Weekend Update: Top Teams Hold Ground
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Colgate's Vaughan Reaches Milestone
ALBANY, N.Y. -- In a night that witnessed a record
crowd and a milestone by a head coach, there were no real surprises
in the first night of weekend play with Clarkson, Princeton and
Quinnipiac prevailing. The home team earned two points on
three occasions and one point on one occasion last evening in ECAC
Hockey play.
Harvard 3 at Union 2: Sophomore Alex Biega
and freshman Matt McCollem scored goals in the first period, and
senior Paul Dufault netted the eventual game-winner on a power-play
in the third period to hand Union its first conference home loss of
the season. Crimson sophomore netminder Kyle Richter totaled
24 saves on the night improving his personal record to 9-10-3 and
evened Harvard's league record to 7-7-2. After trailing 3-0
the Dutchmen mounted a late rally in the third period with goals by
forwards Matt Cook and Sam Bowles.
Colgate 2 at St. Lawrence 1: Senior forward
Tyler Burton scored twice within the first four minutes of the game
to help earn Colgate a 2-1 win at St. Lawrence for the first time
since 2001-02 season.. Linemates Jesse Winchester and Peter
Bogdanich assisted on each goal. The
game marked the 250th victory of Colgate head coach and SLU alum
Don Vaughan's career. Goaltender Mark Dekanich earned the win
after making 26 saves, while Saints' netminder Jodn Hallas finished
the game with 25 stops as each team put 27 shots on goal.
Dartmouth 4 at Renssealer 4 (ot): The
Engineers spotted the Big Green a 4-0 lead for the first half of
the contest, but stormed back to score the next four and tie the
game at four, which is how it ended. Eight different players
notched goals in the contest with
RPI's
linemates Tyler Helfrich, Chase Polacek, and Scott Halpern each
recording one goal and one assist to lead the Engineers.
Dartmouth forward Jon Grecu posted two assists to lead
Dartmouth. Rensselaer junior netminder Mathias Lange made 15
saves in relief of Jordan Alford, who stopped nine of the 12 shots
he faced. Dartmouth's Joe Grossman stopped 29 shots on the
night.
At No. 16 Quinnipiac 5, Yale 1: In front of
a 4,213 record crowd at TD Banknorth Sports Center, the Bobcats had
forwards Bryan Leitch, Dan Travis, and Brandon Wong each score a
goal and add an assist as the Quinnipiac defeated Yale, 5-1.
Despite outshooting Quinnipiac 26-25, the Bulldogs could only net
one goal scored by sophomore forward Sean Backman in the second
period for Yale, his 13th on the year. Yale netminders Billy
Blase and Alec Richards combined to make 20 saves, while Bobcats'
goaltender Bud Fisher improved his personal record to 9-4-3,
stopping 25 attempts.
At No. 13 Clarkson 4, Cornell 1: Senior
Golden Knights netminder David Leggio stopped 32 shots in defeating
Cornell, in an ECAC Hockey showdown. The Golden Knights now
have won their eighth consecutive home game against league foes at
Cheel Arena, hold a three-point lead in the standings with an
11-3-1 ECAC Hockey mark. Big Red netminder Ben Scrivens
stopped 21 shots in the loss. Cornell outshot the Knights
33-25. Clarkson was 1-of-5 on the power play and killed off
six of seven Big Red power-play opportunities.
At No. 19 Princeton 3, Brown 2: The Tigers,
winners of eight of its last nine games,
scored three times in the first 10 minutes of the third period to
erase a 1-0 deficit and defeat Brown 3-2 at Hobey Baker Rink.
Freshman Cam Ritchie had a goal and an assist in the win, which was
Princeton's fourth come-from-behind win in the last nine
games. Sophomore goaltender Zane Kalemba made 26 saves for
his 11th win and sophomore Bears' netminder Dan Rosen stopped 30
shots in the loss.
