Weekend Update: Round One Underway
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Two road teams, Brown and
Harvard, mounted comebacks to take game one of its first round
matchups, while another road team, Clarkson battled back against
rival St. Lawrence to send the game into overtime, but came up
short in the extra session. Quinnipiac used a forceful
power-play unit to take a 1-0 series lead over visiting
Dartmouth. Overall the first round represented typical tight
action in ECAC Hockey play with two games decided by one goal and
the other two games by two goals.
At No. 5 St. Lawrence 3, No. 12 Clarkson 2,
(ot): Junior forward Aaron Bogosian netted the
overtime goal passed Clarkson goalie Paul Karpowich with 10:09 gone
in overtime to lift St. Lawrence to a 3-2 win over its arch rival
in game one of a best-of-three ECAC Hockey playoff series at
Appleton Arena in Canton Friday night. The fifth-seeded
Saints, 16-13-7, can clinch a trip to the quarterfinals with a win
in Saturday's game two. Clarkson can force a deciding game
Sunday with a win in game two. St. Lawrence dominated the
game, outshooting Clarkson 50-23 in shots on goal, but Karpowich
kept the Knights in it with an outstanding display of goaltending
stopping 47 shots. Alex Petizian made 21 saves to pick-up the
win for the Saints. The Golden Knights twice overcame
one-goal deficits to force the overtime session by goals from
junior assistant captain Brandon DeFazio and sophomore defenseman
Mark Borowiecki. Clarkson was 1-of-2 on the power-play while
St. Lawrence was 1-of-4 with the man-advantage.
No. 11 Brown 3, No. 6 Rensselaer 1: After
trailing, 1-0, to start the third period, sophomores Jarred Smith
and Bobby Farnham each netted goals 1:13 apart during the first
three minutes of the period to jolt Brown's offense. The
Bears would added another goal by Aaron Volpatti to seal the win
with 1:05 remaining in the game. With the win, Brown takes a
1-0 lead in the best-of-three first round series of the ECAC Hockey
Tournament. The Engineers' lone goal came on the game's first
power-play of the game, as Paul Kerins popped in a rebound to gave
Rensselaer the early 1-0 lead. Bears' netminder Mike Clemente
finished with 24 shots for the win, while Engineers' goaltender
Allen York stopped 25 in getting the lose. The Engineers went
1-for-5 on the power-play and Brown was 0-for-3 with the
man-advantage.
At No. 7 Quinnipiac 3, No. 10 Dartmouth 2:
Quinnipiac seniors Jean-Marc Beaudoin and Eric Lampe scored their
100th career points on the same goal to help the Bobcats to a 3-2
win against Dartmouth in the first game of the ECAC Hockey
Championship First-Round Series at the TD Bank Sports Center.
Quinnipiac takes a 1-0 lead in the series, and improves to 9-1
all-time in the first round of the ECAC Hockey tournament,
including a 7-1 mark at the TD Bank Sports Center. Two of
Quinnipiac's three goals came on the power-play with Brandon Wong
and Lampe finding the back of the net for the Bobcats. Dustin
Walsh and team leading scorer Scott Fleming scored the Big Green's
goals. Dan Clarke stopped 23-of-25 shots on goal for the win,
while James Mello stopped 17 for Dartmouth.
No. 9 Harvard 4 at No. 8 Princeton 2:
Harvard scored four goals in a 10-minute span during the third
period to rally to a 4-2 road win against Princeton in the opening
game of an ECAC Hockey first-round playoff series Friday night at
Baker Rink. Daniel Moriarty, Danny Biega, Michael Del Mauro
and Michael Biega scored to bring Harvard back from a 2-0
third-period deficit. Crimson netminder Kyle Richter made 33
saves to outshine Princeton's Zane Kalemba who stopped 31 in the
contest. Princeton built a 2-0 lead through 40 minutes of
action on goals from sophomore Marc Hagel and senior Mark
Magnowski.
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