SMITH HAT-TRICK SNAPS COLGATE FOUR-GAME LOSING SKID
Smith records five points on the night to give the Red Raiders a 6-4 victory against Brown

November 17, 2000 

HAMILTON, N.Y. –  Sophomore forward Scooter Smith scored three goals and registered two helpers to snap the Colgate University men's ice hockey team's four-game losing skid with a 6-4 victory against Brown in ECAC action Friday night.

After falling behind 2-0 seven minutes into the contest, Colgate erupted for six straight goals including four on the power-play.  Sean Nolan (Dorchester, Ont.) started things off with his seventh of the season.  Nolan deflected a shot from the point by Cory Murphy (Kanata, Ont.) at 16:12 of the first period.

Smith followed with his first two goals of the game in the second period on a power-play at 1:46 and an even-strength marker at 6:38.  Smith recovered a blocked shot by Matt Nicholson (London, Ont.) and stuffed it on the first goal and the second goal came when he followed up his own shot and beat Yann Danis (Lafontaine, Que.) to put Colgate ahead 3-2.  

Bryan Long (Longmeadow, Mass.) connected on his first of the season from Rob Brown (Brockville, Ont.) and Murphy. Long took a shot from behind the net which bounced in off Danis' pads at 11:02.

Smith recorded the hat-trick with a power-play goal on a rebound off a shot from Brown in the middle of the slot at 16:24.  

P.J. Yedon (Toronto, Ont.) closed out the scoring one minute into the third on a power-play from Smith and Murphy.  Smith took a shot from the point and Yedon picked up the rebound and pounded it home.

Matt Kohansky (Norfolk, Mass.) had a strong night for the Bears scoring their second goal of the evening and added helpers on the two other Brown markers.

Jason Lefevre (Rome, N.Y.) evened his ECAC record to 1-1-0 with 36 saves and improved to 2-4-2 overall, while Danis stopped 26 shots in his first collegiate game for the Bears.

The Red Raiders resume action on Saturday, Nov. 18 when they face Harvard at 4 p.m. for the conclusion of Silver Puck weekend.  While Brown travels to Cornell at 7 p.m.