This past weekend the Division I Ice Hogs hosted Division II opponent Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville at the Jones Center. On Friday, night the Hogs met up with SIU-E for their first game of the weekend series. In the first period, the Hogs scored the lone goal thanks to rookie Andy Williams (assisted by Chris Salmon and rookie Dakota Gottlieb).

In the second frame, it was all Hogs again as Alex Kueser, Chris Stovall, Chris Salmon and Konnor Madsen each scored a goal for the Ice Hogs. The third period saw much of the same as Chris Stovall and Matt Lasky each scored a goal for the Hogs to put them up 7-0. The Hogs went on to earn the shutout and take game one from SIU-E.

Saturday night the Hogs came in hungry looking for a sweep. The first period was all Hogs as Dakota Gottlieb and Evan Kerr each scored a goal. Early in the second period, Andy Williams scored his second goal of the weekend to give the Hogs a 3-0 lead. Cory Delisle and Alex Kueser each scored a goal before SIU-E got on the board. One minute after the SIU-E goal, Arkansas responded as Cory Delisle scored his second goal of the night. SIU-E got on the board very early in the third period, which brought the score to 6-2. But Andy Williams potted two more goals in the third period, completing the hat trick and helping the Hogs sweep SIU-E.

This weekend, the DI Ice Hogs (10-22-0) will hit the road and travel to Springfield to face conference opponent and rival #12 Missouri State (27-13-0). Arkansas will look to remain hot after sweeping SIU-E last weekend, as Missouri State comes in having split their series with Alabama last weekend. The Ice Hogs are 4-10 all time in the Division I era against Missouri State.  Puck drop is set for 7:00 PM on both Friday the 15^th and Saturday the 16^th in Springfield, Missouri.

The University of Arkansas fields two hockey teams.  The Division I team’s 2018-19 schedule is here. It has, since 2015, competed in the Western Collegiate Hockey Conference (learn more here). All home games are played at The Jones Center for Families in Springdale.

This weekend the Division I Ice Hogs (8-22-0) will be at home this weekend looking to bounce back after five straight home losses. Tonight, Friday, February 8, 2019, the Division I Ice Hogs will host Division II Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville (16-10-0).

The Razorbacks will be looking to end not only their losing streak but also SIU-E’s winning streak. SIU-E comes into the weekend having won their last eight games. Puck drop is set for 7:30 PM Friday night and 5:00 PM Saturday evening at the Jones Center in Springdale. On Saturday night, the Division I team will be recognizing their seniors as part of senior night. You can watch the DI games here.

Meanwhile, the #5 ranked DIII Ice Hogs (13-12-0) will be on the road again this weekend as they head to Nashville to participate in the SECHC Tournament. The Hogs look to defend their conference championship from a season ago when the team notched the program’s sixth SECHC title en route to ending the season at the Division III National Tournament. The Hogs will face the #18 ranked Gators from Florida in the quarterfinals of the tournament on Friday at 8:45 PM. Should they win, the Hogs would tangle in the semi-finals with the winner of the Tennessee vs. Georgia game (see the full tournament bracket here). Should the Hogs make it, the Championship game takes place on Sunday. You can watch all of the SECHC Tournament games at www.facebook.com/penaltyboxradio.

The University of Arkansas fields two hockey teams.  The Division I team’s 2018-19 schedule is here. It has, since 2015, competed in the Western Collegiate Hockey Conference (learn more here). All home games are played at The Jones Center for Families in Springdale.

This weekend the Division I Ice Hogs (8-20-0) return home this weekend looking to bounce back after three straight home losses. Tonight, February 1, 2019, Arkansas tangles with conference opponent #7 University of Central Oklahoma (15-13-0). The nationally-ranked Bronchos come to Springdale after falling to Missouri State last night by a final 4-3 score.

