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Ice Hockey Wins Game 1 of ACHA Regionals

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The Owls only need to win one more game to go to the ACHA Nationals for the first time in team history.

The Owls beat Bowling Green State University, 4-2, in their opening game of the ACHA Regionals on Saturday afternoon. Junior forward Taylor Lockhart scored two goals and junior goalie Will Neifeld had 27 saves on 29 shots.

The Owls have already come further than any Temple ice hockey team before them; the Owls had been knocked on the first day of Regionals every time prior to today. They play Liberty University tomorrow morning at the Northeast Skate Zone with an invitation to Nationals on the line.

Ice Hockey Goalie Neifeld Wins Two Awards

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The exceptional season that Temple ice hockey has had just keeps getting better.

Owls’ junior goalie Will Neifeld won the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Hockey Association conference award for Best Goalie and League MVP last weekend. Neifeld holds a tie for first in the MACHA conference with three shutouts and is third in the country in minutes (1473.77). He had a goals against average of 2.69 to go along with a save percentage of .92 in 26 games played for the Owls this year.

Neifeld led the Owls to a 20-11 record this season and a 5th place ranking in the American Collegiate Hockey Association southeastern conference. The Owls will play Bowling Green University tomorrow in the ACHA Regional playoffs at the Northeast Skate Zone at 4:50 p.m.

The playoffs are a single-elimination tournament in which the final two teams advance to the National playoffs in San Jose, CA. If the Owls win tomorrow and win in the finals on Sunday, they will earn their first trip to Nationals in the program’s history.

Former TTN Editor Bill Conlin receives award

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Temple Alum and former Editor of the Temple News Bill Conlin received the J.G Taylor Spink Award from the MLB Hall of Fame for his work as a baseball writer.

The award, which was announced on Tuesday at the baseball winter meetings, is awarded annually to a sportswriter for “meritorious contributions to baseball writing.”

Conlin has been writing for the Philadelphia Daily News for 45 years. He became a columnist in 1987 and has also written numerous baseball articles for the Sporting News.

Conlin graduated from Temple in 1961, where he won the Sigma Delti Chi Award as Outstanding Graduate in Journalism. He was the first Editor of the TTN so be appointed to successive terms and he won the Sword Award in 1960 for service to the university.

Conlin said that in 1960, he worked “longer and harder this year than at any time in my career, including double shifts as editor, then as composing room and darkroom worker. The hands-on experience gave me a real sense of how a newspaper is put together, the teamwork it takes and the rush of pride when you hold the finished product.”

Conlin is the second Temple sports journalist to make national news in the past week. Longtime Philly basketball writer and Temple alum Phil Jasner passed away this Friday. Coincidentally enough, the man that gave Jasner his first byline was none other than Bill Conlin.

Temple Baseball Signs Five to National Letters of Intent

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Temple baseball head coach Rob Valli announced the signing of five student athletes, RHP Adam Dian, OF Kevin Gilbert, SS Kyle McCrossen, and twin brother starting pitchers Eric and Patrick Peterson, to National Letters of Intent, the Philadelphia Baseball Review reports.

Dian (6’3, 210) went 4-2 with 62 strikeouts in his junior season at the Vincentian Academy in Pittsburgh, PA and was named to the 2010 All-State tournament team.

Gilbert (6’1, 185) is a corner outfielder from Hunterdon Central High School in New Jersey. He was named second team all-West Jersey as a sophomore and first team all-conference as a junior.

McCrossen (5’9, 180) is left-handed hitting shortstop from Archbishop Wood. He is a three-time first team all-catholic, all-county, and all-city selection.

The Peterson brothers are entering their senior years at the Charter School of Wilmington. Eric (6’4, 180) is a right-handed pitcher who tied a Delaware state record with 20 strikeouts in a seven-inning game last year. Patrick (6’3, 190) is a left-handed pitcher who went 5-1 as a junior to go along with a 2.32 ERA. He was named as a second team all-conference player in Delaware.

“We are extremely excited about our recruiting class,” Valli told OwlSports.com. “All five student-athletes display tremendous character and work ethic to go along with their athletic accomplishments. “

The five players will begin their careers at Temple at the start of the 2012 season.