Carey, Weninger Help Saints Tie Yale
Greg Carey continued his offensive success against Yale and Matt
Weninger turned in another solid start in goal, but the Saints had
to settle for a 3-3 tie in their return to ECAC play at Appleton
Arena Saturday night.
The Saints, now 8-11-3 overall and 4-5-1 in league play snapped a
three-game league winless streak in their return to ECAC play after
a five week layoff while Yale is now 8-6-2 overall and 5-3-1 in the
ECAC. The Saints last played an ECAC game against Clarkson on Dec.
6 and continued a streak of home success against the Bulldogs, the
tie giving them a 3-0-1 record against Yale at Appleton in the last
four seasons.
Carey had his second two-goal game of the season and Weninger made
34 saves, four of them in the overtime to help the Saints come away
with the point. Carey now has four goals and three assists in six
career games against Yale.
"Those were two great goals by Greg," said Saint associate head
coach Mike Hurlbut. "The first one was a rocket under the crossbar
and the second one, he just stayed with the play after getting his
first one blocked and put another good shot on the net. We'll take
the point, but I think both teams came away thinking they should
have won it. It was a good, hard-working effort by both teams."
St. Lawrence took the early lead in the game when junior center
Kyle Flanagan made a good play along the boards to keep the puck in
the offensive zone, then passed it back to the center slot to
senior defenseman Pete Child, who scored his first of the year with
a shot just inside the left post at 1:38. Yale came back to tie it
with just 1.6 seconds to go in the period as Brian O'Neill made a
nifty goal mouth pass to junior Andrew Miller, who tucked his
fourth of the season into the open net.
Carey put the Saints back in front with a power play goal 5:14
into the second, taking a pass from defenseman George Hughes and
snapping a shot under the crossbar. Carey then made it a 3-1 game
when he picked up his own rebound off a blocked shot and wristed a
shot past the blocker of Yale goalie Jeff Malcolm at 12:08. Yale
cut it to a 3-2 Saint lead with a power play goal by defenseman
Kenny Peel, who put his third of the year just under the crossbar
from the right faceoff circle at 17:35.
Yale tied it up at 15:41 of the third period when sophomore center
Clinton Bourbonais worked his way free in front deep in the Saint
zone and snapped a shot which hit Weninger in the shoulder and
flopped into the net for Bourbonais' fourth of the season.
Both teams had chances to win it in regulation as Hughes missed
just wide on a gaping net on a power play in the final two minutes
and Bourbonais had a shot roll off the end of his stick and slide
past the post when he was all alone in front with 30 seconds left.
Neither team scored in the overtime, although Yale had a 4-1 edge
in shots on goal in the extra period.
Malcolm finished with 27 saves for Yale as the Elis had a 37-30
edge in shots with 11 of the 30 shots coming on seven power play
chances.
The Saints will host Brown at 4 p.m. Sunday to complete the
weekend series.












