Rensselaer Drops Playoff Series to Colgate

Final	1	2	3	OT	Final
Colgate (9-25-3)	1	0	0	0	2
Rensselaer (20-12-5)	0	1	0	0	1

Scoring Summary
1st - 13:08	SH - Mayer, Austin (Colgate)
2nd - 18:48	Helfrich, Tyler (Rensselaer)
5 - 10:06	Bourdon, Robbie (Colgate)

Colgate	Rensselaer
G: 2 Players (#17, #19 - 1) A: 3 Players (#4, #9, #23 - 1) Sh: Robbie Bourdon - 10 Sv: Eric Mihalik - 40	G: Tyler Helfrich - 1 A: 2 Players (#7, #8 - 1) Sh: 4 Players (#21, #23, #24, #29 - 4) Sv: Allen York - 37

TEAM STATISTICS	Colgate	Rensselaer
Power Plays	0 for 3	0 for 3
Shorthanded Goals	1	0
Penalties (min)	4 (8)	4 (8)
Shots on Goal	39	41
Face Offs Won	40	53

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TROY, N.Y. – Sophomore Robbie Bourdon scored at 10:06 of the second overtime to lift the Colgate University men’s hockey team to a, 2-1, victory over 15th/16th-ranked Rensselaer, at the Houston Field House. With the win, the Raiders (9-25-3) advance to the quarterfinals of the ECAC Hockey Playoffs, while the Engineers drop to 20-12-5.

Bourdon (Montreal, PQ/Taft School) took a shot from the top of the right circle that found its way through a screen and past RPI junior netminder Allen York (Wetaskiwin, AB/Camrose Kodiaks) for the game-winning tally. Junior Corbin McPherson (Folsom, CA/Cowichan Valley) and freshman Chris Wagner (Walpole, MA/South Shore Kings) earned the assists on Bourbon’s tenth goal of the season.

The game-ending goal came 2:30 after Raiders’ senior Austin Mayer (Providence, RI/Providence) rang a shot off the post and had another shot gloved away by York, who made four saves in the second overtime session.

Colgate scored the games first goal at 13:08 of the first period, when Mayer finished a short-handed breakaway. Junior Austin Smith (Dallas, TX/St. Paul’s School) stole the puck at the Colgate blue line and pushed it ahead for Mayer, who beat York, high glove-side.

RPI senior Tyler Helfrich (Calgary, AB/Prince George Spruce Kings) drew the hosts even at 14:48 of the second stanza on a backhander from the low slot. A shot from the point by senior defenseman Jeff Foss (Moorhead, MN/Moorhead) was pushed to the right corner for junior Mike Bergin (Ottawa, ON/Smiths Falls Bears), who threw the puck in front of the net to Helfrich for the tally.

Both teams created chances to score in the third period, but were unable to come up with the go-ahead goal. York stopped all 11 shots he faced in the frame, while Colgate freshman goaltender Eric Mihalik (Avon Lake, OH/Des Moines) came up with eight saves.

The Raiders carried play through the early stages of the first overtime, culminating with a shot by senior Francois Brisebois (Montreal, PQ/St. Paul’s School) that found the pipe to York’s left at 6:20 of the frame. Colgate outshot the Engineers 11-8 in the period.

Mihalik (6-12-2) finished with 40 saves on the evening, including 21 in the first two periods combined. York (18-10-4) stopped 37 shots at the other end of the ice.

12th-seeded Colgate advances the to quarterfinal round of the ECAC Hockey playoffs, where they will face top-seeded Union in Schenectady in a best-of-three series, beginning on Friday (7pm).