Neither team jumped ahead during the rest of the third period and overtime, as the contest ended in a 4-4 tie Saturday in the Steve ‘Coach’ Cady Arena at the Goggin Ice Center.
The RedHawks fell, 38-16, to Western Michigan Saturday afternoon at Waldo Stadium.
“Everyone’s adjusted fine,” junior defenseman Rourke Russell said. “We’re just really excited to get things going. Everyone loves Bergeron and what he’s done so far.”
The RedHawks battled until the end but could not keep up with the high-powered Falcons, falling 7-4.
Waterwall, a junior studying business management, is the president of the team. Like many of his teammates, Waterwall was introduced to lifting as training for another sport.
The puck drops to begin a new season at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6, coincidentally against Bergeron’s former employer, the Bowling Green Falcons. It begins a stretch of five straight home games at the Steve ‘Coach’ Cady Arena to start the ’Hawks’ season.
Saturday showed the Chuck Martin the 2019 Miami RedHawks need.
Fans of Redhawk hockey eagerly await the start to the new season every fall, and they have every reason to be impatient this year. There will be a new voice overheard on the Miami bench this season, and that voice belongs to Chris Bergeron.
After falling behind 14-3, Martin said the RedHawks had no energy. Somehow, they found some and went on a 31-0 run, spurring the 34-20 victory.
We’re about to find out who the 2019 Miami football RedHawks really are.
It was an opening series letdown for the baseball team. The University of Arkansas swept the series by scores of 7-0, 5-1 and 11-1 in Fayetteville, AR.
By Emily Williams, Managing Editor
By Coburn Gillies, Assistant Sports Editor
By Coburn Gillies, Assistant Sports Editor