ACHA Division 1

Mike Adams
Brody Aukerman
Corey Beers
Dave Brewer
Brian Campbell
Padraig Carey
Chris Cloutier
Jeff Cupelli
Seth Feldman
Tyler Fitzgerald
Joe Ford
Adam Germeyer
Jeff Jackson
Chase Keibler
Jim Ketler
Dante Koeppen
Lance Lewandowski
Ryan Lord
David Moore
Eric Mueller
Chris Ondek
Andrew Ong
JeffJoe Regula
Matt Sharkey
Tyler Shreiber
EJ Stepano
Casey Stern
Mike Stoerh
Phil Trombetta

ACHA Division 2

Chris Baker
Willie Banks
Nick Bartnick
Mike Burns
Corey Chapin
Andrew Contrael
Zach Crowe
Brian Esherick
Patrick Formica
Matt Gekoski
Nick Gubala
Alan Halapin
Kennett Kollevall
Andrew Kornet
Mike McGrath
JJ Mignogna
Colin Molnar
Ryan Mullen
Mike O’Neill
Don Pegnataro
Joe Pezzatto
Bo Reuf
Ben Robertson
Ben Rogers
Pat Rupert
Ryan Severo
Nate Simon
Ty Smith
Kyle Sutera
Chris Takach

 Indiana, PA – August 23rd, 2010 – The IUP Men’s Ice Hockey Team starts its 40^th year of intercollegiate competition with its annual training camp to take place at the S&T Bank Arena.

 70 players will be trying out to secure a roster spot for the Crimson Hawks ACHA (American Collegiate Hockey Association) Division I or Division II team.

Division I Head Coach Dan Hestin commented, “This is the most talented group of players I’ve been fortunate to have in the past 5 years.   The competition will be fierce for both our returning student-athletes and incoming freshman.”

IUP Men’s Hockey competes in the CHMA (College Hockey Mid-America) at the Division I level and the TSCHL (Tri-State Collegiate Hockey League) at the Division II level.

Inquiries should be directed to Derek Conner, General Manager at 412-512-8356 or DerekConner@IUPHockey.com.

Joe Ford was one of approximately 80 players selected to tryout for the WUG team.  Tryouts will take place August 6-8 at the Patterson Ice Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Sept. 24 - at Toledo
Sept. 25 - at Toledo
Oct. 1 – Virginia Tech
Oct. 2 - at WVU
Oct. 15 – ACHA Showcase
Oct. 16 – ACHA Showcase
Oct. 17 – ACHA Showcase
Oct. 22 – Cincinnati
Oct. 23 – Wright State
Oct. 24 – Dayton
Oct. 30 – Pitt
Nov. 5 – Penn State
Nov. 13 – WVU
Nov. 20 – Toledo
Dec. 4 - at Akron
Dec. 11 – Pitt-Greensburg
Dec. 12 – Akron
Jan. 15 – Rowan
Jan. 16 - at Pitt
Jan. 21 – Cleveland State
Jan. 22 - at Pitt-Greensburg
Feb. 5 – Bowling Green
Feb. 11 - at Cincinnati
Feb. 12 - at Wright State
Feb. 13 - at Dayton
Feb. 25-27 – ACHA D2 Regionals
Mar. 5-9 – D2 League Playoffs

Sept. 24 – at Towson
Sept. 25 – at Navy
Oct. 1 – Buffalo
Oct. 2 – Buffalo
Oct. 8 – ACHA Showcase
Oct. 9 – ACHA Shwcase
Oct. 10 – ACHA Showcase
Oct. 15 – Duquesne
Oct. 16 – at West Virginia
Oct. 22 – at Youngstown State
Oct. 23 – at John Carroll
Oct. 29 – Washington and Jefferson
Nov. 5 – at RMU
Nov. 6 – RMU
Nov. 12 – Youngstown State
Nov.13 – at Slippery Rock
Nov. 19 – Kent State
Nov. 20 – at Kent State
Nov. 27 – Wheeling Invitational
Nov. 28 – Wheeling Invitational
Dec. 3 – Michigan Dearborn
Dec. 4 – Michigan Dearborn
Dec. 8 – at Washington and Jefferson
Dec. 11- Pitt
Jan. 8 – at Duquesne
Jan. 14 – at Rutgers
Jan. 15 – at Rutgers
Jan. 21 – John Carroll
Jan. 22 – John Carroll
Jan. 28 – Drexel
Feb. 4 – West Virginia
Feb. 11 – Slippery Rock
Feb. 12 – at Pitt
Feb. 25-27 – CHMA Playoffs at Wheeling, WV

Joe Ford, Jesse Kunkle, and Brian Matesevac were named to the 2nd All-Conference team. 

Others receiving votes:  Indiana (PA), Indiana, and Buffalo.

