Following a 3-0 weekend in Dallas, and a home sweep of Iowa State, the Ice Hogs enter their first weekend off of the season 8-1 overall.

Arkansas took care of business in their first South Divison games of the season, taking two games from Dallas Baptist and one from North Texas during a three game weekend in Texas.

Friday saw the hogs battle back from an early one goal deficit to win the weekend opener 6-2 against DBU. Sophomore Sam Haynes recorded the win in net, stopping 20 of 22 shots. Six different Razorbacks recorded goals (Heuerman, Wilson, Sugasawara, Sharrer, LaPlante, and Patterson).

The Razorbacks found themselves trailing again early Saturday after a slow start, before netting five unanswered to find the win column with a 5-2 victory in the series finale against DBU. Freshman Grady Reis earned the win in net, also stopping 20 of 22 shots. Junior Brad Estrada found the back of the net twice, with Wilson, Romero, and Elliott all joining him in the score column.

Sunday was a much more one sided match up between the Razorbacks and Mean Green of UNT. The Hogs outshot their opponent 85-19 on their way to a 9-1 win in their final game of the weekend. Freshmen goaltender Noah Goodwin earned his first win in his first career start, stopping 18 of 19 shots, earning the Hog Hat honors for hardest working player in the game.

This past weekend your Razorbacks returned to the friendly confines of The Jones Center for a home series against Iowa State. On Friday, junior Michael Ellis drew first blood, scoring with 3:11 remaining in the first frame. The hogs would build on their lead in the second with goals from senior Cameron McAtee and sophomore Kyle Crews. The hogs would net one more goal when Freshman Jacob Heuerman found the net in a penalty filled third period.

Special teams shined for the Razorbacks who killed off 8 penalties, including two 5 on 3 opportunities, on their way to a 4-0 victory. Senior Assistant Captain Cameron McAtee factored into all four goals with one goal and three assists. Senior Jozef Dusenka earned the shutout in his first home start of the season.

Saturday saw the Hogs dominate in a physical affair, filling the Iowa State net with three goals in the first period (Valentini, Wilson, Estrada). Senior Jacob Sharrer would score the lone goal of the second for the hogs, before another three goal explosion in the final frame (Wilson x2, Yaseen). Senior Captain Zach Wilson recorded a hat trick on the night. Sophomore goalie Sam Haynes earned the win, stopping 23 of 25 shots on the night.

Arkansas is off this weekend before a home series against historic rival Missouri State.

Arkansas Travels to Dallas, Begins MACHA Play

This weekend Arkansas travels to Dallas to begin MACHA South Division play with a two game set against Dallas Baptist University, followed by a Sunday matinee game with The University of North Texas. This will mark the first weekend of conference play for the Hogs as members of the Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association (MACHA) since leaving the SEC in 2020. This season also marks the first season in the MACHA for both DBU and UNT following their move from Division II before the shortened 2020-21 season.

Dallas Baptist is coming off an appearance in the National Tournament last season. This year DBU is 1-3 following a weekend sweep at the hands of New Mexico and split with fellow South Division member Mizzou. The hogs took all 6 games from DBU last year, including their match up in pool play of the National Tournament.

UNT is 1-1 on the season following a win and overtime loss against DII Texas State at home last weekend. The Mean Green did not participate in the 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Arkansas and UNT have not met since the 2018-19 season, where the Hogs swept their home two game series by a combined score of 28-2.

This marks an important weekend for the Razorbacks, who enter the weekend 3-1, as the winner of the South Division will receive and auto-bid to the MACHA Conference Championship in St. Louis. The Hogs could use your support in Dallas this weekend as they look to continue with footballs trend of owning the state of Texas!

Game times and locations:

Friday 10/1: 8:45pm puck drop- Valley Ranch Stars Center

Saturday 10/2: 7:30pm puck drop- Valley Ranch Stars Center

Sunday 10/3: 12:30pm puck drop- Euless Stars Center

This past weekend your Hogs traveled to Oklahoma City for their first road trip of the season for a two game set against DI University of Oklahoma. Arkansas entered the game 2-0 following last weekends sweep of ETBU at home. The series would be Oklahoma’s first games and home opening weekend.

The hogs pushed the pace of play from the opening drop of the puck on Friday night. Senior Griffin Sugasawara netted the opening goal on the power play at 10:55 in the first period on assists from defensemen Cameron McAtee and Kevin LaPlante. The Sooners would answer with a shorthanded goal from Marshall Rushing with 1:47 remaining in the frame, and the first period would end in a 1-1 tie.

The Hogs wasted no time regaining the lead, when Senior Nick Valentini beat the Oklahoma net-minder with a top shelf bullet coming down the left side to put Arkansas ahead 2-1 with 17:01 remaining in the second. Sugasawara inked his name on the score sheet again with 6:30 remaining in the second period. Following passes from Pavel Salter and Brad Estrada, Sugasawara walked the puck into the low slot before making a nifty move to leave the Oklahoma goaltender flailing and neatly tucked the puck into the net.

