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Boyce Student Life
Page 6 Monday, October 18, 2010
Students enjoy sports, intramural competitions
PHOTOS BY LINDA NEUBAUER
Dan Fields and Mike Bukovac are practicing for the upcoming jenga
tournament. There is still time to sign up for this and many other
activities in the intramural office, located by the bookstore at S-523.
Penguins: New
Faces—Same Goal
Pre-Season Wrap Up
Looking Forward to
New Hockey Season
By Sarah Tucek
BOYCE STUDENT
The hockey season has started
up once again, but first lets go
back and see how the Pittsburgh
Penguins ended their
season last year. They made it to the playoffs
again; the first round was against the
Ottawa Senators, which the Penguins defeated
in six games.
The second round was against the Montreal
Canadians. Some could’ve thought
that this game was going to be easy (I know
I did) because the Canadians were the
eighth seed. Then unexpectedly it came to
game seven in the Mellon Arena, and the Canadians came out on top, with the score 5-2.
That was the last to play in the famous Mellon or Civic Arena.
During the summer the Penguins had time to relax and clear their heads from the disappointing
finish to a great season. While they were all relaxing, construction workers
were busy trying to finish the new “arena,”the Consol Energy Center. It is right across
from, the now, old arena.
The differences between the old and new arena is that the Mellon was a dome and
only had windows around the bottom edge. Consol Energy Center has windows all over
the building; the fans will be able to look out on the beautiful city during period breaks.
Plus the Consol is a lot bigger than the Mellon with a capacity of 18,087. Now it’s up and
running, ready for the Penguins.
Also during the summer Ray Shero, the general manager, and other Penguin employers
were busy trying to make the Penguins team a lot stronger than before. One guy they
picked up was Mike Comrie, a winger who was on the Edmonton Oilers. They gave him
a one year contract, which he gladly accepted.
He has said that he wants to compete for the Stanley Cup and believes he can help
the Penguins with that goal. The second new player is Paul Martin, a defender, and he
has played with the New Jersey Devils. Martin is under a five- year contract with the
Penguins.
Shero and the head coach, Dan Blysma, want the defense stronge, especially with losing
key defender, Sergei Gonchar, to the Ottawa Senators. That’s how Martin steps in; he
is poised with the puck and can also be a part of the offense at times.
Another defender the Penguins chose was Zbynek Michalek from the Phoenix Coyotes.
He is also under a five-year contract with the team. He contributes by making the
defense stronger because he is not afraid to give up his body in front of a shot. Also he
can quickly shutdown other players and can get the puck out of the zone swiftly.
The last major player they grabbed was Aaron Asham, a winger from the Philadelphia
Flyers. Like Comrie’s contract, Asham is signed for one year in Pittsburgh. The Penguins
are grateful to have him because they know he is tough to play against. Now some
youngsters from the minor league are coming up and may be able to play beside Sydney
Crosby, Evengi Malkin or Jordan Staal. Some are Eric Tangradi, Nick Johnson, Mark
Letestu and Dustin Jeffery.
Having players set, the next step was to see how well they would play together during
the pre-season. The first game was against the Detroit Red Wings, which the Penguins
beat, 5-1. The scorers were Brett Sterling, Comrie, Crosby and Ryan Craig, who scored
Joe Hanna is the number one golfer in the school and represented Boyce in the
recently completed state tournament. He also won the intramural long drive contest
and the miniature golf tourney by two strokes, held at Willows driving range.
Plum High graduate Sean Derry leads his two man team to victory in the
quarterfinals of the bocce tournament. Final results were not available at press time.
two goals. The goaltender, Marc Andre Fleury, saved 20 out of 21 shots, and then Theissen
came in to replace Fleury.
The Penguins played the Columbus Blue Jackets in the second game, barely beating
them, 5-4. New players won this game for the Penguins, Asham, Mike Rupp, Chris
Kunitz, Johnson and Comrie. Brett Johnson was now the starting goalie, making 18
saves out of 21 shots, and then John Curry came in making 15 saves out of 16 shots.
The third pre season game was against the Blue Jackets. Yet again the Penguins beat
them 3-1. Pascal Dupuis, Malkin and Asham all scored to beat the Blue Jackets. Fleury
was in goal having a phenomenal game, making 32 saves out of 33 shots.
The fourth game was against the Chicago Blackhawks, beating them 4-1. Brett Johnson
started as goalie and Malkin, Jeffery, Nick Johnson and Mark Letestu made the Penguins
win that game. The fifth preseason game was against the Chicago Blackhawks,
giving the Penguins their first loss, 5-2.
The only scorers for the Penguins were Alex Goligoski and Craig Adams. The final
game was against the Detroit Red Wings, which the Penguins did win 5-1. Comrie
scored twice then Kuntiz, Malkin and Goligoski each added a point. Fleury yet again
made 22 saves to steal the game away.
Since the pre season is over everyone can focus on the regular season. Even though
the Pens lost their home opener to the Philadelphia Flyers and then the next to the Montreal
Canadiens, fans know they can shake off those losses and learn from their early-
season mistakes.
Hopefully the Penguins will have an amazing season in the new arena with some new
guys and come out on top again to win the Stanley Cup.
Graduating?
Students who are eligible or think they may be eligible
for December 2010 Graduation, should schedule an
appointment to meet with an Academic Advisor.
The last day to apply for December graduation is Nov. 30, 2010.
You can schedule an appointment by accessing
Appointment Central via our website (www.ccac.edu)
or at the Advising Department Room S-561.
Advising hours are 9-3 Monday – Friday.
Wednesday evening 4-7.