COLGATE MEN'S ICE HOCKEY EXTENDS WINNING STREAK TO FOUR WITH 2-1 WIN AGAINST VERMONT BEHIND CANN AND STAY  
Red Raiders snap three-game home losing skid in Starr Rink

Game Boxscore

Hamilton, N.Y. -- Freshman goaltender David Cann (Brampton, Ont.) extended his personal winning streak and the Colgate University men's ice hockey teams streak to four games with 23 saves in the Red Raiders 2-1 victory against Vermont in ECAC action Friday night.

The victory snapped Colgate's three-game home losing skid in Starr Rink.  Cann has started in the last six games going 4-2-0 with a 2.18 goals against average, .927 save percentage (164 saves). 

After a scoreless first period, both teams scored all the goals in the contest in a four-minute span of the second period beginning with a goal by Colgate's Pat Varecka (Plymouth, Minn.) 2:42 into the period.  Bryan Long (Longmeadow, Mass.) rifled a shot from the left point and Varecka deflected the puck into the top left corner of the net off the shaft of his stick for his first marker of the year.  
  
Vermont evened the game at 5:44 of the period when Patrick Sharp (Thunder Bay, Ont.) scored on the backhand off a rebound on J.F. Caudron's (Hubert, Que.) shot from just inside the left face-off circle.

Senior forward Dan Stay (North Hampton, N.H.) scored the game-winning goal 6:33 into the second period.  Sean Nolan (Dorchester, Ont.) took a shot from inside the right face-off circle that rebounded to Stay in front of the net and he put it in for his second goal in as many games after not recording a goal in his first 59 career games.

Andrew Allen (Vankleek Hill, Ont.) who took the loss in the first meeting this season (Colgate won 3-2 ot on Jan. 13, 2001), went the distance and stopped 28 of Colgate's 30 shots on the night.

Colgate resumes action in Starr Rink tomorrow against Dartmouth at 7 p.m.  The Big Green defeated Colgate 3-2 on Jan. 12 in the first meeting this year.   Vermont travels to Cornell tomorrow with face-off at 7 p.m., the Catamounts fell 3-2 in ot in the first meeting with the Big Red on Jan. 12. 

Vermont (10-12-2, 7-8-2 ECAC) vs. Colgate (9-16-4, 7-9-1 ECAC)
Date: Feb 16, 2001 Location: Hamilton, N.Y. Arena: Starr Rink 
Attendance:1749 Start time:7:00 End time:9:17 Total time:2:17 

Goals by Period 1 2 3 Tot
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Vermont............. 0 1 0 - 1
Colgate............. 0 2 0 - 2

1st period - Penalties - Graham Mink, UVM (SLASHING) 12:51; Bryan
Long, CU (HOLDING) 18:35.

2nd period - 1, CU, Pat Varecka 1 (Bryan Long, Chad MacDonald) 02:42. 2, UVM, Patrick Sharp 9 (J.F. Caudron, John Longo) 05:44. 3,CU, Dan Stay 2 (Sean Nolan, Mike O'Malley) 06:33 (pp). Penalties -  Jerry Gernander, UVM (OBSTRUCTION-HOLDING) 06:18; Billy Kelly, UVM (SLASHING) 09:00; Ryan Cox, UVM (SLASHING) 09:57.

3rd period - NONE  Penalties - Rob Brown, CU (SLASHING) 16:52.

Shots on goal - UVM 24; CU 30.
Power plays - UVM 0 of 2; CU 1 of 4.
Penalties - UVM 4 (8 min); CU 2 (4 min).

Goalies - UVM, Andrew Allen 9-8-2 (59:38 minutes, 30 shots-28 saves) , EMPTY NET (00:22, 0-0); CU, David Cann 4-5-0, 4-4-0 ECAC (60:00, 24-23).

A-1749 T-2:17 
Three stars: 1. David Cann 2. Dan Stay 3. Pat Varecka 
Referee:John Murphy Asst Ref:Glenn Cadman; Andy Petrus
Win-David Cann (4-5-0, 4-4-0 ECAC). Loss-Andrew Allen (9-8-2).