Colgate University Men's Ice Hockey News

Head Coach:
Don Vaughan
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Associate Head Coach:
Stan Moore
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Assistant Coach:
Andrew Dickson
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Athletic Trainer:
Steve Chouinard

Captain:
Etienne Morin

Assistant Captains:
Ben Bryce
Steve Silversides

COLGATE TRAVELS TO UNION AND RENSSELAER FOR REGULAR SEASON FINALE

The Series
Friday’s game marks the 35th meeting between the two schools with Colgate leading the series by a 24-9-1 margin. The last time these two teams met at Starr Rink, the Raiders came away with a 2-1 win behind goals from sophomore Rob Brown and junior Scooter Smith.

Scouting the Dutchmen
Union has lost its last three games, allowing four goals each time to Princeton (4-2), Brown (4-2) and Harvard (4-0). The Dutchmen went on a six game unbeaten streak from January 16-February 1 where they went 4-0-2.

Junior forward Kris Goodjohn leads the scoring attack with seven goals and 16 assists for 23 points. Senior forward Jeff Hutchins, junior forward Nathan Gillies and junior defenseman Randy Dagenais all have 20 points. Hutchins is the leading goal scorer on the team with nine.

Senior Brandon Snee has a 12-10-4 record with a 2.74 goals against average and a .908 save percentage and one shutout against Vermont Friday, Feb. 1.

Union is sixth in the conference on the power play at 25-140 for a 17.9 percent conversion. The Dutchmen are 11th on the penalty kill at 106/133 for a 79.7 percent conversion.

Did You Know?
Colgate’s 5-0 shutout over St. Lawrence February 23 was the first time since the 1999-00 season the Raiders registered a shutout in the consolation game of the ECAC Tournament where they won 4-0 over Cornell. In addition, the last time

the Raiders shutout the Saints occurred on January 14, 1939 when the Raiders won by a 4-0 score in Hamilton.

The Last Time Out
David Cann recorded his first career shutout and Kyle Doyle tallied four points as the Colgate men’s hockey team rolled over St. Lawrence 5-0 Saturday night at Starr Rink.

The last time the Raiders shut out an opponent was in the consolation game of the 2000 ECAC tournament against Cornell where the Raiders won 4-0.

Colgate picks up two points, improving to 13-15-2 and 10-8-2 in the ECAC and clinches a spot in the ECAC tournament while the Saints fall to 9-19-2 overall and 7-11-2 in the conference.

At 13:31 in the third, the Saints pulled goalie Mike McKenna and Colgate’s Dave Thomas made them pay, recording his second goal of the night on an empty net goal, extending the Raiders lead to 5-0.

The Raiders went ahead 4-0 at 6:12 in the third period after the referee allowed a Doyle goal that had bounced off the back of the St. Lawrence net, even though the goal judge did not turn on the light.

Etienne Morin redirected a Doyle shot and beat the Saints’ starting goaltender Kevin Ackley at 19:24 in the second period to push the Colgate lead to 3-0.

Thomas scored his first goal of the game at 19:29 in the first period when he rebounded a Doyle wrist shot and beat Ackley on his stick-side to give the Raiders a 2-0 lead.

P.J. Yedon’s goal at 2:47 in the first is all Cann would need as he turned away 29 shots for the Raiders.

What a Difference a Day Makes
One night after being shutout by Clarkson 2-0, the Raiders recorded their first shutout of the season in the 5-0 win over St. Lawrence Saturday and in the process secured a playoff spot.

Here’s Colgate’s Playoff Situation
With four points, Colgate can finish 2-5
With three points, Colgate can finish 2-6
With two points, Colgate can finish 2-7
With one point, Colgate can finish 3-7
With zero points, Colgate can finish 6-8

What Sophomore Slump?
Sophomore Kyle Doyle tallied a career-high four points in the 5-0 win over St. Lawrence February 23 on one goal and three assists. Doyle also had four points in the weekend sweep of Brown and Harvard when he notched his first collegiate hat trick against Harvard and added an assist in the win over Brown.

A Fresh Start
Colgate is 7-2-2 in the last 11 games and are 10-5-2 since returning from Christmas break.

A First Time For Everything
Freshman Dave Thomas had a couple of firsts against St. Lawrence as he tallied his first multiple-goal game of his career and in the process also scored his first collegiate goal.

In addition, senior captain Etienne Morin had his first multiple-point game of the year with a goal and two assists versus St. Lawrence.

On Cloud Nine
The line of senior captain Etienne Morin, Kyle Doyle and Dave Thomas combined for nine points in the game against St. Lawrence.

Getting the Dirty Work Done
Junior Brad D’Arco saw his five game point scoring streak come to an end against Clarkson February 22 but he has scored a point in six of the last seven games.

He Shows He Cann
Sophomore goaltender David Cann recorded his first career shutout in the 5-0 win over St. Lawrence February 23 with 29 saves. He allowed just two goals on the weekend as the Raiders lost to Clarkson by a 2-0 score the night before.

Nifty 50
With two goals, including his second shorthanded tally of the season against Vermont February 15, junior Scooter Smith reached the 50 point plateau in his career. Smith added a goal in the 4-3 loss to Dartmouth Saturday night and now has 24 goals and 27 assists for 51 points. Smith also had two goals against Vermont earlier in the season.

A Once in a Lifetime Chance (Or Five Years)
Junior P.J. Yedon’s penalty shot against Vermont February 15 marked the first time since 1997 a Colgate player was awarded a penalty shot. It was also the second time this season a Colgate game featured a penalty shot and the second time in school history two penalty shots have occurred in the same season. Merrimack had a penalty shot in the first round of the Syracuse Invitational Tournament in November.

Up Next
Colgate will travel to Rensselaer for its final regular season game Saturday night. Rensselaer leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 50-36-2 margin and the last time these two teams met, the Engineers came away with a 2-1 win as senior captain Matt Murley recorded a goal and an assist for the victors. Colgate senior captain Etienne Morin scored the lone goal for the Raiders.