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2008

Vols remain #4 after third rankings

December 21, 2008 – The ACHA released the third round of rankings on Friday afternoon, and the #4 Tennessee Ice Vols (10-4-0-1, 4-0-0-1 SECHC) remained with the fourth seed. 

Eagles soar past Vols in third period

October 11, 2008 – Joe Williams’ second four point night in a row would prove to be a record setting one as he stormed past Preston Dixon as UT’s All-Time Leading Scorer to finish the night at number one with 217 points.  However, the monumental night was spoiled thanks to five unanswered goals in the third period by the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles, as they rallied to defeat the Vols 6-4.  Tennessee jumped out to an early lead thanks to Tommy Morgan’s redirect only 4:15 into the period.  Three Power Play goals later in the period would help the Vols to hold a 4-0 lead after 20 minutes.  FGCU would score once in the second frame to narrow the lead to three before scoring three Power Play goals in the third to tie the game, and two more goals late in the third to complete the comeback by out-shooting the Vols 26-1 on eight Power Play opportunities.  Despite surrendering six goals BJ Keyes put in a solid performance in goal stopping 37 shots and kept the Vols alive while killing so many penalties.

HOCKEY TOP CORNER!!!

September 28, 2008 - Hello Ice Vols fans. The club is proud to introduce their newest feature to their website! The long anticipated and long kept secret is finally set to release: HOCKEY TOP CORNER!!! Hockey Top Corner is an opportunity for you to stay in touch with the players. Each week one or two players will write a blog about their thoughts and opinions on hockey, sports, you the fans, the ACHA, or whatever else they feel you should know. Most importantly it gives the most important people to our organization (our AMAZING FANS!) the opportunity to get to know our players a little better and find out what really exists under all those helmets!!!

Team white takes Alumni game with a 10-8 victory

September 26, 2008 – The Ice Vols would proudly like to thank all 30 Alumni for their support last Friday night.  The game was a huge to success and thanks to their support the team was able to raise some much needed money!

Team White skated to a 10-8 victory with both teams giving fans a first look of the jerseys that will be worn by the team for the upcoming season.  Recent graduates and former line mates Scotty Holtzman and Jon Benner lead the way with four points each for Team White.  Reed Claiborne and Tim Flynn both finished with 3 points.  Claiborne would tally his lone goal into the empty cage in the dying seconds.  Team Orange was lead by Tag McCown with 2 goals and a helper.  Montreal native Chris Baril tallied a pair of goals and Chris Bouchard also chipped in for two assists.  Goaltenders Jarrett Degesu (Team Orange) and Jordan Fife (Team White) made several spectacular saves to keep the game close despite the high scoring affair.

Club Awarded by the Dean of Students

May 3, 2008 – The Ice Hockey Club at UT was honored with an award by the Office of the Dean of Students on April 28th, 2008 “For Exceptional Service and Outstanding Contributions to Students.”  Club members Kelsey McLean and Rob Goldsmith were on hand to accept the award from the Dean of Students on behalf of the club and were extremely honored to receive such gratitude from the University.  The Club was presented with the award in relation to an event with their biggest fan at a Knoxville Ice Bears game back in February.  The Club would like to send their thanks out to the Office of the Dean of Students for recognizing the club, as well as to all the club members who contributed to this wonderful achievement.

Six Vols win ACHA 2007-2008 Player Awards

April 2008 - The Ice Hockey Club at UT is proud to announce that six players have won Awards from the ACHA this past season.  Joe Williams picked up the lone on ice achievement award after being named to the 2007-2008 South Region’s All-Regional 2nd Team. As well five players were rewarded with Academic All-American Honors. Dan Grapski (Civil Engineering), Brad Holt (English), Steve Kavjian (Accounting), Tommy Morgan (Nuclear Engineering) and Kelsey McLean (Sport Management) all achieved the award for excelling in the classroom by keeping an average GPA above 3.20.