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UW-SP men’s hockey rolls into conference play on Friday, Nov. 14, against De Pere and again on Saturday, Nov. 15 to take on Lake Forest. The Pointers are currently 5-0 and haven’t had a season start like this since the 1991-92 season.
Hockey undefeated; moves on to conference competition
The Pointer
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Forcing a shut-out on St. Mary’s and a last-minute victory against St. Thomas on Parents’ Night, the Pointer men’s hockey team stretched their winning streak to five in a row.
Pointer Mike Sand put one past Tommie goalie Tyler Chestnut with less than two minutes left in the first period and St. Thomas answered back with a power play goal of their own a minute later.
Fighting ferociously for the win well into the third period, it was Russell Law who broke the spell with 33 seconds left in the game. It was Law’s fourth goal of the season, which puts him in the lead for Pointer goals.
Goalie Thomas Speer turned away 18 shots against St. Mary’s University in his second shut-out of the season and tallied 19 saves for the win against University of St. Thomas on Saturday night. For his excellent performance during the weekend, he was named the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Hockey Player of the Week.
Speer is a sophomore who entered the Pointer hockey program last season after playing for the Seguin Bruins of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League. He earned a 92 percent save record in 2007-2008 with the Pointers, and was named to the All-WIAC First Team as a freshman player.
The Pointers start their conference run against defending Division III National Champion St. Norbert College in De Pere this weekend. That game starts at 7 p.m. and Saturday night’s face-off against Lake Forest begins at 7:30 p.m. The team returns home to Stevens Point on Nov. 21, against UW-Stout in the beginning of what will be an eight-game hosting streak at the K.B. Willett Arena.
