Weekend Update: Union & Yale Keep Pace
ALBANY, N.Y. --Four of the top nine teams in the ECAC Hockey
standings posted wins last evening highlighted by Union winning an
overtime thriller at Clarkson and Yale recording a convincing win
at Quinnipiac maintaining the top two spots.
No. 3/3 Yale 6 at Quinnipiac 1: Yale kept
pace in its quest for the Cleary Cup Friday evening as five
different players hit the net and Ryan Rondeau stopped 30 of 31
shots as the third-ranked Bulldogs beat Quinnipiac 6-1 before 3,957
at the TD Bank Sports Center. Denny Kearney had two goals while
Chad Ziegler, Kevin Limbert, Jimmy Martin and Brian O'Neill tallied
goals as the Elis outshot the Bobcats 42-31. Kenny Agostino had two
assists on a night when his team scored two shorthanders. Yale went
1-for-6 on the power-play while the Bobcats scored once on five
attempts. Quinnipiac freshman Kellen Jones scored the Bobcats only
goal of the game. Eric Hartzell stopped 23 shots in goal for the
hosts.
No. 7/7 Union 4 at Clarkson 3 (ot): Sophomore
forward Wayne Simpson scored at 3:48 of overtime to lift Union to a
4-3 win over Clarkson in front of 2,132 fans at Cheel Arena. The
win was Union's eighth straight victory, a school record in the
Division I era. Union set an all-time program record for wins,
surpassing the previous mark of 22 wins set by both the 1976-77 and
1984-85 teams. Union outshot Clarkson 38-28 for the contest, as
Keith Kinkaid made 25 saves for his 22nd win of the season. Junior
Paul Karpowich made 34 saves in the Clarkson net. The Dutchmen went
1-for-7 on the power-play, while Clarkson was 1-for-5 with the
man-advantage.
At St. Lawrence 5, No. 14/14 Rensselaer 3:
Freshman forward Greg Carey scored twice and St. Lawrence scored
five goals on one of the nation's leading collegiate goaltenders as
the Saints upset 14th-ranked Rensselaer 5-3 in a ECAC Hockey game
at Appleton Arena Friday night. The Saints improve to 10-16-6 on
the season and 6-12-1 in league play while RPI is now 18-9-4
overall and 10-8-1 in the league. Robby Moss (5-4-2) made 21 saves
to earn the victory, while Allen York (16-7-3) stopped 24 shots
before being relieved by sophomore Bryce Merriam midway through the
third. Merriam turned away all seven shots he faced in 11:45 of ice
time. The Saints improved to 9-1-1 on the season when scoring the
game's first goal and are now 5-0-2 in games that they led after
the first period.
At Colgate 5, No. 16 Dartmouth 3: Colgate
downed 16th-ranked Dartmouth, 5-3, Friday night as assistant
captain Francois Brisebois had two goals, while Jeremy Price
tallied three points for Raiders. Brisebois he now has scored in 10
of his last 12 games. Eric Mihalik played solid in net with 33
saves to earn his third win in his last four starts. Dartmouth was
led by Dustin Walsh who tallied a goal and an assist along with
Matt Lindblad adding two helpers. Adam Estoclet and Connor Goggin
had the other two goals for the visitors. James Mello posted 28
saves in net and took only his fifth loss of the year.
At Princeton 7, Brown 3: Princeton snapped a
four-game winless streak with a big 7-3 win Friday night over Brown
at Hobey Baker Rink. Princeton’s seven goals matched a season
high as it climbed to fourth in the ECAC Hockey standings with the
win. Kevin Lohry led the Tigers with two goals and an assist for
three points. Taylor Fedun also added two goals from the blue line,
while Andrew Ammon added a goal and an assist and Matt Arhontas had
two helpers. Princeton goaltender Alan Reynolds stopped 30 of 33
shots for the win while Mike Clemente stopped 14 shots in the loss.
Marco De Filippo had 22 saves in relief. Princeton converted on
three of seven power-play chances while the Tigers killed all five
Brown power-plays.
Harvard 4 at Cornell 3: Harvard downed rival
Cornell as Alex Killorn scored twice and Danny Biega netted the
tie-breaking goal with 7:21 left in the game for the Crimson win.
Ryan Carroll made 10 of his 27 saves in the final period for the
victory. Cornell's Mike Garman stopped 24 Harvard shots as the Big
Red held a 30-28 shots advantage. Nick D'Agostino, Joe Devin and
John Esposito each scored a goal for the Big Red. Harvard finished
the night 3-for-4 with the man-advantage. Cornell finished the
evening scoreless in three power-play attempts.
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