The Razorbacks never looked tired in the third, keeping up their physical play and speed to keep the game out of reach. Junior Michael Ellis netted the Hogs fourth goal, and second powerplay goal, with 5:17 left in the third to ice the game. Arkansas looked good on the power play all night, and following good heads up passing from McAtee and Zach Wilson, Ellis was able to send a low shot past a screen in front for the final goal of the game.

Senior Jozef Dusenka made his first start of the season, making several spectacular saves; on the way to recording his first win of the season. Arkansas outshot Oklahoma 31-20 in the game.

Despite a strong start and good pace to the game, Arkansas found itself in penalty trouble early on Saturday night. Oklahoma opened the scoring 4 minutes into the game following a power-play goal by Tristan Glass. The rest of the first period was a back and forth affair, with both teams trading scoring chances and physical play.

The second period was tightly contested by both teams. The teams ran into penalty trouble during the second frame with seven infractions called collectively. Oklahoma struck again on the powerplay with 2:45 left in the period on a goal by Marshall Rushing. Arkansas quickly answered with a powerplay goal of their own a little over a minute later with a goal scored on a blast by senior defensemen Cameron McAtee, assisted by Zach Wilson.

Keeping with the theme, both teams fought for every inch of ice in the third period, with the Hogs keeping up the pressure searching for the equalizing goal. Oklahoma broke through with 3:05 left in the period on an odd-man rush, with a shot from Oklahoma’s Trevor Finch barely squeaking through. Oklahoma would tally an empty netter to complete the scoring on the weekend, and the game would end with a final of 4-1.

Freshman Grady Reis played well in his second start of the season, keeping Arkansas in the game with several tremendous saves throughout. Arkansas outshot Oklahoma again 31-28.

The Razorbacks start the 21-22 campaign on the right foot, beating ETBU by a combined score of 32-0 in their home opening series this past weekend. The two wins give Arkansas 24 straight home victories, dating back to the 18-19 season.

Friday saw eleven different Razorbacks score (Borlace-2, Deskeere-2, Ellis-2, McAtee-2, Sharrer-2, Crews, Heuerman, Hirschy, LaPlante, Sugasawara, Valentini) in front of a near sell out crowd at The Jones Center. Freshman Truman Hirschy and Jacob Heuerman both recorded their first collegiate goals. Senior Jacob Sharrer tallied his first and second goals of the season after being blanked throughout the 20-21 season, and was the first to be awarded the “Hog Head” for the games biggest impact player. Starting goaltender, sophomore Sam Haynes, records his first collegiate shutout on 16 saves. The Razorbacks dominated the pace of play for the majority of the game, and outshot ETBU 60-16.

The Hogs picked up right where they left off on Friday, matching Saturdays total on the scoreboard at 16-0. Keeping with the similarities, eleven different Razorbacks found the back of the net Saturday (Sugasawara-3, Elliott-2, Estrada-2, Moder-2, Heuerman, Lotz, McAtee, Salter, Sharrer, Valentini, Wilson). Freshman Ethan Moder and Ian Lotz both recorded their first collegiate goals. Freshman starting goaltender Grady Reis recorded his first collegiate shutout in his first career start. Sharrer passed the “Hog Head” to freshman Ian Lotz as the games biggest impact player due to his high energy and disruptiveness in his first Arkansas Razorback game.

This upcoming weekend, your hogs travel to Oklahoma City for a tough test against Div. I University of Oklahoma. These two teams have not met since the 2018-19 season, where Div. I OU swept Div. I Arkansas in three games by a combined score of 9-3. Overall the Sooners hold a strong edge in the matchup between the two programs, with a 16-2 record against the Razorbacks. On Friday, the Hogs will look to improve to 3-0, a feat they have accomplished every year under Head Coach Keller Sims. The Hogs could use the support of all Arkansas fans in the OKC area this weekend! Game times are below.

Friday: 10$ admission. 8:00 PM Puck Drop, Blazers Ice Centre, OKC, OK

Saturday: 10$ admission.5:00 PM Puck Drop, Blazers Ice Centre, OKC, OK

The Razorback Hockey team is excited to announce that C-Ian Lotz will be attending the University of Arkansas this fall. Lotz, a 5’10”, 170lbs. center comes to Arkansas from the McKinney North Stars 18U team in McKinney, TX.

Lotz played for the McKinney North Stars organization, winning three Tier II Texas State Championships. In addition, Lotz won 2 high school state championships with Frisco High School while playing with current Razorback Michael Ellis. Lotz also cites his first state championship with Frisco as his favorite hockey memory because of how close their group was. Lotz fell in love with the speed and intensity of hockey while watching the Dallas Stars growing up and most tries to resemble his game after Nathan MacKinnon.

Lotz plans to study Supply Chain Management at Arkansas. When asked why he chose Arkansas, Ian said, “I saw it as a place I could see myself living and going to school and felt like a place I would belong.”

