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Nov.20- Congratulations to UCSD Ice Hockey for an undefeated weekend!

UC Irvine was dealt a devastating blow with a final score in favor of the Tritons, 11-0. UCSD Hockey additionally beat Chapman University 7-1 after a loss to the same team a week earlier. With no more games till January, UCSD Hockey wishes everyone happy holidays. We appreciate the support as well as all of our fans. Thanks for coming out and see you in the New Year.





Nov. 11- UCSD Hockey Experiences a Tough Loss Against Chapman

The Tritons fell to Chapman University 5 to 6 on Saturday night in a closely contested game. The Tritons had 11 skaters for this contest and were using two lines with one player rotating into the lineup. This strategy provided some continuity to the Tritons lines. Unfortunately the referee noticed that several of the Triton players were missing the ear pieces to their helmets and after some debate about required equipment the players without ear pieces had to leave the ice until they obtained some. This left the Tritons temporarily with 2 defensemen and 5 forwards and all semblance of line continuity disappeared.

The game itself started with the Tritons holding the puck in the Chapman zone for the first few minutes but one mistake about 5 minutes into the game saw Chapman get the early lead. After that first goal the play was a little more even with the Tritons still getting the better opportunities. Then with less than 5 minutes left in the first period Gerrit Davis beat the Chapman goalie on the glove side after receiving a pass from Ryan Dirvin to tie the game. Chapman bounced right back and retook the lead very late in the first period.

The second period got off to a good start when quick puck movement by Tommy Tuohy and Kyle McNamara got the puck to Zoltan Berecz who skated through the Chapman defense and fired a shot past their net minder to tie the game at 2. Slightly over a minute later Gerrit Davis passed the puck from the corner to Mike Tietsort down low who finished the play giving the Tritons their first lead of the night. Later in the second period on the power play Andreas Djokic passed the puck from the corner to Kyle McNamara who fired a shot just wide, but the puck went back to Andreas who passed it back to Kyle in almost the exact same spot and this time Kyle’s shot was perfect. Chapman pushed back and pulled within one late in the second.

Chapman tied the game with 10 minutes left in the game and then the Tritons got into some penalty trouble. Chapman retook the lead scoring on a two man advantage at the 6:49 mark of the third period. With less than 3 minutes remaining in the game Kit Wong forced a Chapman turnover and beat the Chapman goalie to tie the game yet again. Unfortunately Chapman scored with 22 seconds left in the game to take the 6 to 5 lead. The Tritons almost forced OT generating a few scoring opportunities in the last seconds of the game, Kyle McNamara almost tied it with 7 seconds left but the Chapman goalie held.





Oct. 29- UCSD Hockey Continues a Long Tradition

After a questionable start to the 2011-2012 Ice Hockey Season with a few canceled games the Tritons Ice Hockey team managed to continue the long UCSD Ice Hockey tradition with a home opener against San Jose State this Saturday. The beginning of the UCSD Ice Hockey team dates back to 1987 when the first Triton team joined PCHA. This long tradition seemed in jeopardy this season when the first five games had to be either canceled or rescheduled due to lack of players. The good news is that it looks like the season will be salvaged. This weekend the Tritons faced San Jose State on home ice despite only having seven skaters.

The game against San Jose State started well enough with the Tritons holding the edge in play and drawing an early penalty. Unfortunately it was the Spartans that scored the game’s first goal while the Tritons were on that power play. Our Tritons bounced right back though when Andreas Djokic jumped into the offensive attack from his position on defense and buried a one timer from the feed of Kit Wong. The score remained tied until Gerrit Davis gave the Tritons the lead late in the first period when he fired a shot from the point past the SJS net minder.

Gerrit Davis got his second goal of the night late in the second period after receiving a creative pass from Tommy Tuohy that sailed over the SJS defense and landed between the Spartan goalie and Gerrit who finished the play. The Tritons got into a bit of penalty trouble shortly after Gerrit’s second goal giving the Spartans a two man advantage for two minutes. Gerrit Davis, Kit Wong, and Tommy Tuohy stayed out the entire two minute, two man advantage and successfully killed off the advantage, with of course the help of some great goal tending from Ryan Corriveau. The Spartans scored three unanswered goals in just a few minutes shortly after that two man advantage to take a four to three lead.

Ryan Corriveau came up with some great saves to keep the Tritons in the game and our offense had a few opportunities to tie it late but could not get the puck past the Spartan goalie a fourth time. Despite the loss everyone played well and gave 100% in the effort. We are expecting to have more players for the next game at home against Chapman University 11/11/11. It is great to see the UCSD Ice Hockey tradition continue.