News

9/23/08

BU hockey returns to Owens center this weekend for two games against MACHA Silver North opponent Loyola - Chicago. After a tough weekend in Iowa the team is ready to get their league season started with two important games. With the realignment of the MACHA over the summer, Bradley must take every game as seriously as possible if they hope to return back to the MACHA playoffs. Five of the six playoff teams from last season have been placed into the Southern Division of MACHA Silver. With only three playoff spots up for grabs two of those five teams will definiely no be making a return trip to the playoffs. The drive for the playoffs begins Friday night at Owens with an early 6:00 p.m. game. Just a note to all fans...all games begin with a ten minute warmup and the actual opening face off coming approximately 15 minutes later.

9/22/08

Bradley set to open it's MACHA season this weekend with two games against Loyola at Owens Center.

9/20/08

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	Final
BRADLEY					1
IOWA					9

9/19/08

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	Final
BRADLEY					0
IOWA					8

9/13/08

9-12 @ 7:00	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	Final
RMC-S					3
BRADLEY					0

9-13 @ 7:00	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	Final
RMC-S					0
BRADLEY					1

9/8/08

SEASON OPENING SERIES THIS WEEKEND

BU VS. Robert Morris College @ Springfield

Bradley Hockey to start their season this weekend with two home games against RMC's Springfield campus. Both Friday and Saturday games are set to start at 7:00 at Owens Center. Admission prices are the same as 2007 with adults paying $5 and students with an I.D. paying $3.

9/8/08

Practice times for this week have been changed.

9/08 - 7:30 - 9:00 @ Owens

9/10 - 9:15 - 10:45 @ Owens

8/26/08

Illinois State Rebirds added to the schedule.

Bradley has just added the Illinois State Universtiy Redbirds to our schedule. We will be battling ISU on Tuesday, October 21st at 8:15 p.m. at the 6,600 seat U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington.

8/12/08

BU to host Eastern Kentucky in October.

Due to a cancellation in our schedule we have now added Eastern Kentucky University to our schedule. We will be hosting them on parents weekend, Oct. 24th and 25th at Owens Center. EKU is the former home of Bradley President Joanne K. Glasser. EKU head coach Mike Sosnowski stated "at EKU she was a huge hockey supporter." We are looking forward to the first ever meeting between BU and EKU. Not only will there be two exciting games for the parents, families and fans but there will also be some other opportunities for the parents to interact with the players and coaches.

8/6/08

2008-2009 Bradley Hockey informational meeting and tryouts.....

We will be having an informational meeting and registratin on Tues. Aug. 26th at 6:00 p.m. at the student center. Any player interested in trying out this season must either attend this meeting or contract Coach Fry prior to this meeting. If you are interested in trying out and have not already recieved an email please contact the coach at tfry@bradley.edu and let him know you would like the tryout information.

8/6/08

ALUMNI UPDATE

If you are not on the Alumni e-newsletter list and would like to be included. Please send an email to tfry@bradley.edu and let us know you would like to be included. Please include your name and the years you played hockey for BU.

8/5/08

Alumni game has been finalized...

We have set our alumni game for Sat. September 27 at 2:30 p.m. at Owens cetner in Peoria. For the second year this will be an alumni vs. alumni game. If anyone is interested in playing and has not recieved an email notification please contact Kevin Schmaltz at Schmal@acehardware.com. More information will soon follow this announcement.

8/4/08

Tryout information to be posted this week. Check back for updates....

8/4/08

Bradley Hockey featured in Illinois Ice Magazine.

Our team was featured in a spring edition of Illinois ice magazine. We have included a reprint of the article below for your reading pleasure...

We sat down with Bradley University’s Hockey Head Coach, Tony Fry, and asked him a few questions about his plans to develop and improve Bradley’s hockey program.

Since it's your first year, what are some changes you are making to improve your team? We have taken a few steps both on and off the ice. A big step off the ice was acquiring our own locker room at Owens Center in Peoria. There is not much extra space at the rink and I truly feel that this was made possible because of our presence at Owens since it was built over 20 years ago and our respect for the rink and the management. Our last coach, Bob Hughes and I both have always stated that win or lose we will show class in what we do. On the ice we are really trying to fine tune some of the systems that were introduced over the last few years while I was an assistant coach. We want to have fun but not at the expense of losing games.

