Final weekend ...

Stanford at Cal

Stanford 6   @ Cal 4   -  Friday, January 26, 2007
Cal 4   @ Stanford 8   -  Friday, January 26, 2007
Friday: The resurgent Stanford Cardinal stole the show from Cal, in their last game in the soon-to-be-demolished Berkeley Iceland. Stanford beat the home team Bears, 6-4. Stanford's Taku Ide got a break away goal for the final lead. With the Cal goalie pulled, Andy Meyerson of the Cardinal got an empty netter to finish it off. The same two teams conclude the season against each other again tonight (Saturday, Jan.27), this time on Stanford's home ice.
Saturday: In a strong season finish, Stanford swept Cal.   At home, Cyrus Chee got a hat trick for the Cardinal. After a winless 0-8 record in the first semester, Stanford goes 3-2 in January to finish the season 3-10.

UCLA at Washington

UCLA 6  @ Washington 1   -  Friday, January 26, 2007
UCLA 8  @ Washington 0   -  Saturday, January 27, 2007
Friday: Six different players scored for the Bruins as UCLA slowly pulled away from Washington for a 6-1 win. The Huskies kept it close and exciting until the 3rd period, when UCLA scored three goals to seal the victory. Brian Schuster turned in a solid performance in net for the Bruins.
Saturday: Taylor Brown scored a natural hat trick to lead UCLA to an 8-0 win over the Huskies. Allen Grigorian added a pair of goals and Michael Madatovian had three assists in the win. Adam Kubalski turned in a shutout for the Bruins. The weekend sweep moves the Bruins up in the standings.

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Previous Weekends ...

USC at Cal

USC 12 @ Cal 1   -  Friday, January 19, 2007
USC 4 @ Cal 3 (OT)  -  Saturday, January 20, 2007
Friday: Cal dominated the first 5 minutes of the game, USC dominated the next 55 minutes. The 1st period ended 2-1. The 2nd period ended 8-1. The 3rd period ended 12-1, with a lot of physical play, including a DQ penalty being assessed Ryan Farias of the Trojans.
Saturday: USC went to the movies in the afternoon to relax before going to the arena to relax during another blow-out victory. Except, no one told Cal the game was supposed to be a blow-out. The 1st period ended with USC leading just 1-0. The 2nd period ended with USC leading just 2-0. In the 3rd period, Cal scored 3 unanswered goals to take the lead and to take their home-rink fans into a frenzy, anticipating a big upset. With 2:32 remaining in regulation, Ryan Seals scored a power-play goal for USC to send the game into overtime. Midway into the 5-minute sudden-death overtime, the Trojan's Tyler McLinn put the puck past Cal goalie Brian Yates to win the game for USC.

Stanford at UCLA

Stanford 4 @ UCLA 5 (OT) - Friday, January 19, 2007
Stanford 3 @ UCLA 7 - Saturday, January 20, 2007
Friday: Despite playing from behind all game, UCLA battled back from a 4-2 third period deficit to tie Stanford, 4-4 on Jeff Sanka's goal with 2:27 remaining in regulation. This forced the first OT game in the PAC-8 this season. After killing a penalty in overtime, the Bruins capitalized on their own power play when Aaron Munoz scored his second goal of the game with 12 seconds left in OT to win, 5-4. Taku Ide scored two goals for the Cardinal, and Martin Galstyan had three assists for UCLA.
Saturday: An early 1st period goal for UCLA kept this game at 1-0 until the end of the 1st period, when the Bruins scored twice in the last 30 seconds, taking a 3-0 into the first intermission. Three more unanswered UCLA goals in the 2nd period, made the score 6-0 at the end of the 2nd period - a different game than Friday. But, the 3rd period saw Stanford mount a big comeback. The Cardinal finally got the puck past Adam Kubalski, getting three unanswered goals. With the gap now closed to 6-3, and with momentum on Stanford's side, UCLA got a rink-long pass from Scott Freschet to score and seal the victory, 7-3.

