2019-20 Stories of the Year (No. 6) Men’s Hockey upsets No. 9 Lake Forest on senior night
MEQUON, Wis. - The 2019-20 athletic year was another successful one for the Concordia Wisconsin Athletic Department. The Falcons won and contended for conference championships in many sports and put together an impressive list of great achievements. As in years past, the Department of Athletic Communications tries to sort through all the great moments and give you, the fans, top stories from the past year.
The list of stories was compiled by the Department of Athletic Communications and, like all lists, is subject to debate. The top stories will be revealed over the next four weeks, with a story being released on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The top story will be released on May 20.
No. 6 Story of the Year
Men's Hockey upsets No. 9 Lake Forest on senior night
The CUW senior class ended their careers with an upset victory in February. The Falcons upended the ninth-ranked Foresters 3-2 to finish with a winning record for the third time in program history at 12-11-2. The victory also tied the senior class as the winningest in program history. The Falcons also downed Lake Forest in a shootout to win the Boarder Battle Cup.
Freshman Brandon Picard (Montreal, Que.) found the back of the net off passes from sophomore Luc Kreuser (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.) and junior Braydon Barker (Red Deer, Alta.).
The Foresters took the lead with the next two goals.
Junior Nick Guiney (Victoria, B.C.) tied the game with a goal in front of the net from passes from junior Nick Guerra (Victoria, B.C.) and senior Dante Hahn (Victoria, B.C.).
Senior Jim Pearson (Ashton, Ont.) propelled the Falcons on a steal on the penalty kill and tallied a short-handed goal to secure the victory.
Sophomore Bo Didur (West Vancouver, B.C.) had 46 saves to earn the victory.
The Falcons killed off all five penalties on Saturday night.
The victory over the ninth-ranked Foresters was the second ranked victory of the year for CUW, with the first at UW-Stevens Point.
The two teams were sent to a shootout to determine the Boarder Battle Cup and senior Andrej Buchko (Peoria, Ill.) scored the lone goal in four rounds to bring the cup home for the second time in program history.
The CUW victory also spoiled the Foresters bid for the NCHA Regular Season title.
The CUW senior class of Andrej Buchko, Jake Switzer (Swansea, Ill.), Mac Ferner (Vernon, B.C.), Dante Hahn, Jim Pearson and Josh Adkins finish their careers with a program record 48 victories.
2019-20 CUW Athletics Stories of the Year
HM: Women's Basketball and Football break records
No. 10: Sam Otto of Men's Golf breaks 36-hole record
No. 9: Softball posts program-best start
No. 8: Dance wins CIT title
No. 7: Goucher and Curran shine at NACC Women's Indoor Track & Field Championship
No. 6: Men's Hockey upsets No. 9 Lake Forest on senior night
No. 5: May 11
No. 4: May 13
No. 3: May 15
No. 2: May 18
No. 1: May 20
