Although this week's mild weather has reduced the ice rink on the Quad to a muddy puddle, the Bowdoin Men's Ice Hockey Team remains hard at work inside Dayton Arena.
This weekend marked a low point in the men's hockey season, which has been marked by ups and downs.
The team dropped out of the Division III top 15 for the first time this season.
The Bears started the weekend with a 4-2 loss to Trinity. Captain Adam Dann '06 and Sebastien Belanger '07 scored Bowdoin's two goals.
The next day, against Wesleyan, the Bears earned a 1-1 draw. Senior Jon Landry posted the lone goal for the Bears. In overtime, neither team managed to score.
The Polar Bears remain optimistic and proud of their play. According to Belanger, a forward, "At this stage of the season we are all very excited to start the playoffs. We spent the last eight months training to be ready for this moment and I believe, as a team, we will respond to the challenge."
Before the team can begin thinking about NESCAC playoffs, the Bears must face two extremely difficult teams from the ECAC East this weekend. Bowdoin plays highly respected Norwich, currently ranked second in a Division III poll, tonight. The next day, the Bears will return to the ice to face St. Michaels.
"We still have two big regular season games this weekend that we cannot look past before we go into the playoffs so hopefully we will have a good crowd for what could be our seniors final two games," junior Greg McConnell explained.
The hockey team will attempt to use this weekend's games as a launch pad to prepare for the playoffs.