COLGATE HOCKEY vs. Quinnipiac • Friday, December 2, 2005 • Starr Rink 2005-06 Schedule GAME Date Opponent Time/Result No. 13/13 COLGATE (8-2-3, 4-1-1 ECACHL) Oct. 7 No. 16 UMASS-LOWELL W, 6-2 Oct. 14 at Lake Superior St. T, 2-2 OT vs. QUINNIPIAC (9-7-0, 3-5-0 ECACHL) Oct. 15 at Lake Superior St. L, 2-3 14 Oct. 21 at Army W, 6-1 Friday, December 2, 2005 • 7:00 p.m. ET Oct. 29 BENTLEY W, 3-1 Starr Rink (2,246) • Hamilton, N.Y. 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 (212-185-39), 13th season overall (212-185-39) Nov. 11 at Dartmouth* W, 3-2 Quinnipiac: Rand Pecknold, 12th season at Quinnipiac (211-125-31), 12th season overall (211-125-31) Nov. 12 at Harvard* L, 4-6 Officials - Dave Hansen (R), Richard Patry, Glenn Richetelle Nov. 18 RENSSELAER* T, 1-1 OT Radio - WKXZ 94.0 FM (Norwich/Oneonta); Play-by-Play: Skip Barlow 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 returns to ECACHL action when it hosts by defensemen with an average of 1.44 points per Dec. 2 QUINNIPIAC* 7:00 Quinnipiac and Princeton this weekend at Starr game. He leads all skaters in the league in scoring Rink. The Raiders will try to extend their streak of and assists. Dec. 3 PRINCETON* 7:00 unbeaten home games, which currently stands at Freshman David Marshall has proven to have a Dec. 21 at Providence # 7:30 10. Colgate is 4-0-2 in Starr Rink this season. nose for the net, and he leads Quinnipiac with 11 Dec. 22 vs. Sacred Heart/Brown # 4/7:30 goals, including two short-handed tallies. Among The Series Jan. 3 at Bowling Green 7:00 the nation’s freshman, he is tied for ninth in scoring Friday’s game marks the first-ever meeting with an average of 1.00 points per game. He is Jan. 6 ST. CLOUD STATE 7:00 between Colgate and ECAC Hockey League second among the league’s rookies with 16 points Jan. 7 ST. CLOUD STATE 7:00 newcomer Quinnipiac. Jan. 13 at Princeton* 7:00 on the season. Scouting the Bobcats Between the pipes, freshman Bud Fisher has Jan. 14 at Quinnipiac* 7:00 Quinnipiac got off to a hot start in its first season earned the starting job and has compiled a 2.71 Jan. 20 CLARKSON* 7:00 as a member of the ECACHL, posting eight straight goals against average and .894 save percentage Jan. 21 ST. LAWRENCE* 7:00 wins to open the year 8-2-0 overall. The Bobcats through 13 games. Freshman Wes Russell and Jan. 27 YALE* 7:00 won their first two league games in impressive senior Josh Siembida have also seen time between Jan. 28 BROWN* 7:00 fashion, 5-2 against Harvard and 7-5 versus the pipes. Dartmouth, to announce their arrival. Over the last Feb. 3 at Cornell* 7:00 The Last Time Out six games, however, Quinnipiac has struggled to a Feb. 4 CORNELL* 7:00 Senior captain Jon Smyth scored on a 1-5-0 record, all in league play. breakaway 20 seconds into overtime to lift Colgate Feb. 10 at St. Lawrence* 7:00 Junior defenseman Reid Cashman, an early to a 4-3 win against Western Michigan on Saturday. Feb. 11 at Clarkson* 7:00 Hobey Baker front-runner, leads the Bobcats with The Raiders clawed their way back after Feb. 17 HARVARD* 7:00 23 points, including 21 assists, in 16 games. trailing 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2. Mike Campaner, Jesse Feb. 18 DARTMOUTH* 7:00 Cashman ranks second in the country in scoring Feb. 24 at Union* 7:00 Feb. 25 at Rensselaer* 7:00 Colgate Head-to-Head Quinnipiac Mar. 3-5 ECACHL First Round 8-2-3 Overall Record 9-7-0 at campus sites undefeated last four games Current Streak lost last game Mar. 10-12 ECACHL Quarterfinals 4-0-2 Home Record 5-1-0 Away Record at campus sites 4-2-1 4-6-0 0-0-0 Neutral Site Record 0-0-0 Mar. 17-18 ECACHL Final Four 4-1-1/4th League Record/Place 3-5-0/T-8th Pepsi Arena, Albany, N.Y. 1-0-3 Overtime Record 0-1-0 Mar. 24-26 NCAA Regionals 2-1-2 Last Five Games 1-4-0 Apr. 6-8 NCAA Frozen Four 7-1-2 Last 10 Games 5-5-0 Bradley Center, Milwaukee 49/3.77 (T-8th) Goals For/Average (NCAA Rank) 60/3.75 (10th) Home games in CAPS 25/1.92 (5th) Goals Against/Average (NCAA Rank) 47/2.94 (32nd) * ECAC Hockey League game +1.85 (1st) Average Scoring Margin (NCAA Rank) +0.81 (15th) ! Silver Puck Weekend 22-85/25.9% (2nd) Power Play/Pct. (NCAA Rank) 22-127/17.3% (27th) # Providence College Holiday Tournament 80-93/86.0% (13th) Penalty Kill/Pct. (NCAA Rank) 100-119/84.0% (24th) 3/1 Shorthanded Goals For/Against 4/3 260/20.0 (31st) Penalty Minutes/Average (NCAA Rank) 387/24.2 (13th) Head Coach Don Vaughan The Raiders Versus Quinnipiac Mark Anderson ....................................first meeting