UT Hockey upsets #1-ranked team, move to #6 Nationally

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The UT Hockey team defeated #1-ranked Kennesaw State 8-3 last Friday to improve their record to 10-1 on the season, with the lone loss coming to the defending National Champions, Wright State.

The story about the game can be found here.

Tennessee was ranked #3 behind Kennesaw and Georgia Tech in the ACHA regional polls, released once each month.

In the weekly USHSHO.com national computer rankings (the club hockey version of the BCS), Tennessee jumped up to #6 nationally, ahead of notables such as Kennesaw (9th), Georgia Tech (22nd), South Carolina (38th), Clemson (44th), Georgia (46th), MTSU (53rd), Florida (61st), Alabama (65th), and Vanderbilt (70th)

The Ice Vols have the nation's #1 scoring offense with 100 goals on the season, the next closest team is Wright State with 77 goals scored. The UT defense has also been one of the toughest, allowing only 23 goals during the entire season, second fewest among all teams with more than 10 games played.

Five Tennessee players are in the top 15 in national scoring including: Joe Williams (3rd, 32 points); Jon Benner (7th, 25 points); Chris Murphy (tie-11th, 22 points); Scotty Holtzman (tie-11th, 22 points); and Chris Neilson (tie-15th, 21 points).:rock:

Tennessee takes on #2 Georgia Tech this weekend at the Towne Center Ice Forum in Atlanta. (10:00pm Friday & Saturday) A pair of wins would more than likely propel Tennessee into the #1 spot in the Official ACHA Rankings for the first time ever. Tennessee and Kennesaw State rematch at the Philips Arena in Atlanta on November 30th immediately following the Atlanta Thrashers/Toronto Maple Leafs NHL game.
 
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I'm a huge UT fan, but this is just like a club team. It's not like they are really a part of the NCAA. Here's you a neat fact. There is only one college in the south that has a hockey team. That school is the University of Alabama in Huntsville. How do i know this? I played basketball there, and i hate the hockey guys.
 
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Impressive. I didn't even know UT had a hockey team. Not bad for a southern school. Not bad at all.
 
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Vol Mania 21 said:
I'm a huge UT fan, but this is just like a club team. It's not like they are really a part of the NCAA. Here's you a neat fact. There is only one college in the south that has a hockey team. That school is the University of Alabama in Huntsville. How do i know this? I played basketball there, and i hate the hockey guys.
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We were in the same club conference as UAH before they went D-1...even beat them twice. At the time, NCAA Hockey officials tried to get Tennessee to move to varsity status with UAH in order to help promote the sport in the south...Tennessee declined.:pinch:

Why so negative VolMania? We never claimed to be a part of the NCAA. We are a part of the ACHA--The American Collegiate Hockey Association, which actually has more teams involved than NCAA Hockey (over 350). This is NOT operated like the Greek Dance/Ultimate Frisbee/Chess Club...our budget is in the tens of thousands of dollars (some other teams' are $100k and above), we have national sanctioning body, recruit athletes nationwide (and in our case internationally), and all players must maintain minimum GPA standards that are actually higher than the NCAA's.
 
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oh i'm not negative, i'm sayin be glad. these hockey guys are the worst, the ones we had all they did was start fights. some of them were arrested for breakin a cab drivers jaw when the cab driver went after them because they didn't pay. really classy guys. 90% of them have std's this is a known fact.
 
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I am all for Hockey...Way to go! I live in Atlanta and would love to catch one of those games. Does anyone have any ticket/schedule info?

UT has a club lacrosse team too. I have watched them play a couple of times since that was my sport in HS and college.
 
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Bennett4UT said:
I am all for Hockey...Way to go! I live in Atlanta and would love to catch one of those games. Does anyone have any ticket/schedule info?

UT has a club lacrosse team too. I have watched them play a couple of times since that was my sport in HS and college.
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Vols play kennesaw state on Nov 30. at phillips arena...

I go to K State and needless to say none of the students were happy to see them lose to the Vols..i'm torn both ways on this one. not sure who to pull for...
 
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Ok, multitask post time:) ...

AlpineVol said:
where can we get a schedule?
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Schedule
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http://www.icevols.com

allvol123 said:
Will they win the SEC East?
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We don't have enough SEC teams in the league to do east/west yet, but we have already swept Florida and South Carolina, and taken our first games with Alabama and Georgia. All we have left is Bama and Georgia again, and two with Vanderbilt. Vandy is horrible this year, and the way we beat Bama and Georgia the first time, I would bet on an SEC sweep.

Vol Mania 21 said:
oh i'm not negative, i'm sayin be glad. these hockey guys are the worst, the ones we had all they did was start fights. some of them were arrested for breakin a cab drivers jaw when the cab driver went after them because they didn't pay. really classy guys. 90% of them have std's this is a known fact.
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Oh yeah, I know players like that...we used to have a bunch. Then we got a new GM and coaching staff, with a new recruiting and discipline philosophy, and there is only one player left on the roster from the old regime. As a non-varsity team, we actually have a zero-tolerance policy with the school. If we screw up, we don't just have suspensions...games are cancelled.

TennesseeTuba68 said:
Vols play kennesaw state on Nov 30. at phillips arena...

I go to K State and needless to say none of the students were happy to see them lose to the Vols..i'm torn both ways on this one. not sure who to pull for...
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Wear a KSU shirt and UT hat, or vice versa, and root for both! We just enjoy having fans in the stands!:good!: http://web.utk.edu/~icehocky/schedule.htm
 
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When Stone Mountain Park had their ice rink I used to watch the college teams play there. It was fun to see many of the players barely be able to stand up on the ice. We used to let a few of them drive the Zamboni around if they traded some logo items.
 
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CSpindizzy said:
I used to watch the college teams play there. It was fun to see many of the players barely be able to stand up on the ice
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Ohh, so you saw the late 90's version of the Ice Vols :pardon: They were pretty horrible when I first moved here. A lot of the newer small-school teams in the Carolinas and Virginia are kinda like that now (UNCG, UNCC, Appy State, ECU, VA Commonwealth, ODU, etc.)
 
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