Weekend Update: The Mighty Fall...
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Two of the three
nationally-ranked ECAC Hockey teams dropped their first league
games of the season. Both No. 6/7 Yale and No. 13/14
Princeton surrendered five goals each in losing contests to
Rensselaer and St. Lawrence respectively last evening.
At Rensselaer 5, No. 6/7 Yale 2: Five
players recorded multiple points for the Engineers, who defeated
sixth-ranked Yale, 5-2, in the seventh-annual Black Friday at the
Houston Field House. With the win the Engineers improve to
5-3-1 overall and 1-0-0 in ECAC Hockey, while the Bulldogs fell to
1-1-0 and 0-1-0 in league action. The Engineers were paced by
Chase Polacek who recorded one goal and added two assists.
Junior Broc Little led the Bulldogs' offense netting two goals,
while freshman Antoine Laganiere was credited with two helpers on
the evening. Yale outshot the Engineers by a count of 36 to
25.
St. Lawrence 5 at No. 13/14 Princeton 2:
Saints' junior Aaron Bogosian had a goal and an assist to key a
four-goal explosion to lead St. Lawrence to a come from behind win
at nationally-ranked Princeton, 5-2 in the ECAC Hockey opener for
both teams. Linemates Aaron Bogosian and Jared Keller each
had a goal and an assist for the winners. Alex Petizian
finished with 32 saves to earn his first win of the year after two
losses and a tie in three previous starts, while Zane Kalemba had
25 stops for Princeton.
At No. 5/6 Cornell 5, Dartmouth 1: In a game
that featured 21 penalties on a combined 77 minutes, the Big Red
capitalized on their power-play chances to score a 5-1 victory over
Dartmouth. Forward Blake Gallagher had two goals, while
forward Colin Greening had the game-winner and assisted on two
others as top ten Cornell defeated Dartmouth in ECAC Hockey play
last evening at Lynah Rink. Big Red goaltender Ben Scrivens
made 21 saves in notching the win. Captain Peter Boldt scored
for the Big Green and goaltender Jody O'Neill stopped 29 shots,
including 13 in the third period.
At Quinnipiac 4, Clarkson 2: Senior
assistant captain Mike Atkinson's hat trick helped Quinnipiac to a
4-2 win against Clarkson for its first ECAC Hockey win of the
2009-10 season. The Bobcats improve to 5-1-0 overall
including a 2-0-0 mark at home. The last time Quinnipiac won
five of their first six games was the 2000-01 season.
Clarkson drops to 3-5-0 overall and 0-1-0 in ECAC Hockey
play. In goal, sophomore Dan Clarke stopped 34 shots,
including 13 down the stretch to preserve the win. His
counterpart, Clarkson's Richie LaVeau, finished with 27 saves in
the game. Clarkson out shot the Bobcats 36-31. The
Knights went 1-of-3 on the power-play. The Bobcats were
0-of-2 with the man advantage.
Brown 3 at Union 3 (ot): Senior defenseman
Mike Schreiber highlighted Union's efforts in a 3-3 tie against
Brown with a career-best two goals and a career-high tying three
points. The Dutchmen go to 3-3-2 overall and 0-0-1 in
conference play, while Brown moves to 0-1-1 and 0-0-1 in ECAC
Hockey. Junior goaltender Corey Milan made 16 saves for
Union, going to 3-2-2 in his sixth start of the season. At
the opposite end, Mike Clemente made 28 stops to go to 0-1-1 on the
young season.
At Colgate 5, Harvard 4: Robbie Bourdon
scored the game-winner with 4:04 left and Colgate had to kill off a
penalty down the stretch to preserve a come-from-behind 5-4 victory
over visiting Harvard. Austin Smith netted his second
consecutive two-goal game and David McIntyre erupted for a
career-high four points on the evening on a goal and three assists
in the win for Colgate. Eric Kroshus, Alex Killorn, Marshall
Everson, and Chris Huxley each found the back of the net for the
Crimson, while Kyle Richter stopped 35 shots by the Raiders.
Colgate out shot Harvard 40-29 on the evening. Charles Long
was credited with 15 saves, including 10 in the final period to get
the win.
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