What has been the strategy to develop your program? Keep it simple. Hockey is a great game and can be quite simple as long as you don't make things too complicated. I feel if our players can perfect a few concepts in our system we can evolve and adapt when needed. I am also trying to keep the alumni updated and give them more opportunities to be active iin our program. Kevin Schmaltz, our alumni director, has done a fantastic job handling our alumni game. He is located in Chicago and is not around the day to day operations of our program. To help with this I am now sending out an alumni. newletter every week to two weeks during the season. I have been truly amazed at the positive feedback from our alumni and how happy they are for the updates.
What is the experience of the Bradley University Hockey Player, both athletically and academically?
We practice two times per week, Monday and Wednesday evenings. I understand that academically Bradley is a very demanding school. Because of this we leave our mandatory requirements during the week at two practices. The past two years our captains have implemented an off ice training program as well, which they police on their own. Academically Bradley can be challenging. I realize that school does come first and is the main reason these students attend Bradley, they need to do the best the can in school. But, our practices are still mandatory and if a player misses a practice, he will
miss some playing time. We did not have that rule three years ago when I was an asst. coach. We have discovered that by making this rule we went from 1 to 2 players gone every practice then to 4 total practices missed by players overall this season.

What leagues and/or geographic are yourecruiting from? Our players mainly come from High School,
midget and junior programs throughout the Midwest, mainly St. Louis, Chicago and here in
Peoria. We currently have three players with Junior A, CSHL experience and will possibly be picking up a few more next season. When someone chooses to attend Bradley we expect it to be for more than just hockey. Bradley has
become a highly recognized, upper level university in the Midwest.
You say after 41 years of existence people don't realize you have a team. Why do youthink that is and what are you doing to change that? I have found there to be a few reasons for this. First of all we are considered a club sport at Bradley. We have no affiliation with the Athletic Department and are considered a club just like any club on campus. Every year our players here from students "we never even knew there was a team." I am working on improving alumni involvement with the team. We typically have 20 - 30 back for our alumni game. I would like to see that number increase to 50 or more and also have a golf outing or other activities. This is also the first season we have an active, routinely updated website: www.bradley.edu/campusorg/buhockey. Just by having this students, family alumni and fans can keep up to date with our schedule, scores and current news. This has also been helpful in letting possible recruits know more about our team.

UPCOMING GAMES

HOME OPENER VS. ROBERT MORRIS COLLEGE @ SPRINGFIELD

NEWS: BU hockey is now hiring for the following volunteer positions.

-Scorekeeper

-Game clock operator

-DJ/game announcer (this includes playing music during warm-ups, in between periods

and in during game stoppages)

-Marketing intern

If you would like to apply for any of these volunteer positions, please email tfry@bradley.edu if you are interested.

The MACHA held it's annual meetings on March 29th and announced changes and additions in both the Gold and Silver levels. Joining the MACHA in the Gold are St. Louis University (formerly ACHA Division 1) and Kansas (formerly independent). The Silver division saw even bigger changes with the addition of Illinois State University Icebirds, Loyola, Purdue and the newly formed RMC-Peoria. There was also fomation of a North and South Division in the MACHA Silver:

MACHA SILVER
NORTH	SOUTH
Illinois State Icebirds	Bradley
Loyola	Western Illnois
Purdue	RMC-Peoria
Marquette	SIU-E Silver
Northwestern	Missour State - White
Wheaton	McKendree

WEEKEND SCORES

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	Total
				-
BRADLEY				-

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	Total
				0
BRADLEY				0

2/21/08

Bradley comes up one game short at the MACHA league tournament. Losing in the semifinals to McKendree 7 - 4.

Page to be updated this week including some information about next season.

Mid American Collegiate Hockey Association

Tournament 2007-2008

ID	Home	Visitor	Div.	Day	Date	Time
1	BRADLEY – 5	SIUE – Silver – 1	Silver	Friday	02-15-08	11:00a
2	MSU – White – 6	Western Illinois - 1	Silver	Friday	02-15-08	2:00p
3	Univ. of Iowa – 4th Gold	Illinois State – 5th Gold	Gold	Friday	02-15-08	5:00p
4	Mizzou – 3rd Gold	Eastern Illinois – 6th Gold	Gold	Friday	02-15-08	8:00p
5	Marquette	MSU White	Silver	Saturday	02-16-08	9:00a
6	McKendree - 7	BRADLEY - 4	Silver	Saturday	02-16-08	12:00p
7	SIUE – Gold – 2nd Gold	Highest Seeded Winner of Friday	Gold	Saturday	02-16-08	3:00p
8	MSU – Maroon – 1st Gold	Lowest Seeded Winner of Friday	Gold	Saturday	02-16-08	6:00p
9	McKendree 6 - MSU White 5 (OT)		Silver	Sunday	02-17-08	10:00a
10	MSU Maroon 3 - Missouri 2 (OT)		Gold	Sunday	02-17-08	1:00p

FINAL MACHA SILVER DIVISION REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS...

