CONGRATULATIONS GO OUT TO SAINT IGNATIUS' VARSITY ICE HOCKEY TEAM, WHICH OPENED ITS SEASON IN OXFORD, OHIO THIS WEEKEND AND WENT 4-0 IN THE MIAMI OF OHIO TOURNAMENT.

THE WILDCATS BLANKED 2011 FINAL-FOUR QUALIFIER OLENTANGY LIBERTY, 4-0, IN SUNDAY'S CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. PROVIDING THE LAMP LIGHTERS WERE PADDY SPELLACY, COLTON RIEMENSCHNEIDER, MIKE ABOOD AND LIAM GEITHER. SENIOR GOALIE MATT KOVESDY HAD 14 SAVES IN RECORDING THE SHUTOUT.

SAINT IGNATIUS' OTHER VICTORIES CAME AT THE EXPENSE OF AMHERST, 6-1, PADUA, 5-1, AND ZIONSVILLE (IND.), 11-0.

*THE CORNER PUBLISHED ITS PREVIEW ON COACH PAT O'ROURKE'S 2011-12 ICERS ON NOV. 22 (SEE STORY BELOW).