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at #17 Colgate • Mar. 14-15-16, 2014 The 2013-14 Saint Season 8th seed St. Lawrence (15-17-4) vs. 2nd seed Colgate (17-12-5) 15-17-4, 7-11-4 ECAC Best of three quarterfinal series Oct. 5 CARLETON (exh) W, 4-2 Radio: WFLK 95.3 • Greg Lapinski and Wally Johnson Oct. 11 MAINE W, 3-1 Streaming Video: America One Oct. 12 MAINE W, 5-2 Zeebs du Jour Oct. 18 at Ferris State W, 3-2 Fri.: Referees: Mike Baker, Scott Whittemore; Lines: David Brown, Ryan Knapp Oct. 19 at Ferris State L, 5-3 Sat.: Referees: Andy O’Brien, Peter Feola; Lines: David Brown, Ryan Knapp Oct. 25 NORTHEASTERN L, 6-3 Oct. 26 NORTHEASTERN W, 6-4 Nov. 1 at Yale* T, 3-3 Nov. 2 at Brown* T, 3-3 FAMILIAR FOES: St. Lawrence University’s men’s hockey team will head to Hamilton Nov. 8 at Harvard* W, 3-1 for the ECAC quarterfinals after an opening round home sweep of Brown (3-2 2OT Nov. 9 at Dartmouth* W, 8-5 and 3-2). The Saints and Colgate will meet for the second straight year and the sixth Nov. 15 COLGATE* L, 5-3 time in the last 11 years. The Saints swept their last quarterfinal series at Colgate, Nov. 16 CORNELL* L, 5-2 2-1 and 4-3 in 2010. The two teams first met in the post-season in 1994 and have played 16 times in the ECAC tournament with 12 of the 16 games at Starr Rink. Nov. 22 at RIT W, 5-3 Colgate has won seven of the 12 games at home and nine of those 12 have been Nov. 23 at RIT L, 6-4 decided by a single goal. The Saints are 4-0 at home against Colgate in the playoffs Nov. 29 at North Dakota W, 5-2 and hold a 9-7-0 overall series edge in the post-season. The Saints are making their Nov. 30 at North Dakota L, 3-2 41st appearance in the tournament and have a 64-56-4 record in 124 tournament Dec. 6 at Clarkson* L, 5-4 games. They are 35-8-0 at Appleton Arena, 10-4-0 in first round games and 25-4-0 in Dec. 7 CLARKSON* L, 4-3 quarterfinals. Dec. 14 at Vermont L, 5-1 Jan. 7 VERMONT L, 4-2 THE SAINT STAFF: Greg Carvel is in his second season as Saint head coach after Jan. 17 BROWN* L, 5-3 posting one of the best records for a first-year coach in program history a year ago. Jan. 18 YALE* L, 4-2 The Saints 18-16-4 mark is the best for a first-year Saint coach since George Menard Jan. 24 at Cornell* T, 4-4 went 18-5-0 in his first season, 1955-56. Carvel was named the second Charles W. Appleton II Head Men’s Hockey Coach in the spring of 2012. A 1993 graduate of Jan. 25 at Colgate* L, 7-3 St. Lawrence and a former Saint hockey captain, he joined the staff as an assistant Jan. 31 UNION* W, 2-1 coach in the fall of 2011. He is the 13th head coach in program history. Carvel came Feb. 1 RENSSELAER* L, 4-3 to the Saints after a 15-year professional hockey coaching career that included Feb. 7 at Princeton* W, 7-1 assisting coach duties with the Ottawa Senators and Anaheim Ducks of the Nation- Feb. 8 at Quinnipiac* W, 3-2 al Hockey League, helping both teams reach the Stanley Cup finals. He began his Feb. 14 DARTMOUTH* L, 3-1 professional career as director of hockey operations for the Lowell Lock Monsters of Feb. 15 HARVARD* T, 2-2 the American Hockey League and joined Anaheim as scouting coordinator in 1999. Feb. 21 at Rensselaer* W, 4-0 He added video coaching duties to his title in Anaheim in 2002 and was promoted Feb. 22 at Union* L, 6-2 to assistant coach in 2003. He joined the Senators in 2004. The winner of the ECAC’s Feb. 28 QUINNIPIAC* L, 8-0 Best Defensive Forward Award as a senior at St. Lawrence, Carvel graduated with Mar. 1 PRINCETON* W, 5-0 a bachelor’s degree in political science and mathematics. He was an Academic All America and a three-time winner of the Brian McFarlane Award for academic and Mar. 7 BROWN (ECAC 1st Rnd) W, 3-2 2 OT athletic accomplishments. He is joined behind the Saint bench by Associate Head Mar. 8 BROWN (ECAC 1st Rnd) W, 3-2 Coach Mike Hurlbut ‘89, a former All America defenseman who was part of two Mar. 14 at