Rowan beats TCNJ to win championship
Chris Nigro
Issue date: 3/6/08 Section: Sports
The championship drought is over. On Sunday, March 2, Rowan's non-varsity ice hockey team won their first-ever championship in their eight-year program under head coach John Caulfield.
"It feels pretty darn great. It felt pretty good, yesterday I was more nervous than today. I wasn't very worried about anything. I really felt like this game was ours," said Caulfield.
Rowan played a physical game against their state rival The College of New Jersey.
"It was a great game. Two good teams came out; it's unfortunate the game had to come down to a penalty shot, but both teams worked hard and I guess the better team came out today and won. Going into the third period it was a tie game, but our guys gave up towards the end and Rowan took advantage," said head coach of TCNJ Drew Acker.
Rowan was down 2-0 in the first period from back-to-back power-play goals by TCNJ. During this time it seemed Rowan's chances of bouncing back from this deficit were dismal. The boards were rattling from the fierce checking of both teams.
The hatred was displayed and it was only to get worse. Rowan showed little energy and life in the first period as Rowan players continuously ran into one another, over passed the puck and fumbled the received passes. The TCNJ offense assaulted
Rowan's zone for most of the first while Rowan dumped the puck.
At 4:22 the Profs showed some life when the freshmen line that has been the key to the offense all season got the team on the board. Colin Davis received assists from Chris Biscardi and Cameron Rowand to score his first of two goals of the night making the score 2-1.
"They were unbelievable today. One worry I had about them being freshmen was whether if they could really buckle it down in a tight game like that and they far succeeded my expectations," said Caulfield.
Rowan and TCNJ continued pounding one another in second; it was obvious that the second was going to be filled with emotion. TCNJ jumped out on the board first at 13:00 when senior Sean Burge scored making it a 3-1 game. Despite being behind coupled with sloppy play, Rowan never panicked, instead they tuned up their game and tightened up their defense
"It feels pretty darn great. It felt pretty good, yesterday I was more nervous than today. I wasn't very worried about anything. I really felt like this game was ours," said Caulfield.
Rowan played a physical game against their state rival The College of New Jersey.
"It was a great game. Two good teams came out; it's unfortunate the game had to come down to a penalty shot, but both teams worked hard and I guess the better team came out today and won. Going into the third period it was a tie game, but our guys gave up towards the end and Rowan took advantage," said head coach of TCNJ Drew Acker.
Rowan was down 2-0 in the first period from back-to-back power-play goals by TCNJ. During this time it seemed Rowan's chances of bouncing back from this deficit were dismal. The boards were rattling from the fierce checking of both teams.
The hatred was displayed and it was only to get worse. Rowan showed little energy and life in the first period as Rowan players continuously ran into one another, over passed the puck and fumbled the received passes. The TCNJ offense assaulted
Rowan's zone for most of the first while Rowan dumped the puck.
At 4:22 the Profs showed some life when the freshmen line that has been the key to the offense all season got the team on the board. Colin Davis received assists from Chris Biscardi and Cameron Rowand to score his first of two goals of the night making the score 2-1.
"They were unbelievable today. One worry I had about them being freshmen was whether if they could really buckle it down in a tight game like that and they far succeeded my expectations," said Caulfield.
Rowan and TCNJ continued pounding one another in second; it was obvious that the second was going to be filled with emotion. TCNJ jumped out on the board first at 13:00 when senior Sean Burge scored making it a 3-1 game. Despite being behind coupled with sloppy play, Rowan never panicked, instead they tuned up their game and tightened up their defense
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