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Icers show skills in competition

	<p>Sophomore goaltender Nathan Phillips defends the net against teammate and freshman forward Matt DeBlouw&#8217;s goal attempt during a skills competition portion of hockey practice Feb. 11, 2013, at Munn Ice Arena. The skills competition pitted <span class="caps">MSU</span> players against one another in slap shots, accuracy and puck speed. Danyelle Morrow/The State News</p>

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

Photo by 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

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