Ducks swept by Huskies

It was a disheartening weekend for the Ducks (10-11) who came up on the losing end of two hard fough

Ducks split home stand with College of Canyons

The Ducks (10-9) started off their 2012 schedule with a pair of games against College of the Canyon

Ducks cruise past Cal

The Ducks stormed their way to their biggest wins of the season over a short Cal bench on Dec. 2 and

 

Ducks swept by Huskies

January 21, 2012 in Game Results

It was a disheartening weekend for the Ducks (10-11) who came up on the losing end of two hard fought battles to PAC-8 rivals University of Washington this weekend in Seattle, WA.

The final game was the most trying loss for Oregon, a 3-2 loss that saw Oregon score twice in the third yet come up shy of a comeback. Washington scored the game winner on a power play after yet another odd bounce put the puck in front of the net for the Huskies to tap home.

The loss put the Ducks out of playoff contention for the PAC-8 playoffs, for the first time in 10 years.

The Ducks came up short on Friday night with a 4-1 loss. The win sealed the Huskies’ second straight I-5 cup victory, marking the four-game series between the two bitter rivals each season.

The Huskies got on the board first in an evenly matched first period after the puck ricocheted off the boards in the Oregon defensive zone and in front of the untended Ducks net for an easy goal.

Oregon came out flat in the second period as the Huskies knocked home three goals in a span of five minutes. Patrick Thornton found the back of the net to put the Ducks on the board at the end of the second.

Oregon got into penalty trouble throughout the third period, but held the Huskies scoreless in the third. Jeff Kraus and Zach Peters both received rejections in the game.

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Ducks split home stand with College of Canyons

January 10, 2012 in previews

The Ducks (10-9) started off their 2012 schedule with a pair of games against College of the Canyons in Eugene this weekend. The Ducks won the first game in dramatic fashion, with an overtime win off a deflection by Tyler Halverson. Oregon dropped the second game of the series, an 8-6 loss Sunday Afternoon.

Photos and game stories to follow.

Ducks cruise past Cal

November 26, 2011 in Miscellaneous

The Ducks stormed their way to their biggest wins of the season over a short Cal bench on Dec. 2 and Dec. 3. Oregon led both games from start to finish, beating the Bears 16-2 on Friday and 19-1 on Saturday.

Thanks to all that came out for Skate with the Ducks, it was a great success!

 

Ducks finish 1-3 in Beehive Showcase

November 18, 2011 in Game Results

The Ducks (7-8) ended the Beehive Showcase in Utah on a tough note, suffering an 8-1 loss to a talented Utah State team, the toughest opponent they’ve faced this season. Derek Wolfson scored the lone goal for the injury-beleaguered Oregon squad.

Stephen Casey fires a shot on goal in Logan, Utah during the Ducks first game of the four-game showcase. For more game shots from the weekend click here.

For Oregon it was a building weekend; missing several key players and with four of their toughest games of the season jammed into one weekend, the Ducks ended up 1-3 in the showcase.

The Ducks came up short to Colorado State University in a 5-3 loss at the John Eccles arena in Logan, Utah Saturday night. The Ducks started off the game slow, going down 3-0 after the first period.

But the Ducks came out strong in the second, knocking home a pair of goals off the sticks of Trevor McCarty and Zach Peters while holding the Rams scoreless. But Colorado State—ranked second in the Western Region— scored twice in the third and held the Ducks to a late third period goal to take home the win.

Oregon defeated Weber State 6-2 Friday night in Ogden. Zach Peters led the Ducks’ offense with a pair of goals in the team’s first win at the Beehive showcase this weekend.

Oregon lost the opening game of the showcase to the University of Utah 9-1. The Ducks were down 4-1 going into the third period, but fell apart after running into injuries and penalty trouble.

Oregon has a week of much needed rest before taking on Cal at home Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 3 at 10 p.m.

Check back here, or the team Facebook page for more information about the showcase.

Huskies take first two games of I-5 Cup series

November 10, 2011 in previews

Patrick Thorton (12) recieves a hit from Washington Huckies player Branden Vandermoon (19). The Huskies scored two goals in the first period to win the Friday night's game 3-1. (Tess Freeman/Oregon Daily Emerald)

Saturday, Nov. 12, Huskies 6, Ducks 5

The Ducks looked eager to make a statement in Saturday’s game against the Huskies. But after a strong start, a second period collapse and multiple third period comebacks, it was the Huskies that ended up on top, 6-5, after tapping home the game winner with a minute to play on Nov. 12 at Lane County Ice.

