LATE FLURRY PROPELS UNION TO 4-2 VICTORY AGAINST COLGATE
Two goals in the final 29 seconds give Union victory against Red Raiders

November 11, 2000

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. –  A late flurry in the final 29 seconds of the game propelled the Union men’s ice hockey team to a 4-2 victory against Colgate in Eastern College Athletic Conference action Saturday night.

With just 29 seconds remaining and the score knotted at 2-2, Union’s Charles Simard scored the second of his two markers on the night after Jeff Hutchins won a face-off on the right circle right back to Simard who hit a bombing slapshot to Cann’s stick side in the right corner of the net.

Following Simard’s goal, Jeff Wilson added an empty-netter to give Union (5-1-0, 3-0-0 ECAC) the final 4-2 margin of victory.

Colgate freshman goaltender David Cann making his first career start, kept the Red Raiders (1-5-2, 0-2-0 ECAC) in the game as he showed his abilities early stopping the first of three one-on-none shots in the contest.  The first of two breakaway shots by Jeff Wilson came five minutes into the first period and the second Wilson attempt stoned by Cann was seven minutes into the second.   Cann closed out the point-blank opportunities from Union stuffing Jeff Hutchins at 7:56 of the third period.

Colgate’s power-play produced the first goal of the evening when Cory Murhpy connected on a slapshot from the high slot off feeds from Scooter Smith and Ben Bryce at 10:19 of the second period giving the Red Raiders a 1-0 lead.  

Following seven minutes on the penalty-kill as Union was whistled four-consecutive times in the second, the Skating Dutchmen received a power-play opportunity of their own and capitalized to tie the game at one. 

Union’s Charles Simard had a similar goal to Murphy’s with the slapper from the high slot beating Cann stick side high corner. 

Just 50 seconds later, Jason Ralph connected after a Jeff Hutchins shot was saved by Cann on the left crease and then Ralph’s shot off the rebound hit off the crossbar and into the net to put Union ahead 2-1.

Colgate was put in an uncomfortable position after Chad MacDonald received a five-minute major penalty and a game-disqualification at 4:58 of the third period. 

Despite the challenge, the Red Raiders managed to tie the game two-minutes into the penalty-kill with a shorthanded marker created by Etienne Morin.  Morin settled a loose puck to the right side behind the net skated around to the left face-off circle and ripped a shot that was saved, but  the puck rebounded to Mike O’Malley on the right side of the slot and he wristed it in at 6:44 of the third.

The Red Raiders resume action on Friday, Nov. 17 when they face Brown at 7 p.m. for the first game of Silver Puck weekend.  Colgate closes out the ECAC weekend series against Brown at 4 p.m.