Princeton Earns Three Points in ECACHL Play
League teams successful in non-conference games
ALBANY, N.Y. -- There were just four ECAC Hockey League games on the recent weekend schedule, and Princeton came out on top with a win and a tie in two of those games. Harvard was also a winner, claiming two points with a win, while Dartmouth earned two points, and is now tied for first place, after tying twice over the weekend. Non-league games were in the majority over the weekend for ECACHL teams, and they were met with success, earning nine victories. Two of those games counted toward the Commissioners' Cup standings, with Brown and Yale picking up three points.
In league games over the weekend, the Tigers started things off with a 3-3 tie vs. Dartmouth on Friday and then downed the Crimson 4-2 on Saturday. Harvard earned its weekend victory over Quinnipiac, while the Big Green earned a point with a 3-3 tie vs. the Bobcats on Saturday.
The Princeton defense did a great job holding off the Big Green on Friday, allowing just 19 shots on goal. Freshman goalie Zane Kalemba stopped 16 of those shots to earn the tie and then went on to make 32 saves in the win vs. Harvard. Darroll Powe helped provide offense for the Tigers, scoring a goal in each game, including the winner vs. the Crimson. Max Cousins helped the Orange and Black claw its way through the game vs. Dartmouth, netting the tying goal at 9:16 in the third.
Dartmouth's T.J. Galiardi earned Rookie of the Week honors after helping his Big Green squad in its two ties. The freshman had had his first collegiate multiple-point games with two assists in each game, and he was +4 on the weekend. Nick Johnson scored the tying goal on Saturday vs. Quinnipiac, as Dartmouth came from behind to earn the tie. Nine different players had one point each (a total of three goals and six assists) for the Bobcats in that game.
The Crimson earned its two points on Friday with its win over Quinnipiac. The Bobcats started off strong, scoring twice to open the game, but Harvard came back to win it with four straight goals. Alex Biega scored the winning goal late in the third and Jimmy Fraser sealed the game with an empty-netter with just 10 seconds left on the clock.
The Crimson had started off the week last Tuesday and fell to Boston University 2-1.
In other non-league games, Brown, Union and Clarkson all swept their opponents.
Brown's first win was a 4-2 victory over American International, which was also a Commissioners' Cup game. The Bears went on to reclaim the Mayor's Cup on Sunday with a 2-1 win over cross-town rival Providence on Sunday. Dan Rosen was outstanding in goal for Brown vs. the Friars. He made 35 saves and the only goal he let up was a 5-on-3 tally in the second period.
Union claimed victories over Army and No. 14 UMass. T.J. Fox and Jeff Christiansen combined for seven points in the two wins with four goals and three assists. Fox also won 26 faceoffs over the weekend. Saturday's win over UMass marked the first win for the Dutchmen over a ranked opponent since January.
Clarkson also downed a nationally-ranked opponent, earning a 4-2 win over No. 3 Miami, just a day after blanking Bowling Green. Brodie Rutherglen was named Co-Player of the Week after scoring three goals (including the winner vs. the RedHawks) and an assist. David Leggio was named goaltender of the Week after stopping 47 of 49 shots in the two games to earn a 1.00 goals against average and a .959 save percentage over the weekend. Friday's shutout was the second of his collegiate career.
St. Lawrence shared opponents with the Golden Knights and finished the weekend with a loss and a win. The Saints fell to Miami by one goal on Friday and rebounded with a 4-2 shutout vs. BGSU on Saturday. Rookie netminder Kain Tisi earned his first collegiate win and shutout with the victory vs. the Falcons.
Rensselaer's Andrei Uryadov shared Player of the Week honors after scoring three goals and two assists for the Engineers in its own Rensselaer/Bank of America Holiday Tournament. The sophomore forward had a hat trick on Saturday and assisted on the game-tying goal.
Colgate also participated in the RPI tourney and advanced to the championship round after earning a 4-2 win over Ohio State. Marc Fulton led the team to victory with a goal and an assist in that game. The Raiders fell the next night to Niagara, with Fulton scoring the team's lone goal.
Yale earned a 3-3 tie vs. Mercyhurst last Tuesday for a point in the Commissioners' Cup standings and then fell in overtime to Boston University, 2-1, on Saturday. Mark Arcobello was the guiding force in the tie, as the frosh had a hand in three of the Bulldogs' four goals, with two tallies and a helper.
The final non-league games of the weekend had Cornell playing host to Wayne State. The Big Red lost by one Saturday, but came back to earn a 2-0 win vs. the Warriors Sunday. Rookie Colin Greening had his first multiple-point performance for Cornell on Saturday, as he scored two of the team's goals, both on the power play.
ECACHL Co-Player of the Week
BRODIE RUTHERGLEN -- Clarkson
Sr., Forward * Trail, B.C.
Rutherglen had three goals, including the game winner vs. ranked
Miami, over the weekend along with an assist.
ECACHL Co-Player of the Week
ANDREI URYADOV -- Rensselaer
So., Forward * St. Petersburg, Russia
Uryadov had five points on the weekend with three goals (on just
four shots) and two assists.
ECACHL Goalie of the Week
DAVID LEGGIO -- Clarkson
Jr. * Williamsville, N.Y.
