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COLGATE
HOCKEY FORCES OVERTIME IN DRAMATIC FASHION;
FALL IN EXTRA SESSION AGAINST MICHIGAN
IN NCAA EAST REGIONAL
Darryl
Campbell scores two goals and Andy McDonald
registers three points in loss
ALBANY,
N.Y. – Colgate University seniors
Andy McDonald, Darryl Campbell and Shep Harder
did all they could do to keep their final
campaign alive, but Michigan’s Geoff Koch
dashed all hopes with his goal at 12:44 into
overtime of the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey East
Regional first round game.
Colgate thought
the game was over at the 4:00 mark of the
overtime period when Mike O’Malley scored on
a rebound, but the goal was disallowed because
referee Tim Fitzgerald said he had blown his
whistle. The replay showed that the goal had
indeed crossed the line before his whistle was
blown, but Fitzgerald chose not to review the
goal.
Colgate (24-9-2) tied the game at 3-3 with just
48 seco0nds remaining in the third period when
Campbell netted his second goal of the game from
Sean Nolan and McDonald closing out a comeback
from a 3-0 deficit.
McDonald skated
with the puck up the right boards and passed it
to Nolan in the corner. Nolan then found Campbell
in the high slot who ripped a slap shot to
Blackburn’s left side.
Michigan took the
early advantage at 6:41 of the first period on
Mike Roemensky’s first goal of the season.
Mark Kosick dug the puck out of the left corner
and passed it out to Josh Langfeld at the point
and he found Roemensky at the top right face-off
circle. Roemensky’s shot beat Colgate
goaltender Harder over his left shoulder.
The Wolverines
(27-9-4) built a 2-0 lead at the end of the first
period on a power-play marker by Mike Comrie, his
22nd marker of the year at the 16:55 mark. Mike
Cammalleri got the puck and passed it to the low
right slot to Comrie who wristed it to the right
corner of the net.
Michigan surged
ahead 3-0 at the 6:39 mark of the second period
when Mark Mink scored his eighth goal of the
season. John Shouneyia made a cross-ice pass to
Cammalleri inside the left face-off circle.
Cammalleri passed it across the low slot to Mink
who beat Harder on his glove side.
As what was
expected might happen in the game, Michigan was
whistled for several penalties in the second
period. Colgate had five power-play opportunities
in the second and this was the momentum they
would need as they battled back to tie the game.
The Red Raiders
got on the board when Hobey Baker Memorial Award
finalist Andy McDonald scored his 25th goal of
the year on the power-play at 12:43. Fellow
senior Mike Marostega forced a turnover in the
high slot blocking a clearing attempt and passed
it to McDonald who skated in alone and beat Josh
Blackburn with a fake and backhanded it in the
net.
Campbell cut the
lead to 3-2 at 17:13 of the second with
Colgate’s second power-play goal of the
game. McDonald passed the puck out of the left
boards to Cory Murphy at the top of the left
face-off circle and then sent a cross-ice pass to
Campbell on the inside low right face-off circle
to beat Blackburn on the right side.
Harder was
extremely strong in net thwarting 31 shots on the
evening -- including several game-saving stops.
He ended his career with a 21-7-2 overall record.
Goals by Period 1
2 3 OT Tot
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Michigan (26-10-4) 2 1 0 0 - 3
Colgate (25-8-2) 0 2 1 1 - 4
1st period - 1, MICHIGAN, Mike Roemensky 1 (Josh
Langfeld, Mark Kosick) 6:41. 2, MICHIGAN, Mike
Comrie 22 (Mike Cammalleri) 16:55 (pp). Penalties
- Geoff Koch, MICHIGAN (BOARDING) 0:21; Mike
O’Malley, COLGATE (HOLDING THE STICK) 16:06;
Jay Vancik (HOOKING) 19:04.
2nd period - 3,
MICHIGAN, Mark Mink 8 (Mike Cammalleri, John
Shouneyia) 6:39; 4, COLGATE, Andy McDonald 25
(Mike Marostega) 12:43 (pp); 5, COLGATE, Darryl
Campbell 19 (Cory Murphy, Andy McDonald) 17:13
(pp). Penalties - Etienne Morin, COLGATE (HIT
AFTER WHISTLE) 4:51; Jed Ortmeyer, MICHIGAN (HIT
AFTER WHISTLE) 4:51; Darryl Campbell, COLGATE
(INTERFERENCE) 5:56; Bob Gassoff, MICHIGAN
(INTERFERENCE) 7:04; J.J. Swistak, MICHIGAN
(BOARDING) 8:02; Mike Marostega, COLGATE
(INTERFERENCE) 8:35; Geoff Koch, MICHIGAN (HIT
AFTER WHISTLE) 11:45; Cory Murphy, COLGATE
(HOOKING) 14:23; Bench, MICHIGAN (TOO MANY MEN)
15:50; Sean Peach, MICHIGAN (TRIPPING) 16:38;
Jeff Jillson, MICHIGAN (HIT AFTER WHISTLE) 18:24;
Chad MacDonald, COLGATE (ROUGHING); Chad
MacDonald, COLGATE (HIT AFTER WHISTLE) 18:24.
3rd period - 6,
COLGATE, Darryl Campbell 20 (Sean Nolan, Andy
McDonald) 19:12. Penalties - Kevin Johns, COLGATE
(HOOKING) 3:05; Darryl Campbell, COLGATE
(TRIPPING) 12:23.
Overtime - 7,
MICHIGAN, Geoff Koch 12 (Mike Comrie) 12:44.
Shots on goal -
MICHIGAN 8-9-9-9--35; COLGATE 9-7-9-6--31.
Power plays -
MICHIGAN 2 of 7; COLGATE 2 of 7.
Goalies -
MICHIGAN, Josh Blackburn 9-5-8-6 (31 shots-28
saves) COLGATE, Shep Harder 6-8-9-8 (35-31).
Referee: Tim
Fitzgerald Asst Ref: Randy Schmidt, Dan Carey
Win-Shep Harder (21-7-2). Loss-Josh Blackburn
(14-2-4).
Attendance: 8,301
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