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COLGATE MEN'S ICE HOCKEY HALTS FOUR-GAME
LOSING SKID WITH 4-1 VICTORY AGAINST BROWN

Game Boxscore

Providence, R.I. -- Colgate University scored three third-period goals including the game-winner from Kevin Johns (Almonte, Ont.) and David Cann (Brampton, Ont.) recorded his first career victory to give the Red Raiders a 4-1 against Brown in ECAC men's ice hockey action Saturday night.

Scooter Smith (Calgary, Alb.) tried to feed Sean Nolan (Dorchester, Ont.) in front of the net, but Nolan couldn't get a stick on it. Nolan hustled to the boards getting the puck and waited finding Johns in the slot and he blasted the puck to the right side of the net.

The win halted Colgate's four-game losing skid and kept the Red Raiders from slipping into last place in the ECAC. Cann picked up his first victory in seven starts this season, finishing with 24 saves on the night.

The game was as evenly-matched as one would expect from the teams securing 11th and 12th in the ECAC. Both teams were even in shots on goal and knotted at 1-1 after the first period.

After killing off Colgate's first power-play opportunity in the first period, Brown (4-15-2, 2-10-2 ECAC) got on the board with a power-play goal by Paul Elsdale (Edmonton, Alb.) just 3:40 into the game. Elsdale redirected Josh Barker's (Swift Current, Sask.) shot from the right point past David Cann making his third consecutive start.

Colgate (6-16-4, 4-9-1 ECAC) evened the game at 1-1, when Paul Kelley (Grand Forks, B.C.) wristed a shot from the left face-off circle Brown over goaltender Brian Eklund's (Braintree, Mass.) left shoulder 8:08 into the first period.

Despite being on the penalty-kill for six minutes of the second period (including two too many men on the ice calls), Colgate managed nine shots on goal. P.J. Yedon (Toronto, Ont.) had the Red Raiders' best chance with 5:14 remaining in the second period when he had a breakaway, but Eklund came up with the stop.

Even played continued in the second period with 10 shots apiece, with neither team finding the net. However, the Red Raiders finally took control of the game with an 11-6 shot advantage in the third and scoring the three third-period markers.

Mike O'Malley (New Hartford, N.Y.) scored the first of two power-play goals in the final five minutes of the game at 15:45. The power-play was setup when Brown's J-F Labarre was whistled for a five-minute major at 14:05 for a check from behind. P.J. Yedon scored the final Colgate goal on the same power-play off a feed from Nolan at 17:01.

Colgate resumes action from the road next weekend with Yale and Princeton, Feb. 9 and 10, respectively. Brown travels to Vermont and Dartmouth (Feb. 9-10).