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2006-07 Colgate University Hockey Clarkson/St. Lawrence • January 12-13, 2007 • AWAY Colgate plays its first league games in more than a month when it visits Clarkson and St. 2006-07 Schedule Lawrence this weekend. Both teams present Games 23 & 24 Date Opponent Time/Result stiff competition, but luckily for the Raiders, the No. 9 Golden Knights will be without the Oct. 6 vs. Vermont ! L, 0-6 COlgaTE Oct. 7 vs. No. 9 Denver ! L, 2-3 (9-11-2, 3-4-1 ECAC Hockey League) services of all-league forward Nick Dodge on Friday. Dodge earned a game disqualification in Clarkson’s Oct. 12 vs. Niagara @ W, 2-1 No. 9/9 Clarkson (13-5-1, 5-2-0 ECACHL) exhibition game versus McGill last weekend, and Oct. 15 BENTLEY W, 5-1 Friday, January 12, 2007 will sit out against Colgate. Oct. 24 CANISIUS W, 9-0 7:00 p.m. ET Junior forward Tyler Burton will play in his 100th Oct. 28 vs. Quinnipiac # T, 2-2 OT career game on Saturday, and is just two points Oct. 29 vs. Rensselaer # L, 1-2 Cheel Arena (3,000) away from his 100th. He is averaging exactly one Nov. 3 at Yale* L, 1-2 Potsdam, N.Y. point per game in his career, so he should reach Nov. 4 at Brown* T, 6-6 OT that milestone this weekend. Burton netted his Nov. 10 DARTMOUTH* L, 3-6 50th career goal in Friday’s game against Niagara. St. Lawrence (9-9-1, 5-2-0 ECACHL) Nov. 11 HARVARD* (Silver Puck) L, 1-4 Saturday, January 13, 2007 Scouting the Golden Knights Nov. 17 at Quinnipiac* L, 1-3 7:00 p.m. ET Clarkson is on a seven-game winning streak, Nov. 18 at Princeton* W, 4-2 and also won its exhibition game against McGill Nov. 24 vs. Ohio State $ W, 4-2 last weekend, earning the team a top-10 ranking Appleton Arena (3,000) Nov. 25 vs. Niagara $ L, 1-3 Canton, N.Y. in both national polls. The Golden Knights returned from the holiday break with a decisive win over Dec. 1 UNION* W, 5-2 Dec. 2 RENSSELAER* W, 3-2 Coaches defending national champion Wisconsin and a victory against Lake Superior State to win the Dec. 8 at No. 8 St. Cloud State L, 1-3 Colgate Don Vaughan (St. Lawrence ‘84) Badger Showdown. Dec. 9 at No. 8 St. Cloud State L, 1-3 14th season at CU (233-207-44) Like Colgate, Clarkson is one of the most Dec. 29 vs. Northeastern % W, 5-2 14th season overall (233-207-44) penalized teams in the nation, averaging 22.9 PIMs Dec. 30 vs. Connecticut % W, 3-1 Clarkson George Roll (Bowling Green ‘86) per game. However, when on the man advantage, 4th season at Clarkson (62-63-12) Jan. 5 No. 19 NIAGARA L, 2-3 the Golden Knights are deadly: they own the 11th season overall (181-137-28) Jan. 12 at No. 9 Clarkson* 7:00 second-best power play in the country, clicking at Jan. 13 at St. Lawrence* 7:00 St. Lawrence Joe Marsh (New Hampshire ‘77) 25.4 percent (31-of-122). Clarkson is beating its Jan. 19 BROWN* 7:00 22nd season at SLU (367-307-48) opponents by an average of 1.32 goals per game, 22nd season overall (367-307-48) Jan. 20 YALE* 7:00 which ranks sixth in Division I. Officials Junior Nick Dodge is Clarkson’s leading scorer Jan. 25 CORNELL* 7:00 Chip McDonald (R), Mark Messier, Andy O’Brien with 23 points on 10 goals and 13 assists. Jan. 27 at Cornell* 7:00 Colgate won’t have to worry about him though, as Feb. 2 ST. LAWRENCE* 7:00 Radio he will miss the contest after picking up a game Feb. 3 CLARKSON* 7:00 WKXZ 94.0 FM (Norwich/Oneonta) and disqualification penalty last weekend. The Golden Feb. 9 at Rensselaer* 7:00 (SAT) WMCR 106.3 FM/1600 AM (Oneida) Knights aren’t short on offensive weapons though, Play-by-Play: Skip Barlow, Color: Joe Caprio Feb. 10 at Union* 7:00 as seven other players have posted double-digit Feb. 16 PRINCETON* 7:00 Internet points this season. The top player the Raiders will Feb. 17 QUINNIPIAC* 7:00 have to contend with is junior David Cayer, who Radio broadcast, live stats and (SAT) live video, Feb. 23 at Harvard* 7:00 www.goColgateRaiders.com has 21 points on nine goals and 12 assists. Junior Feb. 24 at Dartmouth* 7:00 Steve Zalewski is Clarkson’s top goal scorer with 11 Colgate SID - Michele Kelley tallies and 19 points. Mar. 2-4 ECACHL First Round (campus sites) Cell: (315) 420-8868 Office: (315) 228-7860 After platooning with senior Kyle McNulty last Mar. 9-11 ECACHL Quarterfinals (campus sites) Email: [email protected] season, junior David Leggio has grabbed the Mar. 16-17 ECACHL Championship starting goaltender’s job. He owns a 12-3-1 overall Times Union