Colgate Erases Third-Period Deficit to Force Game Three
| Scoring Summary | |
|---|---|
| 1st - 05:21 | Simpson, Wayne (Union) |
| 2nd - 08:01 | Bodie, Mat (Union) |
| 3rd - 05:48 | Mayer, Austin (Colgate) |
| 3rd - 11:06 | PP - Wagner, Chris (Colgate) |
| 3rd - 14:48 | Bourdon, Robbie (Colgate) |
| 3rd - 19:22 | EN - Day, Brian (Colgate) |
| Colgate | Union |
|---|---|
|
G:
4 Players (#12, #17, #19, #23 - 1)
A: Chris Wagner - 2 Sh: Francois Brisebois - 4 Sv: Eric Mihalik - 27 |
G:
2 Players (#21, #22 - 1)
A: Ryan Forgaard - 1 Sh: Jeremy Welsh - 5 Sv: Keith Kinkaid - 18 |
| TEAM STATISTICS | Colgate | Union |
|---|---|---|
| Power Plays | 1 for 4 | 0 for 2 |
| Shorthanded Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties (min) | 3 (6) | 5 (10) |
| Shots on Goal | 22 | 29 |
| Face Offs Won | 23 | 35 |
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – The Colgate
men's hockey team stormed back from a two-goal deficit in the final
period with four goals to defeat top-seeded Union, 4-2, to force a
third game for the second-straight series.
The decisive third game will take place tomorrow night at 7 p.m.
at Messa Rink. Due to prior commitments, the final game will not be
televised. Tonight's game was another sellout with a crowd of
2,218.
Colgate (10-26-3) had four different goal scorers in the third
period. Rookie Chris
Wagner was a catalyst for the Raiders in the period
with the game-tying goal on the power play and then assisted on the
go-ahead goal. Robbie
Bourdon contributed in the third with a goal and an
assist as well. His goal proved to be the gamewinner and he
assisted on Wagner's goal. Austin
Mayer and Brian
Day also added goals in the win. Mihalik kept the
Raiders in the game with 27 saves overall, but was instrumental in
keeping the nation's leading power play unit off the
board.
Union (27-8-4) got goals from Wayne Simpson and Mat Brodie, while
goaltender Keith Kinkaid finished with 18 saves and had just 10
going into the third period. The win for the Raiders snapped
Union's 12-game unbeaten streak and it was only the second time
this season, Kinkaid lost at Messa Rink.
The Dutchmen took a 1-0 lead 5:21 into the game with Simpson
scoring his third goal of the series. He led the charge into the
offensive zone on a 3-on-2 and beat the Colgate defender with a
couple of fakes. He became open in the slot and lifted a backhander
over Mihalik's glove for the early lead. Shawn Stewart was given
the helper on the game's first score.
Colgate was outshot by an 8-4 margin in the first period. The
Raiders had the only power play chance of the period and didn't
register a shot on net.
Colgate had its best chance with 13:40 left in the second period
when Kevin
McNamara stopped a clearing attempt by Kinkaid and
found Kurtis
Bartliff in the slot. The sophomore redirected the
puck, but Kinkaid closed his pads in time to make his biggest save
of the night up to that point.
Under two minutes later, Brodie intercepted a Colgate clearing
attempt and skated to the center of the ice at the blueline and
fired a shot on net. Mihalik was in position, but the puck tipped
off his glove and into the net as the Dutchmen took a 2-0
lead.
The Raiders were able to get on the board with 14:12 left in the
game as the hard work of Mayer and Matt
Firman paid off. Firman collected a loose puck and
tried a wrap around that was denied by Kinkaid. The Union
netminder, however, gave up the rebound and Mayer fought through a
couple of stick checks and popped the puck over the head of Kinkaid
for the goal. It was Mayer's second point of the weekend as he had
an assist in game one.
Wagner tied the game with a power play goal coming with 8:54
remaining in the game. Day snapped a wrister from the half boards
to catch a streaking Wagner in front of Kinkaid. The rookie tipped
home his second goal of the series to tie the game at 2-2. It was
on Colgate's third chance on the man advantage.
Colgate took the lead three minutes later on another tip in at the
side of the net on Kinkaid. Wagner was at it again as he caused a
Union turnover at the half boards and fired a pass cross-ice to
Bourdon, who tipped it past a sprawling Kinkaid to give Colgate its
first lead at 3-2.
With 2:28 left, Jooris tried to tie it as he broke into Union's
offensive end with a Raider defender trailing along side him. He
flipped a wrister on Mihalik, but the rookie was in position and
made a huge glove save to keep the Raider up by a goal.
Day sealed the deal with an empty netter with 38 seconds left. He
deflected a cross-ice pass at the blue line and beat a Union
defender to the puck and slipped it over the line to close the
scoring at 4-2.
Union outshot Colgate 29-22, but the Raiders held a 12-11
advantage in the third period. The Raiders went 1-for-4 on the
power play.
NOTES: Colgate came from two goals down in
the third period for the first time this season … first time
since Jan. 16, 2010 at Clarkson that the Raiders scored four goals
in a period … the senior class is now 5-1 in game two's in
the ECAC Hockey playoffs … Wagner has five points in the
playoffs to lead the team … Colgate's penalty kill only
allowed three shots on net on two Union chances … Union
scored first for the second-straight night … Colgate had
four shots in the first period for the second night in a row, but
Union had only eight compared to 22 in game one … tonight's
game was Colgate's 15th against a ranked team as Union was No. 4 in
both national polls this week … the Raiders are 5-9-1 in
those games … Colgate is 7-4-1 since the 4-2 Clarkson win on
Feb. 5.
