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Only one thing will prevent OBD from being national champs. That is failure to protect Dante Moore. When he was not protected last year everything went sideways. If it takes a full house backfield to protect him that’s what must happen. With our receivers Dante can find them through double coverage, but only if he’s focused on them. When he is distracted by onrushing defense we’re toast.

I've played football, struck out at baseball, rode the pine for basketball, and got humiliated by a former ex in tennis in high school. I can't imagine ice skating while a 240 pound man is trying to take my head off while carrying a stick, and trying to move a fat little disc on said stick. I have the upmost respect for those ladies and gentleman that do it at the highest level. For the first time in my lifetime, and the first time ever. The USA has the Gold medals in the Olympics at the same time. They both went undefeated, and won in overtime over the behemoths of the sport, Canada. They represented our country with pride, and gave us two teams to be proud of. Of course we would be proud of them anyhow, but Gold is just a better form of that pride. We are the champions!!!!! Go USA!!?!!

Just another hockey novice glued to the tube, but it looked like the OT format of removing one man from each team worked in our favor because Canada’s strength looked like its ability to keep us off balance by controlling the puck with well placed passes between their five, while we seemed to excel at one-on-one match-ups. Less men on the ice seemed to loosen things up a bit, and give better spacing for head to head battles. But just another opinion from a hockey ignoramus. One opinion there’s no questioning is Jon’s. We don’t win without Hellebuyck guarding the goal.

Eighth Win Gives Ducks Best Start Since 2014 EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon baseball is off to its best start in more than a decade, a hot streak that the Ducks will be challenged to extend this upcoming weekend. The Ducks completed a series sweep of Youngstown State on Sunday to improve to 8-0 for the first time since the 2014 season. To threaten the 1963 team's school-record start of 12-0, Oregon will have to stay hot at the upcoming Live Like Lou Las Vegas Collegiate Baseball Classic, in which Arizona, UC Irvine and Vanderbilt loom this next weekend. "We have some work to do," UO coach Mark Wasikowski said. "We're looking forward to another prep/work week this week, and another opportunity this coming weekend. But it's been a lot of fun to be around a group that cares and is detail-oriented and cares about the program, puts the program first. When you get guys that put the program first, it makes it really enjoyable." Oregon extended its winning streak to open the season with a 15-6 victory Sunday over the Penguins at PK Park. The Ducks once again showed off the depth and versatility of their lineup, and the arsenal of arms in the bullpen, despite playing the game in a steady drizzle. "Luckily, it happens a lot in the fall," senior third baseman Drew Smith said of playing in the rain. "You're playing a game versus practice, so yeah, there's maybe a couple differences. But we see these things all the time in practice." Cal Scolari Smith was 2-for-3 with his third home run of the season and four RBIs on Sunday. The Ducks got that production out of their No. 6 hitter, and the three spots behind him in the lineup combined to go 6-for-11 with four runs and RBIs. On the mound, five pitchers combined to keep the Penguins from threatening after the Ducks took a 4-0 lead in the first inning. The level of competition is about to take a jump in Las Vegas, but the Ducks believe they have the culture to keep competing well. "Kinda just keep doing the same thing that we're doing," Smith said. "It's a really close-knit group. I mean, we enjoy being around each other every day. So I think just carrying that into the road. It's gonna be different playing on dirt and all that stuff, but at the end of the day, it's still baseball." How It Happened: UO starter Cal Scolari faced the minimum in the top of the first, thanks to two Penguins thrown out after reaching base. In the bottom of the inning, Gabe Miranda came up with one out and runners at the corners, and his RBI single gave Oregon a 1-0 lead. Two batters later, with two runners in scoring position and two outs, Smith lofted a ball to left-center that hit the top of the fence and bounced over for his third homer of the season. "It did just sneak out," Smith said. "I honestly had no idea. I knew I hit it decent, so I was just trying to get to second in case he dropped it or something." Drew Smith After a leadoff homer and an unearned run got Youngstown State within 4-2 in the top of the second, the Ducks responded. Jax Gimenez tripled to drive in Ryan Cooney, and Gimenez scored on a groundball out by Dominic Hellman. Oregon scored again in the third when Angel Laya doubled with one out, took third on a wild pitch and scored on a groundball out by fellow freshman Brayden Jaksa. Scolari then pitched a scoreless top of the fourth inning to complete his day, leaving with a 7-2 lead. I don't know if he's ever pitched in any sort of rain or whatever, being down in San Diego for a couple years (prior to transferring to Oregon)," Wasikowski said. "… Great experience this weekend — great experience with a lot of things. They had to deal with a lot of adverse conditions, and they were able to handle those things and come out with wins. That's good." Ryan Featherston (2-0), who got a win as a starter on the opening weekend, pitched two scoreless innings of relief to get another win Sunday. In between his scoreless frames, the Ducks tacked on five runs in the bottom of the fifth — Hellman and Cooney had RBI doubles, Laya had an RBI single and two runs scored on wild pitches. Laya had another RBI single in the sixth, and Jaksa followed with another to make it 14-2 entering the seventh. The Penguins added three more runs in the late innings as Oregon got some work for its bullpen, and the Ducks scored one more, in the eighth, when Cooney reached on an error and Jaksa came home on the play. Up Next: The Ducks face Arizona in Las Vegas on Friday at 6 p.m.