Center, Albany, N.Y. The Series with Clarkson record to go with a 2.24 goals against average and Mar. 23-25 NCAA Regionals Clarkson has dominated the series with .929 save percentage. Home games in CAPS Colgate historically, 78-39-10, including a 35- Scouting the Saints * ECAC Hockey League game 15-6 mark in Potsdam. However, the Raiders are The Saints won seven games in a nine-game ! Ice Breaker Tournament, Oxford, Ohio unbeaten in their last three games against the stretch earlier this year, but are 1-4-1 in their last @ Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, N.Y. Golden Knights, including two ties. Last year’s six contests. St. Lawrence returned from the break # Governor’s Cup, Pepsi Arena, Albany, N.Y. series included a 1-1 tie at Cheel Arena and a two weeks ago to compete in Dartmouth’s Ledyard (Colgate advanced to title game with 2-0 4-2 Raider win in Hamilton. The previous year’s Bank Tournament, where it advanced to the shootout win in semifinal) game at Cheel also ended in a tie, 3-3. championship game after beating Boston University $ Rensselaer/Bank of America Tourn., Troy, N.Y. % Toyota UConn Classic, Storrs, Conn. The Series with St. Lawrence in overtime, but lost to North Dakota in the title tilt. SLU has matched its opponents point-for-point St. Lawrence holds a 59-55-3 edge in the The Raiders Aren’t Red Anymore this year (146-146), but no Saint has reached all-time series with Colgate, including a 31-19-1 Colgate’s nickname is “Raiders.” Although double digits in the goals column yet. Freshman advantage in Canton. Both meetings last year the university’s athletic teams were once known Mike McKenzie sits atop the scoring chart with 17 were one-goal games, including a 4-3 Colgate as the “Red Raiders,” Colgate dropped the points on seven goals and 10 assists. Six other win in overtime at Starr Rink. The last game “Red” from its nickname in 2001 due to the players have posted 10 or more points, including between the two clubs was at SLU’s Appleton name’s relationship with the school’s old Native senior Kyle Rank and sophomore Kevin DeVergilio Arena, where the Saints came away with a 3-2 American mascot. When refering to Colgate who have 13 points each. victory. athletic teams, please use just “Raiders.” All three St. Lawrence goaltenders have seen The last time Colgate won a tournament was The Raiders’ excessive amount of time in the playing time this season, with freshman Alex in 1999 when it beat Merrimack 3-0 and Niagara penalty box has led to a nation-high 194 penalty-kill Petizian seeing the most minutes of the trio. He 3-2 to win the now-defunct Syracuse Invitational chances. Colgate ranks 22nd in the country with an owns a 5-4-0 record with a 2.47 goals against Tournament. 84.5 penalty kill percentage, having killed off 164 average and .916 save percentage. Fellow rookie opponent chances. The team with the second-most “I Miss My Linemates” Kain Tisi has a 2-3-0 record to go with stats of 2.59 penalty kill opportunities, (you guessed it) Canisius, Earlier this year, freshman forward David and .912, while junior Justin Pesony has a 2-2-1 has posted 179 PK chances. McIntyre lamented to a reporter about the lack mark with a 3.17 goals against average and .896 Colgate has also had the most power-play of 5-on-5 play the Raiders have had this season, save percentage. opportunities in the country with 200. The team and with good reason. Colgate has spent more with the second-most power-play chances is The Last Time Out time on special teams than any other team in the (surprise!) Canisius with 172. Colgate couldn’t hold on country. The Raiders have played in 394 odd-man to a 2-1 second-intermission situations, 43 more than the next closest team Poapst Finds Home Behind USHL Bench lead against the high-scoring (Canisius, 351). Former Colgate and NHL defenseman Steve top line of No. 19 Niagara in its Part of the reason for Colgate’s copious Poapst ‘91 was named the head coach of the only game last weekend. Junior special teams experience is its high average of USHL’s Chicago Steel on Tuesday, Dec. 26. He is forward Tyler Burton scored penalty minutes. The Raiders are among the most the only current coach with NHL experience in the his 50th career goal to give the penalized teams in the nation with an average USHL, which is one of the top junior leagues in the Raiders the 2-1 lead, but the of 22.7 PIMs per game, which ranks seventh.