Sophomore goaltender Nathan Phillips defends the net against teammate and freshman forward Matt DeBlouw’s goal attempt during a skills competition portion of hockey practice Feb. 11, 2013, at Munn Ice Arena. The skills competition pitted MSU players against one another in slap shots, accuracy and puck speed. Danyelle Morrow/The State News
In a break from the normal practice routine, the MSU hockey team had an inter-squad skills competition Monday afternoon.
The team was broken into two groups: Green and White. The competition was made up of rapid fire (six shots), accuracy (eight pucks) and hardest shot (three shots), ending with a shootout.
Rapid Fire:
Each player is stationed between the circles, gains control of the puck after receiving a pass and tries to score on a goaltender.
Green:
Jake Chelios: 2 goals
Kevin Walrod: 1 goal
Connor Wood: 1 goal
R.J. Boyd: 1 goal
White:
Matt DeBlouw: 0 goals
Tanner Sorenson: 1 goal
Travis Walsh: 1 goal
John Draeger: 3 goals
Accuracy:
Each player tries to hit four targets, which were positioned in each corner of the net.
Green:
David Bondra:
2 targets in 8 shots
Nickolas Gatt:
3 targets in 8 shots
Brock Krygier:
3 targets in 8 shots
White:
Michael Ferrantino:
2 targets in 8 shots
Brent Darnell:
4 targets in 6 shots
Matt Berry:
0 targets in 8 shots
Hardest shot:
Green:
Chris Forfar:
90 mph, 86 mph, 89 mph
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Anthony Hayes:
86 mph, 93 mph, 94 mph
Lee Reimer:
87 mph, 93 mph, 91 mph
Greg Wolfe:
90 mph, 94 mph, 97 mph
White:
Matt Grassi:
92 mph, 95 mph, 95 mph
Matt DeBlouw:
99 mph, 98 mph, 96 mph
Ryan Keller:
89 mph, 90 mph, 96 mph
Justin Hoomaian:
90 mph, 87 mph, 91 mph
