HOCKEY
Four Cats All-BRC hockey
Forward Dylan Dock heads a list of four Wildcats named to the 2009-10 All-Big Rivers Conference hockey team.March 11, 2010
Editorial: The right stuff
The River Falls Police Department gave a fine accounting of our community when investigator Chuck Golden journeyed to Madison to lobby for a bill that seeks greater protection for children exposed to the ugly realities of domestic abuse.
March 11, 2010
We are the champions
Two high school state champions in one weekend, two parades down Main Street River Falls Sunday. The River Falls-based Fusion hockey team won a state title in Madison, while the River Falls high school gymnists captured the state crown in Wisconsin Rapids.March 08, 2010
Falcons to play for NCHA title this Saturday
The UW-River Falls men’s hockey team defeated sixth-ranked St. Scholastica last Saturday night to earn a trip to the Peters Cup NCHA Tournament Championship game this Saturday night at St. Norbert.
By UW-RF Sports Information , March 04, 2010
Fusion set to defend title
The top-ranked St. Croix Valley Fusion girls’ hockey team earned the right to defend its state title by defeating No. 4 Hudson, 3-1, in a sectional final game Saturday night at Hunt Arena.
March 04, 2010
Girls’ hockey, gymnasts returning to state
The St. Croix Valley Fusion girls’ hockey team and the River Falls High School gymnastics team both earned return trips to state at their respective sectionals Saturday.
The Fusion defeated Hudson 3-1 in a sectional final Saturday night at Hunt Arena while the Wildcat gymnasts took first at the 8-team Division 2 sectional tournament in Holmen.
February 28, 2010
Men skate to Peters Cup semifinals 
The UW-River Falls men’s hockey team advanced to its first Peters Cup semifinal since 2007 by sweeping UW-Eau Claire, 3-1 and 6-3 in an NCHA tournament quarterfinal series over the weekend.
February 25, 2010
Five overtime thriller
The River Falls boys hockey team did its best Tuesday night to keep Superior from making it to a ninth straight WIAA State Tournament, but in a game that lasted nearly four hours and included a total of 96 shots on goal, the Spartans outlasted the Wildcats, 2-1, with a goal 30 seconds into the fifth overtime in a sectional semifinal in Superior.
February 24, 2010
Good sports
The River Falls traveling Mites hockey team, coached by Kent Manglitz, won the Sportsmanship Award at the Mite A Tournament in Onalaska Jan. 30-31. Back on Jan. 9-10, the team took second place in a Mite A Tournament in Baldwin.
February 20, 2010
Fusion win battle of top-ranked teams
Heidi VanDell’s goal with 32 seconds remaining in the game broke a scoreless tie and lifted the top-ranked St. Croix Valley Fusion girls’ hockey team to a 1-0 victory over the No. 2 Central Wisconsin Storm Saturday in Schofield.
February 18, 2010
Falcon men open playoffs at home
The UW-River Falls men’s hockey team will host UW-Eau Claire this weekend in the first round of the NCHA Peters Cup playoffs.
February 17, 2010
Cats gear up for playoffs
The Wildcat boys’ hockey team ended the regular season strong last week, defeating Simley, Minn., and Rice Lake by identical 6-1 scores while giving North St. Paul, Minn., all it could handle in a 4-2 loss.
February 17, 2010
Five overtime thriller
The River Falls boys hockey team did its best Tuesday night to keep Superior from making it to a ninth straight WIAA State Tournament, but in a game that lasted nearly four hours and included a total of 96 shots on goal, the Spartans outlasted the Wildcats, 2-1, with a goal 30 seconds into the fifth overtime in a sectional semifinal in Superior.
February 09, 2010
Days Gone By
Now retired Chancellor Gary Thibodeau drops the ceremonial first puck at the first-ever women’s varsity hockey game at UW-River Falls’ Hunt Arena on Nov. 5, 1999, against Gustavus Adolphus. Local Olympic hockey star Karyn Bye is behind Thibodeau. The Falcons lost, but it didn’t dampen opening night festivities.
By Pat Hunter, Archivist , February 05, 2010
Wildcat captains play Westside
Wildcat hockey team captains joined Amy Hafeman’s phyed class at Westside Elementary for a game of floor hockey. After Captains, Zach Lindquist, Dylan Dock and Mark Bennett, talked about leadership and sportsmanship. Fun was had by all.
February 04, 2010
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