Courtesy of RITAthletics.com ROCHESTER, NY – The RIT men's hockey team (0-1-1) dropped its first game of the 2017-18 season, 6-1 to Union College (1-5-0) in front of 2,144 fans at the Gene Polisseni Center on Friday night. Union led from the outset, leading 3-0 after one period and 5-1 after 40 minutes of play. Six different Dutchmen scored goals. Greg Campbell, Brett … [Read more...] about RIT suffers first loss of 2017-18 at home to Union
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RIT skates past Brock University in exhibition opener
Courtesy of RITAthletics.com ROCHESTER, NY – The RIT men's hockey team began the 2017-18 season by defeating Brock University, 3-1 in an exhibition contest from the Gene Polisseni Center on Saturday evening. Myles Powell (Courtenay, British Columbia/Cowichan Valley Capitals)scored two goals, one shorthanded and one on the power-play, whileAbbott Girduckis (Belleville, … [Read more...] about RIT skates past Brock University in exhibition opener
RIT women’s hockey gets out to fast start in exhibition victory over Ryerson
Courtesy of RITAthletics.com ROCHESTER, NY – The RIT women's hockey team opened its 2017-18 season by defeating Ryerson University, 6-5 in an exhibition contest from the Gene Polisseni Center on Sunday afternoon. RIT scored five first period goals in the win. The Tigers broke open a close game early on, scoring twice in 18 seconds and three times in 1:02 late in the first … [Read more...] about RIT women’s hockey gets out to fast start in exhibition victory over Ryerson
A day with Lord Stanley
By Kevin Oklobzija PITTSBURGH -- His stops in hockey read not like a list of the NHL's Original Six cities, but rather as answers to the question,"They were a hockey team?" Teams such as the Memphis River Kings and the Worcester IceCats. And the Huntington (West Virginia) Blizzard. Even the Chicago Cheetahs, a roller hockey team that was owned in part by NBA legend George … [Read more...] about A day with Lord Stanley
Base Paths ruminates Bill Wolcott’s retirement
Back in the day, when Bill Wolcott was covering high school athletics, the phone would ring and Bill would answer: “Niagara Gazette sports desk, who subdued whom?” That was the first thing Gazette alum Pat Murray recalled last week after learning that Bill had scored another scoop by announcing his own retirement in a simple, self-effacing column on the editorial … [Read more...] about Base Paths ruminates Bill Wolcott’s retirement