ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
Matadors Set Tryout Dates
Date:08/12/2022 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
The Matadors are excited to get back on the ice for the first time since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. The team will continue playing out of the Iceoplex in Simi Valley and should have their final schedule released in the coming weeks. The Matadors have openings at all positions currently. There will be a mandatory Pre-Tryout Meeting on Thursday, September 1 at 7:00pm on Zoom.&nb...
WCHC Camp Returns August 6 and 7
Date:06/13/2022 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
The 2022 WCHC Prospect camp will take place August 6-7, 2022 at Lakewood Ice. The seventeen Universities that participate in the WCHC will be present to run, instruct and answer questions about each University and how to succeed in the ACHA hockey landscape. Arizona State, Cal Lutheran, CSU Bakersfield, CSU Fullerton, CSU Long Beach, CSU Northridge, Chapman, Grand Canyon...
2021 WCHC Camp Registration Open
Date:07/09/2021 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
The Matadors will be participating and recruiting at the 2021 WCHC Prospect camp August 14-15, 2021 at Lakewood Ice. The ten Universities that participate in the WCHC will be present to run, instruct and answer questions about each University and how to succeed in the ACHA hockey landscape. CSU Northridge, CSU Fullerton, Loyola Marymount, CSU Long Beach, Cha...
Applications Open for Fall 2021
Date:10/09/2020 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
The Matadors are looking for players for the 2021-22 season. With the team sidelined for the entire 2020-21 season due to the pandemic, the squad is turning their sights to next year's recruiting. The Matadors will have many spots open in every position next season as they look to defend their WCHC Conference Championship for the 4th time. CSUN typically looks for players with high school...
CSUN Hockey Back to School Meeting
Date:09/02/2020 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
The four time defending WCHC Champions will be meeting virtually on Sunday, September 13th at 7:00pm. Returning players, Fall 2020 recruits and players interested in joining the team should plan on attending. Any interested students can email the team at csunhockey@csunas.org for a link to the Zoom meeting. The WCHC has cancelled all games for the Fall semester due to the pandemic. Th...
Four score
Date:02/09/2020 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
ANAHEIM, Calif. - CSUN became the first team in West Coast Hockey Conference history to not only win four championships but to win them all in a row Sunday with a 4-2 victory over Loyola Marymount. The Matadors jumped out to a 3-0 lead after the first period and never looked back. Dante Thorn opened the scoring at 10:15 by burying a rebound past...
Familiar spot
Date:02/09/2020 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
ANAHEIM, Calif. - CSUN is back in the West Coast Hockey Conference championship game for a record fifth straight season after beating San Diego Saturday 11-2. The Matadors bested Northern Arizona's streak of four straight championship game appearances from 2012-2015 and are hoping to earn a new record in championships on Sunday with a win over Loyola Marymount. &nbs...
Perfection
Date:02/02/2020 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
HARBOR CITY, Calif. - CSUN became the third team in the 10 year history of the West Coast Hockey Conference to finish with a perfect regular season Saturday with a 2-1 victory over Loyola Marymount. The Matadors won all eight conference games to join Northern Arizona who went 6-0 during the 2012-13 season and Arizona State who finished 8-0 as well in the 2015-16 season. ...
Tight battle
Date:02/01/2020 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - In a battle featuring two desperate teams Friday No. 13 ranked Northern Colorado scored three unanswered goals to beat No. 12 CSUN 3-1. The Bears picked up the huge win against the team they are trying to leapfrog to get back into a Regionals spot. Things started well for the Matadors on senior night. Captain John Michael L...
Swept The Beach
Date:01/26/2020 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
LAKEWOOD, Calif. - CSUN led the entire game Saturday and stayed undefeated in conference play sweeping Long Beach State with an 8-3 victory. The Matadors are now 7-0 in the West Coast Hockey Conference and are one win away from becoming the third team in the 10 year history of the league to finish with a perfect regular season record. Geno Norra...
Dominant sweep
Date:01/18/2020 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - CSUN swept the two game series against Utah Valley Saturday with another double digit victory 15-2. Nik Giers and Christian Parks led the way with each recording hat tricks. For the forward/defenseman hybrid Giers it was his first hat trick since transferring from UNLV last season while Parks earned his third career three goal game. &nb...
Down a man? No problem
Date:01/18/2020 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - CSUN scored three shorthanded goals and earned its second shutout of the season Friday in a 12-0 victory over Utah Valley. Vincent Sepe earned his 40th career victory and his fourth shutout by making 24 saves. Sepe is now 40-10-1-2 overall. Offensively three Matadors each scored two goals. John Michael Laurin scored the fir...
Regular season champion
Date:01/12/2020 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - CSUN took a significant step toward winning the West Coast Hockey Conference championship for a fourth consecutive year Saturday by winning the regular season title for the first time since joining the conference in the fall of 2014 with a 9-4 victory over UC Santa Barbara. The Matadors will be the home team for every game of the WCHC playoffs in ...
Goals, goals and more goals
Date:11/26/2019 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
SAN DIEGO - CSUN improved its season long winning streak to eight games Saturday with a 15-1 victory over the University of San Diego. The Matadors scored the first 11 goals of the game to remain perfect against the Toreros in three all-time games. John Michael Laurin started things off with a goal at 13:13 of the first period. CSUN won the ensu...
Four Geno night
Date:11/23/2019 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Geno Norraik recorded his first career hat trick Friday potting four goals total en route to a 9-4 victory over West Coast Hockey Conference rival UC Santa Barbara. The Matadors winning streak now stands at a season long seven games. They also remained perfect in WCHC play with a 5-0 record. Norraik scored the Matadors thir...
