The 2010-2011 Husky Ice Hockey schedule has been announced today. Washington's home Ice Hockey schedule includes games against Loyola Marymount, Washington State, Western, Oregon, Northern Arizona, Cal, Stanford, Cal-State Fullerton and Portland State. Washington's away schedule includes games against Idaho, San Jose, Denver, Utah State, Oregon, Washington State, Cal-State Fullerton, Western and USC. Click HERE for more information.

The 2010-2011 training camp information has been released. All training camp practices will be held at the home of the Huskies - Olympicview Arena in Mountlake Terrace.

Sunday, September 19th - 8:00 PM to 9:15 PM
Monday, September 20th - 9:00 PM to 10:15 PM
Wednesday, September 22nd - 10:30 PM to 11:45 PM
Friday, September 24th - 10:15 PM (Alumni Game)
Monday, September 27th - 8:45 PM to 10:00 PM
Wednesday, September 29th - 9:00 PM to 10:15 PM

Washington lost a heartbreaker to the USC Trojans on Saturday night in the finals of the PAC-8 Tournament by a final score of 5-4. The Huskies reached the tournament final for the second straight only to come up a bit short again. The Huskies took the early lead of 3-1 in the first period and held the lead through two periods. USC scored the loan goal in the second period making the score 3-2. Washington was outchanced in the second period by a ferocious Trojan forecheck, but the Huskies survived. The Trojans came back in the third period to tie the score 3-3, but the Huskies quickly took the lead again at 4-3. The Trojans scored the tying goal and then the Huskies gave the Trojans a 5 on 3 powerplay advantage late in the game. However the Dawgs killed off the penalties and the game appeared to be heading to OT. However USC's Ryder Fyrwald (who had played only 5 games for the Trojans this year) would score the heartbreaker with just 12 seconds left in the game to win the PAC-8 Championship.

Washington won an absolute thriller of a game in Anaheim, California tonight against the Arizona State Sun Devils by the final score of 4-3. Both teams battled to a 0-0 tie at the end of the first period. Arizona State came out in the second period and seized momentum with a pair of goals. But Washington bounced back at the end of the period to make the score 2-1 heading into the third period. By the time everything was said and done in the third period the score would be tied 3-3. The two sides played a scoreless OT period which would set up a wild shootout. The shootout would go 7 skaters deep before Dan Herda would win the game for the Huskies. This was the second time that Herda won a big game for the Huskies in a shootout (I-5 Cup against Oregon).

The win sets the Huskies up for the Championship Final on Saturday night against USC who shocked Oregon by a final score of 4-3. This will be the second year in a row the Huskies play in the final game. Game time is at 7:30 PM and can be listened to online.

Washington went to Cheney on a high and the Eagles promptly sent the Dawgs back to Earth. The Eagles beat the Huskies by a resounding 14-2 on Friday night. The Eagles were helped with 10 penalty calls against the Huskies in the first period, but managed only one goal. The Huskies played a closer contest on Saturday night, down 1-0 after the first period, but eventually fell to Eastern by a final score of 6-0. All of the Husky wins this season came at the expense of PAC-8 foes. Washington went 0-9 outside the conference schedule.

Next up for the Huskies is a weekend off and then the team will travel to L.A. to take part in the PAC-8 tournament as the #2 seed. More details on the tournament will be posted soon.

Washington and USC met on Saturday night for the second of the weekend's games and the game would not be as close as Friday's contest. Washington needed to win the game to maintain second place in the PAC-8 and it did just that, winning by a final score of 8-4.

On a night of celebrations - Senior Night, Seattle Junior Hockey Night, and the swearing in of Petty Officer Third Class Tara Molle, USCG, the Huskies dominated the Trojans. USC would get on the board first after a Husky penalty, scoring with 7 minutes left in the first period. That would be the only Trojan lead of the night. Daniel Carson would tie the game with two minutes left in the period and that seemed to be a good period for the Huskies. But the purple side was not finished. USC would be called for a penalty with 26 seconds left in the first and it took the Huskies only 6 seconds on the power play to take the lead on a goal by Jordan Chernesky. The Huskies never looked back.

The Seattle Junior midgets entertained the crowd during the first intermission. Most of the Huskies even came out of the locker room to watch the action. When the big kids took the ice again, the action was intense. Three minutes into the period, USC found itself shorthanded two men. The Huskies are lethal on the power play and did not disappoint with the advantage. Phil Harezlak scored on the first penalty to USC so the Dawgs still had the man advantage. Ian Shook would score on USC's second penalty increasing the Husky lead to 4-1. Less than five minutes into the second period, the game seemed to be over as USC lost its legs a bit. USC would score with 1:19 left in the second to gain some life.

The Huskies immediately ended any thoughts of a USC comeback just a minute into the third by scoring a fifth goal. USC however scored less than two minutes later, making the score 5-3. Daniel Carson added his second goal of the night by skating between the Trojan defense and beating the USC goaltender on his backhand with three minutes elapsed in the third. The Dawgs would score their 7th goal a mere seven seconds later seizing all momentum. Sean Hale would end the Husky scoring on the night, giving the Huskies an 8-3 lead with eight minutes left in the game. The Trojans would score one final goal and that is where the contest ended - 8-4.

The two wins keep the Huskies in 2nd place in the PAC-8 conference which would mean a bye in the first round of the PAC-8 tournament. It also means the Huskies would only play one game on the first day of the tourney instead of two.

The Huskies take their final regular season road trip this coming weekend to Cheney, Washington to battle the Eastern Washington Eagles. The Eagles are currently ranked #3 in the ACHA West.

