December 16, 2009

Team Notes: Colgate Travels to Face Canisius

The following article appeared December 16 on the Colgate Web site.

 

After posting a split in the Capital District against ECAC Hockey rivals Union and Rensselaer, December 4-5, the Colgate Raiders (7-5-4 overall, 5-3-1 in ECAC Hockey action) will make their final trip of the 2009 calendar season down the New York State Thruway as they play instate foe Canisius (8-9-2). Game time has been switched to a 5:05 start at the Buffalo State Sports Arena to accommodate a television broadcast by Time Warner Sports Net. This will be the fifth meeting between the two squads, first since the 2006-07 season. It will also mark the first time the Raiders have played the Golden Griffins away from the friendly confines of Starr Rink. Following this match-up, Colgate will have another lengthy break and won’t suit up until January 2, when it plays Notre Dame in the opening round of the 2010 Shillelagh Tournament, outside of Chicago. Colgate comes into the contest having scored at least one power play in 10 of its last 11 games. The Raiders have also had at least one player post a multi-point game during the same span of games.

MEET THE HEAD COACH: Don Vaughan is in his 17th year at the helm of the Colgate Raiders. The 1984 graduate of St. Lawrence enters the campaign as the program’s all-time winningest coach with a 276-258-63 mark. On February 16, 2008, he became the all-time winningest coach with his 252nd victory as Colgate blanked Union 8-0. On November 11, 2007, former Colgate President, Rebecca S. Chopp, announced the creation of the Donald F. Vaughan Endowed Coaching Chair for Men’s Hockey.

THIS DATE IN COLGATE HISTORY: Colgate sports a 3-4 all-time record in games played on December 20. This will be the first time the Raiders have laced the skates on this date since a 5-4 double-overtime victory over Concordia back in 1980.

Complete article can be accessed via the Colgate Web site by clicking here.