Cards to Face AU Eagles at Verizon Center Sunday

The hockey squad will hit the ice in a much bigger arena then they usually skate. Following a pre-season match up between the Washington Capitols and the Boston Bruins, the Cards will be playing against the Eagles of American University at the Verizon Center. Puck drop is expected at 7:30 in the evening.

This will be the second straight season in which the Cards have played at the Verizon Center and to Senior Assistant Captain Zak McGinniss, there isn’t a more priveldged feeling.

“It’s amazing to play on that ice in front of hundreds of CUA students. It’s a great atmosphere and really gets the team going” said McGinniss.

The Cards have already begun their young season, with three wins and two defeats. So far the team has had a very exciting start with dramatic overtime wins and big time upsets.

Game one was an overtime nail biter, ending with CUA defeating Widener 6-5. The Cards scored six unanswered goals. McGinniss got the Cardinals on the board with a goal with nine minutes left in the second period. Then in the 3rd period, CUA scored four goals in just two and a half minutes tying up the game and forcing the extra time. With all the momentum on their side, the Cards scored six seconds into overtime.

Following such a dramatic win, Catholic went on to defeat division two opponent Lasalle 6-4. This past weekend, the team played in a tournament against some highly touted competition.

Fourteenth ranked Indiana U of Pennsylvania and third ranked Fredonia defeated the cards by a combined score of 13-7.

After those upsets, the cards bounced back to defeat tenth ranked PSU-Altoona 4-1. As for Sunday night’s game, it should be another tough battle from start to finish, but so far early on this season, scoring on both sides has been easy to come by so fans should expect an exciting match.

The team is looking forward to be playing in front of a big CUA crowd and has requested a RED-OUT, having all CUA students to wear red coming to the game.

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