Jake gets the fire helmet

 

Brockport wins home opener

The SUNY Brockport ice hockey team (3-0-0, 1-0-0) defeated visiting Morrisville State (0-3-0, 0-2-0) by a score of 5-2 in Saturday night's home and conference opener against the Mustang's.
 
Four different Golden Eagle's tallied a goal in the contest as Jake Colosanti recorded two goals with Scott Ramaekers, Andrew Harley, and Jacob Rodrigue each tallying the first goals of their collegiate careers in the win.
 
The Mustang's recorded the first goal of the game at the 7:17 mark of the first period on a 5 on 3 power-play opportunity to put them up 1-0.
 
Colosanti and the rest of the Golden Eagles were not going to quit as with nearly two minutes remaining in the period at the 18:13 mark Colosanti first goal of the game would tie things up at 1-1. The Play started out along the left side boards as senior Mitchell Parsons would send a pass to freshman Jacob Rodrigue near the blue line. Rodrigue would fire a shot and as the puck headed towards the net Jake Colosanti would step in to redirect the shot to the back of the net off his stick to get the goal.
 
With the game tied 1-1 to start of the second period, Morrisville would get on the board early as it only took them 18 seconds to take back the lead, 2-1.
 
Four minutes into the second period, trailing by a goal, Colosanti would even up the game yet again. This time graduate student and team captain Ryan Romeo dished out a pass to Parsons who fired off a wrister into the chest of the Morrisville goaltender. The shot deflected off the chest back down onto the ice where Colosanti would bring it from the right side of the goal to the left to catch the recovering goalie off guard as he chipped the puck into the net to even up the game at two goals each.
 
4:27 later, junior Scott Ramaekers would score what would be the game winning goal on a 3 on 2 breakaway by the Golden Eagles. With junior Zach Norby bringing the puck up along the left side of the board and fellow junior Kevin Mainello and Ramaekers on his right, it set them up in good position with Morrisville's two defenders back skating looking to make a stop. Norby would pass the puck to the center of the three's attacking zone drawing the defenders towards Mainello who then dished off the puck to Ramaekers attacking the right side of the net. He then deflecting the pass perfectly into the net, making the game 3-2.
 
Working off a 5 on 4 power play opportunity, freshman Jacob King would steal the puck along the boards in Brockport offensive zone. Gaining control off the steal, King would pass the puck up towards the right side face-off circle where Andrew Harley would snipe a shot just between Morrisville's goaltenders left side glove hand and squeezing it past the post to score. Harley's goal would give the Golden Eagle's a bit of insurance in the second period as the home team lead 4-2 entering the last 20:00 minutes of regulation.
 
The Green and Gold's final goal of the game came at the 13:06 mark in the third period as Mainello would dump a pass to Trevor Pray who then gave up the puck to Rodrigue who's shot on net would get past the goaltender. With time ticking down the Golden Eagle's would pick up the 5-2 victory at the end of the night.
 
Making his second appearance between the pipes for the Golden Eagle's this season, the reigning Prestosports Goaltender of the Week, Nolan Egbert picked up his second win of the year. Allowing two goals, one of which off the 3 on 5 power play against Brockport, Egbert managed to record 22 saves in nearly 60 minutes of play. In the past two games, Egbert has made 47 saves, only allowing two goals in that time frame.
 
Following the game when Head Coach Brian Dickinson was asked how it felt returning to play on home ice after 18 months off and what was something that he really enjoyed seeing out of the men in tonight's win, here is what he had to say.
 
"It's an amazing feeling being behind our home bench. I'm very proud of the effort of all the guys. We stayed the course even when we went down by a goal. This is a resilient group of men. I'm glad to see Ramaekers and Rodrigue get goals tonight. They both brought a high level of energy that the rest of the guys fed off."
 
Looking ahead at next weekend, the men will be back at home for a couple of SUNYAC matchups against SUNY Potsdam and Plattsburgh State. When asked about going into those games, Coach said
 
"We're looking to have a great week of practice to set the tone for playing two very talented teams."
 
On Friday, November 12th against Potsdam will be a special one, as prior to the game the team will host Senior Night to honor the nine seniors on the team who have come through the program over the last five years.
 