The Crimson Hawks came out flying in the championship game keeping all the pressure in the WVU zone.  Joe Ford gave the Crimson Hawks a 1-0 lead one minute and three seconds into the game as he tipped in a shot from Corey Beers.  WVU and goalie Chris Wilder withstood the onslaught of pressure and with 7:39 left in the first, Mitch Rosendale tied the game 1-1.

The second period started out similiarly to the first with the Crimson Hawks controlling the play.  Chris Wilder continued to turn away shot after shot from the Crimson Hawks.  At the 16:25 mark, Brett Hart gave WVU a 2-1 lead, a lead they would never relinquish,.  Two minutes and four seconds later, Kris Anderson converted on a 5 on 3 power play making it 3-1.  The teams continued to trade scoring chances but it was evident the air was starting to leak from the Crimson Hawks.  With 3:13 left in the second Luke Sonnefeld increased the lead to 4-1.  The Crimson Hawks had a chance to get back in the game late in the period but could not convert on a 4 on 3 power play.

Entering the third period, the Crimson Hawks knew they had to score and score fast.  EJ Stepano scored his third of the weekend on the power play with 16:04 left in the game making it 4-2.  The momentum gained by Stepano’s goal was short lived though.  Just under five minutes later, Tim Cutshaw’s goal took all the wind out of the Crimson Hawks sails.  Brandon Hoole and Nick Bodnar finished the scoring for WVU’s 8-2 win over the Crimson Hawks.

Quarter and Semi Final Recap

In the quarter final round, the  Crimson Hawk’s took on Pitt.  Pitt defeated IUP in the semi-finals last year4-3 in overtime.  Pitt was also looking to avenge the two regular season losses to the Hawks.  Pitt controlled and dictated most of the play in the first which allowed them to take a 2-0 lead into the first intermission on goals by Graham Cohen and Joel Gasper.

The Crimson Hawks started to change the momentum of the game in the second period as Pitt started to wear down.  Lance Lewandowski gave the Hawks the spark they needed when he scored a short handed goal with 9:25 left in the period.  Pressure kept being applied by the Crimson Hawks and with twenty four seconds left in the period, Phil Trombetta poked home a rebound off a Joel Shriver shot.

The game stayed tied 2-2 until Jesse Kunkle ripped a slap shot from the point on a Crimson Hawk power play making it 3-2.  Trombetta got his second of the night when he out raced a Pitt defender and put it in the empty net with fifty-four seconds left in the game.

In the semi-final game, the Crimson Hawks had to face the #1 seed and CHMA regular season champion Slippery Rock.  Things got off to a great start for the Crimson Hawks as scored two power play goals thirty two seconds apart making it 2-0.  Kevin Bernardo got Slippery Rock on the board making it 2-1.  Brady Waldschmidt scored his first of the night on the power play tying the game 2-2.  JeffJoe Regula increased the lead to 3-2 with 1:53 left in the first off a pass from Joe Ford. 

Joe Ford gave the Crimson Hawks a 4-2 lead with a power play goal 4:48 into the second.  Slippery Rock continued to battle back as Matt Lancaster put home a power play goal making it 4-3.  Another quick answer to a SRU goal came off the stick of Corey Beers one minute and eight seconds later.  Ford tallied his second of the night with 5:47 remaining in the second.  Charles Plinkie increased the Crimson Hawk lead to 7-3 with a backhand goal to close out the second period.

Being down 7-3 going into the third period usually spells defeat for most teams. Not this Slippery Rock team.  Matt Lancaster notched his second of the game at the 17:23 mark of the period making it 7-4.  Lancaster capped off his hat trick with just about halfway through the third cutting the Hawks lead to 7-5.  Phil Trombetta gave the Hawks a little breathing room 1:42 later increasing the lead to 8-5.  SRU had no quit in them.  Ryan Nunez scored with 4:04 left in the period making it 8-6.  Brady Waldschmidt’s second of the game made it 8-7 with 1:50 left in the game.  The Hawks held on to move onto the finals.

Six teams qualified for the playoffs: Slippery Rock, West Virginia, Duquesne, IUP, Pitt, and Washington & Jefferson. The playoffs will kick off on Friday with Duquesne vs. W&J at 6:50 PM and Pitt vs. IUP  at 9:50 PM. Slippery Rock will then meet the lower-seeded of the two winners at 5:00 PM on Saturday, while West Virginia will face the other remaining team at 8:00 PM. The winners of those two games will then face off in the championship game at 3:30 PM on Sunday, with an awards ceremony to follow.

Calling the action on FASTHockey will be Ben Livingston, Pitt Hockey’s Public Address Announcer and the host of WPTS Pittsburgh’s Pond Talk Hockey Radio Show. He can be contacted via e-mail at bwl10@pitt.edu. For more information on College Hockey Mid-America, please visit their website, thechma.com.