COLGATE HOCKEY at Quinnipiac • Saturday, January 14, 2006 • Ingalls Rink 2005-06 Schedule GAME Date Opponent Time/Result No. 16 COLGATE (10-6-5, 6-2-1 ECACHL) Oct. 7 No. 16 UMASS-LOWELL W, 6-2 Oct. 14 at Lake Superior St. T, 2-2 OT at QUINNIPIAC (10-12-0, 4-10-0 ECACHL) Oct. 15 at Lake Superior St. L, 2-3 22 Oct. 21 at Army W, 6-1 Saturday, January 14, 2006 • 7:00 p.m. ET Oct. 29 BENTLEY W, 3-1 Ingalls Rink (3,486) • New Haven, Conn. Nov. 4 at Brown* W, 5-0 Colgate SID - Michele Kelley Cell - (315) 420-8868 Office - (315) 228-7860 Fax - (315) 228-7977 Nov. 5 at Yale* W, 6-2 The Coaches - Colgate: Don Vaughan, 13th season at CU (214-189-41), 13th season overall (214-189-41) Nov. 11 at Dartmouth* W, 3-2 Quinnipiac: Rand Pecknold, 12th season at Quinnipiac (212-130-31), 12th season overall (212-130-31) Nov. 12 at Harvard* L, 4-6 Officials - Dave Hansen (R), Leo Boylan, David Brown Nov. 18 RENSSELAER* T, 1-1 OT Radio - WKXZ 94.0 FM (Norwich/Oneonta); Play-by-Play: Skip Barlow, Color: Joe Caprio Nov. 19 UNION*! W, 5-0 Internet - Live stats and radio broadcast, www.goColgateRaiders.com Nov. 25 WESTERN MICHIGAN T, 2-2 OT Nov. 26 WESTERN MICHIGAN W, 4-3 OT Colgate resumed conference play with a 5-3 loss Freshman David Marshall leads the team and Dec. 2 QUINNIPIAC* W, 4-3 at Princeton last night. The Raiders complete their the league’s rookies with 15 goals and ranks first-ever series with Quinnipiac tonight, and they’ll second with 22 points. Sophomore Jamie Bates Dec. 3 PRINCETON* W, 3-2 try to get back in the win column and make it a has 10 goals and 10 assists for 20 points, and four Dec. 21 at Providence # L, 1-7 season sweep at Yale’s Ingalls Rink. other Bobcats have reached double-digits in the Dec. 22 vs. Brown # T, 3-3 OT points column. The Series Jan. 3 at Bowling Green L, 0-4 Freshman Bud Fisher has been the mainstay Colgate came from behind to defeat Quinnipiac in Quinnipiac’s net this season. He has started Jan. 6 ST. CLOUD STATE L, 2-3 4-3 in the first-ever meeting between the two teams 16 games, and owns an 8-8-0 overall record to go Jan. 7 ST. CLOUD STATE T, 5-5 OT on Dec. 2. with a 2.73 goals against average and .894 save Jan. 13 at Princeton* L, 3-5 Scouting the Bobcats percentage. Jan. 14 at Quinnipiac* 7:00 After jumping out to an 8-2-0 record to start the The Last Time Out Jan. 20 CLARKSON* 7:00 season, Quinnipiac has struggled since, losing eight Colgate’s special teams units got a workout as Jan. 21 ST. LAWRENCE* 7:00 of their next nine games and 10 of their last 12. the Raiders and Tigers combined for four power- The Bobcats’ woes continued last night when they Jan. 27 YALE* 7:00 play goals in a 5-3 loss to Princeton last night. were shut out at home by Cornell, 6-0. Quinnipiac’s Jan. 28 BROWN* 7:00 Colgate fell behind early, but evened the last win came in overtime last weekend against Feb. 3 at Cornell* 7:00 scoreboard when sophomore Tyler Burton scored Brown. Feb. 4 CORNELL* 7:00 his 15th goal of the season. Freshman David Hobey Baker candidate Reid Cashman continues Sloane scored the first power-play goal of his career Feb. 10 at St. Lawrence* 7:00 to lead the Bobcats in scoring with 27 points, late in the second period to make it a 2-2 game, Feb. 11 at Clarkson* 7:00 including 25 assists in 22 games. Cashman leads and freshman Peter Bogdanich netted his first Feb. 17 HARVARD* 7:00 the league in assists, and is the conference’s top- collegiate goal with seven minutes left in the game. Feb. 18 DARTMOUTH* 7:00 scoring defenseman. Feb. 24 at Union* 7:00 Feb. 25 at Rensselaer* 7:00 Colgate Head-to-Head Quinnipiac Mar. 3-5 ECACHL First Round 10-6-5 Overall Record 10-12-0 at campus sites winless last six games Current Streak lost last two games Mar. 10-12 ECACHL Quarterfinals 6-1-3 Home Record 6-2-0 Away Record at campus sites 4-5-1 4-9-0 0-0-1 Neutral Site Record 0-1-0 Mar. 17-18 ECACHL Final Four 6-2-1/T-3rd League Record/Place 4-10-0/T-9th Pepsi Arena, Albany, N.Y. 1-0-5 Overtime Record 1-1-0 Mar. 24-26 NCAA Regionals 0-3-2 Last Five Games 2-3-0 Apr. 6-8 NCAA Frozen Four 3-4-3 Last 10 Games 3-7-0 Bradley Center, Milwaukee 70/3.33 (T-13th) Goals For/Average (NCAA Rank) 72/3.27 (18th) Home games in CAPS 57/2.71 (24th) Goals Against/Average (NCAA Rank) 68/3.09 (35th) * ECAC Hockey League game +0.62 (T-18th) Average Scoring Margin (NCAA Rank) +0.18 (30th) ! Silver Puck Weekend 26-125/20.8% (8th) Power Play/Pct. (NCAA Rank) 30-161/18.6% (T-17th) # Providence College Hockey Holiday Classic 117-143/81.8% (36th) Penalty Kill/Pct. (NCAA Rank) 124-149/83.2% (29th) 3/1 Shorthanded Goals For/Against 4/4 377/18.0 (42nd) Penalty Minutes/Average (NCAA Rank) 462/21.0 (21st) Head Coach Don Vaughan The Raiders Versus Quinnipiac Mark Anderson ...................................... 