Colgate (ECAC Qtr) 7:00 ECAC Championship teams at SLU and had a 14-year professional playing career Mar. 15 at Colgate (ECAC Qtr) 7:00 and assistant coach Kris Mayotte, who played goal for Union and graduated in 2006. Mar. 16 at Colgate (ECAC Qtr.) 7:00 Mayotte also has professional playing experience. Mar. 21 ECAC Semifinals TBA Mar. 22 ECAC Championship TBA SAINT SUPPORT STAFF: Aisha Visram, a 2007 graduate of the University of Guelph, ^-Central Standard Time is in her first season as athletic trainer for the Saint men’s hockey team. Mike Elber- ty, a 1979 St. Lawrence graduate is the strength and conditioning coach and Bren- den McHugh is the video coordinator for the 2012-13 Saints. Wally Johnson is the sports information contact and is in his 39th year of working with the Saint program. He also works with the Saint radio broadcasts during games. The Tale of The Tape St. Lawrence Colgate The Record When: Overall Record: 15-17-4 Record 15-17-4/7-11-4 17-12-5/13-6-3 At Home: 7-10-2 Offense 3.28/3.18 2.85/3.27 On the Road: 8-7-3 Defense 3.47/3.55 2.71/2.68 Neutral: 0-0-0 Power Play 27.5/27.7 17.1/16.4 League: 7-11-4 Penalty Kill 74.4/69.4 83.0/83.8 League Home: 2-8-1 Special Teams Net +3/-2 +2/ +4 League Away: 5-3-3 Combined Special Teams 50.8/48.2 48.3/47.4 Non-League: 8-6-0 Non-League Home: 5-2-0 Pen. Min. Per Game 12.5/13.4 17.1/14.1 Non-League Away: 3-4-0 Non-League Neutral: 0-0-0 Leading after One: 6-3-2 Trailing after One: 3-11-1 THE BREAKDOWN: The 2013-14 Saint roster includes seven seniors, four juniors, five Tied after One: 6-3-1 sophomores and 10 freshmen. The Saints return three of their top five scorers from last Leading after Two: 14-2-0 season and seven of the top ten. Of the 15 returnees, 13 played at least 31 games a year Trailing after Two: 0-11-2 ago. Graduation claimed two defensemen, three forwards and a goaltender. One of the Tied after Two: 2-4-2 sophomores, Brian Ward (Dartmouth transfer) is a newcomer giving the Saints 11 new faces In Overtime: 1-0-4 on the roster. That is the largest rookie group since coach Greg Carvel’s rookie season of Scoring First: 10-6-1 1989-90 and second only to the 1980-81 rookie class which included 15 players in coach Opp. Scores First: 4-12-3 Mike McShane’s first season as SLU coach. Outshooting Opp.: 12-8-1 Opp. Outshoots SLU: 2-8-3 THE SAINT CAPTAINS: Senior center Kyle Essery will be the Saint captain for 2013-14 with Shots are Even: 1-1-0 seniors Jeremy Wick and Justin Baker and junior Gunnar Hughes wearing the “A”. Wick was Scoring 3 or More: 14-9-3 promoted to assistant captain midway through last season while Gunnar Hughes follows in Scoring 2 or Less: 1-8-1 the footsteps of his brother George, who was a two-year assistant captain for the Saints. Scoring on the PP: 11-12-4 The Saints have had a junior as a captain or assistant captain in each of the last four years. Allowing a PP Goal: 7-15-3 Baker was named an assistant prior to the start of league play in November. In October: 4-2-0 In November: 4-4-2 THE COLGATE SERIES: The Rainders swept the Saints this season, snapping a five- In December: 0-3-0 game Saint unbeaten streak with a 5-3 win at Appleton Arena and completing the In January: 1-4-1 sweep with a 7-3 win at Starr Rink. The Saints lead the overall series 73-60-4, but In February: 3-4-1 Colgate has a 40-28-1 advantage on home ice. The Saints swept the last playoff In March: 3-0-0 meeting between the two teams, winning 4-2 and 4-1 last year in the first round On Tuesday: 0-1-0 and have won four straight post-season games including a 2-1, 4-3 quarterfinal On Friday: 9-6-2 sweep at Starr Rink in 2010. Colgate won first round series 2-1 in 2003 and 2008 in On Saturday: 6-10-2 Hamilton, the Saints swept a quarterfinal series in Canton in 2007 and Colgate won a preliminary round game in 1994, the first-ever post season meeting between the teams. SLU leads in post-season competition 9-7-0.