2008 Woodie Awards
Hockey ties Bethel in tough battle
Ted Greeley
Issue date: 1/25/08 Section: Sports
After splitting a weekend series with Concordia, losing 3-0 on Friday night and winning 10-5 on Saturday night, the men's hockey team took on the Bethel University Royals this past Monday.
Bethel and Lawrence skated to a 6-6 tie in a thrilling back and forth battle. The game began with Bethel getting the early opportunities, but due to Lawrence's ability to clog up the shooting lanes, the Royals were unable to take advantage of their opportunities.
With 12:23 left in the first Marc Howe ('10) made a beautiful behind-the-back pass as he was going behind the net that was just out the reach of Josh DeSmit ('11). Adam Brand ('09) almost scored for the Vikings when he took a shot that was just kicked wide by Bethel netminder Patrick Kiely.
Brand's hard shot sent the puck out of the zone and a pass put the puck on Bethel's Jeff Balvin's stick. Balvin came in wide and snuck the puck past Viking goaltender Jimmy Ryan ('11) to give the Royals a 1-0 lead. At 7:15 of the first Lawrence went on the power play when Bethel committed a hooking penalty. The Vikings took advantage of the opportunity.
A shot from Corey Garrett ('11) was batted down as it went toward the net leaving the Bethel goaltender out of position and Billy Siers ('10) open to knock the puck in. The second period began with Bethel taking control of play, leading to a Viking penalty.
Bethel moved the puck around on the power play until a shot bounced out to Steve Eastman of Bethel. Eastman took a slap shot on a screened Ryan to give the Royals a 2-1 lead. The Vikings had some quality chances in the next few minutes including a two-on-one where Scott Minarcik ('11) optioned out of the pass to Matt Jacobs ('11) and tried to beat the Bethel goaltender on a shot, but just missed.
Howe tied things up at two when Nick Jennette ('09) hit him with a pass in front and he scored on a turnaround shot that found the net blocker side low. Bethel scored next on a shot glove side high by Eastman of Bethel. Ryan kept the game at 3-2 by making a big save on a breakaway not long after.
Bethel and Lawrence skated to a 6-6 tie in a thrilling back and forth battle. The game began with Bethel getting the early opportunities, but due to Lawrence's ability to clog up the shooting lanes, the Royals were unable to take advantage of their opportunities.
With 12:23 left in the first Marc Howe ('10) made a beautiful behind-the-back pass as he was going behind the net that was just out the reach of Josh DeSmit ('11). Adam Brand ('09) almost scored for the Vikings when he took a shot that was just kicked wide by Bethel netminder Patrick Kiely.
Brand's hard shot sent the puck out of the zone and a pass put the puck on Bethel's Jeff Balvin's stick. Balvin came in wide and snuck the puck past Viking goaltender Jimmy Ryan ('11) to give the Royals a 1-0 lead. At 7:15 of the first Lawrence went on the power play when Bethel committed a hooking penalty. The Vikings took advantage of the opportunity.
A shot from Corey Garrett ('11) was batted down as it went toward the net leaving the Bethel goaltender out of position and Billy Siers ('10) open to knock the puck in. The second period began with Bethel taking control of play, leading to a Viking penalty.
Bethel moved the puck around on the power play until a shot bounced out to Steve Eastman of Bethel. Eastman took a slap shot on a screened Ryan to give the Royals a 2-1 lead. The Vikings had some quality chances in the next few minutes including a two-on-one where Scott Minarcik ('11) optioned out of the pass to Matt Jacobs ('11) and tried to beat the Bethel goaltender on a shot, but just missed.
Howe tied things up at two when Nick Jennette ('09) hit him with a pass in front and he scored on a turnaround shot that found the net blocker side low. Bethel scored next on a shot glove side high by Eastman of Bethel. Ryan kept the game at 3-2 by making a big save on a breakaway not long after.
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