Raiders Fall Short Against Miami

Final	1	2	3	Final
Miami (Ohio) (2-1-0)	1	1	2	4
Colgate (2-1-0)	2	0	1	3

Scoring Summary
1st - 09:26	PP - Reilly Smith (Miami (Ohio))
1st - 10:11	PP - Smith, Austin (Colgate)
1st - 15:02	PP - Wagner, Chris (Colgate)
2nd - 18:20	PP - Austin Czarnik (Miami (Ohio))
3rd - 00:40	Reilly Smith (Miami (Ohio))
3rd - 03:52	Reilly Smith (Miami (Ohio))
3rd - 19:28	McCann, Mike (Colgate)

Miami (Ohio)	Colgate
G: Reilly Smith - 3 A: Chris Wideman - 2 Sh: Reilly Smith - 4 Sv: Cody Reichard - 20	G: 3 Players (#9, #23, #26 - 1) A: 2 Players (#6, #20 - 2) Sh: John Lidgett - 4 Sv: Eric Mihalik - 11

TEAM STATISTICS	Miami (Ohio)	Colgate
Power Plays	2 for 4	2 for 9
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	11 (22)	6 (12)
Shots on Goal	15	23
Face Offs Won	25	34

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HAMILTON, N.Y . (10/14/11) – The Colgate men’s hockey team held No.
4/5 Miami to just 15 total shots, but the Raiders could not overcome a
two-goal deficit in the third period and fell to the Redhawks by a 4-3
score.

Colgate (2-1-0) got two assists apiece from Jeremy Price and Spiro
Goulakos. Austin Smith and Chris Wagner scored power play goals, while
Mike McCann added an extra-attacker strike in the final minutes. Eric
Mihalik took the loss, making 11 saves.

Miami (2-1-0) saw Reilly Smith return to the ice for the first time
this year and he posted four points on a hat trick and an assist. He
scored one of the Redhawks’ two power play goals, while Austin Czarnik
tallied the other. Czarnik also posted an assist for two points on the
night. Chris Wideman added two points in the win with a pair of
helpers. Cody Reichard earned his first win of the year with 20 stops.

The first period was very exciting if you enjoy power play hockey. All
three goals scored in the frame were on a man advantage. Miami struck
first at the 10:34 mark with Reilly Smith scoring the first of his
three on the day. Wideman and Tyler Biggs were awarded assists on the
play. The Raiders fired back as Austin Smith spun in the slot and beat
Reichard on a rebound. Price got the puck to the net after receiving a
pass from Goulakos and both were given helpers.

With the game tied at 1-1, Wagner had a great tip in at the front of
the net for his first goal of the season, which came on the power play
with 4:58 left in the opening frame. Once again, it was Goulakos and
Price on the blueline, passing the puck and Goulakos put a wrister
toward the net that Wagner tipped home. Colgate came out and outhot
the Redhawks 12-3 and the defense was stellar for the Raiders as a lot
of shots were blocked.

The Raiders played with the lead for most of the second period, until
Colgate was called for an interference penalty with 1:58 left. Czarnik
made the Raiders pay for the mistake and put home his first of the
season just 18 seconds after Miami went on the man advantage.

The third period didn’t start off great for Colgate as Reilly Smith
scored his second goal of the night after a turnover by the Raiders in
their own zone. Colgate mishandled the puck as the Raiders tried to
clear it and Reilly Smith jumped on the turnover. He beat Mihalik to
the glove side with a wrist shot to give Miami its first lead since
1-0 as the goal made it 3-2 Redhawks. He then struck again with 16:08
remaining in the game to add an insurance goal at 4-2 and to earn the
hat trick and the eventual game winner.

The Raiders made a valiant effort to tie the game as McCann scored his
first of the season with 32 seconds remaining and with the extra
skater. John Lidgett and Matt Firman did a great job fighting for the
puck behind the net and Firman was able to clear it to McCann at the
face off circle. The sophomore then blasted it by Reichard to cut the
lead to 4-3. The Raiders controlled the puck in the offensive zone for
the final 30 seconds, but could not put it past Reichard as the time
ran out and Miami scored the 4-3 win.

Colgate outshot the Redhawks 23-15 and went 2-for-9 on the power play.
Miami took advantage of its limited time on the power play with two
goals on four chances.

These two teams will be back at it tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at Starr Rink.

NOTES: Colgate scored two power play goals after not scoring on the
man advantage last weekend … Lidgett has now scored at least one point
in all three games he has played and leads the team in assists with
four and is tied with Austin Smith for the team lead in points with
four … 12 different players have points in the first three games and
the rookies have accounted for eight points on two goals and six goals
… Price added his fifth career two-assist game and seventh multi-point
outing.