2008-09 Colgate Men’s Hockey Games 31/32 Colgate Hosts Union/Renssealer Opening Face-off: Fresh off its 1-0 victory over 19th ranked Dartmouth, Colgate returns home for its 2008-09 Raider Schedule final home series of the season as it hosts Union and Overall Record: 9-16-5 Rensselaer, Friday and Saturday at Starr Rink. This League Record: 4-11-3 (11th) weekend also serves as the final home appearance for seven graduating Colgate seniors. The Raiders Date Opponent Time/Result will be playing two teams that have found Starr Rink 10/11 UMASS-LOWELL W, 2-1 to a rather difficult venue to gain a victory. Colgate en- February 20, 2009 - 7 p.m. 10/17 BENTLEY W, 4-1 Union @ Colgate ters the weekend in 11th place in ECAC Hockey with 11 points, only two points behind Rennselaer for 10th. 10/24 vs. Robert Morris # W, 5-2 Starr Rink - Hamilton, N.Y. Colgate will be attempting to avoid a three-game 10/25 vs. Union # L, 2-4 sweep at the hands of the Dutchmen and a two-game February 21, 2009 - 7p.m. regular-season sweep at the hands of the Engineers. 11/1 OTTAWA (Exhibition) W, 6-3 Rensselaer @ Colgate 11/7 @ Quinnipiac * W, 1-0 Starr Rink - Hamilton, N.Y. The Coach: Don Vaughan is in his 16th year at the helm of the Colgate Raiders. The 1984 graduate 11/8 @ #9 Princeton * L, 1-2 (ot) Coaches of St. Lawrence enters the campaign as the pro- 11/13 #14 CORNELL * L, 1-4 gram’s all-time winningest coach with a 266-251- Don Vaughan (St. Lawrence, `84) 11/15 @ #14 Cornell * T, 2-2 (ot) Record at Colgate: 266-251-57 (16) 57 mark. On February 16, 2008, he became the Career Record: 266-251-57 (16) all-time winningest coach with his 252nd victory 11/21 DARTMOUTH * L, 0-1 as Colgate blanked Union 8-0. On November 11, 11/22 #18 HARVARD * T, 2-2 (ot) Nate Lehman (SUNY Cortland, `97) 2007, the President of Colgate, Rebecca S. Chopp, 11/28 @ #9 Denver L, 1-6 Record at Union: 87-101-24 (7) announced the creation of the Donald F. Vaughan Career Record: 87-101-24 (7) Endowed Coaching Chair for Men’s Hockey. 11/29 @ #3 Colorado College L, 2-3 12/5 ST. LAWRENCE * L, 2-5 Seth Appert (Ferris State, `96) These Dates In Raider History: Colgate is 7-6-3 Record at Rensselaer: 28-62-14 (3) all-time in games played on February 20, including 12/6 CLARKSON * T, 3-3 (ot) Career Record: 28-62-14 (3) winning three of the last four games. The Raiders 12/27 vs. Maine % W, 3-2 (ot) have won six of their last seven games played on February 21 and have an all-time record of 9-5-0. 12/28 vs. #10 Cornell % T, 2-2 (ot) Series Information Colgate has posted two all-time weekend sweeps 1/2 @ #13 Vermont ^ L, 4-6 on this date. Back in 1981, the Raiders bested a 1/3 vs. Ferris State^ T, 3-3 (ot) Colgate vs. Union pair of Hockey East opponents - Boston College Colgate leads 34-14-1 (6-3) and Maine (7-4) in consecutive days. Colgate 1/8 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE W, 5-4 (ot) In Hamilton: Colgate leads 21-1-0 has posted a weekend sweep of Union and Rensse- 1/9 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE L, 1-6 In Schenectady: Colgate leads 12-11-1 laer on these same dates back in 2004 with victories Neutral: Union leads 2-1 of 1-0 and 3-2 respectively. 1/16 @ Rensselaer * L, 2-3 (ot) Last 10 Meetings: Colgate leads 7-3-0 1/17 @ Union * L, 3-6 Last Weekend In Brief: Colgate split its two games 1/23 BROWN * L, 1-4 Colgate vs. Rensselaer on the road last weekend with a 3-2 loss to Harvard Rensselaer leads 56-49-3 and then upset #19 Dartmouth 1-0 Saturday. The 1/24 YALE * L, 4-5 (ot) In Hamilton: Colgate leads 26-19-3 Crimson’s Chris Huxley scored a power play goal 1/30 @ Clarkson * W, 3-1 In Troy: Rensselaer leads 33-20-0 with 8:18 remaining in the third to give Harvard Neutral: Rensselaer leads 5-3-0 the victory. Colgate trailed 2-0 in the first quarter, 1/31 @ St. Lawrence * L, 2-4 Last 10 Meetings: Colgate leads 6-4-0 but rallied to tie the game with goals from Jason 2/6 #10 PRINCETON * L, 2-3 (ot) Fredricks and David McIntyre. Bryan Bessette 2/7 QUINNIPIAC * W, 3-2 (ot) tallied 20 saves