Georgetown Hockey
The Hoyas thank the Washington Capitals for their gracious support.WVU 7, GEORGETOWN 1
On Saturday afternoon, October 13, 2007, the Georgetown University hockey
team (accompanied by several parents who never imagined that their parents'
weekend visit to Washington, DC would take them to West Virginia!)
travelled to the Morgantown Municipal Ice Arena to face-off against the
West Virginia University Mountaineers. After a three and a half hour drive,
the Hoyas came out flat, but the Mountaineers came out flying. In the
process, the Mountaineers staunchly defended their home ice and prevailed
over the Hoyas by the final score of 7 to 1.
The Hoyas dug themselves a deep hole in the first period. West Virginia
started fast and physical and jumped out to an early 4-0 lead. The
Mountaineers (with only one player from West Virginia on their roster) were
skating hard and strong and forechecking very effectively in the Hoyas'
zone. Three of the first period goals by WVU were the result of turnovers
in the Hoyas' zone, and one was a slap shot from the blue line when the
Mountaineers were changing lines. Whatever could go wrong was going wrong
for the Hoyas in the first period.
Georgetown turned the tables on West Virginia early in the second period by
capitalizing on a turnover in the Mountaineers' zone. 38 seconds into the
second period, and while the Hoyas were shorthanded, Conor Hickton
(Sr-Pittsburgh, PA) stole the puck from a defender behind the WVU net,
delivered a quick centering pass to Dave Glynn (Sr-Stoughton, MA), and Dave
fired a wrist shot into the back of the net to make the score 4-1.
From that point until the end of the game, the Hoyas picked up their
intensity, skated hard, and outshot the Mountaineers, but it was too little
too late. The Hoyas had several 5 on 3 opportunities but could not
penetrate the WVU defense and their goaltender who made several nice saves.
Although the Hoyas clearly did not play one of their better games, the
Mountaineers, to their credit, were big, strong and physical, played well
on defense and offense, and controlled the front of the net.
