Hockey

As a hockey puck comes from the point off a slap shot, it should land inside the net. But Tyler Tracy reaches up with his gloved hand and robs the opposing team from its goal against Florida Gulf Coast University. He’s quick on his skates and takes to the butterfl y position to keep the puck from reaching the goal by protecting both sides of the net and being able to jump up to snatch the high shots out of the air. Tracy is a freshman goaltender for the FGCU men’s D2 ice hockey team and the one of...

Coming off the first loss of the season during week seven, the Florida Gulf Coast University men’s hockey team will be back at Germain Arena at 8:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday against the Missouri Tigers. The Missouri Tigers come to southwest Florida with a record of 2-6. The top scorer for the Tigers has a total of 10 points compared with FGCU’s top-scorer, Dan Echeverri, with 46 points. Game tickets cost $5 each and FGCU students get in free with their Eagle ID cards. The upcoming weekend should be an interesting test to see how the Eagles respond...

The Florida Gulf Coast University men’s hockey team faced the Liberty University Flames on Friday, Oct. 25 and Saturday, Oct. 26. During this game, FGCU held “Friends and Family Weekend” with Partners for Breast Cancer Care, Inc., with all fundraising efforts going to the non-profit organization. When Liberty came to Florida to face the Eagles, they held a record of 11-1 and proved on the ice that they were the most challenging team FGCU faced thus far. On Friday night, Liberty demonstrated that they were determined to exhaust the Eagles on the ice. They matched FGCU in shots, with...

The Florida Gulf Coast University men’s Div. 2 hockey team crushed the Northern Illinois University Huskies in a two-game series on Friday, Oct. 18 and Saturday, Oct. 19 at Germain Arena. On Friday, the Green and Blue came onto the ice strong with a high-speed offense ,creating immediate scoring opportunities for the team. Inside of the first five minutes of the period, Dan Echeverri scored his first goal of the night. The Huskies’ starting goalie, Alex Hare, managed to hold the Eagles to a single goal until the 17th minute of play when Ryan McAleese added another one to...