The Razorbacks are looking to get back into the win column after being shutout 4-0 last night against Oklahoma. During the program’s Division I era, the Bronchos lead the series all-time 10-1. The Razorbacks will be looking for revenge against a Broncho team that beat them the very first game of the season by only one goal. The Bronchos have gotten off to a 3-3-0 start to the spring semester, while the Razorbacks have started the semester at 2-4-0. Puck drop is set for 7:30 PM Friday night and 5:00 PM Saturday at the Jones Center in Springdale.

The #3 DIII Ice Hogs (13-10-0) will be on the road again this weekend as they head to Springfield to face rival and Pacific Region opponent #10 Missouri State University (9-12-0). This weekend’s games mark the end of regular season play for the Hogs. Arkansas enters the weekend having dropped two games to Ole Miss last weekend in Little Rock. The Ice Bears come into the weekend after splitting a pair of games with Dordt College last weekend. The Hogs are hoping to improve their record and ranking in pursuit of auto-bid to the Division III National Tournament. Meanwhile, the Ice Bears are hoping to stay in the top ten and thereby remain in contention for the Pacific Regional Tournament. The Hogs lead the series all time 21-8. The Ice Hogs and Bears met earlier this season as the Hogs beat the Bears in both of those games at the Jones Center. Arkansas has started the second half of the season with a record of 1-3 while the Bears have compiled a 1-2 overall record this past month. Puck drop is set for 9:45 PM Friday night and 2:00 PM Saturday afternoon in Springfield.

The University of Arkansas fields two hockey teams.  The Division I team’s 2018-19 schedule is available here. It has, since 2015, competed in the Western Collegiate Hockey Conference (learn more here). All home games are played at The Jones Center for Families in Springdale.

This past weekend, the Division I Ice Hogs (8-17-0) were on the road in Colorado playing three games against the University of Colorado- Boulder and Colorado State University. On Thursday the 17^th the Hogs faced the Buffs from Colorado-Boulder. The Hogs were kept scoreless in the first two periods as the Buffaloes scored one goal in each to enter the third period up 2-0. A little over two minutes into the third period, Alex DeGuire scored to put the Hogs on the board. He was assisted by Josh Staenz and Alex Kueser. Colorado answered back with two goals of their own to go up 4-1 on the Hogs. With under four minutes to go, Matt Lasky scored to cut the Buffs lead to two (assisted by Luc Gradisar). The Buffs would go on to score an empty net goal with under two minutes left and win the game 5-2.

The night of the 18^th the Hogs faced the Rams of CSU with revenge on their mind after the Rams came to the Jones Center in November and beat the Hogs 3-2. Halfway through the first period, the Hogs got on the board first as Matt Lasky scored (assisted by Collin Young and Cory Delisle). The Rams tied the game up early in the second period.  Two minutes later the Hogs regained the lead thanks to a goal by Josh Staenz (assisted by Alex Kueser). Two and a half minutes later the Rams tied things up again. Eight minutes into the third period, Cam McAtee scored the go-ahead goal for the Hogs (assisted by Collin Young and Cosimo Yapello). Matt Lasky scored the insurance goal three minutes later and the Hogs went on to win 4-2.

The next night the Hogs faced the Rams looking to do something they had not done yet this season:  win a season series against a conference opponent. The first period was a quiet one as neither team was able to get on the board. Three minutes into the second period, Luc Gradisar took the puck coast to coast to score an unassisted goal and give the Hogs the lead. Five minutes later, the Rams tied things up. The Hogs got on the board early in the third to break the tie thanks to a goal by Josh Staenz (assisted by Evan Kerr). Two minutes later, Luc Gradisar scored another unassisted goal to put the Hogs up 3-1. The Rams would score with under a minute left in the game, but were unable to defeat the Hogs as the Hogs won 3-2.

This weekend the Division I Hogs will be back at home to host arch-rival Alabama. The Crimson Tide enters the weekend with an over 10-11-0 record. The Hogs lead the Division I version of the series all time at 5-4 and Arkansas will be looking for revenge as the Tide beat them twice in Alabama earlier this season. Puck drop is set for 7:30 PM on the Friday the 25^th and 5:00 PM on the Saturday the 26^th at the Jones Center in Springdale.