Oregon came out of the first period with a 2-1 lead that evaporated after the Ducks ran into penalty trouble and Washington found the net twice midway through the second period to take a one-goal lead.

Oregon struck twice midway through the third period to take a 4-3 lead but the Huskies stole it right back and tied it up less than a minute after the Ducks went ahead.

Patrick Thornton slipped the puck through a scramble in front of the net to give Oregon its third lead of the night with seven minutes remaining but a Huskies goal under a minute later tied it up again.

The Huskies’ game winner came with 1:09 left to play.  Thornton led the Ducks’ offense with three goals while defenseman Matt Hanlon had two.

Friday, Nov. 11, Huskies 3, Ducks 1 

Washington started out with a 2-0 lead and never looked back, holding the Ducks offense to just one goal in the Huskies’ 3-1 win in a late Friday night I-5 opener at Lane County Ice Center. Zach Peters knocked home the lone goal for the Ducks.

The puck drops tonight for game two at 7:15. Worried about missing the Stanford vs. Oregon game? Click the link below for a handful of photos from last night by Daily Emerald photographer Tess Freeman:

GAME PHOTOS, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 11 VS UW

The I-5 cup is an annual four-game season series between UW and Oregon. The winner takes home the I-5 cup. The Ducks travel to Washington at the end of January to determine the winner of this year’s cup.

 

 

 

 

 

Ducks finish 2-1 at San Jose showcase

November 3, 2011 in Game Results

Photo courtesy of sjsuhockey.net

After going 2-0 to start off the showcase the Ducks fell to San Jose 5-1 in the final game of the fifth annual Mid-State Electric Showcase in San Jose. Oregon picked up its first win in a big way over a Loyola Marymount team that was short on players to start off the showcase.

The Ducks played what was undoubtedly their most cohesive game of the season in a 4-2 win over Santa Rosa Junior College the second night, despite penalty issues in the second and third periods.

Oregon (6-3, 2-2) will square off against rivals University of Washington in what promises to be a heated battle this coming weekend, Nov. 11 and Nov. 12. The weekend series kicks off at Lane County Fairgrounds Friday at 9:15 pm with Greek night. The University of Oregon Greek House with the most members who attend the game will receive a prize. Look for players around campus throughout the week handing out half off admission flyers.

More information on the showcase can be found here. This weekends results are as follows (all games played at Sharks Ice at San Jose):

Thursday, 9:30 pm vs. Loyola Marymount University (Final: Oregon 10, LMU 1)

Friday, 10:15 pm vs. Santa Rosa Junior College (Final: Oregon 4, SRJC 2)

Saturday, 7 pm vs. San Jose State University (Final: SJSU 5, Oregon 1)

Ducks win two at home over WSU

October 28, 2011 in Game Results

The Ducks got their first two wins at home over WSU this past weekend with an 8-4 win on Friday night a 12-2 win on Saturday night. Oregon improves their record to 4-2 (2-2 in Pac-8).

Game story and photos to follow soon!

Oregon travels to San Jose to play in a showcase hosted by San Jose State this coming weekend. The schedule is as follows:

Thursday, 9:30 pm vs. Loyola Marymount University

Friday, 10:15 pm vs. Santa Rosa Junior College

Saturday, 7 pm vs. San Jose State University (7)

*(indicates last year’s Division II western region ranking)

Getting scrummy with Utah

A shot worth another look: Stephen Casey and Dougo Reese get in the thick of things in front of Utah's net during the Ducks 3-2 loss on October 3 at Lane County Ice. Photo by Tess Freeman

Ducks pick up first two wins over PSU

October 23, 2011 in Game Results

The Ducks traveled to Beaverton to play Portland State this weekend and picked up their first two wins of the season. Freshman goaltender Danny Cockriel earned his first win in a Ducks sweater in a big way with a shutout in Oregon’s 5-0 win on Friday.

Saturday saw the Vikings take a 2-0 lead into the second period, but Oregon’s offense came to life in the second and third periods as the Ducks stormed back for a 10-2 win.

