COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS NOTEBOOK: ICE HOCKEY CLUB HAS HOT RUN IN DIV. III TOURNEY.Byline: Nathan Brown Nathan Brown may refer to:
Another miracle on ice The "Miracle on Ice" is the popular nickname for the men's ice hockey game in the 1980 Olympic Winter Games, in which a team of amateur and collegiate players from the United States beat the long-dominant and heavily-favored Soviet Union, in a match held on February 22, 1980, at ? Not quite, but College of the Canyons' ice hockey ice hockey: see hockey, ice. ice hockey Game played on an ice rink by two teams of six players on skates. The object is to drive a puck (a small, hard rubber disk) into the opponents' goal with a hockey stick, thus scoring one point. club team gave it its best shot after sneaking into the American College American College is the name of:
The Cougars advanced to the tournament after Cal State Northridge, Texas and Texas Tech were ousted for using ineligible players, and UC Irvine wasn't permitted entry because it had a first-year program. ``We just kept getting bumped up the list,'' coach Jim Schrage said. The 15th-seeded Cougars (11-11) gave second-seeded Wright State, which won the title, a battle through two periods before losing 6-1, then upset seventh-seeded Indiana, Pa., 4-3 in a sudden death shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. . They lost their last two games, 12-2 loss to 13th-seeded Central Florida and 8-2 to 14th-seeded Pittsburgh. ``We were not expecting to go to the nationals,'' said Schrage, who guided COC See chip on chip. to a fifth-place ACHA ACHA American College of Hospital Administrators. acha see digitariaexilis. finish three years ago. But there they were - plagued by injuries, lacking depth and tired from a six-hour, red-eye flight to Florida. ``At that point,'' Schrage said. ``We were running on pure adrenaline.'' The Cougars, the only junior college and California team in the tournament, went into the third period against Wright State trailing just 3-1. They beat Indiana on freshman forward Todd Stelnick's goal to win 4-3. ``I told the guys, 'We're not going to win this game in overtime,' '' goaltender Shaun Denes said. `` 'Just get us to the shootout, and we'll win the shootout.' I'm pretty good at those.'' ``The team went crazy,'' Schrage said. ``It was like we won the Stanley Cup, or something.'' Central Florida scored six first-period goals in the next game, and the exhausted Cougars were finished. ``We were emotionally spent,'' Schrage said. ``After the (first period), Shaun (Denes) came up to me and said, 'I'm done. My mind is there, but my legs can't get me there.' ``After that game, it was like, 'Let's just go home now.' '' Said Denes: ``All these teams had 20 to 22 skaters and a bunch of guys A Bunch of Guys (BOGs), or Group of Guys (GOGs) are terms used by counter-terrorism officials to refer to small, self-organizing terrorist cells.[1] BOGs typically have little to no contact with global terrorist groups like al Qaeda, so they independently plan and on the bench waiting to play. ``We were skating 10 guys for four days in a row. That's what killed us. --Matter of degrees: COC stayed at the same hotel as Central Florida, and the players met at the pool. ``One of the guys had a bandage on his hand over in the spa,'' Denes said. ``He asked us, 'Hey, any of you guys pre-med over there?' '' Denes' answered, ``We don't even have our AAs yet.'' --League of their own: COC's women's basketball team (20-11) was eliminated by top-seeded Mt. San Antonio 78-66 Saturday in Walnut. The Cougars made their 11th playoff appearance in 12 years after winning their eighth Western State Conference title. Freshman guard Leslie Ortiz (Sylmar High), Melissa Tachias (Poly of Sun Valley) and Janette Galindo (Burroughs of Burbank) were first-team all-conference selections, and 12th-year coach Greg Herrick was honored as Coach of the Year for the fifth time. Hina Kimitete and Facion Edwards (Quartz Hill) received honorable mention. Nathan Brown, (818) 713-3607 nate.brown(at)dailynews.com |
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