Washington at Oregon

Washinton 1   @ Oregon 16 - Friday, January 19, 2007
Washinton 0   @ Oregon   9 - Saturday, January 20, 2007
Friday: This season's I-5 Cup was decided in Eugene on Friday night. Oregon had no problem handling the Huskies, scoring 5 in the first period, 7 in the second, and 4 in the third. Washington scored their only goal in the second half of the third period.
Saturday: More of the same in Saturday's game. Good performance by the Washington goaltender, getting more than 50 saves. The victory sealed Oregon's lock on 2nd place in the PAC-8 standings, and a trip to the Championship Tournament in Los Angeles, February 9 and 10.

ASU at UCLA

ASU 6 @ UCLA 4 - Friday, January 12, 2007
ASU 12 @ UCLA 2 - Saturday, January 13, 2007
The big battle between the 3rd and 4th-ranked teams, played in Riverside, California, saw ASU solidifying their lock on 3rd place. ASU qualified for the 2007 Championship Tournament with a weekend sweep over UCLA. - The battle was close in Friday's game. UCLA scored first and led 2-1 at the end of the 1st period. ASU caught the Bruins hibernating, scoring 5 unanswered goals to win, 6-4. - In Saturday's game, Arizona State scored four goals in the final 2:15 of the first period to take a 6-1 lead that took the Bruins out of the game. Gregg Farr, Paul Mazzipica, Mike Minieri, and Luke Lizik all scored two goals for ASU in the rout. Jake Gunn had both UCLA.

WSU at Cal, WSU at Stanford

WSU 10 @ Cal 4 - Friday, January 12, 2007
WSU 1 @ Cal 0 - Saturday, January 13, 2007
WSU 4 @ Stanford 5 - Sunday, January 14, 2007
Washington State went to the Bay Area for a 3-game weekend, playing 2 games against Cal and 1 game against Stanford. The Cougars proved to be too much for the Cal Bears, winning both the Friday night game (10-4) and the Saturday night game (1-0). But Stanford made the big news on Sunday, picking up their first Conference win. Stanford erased a 2-goal deficit in the 1st period to tie the game at 2, and took a 4-3 lead into the 3rd. WSU tied the game shortly into the 3rd period, but Stanford responded with a goal to retake the lead 5-4. Stanford held off a late 3rd period charge by WSU on a power play to win.

Washington at USC

Washington 2 @ USC 22 - Friday, January 12, 2007
Washington 4 @ USC 14 - Saturday, January 13, 2007
The Washington Huskies traveled south to play the 1st-place UCS Trojans. The Huskies short bench proved too much of a detriment. USC poured it on with a 22-2 masacre Friday night, then kept on the pressure to win 14-4 on Saturday night.

Thursday, November 30, 2006

USC 3  @  UCLA 2
A 130-foot shot gave USC a short-handed goal and an early lead.  UCLA came back with two goals, including one by Martin Galstyan, to lead 2-1 at the end of the first period.  USC got the only goal of the 2nd period, making it 2-2 at the end of 2.  With 4 minutes left in the game, Shon Smith and Daylin Ackerman teamed up to put USC ahead.  In the last minute of the game, UCLA had a power-play plus an extra attacker in for goaltender Adam Kubalski, got off a flurry of shots, but USC, behind goalie Matt Buttweiler, held on for the victory, taking a 2-1 lead in the battle for the Cross-town Cup.  (Ryan Seals got two goals for USC.)

Stanford 4  @  Cal 7
With a broken Zamboni, Cal and Stanford players got out on the ice with shovels for half an hour to clear the snow off the ice and get the game started.  The game remained close until the start of the 3rd.  The score was 4-2 after the 1st period, 4-3 after the 2nd.  Cal scored three times in the 3rd period to win 7-4.

