--PART.BOUNDARY.0.6572.emout04.mail.aol.com.825757369 Content-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Content-type: text/plain here are the details of the game...reported by the arizona daily star. veronica --PART.BOUNDARY.0.6572.emout04.mail.aol.com.825757369 Content-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Content-type: text/plain; name="icecat lost to penn" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Icecats lose to Penn St. in playoffs The Arizona Icecats' season came to an end yesterday with a 4-2 loss to P= enn State in the American = Collegiate Hockey Association championship tournament in Athens, Ohio. Needing a win to have any chance of advancing to the final game, Arizona = got off on the wrong foot = by giving up a goal in the opening minute. ``One of their players lifted the puck in, and it deflected off one of ou= r defenders into the net,'' said = Arizona coach Leo Golembiewski. Penn State made it 2-0 before Arizona got on the board when Kevin Oztekin= scored unassisted at 11:44 = of the first period. Joel Nusbaum tied the game just over four minutes into the second period,= but the Nittany Lions = scored once in the second and once in the third to pull away. ``We came back well, but we missed some great chances,'' said Golembiewsk= i, who saw his team = outshoot the Nittany Lions 45-35. Missing chances hurt Arizona all week; the Icecats outshot all three of t= heir opponents despite going 1- 2 in round-robin play. ``The kids came out playing and never gave up,'' Golembiewski said. ``We = were in all these games, = but that's where youth hurts you.'' Arizona ended the season 23-8-1 and fifth in the country, despite a roste= r half-filled with freshmen, = which makes Golembiewski optimistic about the future. ``We lose Oztekin, (Mark) Phawley and (John) Muntz, but we've got lots of= people coming back,'' = Golembiewski said. ``We'd like to bring about six skaters in and a goalie= or two, but we should be = strong next year.'' NOTES: Arizona forward Peter Scott separated his left shoulder on his fi= rst shift of the game and = didn't return. . . . Arizona State finished seventh in the tournament. = --PART.BOUNDARY.0.6572.emout04.mail.aol.com.825757369-- HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.