With the help of two hat tricks and improving defensive play, the Oregon Club Sports hockey team swept UCLA last weekend at Lane County Ice Arena.
Following a disappointing road trip the previous weekend, the Ducks came out looking for two conference wins at home. Oregon scored first on Friday night and took a 3-0 lead.
UCLA scored on a power play in the second period, but didn’t score again as the Ducks stymied the Bruins offense. Oregon scored three during the third period and won 6-1.
Doug Washburn scored one goal in the first period and two in the third to lead the Ducks in scoring. Mike Tornabene had four assists.
Saturday night was a different story for the Bruins — at least for the first few minutes.
UCLA gave Oregon and its fans a scare when the Bruins took a 3-1 lead in the first period, but the Ducks came back to tie the game at three with two seconds left in the first.
Toward the end of the second period, Oregon scored three goals within two minutes to take the 6-3 lead. The Ducks went on to score four goals in the third while keeping UCLA’s offense in check. Oregon won 10-3.
Tornabene led scoring with four goals and Nathan Vogel had three assists.
Tornabene and Washburn both had four goals on the weekend. Oregon over-powered the favored UCLA team in both games. UCLA was shut down by goalie Joe Fagliano and the Ducks defense with four goals in the series, while the Ducks scored 16.
This weekend the Ducks head to Washington to take on the Huskies for the I-5 Cup. The cup, sponsored by Seattle-based Athletic Awards, goes to the winner of the Huskies-Ducks regular season matchups. Last year the Huskies won the cup by taking all four regular season games. Play for the cup starts Friday and Saturday in Seattle.