the Seahawk | SPORTS [ February 23, 2006 H
Skating on fresh ice: The inaugural
season of UNCW ice hockey
from CROWD page 9
vision, full of screaming fans.
As long as Seahawk students and fans are
at home watching schools with established
tradition and fan bases, UNCW can’t grow
into one of the elite mid-major programs.
The perfect example of a ‘mid-major’
school making the transition is Gonzaga. It
all started in 1999, when the ‘Zags advanced
to the Elite 8 of the NCAA tournament and
were mentioned on every sports show for the
entire month of March.
It was the first of seven straight NCAA
appearances for Gonzaga. Over that stretch,
Gonzaga opened a new $24 million, 6,000
seat facility in 2004. That facility, the
McCarthey Center, has attracted ESPN
often including a primetime ‘Game Day’
game against Stanford recently. Over that
period, they’ve also been a staple in the top
25 polls.
That just goes to show what solid coach
ing, a little national exposure, and a good
home-court advantage can do for a program.
It’s not completely realistic to think that
UNCW can become a national power year
in and year out right now, but it’s up to fans
to lay the framework now.
Students should skip watching Saturday’s
NC State versus Boston College game, and
come out to support four seniors that have
laid a framework for the program as one of
the strongest in the CAA.
Seniors John Goldsberry, Mitch Laue,
Taylor Lay and Beckham Wyrick, a group
that has gone 78-39 in their careers, will
be playing their final game in Wilmington
against Georgia State. The game will be
televised as the CAA Game of the Week,
and it’s up to the students to show the view
ers the type of fan base that could follow the
Seahawks into the postseason.
Those seniors deserve one of the greatest
crowds Trask has ever seen. Not for all the
games they’ve won, but how—with tough
ness, class and playing the game the right
way.
They’re ‘your’ Seahawks, and it’s our
responsibility to make Trask Coliseum the
hardest place to play in the CAA—always.
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Even though the UNCW club hockey team
stands at 1-11, the members are finding a lot of
positives in their inaugural season.
“We competed with the other teams very
well, we didn’t expect to go out and be the best
team in the league we are in. It’s going to take
a few years to build a good team, but it will
happen,” said forward Ian Aldrich.
With strong support from the community
of Wilmington, the hockey team is looking to
make a splash into the cold world of hockey.
Formed by Ian Aldrich, Colin Rossi, Pete
Schwarz and Blake Cute, the hockey team,
which was quickly assembled in early 2005
with 21 total members, was recognized by the
university through Sports Club Council.
All of the members of the hockey team
have to try out to become a part of the club.
According to their Web site [UNCWHockey.
com]“Since the University provides our team
with limited funding and most or our money
comes from sponsors, each person who par
ticipates on our team must pay player dues
each season.”
The 2005-2006 player dues are $300.
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“Most of our budget is ice time for practices
and games, which is primarily what player
dues go towards,” Alrdirch said. The Web
site goes on to say that “The UNCW Club
Hockey Team will supply players with game
jerseys and socks.”
The Ice Hockey club has support from
several businesses around Wilmington that
show full support of the boys in teal on the
ice. With II sponsors, including the rink
where they skate, The Wilmingto Ice House,
they are always looking for more business for
support.
“I hope that this becomes a well-recog
nized club at UNCW, in the league, and
throughout the community. I hope that even
tually we will be one of the best teams in the
league and a great to be a part of,” Aldrich
said.
With the future of the hockey club seem
ing very strong and with the support of the
community behind them, the Ice Hockey
Club only seems to be growing stronger.
“One of my favorite things to see is other
people enjoying the team besides just the
members, and our fans show a great deal of
support. We usually have about 200 students,
parents, members of the rink and spon
sors that come to watch and are awesome,”
Aldrich said.
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