Crimson Edge Saints, Complete Weekend Sweep

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Final	1	2	3	Final
St. Lawrence (4-4-1, 1-2-1 ECAC)	0	0	0	0
Harvard (4-2-0, 4-2-0 ECAC)	0	1	0	1

Scoring Summary
2nd - 09:44	PP - Matt McCollem (Harvard)

St. Lawrence	Harvard
G: N/A A: N/A Sh: 2 Players (#11, #77 - 4) Sv: Alex Petizian - 35	G: Matt McCollem - 1 A: 2 Players (#19, #21 - 1) Sh: Doug Rogers - 6 Sv: Matt Hoyle - 29

TEAM STATISTICS	St. Lawrence	Harvard
Power Plays	0 for 7	1 for 8
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	8 (16)	7 (14)
Shots on Goal	29	36
Face Offs Won	28	35

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Boxscore

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Freshman Matt Hoyle posted his first career shutout and Matt McCollem scored his second goal in as many nights to lead the Harvard men’s hockey team to a 1-0 win against No. 19 St. Lawrence, completing a weekend sweep of ranked opponents.

The Crimson (4-2-0, 4-2-0 ECAC Hockey) posted its first shutout of the season on the heels of a 5-1 win against No. 16 Clarkson and remained unbeaten in four home games. Harvard held a 36-29 edge in shots against the Saints, who lost for the second straight night after entering the weekend on a five-game unbeaten streak.

The goalies stole the show in a free-flowing but scoreless first period. Hoyle came up big first, just over seven minutes into the game. He made a crucial initial stop on Jared Keller and then stoned Sean Flanagan on the rebound attempt. Hoyle finished the frame with nine saves.

Petizian’s best saves of the first also came in rapid succession. After knocking down freshman Alex Killorn’s shot, he extended his left leg to get a toe on sophomore Pier-Olivier Michaud’s follow-up chance. Petizian made 13 stops in the first.

McCollem broke through on the power play as the game neared the midway point. With a crowd in front of Petizian, senior Steve Rolecek and Killorn put shots on net, and the sophomore hung by the right post to bang in the rebound of Killorn’s shot.

Harvard outshot St. Lawrence, 17-10, in the second period but took two penalties 30 seconds apart late in the frame. Senior Jimmy Fraser and juniors Alex Biega and Ian Tallett helped Hoyle and the Crimson kill the ensuing 90-second five-on-three advantage that spanned the second intermission.

On a power play of its own early in the frame, the Crimson had a chance to double its lead, as junior Doug Rogers and senior Nick Coskren had pretty passes to set up Michael Biega. Petizian could not get his pad on the sophomore’s shot after Coskren’s feed across the goalmouth, but the puck found the right post to keep the score at 1-0.

Hoyle and the defense had the rest of the highlights, with the rookie stopping Matt Generous on a chance all alone in front with about eight minutes to play. St. Lawrence committed two penalties in the final four minutes, the second forcing the Saints to put Petizian back in net after lifting him for an extra attacker. They took him off again in the final seconds, and Harvard almost took advantage, but Coskren’s shot went just wide of the left post at the buzzer.

The Crimson seeks its third win in five days when it returns to action Tuesday at Brown.