2011-12 GAME NOTES MEN's ICE HOCKEY #11/12 Colgate Raiders
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MEN’S ICE HOCKEY 2011-12 GAME NOTES #11/12 colgate raiders VS canisius golden griffs (11-4-2, 6-2-0 ECAC HOCKEY) (4-10-3, 4-5-2 atlantic hockey) GAME 18: friday, Dec. 30, 2011 • starr rink • hamilton, n.y. • 7:00 pm est THIS WEEK: RAIDERS CLOSE OUT 2011 WITH CANISIUS 2011-12 SCHEDULE The team will finish a three-week break for finals and the Christmas holiday, the Raiders will be back at Starr Rink on Dec. Date Opponent Time/Result 30 to face upstate rival Canisius. The game will be the last of a stretch of six home games in the team’s last seven games. Oct. 1 Carleton (exh.) T, 3-3 (ot) The Golden Griffins are 4-10-3 this season and is on four-game losing streak and last played on Dec. 11 and lost to Oct. 7 vs. Robert Morris# W, 3-1 Robert Morris, 2-1. They were blown out in back-to-back games against Quinnipiac to begin the season with 7-1 and 4-0 Oct. 8 #14 Nebraska-Omaha# W, 4-3 losses. Canisius is 2-6-2 in its last 10 games with two wins over American International and ties with nationally-ranked Oct. 14 #4/5 MIAMI L, 3-4 Lake Superior State and Niagara. This will be the sixth meeting with Canisius and Colgate is 4-1-0 in the series and the teams last met back in 2009-10 with the Griffs winning 7-6 in overtime. Oct. 15 #4/5 MIAMI W, 3-2 (ot) Oct. 22 vs. Army^ T, 2-2 (ot) LAST TIME OUT: SKATING TO A TIE WITH #5 MERRIMACK Oct. 28 at Niagara W, 7-6 (ot) Robbie Bourdon scored late in the second period to erase a 1-0 Merrimack lead, but that was it for scoring on Saturday Oct. 29 NIAGARA L, 1-2 night as the battle between the No. 11/12 Colgate and fifth-ranked Warriors ended in a 1-1 tie. The Raiders extended Nov. 4 at Brown* W, 5-3 their unbeaten streak to six games thanks to Bourdon’s sixth of the season. Austin Smith and Kurtis Bartliff earned the Nov. 5 at #9 Yale* L, 0-2 assists on the goal. For Bartliff, it was his first game in the lineup since Oct. 14 against Miami. Eric Mihalik made 25 saves Nov. 11 at #14/17 Dartmouth* W, 4-0 to earn his first tie of the year. The six-game unbeaten streak is the longest since 2009 and it was the sixth meeting Nov. 12 at Harvard* L, 2-4 against a ranked team for the Raiders and they are 3-2-1 in those games. It was the first 1-1 tie since Feb. 25 last year at Yale and during this unbeaten Colgate has allowed just eight goals total and have not allowed more than two in any Nov. 18 QUINNIPIAC*& W, 3-1 single game. Nov. 19 PRINCETON*& W, 4-1 Nov. 25 at Vermont W, 4-1 Dec. 2 CLARKSON* W, 4-2 NEXT WEEK: ON THE ROAD FOR TWO AT #11/12 FERRIS STATE Dec. 3 ST. LAWRENCE* W, 6-2 The Raiders will be on the road for two straight games for the first time since mid-November as Colgate travels to west- ern Michigan to take on nationally-ranked Ferris State. The two schools will be meeting for the 10th time in the series Dec. 10 #5 MERRIMACK* T, 1-1 (ot) and it is knotted up at 4-4-1. The Raiders are unbeaten in the last three against the Bulldogs at 2-0-1 and the last time Dec. 30 CANISIUS* 7:00 pm the two met was back in 2008-09 when the teams skated to a 3-3 tie. Ferris State started out on first with six-straight Jan. 6 at #11/12 Ferris State 7:05 pm wins and a 9-2-1 start. Since that start, they have sputtered to a 2-4-0 record after getting swept by Western Michigan Jan. 7 at #11/12 Ferris State 4:05 pm and splitting with Notre Dame. The Bulldogs are 7-6-1 in the CCHA for the fifth spot in the standings. They are tough to Jan. 13 at Princeton* 7:00 pm play at home as they are 6-1-1 at Ewigleben Ice Arena. Jan. 14 at Quinnipiac* 7:00 pm Jan. 20 HARVARD* 7:00 pm COLGATE BY THE NUMBERS Jan. 21 DARTMOUTH* 7:00 pm 482 - Votes received by Colgate in the USCHO.com TALE OF THE TAPE Jan. 27 at #13 Cornell* 7:00 pm National Poll. GATE CANISIUS Jan. 28 #13 CORNELL* 7:00 pm 306 - Career wins for Raiders head coach Don Vaughan. 3.29 ......................Scoring Offense ....................... 1.65 168 - Votes in the USA Today/USA Hockey Mag. Poll. Feb. 3 at #10 Union* 7:00 pm 2.18 ..................... Scoring Defense ....................... 2.88 22 - Goals during six-game unbeaten streak. Feb. 4 at Rensselaer* 7:00 pm 19 - Players on the Raiders with at least one point. +1.12 ............................Margin................................-1.24 Feb. 10 YALE* 7:00 pm 19 - Goals scored by Colgate in the first or last two 32.4 ..................................SOG .................................... 22.8 Feb. 11 BROWN* 7:00 pm minutes of periods. 5.35 ............................Assists PG ............................. 2.88 Feb. 17 at St. Lawrence* 7:00 pm 14 - Players on the team with at least one goal. 8.65 .............................Points PG .............................. 