Utica College Pioneers 2011-2012

[jcase]

Well finally it's back on the ice. The UC Pioneers have begun their European Trip to Germany, Italy and Austria to face 4 professional clubs. The Pioneers defeated the Landshut Cannibals 4-3 yesterday. Tim Coffman scored twice. The recap can be found here.

[NUProf]

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Interestingly enough, there is also a castle in Germany known as Landshut Castle that is actually located in an entirely different part of the country. Landshut Castle is located in Bernkastle in the Mosel Valley, while Landshut, the city is located in Bavaria. There is a castle in Landshut, but it is known as the Trausnitz Castle. I had to look this up because I've been to Bernkastle, and couldn't recall the existence of an ice area - it's mostly known for its wine.

[UCBadger]

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An American college travels to Germany to play hockey and the game winning goal was by a player from Japan!

[bakdraft21]

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WOW trip of a lifetime for these kids.....good to get a W in the 1st game as well.....way to represent, good luck the rest of the way.......

[UCBadger]

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Utica picks up a 6-2 victory over the Vipiteno Broncos of the Italian 1st Division Thursday.

[norm1909]

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Interestingly enough, there is also a castle in Germany known as Landshut Castle that is actually located in an entirely different part of the country. Landshut Castle is located in Bernkastle in the Mosel Valley, while Landshut, the city is located in Bavaria. There is a castle in Landshut, but it is known as the Trausnitz Castle. I had to look this up because I've been to Bernkastle, and couldn't recall the existence of an ice area - it's mostly known for its wine.

There is a Norwich, VT but it is not near Norwich College, GPS beware

[Pioneers#1]

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3-0 this year in Europe so far...should be another exciting season like last season!

[UCBadger]

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UC Pioneers finish their European Trip 4-0 with a 2-1 win over Kaufbeuren in Germany. I would guess they will just have to hang out there until flights resume to the east coast. (They flew out of Philadelphia, Friday the 21st, after connecting from Laguardia.)

[bakdraft21]

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hey just curious, did the incoming freshman/transfers make this trip, and/or did the seniors from last yr play in this???

[PSUChamps2001]

hey just curious, did the incoming freshman/transfers make this trip, and/or did the seniors from last yr play in this???

From what the box score shows .....no.....

There were no freshman or transfers either.

Mind you Utica only had two sr's of which combined for only 27 games played and 6 points in 2011.

[PrezdeJohnson09]

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incoming freshman and transfers are not eligible to go on these kinds of trips if they happen during the summer.

[bakdraft21]

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incoming freshman and transfers are not eligible to go on these kinds of trips if they happen during the summer.

thanks prez and PSU, thought maybe they could use another player

[underthebar]

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I have seen Utica play a couple of times and Kudos to them they are good!!...On the contrary how sad are these professional teams losing to a Div 3 hockey program. Sounds more like glorified mens league hockey rather than Professional caliber hockey.

[PrezdeJohnson09]

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I have seen Utica play a couple of times and Kudos to them they are good!!...On the contrary how sad are these professional teams losing to a Div 3 hockey program. Sounds more like glorified mens league hockey rather than Professional caliber hockey.

I don't know if they are or not, but they certainly could be men's league teams.

The Norwich men's soccer team took a trip to Spain at the beginning of this month and two of their games were against a men's league team.

[Pioneers#1]

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Guys go 4-0 on the Euro trip, scoring with 15 seconds left in the third period defeating ESV Kaufbeuren 2-1.

Lookin like a good season ahead for the men, hopefully another strong one like last season.

Now if only we can figure out how to beat Elmira