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Late Summer Update
The 2008-2009 hockey season is just around the corner and the Seahawks will face their toughest schedule ever. The UNCW Club Ice Hockey team comes off a remarkable second half under Coach Coady that saw the team go 10-1 in the BRHC Carolina Division (13-8-0-1 overall) and come within a goal of a BRHC Championship. Despite losing five seniors, the Seahawks return 21 solid players and look to add several more as school resumes. UNCW will face a higher number of quality teams as the team seeks a bid for the remaining spot in the newly formed Select Division of the BRHC. All the teams outside the regular BRHC schedule are nationally ranked within the top 15. (UNCW was 16th last season)
UNCW will open the season with the second annual Teal/White scrimmage and skills challenge on September 26th. This will be a great chance to see the Seahawks in action and is free to the public. UNCW Hockey T-shirts and game jerseys will be given out to attendees.
The Seahawks will be on the road for the first four games as the team will travel to Hillsborough, NC to face off against ACCHL D2 UNC Chapel-Hill and Duke University. UNCW lost to UNC Chapel-Hill 5-4 in a trilling overtime shoot-out last season. It will be the first time the Seahawks face off against ACCHL powerhouse Duke University. The team will then travel to Greenville, SC to renew the rivalry with Clemson University. Clemson has been playing with an independent status since leaving the BRHC two seasons ago being ranked in the top 12 consistently since then.
Finally returning home, the Seahawks will have their home opener weekend against BRHC member UNC-Charlotte. Last season the Seahawks beat the 49ers 7-2 and 6-5. Halloween weekend will see the team traveling to Charlotte, NC for the second annual Charlotte Shootout Tournament. The three day tournament will see the Seahawks against new faces in MTSU, Florida and Florida Tech.
The team will then return home to face off against Washington & Lee University and N.C. State D3. Washington & Lee recently joined the BRHC and will be a solid opponent for the Seahawks. UNCW went 2-1 against the Wolfpack last season. To close out the fall semester, UNCW will make the long road trip to Delaware to face off against Salisbury University. Salisbury recently joined the BRHC and were awarded with a spot in the Select Division having been ranked 15th last season.
Kicking off the spring semester will see the Seahawks face their arch-rivals ECU in a home and home series. Friday night UNCW will travel to Greenville to face the Pirates in the always hard Bladz on Ice and then return to Wilmington for Saturday afternoon's game. UNCW will enjoy a four game home stand against Appalachian State and Citadel University before heading on the road once again to face off against NC State D3 and UNC-Charlotte. UNCW split the series last season with the Mountaineers and will face Citadel for the first time.
The Seahawks will close out the regular season against CNU, who swept the series last season and will have a chance for revenge against ODU in Chesapeake, VA . ODU and UNCW battled three times last season with UNCW winning 8-7 and ODU winning 6-5. In the BRHC Championship game both teams battled back and forth with ODU edging out UNCW 8-7 to win their first ever BRHC Championship.
The dates and location of the BRHC Championship Tournament will be announced shortly.
