Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003

HAMILTON, N.Y.--Senior P.J. Yedon scored the game winning goal at 4:36 in overtime to lift the Colgate University men's hockey team to a 2-1 win over Dartmouth College Saturday night at Starr Rink.

Senior Brad D'Arco fed the puck up to Yedon who skated in alone on goaltender Nick Boucher for the game winner.

With the win, the Raiders (11-14-3, 6-8-2 ECAC) pick up four points on the weekend and their first weekend sweep of the year. Dartmouth falls to 12-10-1 overall and 8-8 in the league with the loss.

"The most important part tonight," said head coach Don Vaughan. "was that after Dartmouth scored its goal, our bench was the best its ever been. Our older guys took charge of the bench and calmed everybody down. After that point we outplayed them."

The Big Green knotted the game at 1-1 at 13:22 of the third period on a power play goal. Jarrett Sampson jammed the puck between the legs of Colgate goaltender Steve Silverthorn.

The Raiders got on the board at 2:24 of the second period as Rob Brown fired a shot from the blueline past Boucher. Darryl McKinnon and Adam Mitchell were credited with assists.

The two teams battled through a scoreless first period with Silverthorn making 13 saves and Boucher stopping six shots.

Silverthorn finished with 35 saves while Boucher had 27 in a losing effort.

The Raiders travel to Harvard and Brown on Friday, Feb. 14 and Saturday, Feb. 15. Both games start at 7 p.m.