On Saturday, November 13th, the Golden Eagles will host Plattsburgh State. This game will have a lot of meaning as the last time these two teams faced off back in 2019-2020, Plattsburgh edged out Brockport in a 3-2 double overtime loss in the first round of the SUNYAC playoffs. On Saturday, Brockport will look to get overcome the past and focus on winning the present.
 
Both games will be held in the Tuttle North Ice Arena as puck drops are set for 7pm.

USCHO's season preview of SUNYAC

USCHO's SUNYAC preview says:

"Brockport just may be this year’s surprise squad."

https://www.uscho.com/2021/11/03/sunyac-preview-lakers-look-to-dethrone-the-knights/

Brockport's SUNYAC home opener is Saturday

The SUNY Brockport ice hockey team will host its home opener and first game of SUNYAC play this weekend on Saturday, November 6th, against Morrisville State College. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m in the Tuttle North Ice Arena.
 
Coming off of a 2-0 weekend down in Pennsylvania to start off the regular season, Brockports first win of the season came on Friday night at King's College which saw the Golden Eagles storm back from a 2-0 deficit with 12:15 remaining in the game to defeat the Monarchs by a score of 3-2. Jacob King started off the team's scoring rally as Mitchell Parsons and Trevor Pray would score the next two to secure the teams win. Pray's goal came with 2:14 remaining in the final period of action to give the Golden Eagle's its first lead and was marked as the game winning goal.
 
Following Friday night's come from behind win, the team then traveled to Aston, PA on Saturday where the Green and Gold looked to battle the Neumann University Knights. Trevor Pray would tally the Golden Eagles first goal in the game, picking up where he left off Friday night. Six different Golden Eagle's scored in the game, while Nolan Egbert recorded a total of 25 saves in net for the Green and Gold without allowing one goal to help set up the 6-0 shutout victory for Brockport.
 
Egbert's shutout effort against Neumann on Saturday was enough for the transfer senior to be rewarded the first SUNYAC Prestosports Goaltender of the Week Award for the 2021-2022 season. The news was announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon.
 
The SUNY Brockport men's hockey team is also receiving votes in the first release of the USCHO.com Division III National Poll released Monday afternoon by the highly popular college hockey website. The Golden Eagles are receiving six votes in the poll. 
 
Looking at Brockport's, upcoming opponent Morrisville, the Mustangs are 0-1 this season after falling to Lebanon Valley College Saturday evening by a score of 5-4. Morrisvilles Jake Kaplan and Curtis Abbott are tied on the team for first place in points with two apiece. Kaplan recorded each a goal and an assist in Saturday's loss to the Dutchman while Curtis recorded a pair of assists in the game. Goalie Owen Liskiewicz played a total of 58:21 in goal for the Mustangs as he allowed a total of five goals, saving 19 shots in the team's loss.
 
After this weekends SUNYAC home opener, the team will host a pair of game's SUNY Potsdam and Plattsburgh State. Facing Potsdam on Friday, November 12th, the Golden Eagles will host Senior Night prior to the start of the game. Saturday night the Green and Gold will then turn its attention to visiting Plattsburgh State. Both, contested as SUNYAC conference games, are slated for puck drop to take place at 7 p.m.

Nolan Egbert is Goalie of the Week

Senior goaltender Nolan Egbert was named the SUNYAC Goaltender of the Week in a release by the conference office on Monday afternoon.

A transfer student, Egbert made his debut for the Golden Eagle's Saturday evening on the road against Neumann University. Egbert managed to record a shutout in the teams 6-0 victory over the Knights. Playing a total of 59:50 in net, Egbert stopped 25 shots for the Green and Gold in Saturday's win. His play in the contest was enough to earn him the teams fire helmet which is given to the teams best player following a victory.

Brockport picks up USCHO votes

The SUNY Brockport men's hockey team is receiving votes in the first release of the USCHO.com Division III National Poll released Monday afternoon by the highly popular college hockey website. The Golden Eagles are receiving six votes in the poll. 

Brockport opened regular season play with two road victories over the weekend.  The Golden Eagles came from behind for a thrilling 3-2 victory on the road at King's College on Friday night, before rolling to a convincing 6-0 at Neumann University on Saturday. 

