Team Notes: Colgate Hosts RPI and Union on Senior Weekend
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The following article appeared February 23 on the Colgate Web site.
Heading into Friday night play, there is only one thing that has
been pre-determined around ECAC Hockey relative to the upcoming
tournament – Clarkson will be the 12th seed, while every
other seed is up for grabs. When it comes to Colgate, which is
13-13-6 overall and 10-8-2 in league play, it could still finish
anywhere from securing the fourth seed and a first round bye to
hosting a first round best of three series as the seventh seed or
anything in between. In other words, there is little margin for
error. Friday’s game with visiting Rensselaer (17-14-3,
10-8-2) will go along way in determining who will get the final
spot in the top four. The Raiders haven’t received a
first-round bye since the 2005-06 campaign, when it hosted
Quinnipiac in the second round. Saturday evening will mark the
final regular-season appearances for six graduating seniors.
Colgate will be looking to snap a four-game winless skid on Senior
Day versus Union (18-8-6, 12-4-4). The Raiders, 0-3-1 in their last
four regular-season home finales, posted a 1-0 victory over
Rensselaer back in 2005 for its last Senior Day win.
WHAT IT ALL MEANS
In order for Colgate to clinch a bye in the opening round of the
ECAC Hockey tournament Friday evening, the Raiders must beat
Rensselaer and hope for a Dartmouth victory at St. Lawrence. A loss
to the Engineers and Colgate will be hosting a first round best of
three. Even if RPI loses at Cornell the following night and the
Raiders prevail over Union, the Engineers would win the tie breaker
based on the fact they swept Yale during the regular season. If
Colgate gets a three point weekend, including a victory over RPI,
St. Lawrence would need to post a home sweep of Dartmouth and
Harvard to get the fourth seed over Colgate. The Raiders lose a
tiebreaker with the Saints.
ON THE TUBE
Friday's contest with Rensselaer will be aired by Time Warner
Cable Sports out of Syracuse. The live feed will also be picked up
by The NHL Network.
Complete article can be accessed via the Colgate Web site by clicking here.
