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Great Start For Behrend Hockey
By Danielle Brown
staff writer
The Penn State Behrend hockey team kicked off
it’s season with a tournament win at the Igloo Ice
Arena. To start off the 2006-2007 Club Ice Hockey
season, the Lions won all four of their games, mak
ing them the champions of the first annual second
Harvest Food Drive tournament. The tournament
trophy will soon be displayed inside the Junker
Center for all of Behrend to see.
Penn State crushed Edinboro is the first game
with a score of 9-1 . Forward Josh Grumski scored
two goals, with other players scoring one. Pat
Laskey in goal held Edinboro to a single point.
The team had the night to rest before playing
Alfred on Saturday morning. Once again, Penn
State dominated the game, winning by a score of 9-
1. Sean Bartlett scored a hat trick, and Brad Alayon
had two goals for the Lions.
The third game of the tournament played
Saturday night, was against Fredonia. This game
was much closer than the first two, with a score of
4-3. Behrend pulled off this victory with D.J.
Craven scorii ' two ials, and Brad Alayon and
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in the next issue along with the name of the first
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Friday, October 6,2006
Chris Simanic each scoring one.
The victory against Fredonia put Behrend in the
championship game on Sunday afternoon. The
Lions had to play Fredonia again, their toughest
opponent from the tournament. The game started
out with the teams neck-and-neck, finishing the first
period with a score of 1-1. In the second period,
Fredonia took the lead scoring two goals, holding
Behrend to none. The Lions were down 3-1 going
into the third and final period of the game. In the
last period, Forward Brian Hammel scored the
tieing and winning goals, making Behrend the tour
nament champions.
Goalie Pat Laskey has a 2.00 goals against aver
age in the tournament. The high scorers for Penn
State were Brian Hammel with five goals and Brad
Alayan with four.
The Behrend Club Hockey team, last years North
Division champions, have started their season off
strong. The boys say they hope to be just as success
ful this year and are looking forward to the season
The team is back in action on Sunday. October 8.
The team plays Allegheny at 6:15 p.m. at the Igloo
Ice Arena.