From Club President Jimmy Heis:

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…this season, drylands have been made mandatory. The following dates and times are the only sessions we have to warm up before rink time…

Saturday September 12th – 12P-2P
Saturday September 19th – 12P-2P

…These are mandatory. the coaching staff wants all returning a/b players to be mandatory and it is highly encouraged for all others to attend as well, as these have been very beneficial in the past. The penalty for not attending these workouts is you forfeit your roster spot for the Columbus Day Event. A Team Assistant Coach Justin Tashker will be running the show and taking attendence, so definitely make every attempt to show up. If you have a (good) scheduling conflict, you must PM [Justin] AND myself AT LEAST three days before the event and explain yourself.

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This information, as well as the sheet that outlines the dryland exercises, can be found on the DURHC Messageboard, in the DURHC Club Board section (link is on the left navigation bar)…so if you have not yet registered for the message board, do so (and if you do, please please please follow the directions in the introductory threads to make the process go smoothly for everyone).

We hope to see you there!

ECRHA Division II

Head Coach – Tony Ho

Assistant Coach – Justin Tashker

ECRHA Division B

Associate Coach – Bryan Humphreys

Associate Coach – Paul Fallis

PCRHL

Head Coach – Chris Ness

Assistant Coach – Scott Oskin

Good luck to our coaching staff and we look forward to great things from you!

Representing the A team we have:

Forward – Chris Adams
Defense – Jason Mardinly
Goaltender – Steven Stewart

Representing the B team:

Forward – Earl Hem
Defense – Chris Waite
Goaltender – Kevin Appel

Divison II All-Star game will be Saturday 1/24 at 3:30 pm on rink 2 at Feasterville Sportsplex.

Division III/B Division All-Star game is on Saturday 1/24 at 4:30 pm on rink 2 at the Feasterville Sportsplex. 

Congratulations to these guys for their hard work throughout the season. Keep it up!

With the Drexel Roller Hockey Club teams going on winter break and out of action until early January, here is an update for the end of the first half of the year.

Our A/B teams had one last tournament to end the half last weekend, playing games on Saturday December 6th in Broomall, PA. The A team had a strong showing, going 2-1 against some tough competition while the B team lost both games, ending its undefeated start. The 7-0-1 start was the longest undefeated regular season run the B team has had in the team’s history in the ECRHA. It was the second longest undefeated run since the B team opened the 2006-2007 season with a 9-0 record (including 3 exhibition games) before losing their first game to Towson, 6-4. The 7-0-1 start is better than the 6-0-0 regular season start in 2006-2007. The B team’s record is now 7-2-1.

A Team (ECRHA Division II) Scores:

Drexel 2 West Chester 4 – Loss

Drexel 9 Ramapo 0 – Win

Drexel 8 Temple 5 – Win

B Team (ECRHA B Division) Scores:

Drexel 2 West Chester 5 – Loss

Drexel 3 Temple 4 – Loss

A team Stats Leaders:

Senior Andrew Nguyen ranks fifth in the league in points (30 points in 11 games) and ranks third in the league and fifth in the country in assists (18 in 11 games). This is his fifth and final season with the club. He has played on the A team all five years.

Pre-Junior Chris Adams, playing his third season with the club and second on the A team, is third in the league and eighth in the country in goals (21 in 11 games).

Impressive freshman rookie goalie Steve Stewart ranks fifth in the league in wins (6), fifth in the league and in the country in saves (266), and third in the league in save percentage (88%).

B Team Stats Leaders:

Freshman rookie John Kundrat has impressed thus far the season. He ranks fifth in the league in assists (12 in 10 games). He has also scored 23 points in 10 games. Other players who have scored more than a point per game: freshman rookie Erl Hem; sophomore Ian McEwing; Pre-Junior Artie Woods.

Senior goaltender Kevin Appel ranks second in the league and third in the country in wins (6), fifth in the league in saves (189), and fourth in the league in goals against average (2.75).

Our C and D teams have also concluded play until winter break is over.

Our C team enters the break with a 3-1-0 record. Their only loss came from the undefeated St. Joseph’s University team, 2 weeks ago. The score was 4-2. Last week, the C team also beat Neumann College by a score of 5-1. It marked the first time any Drexel team (PCRHL or ECRHA) has beat a Neumann team since the 2004-2005 PCRHL Tier I playoffs, in which Drexel’s first Tier I team won the PCRHL championship.

The team has seen strong play from newcomer Pete Psyrris, who has notched over a point a game. Returning players Kyle Defelice, DJ Gialanella, and Al Borelli have all also scored more than a point per game. 5th year senior Jimmy Heis, playing his third year in goal, ranks in the top five in the league in goals against average (4.00), save percentage (86%), and wins (3).

Our D team continues to play hard despite facing some adversity early on. After losing the first two games of the season, the team notched its first win against Widener University’s White team two weeks ago, winning 5-2. However, they were set back last week when they lost to Cabrini College, 8-5. Our C team’s record stands at 1-3-0 going into the break.

A positive note to start the season is the play of sophomore rookie goalie Tejas Patel who ranks in the top 5 in goals against average (5.00) and save percentage (83%).

]]> http://www.durhc.com/2008/12/first-half-recap/feed/ 0 http://www.durhc.com/2007/10/pre-season-meeting/ http://www.durhc.com/2007/10/pre-season-meeting/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:29:02 +0000 flick http://www.durhc.com/?p=41 We are holding our mandatory Pre-Season Meeting for all new and interested players.

Thursday, October, 4th
8:00 PM
DAC Media Room
(downstairs to the left of the gym)