2-29-20 Sports Express

Highlights and scores

Beginning on monday.

Highs in the mid to upper 40s!

Rain showers move in on coming up aboard the express... ..

Hear from utica college men's and women's hockey teams as they gear up for a big playoff weekend.

But first - time for tonighutica college men's and women's hockey teams as they gear up for a big playoff weekend.

But rlies in their last meeting of the season.

Early in the first period y after a 4- game road trip to host the toronto marlies in their last meeting of the season.

Early in the first period comets get on the board first, kole lind threads the needle to wacey hamilton and its one on one from there and finds the back of the net for the score.

-- chelsea four minutes later, carter camper sets up reid boucher who finishes with the wrister to tmets with the puck, camper kicks it out to boucher who comes flying towards the net, he misses but gets the rebound and puts it in.

That's goal number 30 for him.

-- chelsea six and a half minutes left in the second period, the marlies get their first spark going with a power play goal from joseph du- zak on the left wing.

-- spencer but the comets make up for that one with one of their own by dylan blujus from straight-on.

It goes right through joseph woll to give the comets a 4-1 lead.

-- chelsea not even a minute later, comets have numbers on offenseand reid bouc a beautiful pass to sven baertschi who finishes the one-timer.

The comets would go up 5 to1 to end the second period.

Jusitn bailey would score in the thrid period to earn his 100th professional career goal.

The marlies would cut utica's lead in half late in the third before reid boucher would tally a hat trick and two assists.

The comets close out the season series with a big win 7 to 3.

They are back in action tomorrow at 7 p-m against laval rocket.

Hello everyone and welcome to sports express.

That was a big win for the comets who are now up to 3 wins in a row.

Lots to get to tonight but we're going to keep things on the ice chels yes, the the colgate raiders hosted the number 7 nationally ranked clarkson golden knights tonight.

And this was a tight game.

3 minutes to go in the second period, still scoreless.

Carkson's harold's egle to brian hurley who puts the one timer to the back on the net to put the golden knights on the board frist.

-- spencer and they'd maintain that lead until there was 2.7 seconds left in regulation when the senior tyler penner sticks with the puck and finally puts it passed frank marotte for teh score.

Wow!

What a play!

This game would go into overtime and neither team would score.

This game ends in a tie 1-all, the final.

Chelsea in the division three ranks - the postseason has arrived.

Tomorrow night - the red hot utica college pioneers will begin its quest for a conference title in the u-c-h-c semifinals.

Spencer fresh off capturing the regular season title and locking up the top seed - the pioneers enter the playoffs on a program record 16-game winning streak.

During that stretch - u-c has outscored opponents 97-31.

This weekend - they'll face nazareth - a team they've beaten twice this year by a combined score of 13- 2.

They say it's a whole new ballgame once the poseason comes around and they're not resting their hat on those previous results.

Gary heenan: i think the guys ok athe quarterfinal which wehad a bye d elmira beat nazard nazareth goes down to their rank and beats them so there is a reason that we are playing nazareth and that's because they upset elmira and you know it is one game aaime.

For us is tting our 17th win in a row and that has to happen for us to advae so i think the guys are focused we are feeling good our confidence factor is through the roof and we are healthy we are healthy we are firing on all cylinders right now.

Chelsea the pioneers and golden flyers meet at the adirondack bank center in a two-game set on both saturday and sunday at two p-m.

Spencer the pioneer's women's team also begins postseason play tomorrow night...they'll be on the road for their u-c-h-c title hunt.

They had a different jou begins postseason play tomorrow night...they'll be on the road for their u-c-h-c title hunt.

They had a different journey to get to this point - but they're in the dance and that's all that matters.

Chelsea snagging the fourth and final playoff spot in the u-c-h-c north division - utica college will travel to top seed elmira in the tournament quarterfinals.

A young pioneers squad grew up quickly this season - playing their best hockey in conference play.

In a much different rolelausen: it's fun to embrace that underdog roll compost season time and i think it is fun to embrace it anytime i thinit takes aittle bit of the pressure off and let you relax and be fast and free and that's probably a good thing for us.

We spent all year tryto grind and fi ouelves and we know what we do well now and what we don't and we've got some combinations and some thi and find oursvesnd we know at we do well now and what we don't and we've got some combinations and some is that wo and i think elmira is beatable.

