MARSHALL, Texas – Taking a long trip up north to make history in the post season, the East Texas Baptist University hockey team will fly out to Boise, Idaho, for the upcoming American Collegiate Hockey Association West Regional Tournament. They will open up with a first round match against a familiar opponent in Cal State-Northridge. These two teams faced each other earlier in the year as ETBU won in California, 4-3, in overtime.
Below is the information about the game.
ETBU vs. Cal State-Northridge | Boise, ID | Thursday, February 27th, 2020
Arena: Idaho Ice World
Time: 2:00 PM
All-Time Series: ETBU 1-0
* Last ETBU Win: Oct. 11, 2019 (4-3 (OT)
ACHA West Regional Information
Day 1: Thursday, February 27
2:00 pm- #9 Northern Arizona University vs. #12 Boise State University
2:15 pm- #10 East Texas Baptist University vs. #11 Cal-State Northridge
Day 2: Friday, February 28
1:00 pm- #3 Metro State University-Denver vs. Lowest Remaining Seed
2:30 pm- #4 Montana State University vs. 2nd Lowest Remaining Seed
4:15 pm- #5 University of Oregon vs. #8 Utah State University
7:30 pm- #6 Weber State University vs. #7 Dakota College
Day 3: Saturday, February 29
12:00 pm- 2nd Highest Remaining Seed vs. 2nd Lowest Remaining Seed
2:45 pm- Highest Remaining Seed vs. Lowest Remaining Seed
ETBU
- Finished the regular season 22-3-1 overall.
- Fell 3-2 in overtime to Texas A&M in the second round of the Texas Collegiate Hockey Conference. Riley Knott and Davis Van Gemerden would each score a goal for ETBU in that contest.
- Making their first ever ACHA Regional Tournament appearance
- Played CSUN on Oct. 11 and won 4-3 in overtime. Filip Soderstrom finished with two goals, plus the overtime winner while Timothy Zittel and Ryan Gruszka each scored for the Tigers.
- Should ETBU beat CSUN, they will either play #3 Metro State University-Denver at 1:00 PM or #4 Montana State University at 2:30 PM pending the outcome of #9 Northern Arizona vs. #12 Boise State University.
- Had five players earn all-conference honors with Knott, Skyler Spiller, and Tyler Fitzgerald taking first team honors while Gruszka and Van Gemerden earning second team honors.
- Head coach Alain Savage was named Coach of the Year by the TCHC.
- Knott led the TCHC with 77 points including 37 goals and 40 assists, which were league highs.
- Fitzgerald posted a 2.24 goals against average allowing 36 goals while recording 379 saves and three shutout wins.
CSUN
- Finished 22-1-1-2 for the season.
- Defeated Loyola Marymount 4-2 to win their fourth straight Western Collegiate Hockey Conference title.
- Won 18 of their last 21 games since losing to ETBU.
- Geno Norraik leads the team with 52 points including a team-high 24 goals.
- Quentin Abaya has 30 assists to lead the Matadors.
- Caleb Mead has a team-best 2.28 goals against average allowing 22 goals while making 244 saves all season.
