Weekend Recap

    Going in to the game Grand Valley had two wins and seven losses and Ball State had two wins and six losses making it a very evenly matched game. Ball Stateâ??s Brent Hinshaw  scored the first power play goal at in the 8^th minute of the first period after a high sticking penalty. The second goal of the game for a Ball State was scored by Mike Erdei who took advantage of the last power play of the game after Grand Valley obtained a pentalty for interference. In the second period Ball State scored the third goal of the game making the score three to zero in the eleventh minute of the second period. Grand Valleyâ??s David Trahan answered by scoring the first goal for them in the tenth minute of the second period  and then another goal for Grand Valley scored by Ryan Lammers closed the gap in the score bringing the game to 3 to 2 in favor of Ball State. Both teams scored another two goals in the second period. For Grand Valley it was Steve Logos and Stephen Hartford and for Ball State the goals were scored by Rob Bragg and Chris Andrews. At the ending of the second period the game was 5 to 4 in favor of Ball State. Ball State stared strong with a quick goal by Rob Bragg in the third period. Then in the ninth minute of the third period David Trahan scored another goal for Grand Valley State. The teams went back and forth taking several shots on goal in the third period in all Grand Valleyâ??s goalie, Ed Harris, took 18 shots only letting one of them in and Ball Stateâ??s goalie Josh Hutton took 17 shots. With 2 minutes left in the game Steve Loges scored a goal for Grand Valley making it a tie score and in a dramatic finish to a close game David Trahan scored his third goal giving him a hat trick to win the game with only 8 seconds left. The final score was Grand Valley 7 Ball State 6.

 

 

 

    In the Western Michigan vs . Ohio state game Western started out strong with a quick goal in the first minute of the game at 11:39 by Nick Resk. Westernâ??s Angelo Barducca then got a penalty for hooking which Western was able to kill and shortly after becoming full strength Jason Schave scored the second goal of the game at 8:26. Ohio Stateâ??s Ryan Poddesta then got the first penalty for Ohio State for hooking. With 1:08 left in the first period Ohio state had their first goal scored by Travis Grohoske. In the second period Western Michigan scored two goals in one minute the first by John Janssens at 10:39 and the second by Eric Reinhardt at 9:40. Westernâ??s hooking penalty at 9:31 was scored on by David Holingshead at 7:45. At 8:41 Westernâ??s Angelo Barduca was put in the box for rough and at 6:19 Ohio Stateâ??s Duane Gotro was put in the box for hooking both penalties went without being scored on. Then Western received a high sticking penalty which Ohio Stateâ??s Duane Gotro was able to take advantage of scoring at 2:14. Western Michigan closed out the period by scoring their fifth goal with 12 seconds left in the period making the score going in to the third period five to three. Although Western Michiganâ??s John Janssens scored first in the third period at 10:36, Ohio state answered with three goals with in two minutes.  The first goal for Ohio state in the third period was scored at 8:36 by Max Dobler, followed quickly by Dan Cece at 8:21 and then at 7:20 Ryan Podesta scored for Western making it a tie game. Western took a hooking penalty at 7:10 and Ohio State took a penalty also for hooking at 5:00 both penalties were killed. Western Michigan pulled ahead when at 4:58 left in the game Nick Resk scored the seventh goal for Western. With less then a minute to go Ohio State pulled goalie, Matthew Smith, and Westernâ??s Tim Sullivan scored on an empty net with only 14 seconds left in the game. The final score was Western Michigan 8 Ohio State 6.

 

 

 

 

    In the Eastern vrs Michigan State game both teams were in the box before the first goal was scored EMU with a hooking penalty at 11:01. Then MSU got a goalie interference penalty at 7:52 which John Shultz scored a power play goal on at 6:53. Both teams killed tripping penalties before the first goal for MSU was scored by Michael Fenkell at 4:56. MSU then took two interference penalties in a row at 2:41 and 1:26. The second penalty provided Easternâ??s John Shultz with the opportunity to score a power play goal with 39 seconds left in the period. MSUâ??s Eric Lubanski and Easternâ??s Aaron Diaz both got roughing penalties with 52 seconds left in the period. In the last minute of the first period both teams scored another goal. First to score was Michael Fenkell for MSU with 28 seconds left in the first then with only 10 seconds left Steve Kolis scored for EMU. The second period started with an elbow penalty for MSU which EMUâ??s David Dzubian scored on at 4:42. Shane Bery quickly answered for MSU by scoring a goal at 3:29. Both teams got two minutes for hooking penalties and killed them before Shane Bery scored his 2^nd and 3^rd goal of the game with in one minute to end the second period with MSU 5 and EMU 4. The third period was full of penalties EMU starting them off at 9:15 with a hooking penalty. Then at 7:42 both Eastern and Michigan State got two minutes for roughing. MSU received another penalty at 5:31 for roughing but were still able to score a short handed goal. The short handed goal was by Eric Lubanski at 5:22. Both teams were given another penalty before the game ended and with no more goals scored the game ended MSU 6 EMU 5.