The Washington Huskies defeated the USC Trojans by a final score of 3-2 tonight at Olympicview Arena. The Dawgs used a physical, relentless attack to force USC into mistakes. The Husky band was in attendance to help make the Trojans feel less at home.

From the very first shift, when Tyler MacMillan leveled Max Szentveri, the Huskies played a physical hockey game. The only thing that would slow the Huskies down would be taking undisciplined penalties. The Huskies gave USC a power play five minutes into the game, but killed off the disadvantage allowing only one shot on goal. Halfway through the first period the Huskies found themselves shorthanded again for two minutes, but killed off this penalty as well. USC was called for its first infraction with just over six minutes left in the first and the Huskies capitalized. Phil Harezlak received a beautiful pass from Jordan Chernesky through the slot and buried the puck in the back of the net. Less than 30 seconds later however, the Huskies took another penalty. The Dawgs killed off this penalty, but took another one with a minute left in the first period. The Huskies cannot continue to take four penalties a period if they expect to go far in the PAC-8 tournament. Despite the penalties, he first period would end with the score 1-0 Huskies leading.

After exchanging scoring chances and hits, USC got on the board eight minutes into the second period to tie the game. Dan Herda would put the Huskies back on top four minutes later. The period settled into a tight defensive battle until Corey James scored the goal of the night. James took the puck at the SC blue line, skated past a defender, and waited until the goaltender went down. James then skated behind the net to the right and reached the puck back into the crease and tapped the puck in behind the goaltender. The ridiculous goal gave the Huskies a 3-1 lead heading into the locker room.

The start of the third period began with some fireworks as Ian Shook battled for a loose puck in the USC crease. When the whistle blew, Shook got up and was punched in the head by the SC goaltender, giving the Huskies a power play. UW was unable to capitalize on the chance. The Huskies would get another power play advantage midway through the period but could not score. Ian Shook would take his second penalty of the period with just under eight minutes left in the period and USC took advantage of the opportunity. The Trojans would score their second goal with one minute left on their power play to make the score 3-2. The Huskies immediately turned the puck over in their slot, creating a great scoring chance for the Trojans but Danny Dougan was in position and made a great save to maintain the Husky lead. With a minute left USC was given a penalty and the coach was given a game misconduct. The game would end with the Huskies on a 5 on 3 power play.

Game notes: Byron Ma remains out with an injury, but is serving as an assistant coach. Former Husky captain Tyler Durrell was in attendance tonight. The Husky marching band also performed throughout the game.

The two teams will meet again Saturday night at Olympicview Arena at 6:30 PM. The Huskies are battling to maintain second place in the PAC-8 standings. This would mean UW would have a bye in the first round of the PAC-8 tourney and avoid playing two games on the first day of the tournament.

Just when you thought you'd seen everything on Friday night, how about power play and shorthanded goals, an ejection, overtime, two shootouts and a new Cup winner? Yes, it was another Huskies-Ducks game in this crazy series. First the bad news, the Huskies lost the game in a shootout by a final score of 6-5 (Ducks win the shootout 3-0). The good news is the Huskies rebounded in a second shootout to determine the I-5 Cup winner on a goal by Dan Herda. With the shootout win, the Huskies brought the I-5 Cup back to Seattle for the first time in six years.

The game started out poorly for the Dawgs after giving up a goal just forty-five seconds into the game. The Ducks would then take a penalty four minutes into the period and the Huskies made them pay on a point shot that found the back of the net by Daniel Carson. Washington then began taking a series of undisciplined penalties. And the Ducks would make the Huskies pay. Oregon scored its second goal on the power play mid-way through the first period. Thirty-five seconds later, the Ducks scored again increasing their lead to 3-1.

To begin the second period the Huskies took their third straight penalty, killed that off and immediately took another penalty. This time however, Corey James got behind the Duck defense and beat Oregon's goaltender on the stick side for a shorthanded goal giving the Huskies some momentum. The Ducks would get called for a penalty with just over half the period left and scored their own shorthanded goal, restoring their two goal lead. Immediately after the goal the Ducks were called for a penalty giving the Dawgs a two-man advantage. Arne Krogh would capitalize bringing the Huskies back within one goal. Corey James would then score another goal with two seconds left in the Ducks second penalty tying the game 4-4. At the end of the second the Huskies again ran into penalty trouble. With Arne Krogh already in the box, Jordan Chernesky leveled a Duck player in the corner and was given a five minute major penalty and tossed from the game. The Ducks would take their own penalty negating a 5-3 advantage but would still score a power play goal with 25 seconds left in the second period. The period ended with the Ducks up 5-4.

The only scoring in the third period came when Phil Harezlak tied the game on a power play goal eight minutes in. And this goal would set the stage for high drama. Neither team could manage another goal through the rest of the period, nor in overtime. Tristan Wickliff was awarded a penalty shot with 1.7 seconds left in overtime, but was denied by the Ducks goaltender which set up the first shootout to decide the game. The Huskies were unable to capitalize in the first shootout, while the Ducks scored three times giving them the win.

With the Duck win, the season series was then tied 2-2 requiring a second shootout to determine the I-5 Cup winner. Both Danny Dougan and the Husky shooters rebounded nicely. Daniel Carson scored on his attempt and after Dougan made some key saves, Dan Herda's number was called. Herda put a hard shot between the Duck netminder's five hole to seal the Cup for the Huskies that set off a wild celebration on the ice and in the stands.

The Huskies have to rebound quickly from the emotional weekend as they host conference rival USC this coming weekend in a key match up that will help determine the PAC-8 tournament seedings. Game times are 10 PM Friday night and 6:30 PM on Saturday night.

Game notes: Byron Ma was still out of the lineup due to injury. The crowd was the largest and loudest crowd in a number of years. Thank you fans!