The University of Arkansas fields two hockey teams.  The Division I team’s 2018-19 schedule is here. It has, since 2015, competed in the Western Collegiate Hockey Conference (learn more here). All home games are played at The Jones Center for Families in Springdale.

This past weekend the Division Three Ice Hogs hosted SEC conference opponent Ole Miss at the Jones Center. The first period of Friday night’s game was scoreless. Eight minutes into the second period the Hogs got on the board thanks to a Tyler Valdron goal, assisted by Zach Palmer and Griffin Sugasawara. Seven minutes later, the Rebs tied things up. The majority of the third period was quiet as the Hogs and Rebs entered the last minute of play all tied up at 1. With fifty-five seconds left, Griffin Sugasawara scored to give the Hogs the go ahead goal. He was assisted by Tommy Weiser. Fifty seconds later Alex Parisi scored the insurance goal securing a 3-1 Hog win.

On Saturday the 19^th the Hogs faced the Rebels of Ole Miss once more. Ole Miss got on the board first as they scored the only goal in the first period. About five minutes into the second period, Grant Deacon and Tyler Valdron assisted Griffin Sugasawara on the game-tying goal. A minute and a half later the Rebs struck back and took the lead 2-1. Early in the third period the Hogs tied things up again on a Tyler Valdron goal (assists: Brad Branscum & Nick Valentini). With under four minutes to play, Ole Miss scored to take the lead and eventually notch a 3-2 win.

This weekend, the DIII Ice Hogs will be in Little Rock face Ole Miss two more times. The Ice Hogs come in at 23-8-0 while the Rebels bring in a record of 13-3-0. The Hogs have the edge all time in the series between the two at 17-5-0. The Hogs will take on Ole Miss on Friday the 25^th at 9:00 PM and Saturday the 26^th at 5:30 PM at the Arkansas Skatium (address: 1311 S Bowman Rd, Little Rock, AR 72211).

The weekend before Thanksgiving, the #5 ranked Division III Ice Hogs traveled to Missouri to play in the Route 66 Classic. The Hogs played three games in three days to finish up their fall semester. On Friday the 16th, the Hogs faced off with the #2 ranked Jayhawks from the University of Kansas. Kansas controlled the first period, scoring four goals. Kansas added four more goals in the second period, taking a 8-0 lead into the third period. Kansas scored the lone goal in the third en route to a 9-0 win.

On Saturday, the Ice Hogs faced the #6 ranked Cornhuskers from the University of Nebraska. The Huskers owned the first period as they scored two goals. Under a minute into the second period, Grant Deacon got the Hogs on the board. Then, with under six minutes left in the second frame, the Hogs tied things up thanks to a goal by Corey Rees. The third period was relatively quiet as no goals were scored and there was only one penalty. Under a minute and a half into the 4v4 overtime, the Huskers scored to win the game 3-2.

The Hogs closed out the showcase early on Sunday morning when Arkansas tangled with #10 ranked University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Platteville got on the board a little over seven minutes into the game. But less than a minute later, Griffin Sugasawara tied the game up for the Hogs. After a quiet second period that saw no scoring, newcomer Nick Valentini scored to give the Hogs a 2-1 lead about six minutes into the third period. Four minutes later Platteville tied things back up at 2. Then, just two minutes later, Valentini score again to put the Hogs up 3-2. With under four minutes to play in the game Griffin Sugasawara gave the Hogs a little insurance as they went up 4-2. Platteville scored with two minutes left in the game, but would come no closer and Arkansas secured a 4-3 win.

The Division III Ice Hogs are now on break until the spring semester. They will be back in action the weekend of January 18 at the Jones Center when they square off against SECHC rival Ole Miss.

The University of Arkansas fields two hockey teams.  The Division I team’s 2018-19 schedule is here). It has, since 2015, competed in the Western Collegiate Hockey Conference (learn more here).   The Division III team in 2018-19 began its twelfth season competing in the Southeastern Collegiate Hockey Conference (learn more here).  All home games are played at The Jones Center for Families in Springdale.