Brockport's Mitchell Parsons, Ryan Romeo and Corey Tam are tied for the team lead with four points each. Parsons recorded a goal in each game this past weekend and he also added two helpers in the Golden Eagles' win at Neumann on Saturday.  Romeo, a captain alongside Tam, posted one goal and three assists to help Brockport improve to 2-0 on the year.  Tam tallied two assists in the opener and added a goal and an assist in game two of the weekend set. 

Trevor Pray is tied for the team lead with two goals, both of which proved to be game-winners.  His first goal of the season came with 2:14 left in regulation to help propel the Golden Eagles to a 3-2 come-from-behind win at King's on Friday night. 

Aidan Curry stopped 25 shots as he picked up his first win of the year against King's on Friday night. Transfer Nolan Egbert stopped 25 shots and picked up his first shutout as a Golden Eagle in a 6-0 win over Neumann on Saturday.

Nolan gets the helmet

 

Brockport shutsout Neumann

The Brockport ice hockey team faced off against the Neumann Knights on the road in a non-conference match. With Brockport claiming a 6-0 shutout victory over the Knights, it now makes Brockport 2-0-0 to open the regular season. 


Head Coach Brian Dickinson was please with his team's performance on the day when asked about how he felt about the win. "A total team effort from the opening faceoff. We were quick to the puck and in transition which resulted in great scoring chances. Nolan was superb in net and really helped our defensemen out with good puck handling tonight."
 

Trevor Pray managed to start off the scoring drive for the Golden Eagles following his game winner last night against King's college in the team's 3-2 victory over the Monarch's. Pray's goal against the Knights came unassisted 13-minutes into the first period to put Brockport up 1-0. 

4:58 into the second period, Ryan Romeo would score his first goal of the season off an assist by Andrew Harley and Jacob King. King's assist on the play is the first of his collegiate career. 

Leading 2-0, at 10:12 into the second period, Mitchell Parson's would give the Golden Eagles three straight unanswered of assists from Anthony Hora and Ryan Romeo to make the score 3-0. 

It wouldn't take long for the Green and Gold to increase its lead to 4-0 as at the 13:59 mark of the game, Sam Dibitetto would record his first colligate career. The goal came at even strength and was assisted by Parson's and Jake Colosanti. 

Entering the third period ahead by four goals, 1:51 into the start of the final period, Corey Tam would get in the goal column this season. His goal for the Golden Eagles was their first successful power-play of the evening as it gave the Brockport a commanding 5-0 lead. 

The goals would not stop coming as Bport's Casey Winn would get his first goal of the season. Winn's goal was unassisted with both teams being at even strength. His goal increased Brockport's dominant lead to six with 13:01 remaining in the game. 

In the stat column, the Golden Eagles made the most out of their shots recording a total of 25 shots on goal to the Knights 26. In Faceoff's Neumann recorded 28 faceoffs won over that of Brockport's 25. Overall, off the six goals scored a total of 11 assists occurred over the 60 minutes of play. 

Nolan Egbert was a brick wall for Brockport as he picked up the first shutout of his colligate career. Spending all 60-minutes in goal, The transfer from UMASS Boston tallied a total of 26 saves in the game. The rest of the Green and Gold blocked nine shots in the contest. 

The Golden Eagle's next game will be the team's home opener on Saturday, November 6th against SUNYAC opponent Morrisville State College. The game will be the Golden Eagles first conference matchup of the year with Puck drop currently set for 7 p.m. in the Tuttle North Ice Arena.

Ryan gets the helmet

Ryan picks up where he left off before the pandemic shutdown hockey. The young man deserved All-American honors in 2019-2020. This season, he'll get it.

Brockport rally topples King's

The Brockport ice hockey team rallied back on the road to pick up the 3-2 win over the King's College Monarchs in its first regular season game of the season.
 
Trailing 2-0 with 10:53 remaining in the third period, the Golden Eagles managed to rally back off three unanswered goals by Jacob King, Mitchell Parsons and Trevor Pray.
 
At 5:04 into the first period, the Monarchs would get on the board following a power play goal to give King's College the 1-0 lead. That one goal by the Monarchs would remain the only point on the board for either squad all the way up into the third period.
 
The second goal of the game came at the 9:07 mark with King's College increasing its lead over Brockport to give them a 2-0 lead.
 