I think the fact that we played them very tough this past weekend gives us a strong feeling of hay this is a team we can compete with.

Spencer the pioneers visit elmira in the single elimination u-c-h-c quarterfinals on saturday at three o'clock.

Spencer also happening tomorrow - the hamilton college men's and women's hockey teams are hosting the nescac quarterfinals games with the women facing williams at one and the men taking on bowdoin at four.

Chelsea men's hoops postseason tonight.

Utica college fell to saint john fisher 81-68 in the empire eight semifinals.

--- suny poly dropped a tough 79-75 decision to lancaster bible in the neac semifinals.

Spencer women's e-8 semifinals - u-c bows out with an 82-75 loss to sage.

--- hartwick falls to fisher 68-50.

That'll take us to the first intermission on sports express.

Still to come - this week's featured athlete of the week.

But coming up next...we talked ready accomplishing some big things in our area.

Welcomback aboard the express...keeping things on the ice.

Chelsea, i'm not too sure if a lot of viewers know too much about this junior league.

That's right spencer we talk alot about the comets but what have the jr. comets been up to?

Winning.

That's what.

The utica junior comets premier team has won the northeast division of the united states premier hockey league for the regular season, finishing at 31 and 14.

-- a team made up of 18 to 20 year olds, some starting as early as 17 and a few 21 year olds come together to play, develop get better on the ice so they can play at the next level.

-- like mets premier head coach louie educate who is in ssecond yeawi place in the divion.

Louis educate: wstarted out extremely hot it was kind've our firsme of the year it looked like we were, we'd been together for a while.

We had a lot of retuners this year and good leadership which obviously helps with that development so our transition this yearas reainjury bug know we're a very fast team, an undersizedeam'd say t our transitioname up and down the ice we score on the rush, we have a lot of very illed playeds the.

Some younger guys some other players got some oportunities and ray stepped up for us to help us clinch that first place spot.

Chelsea the junior comets have a first-round by and begin their playoff run in the semifinanals next thursday march 5.

Spencer the new york state individual wrestling championships began today at times union center in albany - with a few local athletes advancing to the semifinals of their respective weight class tournaments.

Avery leonard of coopersotwn and mason bush of c-v-a will go head-to-head for a spot in the division two 120 pound class final tomorrow.

--- also adirondack's bryar croniser - lowville's micah roes - c-v-a's marek bush - and dolgeville's jacob null will all compete for spin their title match totomorrow as well.

Good luck!

That'll take us to our next break in the action.

We've got the home stretch coming up next.

We'll introduce you to our test athlete of the week who has been a mainstay of his program for years - and now has his name in the history books there.

Of his program for years - and now has.welcome back to sports express - it's time now to unveil our athlete of the week... you'be ha pressed to find anyone more committed or as important to his or her team than this star player.

Nats: "you can't guard himy can'guard him."

It's impossible to think about herkimer boys basketball without also thinking about thname jordyn lanaux.

A four-year star for the magicians - lanaux completed a spectacular high school career with no regrets.

Jordyn lanaux: on february 14th - lanaux was feeling the love exploding for 55 points in three quarters against dolgeville and setting the single-game herkimerscoring rec the magician's career scscoring mark with his 16- hundred 93rd point.

Jordyn lanaux: three quarters against dolgeville and setting the single-game herkimer scoring rerd - as well as - the magician's career scoring mark with his 16- hundred 93rd point.

Jordyn lanaux: lanaux said the support from the herkimer community over the years has motivated him to be the very best he could be.

Jordyn lanaux: his head coach - who brought him up to vartas has motivated him to be the very best he could be.

Jojordyn lanaux: his head coach - who brought hiuto varsity as a freshman - has enjoyed watching his evolution over the years.

Mark blask: his impact on the program during this journey ws has enjoyed watching his evolution over the years.

Ask - lanaux still has plenty of chapte stl to write in his last forever.

Mark blask: ...and according oto blask - lanaux still has plenty of chapters still to write in his storybook career.

Mark blask: if you know of a high school ato deserves to be athlete of the week, here's our contact info - call, email, find us on social media!

Just send us who you would like to be nominated and why.

All featured athletes will receive a plaque courtesy of c-n-y awards and apparel.

That's it for us... we'll see