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Friday, Feb. 1, 2019
jjorgensen@colgate.edu
Raiders Drop 3-1 Decision on the Road
Despite Cosgrove’s Quick Start, Colgate Falls 3-1 to Rensselaer in ECAC Play
TROY, N.Y. – Despite Trevor Cosgrove notching an early goal, the Colgate men’s hockey program dropped a 3-1 decision at Rensselaer on Friday night.
Colgate came out strong from the drop of the puck and fully capitalized on its first power play just minutes into the game. Less than a minute into the man advantage Cosgrove got the Raiders on the board with a power play goal from the blue line, but Colgate’s short-lived lead came to an end when Rensselaer evened the scoreboard just 1:53 later.
In a period speckled with penalties, Colgate faced a 5:00 penalty kill midway though the opening stanza that changed the course of the game. In what was otherwise a strong penalty kill, RPI scored off the faceoff with just 22 seconds remaining on the man advantage for a 2-1 lead.
The second period had a much faster offensive presence and although Colgate was ringing iron and landed 11 shots on goal, the first period scoring would stand through the second as RPI held its narrow lead heading into the final period of play.
The ECAC conference foes played into a choppy third period through penalties and shattered glass. Colgate’s offense was doing work in the RPI zone, but when the Raiders had to shift gears for another penalty kill, it proved detrimental. The Engineers increased their lead to 3-1 by striking the top shelf with the man advantage for the final goal of the night.
COLGATE SCORING PLAY
• Period 1 | 05:54 – While on its first power play of the night, Colgate entered the Engineer zone and peppered several shots early on. The Rensselaer defense blocked the first attempts before Cosgrove swung along the boards and across the blue line with the puck. A quick turn and shot through traffic found its way through the netminder’s five-hole to get Colgate on the board.
STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
• Defenseman Trevor Cosgrove notched his fifth goal of the season, and first since against UMass Lowell (Jan. 12). Heating up in the second half, three of Cosgrove’s five goals have come within the last month.
• With the first assist on Cosgrove’s tally, junior Bobby McMann now holds 12 points in the last 13 games. While extending to a three-game point streak, McMann joined the century club tonight by playing in his 100th career game.
• In earning his ninth assist on the season, sophomore Nick Austin now holds three assists in his last five games played.
• Freshman goaltender Mitch Benson tallied 28 saves, including a game-high of 15 in the second period.
• In posting a 36-29 advantage in the circle, Colgate has now earned more possessions than its opponent in 16 of the season’s 25 games.
THE BOTTOM LINE
• Rensselaer 3, Colgate 1
RECORD UPDATES
• Colgate holds a 7-16-2 record, and a 4-7-2 mark in ECAC Hockey action.
• Rensselaer is 8-17-1 overall on the season, and is 5-9-0 in ECAC play.
COACH VAUGHAN’S TAKE
“It was a very disappointing night. Our energy was in and out and losing Bobby McMann early didn’t help but others need to rise up. We just didn’t get enough of that tonight. We need more guys to make plays. There were no surprises and RPI played the game we thought they would. At the end of the night it came down to special teams like it often does. They scored two power play goals and we scored one. We will need to be a lot better tomorrow night.”
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Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019
jjorgensen@colgate.edu
No. 18 Union Upends Men’s Hockey
Penalties Prove Problematic in Colgate’s 6-0 Loss at Union
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – The Colgate men’s hockey program dropped a 6-0 decision at No. 18 Union on Saturday evening.
Colgate faced a lot of defensive play as Union came out strong from the drop of the puck. After the Raiders earned their first quality scoring chance of the game, Union quickly turned it around to score on a breakaway for a 1-0 lead. Although Union got the fast start, the Raiders’ momentum really started to build once they earned the man advantage midway through the opening period. Colgate tallied eight chances at the goal but Union closed out the first with a 1-0 lead.
The second period featured choppy flow spanning either end of the ice. Just as the Raiders started to generate some chances in the Dutchman zone, it was again turned around and sent from mid-ice as Union went bar down for a 2-0 lead midway through regulation. A late period power play continued to pose problems as the Dutchmen increased their lead to 3-0 with the man advantage.
Colgate’s best scoring chance came at the horn of the second period as the Raiders batted the puck at the crease until the buzzer but headed to the locker room facing a 3-0 deficit. Upon returning to the ice for the third period, Colgate sat for three additional penalties, two of which Union converted on. With just under 7:00 to go in regulation, the Dutchmen topped off their scoring with an even strength goal for a 6-0 final in ECAC Hockey action.
STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
• Five of Colgate’s 20 shots on goal were tallied by sophomore Nick Austin. His five on net is a career-high.
• Defenseman Paul Meyer led the Raiders with four blocked shots as the team posted an eventual 17 on the night. The four stops ties his two-time season-high.
• In entering the game to man the crease for the third period, freshman goaltender Andrew Farrier made his first appearance since his start against Quinnipiac (Dec. 29). The Montreal, Quebec, native posted 11 saves in the third period of play.
• Freshman Mitch Benson tallied 27 saves through the first two periods, including a game-high of 14 in the opening period.
• Colgate went 0-for-1 on its lone power play opportunity of the night that came midway through the first period.
• Union’s 44 shots on goal ties the most allowed in a game this season by the Raiders after allowing the same to then-No. 7 Ohio State (Nov. 9).
THE BOTTOM LINE
• No. 18 Union 6, Colgate 0
RECORD UPDATES
• Colgate holds a 7-17-2 record, and a 4-8-2 mark in ECAC Hockey action.
• No. 18 Union is 13-8-5 overall on the season, and is 6-7-1 in ECAC play.
COACH VAUGHAN’S TAKE
“This was tough. We got beat badly and it’s a lot more of the same for us. There are a couple of elephants in the room when it comes to our team right now and that’s the lack of offense and our penalty kill. We just have to find a way to be better.
“When you’re not scoring it’s tough. When you give up a couple of goals it’s a long climb up. Perhaps we bottomed out tonight and now we’ve got to find a way out of this. It really got away from us and [Union] took it to us.
“We have got to find a way to right our ship and stay together as a group. When you have a tough loss like tonight you don’t want negativity creeping into the locker room. We’ve got to find a way to keep it positive, find a silver lining and keep working. We have a good group and need to keep plugging away.”
UP NEXT
Colgate returns to Class of 1965 Arena next weekend when it hosts St. Lawrence and Clarkson for continued ECAC Hockey action. Puck drop is slated for 7 p.m. on both Feb. 8-9.
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