Thursday ucla Game Location Change

Thursday's game at ucla has been moved from the Pickwick Ice Arena to the Valley Ice Center in Panorama City. Faceoff is still slated for 11:30 PM.

SC Heads to China Near the Top of the Pac-8

Beijing Schedule

The Trojans headed for China on Friday, where they will spend a week in Beijing. The team will play three games in between touring many cultural landmarks. USC will take on Beijing Dragons on November 23 at 4:30 AM (PST), Hosa on November 25 at 2 AM, and the Beijing Emperors on November 27 at 4 AM. All three games will be broadcast on USC Ice Hockey Radio by Alex Goldsmith.

Nov 14-15: SC Splits at Stanford

After taking a 3-1 lead into the third period and expanding it to 4-1, USC collapsed defensively, giving up five goals in the third period and falling 6-5 on Friday, Nov 14. USC avenged their first loss to the Cardinal since 2001, with a hard fought 5-4 victory on Saturday.

Nov 7-8: Trojans Clobber Undermanned Bears

USC proved to be too much for a Cal team that only had two lines for a three game swing through Southern California. The Trojans raced to a 12-2 victory on Friday, Nov. 7 and followed it up with an 8-1 win on Saturday.

Oct 31-Nov 1: Huskies Haunt Trojans

USC scored three goals in the first eight minutes on Friday, Oct 31, but Washington was not scared by the early deficit. The Huskies tied the game at 5-5 by the end of the second period and scored the only two goals of the third to win 7-5. On Saturday, the Trojans got back on track with an 8-4 win.

SC Loses Shootout in Shootout

The Trojans lost what might have been the game of the Pac-8's regular season on Saturday night, but not before fighting on. USC scored first and took a 1-0 lead into the first break. Oregon tied the game early in the second period, but USC responded within in a minute to take the lead back. The game unraveled in the second period when Oregon knotted the game in the second and an Oregon player took a major penalty for charging USC goaltender, Matt Buttweiler, on the same play. However, even after another Duck went to the box, USC was unable to score, and Oregon responded by killing the 5 on 3 and scoring to take the lead immediately after getting back to full strength. The Ducks opened that lead with a power play goal late in the second period.

The third period exemplified the battles that the two teams have had throughout the recent years. USC fought back for two goals with less than ten minutes left to tie the game. Oregon took the lead back with five minutes remaining and looked ready to sweep the series until the Trojans scored on the power play with a minute left.

After five minutes of scoreless overtime (which is played 4 on 4), the game went to a deciding shootout. USC shot first in the five man shootout, but Ducks goaltender Wren Arbuthnot came up big, stopping the first three Trojan shooters, while Oregon converted all of their shots and took the shootout 3-0 and the game 6-5. The Trojans have now lost five straight to the Ducks since beating them for the 2007 Pac-8 Championship, and both teams are eyeing the 2009 Pac-8 Tournament for a possible rematch.

Coming Home For Homecoming

USC continues Pac-8 play next weekend against the Washington Huskies. The Trojans did not play Washington last season and beat them in two lopsided games in January 2007, however, the Huskies are much improved since then and took Oregon to overtime last weekend. Friday night's game will faceoff at 7:30 PM at Anaheim Ice, but Saturday night's game will have a special 10 PM faceoff due to the football game.