Oregon has its first weekend home stand of the weekend starting this Friday, October 29 at Lane County Ice vs. Washington State.

Check back soon for more information.

Ducks home schedule for the 2011-2012 season. Photo Illustration by Matt Hanlon

Ducks fall to Utes again, turn attention to Portland State series

October 20, 2011 in Game Results

The Oregon Ducks club hockey team fell just short again last Thursday, losing 3-2 to the visiting Utah Utes.

The second game of the two-game series between the Ducks and Utes was eerily similar to the first game. However this time the Ducks were able to get their first shot of the game just 27 seconds in (compared to 4:51 in the first game), but unfortunately that was the Ducks’ only shot of the first period.

Jake McCormick takes the puck along the Oregon Bench in the Ducks 3-2 loss Thursday night at Lane County Ice Center. -Photo by Phil Johnson

The Utes defense was a huge reason for the shot discrepancy, doing a fantastic job of helping out their goaltender in the first period by blocking seven shots. Once again after the first period the Ducks found themselves in a hole in the shot department, down 14-1.

The Ducks also found themselves in a scoring hole once again after the first period, being down 2-0 at the first intermission. While the play during the first period seemed rather back and fourth, with a great deal more hitting than in the first game, the Ducks just couldn’t manage to get shots on net.

In the second period the hitting ramped up just a little more, but so did the penalties. There were 55 penalty minutes in the period, including two ten-minute misconducts and a five-minute misconduct. Exactly half of the penalty minutes came at the 11:20 minute mark, after a rather large scuffle right in front of Oregon’s bench erupted. Thirty of the period’s 55 penalty minutes were given to the Ducks, including 14 to Trevor McCarty alone.

Despite the onslaught of penalties in the period, the Ducks began to find a rhythm. The Ducks were able to register seven shots in the second period alone, more than any of their previous four periods against the Utes.

The Utes were still able to outshoot the Ducks in the period however, registering ten shots of their own.The Utes were also able to put another goal in the back of the net on a 2-man advantage at the end of the second period, giving them a 3-0 lead at the second intermission.

The Ducks answered early in the third period with a 2-man advantage goal of their own. With 15:26 left in the period, Zach Peters was able to bang one home for his first goal of the season; Patrick Thorton and Dougo Reese were credited with the assists.

As the period went on the Ducks continued to get their chances, and much like in the previous night, the Ducks’ ability to run three to four lines began to wear on the Utes’ legs. Late in the period the Utes began to take more and more penalties that are usually signs of fatigue. In the final twelve minutes of the game, the Utes had seven penalties, most of which were hooking and tripping penalties.

Connor McBride being chased up the ice by the Utes. Photo by Phil Johnson

The Ducks were able to get their second power play goal of the night with just 1:11 left in the game. Both Peters and Reese notched their second points of the game as they assisted the Connor McBride goal. The Ducks continued to pressure the Utes during the last minute, but ultimately fell just short once again.

The Ducks were outshot 36-15 in the game, a small improvement from the 48-17 differential the night before, but still not good enough. As the Ducks look forward to their next series against the Portland State Vikings, fixing the shot-total discrepancy will have to be goal number one.

The Ducks freshman goaltender, Daniel Cockriel, boasted and extremely impressive .929 save percentage over the weekend, stopping 78 of the 84 shots that came his way. If the Ducks can reduce the amount of shots that Cockriel faces, he could definitely be one of the best goaltenders in the Pac-8 this season.

The Ducks’ special teams will be crucial to their success moving forward as well. In the series with Utah, the Ducks went 4-for-20 on the power play and killed off all but two of their 18 penalty kill chances. Both ratios were rather impressive and if the Ducks can continue to capitalize on their own power play opportunities while shutting down the opposition’s power play chances, the wins will start to come.

This coming weekend the Ducks will travel to Portland to take on the Portland State Vikings. The Vikings have played in six games so far this season and are at least 2-2 (their website is awful and results against Western Washington aren’t found). The Vikings have two wins over Gonzaga at home and suffered two blowout losses to San Jose State last weekend. The Vikings lost by a total of 22-1 in their two-game trip to San Jose last weekend.

The Vikings are led by forward Anthony Libonati; who has six goals and three assists so far, having played in just the two games against Gonzaga. Oregon played the Vikings twice last season, winning both meetings by a combined score of 16-6. The Ducks will hope to get their first wins of the season against a Portland State team that they have historically done well against. The two teams have met ten times in the past four years; Oregon has a 9-1 record in the series.

