogowski (interference), 14:51.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, OU, Johnson (unassisted), 2:46; 5, OU, Johnson (Dee, Miller), 9:11 (pp); 6, DU, Gadwa (Rogowski, Doyle), 10:27; 7, DU, Ouellette (Gluting, Kraemer), 11:11; 8, DU, Thomas (Jacobs, Poorman), 18:22. Penalties: DU, Doyle (elbowing), 8:14; OU, Gebbie (elbowing), 12:35; DU, Mailloux (roughing), 12:35; OU, Miller (tripping), 14:18; DU, Moodie (roughing), 16:46; OU, King (roughing), 16:46.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 9, DU, Ouellette (Kraemer, Gluting), 3:29; 10, DU, Gadwa (Rogowski), 18:53. Penalties: DU, bench minor (too many men, served by Green), 4:19; DU, Green (interference), 6:35; OU, bench minor (unsportsmanlike conduct, served by Pangrac), 6:35; DU, Rutzel (roughing), 10:06; OU, Denton (roughing), 10:06; DU, Baughman (roughing), 19:26; OU, Johnson (roughing), 19:26.




Shots on goal:


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Davenport 9 13 5 - 27

Oklahoma 12 12 8 - 39


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Goalies: OU, Helgason (23 shots, 17 saves), Mattison (4,3); DU, Joswiak (32, 29). Referee: Henderson. Linesmen: Watkins, Gotsdiner.



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Chris Perry
2/16/2008, 12:17 PM
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WHAT: Davenport Panthers vs. Oklahoma Sooners®

WHEN: Saturday, February 16, 2008, 6:30 P.M. CST

WHERE: Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 S. I-35, Oklahoma City, OK

BROADCAST: The WIRE 1710 AM, Cox Ch. 4 (SAP) and online at www.icehockey.ou.edu, www.ouhockey.com or http://wire.ou.edu




2007-08 RECORDS:

Davenport: 26-11-3 ACHA Division II

Oklahoma: 27-5-2 ACHA Division I



COACHES: Oklahoma – Larry Donovan; Davenport – Paul Lowden



SETTING THE STAGE: Tonight is the last OU Hockey home game of the season...It is also Senior Night at OU Hockey as three seniors will be playing their last home game...The OU Pep Band will be at the rink tonight...There will be a special guest, one who is very familiar to all OU sports fans, dropping the puck before tonight's contest...Davenport pasted OU last night 7-3 in the first game of the weekend series.




OKLAHOMA NOTES: OU Hockey seniors Wil Petty (Arlington, TX), Trey Snow (Coppell, TX) and Matt Pangrac (Decatur, IL) will be playing their final home game tonight and will be honored during the second intermission tonight...Defenseman Blake Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK), playing in his first game since sitting out last weekend due to accumulated game disqualification penalties, did all the scoring for OU as he had a hat trick last night...Johnson completed a hockey version of the "hitting for the cycle" as he scored at even strength, while short-handed and on the power play...Oklahoma was 1 for 5 on the power play last night...The Countdown to Nationals: 13 days.



DAVENPORT NOTES: Brit Ouellette had a hat trick of his own last night...Rick Gadwa had a pair of goals for Davenport yesterday...Goalie Chris Joswiak stopped 29 of 32 shots last night...Joswiak was the goaltender for Oakland last season and won the ACHA D1 championship before transferring to Davenport for his fifth season of play...Kenny Jacobs played at Central Oklahoma last season.



NEXT UP FOR THE SOONERS: Oklahoma's next game will be against Oakland University at the ACHA D1 National Championship Tournament in Rochester, New York on Saturday, March 1 at 10:30 AM...After the game Saturday, it's time to get on the ice and Skate With The Sooners...For more information, please call (405) 631-3307.



Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!




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Chris Perry
2/17/2008, 01:23 AM
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OKLAHOMA 8, DAVENPORT 7



The 5th-ranked University of Oklahoma® Hockey club found themselves in a deep hole tonight, down 5-2 in the second period, before they found some heart and character to mount a tremendous comeback to beat the No. 1 team in ACHA D2, Davenport University, by a score of 8-7 on Saturday night in Oklahoma City.