4.53 Feb. 18 at Clarkson* 7:00 pm 12 - Raiders that have multi-point games this year. 5.8 ............................ Penalties PG ..............................8.3 Feb. 24 RENSSELAER* 7:00 pm 12 - Games allowing two or less goals (8-2-2). 13.8 .............................. PIM/gm ................................ 12.8 11 - Wins this season, fastest to 11 wins since 2004-05. Feb. 25 #10 UNION* 7:00 pm 5.2 ................................. PPC/gm ...................................3.8 10 - Colgate picked to finish 10th in both ECAC 1.0 .................................PPG/gm ..................................0.4 * ECAC Hockey Contest Hockey Preseason Polls. # Mutual of Omaha Stampede at Omaha, Neb. 9 - Wins when leading after two periods. 17/89 (19.1) ............Power Play ..................6/64 (9.4) ^ Cape Cod Classic 9 - Straight weeks in USCHO.com Poll. 64/77 (83.1) ............Penalty Kill .............64/85 (75.3) & Silver Puck Weekend 8 - Games with four or more goals (8-0-0). HOME GAMES 8 - Goals allowed during six-game unbeaten streak. SERIES HISTORY 7 - Wins on Friday night this year (7-1-0). Colgate Leads, 4-1-0 6 - Shorthanded goals this season (5 by A. Smith). Last Meeting 6 - Games left against current nationally-ranked teams. Canisius 7, Colgate 6 OT MEDIA INFORMATION 5 - One-goal games this season. 5 - Weeks in the USA Today/USA Hockey Mag. Poll. Dec. 20, 2009 Dir. of Athletic Comm ...............Jeremiah Hergott 4 - Power play goals against Niagara on Oct. 28, Buffalo, N.Y. Asst. Director (MH Contact) ......... Matt Faulkner most in a single game since 2009. Office Phone ............................. 315-228-7860 Last Five Meetings 4 - Largest winning margin this season (twice) 11/3/87 ........................................................CLG, 9-1 Office Fax ................................... 315-228-7977 4 - Wins following a loss. Cell Phone.................................. 802-999-3455 4 - Overtime games this season (2-0-2). 11/1/88 ......................................................CLG, 14-1 Email ........................ [email protected] 3 - Wins over nationally-ranked teams. 2/5/02 ..........................................................CLG, 7-2 Website .......................www.gocolgateraiders.com 1 - Shutouts this season. 10/24/06 .....................................................CLG, 9-0 Play-by-Play ..........................................John McGraw Flagship Radio ........WKXZ 94 FM (Oneonta, N.Y.) 12/20/09 ....................................................CAN, 7-6 3-TIME ECAC HOCKEY REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPION • 4 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 2011-2012 COLGATE ROSTER NUMERICAL No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous Team BY STATE/PROVINCE 1 Alex Evin Sr. G 6-1 185 Castlegar, B.C./Penticton Valley 1st Vees (BCHL) 3 Brendan Corcoran Fr. D 5-10 185 Milton, Mass./Bay State Breakers (EJHL) Alaska (1)............................Sinz 4 Corbin McPherson Sr. D 6-4 220 Folsom, Calif./Cowichan Valley Capitals (BCHL) Alberta (1) ....................Lidgett 5 Mike Leidl Jr. D 6-2 210 Fort St. James, B.C./Vernon Vipers (BCHL) B.C. (2) ......................Evin, Leidl 6 Spiro Goulakos Fr. D 6-2 185 Montreal, Que./St-Jerome Panthers (QJAAAHL) California (2) ...... McPherson 7 Billy Rivellini Jr. F 5-8 160 Great Falls, Va./Choate-Rosemary Hall ........................................Gentzler 8 Mark Nasca Sr. F 5-8 165 Chagrin Falls, Ohio/Kemptville 73’s (CJHL) Illinois (1) ...................McCann 9 Austin Smith Sr. F 5-11 180 Dallas, Texas/Penticton Valley 1st Vees (BCHL) Massachusetts (4) Corcoran 10 Kevin McNamara Sr. D 5-11 180 Chestnut Hill, Mass./Belmont Hill (ISL) ...J. McNamara, K. McNamara 11 Christian Long Jr. F 5-10 185 Point Lookout, N.Y./Brockville Braves (CJHL) ......................................... Wagner 14 John Lidgett Fr. F 5-9 180 Calgary, Alta./Camrose Kodiaks (AJHL) Minnesota (1) ................Estep 15 Matt Firman Sr. F 6-3 205 Fayetteville, N.Y./Northwood School 16 Kurtis Bartliff Jr. F 6-0 185 Clinton, Ont./Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL) New York (4) .............Bessette 17 Robbie Bourdon Jr. F 5-10 160 Montreal, Que./Taft School ............... Firman, Long, Wilson 18 Jack McNamara So. F 5-11 185 Chestnut Hill, Mass./Belmont Hill (ISL) Ohio (2) .......... Mihalik, Nasca 19 Austin Mayer Sr. F 6-0 190 Providence, R.I./N.H. Jr. Monarchs Ontario (2) ........Bartliff, Price 20 Jeremy Price Jr. D 6-1 190 Milton, Ont./Nepean Raiders (CJHL) Quebec (3) ............... Bourdon 21 Nick Prockow Sr. F 6-2 200 Montreal, Que./Berkshire Academy ...................Goulakos, Prockow 23 Chris Wagner So.