2008 Woodie Awards
Ben Geelan's career ends on sour note
By: Ethan Magoc
Issue date: 3/17/08 Section: Sports
After Ryan Jones scored the fourth goal of Saturday's game, the Falcons were no doubt extremely frustrated with the way their season was likely to end.
However, how each player showed that frustration certainly did vary.
BG forward Ben Geelan displayed his anger in the worst way possible, and now unfortunately has to live with this last sordid memory of his playing days.
The senior checking liner had been heading to the bench when he saw Jones putting on an extravagant celebration for the Miami fans.
That's when Geelan snapped and made the final decision of his Falcon career-to sit out the remainder in the locker room with a five-minute major and game misconduct for spearing.
But not every Falcon gave up in that third period and let the emotions get the best of them.
Brandon Svendsen, known all year for being an incessant worker on the fore check and penalty kill, scored his fourth and final goal of the 2007-08 Falcon season with four minutes to go.
"We always get a tremendous effort out of Brandon, in a lot of ways," Scott Paluch said of the junior who is the most likely candidate to land a "C" on his jersey this fall. "He's a tireless worker throughout his game."
Though disappointed, Svendsen had much to offer on what this season meant for the BG hockey program.
"It was a good stride for this program," Svendsen said. "We really turned things around this year, compared to the last
few years.
"If we strive to get better and better every year, we can establish a core to bring that pride and winning attitude back to BG hockey."
However, how each player showed that frustration certainly did vary.
BG forward Ben Geelan displayed his anger in the worst way possible, and now unfortunately has to live with this last sordid memory of his playing days.
The senior checking liner had been heading to the bench when he saw Jones putting on an extravagant celebration for the Miami fans.
That's when Geelan snapped and made the final decision of his Falcon career-to sit out the remainder in the locker room with a five-minute major and game misconduct for spearing.
But not every Falcon gave up in that third period and let the emotions get the best of them.
Brandon Svendsen, known all year for being an incessant worker on the fore check and penalty kill, scored his fourth and final goal of the 2007-08 Falcon season with four minutes to go.
"We always get a tremendous effort out of Brandon, in a lot of ways," Scott Paluch said of the junior who is the most likely candidate to land a "C" on his jersey this fall. "He's a tireless worker throughout his game."
Though disappointed, Svendsen had much to offer on what this season meant for the BG hockey program.
"It was a good stride for this program," Svendsen said. "We really turned things around this year, compared to the last
few years.
"If we strive to get better and better every year, we can establish a core to bring that pride and winning attitude back to BG hockey."
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