Once again, the Sooners started flat as Davenport scored just 58 seconds into the game to take a quick 1-0 lead. The Panthers scored on the power play at 12:25 of the first period to take a 2-0 lead. Forward Adrian Borchgrevink (Kenai, AK) at 16:40 of the period to cut the Davenport lead in half. In the second period, Davenport scored the next two goals to take a commanding 4-1 lead over the Sooners. Forward Sean McCauley (Naperville, IL) went five-hole at 12:25 to make the score 4-2. Davenport scored again to go up 5-2 and it looked like a repeat of last night's disappointing result was in the works for the Sooners. However, the Sooners scored the next six goals to avoid another setback. McCauley added his second of the night at 17:22 to make the score 5-3, which is how things stood after forty minutes of play. Forward Keith Denton (Vail, CO) tipped in a shot from the point at 4:16 of the third to get the Sooners to within one and Borchgrevink tied the game 22 seconds later. Forward Justin King (DeWitt, MI) put the Sooners on top 6-5 when he scored at 9:47. After a collision in the corner between Davenport's goalie and defenseman Austin Miller (Dallas, TX), Denton banged a loose puck into a virtually empty net to give the Sooners a two goal cushion at the 10:24 mark of the final period. Borchgrevink capped his hat trick when he scored with just over three minutes to go in the game, just seconds after Davenport had pulled their goaltender for an extra attacker, to give the Sooners an 8-5 lead. Davenport pulled their goalie again with just over a minute to go and it paid off for the Panthers as they scored twice with the extra attacker. However, time ran out before Davenport could strike for a third time with an extra man on the ice, leaving the Sooners 8-7 victors and the capacity crowd at the Blazers Ice Centre exhausted from tonight's emotion and excitement.



Oklahoma starting goaltender Rob Mattison (Bartlesville, OK) stopped 16 of 20 before being pulled in favor of Chad Helgason (Woodbury, MN), who stopped 3 of 5 after coming into the game in the second period. Davenport's Eddie Wheeler stopped 22 of 27 before being replaced by Chris Joswiak, who stopped 8 of 9 shots. Oklahoma was 2 for 4 on the power play while Davenport was 2 for 3 with the man advantage.



Oklahoma finishes the regular season with a 28-5-2 record while Davenport falls to 26-12-3. Oklahoma's next game is at the ACHA D1 National Championship Tournament in Rochester, New York where the No. 5 Sooners will square off against the No. 12 Oakland Grizzlies at 10:30 A.M. on Saturday March 1st.





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Davenport 2 - 3 - 2 -- 7

Oklahoma 1 - 2 - 5 -- 3


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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, DU, Thomas (Troup), :58; 2, DU, Gluting(McSween), 12:35 (pp); 3, OU, Borchgrevink (Tylka), 16:40 (pp). Penalties: DU, Thomas (slashing), 4:01; DU, Mailloux (hooking), 11:38; OU, Brewer (elbowing), 11:38; OU, Tylka (hooking), 12:10; DU, Ouellete (slashing major), 13:27.



SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, DU, Thomas (Anguilm), 7:34; 5, DU, Gluting (McSween), 8:50 (pp); 6, OU, McCauley (Snow), 12:25 (pp); 7, DU, Thomas (Troup, Bultema), 12:45; 8, OU, McCauley (Smith, Yost), 17:22. Penalties: OU, Siira (interference), 5:13; OU, Johnson (slashing major), 7:34; DU, bench minor (too many men, served by Green), 10:36; DU, Moodie (elbowing), 11:28.



THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 9, OU, Denton (Johnson, Curtiss), 4:16; 10, OU, Borchgrevink (Snow), 4:38; 11, OU, King (Siira, Nicolaou), 9:47; 12, OU, Denton (McCauley, Miller), 10:24; 13, OU, Borchgrevink (Pangrac), 16:59; 14, DU, Thomas (Gluting), 18:49; 15, DU, Ouellette (McSween, Gluting), 19:51. Penalties: DU, Kraemer (roughing), 2:43; DU, Gluting (roughing), 2:43; OU, Kenney (roughing), 2:43; OU, Gebbie (roughing), 2:43; DU, Doyle (roughing), 10:24; OU, Denton (roughing), 10:24; DU, Moodie (check from behind major, game misconduct), 10:24; OU, McCauley (check from behind major, game misconduct), 10:24.




Shots on goal:


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Davenport 9 17 5 - 31

Oklahoma 10 13 15 - 38


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Goalies: OU, Mattison (20 shots, 16 saves), Helgason (5,3); DU, Wheeler (29, 22); Joswiak (9, 8). Referee: Rex. Linesmen: G. Mercer, D. Mercer.



CORRECTION: In today's Sooners Slapshot, it was mentioned that Davenport's goaltender Chris Joswiak won the ACHA D1 National Championship with Oakland last year and transferred to Davenport for his fifth year of eligibility. Joswiak actually transferred two years ago after Oakland won the Division II National Championship and is currently in his fourth season of play.



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Soothsayer
3/7/2008, 12:33 PM
So did you guys lose Perry at a Luby's on the way home from Natty's - is he hitchhiking home? Kinda poor form to not post the box score from the last game of the season.

mfosterftw
3/7/2008, 12:49 PM
So did you guys lose Perry at a Luby's on the way home from Natty's - is he hitchhiking home? Kinda poor form to not post the box score from the last game of the season.

Rumor has it they dropped him off in Buffalo and he thumbed his way over to Mississauga, Ontario for some very important high-level meetings regarding the future of the program...

But if ya still need it, here ya go:

DELAWARE 4, OKLAHOMA 3 (OT)

Oklahoma jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first but Delaware score with 1.1 seconds left to get within one goal at 2-1. Delaware tied the game in the second and took the lead in the third at 3-2. The Sooners tied the game and forced overtime where a Delaware player scored on a breakaway goal just 33 seconds into the extra period to win the game 4-3.

Oklahoma's season is done at 29-6-2. Thanks for a wonderful season.

Delaware 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 -- 4
Oklahoma 2 - 0 - 1 - 0 -- 3

FIRST PERIOD --
Scoring: 1, OU, Gebbie (King), 7:16 (pp); 2, OU, Denton (Allan, McCauley), 14:07; 3, Del, Sexton (Atkinson, Weiner), 19:59 (pp).
Penalties: OU, King (roughing), :34; Del, Wehrenberg (interference), 6:35; Del, Wehrenberg (hooking), 11:13; Del, Lankelis (tripping), 11:17; OU, Gebbie (hooking), 14:39; OU, Siira (holding), 17:44; OU, Gebbie (interference), 18:50; OU, McCauley (slashing), 20:00.

SECOND PERIOD --
Scoring: 4, Del, Keough (unassisted), 11:31.
Penalties: OU, Gebbie (roughing), 6:55; OU, Hayden (cross-checking), 9:02; OU, Johnson (high-sticking), 10:16; Del, Marttinen (unsportsmanlike conduct), 10:16; Del, Atkinson (roughing), 11:00; OU, Denton (roughing), 11:00; Del, Lankelis (roughing), 12:05; OU, Miller (slashing), 12:45; Del, Rotundo (slashing), 12:45; OU, Giblin (hooking), 15:49; Del, Weiner (cross-chekcing), 17:22; OU, Hayden (tripping, holding), 17:48.

THIRD PERIOD --
Scoring: 5, Del, Marttinen (Giblin), :42; 6, OU, Tylka (King), 7:27.
Penalties: OU, bench minor (too many men, served by Curtiss), 3:23; Del, Baumgartner (holding), 8:09; OU, Yost (check from behind), 9:37; OU, Johnson (roughing), 11:05; Del, Marttinen (slashing), 11:05; OU, Snow (check from behind), 11:21.

OVERTIME --
Scoring: 7, Del, Marttinen (unassisted), :33.
Penalties: None.

