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Toronto Maple Leafs on Wed!
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one of their worst first periof
cent memory. This poor st,
been disappointing for su,
strong team especially as ti
take the ice at their new rin
The Penguins did not let
shaky first-period get th
best of them. In fact, the se ,
and period saw the Pens up
Unfortunately, their second
lead was not enough to do:
the game.
Missed opportunities see
be the developing trend earl
in the season. The Pens ci
tinue to out-shoot their opt
nents on a regular basis. Thi
is, of course, a positive
sign that shows time of
possession and chances to
score are developing. It's
more of an execution on a problem hat
needs to be worked on.
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PSB team faces off against
rival team in awareness match
ALEC ITALIANO
Pink is not usually a color
associated with hockey play
ers, but it is for Penn State
Behrend's club ice hockey
team. The team is raising
money for breast cancer re
search through their third an
nual breast cancer awareness
game Oct. 22.
The team will be sporting
their pink jerseys for the
game and will be facing off
against rival Penn State Al
toona. The puck drops at 6:45
p.m. at the Mercyhurst Ice
Arena. Admission to the
game is S 5 and half of all the
proceeds from entrance fees,
the 50/50 raffle and T-shirt
sales will go towards breast
cancer research.
The team is four games into
their season and is currently
2-2. Center Nick Winarski,
winger Jordan Shelleby, and
defenseman Jared Bagnato all
have three points each so far
through the four games, and
look to keep the puck in the
net as the team is coming off
a two game winning streak.
"We have a very talented
team and are looking forward
to a great year," said Bagnato,
the Vice President of Hockey
Club. "Back on defense we
have a solid core of myself,
Jon Lucsko, Ryan Adams, Ben
Rock, Jake Grumpski, and our
new 6' 4" freshman Paul Stien.
We plan to go to regionals and
hopefully attend nationals."
The team is just embarking
on their 22 game schedule as
they play well into winter and
finish with post-season play in
early spring. Shelleby, a 6'o"
SEAN NEELY the penalty shot are a bit of an enigma up
sentor reporter to this point in his career. Malkin was
awarded a late second period penalty shot
and was unable to capitalize. This would
Lye been a turning point in
200 lbs. junior from Pine-
Richland High School is well
on his way to another success
ful season and leads a group
of powerful forwards for the
PSB hockey club.
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We have a very talented
group of forwards up front
that will dangle all day long,"
said Shelleby.
The team is part of the Col
lege Hockey East league
(CHE) in the Division 111
American Collegiate Hockey
Association (ACHA). The
team travels to colleges such
as California University, Fre
donia State, Penn State Al
toona, Saint Vincent, and
Robert Morris. They play
every team in the section
twice as well as some exhibi
tion games with area teams as
well.
Also the team will be travel
ing to Florida in Jan. 13-17 to
play in one of their biggest
tournaments this year. The
hosting college is the Univer
sity of Southern Florida and
the PSB club team will be
playing teams in the Florida
Gulf Coast area.
This year, the club also has
a second team that plays in
the sister league for the CHE
that is called the College
Hockey Association (CHA).
They play a completely differ
ent 16-game schedule with
teams such as Pitt-Greens
burg, Case Reserve University
and Carnegie Mellon Univer
sity.
Come on out to the game
next Friday at Mercyhurst and
help support the hockey
team's fundraising efforts to
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Otters win big over rival London
On Sept. 24, the Erie Ot
ters traveled to Brampton,
Ontario to face the Bramp
ton Battalions in their first
game of the regular sea
son. The Otters marked
their first game a victory
with a 5-1 win over the Bat
talions and brought the
team home from the Home
Opener against the Sagi-
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The Erie Otters started out with a slow start in the early season games, but a big win over rival London has given momentum to the team.
Captain Greg McKegg had success with the Toronto Maple Leaves and looks to lead the team to a successful season.
SAMANTHA MYERS
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Andre Fleury, yet again. Gustaysson made
key saves at the right moments. Gustays
son robbed Pascal Dupuis midway
through the second period from a beauti
ful cross-ice pass from Evgeni Malkin.
Dupuis was unable to elevate the puck as
Gustaysson slid across the ice
on his pads, taking away the
lower portion of the net.
Fleury gave up four goals on
14 shots. However, two out
of the four goals were
practically impossible
to ask Fleury to come
up with and save, as
key defensive break
downs in the Pens de
fensive zone caused
them trouble
"Our puck manage
ment was just so bad
in the first period," de
fenseman Paul Martin
said following the
game.
Even though fans
may want to blame
Fleury for this one, it
was a lack of concen
tration and effort to
gether as a team on
naw Spirit. This game was
the first lose in a three
game losing streak.
Next the Otters took
their game back on the
road to face the Niagara
Ice Dogs, losing 5-4, and
the Kitchener Rangers, los
ing 7-3. But these losses
did not stop the Otters
when they faced the Lon
don Knights in their sec
ond home game of the
season.
The Otters faced their
Midwest Division rivals,
the London Knights, last
Saturday in the Tullio
Arena in front of 3,456 fans
and secured their second
win of the season with a 5-
2 victory.
Otter fans celebrated the
two short-handed goals
scored by centerman Greg
McKegg. This was the first
time since Feb. 29, 2008
that an Otter had scored
the defensive side that caused the Pen
guins the game.
However, Fleury needs to make big
saves-something that his five million dol
lar contract should indicate. Secondly,
Malkin and Crosby need to step-up. But,
let us keep things in perspective here: the
Penguins are ravaged with injuries. If
Orpik and Michalek had been playing,
consider the Toronto game to play
differently. Let's be realistic, injuries
have played a factor in the Pens
opening up with a 1-3 record thus
•ill be a struggle until
!althy.
(e're working hard, I
we are. I hope we get
:r. We need t0...t0 help
e team win," Malkin
;aid.
'he Pens will look for
another win this Friday
at home against the
New York Islanders;
rent Johnson will get
od in goal. On Saturday,
will travel to Philadel
a 6pm road game.
two shorthanded goals in a
single game. McKegg was
named the first star of the
game and goalie Ramis
Sadikov was named the
second star of the game for
having stopped 35 of 37
shots and earned his sec
ond win of the season.
The next game on the Ot
ters schedule is an away
game against the Guelph
Storm on Oct. Bth.