Digging deep, following 47:45 minutes of scoreless play, the Golden Eagles first goal of the season came off the stick of freshman Jacob King on a power play goal. King's goal against the Monarch's came off assist from sophomore Andrew Harley and graduate student © Ryan Romeo at the 12:15 minutes into the third. The goal also marked the first collegiate assist of Harley and first collegiate goal of Jacob King.
 
Sparking the Golden Eagle's comeback, senior Mitchell Parson's would even up the game as he found the back of the net at 16:22 into the third period with a power play goal. Helping even up the game off Parson's goal were assist from © Corey Tam and Sam Dibitetto. The game tying goal would mark the first collegiate assist for Dibitetto.
 
Answering from being down two goals earlier in the game, Trevor Pray would be the hero for Brockport. Pray managed to score the game winning goal off a cross to the left side of the goal, on a pass that King's goalkeeper couldn't keep up with. Giving the Golden Eagle's the 3-2 lead, its first of the game, with 2:14 remaining, the Green and Gold managed to fight off the Monarch's as time expired to give Brockport its first victory of the season.
 
Out shooting the Monarch's, the Golden Eagles managed to record a total of 38 shots on goal to King's 27. Brockport also edged out King's College on faceoff's 45-42.
 
Junior goalie Aiden Curry spent the full 60-minutes in net for the Golden Eagles. He managed to record a total of 25 saves in the game picking up his first career win and third all time for his collegiate career. Tyler Sayger recorded the loss in net for the Monarchs allowing three goals and making 35 saves.
 
Following the game when asked about his thoughts on some of the highlights that he saw from the team following the late game comeback, Head Coach Brian Dickinson had this to say.
 
"It was one of those games where we generated a number of shots and got nothing to show for it. Received great leadership from [Ryan] Romeo to keep the men relentless. Once the first one went in, the momentum swung, and we were able to take control. I loved how resilient we played"
 
The Golden Eagles will return to action as they'll continue their road trip in Pennsylvania by making a stop at Neumann University. The game against the Knights puck drop is set for 4 pm.

2021-2022 team photo

 

Regular season begins this weekend

The SUNY Brockport ice hockey team will begin regular season play this upcoming weekend with a pair of road games in Pennsylvania. For its season opener, the Golden Eagles will take on King's College on Friday, October 29th with puck drop scheduled for 7 p.m. in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Following Friday Night's game, the Green and Gold will travel to Neumann University in Aston, PA on Saturday for a 4 p.m. contest.
 
Coming off a pair of exhibition games against Hobart College over the past weekend, it was the first time the ice hockey team saw live action against opponents in 604 days. In Friday night's exhibition matchup against the statesmen, Aiden Curry started in net and recorded a total of 24 saves in 30-minutes of play, 21 of those saves came in the first period alone. Nolan Egbert would come in for the Golden Eagles for the second half of the game recording a total of nine saves in 30-minutes in net. Sophomore forward, Connor Galloway was the team's leading scorer in the exhibition games as he recorded two goals in Saturday's contest.
 
Jake Colosanti and Ryan Romeo rejoin the program as the Golden Eagles top goal scorers from the '19-'20 season. Colosanti and Romeo both shared 10 goals while Romeo's 16 assists made him the team's leader in points with 26.
 
Coming in this season ranked in ninth place out of 10 teams in its conference, the United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC), Kings College finished its last season in 2019-2021 with an overall record of 3-21-1 and 2-15-1-1 in the UCHC.
 
Holding an overall record of 3-0 over the Monarchs, the Golden Eagles came away with a 5-4 OT win over King's in its last matchup in 2020. In the game, Mitchell Parsons recorded two goals for the Green and Gold. Corey Tam picked up a pair of assists with his second one coming off an assist from Ryan Romeo as well to help score the OT game winning goal.
 
Returning for King's College from that season will be the teams second highest points leader and team leader in assists Michael DiSchiavi. DiSciavi recorded 10 assists with four goals and ranked second in team points. As the only returning goalie from the '19-'20 seasons, Brandon Daigle made 11 starts for the Monarchs finishing with a record of 2-9. He allowed a total of 55 goals and recorded 445 saves while allowing 19 power play goals.
 
