This weekend if nothing else, proved not to be a boring one, with outstanding plays, penalties and the weather this weekend was packed with excitement.
Michigan
â??s goalie, Adam Goldberg, had his third shut out in a row against
Northern Illinois
this weekend. He has had a total of five shut outs this year, three while playing in the MCRHL and two of the shut outs last weekend while
Michigan
was on the road. This weekend also proved to be an intense weekend with the penalties, the game with the most penalties this weekend was OCC vs. Western Michigan B, where Western had a total of twenty penalties and OCC had eleven. This weekend was also more then doubled the amount of game ejections we have had this year, with a total of four game ejections. Several games were intense this weekend and a lot of the games were very close in scores. The next weekend is in
Illinois
and is our last regular season event.
Some Game Recaps
Michigan
State
started the game with a quick penalty at 11:14 for hooking by Eric Lubanski which Eastern player David Dzubian scored on at 9:25 giving Eastern an early lead. Easternâ??s Chad Roy received a holding penalty at 8:36, which his team was able to kill.
Michigan
State
killed their next penalty, a slashing penalty by Michael Fenkell. With 3:36 left in the first period Michael Stewart would take a hooking penalty, which
Michigan
State
was not able to score on putting Eastern ahead by one going in to the second period. In the second period Eastern would take six penalties including a time where they gave
Michigan
State
a 2 on 4 power play for one minute and forty eight seconds. State only had one penalty in the second period and with no scoring the third period began with Eastern still ahead by one and
Michigan
State
on the power play. Easternâ??s David Dzubian scored a short handed goal at 11:17 in the third period.
Michigan
State
â??s Evan Pomish would score the first goal for State at 10:50. Shane Bery received a hooking penalty at 7:10 which his team was able to kill keeping them behind by one. Eastern player Aaron Diaz would take his fourth penalty of the game with an interference penalty at 4:56 six seconds later Mario Trevino received another hooking penalty for Eastern both penalties went un-scored on. At 2:31 Eastern player Vinny Jalaba would score the final goal of the game sealing a victory for Eastern ending the game 3 to1.
In the
University
of
Michigan
vs. Eastern game this weekend
Michigan
started the game with a tripping penalty by Tim Grossman which Easternâ??s Chad Roy scored on at 8:55. Eastern scored the next two goals, the first at 6:57 by Vinny Jalaba and the second at 3:29 by Chad Roy, giving Eastern a three goal lead with little over three minutes till the second period.
Michigan
determined to put up a fight refused to go in to the second period behind. Brandon Johns started the streak with the first goal for
Michigan
at 2:12 followed by James Arakaki with two goals at 1:43 and :42 seconds. Going in to the second period tied up both teams scored quickly
Michigan
first at 11:38 (Greg Seremet) and then Easternâ??s Chad Roy at 11:05. At 10:27 Chad Roy would receive a penalty for tripping which Eastern was able to kill. Easternâ??s Steve Kolis got a penalty for cross checking at 8:43 which Scott Janowiak would score on at 8:10. Easternâ??s Aaron Diaz got two penalties at 5:59 for hooking and roughing.
Michigan
â??s Eric Seremet got a penalty for tripping at 7:20 which John Schultz scored on at 7:12. Chuck Nguyen scored another goal for
Michigan
at 1:12. Eastern took two penalties with 28 seconds left in the second period, Michael Stewart with a ten misconduct, and David Dzubian with an interference.
Michigan
â??s Brandon Johns received a roughing penalty with 23 seconds left. Then with only 20 seconds in the second period Michael Stewart got a game ejection. In the third period John Schultz took a hooking and a cross checking penalty. Chuck Nguyen scored a power play goal at 7:58. Easternâ??s David Dzubian gained four more minutes on his penalty time at 4:23 for roughing and holding while Aaron Diaz got thrown from the game. David Dzubian gained another two minutes for a roughing along with ten minute misconduct.
Michigan
would take the next two penalties, Paul Brda for hooking at 4:15, and Greg Seremet for tripping at 2:19 Easternâ??s John Schultz would score to tie the game with 2:28. Even though with 45 seconds left in the game, Chad Roy took a tripping penalty for Eastern, the game still ended 7 to7.
