Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, May 23, 1991, Page 6, Image 6

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    SPORTS
Club hockey team sets sights on next season
By Lyle Crouse
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Aftur <>111\ one season dI lull i ont.u I
hoi key lli.il hits gained thi' attention of
its West (oast opponents. Oregon's
( luh Sports loam might hi' i mating its
mi n ii c .in*'
W lii'ii hoi key si .ison whs ovi'f I
thought l il hiivi' two months when I
didn't have to think .ihont hoi key
s.iul ( o.h h Miki' Solxil "Hut within
two days of our hist game. I ".is >4«'t1111rl
i .ills from ti'.ims who wanted to play us
lu st VI'.II
Hi'i .nisi- ol sui h inti'ri'st SoImiI anil
othi-r i ollege i o.u In's .in' working hard
to form a league for next season
Were trying to put tIn* si heduling
togi'thnr to maki' this work Sohol said
of thi' league. whii h i urri'iitly im Indus
Oregon Washington (ion/.aga ( olora
do Stall' < aliforina Berkeley and Sail
) o si • Statu
Sohol is already making plans for thu
wuukund of Nov IS w hen Oregon hosts
( oloradii Statu for two gamus
W e re prutty sure thu freedom Howl
is still flush in thu minds of Dm k fans
so were thinking alaiut a liuedom Howl
II Im said, rufurring to thu footfiall
teams to it loss to thu Hams in thu
l't'M) I reeilom Howl
Anyonu who brings I'reodom Howl
mumorahilia to a Colorado Statu gamu
will pay low or t u kut pru us
As Oregon i .(impetus against ustah
lished tuams sui h as t olorado Statu in
turust m its program grows I uam lap
tain Si oil llrown said tliruu < anadian
studunts who playud at thu liimoi If lev
id havu expressed inturusl in attundmg
thu I 'mvursity and playing for ( iregon
I
Photo hi |r(! P««Ut
Defenseman ( hris Hoffman (right} tuts past a defenceman during one of the Oregon ( lid)
Hot ke\ team \ games this season
Drown founded the team two seasons
ago when l^tne < ountv In' was com
pleted Wlii'ii the fa< iht\ opened
Drown leinenihereil past ( Olivers, it tuns
with other student', who missed playing
hoc ke\ Their common interest led
them to (duh Spurts ,md the team was
horn
I here was never a t onsi lentimis de
i isiun to do this Brown said It just
sort of mirar ulousK happened
Hut thr tram soon Ins ame a full time
project for Drown who spent the first
season as team i oordmatoi < oar h and
player
I wanted this to he my rontrihution
to the t niversity something that would
lie here when I was gone he said
You don't often get .1 chance to do
that "
Oregon s first season was spent in <1
c it\ league in which no ( flecking eras
allowed This season the team moved
up to full i ontac I intercollegiate hoc ke\
•ind finished with .1 4 t> 1 rec ord
\ welcome addition in the second
season was Sobol. whom Brown c ailed a
godsend
If we had wished for a c oac h. an ide
,d coai h it would he him." Brown said
"His persona coinc ides directly with
the team’s
Sobol. whose c oac long philosophy in
eludes giving quality placing time to
eac li member of the team, set three goals
for the program when he bec ame c oac h
establish team 1 amaraderie. have fun
and give every player a c hance to im
prove
Oregon will have many opportunities
to build on those goals next season,
when it expects to play < lose to 20
games
We will be playing a nun h more dif
tic ult and longer sc hedule next season."
said Sobol
lie has added two new goals tor his
players in the upcoming season: rise to
the higher level of competition and pro
mote hockey to the community
Bv involving the community. Sobol
and Brow n hope to entertain large home
c row els and erase a hockey stereotype
"I think to a lot of people, especially
in Kugene and in the Northwest where
they're not exposed much to hoc key, it
is pen eived as an exhibition of fighting
whit h is a shame." Brow n said
f ins pen option of hockey being
played bv a bunt h of goons, that's w hat
we want to put to rest." Sobol said
We want the public to understand that
fighting is not w hat we re about
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