Seniors Key Saints' Win Over Ferris State
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| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferris St. (9-9-3) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| St. Lawrence (8-8-1) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Scoring Summary | |
|---|---|
| 1st - 01:13 | Brock McBride (St. Lawrence) |
| 1st - 17:04 | Derek Keller (St. Lawrence) |
| 2nd - 02:00 | PP - Casey Parenteau (St. Lawrence) |
| 2nd - 05:46 | SH - Kevin DeVergilio (St. Lawrence) |
| 2nd - 09:21 | Haines, Casey (Ferris St.) |
| 3rd - 05:35 | PP - Zach Miskovic (St. Lawrence) |
| 3rd - 09:11 | PP - Graham, Derek (Ferris St.) |
| 3rd - 17:30 | PP - Menke, Justin (Ferris St.) |
| 3rd - 19:19 | Lewicki, Aaron (Ferris St.) |
| Ferris St. | St. Lawrence |
|---|---|
|
G:
4 Players (#6, #10, #12, #22 - 1)
A: Case, Matt - 2 Sh: 2 Players (#6, #10 - 5) Sv: Nelson, Taylor - 15 |
G:
5 Players (#3, #9, #10, #20, #27 - 1)
A: 6 Players (#9, #17, #18, #20, #21, #26 - 1) Sh: Zach Miskovic - 5 Sv: Alex Petizian - 30 |
| TEAM STATISTICS | Ferris St. | St. Lawrence |
|---|---|---|
| Power Plays | 2 for 5 | 2 for 7 |
| Shorthanded Goals | 0 | 1 |
| Penalties (min) | 12 (32) | 9 (18) |
| Shots on Goal | 34 | 32 |
| Face Offs Won | 41 | 35 |
While things got a little too interesting for the Saints in the final three minutes of Friday's game between St. Lawrence University and Ferris State in game one of the 2009 Catamount Cup at the University of Vermont, the game did end up in a 5-4 Saint victory and a ticket to the championship game.
St. Lawrence dominated the first 50 minutes of the game, building a 5-1 lead in its return to action after a 19-day layoff, but Ferris State staged a late rally with three goals in the final 10:49, the last one coming with 41 seconds left before the Saints were able to put it away and earn a spot opposite the winner of game two between host Vermont and Colgate in Saturday's 7 p.m. championship game.
"I thought our guys played a very solid game for the most part," said Saint coach Joe Marsh. "We did a lot of good things and created some excellent opportunities on offense. Things got a little sloppy toward the end of the game, but generally we were solid defensively against a pretty good team. It is a good start to the second half."
It was the fourth win in the last six games for the Saints and gives them a 6-3-0 record in non-conference competition. SLU also climbed back to the .500 mark for the first time since Nov. 21 and will take a 8-8-1 mark into Saturday's title game.
The Saints couldn't have asked for a better start to the game as they scored the first goal of the new year just 1:13 into the first period. Zach Miskovic, who was named one of 20 candidates for the Lowe's Senior Class award on New Year's Eve, drew a tripping penalty on a Ferris defender, but slid the puck to Travis Vermeulen while falling down. Vermeulen fed Alex Curran, who put a shot on goal and Brock McBride, playing his first game since Nov. 29 after a high ankle sprain, collected the rebound and fired it into the open side of the net for sixth goal of the season.
St. Lawrence increased its lead to 2-0 at 17:04 as junior defenseman Derek Keller scored his first career goal as his slap shot from the point deflected past Bulldog goalie Pat Nagle off the far post. Sean Flanagan and Jared Keller assisted on Derek Keller's goal which came in his 72nd career game.
The Saints struck early in the second period to make it a 3-0 game and send Nagle to the showers as Casey Parenteau went end-to-end on a power play, cut across the front of the goal mouth and shot back across his body, hitting the net inside the far post for his fifth of the season at the 2 minute mark. It went to 4-0 on a shorthanded goal by Kevin DeVergilio at the 5:46 as DeVergilio blocked a shot at the blue line and broke into the Bulldog end, greeting goalie Taylor Nelson with a shot just under the crossbar from point blank range for DeVergilio's third of the season.
Ferris did get one goal back when junior Casey Haines scored his fourth of the year in a scramble in front of Alex Petizian, who couldn't quite get back across the crease to stop the shot at 9:21 to make it a 4-1 game.
The Saints made it a 5-1 game with their second power play goal of the game at 5:35 as Zach Miskovic pinched in from the point and took a cross-crease pass from Parenteau, scoring his sixth of the season before the Bulldogs worked their way back to make it close at the end.
The Bulldogs cut it to 5-2 on a power play goal by Derek Graham who was all alone in front when the puck slid off a Saint block and right onto his stick at 9:11 and made it a 5-3 game when Justin Menke chipped a rebound on a power play past Petizian at 17:30. Ferris made it a 5-4 game when Matt Case scored from the point with the goalie pulled for an extra attacker with 41 seconds left, but the Saints were able to hang on for the win.
Petizian turned in a solid effort despite surrendering the four goals and finished with 30 saves for the Saints while the two Ferris State goalies combined for 27 saves.