Leggio backboned Clarkson to a weekend sweep of CCHA opponents. He
earned his second career shutout and stopped 47 of the 49 shots he
faced on the weekend.
ECACHL Rookie of the Week
T.J. GALIARDI -- Dartmouth
Fr., Forward * Calgary, Alb.
Galiardi recorded his first multiple-point games over the weekend
with two assists in each game.
TEAM NOTES
Brown: With a 4-3-2 record, Brown is over .500 for the first time since closing out the 2004-05 season with a 16-14-3 record ... The weekend sweep was also Brown's first two-win weekend since last November ... Through nine games, Brown has already scored 29 goals this year; last season, the Bears didn't reach the 29 goals until the 16th game of the season, a 4-1 win over UConn on January 10th.
Clarkson: Clarkson's win over Miami was the Knights' first victory against a Top 5 ranked foe since defeating UNH 8-5 on 12/7/01 ... Seven different Knights scored goals in the CCHA sweep, led by Brodie Rutherglen's three tallies ... The Knights, who are 7-0-0 when recording the first goal, scored twice in the opening three minutes vs. BGSU and produced two goals in the opening six minutes vs. Miami.
Colgate: All six goals scored in Colgate's 4-2 win against Ohio State came at less than full strength. The Raiders scored two 5-on-3 power-play goals, giving them five in two games, as well as two 4-on-4 goals, while the Buckeyes also scored two 5-on-3 power-play goals ... Jesse Winchester extended his goal streak to four games with a 4-on-4 goal against Ohio State before having the streak snapped by Niagara.
Cornell: The Wayne State games were the first in the series with the Warriors ... Tony Romano kept alive his trend of scoring points in Saturday night games, tallying an assist on Saturday. Romano has now scored at least one point in four of Cornell's five Saturday contests ... Topher Scott has scored a point in seven straight games and eight of his last nine ... With Sunday's win, Mike Schafer now has 228 career victories. Two more victories would tied Schafer with Dick Bertrand for most wins in Cornell history with 230.
Dartmouth: Dartmouth has three athletes from Calgary (Jon Grecu, T.J. Galiardi and Nick Johnson), and the trio have combined for 23 points this season (13g, 10a) ... The Big Green's power-play unit went 0-12 on the extra man this past weekend. The Big Green is 0-1-2 when not scoring a power-play goal ... On the flip side the Big Green's penalty killing unit was firing, as Princeton and Quinnipiac went 1-12 on the power play. Dartmouth has killed 73 of 84 opponent power plays and is 2-0-1 when not allowing a PPG.
Harvard: Harvard has scored two power-play goals in five of its 11 games and has at least one man-advantage tally in 10 of its 11 games ... Alex Biega is tied for third in the nation in scoring by a freshman defenseman at 0.73 points per game (3g, 5a) and has six points in his last five games ... Dylan Reese is tied for 24th nationally and fourth among defensemen with four PPGs.
Princeton: Princeton took three points on the road, tying Dartmouth and defeating Harvard, for the first time since the final weekend of last season, when the Tigers tied Brown and beat Yale ... Princeton out shot both of its opponents over the weekend and has out shot nine of 10 opponents this season ... Max Cousins scored the game-tying goal at Harvard, snapping a 42-game goalless streak.
Quinnipiac: Through its first six road league games this season, Quinnipiac has posted a 2-2-2 mark. The Bobcats have already bested their total of four points on the road in league games from last year ... The Bobcats are 2-2-1 against ranked opponents so far this season. They were 3-10 against ranked teams a year ago ... Junior Dan LeFort paced the Quinnipiac offense over the weekend with three points (all assists) in the two games against Harvard and Dartmouth.
Rensselaer: Rensselaer ended a six-game homestand that lasted from Nov. 3-24. The Engineers were 2-2-2 in that span ... Saturday's game marked the second time in 11 games that Rensselaer scored the first goal of the game. It was also the first time RPI did not score the second goal of the game ... Jake Morissette has a six-game point streak (5g, 4a) ... Jake Luthi also has a six-game streak (1g, 8a).
St. Lawrence: Saint rookies figured in six of the seven goals scored by SLU in its weekend split with No. 3 Miami and Bowling Green. Rookies scored five goals and Travis Vermeulen set up senior Max Taylor's SHG against BGSU ... The Saint staff has used the same lineup only twice in the first 11 games of the season and there have been 24 different line combinations and eight different defensive pairings.
Union: The win over No. 14 Massachusetts marks Union's first win over a ranked opponent since a 2-1 victory vs. No. 17 Harvard on 1/28/06 ... The Dutchmen have won three-straight games for the first time since 11/26-12/3 of last season ... T.J. Fox extended his point streak to six games with two points vs. UMass. He leads the team with nine power-play points (4g, 5a) ... Union went 4-for-13 on the power play this weekend (30.7%) after going 4-for-33 (12.1%) over their previous four games.
Yale: Yale faced non-league opponents last week, tying Mercyhurst and falling in overtime to Boston University ... Alec Richards made 20 saves and stopped eight of nine BU power-play chances ... The 6-2-1 start is Yale's best since the 1997-98 Bulldogs went 7-2 before taking the ECAC regular season title ... The Bulldogs are 4-1 in one-goal games; the only loss was the 2-1 OT score at BU.
