Headed to nationals
Published on March 3, 2009 by Kelly Blaine
The No. 9 seeded Ice Hockey team pulled an upset at the regional tournament in Wooster, Ohio, last weekend, defeating No. 4 UMBC and No. 3 Miami of Ohio to advance to nationals.
On day one of the win-or-go-home tournament, KSU was pitted against UMBC, a team that defeated KSU earlier this season. The Owls put eight goals on the board: two each coming from Jerry Holden, Hunter Gahl and Rick Lirette. Chris Koutnik and Sean Bernhardt each added a goal of their own. Goalie Ben Powers held UMBC to five goals and KSU won, 8-5.
The next day, the Owls returned to face their biggest threat of the tournament in Miami of Ohio. After suffering two losses (1-6, 1-4) to them earlier in the season, the Owls were hoping for redemption.
Miami proved to be tough as they put up the first two goals and outshot KSU, 21-2. The Owls got on the board late in the second period with a shot from Justin Blais. Additional goals from Holden and Morrison tied the game at 3-3 at the end of regulation.
In overtime, it was a close-fought battle personified in the successful defense of a Redhawks penalty shot by Powers. As the period wound down, Holden fed the puck to Morrison, who connected on a shot with 56.1 seconds remaining in the period to give the Owls the 4-3 overtime upset.
The Owls will travel to Grand Rapids, Mich., March 17-22 to compete in the national tournament hosted by Grand Valley State University.
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