ASU 7  @  Washington 4
(game summary to come)

Friday, December 1, 2006

USC 3  @  UCLA 2
Fast, end-to-end action and great goaltending kept the play-by-play announcers yelling, and kept the 1st period scoreless.  One minute into the 2nd period, Shon Smith finally got the puck past UCLA's Adam Kubalski.  A few minutes later, Jay Boffa tied it up for UCLA, then Martin Galstyan put the Bruins ahead on a power-play goal.  With 0:16 left in the 2nd period, the Trojan's Josh Frazier tied it back up.  UCLA successfully killed off a 5-minute penalty, but finally gave up the game-winner, when Ryan Farias scored with 11:52 left on the clock.  The packed crowd got to see 88 shots on goal in an exciting game that ended with USC winning the Cross-town Cup. 

Cal 9  @  Stanford 7
The hard fought game opened with a flurry of scoring - eight goals and a 4-4 tie at the end of the 1st period.  Stanford, behind 8-6 with 1:30 left in the 3rd period, pulled their goalie and scored, closing the game to 8-7.  Stanford couldn't put in the tieing goal;  instead, Cal scored an empty net goal to seal the 9-7 victory.

ASU 3  @  WSU 4
(game summary to come)

WSU 4  @  Washington 7
(game summary to come)

Saturday, December 2, 2006
ASU 11  @  Washington 3
(game summary to come)

Sunday, December 3, 2006
ASU 9  @  WSU 4
(game summary to come)

Friday, November 17, 2006

Oregon 3  @ UCLA 2
UCLA got a short-handed goal 2 minutes into the game and held the 1-0 lead for 17 minutes, until Oregon tied the game with 37 seconds left in the 1st period, sending the League's top to teams into the locker rooms, 1-1.  The Ducks scored twice in the 2nd period before the Bruins came back with a goal, making it 3-2 at the end of 2.  The defensive battle intensified in the 3rd period, with neither team giving any ground in the front of their nets.  The scoreless 3rd period gave the Ducks a 3-2 victory over the Bruins, and moved the Ducks into 1st place over the Bruins.

Washington 4   @  WSU 7
(game summary to come)

Saturday, November 18, 2006

Oregon 5  @ UCLA 2
For the second night in a row, UCLA scored first, when Carlos Cazares found the back of the net in the first three minutes.  From there, the Ducks scored four unanswered goals.  UCLA fought back with a goal to make it 4-2 with 7 minutes left in the game.  Tom Stocklin scored his second goal of the night to seal the 5-2 victory and a sweep on the road of UCLA in games with big Conference and regional implications.  The game had 46 total penalties, including 19 in the third period.

Washington 2   @  WSU 9
(game summary to come)

Friday, November 3, 2006

Oregon 11  @ Washington 0
The Ducks rolled into Seattle and rolled all over the Huskies.  Oregon led 6-0 at the end of the 2nd period, then added 5 more goals in the 3rd, to pile up an 11-0 shutout victory on the road.

Cal 6  @ UCLA 8
Despite a short bench of just 10 skaters, Cal kept pace with 1st place UCLA for the majority of the game, until Martin Galstyan scored a shorthanded insurance goal late in the third period. UCLA's Galstyan had a pair of goals and four assists;  Jake Gunn also scored twice and added three assists.  Mike Carcerano had two goals for the Bears.  Seven of the game's 14 goals were scored on power plays.

USC 11   @ Stanford 2
With 3 power-play goals in the 1st period, the Trojans never looked back, leading 5-1 at the end of the 1st period, and 8-2 at the end of the 2nd.  Shon Smith and Matt Lewis led the Trojan attack, each getting a hat trick.  Rich Dyer got his first career goal.


Saturday, November 4, 2006

Oregon 7  @ Washington 2
Fans at Olympicview Arena tonight were treated to a closer game than last night - they were also treated to the season's first penalty shot.  Robbie Maxwell scored on the penalty shot, bringing the Huskies to within two goals, trailing Oregon just 4-2 at the end of the 2nd period.  But, the Ducks prevailed, getting 3 unanswered goals in the final period, to win 7-2, and sweep the weekend series.  

Cal 4  @ UCLA 12
UCLA's offense exploded for eight goals in the second period en route to a 12-4 win. Martin Galstyan scored four goals, and Allen Grigorian added three as the Bruins completed a season sweep of Cal.

