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Monday, January 24, 2011

Bubble Busting

If you have been a long-time listener/viewer of our Icers webcasts, you've probably heard me talking from time to time about "our crack research team."

In the past, I've usually referred to Jerome Shell, who does a great job of feeding me scores from around the ACHA.

Today, I'm talking about Rodney Martin and fellow blogger Kyle Rossi. They've done a great job of breaking down the permutations and combinations that could or could not impact the Penn State Icers and their quest to reach another National Tournament.

In fact, the efforts of Rodney and Kyle are so good, that all I have to do is reiterate what I wrote on Sunday:

With four straight wins and some momentum behind them, the Icers enter THE most critical stretch of the season. Next weekend, it's two games at #4 Delaware. That's followed by a visit to the Greenberg Ice Pavilion by the 6th-ranked Rhode Island Rams.

With Penn State currently ranked 11th, they'll need at least a pair of splits against their conference foes. Anything less could drop the Icers into a hole that they may not be able to climb out of.

I'll have to remember to add a bonus to their next pay checks!

Now, on to another hockey related item.

A tip of the cap to the NCAA Niagara Purple Eagles. Last Friday night, the team remembered their "honorary" captain, 15-year old Meghan Redenbach, who lost her battle with ovarian cancer.

As the report says, Purple Eagles players 'Dan Weiss and Danny Baco will often think about Meghan's will to live and beat her cancer. And no one here will ever forget her famous phrase: "man up."

(NU Director of Hockey Operations) Jeff Weber said, "The doctor gave her what her diagnosis was, ovarian cancer, and her father started crying. So Meg turned to her father and gave him an elbow and said,"Man up, dad."
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