Shots on goal:
Delaware 11-13-12-1 - 37
Oklahoma 13-11-9 -0 - 33

Goalies: OU, Helgason (37 shots, 33 saves); Del, Depfer (33, 30).
Referee: Rankin. Assistant Referees: Dagher, Manderachi.

mfosterftw
3/7/2008, 12:51 PM
And for the record, he did get the release out on the last game. Every release is also posted to subscribers on http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SoonerHockey/

I have posted that info a million times, but I guess it's easier for people to complain.

Soothsayer
3/7/2008, 08:22 PM
Mark,
Thanks for your post. Many of us get the OU Hockey info right here - where it belongs - and where Chris posts it in a timely manner. That's nice that you post stuff elsewhere, but A. some of us don't know that, and B. we shouldn't have to go somewhere else. Back off a bit buddy - Chris dropped the ball and got called on it. Oh, and "for the record", I don't see anything at this moment posted at all in March about either nationals game.

Boomer.....
10/6/2008, 09:29 AM
OU crushes North Dakota State

The OU hockey club played its first home series of the year this weekend against North Dakota State, and the Sooners did not disappoint.

OU (5-1-0) — ranked No. 6 in the nation — outscored the Bison by a total of 23-0 in the two-game series, including a 15-0 victory Friday night during which senior defenseman Greg Smith re-wrote the Sooner record book.

Smith had seven assists in the match, easily breaking the previous school record of four assists in one game.

“As I was passing it, they were just burying them,” Smith said. “It just kind of worked out. Everyone was on fire shooting at the net. With everyone scoring, it makes it a lot easier to have seven assists.”

Friday’s contest saw 11 different Sooners score against a woefully undermanned NDSU squad. The Bison brought only 11 skaters and two goalies to the contest.

NDSU head coach John Douglas said it was because the team had academic obligations the players had to fulfill.

“We took a big road trip last week and some guys had to miss school last week and to do it two weeks in a row was real tough for them,” Douglas said. “We had about 16 players that needed to adhere to school rules and do their work.”

NDSU (1-5-0) had travelled to No. 2 Lindenwood University, which is in St. Louis, and faced a similar fate, allowing at least 10 goals per game.

The Sooners scored just 27 seconds into Friday’s contest off a blast from captain Austin Miller from the blueline.

Forwards Sean McCauley, Doug Gebbie and Daniel Siira each added two goals.

The Sooners scored five goals in each period and outshot the Bison 70-14.

OU didn’t ease up in the second game of the weekend series.

Not to be outdone by his teammate, freshman goalie Matt Pombo also posted his first career American Collegiate Hockey Association shutout in Saturday night’s 8-0 victory. Pombo also faced 14 shots.

It took the Sooners nearly ten minutes to find their groove in Saturday’s contest, but then they scored three goals in slightly more than a minute to crush any hopes of a monumental upset.

OU outshot the Bison 44-14 Saturday night, but could not score in the third period despite taking 14 shots.

Smith followed his record-setting performance with a power-play goal in Saturday’s game.

The Sooners finished 2-for-7 on the powerplay over the weekend, with both goals coming in Saturday’s victory.

McCauley also had a stellar finish to his big weekend, recording another goal and three assists.

In all, 14 of the 20 Sooners who saw playing time over the weekend scored a goal.

“It was a good weekend for us,” Smith said.

The Sooners now have the OU-Texas week off, before heading to Chicago to play No. 24 Robert Morris College. They’re next home game will come Oct. 24 against Arizona State.
http://oudaily.com/news/2008/oct/05/ou-hockey-club-crushes-north-dakota-state/

Where have the updates been?

mfosterftw
10/6/2008, 11:27 AM
Chris has been busy establishing a private law practice and combined with his OU duties has probably let the release posting to SF.com fall off his radar. Frankly, I have too.

I'll say it again, all Sooner Hockey media releases are available via the Yahoo group - http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SoonerHockey/ Chris has the group on his distribution list, and so anything he sends out is automatically forwarded to the Yahoo list subscribers in a matter of minutes.