2008 Woodie Awards
Men's Hockey Splits Home Games
Beats Sacred Heart, Upset By Army
Alex Clark
Issue date: 11/5/04 Section: Sports
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By splitting its weekend matchups against weaker opponents, the Raider men's hockey team stumbles into its first league games, coming up tonight and tomorrow afternoon.
Colgate, on the brink of being ranked amongst the top 15 teams in college hockey, faced off against Sacred Heart and Army last weekend. Despite facing opponents from the young Atlantic Hockey conference, however, the Raiders picked up only one victory, knocking off the Pioneers, 5-1, on Friday but losing to the Black Knights, 3-2, the following evening. To make matters worse, Army's victory was its first in 14 tries at Starr Rink and its first win against Colgate since 1987.
"Obviously the Saturday night game was a disappointment," head coach Don Vaughan said. "It was a team that we feel we should have beaten. But I have to give a lot of credit to Army. They came in here and did exactly what they needed to do. Their goaltender played well, especially early in the game, and they caught us napping on a couple of plays."
The weekend began on a high note, as the Raiders charged past Sacred Heart. Sophomore defenseman and Colgate points leader Mike Campaner notched the first tally with a long snap shot from the high slot. Senior tri-captain Darryl McKinnon added another first period goal by tapping a loose puck behind scrambling Pioneer goalie Jason Smith and into the net. Both goals came on the power play, which clicked on three of 11 chances.
"Friday night we thought we did what we needed to do," Vaughan said. "We got some good special teams play and that's been a lot of the game so far."
Sophomore Marc Fulton contributed the third power play goal early in the second period. All four of his notches this season have come with the man advantage. Senior Joey Mormina and junior Zac Tataryn each scored as well in the Colgate victory. Steve Silverthorn, the senior Raider netminder, turned aside 23 of 24 shots faced to earn his fifth victory on the season.
Colgate jumped all over Army the following night as well, generating tons of opportunities both on the power play and at even strength. But the home team scored only once on eight chances with the man advantage, and, despite out-shooting the Black Knights, 31-13, lost the game, 3-2.
Colgate, on the brink of being ranked amongst the top 15 teams in college hockey, faced off against Sacred Heart and Army last weekend. Despite facing opponents from the young Atlantic Hockey conference, however, the Raiders picked up only one victory, knocking off the Pioneers, 5-1, on Friday but losing to the Black Knights, 3-2, the following evening. To make matters worse, Army's victory was its first in 14 tries at Starr Rink and its first win against Colgate since 1987.
"Obviously the Saturday night game was a disappointment," head coach Don Vaughan said. "It was a team that we feel we should have beaten. But I have to give a lot of credit to Army. They came in here and did exactly what they needed to do. Their goaltender played well, especially early in the game, and they caught us napping on a couple of plays."
The weekend began on a high note, as the Raiders charged past Sacred Heart. Sophomore defenseman and Colgate points leader Mike Campaner notched the first tally with a long snap shot from the high slot. Senior tri-captain Darryl McKinnon added another first period goal by tapping a loose puck behind scrambling Pioneer goalie Jason Smith and into the net. Both goals came on the power play, which clicked on three of 11 chances.
"Friday night we thought we did what we needed to do," Vaughan said. "We got some good special teams play and that's been a lot of the game so far."
Sophomore Marc Fulton contributed the third power play goal early in the second period. All four of his notches this season have come with the man advantage. Senior Joey Mormina and junior Zac Tataryn each scored as well in the Colgate victory. Steve Silverthorn, the senior Raider netminder, turned aside 23 of 24 shots faced to earn his fifth victory on the season.
Colgate jumped all over Army the following night as well, generating tons of opportunities both on the power play and at even strength. But the home team scored only once on eight chances with the man advantage, and, despite out-shooting the Black Knights, 31-13, lost the game, 3-2.