Weekly Release: Non-Conference Action Highlights Week
ALBANY, NY -- As the holiday stretch begins
ECAC Hockey teams were looking to end the final full week of action
on a high note and pick-up momentum that will carry into the busy
months of January and February on the ice.
Union picked-up the lone victory in league-play last week in
stunning fashion, scoring a 5-4 come from behind victory over
Captial District rival Rensselaer. Senior Mario
Valery-Trabucco led Union with the 17th hat trick in program
history. Union, which is 8-3-5 overall and 4-0-3 in ECAC Hockey,
extended its unbeaten streak to nine games and remains the only
ECAC Hockey team without a league loss. The Dutchmen are now
tied for third with Colgate in the standings with 11 points.
A well-rounded attack by the Dutchmen led Mario Valery-Trabucco and
Luke Cain who each had a goal and an assist, in a 4-1 victory
against the United States Under-18 Development team Friday night at
Messa Rink. Corey Milan turned away 20 shots in his first
start since Nov. 7. At the other end, Jack Campbell made 23
stops in the loss. The Dutchmen registered a power-play goal
and killed off all five U-18 PP chances.
Rensselaer would bounce back Friday evening posting a 5-3 win at
Boston University. The Engineers moved to the .500 mark at
9-9-1 as senior Christian Jensen's goal at 13:58 of the third
period broke a 3-3 tie to lead Rensselaer's three-goal third period
on its way to a 5-3 come-from-behind victory at Boston University
Friday at Agganis Arena. BU goalie Kieran Millan finished the
game with 20 saves while Rensselaer's Bryce Merriam stopped 32
shots in the win. The Terriers outshot the Engineers 35-25
for the game. Rensselaer was 0-for-6 on the power-play, while
Boston University was 1-for-6.
Despite Michael Biega's goal in the third period to cut a Boston
College lead to one goal, Harvard's rally fell short to its
cross-town rival suffering a 3-2 setback Wednesday evening.
Biega also assisted on Daniel Moriarty's power-play tally for the
Crimson (1-8-2), while Ryan Carroll made 17 saves without allowing
a goal in 36 minutes of relief goaltending. Three different
players scored for BC, which got 25 saves from Parker Milner.
Harvard held a 27-26 edge in shots and was 1-for-3 with the man
advantage. The Eagles were scoreless in three
power-plays.
Brown scored three times in the opening eight minutes and never
looked back, closing out the semester with a 5-2 victory over AIC
(2-13-1) Tuesday evening at Meehan Auditorium. Sophomore Jack
Maclellan led the Bears with a goal and two assists, while senior
Aaron Volpatti's goal at 8:01 of the first would stand as the
game-winning goal. The victory stretches Brown's current
winning streak to five games, marking the first time that a Bears'
hockey team has won five in a row since former Hobey Baker Finalist
and All-American Yann Danis '04 was in net during the 2003-04
season.
Princeton earned a weekend split at UMass-Lowell last weekend split
snapping a seven game winless streak by stopping UMass-Lowell, 3-2
Saturday. The Tigers avenged a loss Friday, 4-1 at the hands
of the River Hawks. The Tigers scored the first goal of the
game Friday, but then surrendered the next four. Dan Bartlett
scoring on a well-placed drag shot from a few feet out only 1:52
into the game. River Hawk goaltender Carter Hutton stopped
29-of-30 shots on net, improving to 5-4-0 on the season. The
Tigers' Mike Condon made 23 saves in the loss, falling to
0-1-0. UMass-Lowell was 2-for-3 on the power-play and blanked
Princeton in six chances with the man-advantage. On Saturday
the Tigers received a career-high 45 saves from goaltender Zane
Kalemba and the first two goals of Eric Meland's collegiate career
helping them to a 3-2 win over the River Hawks. Kalemba made
a game-high 19 saves in the third period. Nevin Hamilton
stopped 27 shots in the loss.
Quinnipiac picked-up three points in non-conference action by tying
Holy Cross, 1-1 on the road Thursday and downing American
International College, 5-2, in a non-conference match-up at the TD
Bank Sports Center in Hamden, Conn. Saturday afternoon. The
win pushes Quinnipiac to 13-3-1 while American International falls
to 2-14-1. Quinnipiac remains perfect at home this season at
8-0-0. Freshman D'Arcy Oakes scored his first-career goal
while Greg Holt, Jean-Marc Beaudoin, and Brandon Wong each had a
goal and an assist for the Bobcats. Freshman Zach Davies had
two assists in the win. American International was 0-for-1 on
the power-play, while Quinnipiac netted one goal with the
man-advantage on two chances.
Sophomore Rob Madore made 21 saves to earn his second-career
shutout and senior co-captain Brian Roloff scored a pair of
power-play goals to lead Vermont to a 3-0 win against St. Lawrence
in front of a sellout crowd at Gutterson Fieldhouse.
Vermont outshot St. Lawrence 32-21 and picked up its second
straight shutout against its former ECAC Hockey rival.
Saints' netminder Kain Tisi had a strong effort in net, stopping 29
shots, but no reward in the win column.
Dartmouth had a three-game winning streak snapped with a 4-1 loss
to Sacred Heart Sunday afternoon in Thompson Arena. All five
goals were scored in the first period before both goalies buckled
down and prevented anymore scoring. Kyle Reeds got the Big
Green on the board first lighting the lamp on the looked like he
was going to help his team to an easy victory as he lit the lamp
just a minute into the contest with the first shot of the game.