Nick St. Pierre .....................................first meeting Colgate head coach Peter Bogdanich .................................first meeting David Sloane ........................................first meeting Don Vaughan is in his Tyler Burton .........................................first meeting Jon Smyth .............................................first meeting 13th season behind the Mike Campaner ...................................first meeting Ryan Smyth ..........................................first meeting Raider bench. During his Ben Camper .........................................first meeting Zac Tataryn ..........................................first meeting tenure, he has guided Joe DeBello ..........................................first meeting Matt Torti .............................................first meeting Colgate to a 212-185-39 Jason Fredricks ...................................first meeting Mike Werner ........................................first meeting overall record, including Marc Fulton .........................................first meeting Kyle Wilson ..........................................first meeting a 134-107-27 mark in Alex Greig .............................................first meeting Jesse Winchester ................................first meeting ECAC Hockey League Liam Huculak .......................................first meeting games. Vaughan has Eric Main ..............................................first meeting Mark Dekanich ....................................first meeting coached the Raiders Tom Riley ..............................................first meeting Justin Kowalkoski ...............................first meeting to two NCAA tournament berths, and three appearances in the ECACHL final four. Winchester and Marc Fulton all found the back of Marc Fulton, Kyle Wilson and Tyler Burton have Among active coaches, Vaughan ranks 18th the net to even the score, with Fulton’s goal coming also received the award. The last time four or more in NCAA Division I in winning percentage and is less than four minutes from the end of regulation. different players from the same team were honored tied for 17th in career victories through games Sophomore goaltender Mark Dekanich finished as the league’s player of the week was during the of November 28. the game with 25 saves. 2001-02 season, when five Rensselaer players earned the honor. The last time one school earned Winningest Active Coaches by Percentage Home-Ice Advantage the award four times before New Year’s was in Rk. Coach, School Yrs. Record Pct. Since the members of the Class of 2006 1996-97, when Colgate had the player of the week 1. Jeff Jackson, Notre Dame 7 185-60-26 .731 first stepped onto Starr Rink, they have done 2. Red Berenson, Michigan 22 573-266-59 .671 four out of the first eight weeks of the season. Rob an admirable job protecting their home ice. The 3. Scott Owens, Colo. Coll. 7 165-79-19 .663 Mara earned the award twice, and the Raiders current seniors have compiled a 42-14-4 record 4. Dick Umile, UNH 16 358-179-56 .651 were honored three straight weeks early in the in Hamilton, including 15 wins at Starr Rink last 5. Jack Parker, Boston Univ. 33 717-377-82 .645 campaign. 6. Don Lucia, Minnesota 19 448-235-54 .645 season. 7. Mike Schafer, Cornell 11 205-106-35 .643 Through six home games this winter, Colgate Giving Fans Their Money’s Worth 8. Doug Ross, UAH 28 482-275-40 .630 is 4-0-2 at Starr Rink. The Raiders have compiled Three out of Colgate’s last four games at Starr 9. Rick Gotkin, Mercyhurst 18 323-191-32 .621 a 1.46 goals against average and have scored Rink have gone to overtime, including both games 10. Rand Pecknold, QU 12 211-125-31 .617 an average of 3.40 goals per game at home this of last weekend’s series against Western Michigan. 11. Jerry York, Boston Coll. 34 722-482-73 .594 season. Colgate is unbeaten during its last 10 The last time the Raiders played back-to-back 12. George Gwozdecky, Denver 20 405-301-59 .568 games at Starr Rink. overtime games was last season at Cornell and 13. Tim Whitehead, Maine 10 189-141-33 .566 at Yale, both of which ended in ties. The last time 14. Rick Comley, Mich. St. 33 668-528-83 .555 Poll Position Colgate played two straight overtime games at 15. Blaise McDonald, UML 10 163-128-36 .554 Colgate moved up two spots to 13th in both home was during the 1998-99 season, when the 16. Joe Marsh, St. Lawrence 21 368-302-47 .546 the USCHO.com/CSTV top 20 and USA Today/USA 17.