USC 8  @ Stanford 1
(game summary to come)

Friday, October 27, 2006

Cal 6 @  Washington 9
Washington started strong, taking a 5-1 lead at the end of the 1st period.  The Huskies extended their lead to 7-1 before Cal answered back with 3 unanswered goals.  The Bears battled back to as close as 8-6, but the Huskies' empty-net goal sealed the 9-6 victory for Washington. 

USC 2  @  Oregon 3
The game remained scoreless through one period until SC struck halfway
through the period on a power play, The ducks responded later in the period with a
pair of goals in the last 5 mins. SC tied it early in the 3rd at two on a power
play, and the ducks went ahead about halfway through the third on an even strength
wrist shot from the point by Matt Lutsch. Ducks staved off the late attacks by USC
and won 3-2
Goals- UO: Clay(PP), Steinmann, Lutsch; USC: Forias(PP), Mclinn(PP)
Assists- UO: Gibb, Cehula, Carr; USC: Smith, Joyce, Ozaki, Filantres

UCLA 7  @  Stanford 6
UCLA ruined Stanford's conference home-opener, with a close 7-6 win.  The Bruins' offense was led by Jake Gunn, who got 5 goals, and Allen Grigorian, who had 4 assists.  The victory keeps the Bruins tied for 1st place with the Oregon Ducks.


Saturday, October 28, 2006

Cal 3 @  Washington 4
An even closer game than the night before, the Bears and Huskies were tied 0-0 at the end of the 1st period, and tied 2-2 at the end of the 2nd period.  In the 3rd period, Washington scored twice and made it hold up for a weekend sweep over Cal.

USC 3  @  Oregon 2  
Game 2 of the series closely mirrored game 1. The Ducks
struck early in the first on a beautiful 2-1 put home by Mike Hidighety, and carried
that lead into the second period. USC responded with a tying goal in the 2nd. In
the third, Oregon put themselves on top again, only to have USC respond 6 mins later.
Two goals in three mins by Joshua Frazier helped SC overcome the ducks and propel
USC to a 3-2 win despite the Ducks ferocious attacks late in the third.  
This weekend split caused both teams to fall behind the front-runner UCLA Bruins.
Goals- UO: Hidighety(PP),Clay(PP); USC: Joyce, Frazier (2, PP)
Assists- UO: Dunham, Forni, Lutsch, Carr; USC: Adler, lewis (2), smith (2)

UCLA 8  @  Stanford 4
For the second straight game, UCLA and Stanford battled closely from the drop of the puck. However, today the Bruins were able to seize the momentum midway through the game and pull away to seal an 8-4 victory. Joe Cure picked up his second hat trick of the season, and Lance Havens and Allen Grigorian scored their first goals for the Bruins. Brian Schuster earned his second win of the weekend to improve to 3-0.

September 29, 2006

  



USC 7 @ WSU 3

This was the season opener for WSU, and the PAC-8 opener for both teams. 

The game was dedicated to WSU goaltender, Cameron Roets, who passed 
away on September 22 (see article below). This was an emotional game for WSU, and their 
largest home crowd in years.  WSU jumped to an early 1-0 scoring a shorthanded 
goal in the first period.  

USC tied the game, but WSU answered by scoring a goal late in the first.  The 
first period ended with WSU leading 2-1.  WSU scored the first goal in the second 
period, giving them a 3-1 lead over the defending PAC-8 champs.  Then USC scored 
3 goals to finish the second period, leading 4-3. The third period was all USC.  
USC scored the only three goals of the period, making the final score, USC 7, WSU 3.

 
September 30, 2006

USC 5 @ WSU 3

Once again, WSU starts strong, but is unable to put away the Trojans.

The Cougs jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, and the first period ended the same as 
Friday night, with a WSU 2-1 lead.  In the second period, WSU scores the lone goal, 
putting them in a familiar spot against USC, leading 3-1. Unfortunately for WSU, the 
ending was also familiar.  USC came back, and scored 4 goals in the third period, winning 
the game 5-3.  USC sweeps the season-opening series from WSU.