Weekend Update: Home Ice Is Nice

ALBANY, N.Y. - In the six games involving ECAC Hockey men’s ice hockey teams Friday evening the home team either won or tied. Clarkson posted its third win in a row a Cheel Arena, while Cornell and Harvard earned exhibition wins.

At Clarkson 5, American International 2
*Clarkson scored twice in a 45 second span to take a 4-2 lead with under eight minutes to play.
*The Golden Knights have now won three straight home games at Cheel Arena outscoring their opponents 13-4 in that span.
*Clarkson’s power-play unit ranks third in the nation having netted eight goals in 27 opportunities (29.6%).

At No. 20 Cornell 3, Guelph 2 (Ex.)
*With the victory Friday Cornell is now 14-1-2 in its exhibition games since 2000.
*The one loss came at the hands of a future Big Red player. Andy Iles made 39 saves for the U.S. Under-18 team in a 3-2 victory over the Big Red at Lynah on Oct. 24, 2009.
*The Gryphons will play one other game against an NCAA team this season, traveling to New Jersey for an exhibition Saturday night against Princeton.

At Robert Morris 5, Quinnipiac 4
*Quinnipiac overcame a 4-1 deficit after the second period of play, scoring three times in the third period, but a three-goal second period by the Colonials did the Bobcats in snapping their five-game winning streak in the process.
*Junior forward Jeremy Langlois has netted five power-play goals this season for the Bobcats, which leads the nation.
*The Colonials went 2-for-5 with a man-advantage while shutting out their opponent's power-play for the fourth-straight game.

At Harvard 7, Western Ontario 4 (Ex.)
*The Crimson scored five goals in the game's first 26 minutes to build a 5-0 lead.
*Luke Greiner, Alex Killorn and Conor Morrison scored two goals each to lead the Harvard to a 7-4 win in the exhibition game over the Mustangs.
*Eighteen letterwinners, including five defensemen who skated in more than 25 games last season, are back with the Crimson this year.

At No. 5/6 Notre Dame 5 Rensselaer 2
*Sophomore forward Anders Lee scored three goals - the second hat trick of his career - to lead Notre Dame to a 5-2 win over Rensselaer in the opening game at the Compton Family Ice Arena Friday night.
*Joel Malchuk and Johnny Rogic scored for the Engineers, who got 21 saves from Bryce Merriam in the loss.
*The crowd of 5,022 was the largest to see the Irish play hockey in South Bend.

No. 11/12 Union 3 at Niagara 3 (ot)
*Friday night’s tie at Niagara marked the three consecutive tie for the Dutchmen on the young season. Union only earned four ties during the entire 2010-11 season.
*The Dutchmen are now riding a four-game unbeaten streak (1-0-3). The longest unbeaten streak for the defending Cleary  Cup Champions last season was 12-games (11-0-1).
*Freshman Colin Stevens, making his first career start, stopped 27 of 30 shots for Union, while Cody Campbell made 45 saves for Niagara. Union went 2-for-5 on the power-play, while Niagara finished 1-of-3 with the man-advantage.

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