ST. LAWRENCE SWEEPS REGULAR-SEASON SERIES WITH COLGATE BEHIND STRONG GOALTENDING IN 3-1 WIN IN CANTON

Game Boxscore

Canton, N.Y. -- Blair Clarance scored the game-winning goal at 15:14 of the second period and Sean Coakley registered 31 saves to lead the St. Lawrence University men's ice hockey team to a 3-1 win in Appleton Arena Saturday night.

Coakley (Camlachie, Ont.) recorded both wins in the Colgate sweep with 43 saves in the first meeting between the two schools en route to a 4-0 shutout on 1/26/01 in Hamilton, N.Y.

Alan Fyfe (Niagara Falls, Ont.) gave St. Lawrence a 1-0 lead 9:01 into the first period just after Colgate had killed off a Saints' power-play chance.  Fyfe deposited the puck in a wide-open net off a cross-ice feed to the backdoor from Mike Gellard (Markham, Ont.) and Russ Bartlett got the puck to Gellard from behind the Colgate net.

Chad MacDonald (Oshawa, Ont.) evened the game at 9:21 of the second period when he got a breakaway on a great feed from Cory Murphy (Kanata, Ont.) from center ice.  MacDonald skated ahead beating the only St. Lawrence defenseman at the blueline and then deked to the right and found the upper left corner of the net.

St. Lawrence retook the lead 2-1 at 15:14 when Clarance (Stratford, Ont.) hit in the rebound of a Robin Carruthers (Virden, Man.) shot on goal. 

The Saints put the game out of reachat 17:22 of the third when Andy Marchetti (Auburn, Mass.) scored his second of the year from Ray DiLauro (Bensalem, Pa.) his second helper of the night and Mike Muir (Needham, Mass.).

Colgate closes out the regular season in Starr Rink against Union and Rensselaer on Mar. 2-3 with both face-offs at  7 p.m.

Colgate remains in 11th place trailing 10th-place Vermont by one point with 16 points.  

Colgate (9-19-4, 7-12-1 ECAC) vs. St. Lawrence (16-10-4, 13-4-3 ECAC)
Date: Feb 24, 2001 Location: Canton, N.Y. Arena: Appleton Arena 
Attendance: Start time:7:00 End time:9:43 Total time:2:43 


Goals by Period 1 2 3 Tot
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Colgate............. 0 1 0 - 1
St. Lawrence........ 1 1 1 - 3

1st period - 1, SLU, Alan Fyfe 11 (Russ Bartlett, Mike Gellard)
09:01. Penalties - David Cann, CU (TRIPPING) 06:59; Josh LeRoy, SLU (OBSTRUCTION-HOOKING) 12:55; Blair Clarance, SLU (SLASHING) 14:27; Bob Vandersluis, CU (SLASHING) 17:42.

2nd period - 2, CU, Chad MacDonald 7 (Cory Murphy, Pat Varecka) 09:21. 3, SLU, Blair Clarance 10 (Robin Carruthers, Ray DiLauro) 15:14. Penalties - Chad MacDonald, CU (ROUGHING) 09:28; Alan Fyfe, SLU (ROUGHING) 09:28; Matt Nicholson, CU (ROUGHING) 13:32; Sean Muir, SLU (ROUGHING) 13:32; Kyle Doyle, CU (SLASHING) 15:41.

3rd period - 4, SLU, Andy Marchetti 2 (Ray DiLauro, Mike Muir)
17:22. Penalties - Ray DiLauro, SLU (HIGH STICKING) 04:36; Ziga Petac, SLU (CROSS-CHECKING) 08:38; Kevin Johns, CU (SLASHING) 09:05; Josh LeRoy, SLU (SLASHING) 09:05; Dan Stay, CU (ROUGHING) 18:15; Steve Silversides, CU (ROUGHING) 18:40.

Shots on goal - CU 32; SLU 23.

Power plays - CU 0 of 4; SLU 0 of 3.

Penalties - CU 8 (16 min); SLU 7 (14 min).

Goalies - CU, David Cann 4-8-0, 4-7-0 ECAC (60:00 minutes, 23
shots-20 saves); SLU, Sean Coakley 4-4-4 (60:00, 32-31).

A- T-2:43 
Three stars: 1. None 2. None 3. None 
Referee:Tim Kotyra Asst Ref:St. Louis; Legault
Win-Sean Coakley (4-4-4). Loss-David Cann (4-8-0, 4-7-0 ECAC).