February 26, 2009

Team Notes: Colgate Travels to Brown, Yale

The following article appeared February 25 on the Colgate Web site.

 

HAMILTON, N.Y. -- Playing its best hockey since the early stages of the 2008-09 campaign, the Colgate men’s hockey team will conclude its regular-season schedule by travelling to face Brown (3-20-4/3-14-3) and 11th-ranked Yale (19-6-2/14-4-2) for Friday evening and Sunday afternoon games respectively. The game versus Yale will be broadcasted on ESPNU from Ingalls Rink.

Colgate, which is 10-16-6 on the season and 5-11-4 in league action, is 3-1-1 in its last five games, including a thrilling come-from-behind 2-1 overtime victory over Rensselaer on Senior Night, last Saturday evening at Starr Rink. The Raiders, who stand 10th in the league standings, could mathematically move up one spot with a pair of wins and two Clarkson losses. Colgate wins a tiebreaker over the Golden Knights since it went 1-0-1 against them this year. Clarkson finishes at Rensselaer and Union.

Last weekend, Colgate posted three of four possible points to overtake Rensselaer in the standings by one point. The Raiders overcame two deficits and rallied to post a 2-2 tie with Union as Austin Smith (Dallas, Texas) posted the game tying goal with 35 seconds left in regulation. The following night, seven graduating seniors were sent out with a victory in their last appearance at Starr Rink as David McIntyre (Pefferlaw, Ont.) provided both goals, including his third overtime goal of his career with 1:01 remaining, in the 2-1 win over the Engineers.

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