The weekend before Thanksgiving, the Division I Ice Hogs (6-14-0) went on the road to face the #6 ranked Wildcats from the University of Arizona and the #25 ranked Sun Devils from Arizona State University.

On Thursday, November 15, the Hogs played the Wildcats. The first period belonged to the Wildcats as they scored two goals. The second period was much of the same as Arizona doubled its lead to four. Arizona went up 5-0 two minutes into the third period, but Dakota Gottlieb got the Hogs on the board three minutes later. Arizona went on to score two more goals en route to a 7-1 victory.

The Hogs squared off with Arizona State on Friday. Arizona State scored the only goal of the first period, but things reversed in the second period when rookie Trevor McLain scored the only goal of the period to tie things up. About halfway through the third period, Alex DeGuire scored the go-ahead goal for the Hogs. The Hogs held off the Sun Devils and earned a 2-1 victory–the team’s sixth win of the season and first-ever win over Arizona State.

During the final game of the road trip, the Hogs met up with the Sun Devils one more. The first period saw no scoring. Arizona State scored the only goal of the second period with under 30 seconds to play in the period. In the third period, the Sun Devils scored two more times and shutout the Razorbacks by a final 3-0 score.

This weekend, Arkansas returns home for the last time this semester as they host the #11 ranked Ice Bears from conference rival Missouri State University (16-7-0). The two teams have met 12 times in the Division I era and the Bears lead the series 8-4. Puck drop is set for 7:30 PM Friday the 30^th and 5:00 PM Saturday the 1^st at the Jones Center in Springdale.

The University of Arkansas fields two hockey teams.  The Division I team’s 2018-19 schedule is here. It has, since 2015, competed in the Western Collegiate Hockey Conference (learn more here). All home games are played at The Jones Center for Families in Springdale.

This past weekend, the DI Ice Hogs (5-12-0) traveled to Missouri to take on #1 ranked Lindenwood University (14-0-0). The Hogs and Lions first met on Saturday, November 10. In the first period, Lindenwood jumped out to a 3-0 lead into the second period. The second frame saw the Lions put seven more goals on the Hogs and led 10-0 going into the third period. In the third period, Lindenwood continued to roll as they scored five more goals on the Hogs to earn a 15-0 win.

The Hogs fared slightly better on Sunday. In the first period, the Lions scored three on the Hogs to lead 3-0 going into the second period. Three minutes into the second, Alex DeGuire scored the first goal of the weekend. A minute and a half later Tyler Valentin, scored an unassisted goal to cut Lindenwood’s lead to one. But that’s as close as Arkansas would get. Lindenwood answered back with four goals of their own to end the second period up 7-2. Lindenwood added two more goals in the first four minutes of the third period. At 6:16 in the third, senior Luc Gradisar scored an unassisted goal to cut the Lions lead to six. Lindenwood went on to score one more goal and beat the Hogs 10-3.

This weekend, the Razorbacks get back on the road as they travel to Arizona to play the University of Arizona and Arizona State University. On November 15, the Hogs will face the #14 ranked Wildcats at 8:30 PM CST. Arizona currently leads the all-time series between the two teams by a record of 5-2-1. The two teams met earlier this season at the Jones Center in Springdale where they split a pair of games. Arizona is coming into the matchup with a record of 12-3-0 and riding a three-game winning streak . The Hogs enter with having dropped the last three contests. On November 16, at 9:00 PM CST and November 17 at 8:00 PM CST, the Hogs will face the Arizona State Sun Devils. ASU currently owns the series with a record of 7-0 including a one goal win earlier this season against the Hogs at the Jones Center. The Sun Devils enter the weekend with a record of 6-14-0, having lost four of their last five games.

The University of Arkansas fields two hockey teams.  The Division I team’s 2018-19 schedule is here. It has, since 2015, competed in the Western Collegiate Hockey Conference (learn more here). All home games are played at The Jones Center for Families in Springdale.

