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February 2009

Tennessee sneaks past Florida in Semis

February 28th, 2009 – Tennessee looked to their star players for some help as they blew a three goal lead and fell behind Florida late in the third period, and that is exactly what they got.  Kevin Jones tied the game with less than thirty seconds left, and Captain Joe Williams proved his worth as the South Region Player of the Year by notching the winner in the fourth period as Tennessee squeaked by Florida 8-7 in Overtime to clinch a spot in the SHCC title game. 

The win secures Tennessee a spot in the finals, and they will face Georgia for the trophy as the Bulldogs secured their spot with a victory over South Carolina.

Vols Storm past Bulldogs in SCHC opener

February 27th, 2009 – The Tennessee Ice Vols blew past the Mississippi State Bulldogs 24-1 in the opening game of the Inaugural Southeast Hockey Conference Championship (SCHC) featuring eight of the ten schools in the SEC.  Freshman Kyle Sullivan and Jack Bradshaw both scored their first career collegiate goals, and Senior Mike Barlow picked up his first career victory in his first start in goal by turning aside 15 of 16 Mississippi State shots. 

Several Vols were acknowledged during the opening ceremonies of the tournament at 6:30 PM.  Team Captain Joe Williams was acknowledged for two accolades.  He was voted ACHA South Region Player of the year for the second time in his four years and was also nominated as an All-Star being named to the 1st Team South Region.  Junior forward Kevin Jones was also nominated for his play on the ice as he was named an All-Star to the 2nd Team South Region.  Four Vols were also acknowledged for their excellence in the classroom, as Daniel Grapski, Kelsey McLean, Tommy Morgan and Charles Teixeira were all named to the Academic All-American Team.

Tennessee gets set for Conference Championship

February 25th, 2009 – The Tennessee Hockey Club will travel to Pelham, AL as one of 8 SEC schools partaking in the inaugural Southeast Hockey Conference Championship, hosted by the Alabama Frozen Tide.  In eight games this season, Tennessee supports a 6-1-0-1 record against teams of the SEC.  Their only loss in regulation came to D2 Kentucky, at the hostile Lexington Ice Center. 

The Ice Vols will open up the tournament as the high favorite to win.  The game will be at 12 noon CST on Friday against Mississippi St. University. It will mark the first time the two teams have ever played, as MSU is still building up their fairly new program. 

Big Orange headed to Nationals!!!

February 15th, 2009 – After a successful weekend in Duluth, GA the Tennessee Hockey Club earned their third consecutive bid to the ACHA Div III National Championship with two victories against #9 CNU and #5 ECU respectively.  The Vols will play the Flying Dutchmen from Hope College in the opening round of the tournament at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, March 4th, 2009.

On Friday night Tennessee got off to a slow start only leading #9 Christopher Newport University 2-0 after 20 minutes, but sent the Captains out to sea for good after a 5-1 lead heading into the third period.  The game finished 8-2 in favor of Tennessee, highly in thanks to CNU’s lack of discipline as over half of the Volunteers’ goals came with the man advantage. Then on Saturday night, with #3 Central Florida – who narrowly escaped past George Washington University in the final minute – securing the third seed from the South Region, Tennessee was able to secure the fourth and final seed after defeating #5 Eastern Carolina University.  Tennessee’s offence got off to a quick start scoring two goals in the first minute, and proved to be too strong for the pesky Pirates as they exploded for nine goals in the final two periods on way to a 13-7 victory. 

Late rally Falls short for Vols

February 7th, 2009 – A 4-0 deficit proved to be too much for another Tennessee comeback as Kentucky avoided a sweep on Saturday night in Lexington with a 5-3 victory over the Big Orange.

 A Senior Night to Remember!

February 6th, 2009 –The Ice Vols battled back from a three goal deficit to beat SEC Rival Kentucky 6-4 on Friday night for their seventh in-a-row.

Tennessee Finishes Fourth as Final Rankings Released

February 6th, 2009 – After a questionable sixth seed in the fourth rankings, the Big Orange were seeded #4 after the fifth and final rankings. 

Offense shines - vols extend streak to six

February 1st, 2009 – With their last three games before final rankings the Tennessee Ice Vols scored 33 goals to power their way past Eastern Kentucky and Toledo over the weekend.