WPI's club hockey team started the new year right with two big wins. The
return of goalie Kraig Moodie and captain John Macklin was a big lift for
the engineers. On Friday the 14th WPI came from behind twice to defeat
Mohawk Junior College of Utica, New York 5-4. Matt Pelkey scored the go
ahead goal on a breakaway with less than 2 minutes left. On Sunday the 16th
WPI hosted the Midshipmen of Navy. WPI took the lead from the beginning,
but the Midshipmen just kept on coming back. With about 5 minutes left in
the game WPI's Chuck Leonard scored WPI's 6th goal to ice the win. The
final score WPI 6 Navy 4. With these two wins WPI increased their record to
4-7 on the year. They resume league play with a game against MIT this
Friday the 21st.