On Friday, January 16, the Broncos traveled to Fresno and skated out of the Bulldogs’ doghouse with a 4-3 overtime win.

The next day, the Bulldogs exacted revenge by beating the Broncos 6-2 at home.

Your SCU Broncos’ next home game is Saturday, January 24, against Sacramento State.  The puck drops at 9:45PM.

The SCU Broncos hockey squad will enjoy 2-month Winter break and resume play on January 17, 2009 at home versus the Fresno State Bulldogs.

Currently, the Broncos hold an overall record of 3 wins and 7 losses.

Halloween Night ultimately proved to be ghoulish and gruesome for the Broncos as the SJSU Spartans dominated from the opening faceoff to the final whistle.  The Spartans jumped out to a 1-0 lead less than a minute into the game and never looked back in their 10-1 overpowering of the Broncos.

Despite the early deficit, the Broncos held strong and trailed just 1-0 at the first intermission.  In the second period, however, the Spartans again scored an early goal and took control of the game.  Stalwart netminder Alex Romano weathered the Spartans’ storm and kept the Broncos in the game with a great performance, but he and his teammates soon saw themselves looking at a 4-0 hole.  Then, Romano saw himself sitting on the bench.

Coach Lou Caputo tried to shake things up by replacing Romano, who had little chance on the 4 goals fired by Spartans snipers, with Chris McNamara.  The change worked for a few brief moments during which the Broncos scored their lone goal, but the Spartans’ deep bench soon regained control of the game and skated out with the 10-1 victory.

The Broncos next travel to Roseville, CA to face Sacramento State on November 7.  The return home on November 8 to face San Diego State at 9:45PM.

This weekend, the Santa Clara Broncos twice fell to a powerful Northern Arizona Ice Jacks team that is 4-0 in their division, and 8-0 overall.  The Ice Jacks had outscored their opponents by a combined total of 38-12 prior to the back-to-games against the Broncos.

On Friday, the Broncos provided some resistance and managed to post 4 tallies in an 11-4 defeat.  Unfortunately, things got worse on Saturday night as the Broncos were completely dominated in a 13-0 shellacking.

Your SCU Broncos squad will try to rebound from the losses at home against the San Jose State Spartans on Halloween night.

Technically, the SCU Broncos squad finished off an undefeated weekend that started at Oakland Ice Center on Friday night and closed out at home Saturday night against Gonzaga.

Friday night’s game against UC Berkeley was canceled due to ice problems at the Oakland Ice Center.  No word yet on whether the game will be made up at a later date.

The Broncos posted their first win of the season against the visiting Gonzaga Bulldogs.  With Alex Romano starting in goal in place of mainstay Chris McNamara, the Broncos took advantage of a shaky start by Bulldogs goaltender Kevin Davis and jumped out to a 5-1 lead.  Davis and his teammates soon found their game and nearly escaped the Bay Area with a win, but Ian Gonnella’s stellar offensive performance helped the Broncos hold off Gonzaga for a 7-5 win.

The Broncos will now travel to Flagstaff, Arizona for a pair of games next weekend against Northern Arizona University.  The next home game is against the strong San Jose Spartans on Halloween Night at 8:00PM.  Dressed up or not, come on out to Sharks Ice at San Jose and support your SCU Broncos hockey squad!

The SCU Broncos dropped both games this weekend: a 2-1 loss at Stanford, and a 5-3 loss to UC Davis.

On Friday, backed by a strong defensive effort, the SCU Broncos could not capitalize on their offensive chances and fell to the host Stanford Cardinal Squad 2-1.

The Broncos were primed for a change of pace at home in front of a spirited crowd on Saturday night, but they fell behind early to the visiting UC Davis Aggies.  SCU worked hard to tie the game at 3-3, but the Aggies pulled away and left the South Bay with a 5-3 win.

The Broncos play next against UC Berkeley on Friday, October 17 in Oakland.  The next home game is against Gonzaga on Saturday, October 18 at 8:30PM.

The SCU Broncos will take on the Stanford Cardinal in an afternoon rematch this Friday.  Then, on Saturday night, they will host the visiting UC Davis Aggies at Sharks Ice At San Jose.

SCU Broncos at Stanford Cardinal
Friday, October 10 at 4:40PM
Redwood City Ice Oasis
Map

SCU Broncos vs UC Davis Aggies
Saturday, October 11 at 9:45PM
Sharks Ice At San Jose
Map

The 2008-09 SCU Broncos hockey squad opened their season against Stanford in front of a vibrant home crowd at Sharks Ice at San Jose on Saturday night. Playing spirited hockey, the Broncos came out skating and hitting hard against a composed Stanford squad who played solid fundamental hockey.

Ultimately, SCU’s spirit became their achilles heel as Broncos players began a constant march in and out of the penalty box. Stanford scored on 6 of their power play chances and controlled nearly the entire game.

The Broncos took their only lead early in the third period when they jumped ahead 6-5 during a furious rally. However, the lead wouldn’t hold and Stanford capitalized on more power play opportunities to take control of the game and hold on for an 8-6 win.

As disciplinary action for taking part in two separate skirmishes near the end of the game, Justin Perna and Charlie Clark will miss the next game at Stanford.

There will be a team meeting Tuesday, September 23rd at 8:45 p.m. in the Malley Conference Room to discuss the upcoming season.

Also, practice starts this weekend and be held at the following times:

Saturday, September 27:  4:45 - 6:15 PM

Sunday , September 28: 7:00 - 8:15 AM