After losing by a six-goal margin Friday night at LaHaye Ice Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, the Stony Brook hockey team powered back against the Liberty Flames for a 5-3 win and a split of the weekend set.
The Seawolves failed to dictate their typical style of play for the majority of the opening period and went into the second intermission with just one goal for the first time this season. By the time the third period began, the team had a renewed determination.
Stony Brook’s win was its conference-leading sixth-straight home victory to start the season. The team’s last loss at The Rinx was 363 days ago on Oct. 30, 2016.
The Stony Brook hockey team flipped the script on the Ohio University Bobcats Saturday night when the team won 3-2 in its second consecutive overtime game.
Charles Peck’s goal at the 19:11 mark of the second period gave Stony Brook a lead they would never relinquish en route to their fifth consecutive win to start the season.
The Stony Brook Seawolves hockey team improved their record to 2-0 Sunday afternoon with a 6-2 win over the Kent State Golden Flashes at The Rinx in Hauppauge, New York.
The Stony Brook hockey team kicked off their 2017-18 season with a 3-0 shutout victory over the Kent State Golden Flashes at The Rinx in Hauppauge on Saturday night.
In the world of sports, nothing fuels a team quite like unexpected defeat. Stony Brook’s hockey team experienced just that last season when they fell to the Liberty University Flames in the Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League Championship, ending the Seawolves’ four-year conference title streak. With the 2017-18 season just around the corner, getting back to the top is on everyone’s mind.
A persistent forecheck led the way for a pair of season-opening Stony Brook victories at The Rinx in Hauppauge over the weekend, where the ice hockey team topped Rhode Island.
Stony Brook will compete as the top seed in the ESCHL playoffs next weekend at Lehigh Valley College, a tournament the team has won in back-to-back seasons.
For the packed rink in attendance, the players’ helmet ribbons and bright orange laces illuminated an even bigger battle: former captain Sam Brewster’s battle with leukemia.