1 GP, 0-0-0 Nick St. Pierre ....................................... 1 GP, 0-2-2 Colgate head coach Peter Bogdanich ................................... 1 GP, 0-0-0 David Sloane ........................................first meeting Don Vaughan is in his Tyler Burton ........................................... 1 GP, 1-0-1 Jon Smyth ............................................... 1 GP, 0-0-0 13th season behind the Mike Campaner ..................................... 1 GP, 0-2-2 Ryan Smyth ............................................ 1 GP, 0-1-1 Raider bench. During his Ben Camper ........................................... 1 GP, 0-0-0 Zac Tataryn ............................................ 1 GP, 0-0-0 tenure, he has guided Joe DeBello ..........................................first meeting Matt Torti ............................................... 1 GP, 0-1-1 Colgate to a 214-187-41 Jason Fredricks ..................................... 1 GP, 0-0-0 Mike Werner ........................................first meeting overall record, including Marc Fulton ........................................... 1 GP, 0-1-1 Kyle Wilson ............................................ 1 GP, 2-0-2 a 136-107-27 mark in Alex Greig ............................................... 1 GP, 0-0-0 Jesse Winchester .................................. 1 GP, 1-0-1 ECAC Hockey League Liam Huculak ......................................... 1 GP, 0-0-0 games. Vaughan has Eric Main ................................................ 1 GP, 0-0-0 Mark Dekanich ............1-0-0, 3.00 GAA, .903 sv.% coached the Raiders Tom Riley ................................................ 1 GP, 0-0-0 Justin Kowalkoski ...............................first meeting to two NCAA tournament berths, and three appearances in the ECACHL final four. Down 4-2 in the third period, the Raiders Esche, a native of nearby Utica, N.Y., worked Earlier this season, Vaughan was honored by received a golden opportunity to get back in the with Colgate’s goaltenders last season, including the New England Hockey Journal as the ECACHL game when Darroll Powe was called for a five- school record-holder Steve Silverthorn, who is Coach of the Half-Year after getting Colgate off minute, hitting from behind penalty. However, currently playing for the ECHL’s Idaho Steelheads, to its best start since the 1962-63 campaign. Colgate squandered the chance when it picked and current starter Mark Dekanich, who will make Among active coaches, Vaughan ranks 18th up back-to-back penalties midway through the a bid to break Silverthorn’s records this season. in NCAA Division I in both winning percentage extended power-play, and ended up skating 3-on-4. In the League Limelight and career victories. Raider goaltender Mark Dekanich finished the A Colgate skater earned the ECACHL Player of game with 26 saves, while Princeton netminder B.J. Winningest Active Coaches by Percentage the Week award in five of the first nine weeks of the Sklapsky earned the win with 21 stops. Colgate was Rk. Coach, School Yrs. Record Pct. season. This marks the first time since the league 1. Jeff Jackson, Notre Dame 7 189-63-27 .726 outshot for the sixth straight game, 31-24. began honoring one player per week in 1974-75 2. Red Berenson, Michigan 22 577-270-59 .669 3. Scott Owens, Colo. Coll. 7 170-82-19 .662 Poll Position that a school has achieved this feat. Prior to the 4. Dick Umile, UNH 16 362-182-58 .650 Over the last two polls, Colgate has posted a 1974-75 season, the league picked a team of the 5. Mike Schafer, Cornell 11 209-106-36 .647 0-3-2 record, and has dropped five spots in the week, with one player at each position earning an 6. Don Lucia, Minnesota 19 454-237-54 .646 rankings to No. 16 in the USCHO.com/CSTV top award. 7. Jack Parker, Boston Univ. 33 721-380-82 .644 20 poll. The Raiders are the top team in the “also Sophomore center Tyler Burton is Colgate’s 8. Doug Ross, UAH 28 486-278-41 .629 receiving votes” category in the USA Today/USA only two-time winner. Seniors Jon Smyth and 9. Rick Gotkin, Mercyhurst 18 327-193-32 .621 Hockey Magazine top 15 poll, both of which were Kyle Wilson along with junior Marc Fulton have 10. Rand Pecknold, QU 12 212-129-31 .612 announced on Monday, Jan.