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MERCYHURST SKATES
PAST COLGATE 5-2 IN CONSOLATION GAME OF SIT Story by Ed Gonser, AP Syracuse, N.Y. (AP)--Sophomore Adam Tackaberry's power play goal early in the third period sealed a 5-2 win for the Mercyhurst Lakers over the Colgate University Raiders in the Consolation game Saturday in the Syracuse Invitational Tournament. The Lakers' senior center Brad Olsen added an empty net goal in the game's final minute to put an exclamation point on the win. The win snapped a long string of non-conference losses for the Lakers. Mercyhurst (6-5-1, 5-0-1 MACC) had gone 12 non-conference games without a victory. Tackaberry let go a wrist shot go from the right circle that caught the far top corner of the Colgate goal at the 6:05 mark of the third. Fluke goals dominated the early minute of the second period. Colgate freshman Dmitry Yashin, younger brother of New York Islanders star Alexei Yashin, put Colgate (3-8, 2-2 ECAC) on the board at the 27 second mark. Yashin from behind the Mercyhurst net banked a shot in off the leg of Lakers' winger Paul Kelley and past stunned Mercyhurst sophomore goalie Matt Cifelli. Mercyhurst responded 29 seconds after Yashin's bank shot. Jamie King was just dumping the puck into the Colgate zone and heading off the ice on a line change. The sophomore's dump-in was on net and skipped past Colgate's sophomore goalie David Cann. Mercyhurst added another goal 25 seconds later. Junior Adam Rivers took a pass from Brad Olsen and buried the puck past Cann. Colgate pulled to within one on the power play just before the midpoint of the period. Freshman Darryl McKinnon blasted a shot from the right circle that beat Cifelli on the glove side. Sophomore Mike Carter put Mercyhurst on the board with an unassisted goal with a little over four minutes left in the first period. In the championship game, Niagara defeated Merrimack 4-2 to claim its second consecutive SIT Tournament title. Senior defenseman Ben Bryce was named to the All-Tournament team following the championship. Colgate will
travel to Princeton and Yale on Friday, Nov. 30 and Saturday, Dec. 1. Both
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