Much of the past two weeks has been a celebration of the senior class but the newest additions to the Icepack served notice to the ACCHL that the reign might have a hungry group of new caretakers. Freshmen Emery Oliver took a feed from Sophomore Jackson Cowen to bury the game winner just over a minute into the third for the game winning goal. Oliver would find fellow freshmen Zach Robinson with five minutes left to put the Pack up 2-0. Junior Chris Solomon sealed it with an empty net goal with 27 seconds left to secure the Pack's fourth title in a row and sixth overall. Freshmen Isaac Tawyer turned aside all 26 shots he faced for the shutout! Senior Parker Szarek took home tournament MVP honors with a goal and three assists.
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The Icepack trailing 3-0 with 1:44 left, scored 3 goals in 33 second to send it to send their ACCHL Semifinal to overtime, before Matt Miller knotched the game winner to send the Pack onto the ACCHL final vs. UNC at 1:30, Sunday at the Annex. The Freshmen class notched three goals for the Pack and delivered 25 saves to power the pack past UNW-Wilmington 4-1 in the ACCHL Quarters. Zach Robinson led the Pack with two goals, while Charles Monteith and Riley Johnson added a goal a piece. Isaac Tawyer turned aside 25 saves for the win. The Pack move onto face Wake Forest at 8:00 pm at the Annex in Winston-Salem Saturday night.
The Icepack head to Winston-Salem this weekend looking to claim their fourth Admiral's Cup in a row. The Icepack open up against divisional foe UNC-Wilmington, Friday Night at 6:00 PM at the Annex. The Icepack enter the tournament as the three seed after closing out the season 1-1-1 in league play. For more information and to buy tickets, click here. With a tournament win the Pack will tie Georgetown (6) for most titles of all-time.
Fueled by three power play goals, the Icepack raced past West Virginia 6-0 on a night the Pack celebrated the most successful senior class in the history of the program. Senior Riley Jonson opened the scoring midway through the first on tic-tac-toe goal from Senior Parker Szarek and Junior Chris Solomon. Junior Matt Miller would extend the lead to 2-0 a short time later, banking the puck off the back of the WVU goalie, Michael Mackey. The second period saw more of the same as Solomon redirected Senior Eric Todd's shot four minutes into the second. Solomon would net a PPG goal a short time later from Szarek and Solomon. Junior Garrett Auriene and Freshmen Zack Robinson closed out the scoring in the third for the pack. Eric Daniel made 14 saves for the shutout. Bull Market will be giving three lucky ticket holders a chance at $50,000 at the Icepack home finale on February 11th. All fans 18 and older who purchase tickets by 2:00 pm Friday the day of the West Virginia game will automatically be entered in for a chance to take a full ice shot for $50,000. The more tickets you buy, the more chances to be picked to take your shot! Season ticket holders are automatically entered. Purchase your tickets here.
An exciting new way to watch the Pack! Starting tonight all home games will be carried by WRAL Sports Plus! You can watch over the air on channel 34.1. It also can be streamed on WRALSportsFan.com, the WRALSportsFan app and on the WRAL streaming apps for Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV and Samsung Smart TVs. Games will still be on PackTV as well!
According to Head Coach Tim Healy, this a major achievement for their program and PackTV, "To be on the air by the leading broadcasting company in a top 25 market is unprecedented for almost any NCAA hockey program let alone an ACHA program. The work that PackTV and the players in our program have put into make this such an attractive program for television is coming to fruition both on the ice and off the ice. We could not be more excited for this partnership." https://www.wralsportsfan.com/wral-sports-plus/19176436/ The Icepack open up a home and home tonight with a lot on the line. The Icepack and Liberty have held #1 and #2 in each Southeast ACHA ranking this year and #2 and #3 nationally all year. This weekend's home and home set could determine and nationals autobid. Additionally, these two rivals will be playing for "The Old Wagon Wheel" given to the winner of the season series. The first 500 fans will receive a rally towel courtesy of CM Red!
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