in the net for the Raiders. The fol- Media lowing night, it was McIntyre and Charles Long that 2/13 @ Harvard * L, 2-3 Television led the Raiders to the victory. McIntyre scored his 2/14 @ #19 Dartmouth * W, 1-0 Time Warner Cale Sports 17th of the year on a breakaway in the third period (Syracuse, Channel 26) from Brian Day and Joe DeBello and Long posted 2/20 UNION * 7 p.m. Joe Brown - Play-By-Play 28 saves en route for his second collegiate shutout 2/21 RENSSELAER * 7 p.m. Dan Fridgen - Color of his career. The victory gave Colgate its first win 2/27 @ Brown * 7 p.m. over Dartmouth in eight tries. Radio 3/1 @ Yale * 4 p.m. WKXZ 93.9 FM (Norwich/Oneonta) and DMac On Another Streak: David McIntyre enters 3/4-6 @ ECAC Hockey First Round * WMCR 106.3 FM/1600 AM (Oneida) this weekend riding a seven game stretch where he Play-by-Play: John McGraw has posted at least a point. In these outings, he has five goals and four assists. The junior has scored Home games in BOLD * - Saturday games only beginning @ Princeton a goal in four consecutive games. In his first nine * - Represents ECAC Hockey matchups (November 8) games, he had six points (1-5-6). Since November # - at Hilton Garden Inn Governor’s Cup (Albany, N.Y.) 22, he has produced 15 goals and 14 assists in his Internet % - at Florida College Classic (Estero, Fla.) last 20 appearances. During this stretch he has at ^ - at Sheraton/TD Banknorth Catamount Radio broadcast, live video, and live stats, least a point in every game except two - Lake Supe- www.goColgateRaiders.com rior State (Jan. 9) and Brown (Jan. 23). Cup (Burlington, Vt.) 2008-09 Colgate Raiders Career Stats No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown Previous Team (League) GP G A Pts. 1 Alex Evin Fr. G 6-1 170 Castlegar, B.C. Penticton Valley 1st Vees (BCHL) 11 GP, 1-7-1, 3.63 GAA, 259 Saves, .890 Sv % 3 Morgan Nickerson Fr. F 6-0 180 Meadville, Pa. Meadville H.S. 2 0 0 0 4 Corbin McPherson Fr. D 6-4 220 Folsom, Calif. Cowichan Valley (BCHL) 30 0 4 4 6 Wade Poplawski So. D 5-11 180 Winnipeg, Man. Winnipeg So. Blues (MJHL) 53 3 9 12 7 Nick St. Pierre Sr. D 6-0 200 St. Etienne, Que. Hawkesbury Jr. A’s (CJHL) 140 12 47 59 8 Mark Nasca Fr. F 5-8 165 Chagrin Falls, Ohio Kemptville 73’s (CJHL) 11 0 0 0 9 Austin Smith Fr. F 5-11 170 Dallas, Texas Penticton Valley 1st Vees (BCHL) 30 11 13 24 11 Tom Riley Sr. F 5-10 190 Ottawa, Ont. Brockville Braves (CJHL) 135 23 40 63 12 Brian Day So. F 6-0 195 Danvers, Mass. Governor’s Academy (ISL) 68 22 19 41 13 Francois Brisebois So. F 5-10 174 Montreal, Que. St. Paul’s School (ISL) 60 8 16 24 14 Nick Prockow Fr. F 6-1 180 Montreal, Que. Berkshire Academy 30 1 1 2 17 Matt Firman Fr. F 6-3 205 Fayetteville, N.Y. Northwood School 26 1 0 1 18 Adam Corrin Jr. F 6-1 203 Winnipeg, Man. Alaska-Anchorage (WCHA) 23 0 0 0 19 Peter Bogdanich Sr. F 5-11 190 Burnaby, B.C. Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL) 125 17 35 52 20 Jason Fredricks Sr. D 6-1 200 Eagle River, Wis. Shattuck-St. Mary’s 142 9 28 37 21 Jason Williams Jr. F 5-10 195 Plattsburgh, N.Y. N.H. Jr. Monarchs (EJHL) 111 18 27 45 22 Joe DeBello Sr. F/D 6-0 205 Oswego, Ill. Avon Old Farms (NEPSFL) 94 2 4 6 23 Sean Carty Jr. F 6-6 225 Glen Ellyn, Ill. Taft School (NEPSFL) 45 1 2 3 24 David Sloane Sr. D 6-2 205 Ambler, Pa. Brockville Braves (CJHL) 122 10 12 22 26 David McIntyre Jr. F 6-0 190 Pefferlaw, Ont. Newmarket (OPJHL) 109 41 44 85 27 Mark Anderson Sr. D 5-11 185 Hastings, Neb. Shattuck-St. Mary’s 121 9 23 32 28 Ethan Cox Jr. F 5-10 190 Richmond, B.C. Powell River Kings (BCHL) 107 11 14 25 33 Bryan Bessette Fr. G 6-1 195 Melrose, N.Y. Hawkesbury Hawks (CJHL) 4 GP, 1-1-0, 2.47 GGA, 67 Saves, .918 Sv% 40 Charles Long Jr. G 6-0 185 Cleveland, Ohio Brockville Braves (CJHL) 27 GP, 7-10-4, 2.85 GAA, 531 Saves, .898 Sv% Captain: Nick St. Pierre, `09 Assistant Captains: Mark Anderson `09 and Tom Riley `09 Lots of Love For Raiders on Valentine’s Day: When weekends ago versus Princeton and Quinnipiac, Col- What You Need To Know About Colgate vs.