I guess it depends upon the objectives and whether you achieved them? What I mean is that we had a TON of new players to merge into the team, and half the time when Jaksa plays catcher...we have FIVE new starters out there. Four when Mabeus catches, but the point is...it makes sense to start slow and find out what you have. I'll bet Waz is delighted that he got the lineup right, and it does not look like anyone needs to be replaced. We also have 23 pitchers on the team, TWENTY THREE. He wants to find out who can play, and only in games where you are up big--can you get them in and see what they can do. I think that is incredibly valuable for Waz's analysis, and for the growth of the players. It's like playing Montana State to get going in football; you are challenged, but should have it in hand. Now...that being said...people were pretty steamed when we lost a game (out of four) to Toledo last year in a similar early season series. They were torqued when we lost a game to Rhode Island in the next series of four games last year. As it turned out, Rhode Island won the conference and George Mason (who we played last week) was second in the Atlantic-10 with 40 wins...which is pretty good for any league. So this year we did not lose a game we shouldn't have, and we played a ton of pitchers. Sounds like a good warm-up to me. Everything changes this next weekend with this big tournament in Las Vegas. More on that later...

Look how shallow the centerfielder is playing, as if Jax hasn't got much pop on the ball. I'm interested to see these young Ducks playing so well to start their careers

I don't know a thing about Hockey, so I very much enjoyed your posts. I cannot believe all the connections you have to all these people. And thanks for pointing out all the Big-10 players on both the Mens and Womens teams.

Ducks win 15-6 as Luke Morgan from Grants Pass and Lassen C.C. in Redding took a turn and gave up a run, but closed out the game.

15-5 Ducks after eight innings. Michael Meckna put them down 1-2-3 and looked impressive. Brayden Jaksa walks, and Ryan Cooney hit a fly to RF...that was dropped. Jaksa jetted all the way to score from first. (Such a fast team this year!)

14-5 Ducks after seven innings. They tried Hudson Carvalho pitching, but it did not go so well. They brought in Michael Meckna to finish up. Nothing on offense this inning.

Forum friends, with today's plethora of posts, I'm hoping that I didn't Puck Up! 😁

Some New England understatement when it comes to the play of USA goaltender Connor Hellebuyck having a 'solid' game. 41 saves today, 4-0 with 1.23 goals against for the tournament. Amazing. Canadian goaltender Jordan Binnington also played a terrific game. Today, Connor was under siege. There was a lot of Miracle on Ice juju going for the USA today. In every respect except goaltending, Canada outplayed the USA. Over the spectrum of sports, the QB in football probably has the greatest significance on the outcome of the game. But right up there, if not more important, is a hockey team's goaltender. Today, the last line of defense, USA goaltender Hellebuyck, was the reason the Red, White, and Blue won the Gold.

Looks like the Ducks are headed to 8-0 to start the season, though running over George Mason and Youngstown State may not be too noteworthy? Beavis is 4-3 and will face the Ducks 3 times this season. No cupcakes in their first 11 games, but I suppose they have to schedule that way due to their conference affiliation later games. 2026 Baseball Schedule - Oregon State University Athletics

14-2 Ducks after six innings. Geez...Ryan Featherston just looked great as he put the side down 1-2-3 again! Maddox Molony grounds up the middle for a base hit, and Owen Morgan walks. Angel Laya hits a base knock to shallow RF to score Molony. Jaksa nails a liner to short LF for a hit, and scores Morgan. Not many HRs, but we are scoring runs with what is given us...