Team	Games Played	Wins	Loses	Ties	Points
McKendree University	14	12	2	0	24
Marquette University	14	10	2	2	22
Missouri State Univ. - JV	14	8	4	2	18
Bradley University	14	8	6	0	16
SIUE Silver	14	5	8	1	11
Western Illinois University	14	4	9	1	9
Northwestern	14	3	9	2	8
Wheaton College	14	2	12	0	4

WEEKEND SCORES 2/8 and 2/9

2/01	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	Total
ISU Icebirds	2	2	0	-	4
BRADLEY	0	3	0	-	3

2/02	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	Total
ISU Icebirds				0	3
BRADLEY				0	3

Bradley and ISU agreed to a shootout with the official score being a tie. Bradley won the shootout in the 7th round.

2007 - 2008 Bradley University Hockey

OUR HEARTS GO OUT IN THE TRAGEDY FOR FELLOW ACHA MEMBER PURDUE UNIVERSITY
2007-12-02

Andrew Jackson

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Andrew Jackson, a freshman member of the Purdue University Ice Hockey Club team, died and seven of his teammates were injured Saturday afternoon (Dec. 1) when the van in which they were riding rolled over after sliding on ice-slickened Ind. 25, five miles north of Wingate, Ind.

The accident occurred at about 3:45 p.m. as the 20 team members, two coaches and a manager were traveling to the David S. Palmer Arena in Danville, Ill., for a scheduled 5 p.m. game against Holy Cross College of South Bend, Ind.

The injured were treated Saturday night at Home Hospital in Lafayette, said Purdue spokesperson Jeanne Norberg. None of their injuries appeared to be life threatening, she said. All seven have been released from the hospital.

Head coach Cameron Estes of Danville, Ill., said three vehicles left Purdue about 3:30 p.m. for the game at Palmer Arena, where the team also practices. Those in the vehicle behind the one that crashed did not see the accident but came upon it a few minutes later, finding the van had rolled and was on its side about 10 feet from the highway.

Tippecanoe County deputy coroner J. Steve Kohne identified the dead student as Andrew T. Jackson, 18, a freshman in engineering from Chanhassen, Minn., who lives in Harrison Hall.

Jackson has played hockey "since he was a kid," said Estes, who was at the hospital with the injured players Saturday night. "He and his folks lived and breathed hockey. He was excited to be a student at Purdue."

The seven injured are:

* Grant A. Burdeau, 20, a junior in liberal arts from Schererville, Ind., who lives at 262 S. Chauncey Ave., West Lafayette. He is the team's vice president.

* Anthony J. Finnestad, 24, a junior in consumer and family sciences from Alexandria, Minn. He plays forward.

* Caitlin M. Jaslow, 18, a freshman in liberal arts from Arlington, Va., who lives in Meredith Hall. She is the team manager.

* Michael F. McCarthy, 20, a sophomore in engineering from Birmingham, Mich., who lives at 2243 U.S. 52 W. He plays defense.

* Kurt A. Radermacher, 20, a sophomore in management, from Chaska, Minn. He plays forward.

* James F. Sunderland, 21, a sophomore in education from Munster, Ind. He plays defense.

* Georgis T. Tzortzakis, 19, a sophomore in management from Park Ridge, Ill., who lives in Hilltop Apartments. He plays forward.

Jeanne Norberg, (765) 494-2096; jnorberg@purdue.edu

Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu

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Bradley adds Illinois State University to their schedule....see notes on 10/01/07 for more info.

10/05/07

BU HOCKEY FEATURED IN THE SCOUT

Bradley hockey has an article in this weeks Scout. CLICK HERE FOR LINK

Note regarding games against Palmer College. Palmer college informed the MACHA and the ACHA or the formal immediate withdrawal from both leagues. They discovered that they were playing with players that used their allowed eligibility per ACHA guidelins.

Part II Section 5 of the ACHA rules manual states the following...

F. Team Behavior
1. Any ACHA team using an ineligible player in any game shall forfeit the game in which the player participated and may be subject to suspension of membership benefits by action of the ACHA Board of Directors or Commissioner.

As of this point we will not be counting this games as part of our regular season record. We currently consider them practice games and our regular season record will stand at 2 - 2.

10/01/07

Illinois State University has been added to the schedule. We have confirmed that we will be playing ISU on ~~Wednesday, October 24th at 8:00 p.m~~. at U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington. RESCHEDULED. THIS GAME WILL NOW BE PLAYED THURS. OCT 25TH AT 8:00 P.M AT ISU.

9/23/07 Bradley wins two this weekend taking game two of the series against Western 5 - 3. There was definitely a let down after the big win Friday night. Bradley hosts Palmer College next weekend for two games at Owens Center.

9/22/07

Bradley defeats Western Illinois 7 - 1 last night at Owens Center.

Game Pictures

Alumni Picture Gallery

The 15th Annual Bradley Hockey Alumni Team

Dave Neuman '84 models his '70s-retro goalie mask & authentic late '70s Bradley Jersey after the Alumni Game. Neuman played net for the 2 nd period of the 15 th Annual Bradley Alumni Game.

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