Looking at Neumann University, the Golden Eagle's ice hockey program holds an overall record of 10-1 over the Knights as the Green and Gold are currently on a six game winning streak. In its last game against the Knights in '19-'20, Trevor Pray and Ryan Romeo each recorded a goal in the teams 5-4 victory. Rallying back from a 4-2 deficit with seven minutes remaining in the game, Mitchell Parsons, and Jake Colosanti each recorded an assist a piece in the game to help edge Brockport over the Knights.
 
Austin Boyle is the Knights best returning player this season from the 2020-2021 season as the Knights managed to play a shortened season the consisted of eight games. Boyle finished tied for third in most points that season with a total of four points. He was tied for first in goals on the team with three and tallied one assist on the year. Returning in net for the Knights, Kyle Pantelone finished the 2020-2021 season as the teams most experienced goalie as he recorded a 1-3-2 overall record in six starts. He made 205 saves on 220 shots faced allowing a total of 15 goals.
 
Following its season opening weekend, the Golden Eagle's will host their home opener on Saturday, November 6th at 7 p.m. in the Tuttle North Ice Arena against SUNYAC opponent Morrisville State College

Athletic Department's season preview

With fall sports championships on the horizon, the start of hockey season is near. Coming off a year hiatus of action from the 2020-2021 season, the 2019-2020 season saw the Brockport Ice hockey team qualify for the SUNYAC Tournament with an overall record of (15-9-1) and conference record of (8-6-1). In the final game of the season, that years team battled it out with Plattsburgh in the first round of the SUNYAC Championship, but fell in heartbreaking fashion by a score of 3-2 in double overtime. Brockport's 2019-2020 season was a historic one for the program as it's seven consecutive game win streak broke the programs record for consecutive wins in a single season. The Green and Gold will begin this years journey with a pair of exhibition contest against Hobart, the first being held on Brockport's home ice at the Tuttle North Ice Arena on Friday, October 22nd with puck drop set for 7 pm. The second echibition game will be held at Hobart on Saturday Oct. 23rd at 4 pm.
 
Head Coach Brian Dickinson will return for his 25th season with the Golden Eagles. Over the past 10 years, Dickinson has led his team to six appearances in the SUNYAC Tournament and an overall record of 41-32-4 since the 2017 season. From its last season, Dickinson will return 14 players with 15 incoming student athletes joining the program over the past two years. Dickinson will be joined by Assistant Coach Brian Fedele. This will be be Fedele's first season with the program
 
Dickinson has named senior Corey Tam and graduate student Ryan Romeo as this years team's captains. Over his time at Brockport as a defenseman, Tam has recorded three goals, all off power plays, while picking up 12 assists and a plus/minus of +5. Last Season, Romeo was voted as part of the SUNYAC Conference First Team, scoring 10 goals and 16 assists. Since the beginning of his career at Brockport in 2017, Romeo has accumulated a total of 16 goals and 32 assists for 58 total career points.
 
Returning from last season, Casey Winn and Romeo return to the team as the duo are pursuing their master's degrees as graduate students. Corey Tam, Mitchell Parsons, Robert Flannery, Trevor Pray and Jake Colosanti all come back as the teams' seniors. The junior class will be made up of Aidan Curry, Logan Warner, Zach Norby, Kevin Mainello Scott Ramaekers, AJ Przystawski and Anthony Hora. Transferring into the program, forward senior Sam Dibitetto joins the Golden Eagles from Norwich University along with senior Nolan Egbert transferring from UMASS Boston.
 
15 skaters will see their first action as Golden Eagles this season. Joining the program last year as incoming students, Andrew Harley, Jake Mendeszoon, Tyler Knicley, Michael Meredith, Connor Galloway, Tim Cronin, Cam Barbagallo and Dylan Wiemer makeup the sophomore class. In their first year of college, Tyler Rossi, Chris Aarons, Jacob King, Jacob Rodrigue and Jordan Rosenbaum round out the 2021-2022 Brockport ice hockey team.
 
Jake Colosanti and Ryan Romeo rejoin the program as the Golden Eagles top goal scorers from the '19-'20 season. Colosanti and Romeo both shared 10 goals while Romeo's 16 assists made him the team's leader in points with 26.
 
