The weekend ahead: Fisher and Alumni Night

 The Brockport Ice Hockey team is set for a pair of UCHC matchups, heading to Rochester to battle St. John Fisher on Friday, January 16th at 7 PM. The Golden Eagles will celebrate Alumni Night on Saturday, January 17th, hosting the Cardinals at 4 PM. 

Alumni Night: The Golden Eagles welcome back Ice Hockey Alumni on Saturday, including 15 new inductees to the Brockport Ice Hockey Wall of Honor. The 2025 Wall of Honor inductees include Mike McCadam (1971-75), Tim Wade (1974-78), Bruce Klink (1975-79), Tim Carey (1976-80), Jim Maccollum (1978-82), Scott Welch (1984-88), Terrence "Mugsy" Mulligan (1987-91), Tim Panek (1990-94). Joe Messina (1998-2002), Nick Smyth (2000-03), Tony Marinello (2004-08), Justin Noble (2007-11), Sean Wallace (2010-14), Jeremy DeFazio (2012-16), and Connor Hutchins (2016-20). The 2025 inductees will be honored during a ceremonial puck drop before the start of Saturday's contest. 

Last Outing: The Golden Eagles erased a 2-0 third-period deficit to defeat Elmira on the road, 5-2, on Saturday, January 10th. The Golden Eagles improved to 5-8 overall and 3-2-1 in UCHC play following the win.

Matthew Lee paced the Brockport offensive attack, scoring two goals to fuel the Brockport comeback, finishing with a +2 rating.  

Eight different Golden Eagles finished with a point or better in a true team win. Brockport fared well in the faceoff circle (38-69), with Sacha Trudel leading the way (10-4). 

Ethan Seibert, Livio Azevedo, and Jackson Faughnan led the shot blocking efforts for Brockport, all blocking two shots each. 

Athlete of the Week: Sweeping both the Empire 8 and UCHC Goaltender of the Week awards, David Filak provided an excellent outing in Brockport's comeback win over Elmira. Despite allowing two goals across his first 12 shots faced, Filak would recover to ignite a Brockport comeback. The junior from Northville, MI would stop 18 straight shots, posting a scoreless final 36:16 of the contest to earn his fourth win of the season. Filak finished the evening with 29 saves, stopping 93.5% of the shots he faced, and posting 25+ saves for the sixth straight game.

Filak is in the midst of his best season with the Green and Gold, already surpassing his total wins from 2024-25 (3), and posting a single-game career high in saves (48) against Utica back on November 15th. He leads Brockport goaltenders in saves (233), ranking second in the UCHC conference in saves per game (33.29).

Home Away From Home: Across the squad's last three road contests, the Golden Eagles have rattled off three straight wins, outscoring their opponents 13-6 over that stretch. Brockport picked up six conference points with two wins at Elmira, also defeating Lebanon Valley in Vermont back on November 29th. The Green and Gold will look to stay hot in conference play, winning three straight UCHHC contests entering the weekend.  

Scouting St. John Fisher: The Cardinals will enter Friday's contest with an 8-6 record and a 2-4 mark in UCHC play as first-year members. Brockport will look to bounce back from a 4-2 non-conference loss against the Cardinals back in November.