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Colgate 11.15 & Cornell 11.16 The 2013-14 Saint Season Colgate (4-6-1, 2-2-0) at #17 St. Lawrence (6-2-2, 2-0-2) 6-2-2, 2-0-2 ECAC # 19 Cornell (3-2-1, 1-2-1) at #17 St. Lawrence (6-2-2, 2-0-2) Oct. 5 CARLETON (exh) W, 4-2 Oct. 11 MAINE W, 3-1 Radio: WFLK 95.3 • Greg Lapinski and Wally Johnson Oct. 12 MAINE W, 5-2 Zeebs du Jour Oct. 18 at Ferris State W, 3-2 Colgate: Bob Ritchie, Tom Steinel, Jr. : Lines: Ryan Knapp, Dan Taggart Oct. 19 at Ferris State L, 5-3 Cornell: Chris Ciamaga, Peter Feola; Lines: Jason Shattie, Adam Wood Oct. 25 NORTHEASTERN L, 6-3 Oct. 26 NORTHEASTERN W, 6-4 OFF TO A GOOD START: St. Lawrence completed a four-game road trip to start Nov. 1 at Yale* T, 3-3 ECAC play with a sweep of Harvard and Dartmouth, taking six out of a possible Nov. 2 at Brown* T, 3-3 eight points wit a 2-0-2 mark. It is the best start in league play for the Saints Nov. 8 at Harvard* W, 3-1 since the 2006-07 team went 4-0-0 and the best start to a season overall since the 2005-06 team went 7-3-0. The 6-2-2 Saints also cracked the national top Nov. 9 at Dartmouth* W, 8-5 20 this week at number 17, joining #6 Quinnipiac, #9 Yale, #10 Rensselaer, #11 Nov. 15 COLGATE* 7:00 Clarkson and #19 Cornell as ECAC representatives in the top 20. Union, Brown Nov. 16 CORNELL* 7:00 and Harvard also received votes in this week’s poll. The Saints last appeared in Nov. 22 at RIT 7:05 the polls in October and November of last season. Through the first four games Nov. 23 at RIT 7:05 of league play, the Saints are tied for the scoring lead among ECAC teams at Nov. 29 at North Dakota 7:37 4.25 goals per game, but are seventh in defense at 3.00. Overall they are second Nov. 30 at North Dakota 7:07 among ECAC teams in offense at 4.00 through ten games and ninth in defense at Dec. 6 at Clarkson* 7:00 3.20 goals per game. Dec. 7 CLARKSON* 7:00 Dec. 14 at Vermont 7:05 THE SAINT STAFF: Greg Carvel is in his second season as Saint head coach after Jan. 7 VERMONT 7:00 posting one of the best records for a first-year coach in program history a year ago. The Saints 18-16-4 mark is the best for a first-year Saint coach since George Jan. 17 BROWN* 7:00 Menard went 18-5-0 in his first season, 1955-56. Carvel was named the second Jan. 18 YALE* 7:00 Charles W. Appleton II Head Men’s Hockey Coach in the spring of 2012. A 1993 Jan. 24 at Cornell* 7:00 graduate of St. Lawrence and a former Saint hockey captain, he joined the staff Jan. 25 at Colgate* 7:00 as an assistant coach in the fall of 2011. He is the 13th head coach in program Jan. 31 UNION* 7:00 history. Carvel came to the Saints after a 15-year professional hockey coach- Feb. 1 RENSSELAER* 7:00 ing career that included assisting coach duties with the Ottawa Senators and Feb. 7 at Princeton* 7:00 Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League, helping both teams reach the Feb. 8 at Quinnipiac* 7:00 Stanley Cup finals. He began his professional career as director of hockey oper- Feb. 14 DARTMOUTH* 7:00 ations for the Lowell Lock Monsters of the American Hockey League and joined Feb. 15 HARVARD* 7:00 Anaheim as scouting coordinator in 1999. He added video coaching duties to Feb. 21 at Rensselaer* 7:00 his title in Anaheim in 2002 and was promoted to assistant coach in 2003. He joined the Senators in 2004. The winner of the ECAC’s Best Defensive Forward Feb. 22 at Union* 7:00 Award as a senior at St. Lawrence, Carvel graduated with a bachelor’s degree Feb. 28 QUINNIPIAC* 7:00 in political science and mathematics. He was an Academic All America and a Mar. 1 PRINCETON* 7:00 three-time winner of the Brian McFarlane Award for academic and athletic Mar. 7 ECAC 1st Round 7:00 accomplishments. He is joined behind the Saint bench by Associate Head Coach Mar. 8 ECAC 1st Round 7:00 Mike Hurlbut ‘89, a former All America defenseman who was part of two ECAC Mar. 9 ECAC 1st Round 