February 9, 2010

Team Notes: Colgate Readies for Three Clashes in Five Nights

The following article appeared February 9 on the Colgate Web site.

 

After splitting its two road games at Princeton and Quinnipiac, Colgate returns home and hopes its recent luck against the Ancient Eight continues as it hosts an important set of three games against Ivy League opponents in the matter of five nights. Five of the final seven regular-season games will be played at Starr Rink beginning with Friday’s meeting with nationally-ranked Yale. Colgate, 11-11-5 overall and 8-6-1 in league play, will head into the weekend in sixth place in league standings with 17 points, which is only two points behind St. Lawrence for fourth, but only two points ahead of eight-place Harvard.

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 280-264-64 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.

THESE DATES IN COLGATE HISTORY
When looking at Colgate’s history on February 12, 13 and 16th, these three dates haven’t been kind to the Raiders in the least. Colgate doesn’t have a winning record on any of these dates and has a combined 17-23-1 overall record on these particular thee dates. The Raiders are 4-8 on the 12th, 7-8-1 on the 13th and 6-7-0 in games on the 16th.

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