LSC Hockey Nears End of Semester

Sebastion C. Lury
Special to the Critic

LSC’s hockey team looks to end the semester strong.

The semester break marks the end to the unofficial first half of the hockey season. The hockey team, a club sport at Lyndon State College, looks to continue its improvement, though their record may not show it. The team is currently 3-7 with two games remaining before break.

Coach Jonathan Davis admits that this not where the team would have liked to been at the break, but he is still proud of their accomplishments. One of the things he has noticed most of all is the camaraderie that the team has adopted.

“Practices are fun,” says Davis. “They enjoy each other’s company.” Davis speaks highly of the sense of team that the players present. The quality of play is still in progress.

“There is still room for development,” says Davis after emphasizing the improvement throughout the year of the entire team, especially the first and second year students.

“I couldn’t be more proud,” Davis says of the team as a representative for the school. “They represent the college well and manage themselves well.”
Davis recognizes several key players: co-captain forward Ricky Paparo, junior, of Colchester who had eight goals and 10 assists though the first eight games; co-captain forward Jordan Mosher, junior, of St. Albans who had 11 goals and 11 assists through the first eight games; co-captain goalie Tucker Labare of Underhill Center, senior, who had played every minute of the first four games; forward Cory Pronto, freshmen, of Newport who had eight goals and seven assists in the first eight games; defenseman T.J. Duggan, freshmen, of South Windsor, Conn. who had four goals and 11 assists in the first eight games; and forward Jeff Giroux, senior, of Derby, who had three goals and two assists in his first three games. Giroux had joined the team later in the season after serving as the goalie for the LSC men’s soccer team.

The team still has a long way to go in terms of a playoff run, with a couple of months of play resuming after the break.

Outside of hockey, the team has been a presence for the school. On Nov. 17, 2008, the team hosted a free skate for LSC students at the Fenton W. Chester Arena. The event was co-sponsored by Resident Life and was held between 9:30 p.m. and 11 p.m., drawing an attendance of roughly 150 students.

The team is also holding a fund-raiser between now and the end of the season. The team is selling apparel such as winter hats a.k.a. “beanies,” t-shirts, and jackets. The apparel can be bought either at home games or at Jonathan Davis’ office.