Justin Magill

12 Feb 2009

College hockey does not need shootouts

Since the National Hockey League (NHL) came back from its lockout season in 2005, it implemented shootouts in regular season games to eliminate ties and always have a winner. This was supposed to get fans interested in a game that […]

05 Feb 2009

Lack of goals hurts UWRF men's hockey team

Bringing back one of the school’s best goal scorers and being picked to contend for the conference title looked good on paper for the once No. 7 ranked UW-River Falls men’s hockey team. What has not is the 4-7-0 NCHA […]

04 Dec 2008

Alaska-native women's hockey goalie excels with hometown teammate

If UW-River Falls freshman goalie, Melissa Deardorff,  drove from her hometown of Anchorage, Alaska, it would take her more than two days to make the 3,202 mile trip to the UW-River Falls campus. For the Falcons and UWRF Head Coach […]

20 Nov 2008

Stiff competition puts men's hockey at 1-4-1 record

For the past two weekends the UW-River Falls men’s hockey team faced stiff competition and lost three of four games to put them at a record of 1-4-1. Losses to St. Olaf College (Minn.) 3-1 and Gustavus Adolphus College (Minn.) […]

13 Nov 2008

Falcon women win weekend opener despite penalties

Despite committing 21 penalties and having to kill off numerous five-on-three advantages, the UW-River Falls women’s hockey team is 2-0 after wins against Augsburg College (Minn.) 7-0 and the College of St. Catherine 6-1. “I’m happy with our penalty kill,” […]

06 Nov 2008

Men's hockey searches for victory

The UW-River Falls men’s hockey team is 0-1-1 after a 4-4 tie against Marian University on Oct. 24 and a 2-0 loss to Hamline University (Minn.) on Oct. 31. In the season opener against Marian at Hunt Arena, UWRF had […]

30 Oct 2008

Falcons lose more than just game to Stout

With a win over then 11th-ranked UW-Eau Claire, 27-19 on Oct. 18 and a loss to UW-Stout 29-19 on Oct. 25, the UW-River Falls football team is in fourth place in the WIAC standings. After defeating Eau Claire, the Falcons […]

23 Oct 2008

Harmon playing his way into record books

In the fall of 2005, UW-River Falls quarterback Storm Harmon began his collegiate football career, recruited as a player that could play on both sides of the ball. “I didn’t know if I wanted to play offense or defense right […]

16 Oct 2008

UWRF hockey brings in 16 new recruits

In his 13th season as UW-River Falls’ men’s hockey coach, Steve Freeman has had plenty of success with the past five years resulting in WIAC regular season championships. With a solid recruiting class, 16 in all, time will tell if […]

09 Oct 2008

First significant renovations to Ramer Field set to begin with lighting, field turf in ‘09

UW-River Falls will begin renovations on Ramer Field prior to the next football season by installing new lights, which is the start of a $3.5-4 million project. “We hope to have the lights put in by next football season,” UWRF […]