WILKES-BARRE – The second-seeded Wilkes University men's ice hockey team is set to host fourth-seeded Chatham University in the United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC) semifinals Saturday at the Toyota SportsPlex at Coal Street Park. Puck drop is scheduled for 5:00 p.m.
 
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Admission:
Adults - $5
Senior Citizens – $3
Students - $3 (First 100 students with a current Wilkes ID will be admitted free courtesy of the Wilkes University Office of Student Affairs)
Children 12 & under - Free
 
Preview:
The Colonels are ranked No. 9 in the USCHO Division III Men's Hockey poll and enters the semifinals with an 19-4-1 overall record. The Colonels have out-scored opponents 120-57 this season and boast six players with at least 20 points.
 
Donald Flynn (Randolph, NJ/) leads the team in scoring with 38 points on nine goals and 29 assists, while Tyler Barrow (Massapequa, NY/Saint Anthony's) is right behind with 35 points on 12 goals and 23 assists. Tyler Dill (South Lake Tahoe, CA/) has a team-high 15 goals, while Nick Fea (Oak Ridge, NJ/) has 14 off of a two-goal performance against Neumann Wednesday.  Six different Colonels scored goals in the affair and 12 in total recorded at least a point.  Senior Nico Pidro (Cannonsburg, PA/) and junior Michael Paterson-Jones (Baldwinsville, NY/) form a formidable pair in goal, helping the Colonels post a .907 save percentage as a team while holding opponents to just 2.4 goals per game.  Pidro leads the squad with a 1.71 goals against average.
 
The Chatham Cougars (10-12-2) play anyone and everyone tough, averaging 3.0 goals per game but only allowing 3.5 goals per game.  Two Cougars lead the way with seven goals each, while three more have scored six goals on the season for Chatham.  Tristan Simm has been a key cog in the Chatham offense, scoring six goals and a team-leading 13 assists.  Ricardo Gonzalez has been the star of the show for the Cougars goaltenders, posting a 10-8-2 record on the season in net.

Wilkes won both regular season matchups between the two schools, 4-2 on 1/15 and a 6-3 slugfest in the last week of the regular season back on 2/18.  The fourth-seeded Cougars travel to play the Colonels instead of top-seeded Utica due to sixth-seeded Manhttanville defeating third-seeded Stevenson on Wednesday night, sending the lowest remaining seed in the Valiants to Utica instead of the Cougars.