SOONERS PLAY MINOT STATE IN OKC AND DALLAS
NHL STARS/ACHA SOONERS DOUBLEHEADER IN DALLAS THIS SATURDAY

No. 7 OKLAHOMA SWEEPS No. 8 SUN DEVILS THIS PAST WEEK

THIS WEEK’S GAMES – The No. 7 University of Oklahoma® Hockey club (15-6-3) plays a pair of games this weekend against No. 16 Minot State (14-3-0). Friday night's game will be in Oklahoma City at the Blazers Ice Centre. Face-off is scheduled for 7:30 P.M. On Saturday, the Sooners are teaming up with the NHL Dallas Stars for an ACHA/NHL doubleheader. The Stars will host the Detroit Red Wings at 1:00 P.M. at the American Airlines Center in Dallas and approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the Stars/Red Wings (i.e., 4:00 P.M.), OU will take on Minot State in the second game of a weekend series between the two teams. One ticket gets you into both games. Tickets are available by using the form found at http://bit.ly/7D38xb, by calling 214-GO-STARS or online at www.DallasStars.com.

OU STUDENTS GET IN FREE ON FRIDAY – Who says you can’t get anything for free these days? If you have a valid OUID, you get in free to all OU Hockey home games this season. It sure feels like hockey weather outside these days in Oklahoma so take that as a sign from above and get to the rink! Flash that valid OUID at the door on Friday night and prepare to have more fun than you deserve with OU Hockey! And no, the OUID thing won't work for the game in Dallas so don't even try it, capeesh?

LAST OU HOCKEY GAMES – Oklahoma just completed a sweep of No. 8 Arizona State this past Sunday and Monday. Sunday night, the Sooners jumped on ASU quick, scoring sixteen seconds into the game and dominated the remainder of the game to win 4-1. Monday was a different story as ASU had a 3-1 lead after two periods. However, the Sooners tied the game in the opening minutes of the third period and eventually won the game in overtime by a score of 5-4.

RANKINGS – The Sooners are ranked 7th in the nation according to the most recent ACHA D1 Coaches ranking. The next ranking is expected to be released on Friday, January 22nd.

NEW FACES IN THE LINEUP – The Sooners have added three players to the roster for remainder of the season: forwards Jesse Bryant (Anchorage, AK), Sean Castle (Midwest City, OK) and Billy Strain (Providence, RI). Bryant played for the Sooners last year but did not play during the Fall 09 semester in order to focus on academics. Castle played two seasons of hockey for OU before taking two years off as his academic schedule could not accommodate the additional burdens that hockey imposes until now. Strain recently transferred to OU after playing two and a half seasons at NCAA D3 Nichols College in Dudley, Mass.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS – The Minot State program is in transition as Head Coach Sheldon Schneider is working to get his program back into the Nationals picture. After a few years of being unranked, the Beavers are now ranked 16th and on the cusp of qualifying for Nationals for the first time in several years. Minot State is led in scoring by Isaac Friesen who has 22 goals and 18 assists for 40 total points this season. Friesen is followed in scoring by Scott Arnold (13-22-35), Kent Lillejord (9-19-2 and Luke Strueby (10-16-26). Steve Norris (2.88 GAA, 0.79 sv%) has been the main goaltender for the Beavers this season.

ACHA D1 SCOREBOARD – Positivity 101, Chapter Nine - Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. Deep, huh? It's also true. Give that some thought while checking out the ACHA D1 results from this past week:


Wednesday, January 6, 2010

NIAGARA 4, (ACHA M3) Erie Community College 3 (OT)

Friday, January 8, 2010

#2 OHIO 4, #12 Central Oklahoma 1

#3 Illinois 6, EASTERN MICHIGAN 0

#4 Liberty 11, TOWSON 1

#5 Penn State vs #17 Robert Morris (PA) at Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, PA [POSTPONED – RINK DEFECT]

#6 Iowa State 6, #20 WESTERN MICHIGAN 3 [Empty Net Goal]

