Installment 1
Rooster Boosters - The snort of a dreaming animal, probably a mule, wakes another and another and then another until the rooster’s call caps the NESCAC hockey barnyard cacophony. Good Morning Good Morning! It is a great day for hockey.
Our roster of roosters rise from this summer of our discontent and flock to the frozen oval to embrace this season of great expectations.
The Bantams cast a wary eye on the NCAA bestowed etched tablets recognizing achievements of last year. There’s a new pecking order in NE Small College AC, reflected with Trinity ranked #7 nationally in a preseason poll, but our cocksure skaters are focused on only one prize.
Our birds of prey play the braying camels to break the ice Saturday, November 15 at 7:00 at Conn College. The Bantams flew home as winners last year in OT courtesy of a fluttering puck off a leg and into the net. On November 15, Video of the game is available here.
The Boston-based Trinity hockey tribe gives thanks early this year (no road trip) with the Jumbo game against Tufts at the Valley Forum in Malden onSunday, November 16 at 4. On November 16, Video of the game is available here.
Notable tilts fill the playlist starting with the banner raiser November 21 at 7:30 at the Koeppel Coop on campus against the Lord Jeffs. Amherst went 2-0 against Trinity last year.
Us Statesmen mark the contest against Hobart, a perennial ECAC West contender, in beautiful Geneva, NY Saturday, December 6 at 4PM.
See you at a rink this Winter
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Cockle doodle doo
Rooster Boosters – The Crowing continued unabated in Hartford Friday night with the Bantams lording over the Amherst Jeff's, 7-2, the third straight such score to open the season. The Roosters were warmed by the Ryan Cole-fired stove as he recorded a hat trick. A video of one his goals is attached.
Saturday, the Trinity high scoring identity met the cold wind of Hamilton’s Canadian freshman goaltender. The bad news is the Bantams ended their modest 3-game winning streak by tying 1-1. The good news is that Trinity is still undefeated, ranked 8th in the USCHO poll and perched atop the NESCAC standings with the Bowdoin White Bears and the Williams White Ephelants.
After pausing to give thanks for the blessings of youth and skill, the Roosters resume with two Massachusetts Out of Conference opponents this weekend.
The Bantams dodge uDart’s mouth barbs Saturday at 4 at home.
T-day weekend Sunday at 3, Trinity is tested by a foe also in the USCHO top ten, the UBoston Beacons. The Beacons are undefeated and lead DIII in scoring per game.
Both games are available on through the internet available by following this link at game time.
Cockle doodle doo
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Bantam Boosters - The rested and relaxed roosters routed the UMass-Dartmouth Coarsehairs, 9-1, night of T-day weekend setting up a showdown between the top two scoring teams in DIII hockey, Trinity’s Hartford Heartbreakers against UMass-Boston's Beacons.
The Ice - T men's top line tallied twice (identical score sheet entries: Rigger to Brewer to Orlando, see the first one on the attachment) in the first period and led 3-1 early in the second before a Beacon rally, triggered by the power play, left the Roosters trailing 4-3 after two. The high scoring offense abandoned both teams throughout the third. Despite the best efforts of both sides, the only goal was an empty netter, pinning the first loss of the season on the Bantams.
The foray out of conference continues against the Utica Pioneers this Friday at 7PM in the sold out Aud (seating capacity 3850, the movie Slapshot was filmed there). Thousands of upstate New York puck lovers have eagerly paid to see the most dangerous birds in DIII play the beautiful game. Watch on the internet live at game time by following this linkand clicking on ‘video’ next to this game on the schedule.
The next afternoon at 4PM the Roosters visit Finger Lakes farm country capital Geneva, to play the author's alma mater, Hobart, in its wind swept rink, the site of Dick and Den's thrilling, historic intramural hockey championship victory. For those of you not in the area, watch on the internet live at game time by following this link and clicking on ‘video’ next to this game on the schedule.
Cockle doodle doo
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