7:00 Championship teams at SLU and had a 14-year professional playing career and Mar. 14 ECAC Quartefinals 7:00 assistant coach Kris Mayotte, who played goal for Union and graduated in 2006. Mar. 15 ECAC Quarterfinals 7:00 Mayotte also has professional playing experience. Mar. 16 ECAC Quarterfinals 7:00 Mar. 21 ECAC Smeifinals TBA SAINT SUPPORT STAFF: Aisha Visram, a 2007 graduate of the University of Mar. 22 ECAC Championship TBA Guelph, is in her first season as athletic trainer for the Saint men’s hockey team. Mike Elberty, a 1979 St. Lawrence graduate is the strength and conditioning coach and Brenden McHugh is the video coordinator for the 2012-13 Saints. Wally Johnson is the sports information contact and is in his 39th year of work- ing with the Saint program. He also works with the Saint radio broadcasts during games. The Tale of The Tape The Record When: Overall Record: 6-2-2 St. Lawrence Colgate Cornell At Home: 3-1-0 On the Road: 3-1-2 Record 6-2-2/2-0-2 4-6-1/2-2-0 3-2-1/1-2-1 Neutral: 0-0-0 Offense 4.00/4.25 2.45/3.00 2.67/1.75 League: 2-0-2 Defense 3.20/3.00 3.73/4.25 2.83/2.75 League Home: 0-0-0 Power Play 27.9/38.5 15.7/8.0 28.1/11.8 League Away:2-0-2 Penalty Kill 77.6/75.0 80.8/80.0 79.3/73.3 Non-League: 4-2-0 Comb. Spl. Teams 54.3/60.6 52.5/40.0 52.5/40.6 Non-League Home: 3-1-0 Special Teams Net +1/+1 -4/-3 +2/-3 Non-League Away: 1-1-0 Non-League Neutral: 0-0-0 Pen. Min. Gm. 14.0/17.0 10.9/10.0 14.8/10.0 Leading after One: 3-2-2 Trailing after One: 2-0-0 Tied after One: 1 0-0 THE BREAKDOWN: The 2013-14 Saint roster includes seven seniors, four juniors, five Leading after Two: 5-0-0 sophomores and 10 freshmen. The Saints return three of their top five scorers from last Trailing after Two: 0-0-0 season and seven of the top ten. Of the 15 returnees, 13 played at least 31 games a year Tied after Two: 1-2-2 ago. Graduation claimed two defensemen, three forwards and a goaltender. One of the In Overtime: 0-0-2 sophomores, Brian Ward (Dartmouth transfer) is a newcomer giving the Saints 11 new Scoring First: 3-2-1 faces on the roster. That is the largest rookie group since coach Greg Carvel’s rookie sea- Opp. Scores First: 2-1-1 son of 1989-90 and second only to the 1980-81 rookie class which included 15 players in Outshooting Opp.: 5-2-0 coach Mike McShane’s first season as SLU coach. Opp. Outshoots SLU: 1-0-2 Shots are Even: 0-0-0 THE SAINT CAPTAINS: Senior center Kyle Essery will be the Saint captain for 2013-14 with Scoring 3 or More: 6-2-2 seniors Jeremy Wick and Justin Baker and junior Gunnar Hughes wearing the “A”. Wick Scoring 2 or Less: 0-0-0 was promoted to assistant captain midway through last season while Gunnar Hughes fol- Scoring on the PP: 3-2-2 lows in the footsteps of his brother George, who was a two-year assistant captain for the Allowing a PP Goal: 4-2-2 Saints. The Saints have had a junior as a captain or assistant captain in each of the last In October: 4-2-0 four years. Baker was named an assistant prior to the start of league play in November. In November: 2-0-2 In December: 0-0-0 THE COLGATE SERIES: The Saints went 3-0-1 against Colgate last year with a win at In January: 0-0-0 Colgate and a tie at Appleton in the regular season and a first-round playoff sweep by In February: 0-0-0 scores of 4-2 and 4-1 at Appleton. The Saints are 12-1-1 in the last 14 meetings between In March: 0-0-0 the two teams including a 6-0-1 mark at Appleton. Colgate’s last win in Canton came in the On Friday: 3-1-1 2007-08 season and the Saints are 9-1-2 in the last 10 years against Colgate at Appleton, a On Saturday: 3-1-1 stretch which includes two playoff sweeps. Overall SLU leads the series 73-58-4 with a 36-10- 3 mark at Appleton. The first game between the two teams was in 1927-28. THE CORNELL SERIES: The Saints and Cornell split last season’s series, each winning on home ice...Cornell 3-1 in Ithaca and the Saints 4-2 in Canton.