It was a great day to be a Panther down in Medford yesterday against the P. Bears.

Once again we found ourselves in a hole early going down 3-0 in the first quarter after a few nice goals by Bowdoin and a substitution error on our part that allowed them to get their third.

Offensively we were pretty balanced on the day just as we've been all year long. David Hild led us with 3 goals while Pete Smith finished with 2 goals and 3 assists. The game ball went to senior Chris Teves who went 2,1 and has been a solid contributor and great leader for us all year.

After rolling his ankle against Williams last week, our trainer Kelly Cray miraculously was able to get Matt Rayner ready to go for yesterday's game. Matt is normally a pretty disruptive defender but he played with a little more of an edge than usual and at times was the best player on the field. He had a huge goal for us in the 2nd half after scooping up the ground ball off the face off and beating his man to the hoop.

The guy who was the best player on the field yesterday was Ryan Deane. After giving up the first three goals of the game he really shut the door on Bowdoin and made some pretty tough saves look easy. As Bowdoin turned up the pressure in the 4th quarter to mount a comeback (outshooting us 14-4 in the quarter) Ryan wasn't having any of it and continued to come up with some huge stops.

Tufts squeaked by Wesleyan in a game they had been winning throughout until a few minutes left to play when Wesleyan battled back and eventually took the lead. Wesleyan had a chance to put it away a few times but you could see them tightening up as they coughed up the ball back to Tufts. As time expired one of the Wesleyan players did a forearm shiver/one arm takedown of a Tufts defenseman that lead to a bench clearing brawl. I've never seen anything like it in all of my years coaching and playing.

We'll need to play an inspired game from start to finish today and make some plays. It should be a great game and hope to see many of you there! Game time is at noon.