Union (11-14-5) begins their final four games at home this weekend and
says goodbye to two dedicated seniors.
With the last two regular season home contests against Colgate (16-9-5)
Friday evening, and Cornell (12-7-6) on Saturday night, the Dutchmen
will say goodbye to both it's seniors against Cornell, as Glenn Sanders
and Brent Booth play their final regular season home games.
Sanders, who is from Saugus, Massachusetts, will be playing in his 89th
game Saturday evening. For Booth, it will be game number 128. “It's
special” Booth said, “You really don't think of numbers during your
college career, just what it takes to get it done”. Booth has gotten a
lot done in four years, five goals, nineteen assists for 24 career
points may not seem like an accomplishment, but for Booth, again it's
really not about the numbers. “Do what you can, with what you have,
where you are!” Booth went on to say.
“Seize the day”, Sanders said when addressing teammates. “Take advantage
of what's at your fingertips, because it will be gone before you know
it.” For these two seniors, hockey will shortly be gone, but what
remains is a lifetime of memories.
Perhaps the best memory is just “one big one that revolves around the
times I have spent with my teammates,” Booth stated. “The feeling of
knowing that for the past four years you have worked along side a group
of stellar individuals to achieve the same common goal of winning hockey
games and having fun in the process. This process extends far beyond
what takes place on the ice, it's so much of the memories off the ice,
spending time with my teammates is what makes college hockey so much
fun.”
Sanders first memory of Union Hockey was the first day of physical
testing. “Our coach fed us enormous subs before we started our sprints.
Needless to say, it didn't sit well and a majority of the guys were
hanging over the fence. It wasn't necessarily the proudest hockey
memory, but it was the first!”
Booth and Sanders will give it their all this weekend as the Dutchmen
are currently just two points out of hosting a first round playoff game.
The ECAC playoffs begin March 7th at the site of the higher seed. Union
tied Cornell 1-1 on January 16th, and fell at Colgate 4-1 the following
night. Both games begin at 7 p.m. and can be heard on ESPN Radio 1300am
“The Team”.
The Dutchmen finish the regular season on the road with games at Yale
and Princeton, February 27th & 28th.