Northern Illinois scored the first goal of their game against
Grand
Valley
State
at 10:03 by Mark Bucz. At 8:59 Chris Siemer was put in to the
Grand
Valley
box for slashing but his team was able to kill the penalty and stay behind by one until at 5:43 Tony Switowski scored a goal for
Grand
Valley
to tie the game. Before the first period ended Northern would be on the penalty kill for an interference call on Ryan Thunberg but no more goals would be scored before the period ended. It was not till the very end of the second period that Northernâ??s Ryan Thunberg scored pulling them ahead going in to the third period. Northern scored the first goal in the third period at 9:34 by Mike Zickus putting NIU ahead 3 to 1. Brett Jacobs scored at 7:59 for
Grand
Valley
and then at 6:31 Chris Siemer would score another goal for
Grand
Valley
making the game once again a tie. At 6:21 in the third period Steve Logos and David Trahan both were put in the box for
Grand
Valley
giving Northern a 2 on 4 with a tie game. At 3:09
Grand
Valley
would get a chance at the power play when David Hines was called for holding but the power play only lasted a little over a minute until Stephan Hartford got a
Grand
Valley
penalty for interference. Brett Jacobs scored the game winning goal with only 1:52 left in the game making the final score 4 to 3 in favor of Grand Valley.
Eastern Michigan
â??s B team started off with two quick goals against Purdue B, the first scored by Dave Majewski at 10:50 and the second by Joe Majweski at 10:31. Jason Shiffered was called for slashing at 10:11 but Eastern was able to keep Purdue from scoring on the power play. Derek Spaulding would score the first goal for Purdue at 6:48 in the first. Brian Guzowski would score another goal for Eastern at 5:13. Then both teams were called for high sticking penalty at 3:24. In the second period both teams were called on penalties at 7:33 Easternâ??s Brian Richardson for cross checking and Purdueâ??s Matt Thelen for interference. Purdue would be the next to score when Derek Spaulding put one in at 7:00 in the second quickly followed by a goal for Eastern by Karl Richardson. In the third period Purdue player Matt Thelen scored at 8:08 closing the gap on Easterns lead. Although both teams would gain more penalties before the game ended no one else scored and the game ended Eastern 4 to Purdue 3.
The weekend in I had time to talk with three of the coaches in the MCRHL that have sons on the teams they coach for. I asked the coaches what it was like to coach a team at the college level and have your son on the bench while you coach. I also was able to ask the players what is was like having a father as a coach and if it ever changed the way they play. The first coach I was able to talk to was the coach of the
Macomb
team, Michael Grogis, about his son Christopher Grogis. â??Coaching him is not a problem, for the last four years these men have played at a higher level of hockey and are used to the game. It is getting to the point where it is more fun to coach these players because they have grown up, know the game and are better able to handle things. He mentions that his players have learned how to coach each other too. Some of the higher level players will shout out what they want or when they get back on the bench will tell their teammates how to handle certain plays. Christopher mentions how it is a benefit to his team to have his dad as a coach. He says just having an adult on the bench makes the game run smoother. Mike Yorkubison, the coach of OCC and the second coach that I talked to, says similar things about his team. The guys know how to play and what kind of players they are but it helps to have an adult on the bench to keep things going. Yorkubison not only has his son Jason Yokubison on his team but also his step son David Vanderklipp. The last coach that has a son on the team is the coach of
Michigan
State
, Paul Lubanski. â??Rarely if ever do I have problems and the primary reason is that Eric is such a hard working "team" player...the balance of the MSU team knows that he has earned his position as captain and as a player that deserves the premier surface time. I will say that I do get on Eric more often and in a more intense way than the other players when he takes a penalty that I believe he should not have. Generally speaking, coaching at this level is terrific the players we have at MSU are VERY talented and of course, their are a ton of players in the MCRHL that are as well. It exciting to see, coach and be around college athletes whose primary motivation is the "love of the sport." This passion has created some outstanding and very intense games. Eric had positive things to say about his dad on the bench, â??Heâ??s been around the game a long time and the guys respect him. On the bench during the game he is not my father, he is the coach and with him there we are better team.â?
