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Men’s hockey gets bounced at Buffalo State: Successful season culminates in first-round SUNYAC exit

Reading Time: 2 minutes    CURTIS HENRY Sports Editor   For the first time since the 2013-14 season, the Fredonia Blue Devils men’s hockey team found themselves back in the SUNYAC tournament this February. Unfortunately for Fredonia, the Feb. 22 matchup with nationally ranked Buffalo State ended with a 2-1 defeat at the......
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Blue Devils skate into playoffs: Men’s hockey clinches playoff berth

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Reading Time: 2 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON News Editor   The drought is over.   Last week, the Fredonia Blue Devils hockey team (13-10-2) broke a 3-year slump of not making SUNYAC playoffs. Since then, the Blue Devils have made a tonal shift and a type of course correction. A recurring message the team mentioned......
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The Good, the Bad, and the Cully: The improbable way John Cullen found his way to Fredonia

Reading Time: 8 minutes[metaslider id=8181] CURTIS HENRY Sports Editor “Yeah, the [NHL] lockout really couldn’t have f***ed me any worse.” Blunt and explicit. Those are the only ways that John Cullen knows how to go about things. These are exactly the words that he used to describe the 2012 NHL lockout that essentially......
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Men’s hockey springs to life against Buffalo State

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Reading Time: 2 minutes  [metaslider id=7748] DAN ORZECHOWSKI Staff Writer Fredonia’s men’s hockey team seized another point in SUNYAC conference standings after a 1-1 tie against Buffalo State on Saturday. The Blue Devils now sit in second place in conference play with three points.   Coming into the weekend, Buffalo State was ranked......
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Highlights, lowlights and looking ahead Men’s hockey keeps chin up despite missing playoffs

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  JOHN CULLEN Staff Writer   After missing the playoffs during the 2014-15 campaign, the Fredonia Blue Devils men’s ice hockey team had a very busy off-season. The coaching staff and leadership group met to identify a solution so that history would not repeat itself. During the months leading up......

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