Looking at this year's goalie's, Aidan Curry is the only returning goalkeeper from two years ago. Appearing in a total of four games, having started two, Curry managed to make 47 total saves and record a 2-0 record. Senior Transfer Nolan Egbert comes from UMASS Boston where in seven appearances managed a 3-2-1 record recording 129 saves in that time span. As the third goalie in the mix, sophomore Dylan Wiemer comes from the East Coast Wizards of the EHL. Over the span of his time with the Wizards, Wiemer accumulated 13 wins and 12 losses making 719 saves.
 
Breaking down the team's schedule, the Golden Eagles will play in 25 regular season games made up of 16 conference and nine non-conference matchups., Following its pair of exhibition contests against Hobart, the men will travel to King's College and Neuman University in Pennsylvania on October 29th and 30th to begin regular season play. Following its road trip, the Golden Eagles will then host four consecutive home SUNYAC games. The highlight of this home stand will take place on Friday, November 12th against SUNY Potsdam when the team will hold senior night. After its home stand, the team will travel to Cortland prior to its trip at Skidmore for the Thanksgiving Invitational. The final home game for Brockport before winter break will see the Golden Eagles take on Elmira on December 7th at 7pm.
 
The Team will then return to play on January 7th and 8th at home against Lebanon Valley for a 7pm puck drop followed by Stevenson the following day at 4 pm. On Wednesday, January 19th the team then travels to Morrisville for a SUNYAC matchup before splitting a home and away contest with SUNY Canton on January 21st and 22nd. After SUNY Canton, Bport will play a stretch of seven conference games to finish out the season. The home events for this home stand will all take place at 7 pm on February 5th vs Cortland, February 11th vs Buffalo State and February 19th vs Geneseo to finish off the regular season schedule.­­ In the Preseason Poll for the SUNYAC, Brockport ranked at #5 in the middle of the conference which is made up of nine teams.
 
The SUNYAC Championships will consist of the top six teams in the conference with the #1 and #2 teams receiving a bye in the first round. The first round will matchup the #3 vs #6 team and the #4 vs #5 team. The semifinals will then take place on Saturday, February 26th with the #1 seed facing the remaining lowest seeded team and the #2 team facing the second lowest ranked team. The winners of those games will then faceoff on Saturday, March 5th for the SUNYAC Championship.
 
Brockport's first home contest will take place on Saturday, November 6th at 7 pm. In the Tuttle North Ice Arena against SUNYAC opponent Morrisville.

Brockport fifth in SUNYAC poll

The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) has released its 2021-22 men's ice hockey preseason poll as voted on by the conference coaches. Geneseo, the 2020 SUNYAC champion, sits at the top of the poll while Oswego was voted No. 2 and Plattsburgh No. 3.

The 2021-22 season will kick off with non-conference games on October 29. Conference competition will begin on November 3. The first round of the SUNYAC men's ice hockey championship is set for February 23.

2021-22 SUNYAC Ice Hockey Preseason Poll

1. Geneseo

2. Oswego

3. Plattsburgh

4. Buffalo State

5. Brockport

6. Cortland

7. Potsdam

8. Fredonia

9. Morrisville

The season is fast approaching!

 

It's always nice to see alumni doing well

 

2021-2022 Golden Eagles Roster

 

2021-2022 schedule

The schedule has been released for the 2021-2022 season. The Golden Eagles will host 12 regular season home games, 1 exhibition game, and, hopefully, one or more playoff games. 

After a whole season lost to Covid, late-October can't come soon enough!

 

 

Spectrum News looks at prepping of the rink

This great report by Spectrum News' Rich Healey looks at the love the players put into getting the rink ready for the team, the College, and the community:

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/rochester/human-interest/2021/08/27/brockport-hockey-players-help-build-ice--prepare-rink-for-games?cid=undefined_SPECNews1ROC#

AHCA All-American Scholars

The American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) is once again recognizing varsity ice hockey players who compiled exceptional results in the classroom during the 2020-21 season with the announcement of the fifth annual “All-American Scholars."

Due to the effects of Covid-19, the AHCA adopted revised criteria for this year’s honorees. To qualify, a student-athlete must have attained a 3.6 GPA for each semester, regardless of whether the school’s hockey team was able to play this season or not. Normally, a student-athlete is required to participate in a minimum of 40% of a team’s games. The honor is open to any program who is a member of the AHCA.