So if you are in the Portland area this weekend go check out the Oregon Ducks when they take on the Portland State Vikings at the Winterhawks Skating Center located at 9250 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy. Beaverton, OR 97005. Wear your ducks gear and bring your noise-makers (duck lips aren’t banned in Portland) as this rivalry is always a heated one and the Ducks could use your support.

Ducks drop home opener, 3-2

October 13, 2011 in Game Results

By Vince Tushner
For Oregon Ducks Hockey.com
The Oregon Ducks club hockey team lost to the Utah Utes in last night’s season opener here in Eugene. While an opening game loss is tough for the Ducks to swallow, there were some positives to build on going into tonight’s game against Utah.

Judging by the first ten minutes of last night’s game it was very apparent that the Utes were playing in their seventh game this season and that the Ducks were playing together for the first time this year. It took the Ducks just under five minutes to record their first shot in the game and at the point the Utes already had six shots.

Derek Wolfson battles for the puck in the neutral zone during the Ducks 3-2 loss to the Utes Wednesday night at the Lane County Ice Arena. Photo by Phil Johnson

The Utes were able to score on their fourth shot of the game, just 2:43 into the first period. The goal came on a shot from the point that went through a great deal of traffic before getting by Ducks’ freshman goaltender, Daniel Cockreil. While the Utes were able to continue to pepper Cockreil with shots throughout the period (recording 20 shots in the first period), the early screened shot was the only shot to find the back of the net.

The Ducks finished the first period with just three shots to the Utes twenty, but managed to kill off two Utes power plays, including a 40 second tw0-man advantage. The Utes looked much sharper in the first and looked to be in a groove that the Ducks hadn’t had the chance to find yet. However, lead by great goaltending and a great diving save by defenseman Dougo Reese; the Ducks found themselves only down one goal after the first period.

The game seemed to even out some in the second period after an early scare. Just ten seconds into the second period the Utes were able to jam a puck into the back of the net, but fortunately for the Ducks the whistle had already blown and the score remained 1-0.

After that the rest of the second period was much more balanced and it looked as though the Ducks were starting to find a rhythm. However that changed in the final two and a half minutes of the period, when the ice seemed to tilt towards the Utes once again. The Utes were able to get five of their eleven second period shots in the last two minutes of the period; finally slipping another goal by Cockreil with just 1:16 left in the period.

The first ten minutes of the third period continued to be a back and forth affair, with the Utes still outshooting the Ducks overall. The Ducks’ penalty kill continued to play well, killing off a both of the Utes’ third period power plays. However, the Utes were able to notch their third goal midway through the period. With just under nine minutes left in the game the Ducks found themselves down 3-0 and being outshot very badly.

Then around the seven minute mark the Ducks’ began to find their stride. The Ducks’ attempts to run four lines throughout the night was finally catching up to the Utes as they began to show signs of fatigue. The Utes began to take penalties and the Ducks were able to capitalize.

-Phil Johnson

With 5:50 left in the third period, Nick Keuhl was able to knock home the Ducks’ were first goal right after a well-timed Ducks timeout. Then after another pair of penalties by the Utes, Patrick Thorton was able to jam home the Ducks’ second power play goal of the night; bringing the score to 3-2 with just 48 seconds remaining.

The Ducks were then able to give the home crowd something more to get excited about, continuing to pressure the Utes during the final 48 seconds of play. In the end however, the Utes were able to hold off the Ducks’ final attacks and get away with the 3-2 win.

While a loss isn’t the outcome the Ducks were looking for to open their season, they showed a lot to their fans in the loss. Although the Ducks were badly outshot, 48 to 17, they were able to get more shots each period as they got their game-legs back. The Ducks penalty kill was an impressive eight-for-eight on the night and freshman goalie, Daniel Cockreil showed signs of great things to come with an .938 save percentage on the night.

Tonight the Ducks will face-off against the Utes once again, this time with a game under their belt. Expect the Ducks to come out with revenge on their minds, looking to prove that last night’s loss was more about rhythm than talent. The puck will drop at 8:00 p.m. and the Lane Events Ice Center. Tickets are $5 for adults and $2 for children and UO students.