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RENSSELAER
HANDS COLGATE THIRD STRAIGHT LOSS
Graham scores two
including game-winner to lift Engineers to 3-2 victory
November 10,
2000
TROY,
N.Y. –
Nolan Graham
scored two goals including the game-winning goal to lift
Rensselaer men’s ice hockey team a 3-2 victory against
Colgate in Eastern College Athletic Conference action Friday
night.
Graham
gave RPI the 1-0
lead at 11:29 of the first period with his second marker of
the season on feeds from Matt Murley and Jim Vickers.
Murley set up Graham in the slot and where Graham first
shot rebounded right to his stick and he put it in.
The goal came just five seconds after the Red Raiders
killed off RPI’s first power-play opportunity of the game.
The Engineers (3-2-0, 1-1-0 ECAC) gave Colgate goalkeeper
Jason Lefevre a stern test in the first period pelting the
junior netminder with 18 shots on goal.
Lefevre was up to the challenge stopping all the but
Graham’s rebound goal in the period.
The
Colgate defense buckled down in the second period allowing
just five shots on goal.
Despite the solid defensive effort by the Red Raiders
in the second, the
Engineers capitalized on their fourth power-play opportunity
of the evening after being shutout on their first three tries
when Jim Vickers recorded his first marker of the season.
Trailing
2-0, the Red Raiders (1-4-2, 0-1-0 ECAC) were able to get a
power-play chance just before the end of the second when Marc
Cavosie was whistled for obstruction-infererence taking down
Paul Kelley in the RPI zone.
Colgate’s
power-play unit (2-for-8 on the night)
took advantage of the opportunity scoring just 19
seconds into the chance when Mike O’Malley registered his
third goal of the year from Bryan Long and Cory Murphy.
Murphy was behind the goal on the right side and slid a
pass to Bryan Long on the left side of the net where he found
O’Malley in the slot and he pounded the puck in.
Rensselaer extended its lead to 3-1 at 6:43 of the third when
Graham recorded his second marker of the night and third of
the season from Andrew McPherson.
Colgate
cut the lead to 3-2 just over a minute later with its second
power-play goal of the game from Chad MacDonald in the slot at
7:45. After Cory Murphy and Scooter Smith traded passes, Smith took
a shot and MacDonald put in the rebound in front of the net.
The
loss marks the first time that Colgate has lost three straight
games dating back to the conclusion of the 1997-98 season when
the Red Raiders dropped their last four games at Clarkson and
St. Lawrence, and at Harvard in the first round of the ECAC
Championship.
The
Red Raiders resume action on Saturday when they travel to
nearby Schenectady to close out the weekend against Union at 7
p.m.
Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
Colgate vs Rensselaer (Nov 10, 2000 at Troy, N.Y.)
Colgate (1-4-2, 0-1-0 ECAC) vs. Rensselaer (3-2-0, 1-1-0 ECAC)
Date: Nov 10, 2000 Location: Troy, N.Y. Arena: Houston Field House
Attendance: Start time:7:05 End time: Total time:
Goals by Period 1 2 3 Tot
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Colgate............. 0 1 1 - 2
Rensselaer.......... 1 1 1 - 3
1st period - 1, RPI, Nolan Graham 2 (Matt Murley, Jim Vickers)
11:29.
2nd period - 2, RPI, Jim Vickers 1 (Ryan Shields, Matt Murley)
12:14. 3, CU, Mike O'Malley 3 (Bryan Long, Cory Murphy) 19:11.
3rd period - 4, RPI, Nolan Graham 3 (Andrew McPherson) 06:43. 5,
CU, Chad MacDonald 5 (Scooter Smith, Cory Murphy) 07:45.
Shots on goal - CU 27; RPI 33.
Power plays - CU 2 of 8; RPI 1 of 7.
Penalties - CU 10 (20 min); RPI 11 (22 min).
Goalies - CU, Jason Lefevre 1-4-2, 0-1-0 ECAC (59:12 minutes, 33
shots-30 saves); RPI, Kevin Kurk 1-1-0, 1-0-0 ECAC (60:00, 27-25).
A- T-
Three stars: 1. Nolan Graham 2. Jim Vickers 3. Cory Murphy
Referee:Peter Torgerson Asst Ref:Jim Crowley; Morgan Waters
Win-Kevin Kurk (1-1-0, 1-0-0 ECAC). Loss-Jason Lefevre (1-4-2, 0-1-0 ECAC).
Colgate timeout 48 seconds remaining 3rd period
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