The opening weekend of 2011 was an unhappy one on a number of levels, for the Penn State Icers, your correspondent, and most importantly - to the Icers family.
We are saddened to learn today of the passing on Sunday of Lois Boller, wife of long-time Icers sponsor, Hall of Fame member and fan Don "Mr. Dairy Queen" Boller. Mrs. Boller is at peace after a lengthy battle with cancer.
The funeral service for Mrs. Boller is scheduled for Thursday at 11 am at Mt. Nittany United Methodist Church in State College. Our thoughts and prayers go out Don and his family.
It goes without saying that the results from Athens, Ohio were disappointing. The Ohio Bobcats swept the series with well-earned 4-1 and 5-2 victories at a raucous Bird Arena.
The Icers were outshot 86-42 over the weekend and they had no answer for Ohio's top trio of Michael Schultz, Tyler Pilmore and Nick Rostek. Schultz led the way with two goals on Friday and a natural hat trick in Saturday's win. Pilmore had a goal and assist on Friday and set up all three Schultz goals on Saturday, while Rostek had two assists in Friday's victory.
The Icers' power play struggled on Saturday, going 1 for 8. On Saturday, penalty trouble cost the Icers as Schultz scored two of his three on the man advantage.
One bright spot for Penn State was the play of freshman Matthew Madrazo. Matthew stopped all 19 shots he faced on Friday after replacing Ted Hume. On Saturday, Matthew made 38 saves, including several highlight-reel stops.
Speaking of highlights, the weekend wasn't a highlight of my broadcast career. Computer and internet issues on Friday night scrubbed the video webcast. Fortunately (I guess) I was able to get the audio working for the second and third period.
The problems were resolved on Saturday; however, there were problems recording the game video. I've managed to cobble together video of some of the plays from Saturday's contest. Missing are Schultz's final two goals, the second by Tim O'Brien and Michael McDonagh's shot that rang off the post.
Sometimes, the "hockey gods" just don't smile on you. Had Michael's wrister found the back of the net instead of the pipe. the score would have been 4-3 OU and the outcome of the game and the weekend might have been different.
Thanks to all the fans who hung in on Friday, and thanks for all your kind words.
Thanks to Vince Chandler for manning the camera over the weekend, while the Executive Producer worked behind the scenes.
We'll have more fun this coming weekend as the Icers head to Pittsburgh to take on Robert Morris. The games will be on the Olympic-size secondary rink at the Island Sports Complex. Right now, it looks like we'll be broadcasting from ice level.
We are saddened to learn today of the passing on Sunday of Lois Boller, wife of long-time Icers sponsor, Hall of Fame member and fan Don "Mr. Dairy Queen" Boller. Mrs. Boller is at peace after a lengthy battle with cancer.
The funeral service for Mrs. Boller is scheduled for Thursday at 11 am at Mt. Nittany United Methodist Church in State College. Our thoughts and prayers go out Don and his family.
It goes without saying that the results from Athens, Ohio were disappointing. The Ohio Bobcats swept the series with well-earned 4-1 and 5-2 victories at a raucous Bird Arena.
The Icers were outshot 86-42 over the weekend and they had no answer for Ohio's top trio of Michael Schultz, Tyler Pilmore and Nick Rostek. Schultz led the way with two goals on Friday and a natural hat trick in Saturday's win. Pilmore had a goal and assist on Friday and set up all three Schultz goals on Saturday, while Rostek had two assists in Friday's victory.
The Icers' power play struggled on Saturday, going 1 for 8. On Saturday, penalty trouble cost the Icers as Schultz scored two of his three on the man advantage.
One bright spot for Penn State was the play of freshman Matthew Madrazo. Matthew stopped all 19 shots he faced on Friday after replacing Ted Hume. On Saturday, Matthew made 38 saves, including several highlight-reel stops.
Speaking of highlights, the weekend wasn't a highlight of my broadcast career. Computer and internet issues on Friday night scrubbed the video webcast. Fortunately (I guess) I was able to get the audio working for the second and third period.
The problems were resolved on Saturday; however, there were problems recording the game video. I've managed to cobble together video of some of the plays from Saturday's contest. Missing are Schultz's final two goals, the second by Tim O'Brien and Michael McDonagh's shot that rang off the post.
Sometimes, the "hockey gods" just don't smile on you. Had Michael's wrister found the back of the net instead of the pipe. the score would have been 4-3 OU and the outcome of the game and the weekend might have been different.
Thanks to all the fans who hung in on Friday, and thanks for all your kind words.
Thanks to Vince Chandler for manning the camera over the weekend, while the Executive Producer worked behind the scenes.
We'll have more fun this coming weekend as the Icers head to Pittsburgh to take on Robert Morris. The games will be on the Olympic-size secondary rink at the Island Sports Complex. Right now, it looks like we'll be broadcasting from ice level.
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