(LEBANON, Ill., Sept. 9)—The McKendree College hockey team kicked off its second season of competition Friday with a 6-1 home loss to the University of Missouri. The contest was played at the U.S. Ice Sports Complex in Fairview Heights.
McKendree, coming off a 19-13-1 record in its inaugural season in 2004-05, was outshot in the opener by a 47-26 margin. The Bearcats trailed 5-0 before netting their first goal of the year six minutes into the third period. Sophomore center
Scott Roberts (Philadelphia, Pa./Bensalem) (Philadelphia, Pa.), McKendree’s leading scorer with 103 points in 2004-05, scored on assists from sophomore defenseman
Matt Defranco (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania/) (Philadelphia, Pa.) and freshman wing
Zach Crawford (Springfield, Ill./Pleasant Plains) (Springfield, Ill.).
Junior
Marcus Power (O'Fallon, Ill./O'Fallon) (O’Fallon, Ill.) made 41 saves in goal for McKendree.
The Bearcats are on a 10-game homestand to open the 2005-06 season. McKendree will host Missouri Saturday at 3 p.m.
McKENDREE COLLEGE HOCKEY RESULT
FRIDAY, SEPT. 9 AT FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, ILL.
Team 1 2 3 F
Missouri 1 3 2 6
McKendree 0 0 1 1
SCORING SUMMARY—
1st Period:
MU – Jost (Ellis, Meyer), 14:49
2nd Period:
MU – Cox (Gale, R. Geringer), 2:11
MU – Cox (Koeren, Jost), 6:21
MU – Ellis (unassisted), 14:00
3rd Period:
MU – Ellis (Jost, Phillips), :47
McK – Roberts (Defranco, Crawford), 6:20
MU – Wool (Koeren, Maus), 19:38
-McK-
