The Swoop Zone- Covering EMU Hockey 2006-2007!

TEAM:	FIRST PERIOD	SECOND PERIOD	THIRD PERIOD	FINAL SCORE:
Eastern Michigan	3(13)	5(16)	4(7)	12(36)
Wisconsin-Whitewater	1(7)	1(10)	1(5)	3(22)

Ann Arbor, MI- In a game that emphasized the power of the Eastern Michigan Offense, the Eastern Michigan Eagles took the game right to the Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks and easily won 12-3. They were led by two hat tricks, one by Johnny Brown, scoring a goal in each of the three periods and Mike Koveleski. It was also another great evening for my sister, but more about her... later.

Eastern Michigan in this game decided that it would be a lot better to come out with some aggression and attack. They didn't want to repeat the same slow start performance they showed one week ago. They came out with a fire and continued to put a lot of pressure on the Wisconsin-Whitewater starting goalie Sam Sebastian. Eastern Michigan produced several pretty goals, the puck seemed to be flying along the ice because Eastern would execute a lot of hard work in front of the net and pound the goals into the net.

Wisconsin-Whitewater also had several moments in this game in which they could of gained a little bit of an advantage. Eastern Michigan, despite playing really well did make a few mistakes leaving the puck wide open for a Wisconsin Whitewater player to jump on the puck and score. This happened once, in which the Eastern Players played great defense and then the puck would just be lying in front of Goalie Sam Horton, and the UWW Player, Hanamen picked up the puck and just slapped it right into the net.

Eastern, throughout this game was just flying across the ice. They were setting up several pretty plays, which will be demonstrated by our video gallery which should include at least 4 of the goals. Wisconsin-Whitewater's goals were also very pretty, but Wisconsin-Whitewater seemed more worried about the deflection and Sam Horton did a very nice job watching out for these.

Wisconsin-Whitewater also did several good things. Their lengthy passes from one blue line to the next hit the player in stride 9 out of 10 times, giving the Wisconsin-Whitewater player a chance for a breakaway. Eastern Michigan's defense though saved them several times, by sacrificing their entire body to prevent the puck from going near Horton. It was wonderful play, and Wisconsin-Whitewater probably deserved to score a couple more goals by the way they were playing.

I would also just like to compliment the Wisconsin-Whitewater player #25 Justin Hanaman. He seemed to play with a lot of grit, at one time holding off 3 EMU players to successfully get the puck down the net, and was clearly one of UWW's best players. I just felt that he deserved some recognition as well.

A lot of goals were really just beautiful shots and were well blockaded in front of the net as well. The score tells of an EMU game of dominance, which it clearly seemed to be. However, Wisconsin-Whitewater didn't play as badly as the score may seem.

Other Notes:
My sister on this evening participated in the Second Intermission Scoro. She successfully got the puck into the net, thanks to some help from the Eastern Michigan players. It was very well appreciated, and it was another great thrill for my sister. She's becoming quite the pro, if you know what I mean. =)

"It was fun. It was really nice that I was helped out onto the ice. It was very exciting, and I would just like to thank Eastern Michigan for letting me do this." -Jennifer McCrumb

Also, a congratulations to the other two Scoro members as well. In the future, I'll start recording names to form a Scoro Hall of Fame. Now for the grades..

Looking Ahead:
Eastern Michigan has one more game against Wisconsin-Whitewater for 4 more points in the CSCHL. Go on out at 7:30 PM EST in the Stadium Rink. Next Weekend, they will be at the University of Illinois Ice Arena, to play Illinois in two absolutely vital games. They will return home for a pair of games against St. Louis in two weeks. See you then.

A
Reasoning: I think I'd be kind of dumb not to give the offense an A after scoring 12 goals. An A+ is 17, my favorite number. =)

A-
Reasoning: The EMU defense played a very good game tonight. A couple of minor mistakes in which they left the Goalie out to dry, did cost EMU one goal. However, the grit that was shown by the defense on this evening was something that I hope to continue to see for the rest of the season. In my mind, their best defensive performance of the year to date.

A-
Reasoning: One Power Play Goal was given up, and that was a very pretty deflection. However, I can't give an A to the Special Teams unless they've done something really productive. Unfortunately, going 0 for 1 on the PP and giving up 1 goal Penalty Killing, constitutes the grade.

A-
Reasoning: Horton played well in net. He was forced to make a few unnecessary saves, and didn't give up any really easy goals on this night. I was happy.

A
Reasoning: It was a very entertaining game for an EMU fan with the Fight Song Roaring, and EMU played their best game of the year to date. Poor Wisconsin-Whitewater for having to use ALL 3 goalies as well.

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