Comeback kids
Date:11/10/2019 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash. - For the fourth time this season Saturday CSUN came from behind in the third period to beat Washington 6-4. The Matadors completed a three game sweep of the Huskies and Western Washington, remaining undefeated in regulation at 11-0-1-2, stayed perfect on the road with a 6-0 record and are now 4-0-0-1 when trailing after two periods. ...
Matadors vanquish Vikings
Date:11/09/2019 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
BELLINGHAM, Wash. - CSUN moved to 2-0 on its Washington road trip Friday beating Western Washington 9-2. The Matadors scored the first six goals of the game and never looked back. Grayson Szumilas had a big night recording his second career hat trick while Quentin Abaya and Christian Parks each scored two goals. Szumila...
Epic comeback
Date:11/08/2019 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash. - CSUN scored six goals in the third period Thursday to come from behind and beat Washington 6-3. Nik Giers finally opened the scoring for the Matadors at 17:12 of the final frame. Just 2:01 later Giers scored again on the power play to tie the game at two. John Michael Laurin gave CSUN its first lead at 10:54. Patrick Costa came out of the net t...
Titan-ic blowout
Date:10/27/2019 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
IRVINE, Calif. - The Matadors shut out WCHC rival Cal State Fullerton Saturday at the brand new Great Park Ice and Fivepoint Arena in Irvine 13-0. CSUN earned a pair of WCHC victories this weekend to improve to 3-0 in conference play. Caleb Mead made 23 saves to earn his third career shutout. It wasn't a cheap one either as Mead made a pair ...
Working overtime...again
Date:10/26/2019 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - For the third time in the last five games CSUN had to go to overtime this time beating Loyola Marymount 4-3 in a shootout. The game is officially recorded as a tie but the Matadors did earn the extra West Coast Hockey Conference point when Nik Giers scored the only goal of the skills competition in the second round. After a...
Matadors Crush Grand Canyon University
Date:10/21/2019 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
The Matadors got the party started early, with Quentin Abaya scoring less than a minute and a half into the first period and it was all CSUN from there. The Matadors piled on three more goals in the first period by Tom Dobrokhot, Grayson Szumilas and Geno Norraik. Drew Murchison tallied the long Grand Canyon goal of the game in the last two minutes of the first period. CSUN dominated GCU all ...
CSUN dominant in home opener
Date:09/28/2019 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - CSUN remained perfect on the season Friday with a dominant effort in its home opener beating Cal State Bakersfield 13-2. The Matadors jumped out to a 5-0 lead after the first period. Christian Parks opened the scoring at 13:47 followed by a goal 13 seconds later by Quentin Abaya. Matt Bushton, Eli Berengut and Alex Marbach finished off the period. &...
2019-20 Tryouts Set
Date:08/13/2019 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
The three time defending WCHC champs have set their tryout dates for 2019-20. The Matadors have a strong core returning, but are still looking for players to fill the roster. Tryout Schedule Friday, August 30 6:00pm- Meeting in the CSUN Locker Room for prospective players. Ice slot #1 6:35pm-8:05pm Saturday, August 31 Ice Slot #2 5:15pm-6:45pm Cost of the the tryouts will be $40 for bo...
End of a golden era
Date:03/12/2019 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - After fourteen seasons, more than 200 victories, four championships, ten championship game appearances, seven Regional tournament appearances, two National tournament appearances and a whole lot of early morning skates the Gale era of CSUN Ice Hockey has come to a close with the departure of JP and Steve Gale from the coaching staff. The two are stepping down to spend more ti...
Going back to Regionals
Date:02/13/2019 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - CSUN has qualified for the ACHA Division 2 West Regional Tournament for the second time in the past three seasons. The Matadors once again finished ranked 10th just as they did two seasons ago and will play No. 11 Montana State for the first time ever in the opening round. CSUN jumped up six spots in the final ranking...
Triple crown
Date:02/11/2019 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
ARTESIA, Calif. - In the end it came down to a one goal game yet again between CSUN and Long Beach State Sunday but this time the Matadors came out on top 4-3 to win their third consecutive West Coast Hockey Conference championship. Freshman Zach Carnes scored the game winner at 9:12 of the third period during 4-on-4 play. Junior Quentin Abaya toe dragged into the slot f...
Total dominance
Date:02/10/2019 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
ARTESIA, Calif. - CSUN once again frustrated Loyola Marymount Saturday in the West Coast Hockey Conference semifinals shutting the Lions out for the third time this season 8-0. The Matadors swept LMU during the regular season with 5-0 and 7-0 victories on Nov. 2 and 3 for a total goal aggregate of 20-0. Three of CSUN's four shutouts this season have come against LMU....
Swept by the beach
Date:02/03/2019 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
LAKEWOOD, Calif. - For the fourth time in the last five meetings No. 10 CSUN and Long Beach State played to a one goal game Saturday and once again the 49ers prevailed 3-2 to sweep the Matadors. Long Beach clinched the regular season West Coast Hockey Conference title with 25 points while CSUN had to settle for second place with 24 points. The Matadors and Loyola Marymou...
Another special senior night
Date:02/02/2019 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - It's becoming almost a yearly tradition that someone is going to reach a career milestone on senior night. This season senior Cameron Rorick recorded his 100th career point plus graduate student Andre Ramirez and freshman defenseman Zach Carnes both scored their first career hat tricks in No. 10 CSUN's 13-4 rout of UC Santa Barbara. &...
Operation dumbo drop
Date:01/27/2019 Source:ACHA : CSU - Northridge Ice Hockey
ARTESIA, Calif. - The No. 13 ranked Matadors got back to what they have done a majority of the season Saturday night using a five goal first period to dominate West Coast Hockey Conference rival Cal State Fullerton 10-2. Junior Nik Giers opened the scoring at 12:22 beating Scott Baba with a wicked wrist shot from the left circle. Junior Quentin Abaya doubled the lead at ...
