CCRl Ices Rhody Skaters in
Hockey Playoffs The URI ice
hockey
team
reached the
semifinals of the New England Small College Hockey Association Champion ships after a banner season, but was defeated
by
the
of Rhode Island
tough Community College squad.
In what coach Tom Macari called "our worst game of the year," CCRl exploded with nine goals in the last two periods and a frustrating 11-2 loss on the Rams.
pinned
The contest, however, as the score indicates. The first
not
was
as
lopsided
period was dominated by Rhode
a barrage of Rhody shots and came away with a 2-1 lead after one period of play. Senior Art Floru got credit for the URI goal. The tide turned in the second period. The Rams had five penalties assessed against them, and an opportunistic CCRl squad capitalized on three occasions. URI still continued to play hard but came up short. "We just couldn't put the puck in the net,"
Island, but CCRl held off
lamented Macari. CCRl had no such in this period nor the third.
problem
The third
down
by
a
their lead
period opened score even
with the Rams
of 5-1. CCRl increased more as the period
progressed. "We put our heads down. We only did thai one other time before," said Macari. He went teams
on
to comment that
by
both
made defensive mistakes, but good on them. A second
CCRl made Floru
was
too littie too late
For Macari, the end of the
for
only goal Rhody.
season was a
disappointing. He was saddened mainly because the Rams went 10-0 before losing their first game this year, and ended little
their
season on
such
a sour
note.
The team posted a 6-2 record againsl varsilv programs this year, and is looking forward to playing a full varsity schedule next year. Such
a
schedule would
require
play Division III hockey. Macari called the proposed move to Divi sion III "the first step in upgradng the program." The only drawback for the leam would not be eligible for Divi is that the Rams to
they post-season play
sion III
because URI is
a
Division I school.
highlight that shouldn't go unmentioned is the exceptional play of junior Dave Cloxon who led the league in scoring this year. He tallied eight goals and 28 assists for a total of 36 points. Right behind him was co-captain Tony Perna with 35 17 goals points. The senior winger scored One
and had 18 assists. Brendon
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