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SFU Clan beats up on TWU Spartans

The bad news for Trinity Western sports fans: the SFU Clan converted a touchdown Saturday night against the visiting Spartans. The worse news: it was in hockey.

Depending upon which stats sheet you read, Mike Ball either got two or three points Saturday night in the SFU Clan 7–1 win over the TWU Spartans. There's no denying this was a goal, however. Photo by Jason Kurylo for Pucked in the Head.
Depending upon which stats sheet you read, Mike Ball either got two or three points Saturday night in the SFU Clan 7–1 win over the TWU Spartans. There’s no denying this was a goal, however. Photo by Jason Kurylo for Pucked in the Head.

The Clan dominated the puck possession battle, and scored seven goals on 32 shots en route to a 7–1 spanking of the visitors from Langley. Nick Sandor was named first star of the game for his three-assist effort, while Jono Ceci garnered second star status on the strength of two goals and an assist. Goaltender Andrew Parent stopped 19 of 20 shots for third star honours.

Andrew Parent looks around a screen to make one of his 19 saves on the night. His SFU Clan cruised to a 7–1 victory over the TWU Spartans. Photo by Jason Kurylo for Pucked in the Head.
Andrew Parent looks around a screen to make one of his 19 saves on the night. His SFU Clan cruised to a 7–1 victory over the TWU Spartans. Photo by Jason Kurylo for Pucked in the Head.

SFU’s next game comes Thursday, November 28 in Langley at these very same TWU Spartans. Their next home game is just two days later, as they host the UVic Vikes at Bill Copeland Arena in Burnaby. The puck drops for both games at 7pm.

The hairiest bobblehead EVAR. Mike Commodore is just one alumnus of the UND Athletes Formerly Known as Fighting Sioux. Image sourced from the UND athletics website.

On January 3–4, SFU will host the second Great Northwest Showcase, featuring exhibition hockey between the Clan, the UBC Thunderbirds, and two NCAA Division 1 teams: the Princeton University Tigers and the seven-time national champions from the University of North Dakota (athletes formerly known as the Fighting Sioux). UND alumni include Vancouver Canuck nemeses Jonathan Toews and TJ Oshie, to name two. Oh, and let’s not forget Mike Commodore, who was immortalized in this bobblehead last season. A full fifteen of their current roster members have been drafted by NHL clubs. Fifteen.

Princeton is no busload of slouches, either — in addition to the obvious academic cachet attached to the school, they’ve produced some tough NHL customers such as George Parros, Jeff Halpern, and two genetic sequels to Hockey Hall of Famer Syl Bloody Apps.*  Check out the event website here, and get yourself some tickets, damn your eyes, get yourself some tickets!

* I’m not kidding here. Syl Apps Jr went to both Princeton and Queen’s Universities before embarking on an NHL career of his own — albeit not quite as stellar as his dad’s, Jr acquitted himself quite well. Syl Apps III followed dear ol’ dad to Princeton, doing well enough to get some pro contracts as a bottom-six forward in the AHL and ECHL. Syl III’s sister Gillian ain’t too shabby with a puck, either. She won Olympic gold with Team Canada in 2006 in Turin and again at the 2010 Vancouver Games.

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SFU Clan 6, TRU Wolfpack 4

Evan Kurylo stopped 32 shots in a 6-4 SFU Clan win over the TRU Wolfpack, including this right pad save during the 2nd period. Photo by Jason Kurylo for Pucked in the Head.
Goaltender Evan Kurylo stopped 32 shots in a 6-4 SFU Clan win over the TRU Wolfpack, including this right pad save on Joshua MacDonald during the 2nd period. Photo by Jason Kurylo for Pucked in the Head.

The SFU Clan finished the 2012-13 season on a winning note Saturday, quieting the TRU Wolfpack 6-4 in a preview of next week’s first-round playoff matchup.

Graduating players had a big impact for the Clan: goaltender Evan Kurylo stopped 32 of 36 shots, and forward Ben Van Lare had a pair of assists in the win. Kurylo stopped every shot he should have in this one; the four goals all came on ridiculous defensive breakdowns, including a 2-on-0 break for the Wolfpack when SFU was up 3-0 early in the second period. For his part, Van Lare was probably robbed of a goal in his last game for the Clan, as we in the broadcast booth saw him tip the Mike Ball point shot past Wolfpack goalie Adrien Hervillard with 29 seconds remaining in the second period. The official scoring on the play was changed after the fact, however, to give Ball the goal, and Van Lare the assist instead.

More after the break.

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Jenessa gets Pucked in the Head

She's from Hawaii, so Jenessa Gladstone can be forgiven for being a basketball fan first. Now that she's in Canada, she's trying to get a grasp on this game called hockey, and was thrilled to win an SFU Clan t-shirt from Pucked in the Head. Check out her video below!
She’s from Hawaii, so Jenessa Gladstone can be forgiven for being a basketball fan first. Now that she’s in Canada, she’s trying to get a grasp on this game called hockey, and was thrilled to win an SFU Clan t-shirt from Pucked in the Head. Check out her video below!

Congrats to Jenessa Gladstone, who recently won an SFU Clan shirt through one of our contests on the mighty Twitter. (Follow us, @PuckedintheHead, SFU, @SFUHockey, or Jenessa for that matter, @JenessaLei.)

Jenessa was kind enough to cut this promo spot for both Pucked in the Head and this week’s SFU game — they play the TWU Spartans at Bill Copeland Arena at 7 pm on Saturday, February 16. Get your buns down to the rink and see some solid college hockey — you won’t even have to shell out many of your hard-earned sheckles to do so, either. Look below for a handy 2-for-1 coupon, and you & a friend can get in for just five bucks each.

 

Get out & see some top flight college puck as the SFU Clan host their final three regular season games at Bill Copeland Arena. With this coupon, you & a friend can get in for just five bucks apiece!
Get out & see some top flight college puck as the SFU Clan host their final three regular season games at Bill Copeland Arena. With this coupon, you & a friend can get in for just five bucks apiece!