#10 RHODE ISLAND 12, #18 West Chester 2

#11 ADRIAN 6, (ACHA M2) Grand Valley State 0

#13 DELAWARE 4, #21 West Virginia 3 (OT) [Delaware Wins Shootout]

#14 Kent State 6, YOUNGSTOWN STATE 2

#23 ROBERT MORRIS (IL) 6, #15 Michigan-Dearborn 5

#21 Indiana (PA) 7, JOHN CARROLL 2

#24 BUFFALO 5, Pittsburgh 3

ARIZONA 5, (ACHA M2) Texas Tech 1

Drexel 4, NAVY 0

ROCHESTER INST OF TECH 7, (ACHA M3) Canisius 4


Saturday, January 9, 2010

#12 Central Oklahoma 3, #2 OHIO 2

#3 Illinois 6, EASTERN MICHIGAN 0

#4 Liberty 8, TOWSON 3

#5 PENN STATE 5, Washington & Jefferson 3

#20 WESTERN MICHIGAN 6, #6 Iowa State 0

#10 RHODE ISLAND 4, #18 West Chester 2 [Empty Net Goal]

(ACHA M2) GRAND VALLEY STATE 6, #11 Adrian 5

#13 DELAWARE 3, #21 West Virginia 1

#14 Kent State 4, YOUNGSTOWN STATE 3

#15 Michigan-Dearborn 6, #23 ROBERT MORRIS (IL) 5

#17 Robert Morris (PA) 7, DUQUESNE 4

#19 STONY BROOK 5, Penn State Berks 1

#21 Indiana (PA) 7, JOHN CARROLL 4

#24 BUFFALO 4, Niagara 3 (OT) [Buffalo Wins Shootout]

ARIZONA 10, (ACHA M2) Texas Tech 4

DREXEL 3, Navy 2

MERCYHURST 4, Pittsburgh 1 [Empty Net Goal]

SCRANTON 8, Rochester Inst of Tech 3

Sunday, January 10, 2010

#7 OKLAHOMA 4, #8 Arizona State 1

#19 STONY BROOK 13, Scranton 2

Mercyhurst at Duquesne [CANCELLED]

Monday, January 11, 2010

#7 OKLAHOMA 5, #8 Arizona State 4 (OT)

OU HOCKEY PARENTS - If you are an OU Hockey parent and you're not getting the occasional separate mailing from the OU Hockey staff regarding away games, travel times and dates, itineraries, etc., shoot an email to cperry@ouhockey.com and we'll do our best to keep you in the loop.

PRACTICE SCHEDULE – The Sooners will practice Tuesday through Thursday this week at the Blazers Ice Centre from 3:00-4:30 P.M. before taking on Minot State this weekend.

SOONERS HOME GAMES ON THE WIRE – For the third consecutive season, OU Hockey and The WIRE have joined forces to provide broadcasts of all OU Hockey home games this season. OU Hockey broadcasts on The WIRE begin approximately 10 minutes prior to faceoff. Oklahoma hockey fans can listen to the OU Hockey broadcast by pointing your browser to either www.ouhockey.com, icehockey.ou.edu or wire.ou.edu or by tuning into 1710 AM in the Norman campus vicinity.

HOME SWEET HOME – Although formally known as Blazers Ice Centre, when the Sooners take the ice to “Oklahoma!” and “Boomer Sooner” blares over the sound system after every Sooners goal, the rink transforms into the “Sooners Ice Center”. All Sooners home games are played at Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 South I-35, in Oklahoma City.

TICKETS – Season tickets as well as individual game tickets for all OU Hockey games are on sale now and can be purchased at Blazers Ice Centre. Call Larry or Cindy at 631-3307 for additional information.

OU HOCKEY ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER – As always, we'll be updating our Twitter and Facebook fan page with game scores and happenings this weekend just as fast as our thumbs can hunt and peck while we do all sorts of other things like play music, fill out a scoresheet and scream like a monkey. Check out our Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/ouhockey, declare your fandom on our Facebook Fan Page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oklahoma-Sooners-Hockey/109967469641 or just be our Facebook Friend http://www.facebook.com/OklahomaHockey .

Thank you for your continued support and interest in OU Hockey!

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