We did it! My alma mater's hockey team took the Division III title tonight , with a 4-3 overtime win over defending champ Middlebury College of Vermont. To give an idea of the magnitude of the win, Middlebury was looking for it's 4th straight D-III title, and an amazing 9th in the last 13 years........ but the Lakers would not be denied.
Garren Reisweber stole the puck along the right boards, and with a full head of steam, got around Middlebury's defenseman and cut left , avoiding the goaltender, and shot the puck into the wide open net......... and pandemonium ensued.
Middlebury threw everything they had, but goalie Ryan Scott stopped 45 shots, including all 17 directed at him in the scoreless first period. In addition to the game-winner, Reisweber also scored Oswego's second goal in the second period.
The nice part about Division III is that the athletes are talented, but they aren't on scholarship, and they realize that they likely will not turn professional either, so for most of them, college will be their final time playing. They are true student-athletes, and now my school has a piece of hardware to put in it's trophy room for the first time ever....
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Mikey, I can consider my alma mater's first piece of hardware like that, 'ere they dropped polo as an official NCAA sport to a club level, like fencing, rifle, karate and judo. Go fig, in the intrest of pottylickin correctness, when free market lassiez faire could drive "equality" (though it ain't fair that there aren't NBA contracts for the Oswego State hockey team ;-))
hey...lets not forget to thank Directv and me for carrying your game!!!
Congrats. Did you watch the game.
By the way I am fixing to walk into the Casino here in Baton Rouge in a few minutes and I hope I come out a winner like your team.
if you win, does that mean you'll be buying when you get back to the palms?
I watched it at Bob's house of College Sports TV or something like that. The rink they had the game at was bad. The only seats were on one side of the rink. Having it about 1000 miles from both schools was a bad idea too. Most of the qualifying Div. III schools are in the Northeast. Maybe they could have it there next time?
Actually I lost at the Casino Earl but I will buy anytime at The Palms. So Mike where was the game played at.
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