This past weekend, the Division I Ice Hogs hosted the Colorado State Rams and the University of Colorado Buffaloes. On Thursday, the 1st, the Hogs met up with the Rams. The first period was a quiet one as no goals were scored and there no penalties were called until seven seconds left in the first. Less than two minutes into the second period, the Rams got on the board. Six minutes later, rookie Kevin LaPlante scored to tie things up. Forty seconds later the Rams struck back to take the lead. Two and a half minutes later rookie Dakota Gottleib tied things up at two. The Rams scored the lone goal in the third period to secure a 3-2 win.

On Friday the 2nd, the Hogs hosted Colorado. Halfway through the first period, the Buffs got on the board first. Three and a half minutes, later Alex Kueser tied things up for the Hogs. But just a minute and a half later, the Rams struck back to take the lead. Then, two minutes later, Evan Kerr scored to tie things up. In the second period, it was all Hogs. Josh Staenz scored halfway through the second to put the Ice Hogs up 3-2 and then, with under one minute left in the second period, Cory Delisle scored to give the Hogs a two goal lead. Halfway through the third period, Josh Staenz scored what would be the final goal of the game to put the Hogs up 5-2.

On Saturday the 3rd, the Hogs faced the Buffs once more. The first period was all Buffs as they took the lead 2-0. Under two minutes into the second period, the Hogs got on the board as assistant captain Chris Stovall scored, assisted by Jack Critser. Less than one minute later, the Hogs tied things up 2-2 on an Evan Kerr goal, assisted by Alex DeGuire and assistant captain Shaun Foster. As the third period began, the Buffs scored to take the lead 3-2. A minute and a half later, the Hogs responded with a Chris Stovall goal to tie things up–assisted by Chris Salmon and Dakota Gottlieb. The Buffs would go on to score two more goals in the third en route to a 5-2 win.

This weekend, the DI Hogs travel to Missouri to face #1 Lindenwood. The Hogs are coming in with a 5-10-0 record while Lindenwood comes in with an unblemished record of 12-0-0. Puck drop is set for 7:00 PM Saturday the 10th and 2:00 PM Sunday the 11th.

The University of Arkansas fields two hockey teams.  The Division I team recently released its 2018-19 schedule (view here). It has, since 2015, competed in the Western Collegiate Hockey Conference (learn more here). All home games are played at The Jones Center for Families in Springdale.

This past weekend, the Division III Ice Hogs went on the road to face the Jayhawks from the University of Kansas. On Friday November 2, the first period was a quiet one as no one got on the board. In the second period, though, it was all Jayhawks as they scored three goals. Under two minutes into the third period, Trevor McLain scored to cut into the Jayhawk lead. Kansas answered shortly afterward, though, with a goal of their own to lead 4-1. With under five minutes left in the game, Corey Rees had the Hogs on the board thanks to the assist from Griffin Sugasawara. The Hogs would go on to lose 7-2.

During Saturday’s rematch, things got off to a quicker start as the Jayhawks scored two goals in the first three minutes of the game. Less than fifteen seconds after the second goal, the Ice Hogs got on the board thanks to a goal from Garrett Jackson, assisted by Brooks Moore. Kansas scored again in the second but Griffin Sugasawara scored to bring the Hogs within one goal. Less than two minutes into the third, Grant Deacon scored to tie things up 3-3 but the Jayhawks went on to score two more goals en route to a 5-3 victory.

This weekend, the DIII Ice Hogs return home to host the SMU Mustangs. The Ice Hogs are coming in with a record of 10-4-0, while the Mustangs come in at 0-7-0. These two teams met earlier this season and the Hogs won both meetings. Puck drop is set for 7:30 PM Friday and 11:00 AM Saturday at the Jones Center in Springdale.

The University of Arkansas fields two hockey teams.  The Division I team recently released its 2018-19 schedule (view here). It has, since 2015, competed in the Western Collegiate Hockey Conference (learn more here). All home games are played at The Jones Center for Families in Springdale.