Brockport's honorees are:

Robert Flannery, Andrew Harley, Jake Mendeszoon, Michael Meredith, Jeremy Solat, Corey Tam, Shane Visnick, Dylan Wiemer, and Tyler Williams.

Gershon to coach Team USA in Maccabiah Games

The Maccabiah Games are an international Jewish and Israeli multi-sport event held quadrennially in Israel. It is the third-largest sporting event in the world, with 10,000 athletes competing. Brockport alumnus Michael Gershon has been named men’s hockey head coach for Team USA’s open team

https://gochathamcougars.com/news/2020/7/16/mens-hockey-gershon-named-head-coach-of-open-team-usa-for-2022-maccabiah-games.aspx

EPSN reports on Robbie Hall's

What does a former hockey player do when he hangs up the skates for good?

ESPN's Emily Kaplan looks at how Golden Eagle alumnus Robbie Hall was recruited by former NHL player Brent Sopel to help sell energy solutions:

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/31807010/how-brent-sopel-opening-doors-fellow-former-hockey-players

Golden Eagles are NH Avalanche all-timers

The All-Time Team for the New Hampshire Avalanche has some familiar names. Among the greats are these Golden Eagles:

Chris Aarons

Tim Cronin

Jake Mendeszoon

AJ Przystawski,

Congratulations! 

 

 

Digby named women's coach at Oswego

 

 

Congrats to former Golden Eagle player and assistant coach Mark Digby!

SUNY Oswego's Department of Athletics announced today that Mark Digby has been named head coach of the women's ice hockey program at Oswego State. Digby was the associate head coach for the team during the 2019-20 season and served as interim head coach the past year.

"This is a special day for me and my family" said Digby. "I am very appreciative and honored to be named the second head coach in the modern era of Oswego women's hockey. I love the progress we have made in my two seasons with the program, and I'm excited to see where we can go in the future."

During Digby's initial season with the women's program in 2019-20, the team showed huge improvements, including the most wins (16) the program had seen since 2016. A strong 10-4-4 mark against conference foes helped propel the women's ice hockey team to a conference title game and a Pairwise Ranking of 16th in the country.

The Lakers placed three on the 2019-20 NEWHL All-Conference Teams, including newcomer Megan Teachout taking home Rookie of the Year honors. Senior defenseman Kate Randazzo was named Scholar Athlete of the Year for the conference and went on to be named Oswego State's Woman Scholar Athlete for 2019-20.

"Mark has been an integral member of the Oswego community for more than ten years," said Dr. Mary Toale, acting Vice President for Student Affairs. "His coaching and service to the community is impactful and his commitment to holistic student success is inspirational. We are thrilled to appoint Mark as the women's ice hockey head coach."

Throughout the pandemic, Digby has remained focused on both the needs of his student-athletes and the campus community. He met weekly with players to check in and build relationships, and recruited eight student-athletes for next season. Digby continued the tradition of fostering academic success, with five players making the President's List and five attaining Deans' List; eight players also made the SUNYAC Honor Roll. He programmed guest speakers, leadership seminars and culture-building activities to increase cohesion and retention on the team. Digby chaired the State Employees Federated Appeal Teddy Bear Toss (which collected toys for local children), volunteered for the COVID hotline and testing center, and served as a Quarantine/Isolation Buddy.

Digby was hired as the assistant men's ice hockey coach at Oswego in August of 2010. During his time as the assistant men's ice hockey coach, the team reached six NCAA tournaments, four Frozen Four appearances and competed for the national championship twice.

Prior to Oswego, Digby was an assistant men's ice hockey coach at his alma mater, SUNY Brockport (2006-10) where he earned his B.S. in physical education (2005) and M.S. in Recreation Management (2008).

Academic honor roll

 

The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) released its 2020-21 Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll which recognizes student-athletes with a 3.30 or higher cumulative grade point average.

The hockey players who made the list are...

Andrew Harley

Kevin Mainello

Jacob Mendeszoon

Michael Meredith

Trevor Pray

Ryan Romeo

Jeremy Solat

Corey Tam

Dylan Wiemer

Tyler Williams

Congratulations on a job well done!