Ultimate under dogs. Outscored 55 - 27, shut out twice. If only Willie Mac had hit the ball 1 foot higher in '62.

12-2 Ducks after five innings. Ryan Featherston comes and pitches really well and dispenses the side easily. He looks like a starter, and I'm sure he' be a great mid-week starter for us. You need a good one! Maddox Molony walks, then Drew Smith hit one off the LF wall for a double, and scores Molony from second. Angel Laya rips one to RF, and that scores Smith from second. Angel Laya was picked off, but Brayden Jaksa walks and Jack Brooks drives one off the wall for a double with Jaksa going to third. A passed ball scores Jaksa. Ryan Cooney hits deep to RF in the gap to score Jaksa. Jax Gimenez walks, and a passed ball moves both runners up. Another passed ball scores Cooney. You gotta appreciate our catchers and coaching when you see other teams struggle...

7-2 Ducks after four innings. Cal Scolari gives up a hit and a walk, but gets through the inning scoreless. At 79 pitches, I imagine he is done for the day. YSU brought in a relief pitcher who put us down easily. Hmmm.

7-2 Ducks after three innings. Cal Scolari is in trouble every inning, but gets out of it with a great strikeout for the third out. Drew Smith fielded a ball at third base, and made a rapid throw to home to allow catcher Brayden Jaksa an easy tag. Angel Laya hit a ball super-high, but the 3rd baseman lost it against the clouds and rain..so he's on error-infield double! Laya got to third on a passed ball. Brayden Jaksa does an RBI groundout to score Laya.

To many years ago I took a 14 day vacation with a company that did MLB tours. We saw 13 games in 14 different cities and the day off was spent at the HOF in Cooperstown. We would usually get to the cities early enough to do a little touring around the city. In Pittsburgh my brother and I found where the old stadium use to be. It was mostly a park but some of the original wall still stood and some were remembered in the sidewalk. They showed the exact spot where Mazeroski's HR went over the fence.

6-2 Ducks after two innings. Cal Scolari is having control issues today as he is walking batters more than he'd like. He gave up a homer, and after a hit and a walk...another score for YSU from another hit. Ryan Cooney gets to first on an error by the 3rd baseman, and Jax Gimenez hit a zinger up the middle that had side-spin you could see on the replay. It skidded on the wet turf and got past the center fielder, and with his speed--he made it to third and scored Cooney. Dominic Hellman sacrificed an infield grounder to first to score Gimenez, and we got the two runs back!

Skating 3 on 3 in OT usually makes for a shorter OT. Both goaltenders played solid games.

The skating speed of both teams in the Gold Medal game was off the charts. The skating on TV may have been enhanced a bit by the Olympic rink being 3 feet shorter than the standard NHL rink. The distance from the blue lines to the end of the rink was the same. Center ice between the blue lines was three feet shorter.

The principal would sometimes announce the score over the loudspeakers that were in each classroom. On that day I ran the rest of the way home and told the first person I saw there, who was a guy painting the outside of our house. 😀

4-0 Ducks after one inning. Well, the weather did get to Cal Scolari, but even with a walk and a plinked batter--he got out of it. The first runner stole second, but slid too far off the bag in the wet turf, and Maddox Molony tagged him! Then Scolari picked off the other runner at first! He was 3-0 hole, but came back to strike the batter out! Even in the cold and wet--he threw 95 and 97 mph? Whew! Ryan Cooney walked, and then Jax Gimenez sac-bunts down the first baseline to move Cooney to second. Cooney then zips to third on a passed ball, as Dominic Hellman walks. Gabe Miranda nailed a liner to short RF for a hit and scores Cooney. Another passed ball advances both runners up, and then Drew Smith hit a homer that bounces on top of the wall...and then over! Three run HR! What a start...

USA Men's team member Brock Nelson's grandfather played on the 1960 Gold Medal team, and his uncle was on the 1980 squad that won the Gold 46 years ago on today's date. Break Away ON SIUSA's Brock Nelson Continues Family Legacy With Olympic G...Brock Nelson became the third generation of his family to win Olympic hockey gold when Team USA defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime at Milano Santagiulia Arena. The