Falcons head out Wednesday, Parents and ‘Super Fans’ taking buses out

Falcons beat Gusties 2-1, advance to Frozen Four

By Justin Magill

Posted on Mar 14, 2009

The No. 1 ranked team in the nation is out and the UW-River Falls Falcons will spend the latter of their spring break in the state of Vermont. UWRF defeated…

The NCAA’s are here

By Justin Magill

Posted on Mar 14, 2009

Here we go. Game time less than an hour away. Talked to UW-River Falls coach Joe Cranston on Thursday about the game. He had an interesting perspective of the game.…

It’s official, Gusties in the first round

By Justin Magill

Posted on Mar 11, 2009

Everything is set and ready to go. The UW-River Falls women’s hockey team will play No. 1 Gustavus Adolphus College (Minn.) in the first round of the NCAA tournament at…

Gustavus in the first round?

Posted on Mar 06, 2009

By the looks of it the UW-River Falls women’s hockey team will be playing No. Gustavus Adolphus College (Minn.) in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Gusties won…

Make it two conference championships this year

By Justin Magill

Posted on Mar 01, 2009

What a game it was at Hunt Arena. The Falcons were able to hold of the Pointers of UW-Stevens Point for a 5-3 win an its third O’Brien Cup championship…

Saints end Falcons season for second year in a row

By Justin Magill

Posted on Feb 23, 2009

The UW-River Falls men’s hockey team season is all about done… unofficially that is. A pair of 2-0 losses to No. 4 College of St. Scholastica (CSS) has put an…

Hansberry garners NCHA honors

By Justin Magill

Posted on Feb 19, 2009

Senior co-captain of the UW-River Falls men’s hockey team Derek Hansberry was named to the All-NCHA team for the fourth time in his career. The Arvada, Colo. native scored 16…

Still business as usually at Hunt Arena

By Justin Magill

Posted on Feb 19, 2009

UW-River Falls coach Joe Cranston said the long bus ride home from Hancock, Mich. was all the better after UWRF swepet Finlandia University (Mich.) to claim the NCHA regular season…

NCHA crown signed, sealed and delivered back to River Falls

By Justin Magill

Posted on Feb 15, 2009

With a 6-1 win and a sweep of FInlandia University (Mich.) the UW-River Falls women’s hockey team locked up the NCHA regular season title for the first time since 2003,…

Falcons give up two three-goal leads, will play CSS in NCHA quarters

By Justin Magill

Posted on Feb 15, 2009

Tough way to end the regular season for the UW-River Falls men’s hockey team. Four goals in the first period and a four goal lead at one point was not…

Regular season comes to a close on Friday

Posted on Feb 13, 2009

It is always good to end the regular season with a big game like the one on store for tonight. This is the case for tonight (Friday) for the UW-River…

Women tie No. 6 St. Thomas

By Justin Magill

Posted on Feb 11, 2009

Its last nonconference game of the season could be a preview of an NCAA matchup, if the teams make it to the tournament and if it turns out to be,…

NCHA title within reach

By Justin Magill

Posted on Feb 09, 2009

The UW-River Falls women’s hockey team is now two NCHA wins away from its first conference title in six years after defeating Concordia College-Wisconsin last weekend 6-0 and 5-1. Friday…

A weekend to forget for UWRF men

By Justin Magill

Posted on Feb 08, 2009

If there was anytime for the UW-River Falls men’s hockey team to take advantage of the defending nationa champions and No. 8 ranked St. Norbert College (SNC), last Friday was…

Ritter named conference player of the week

By Justin Magill

Posted on Feb 05, 2009

UW-River Falls junior goalie Stephan Ritter was named NCHA player of the week. Ritter stopped 70 shots in two games against UW-Stevens Point and UW-Eau Claire last weekend. He now…