The University of Arkansas Men’s Hockey team plays in the Mid-America Collegiate Hockey Association. The 2021-22 season will be the team’s fifteenth season as a member of the ACHA competing in Division III. The team’s schedule can be viewed here. All home games are played at The Jones Center for Families in Springdale, AR.

The Arkansas Razorback Hockey team qualified for the 6^th trip to the ACHA National Tournament in program history on Wednesday. The 5^th and final rankings of the season revealed Arkansas locked up the #3 seed in the 8-team tournament. The Hogs finished 9-0 against Division 3 opponents, granting them the best record in the country against D3 schools. The Razorbacks overall record of 13-1 is also good for the most wins by a Division 3 school in the 2020-21 season. Patterson Ice Rink in Grand Rapids, MI will be hosting this year’s tournament. A limit of 200 spectators will be allowed inside the facility.

Arkansas has been placed in Group B with #2 Michigan, #6 Dallas Baptist, and #7 Central Michigan. The Razorbacks will face off against Dallas Baptist in the 1^st game at 11AM EST on Thursday, April 15^th. Arkansas owns the season head-to-head with a 5-0 record against DBU. Arkansas outscored DBU 26-10 in the 5-game series. The Hogs will then take on #7 Central Michigan at 11:30AM EST on Friday, April 16^th. Arkansas has not played CMU in program history. The final game of the round-robin tournament will see #3 Arkansas take on #2 Michigan at 6PM EST on Saturday April 17^th. Arkansas looks to avenge the loss from the 2019-20 season when they traveled to Michigan, falling to the Wolverines for one of their 4 losses last season. The top 2 teams from each group then move on to the semifinals on Monday, April 19^th, followed by the championship game at 6:30PM EST on Tuesday, April 20^th. Games will be livestreamed and more information will be provided on Razorback Hockey social media and website.

The University of Arkansas Men’s Hockey team plays in the Mid-America Collegiate Hockey Association. The 2020-21 season will be the team’s thirteenth season as a member of the ACHA competing in Division III. The team’s schedule can be viewed here. All home games are played at The Jones Center for Families in Springdale, AR.

The Arkansas Razorbacks(11-0) played host to Maryville University this past weekend. Friday night’s game saw the Hogs jump out to an early lead, as Griffin Sugasawara found Zach Wilson 41 seconds into the game for a shorthanded goal. Just 3 minutes later, Kevin LaPlante sent a shot to the net and Jacob Yaseen found the lose rebound for a powerplay goal. Zach Riley also assisted on the play. With 4 minutes left in the 1st, Sugasawara got involved again by cleaning up a lose rebound. Brad Estrada and Cameron McAtee were credited with the assists. 2 minutes later, Riley found Tevor McLain streaking through the slot for the Hogs 4th goal of the period. The Hogs weren’t finished in the 2nd period, as Kyle Patterson won the faceoff to Yaseen, who finished to put Arkansas up 5-0. Midway through the period, Chris Salmon moved the puck to Wilson, who found Jordan Deskeere in front for the 6th goal of the evening. Maryville was able to break the shutout bid with 5 minutes left in the 2nd period. With under one minute left in the period, McLain found LaPlante just as the Hogs powerplay ended for the 7th goal of the night. Half way through the final period, the Arkansas powerplay was back at it. This time, Sugasawara found Brad Estrada, who sent the puck toward the net, and Salmon found the rebound. Jozef Dusenka made 16 saves in the 8-1 win, his 9th of the season.

On senior night, Arkansas honored six seniors: Grant Deacon, Zach Riley, Chris Salmon, Jozef Dusenka, Dakota Gottlieb, and Jacob Yaseen. Griffin Sugasawara got the Hogs started 6 minutes into the game, finishing off a rebound just as a Hog powerplay ended. Salmon and Brad Estrada contributed the assists. 7 minutes later, the Hogs scored again on the powerplay. This time it was Michael Ellis from Jordan Deskeere and Cameron McAtee. Sugasawara added his second goal of the contest with 4 minutes left in the 1st period, with Kevin LaPlante adding the assist. The 2nd period saw Arkansas continue the scoring. This time Kyle Crews finished off a pass from goalie Jozef Dusenka for the Hogs 4th goal. Trevor McLain found Pavel Salter for the 5th goal just 1:30 later. Maryville would get two on the board before the end of the period, cutting the Arkansas lead to 5-2. Early in the 3rd period, Arkansas gained back the momentum as McAtee scored a shorthanded, unassisted goal. Salmon capped off senior night with a powerplay goal with under 4 minutes remaining. Deacon and McAtee assisted on the goal. Maryville would get one final goal, but the Hogs won 7-3 to get the sweep and improve to 11-0 on the season. Dusenka grabbed his 10th win, making 18 saves on 21 shots.

The University of Arkansas Men’s Hockey team plays in the Mid-America Collegiate Hockey Association. The 2020-21 season will be the team’s thirteenth season as a member of the ACHA competing in Division III. The team’s schedule can be viewed here. All home games are played at The Jones Center for Families in Springdale, AR.