Zombo’s season, on the other hand, has seemingly come out of nowhere. He registered just three points in 32 games last season while playing a bottom-six role. But one person who hasn’t been surprised by Zombo’s jump in production is his father.
Amarillo Bulls defenseman TJ Sherman knows about that journey that started when he began playing hockey and also baseball and soccer at the age of seven. Now nearly 14 years later, Sherman’s dream has been achieved with his announcement that he has committed to Trinity College.
That makes three commitments for the Spartans’ 2016 class. It also includes defenseman Ty Farmer from suburban St. Louis, Mo.
Monday afternoon, when the RIT men’s hockey team wrapped up practice at Ritter Arena, senior defenseman and captain Chris Saracino didn’t know what to do with himself.He faced the same dilemma on Tuesday, and Wednesday, and Thursday, and admittedly, he liked it.
Dominic Valencia has been in the North American 3 Hockey League long enough to know that hard work means results.
Scouts pay attention to the hard-working players and due to Valencia’s knack for such a work ethic, he is getting the opportunity to further his hockey and academic career next season at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, a Division III school.
University of Minnesota forward Sam Warning may not have the stickhandling reputation of Pavel Datysuk but he does have a nice consolation: the #1 play of the Sportscenter Top Ten Friday night.
Chris Saracino, an RIT senior defenseman who has seen much in his four years with the Tigers, likes the view much better this time around than last.
When it comes to indispensable cogs on their hockey teams, most coaches typically point to the goaltender, play-making forwards or rugged, first-line defensemen. Fourth-line centers? Not so much. Then again, Quinnipiac junior Cory Hibbeler is hardly typical.
Earlier this month, 15-year-old Jincy Dunne took a spill while playing with the boys high school team at Westminster Christian Academy in St. Louis. While cutting across the ice in a game, she collided with another player and sustained a concussion, forcing her off the ice.
Freshman forward Nick Saracino (St. Louis, Mo.) and freshman goaltender Jon Gillies (South Portland, Maine) earned weekly Hockey East honors following Providence’s 3-3 tie at No. 4/5 New Hampshire on Sunday, Feb. 10. Saracino was named the Hockey East Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week, while Gilles was named the Hockey East Co-Defensive Player of the Week.
