D'ARCO SCORES GAME WINNER TO LEAD MEN'S HOCKEY PAST YALE, 3-2

(Box Score)

HAMILTON, N.Y.-- Brad D'Arco scored the game winning goal at 13:32 of the third period to lead the Colgate men's ice hockey team past Yale 3-2 in an ECAC contest Friday night at Starr Rink.

Colgate improves to 11-13-1 overall and 8-6-1 in the conference while the Bulldogs fall to 6-14-2 overall and 5-8-2 in league play. With the win, the Raiders avenged an earlier season 5-0 loss to the Bulldogs in New Haven. 

D'Arco took a pass from Adam Mitchell and jammed the puck past Yale net minder Dan Lombard for the game winner.  Scooter Smith evened the score at 2-2 when he won the draw, skated by C.J. Nibbe and beat Lombard with a wrist shot at 7:31 in the third.

Yale's Mike Klema recorded his second goal of the contest at 2:14 in the third when he rebounded a Robert Mutter shot and beat Colgate goalie David Cann on his glove-side to put the Bulldogs ahead 2-1.

Colgate senior defenseman Ben Bryce scored a power-play goal at 19 seconds in the second period to tie the contest at 1-1.

The Bulldogs got on the board first when Klema redirected an airborne Mutter shot and beat Cann at 11:49 in the first period.

Cann stopped 20 shots for the Raiders while Lombard had 20 saves for Yale.