The Official News Letter of PENN Men's Ice Hockey                                                                                            Issue #60, November 2, 2007

October 26, 2007
PENN 2
UMBC 2

October 27, 2007
PENN 6
Villanova 5

NEWS AND NOTES

Penn picked up its first point in MACHA play with a 2-2 tie against UMBC and defeated D1 Villanova in dramatic fashion.

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Berkeley Deitvorst made 47 saves, and Penn got timely goals from Dave Farber and Zack Kaplan, as the Quakers skated to a 2-2 tie with the University of Maryland Baltimore County Retrievers, Friday night at the Class of 1923 Ice Rink.

The Quakers were down 0-1 midway through the first period, but scored the equalizer as Dave Farber netted his 3^rd goal in as many games. Farber cradled a pass from captain Jeff Greenberg and turned on the rockets, slicing through the Maryland defense, and fooling the UMBC goaltender. Besides the assist, Greenberg had a good all-around game, making solid plays on both ends of the ice. His leadership is no doubt an asset for this young team.

Deitvorst withstood a shelling that not only included pucks, but players as well. The Penn goaltender was frequently knocked to the ice after collisions in the crease, but he didn’t appear rattled as he continued to turn away UMBC shots, calmly keeping his team in the game. Zack Kaplan scored in the second on a wrist-shot after receiving a perfect pass from Tim Siegmund, but Penn’s 2-1 lead couldn’t hold up, and UMBC tied the game in the third after a scrum in front of the net. The four-on-four overtime period contained a flurry of exciting scoring opportunities on both sides, and more big saves by Deitvorst, but in the end the score remained tied up at two goals apiece.

On Saturday, Penn traveled to Aston, PA, to take on Division 1 ACHA opponent Villanova.  Notwithstanding a sluggish opening period during which Penn was outshot 12-3, the score was tied 1-1 at the end of the first following a goal from Greenberg.  Although Villanova continued pouring it on during the second by outshooting the Quakers 18-7 and scoring its second of five power play goals, Penn gained the lead with goals from sophomore assistant captain Sam Lerer and sophomore forward Riley Tagtmeyer.

As the third period began, the Quakers hoped to nurse their one-goal lead.  Those hopes were quickly dashed when the Wildcats opened the third period scoring with their third power play goal at the 17:23 mark.  After trading goals with the Wildcats over the course of the next 17 minutes, the Quakers found themselves down 5-4 with less than a minute to play.  Following a Villanova penalty and a Penn timeout, Greenberg buried his second goal to tie the game with twenty-eight seconds remaining.  After winning the ensuing center-ice draw and getting the puck deep in Villanova’s end, Penn entered the zone with poise.  As the clock ticked down, the Quakers cycled the puck out to rookiw forward Janne Taskinen who emerged from behind the goalline to seal the game for Penn by scoring the game winner with a mere six seconds remaining on the clock.