CANTON, N.Y. – Drew Smolcynski scored two goals and Kyle Hayton made 45 saves to lead St. Lawrence to a 4-2 victory over Colgate in ECAC Hockey action Friday at Appleton Arena.
The Saints jumped out to a 2-0 lead before the game was seven minutes old.
Joe Sullivan opened the scoring just 3:34 into the contest, re-directing a point shot from Ben Masella to grab the early advantage.
Smolcynski doubled the St. Lawrence cushion with 6:52 elapsed in the opening frame, capitalizing on a Colgate turnover deep in the Raiders zone to beat keeper Charlie Finn with a backhander inside the left post.
Colgate battled back to tie the game at 2-2 before the halfway point of the second period.
Mike Panowyk got the Raiders on the board less than four minutes into the middle frame, deflecting a goalmouth pass from Brett Corkey past Hayton.
Rookie Rory McGuire tied the game with 9:35 gone in the second with a slap shot from the left point that beat Hayton over his right shoulder for his first collegiate tally.
Smolcynski’s restored St. Lawrence’s advantage with 90 seconds remaining in the second, tallying the eventual game-winning goal with a power play tally for his second goal of the contest.
Sean McGovern closed out the scoring with an empty-net goal with 49 seconds remaining in the third to determine the final margin.
Hayton made 35 of his 45 saves during the final two periods as Colgate out-shot St. Lawrence, 37-16, over the last 40 minutes to post a 47-25 shot advantage for the game. Finn finished with 22 saves between the pipes for Colgate.
Bottom Line
St. Lawrence 4, Colgate 2
Won-Lost Records
– St. Lawrence improved to 12-11-2 overall and 6-6-1 in ECAC action.
– Colgate dipped to 7-17-2 and 3-9-2 with the setback.
Key Raider Info
– Junior Brett Corkey picked up his 11th point of the campaign with a primary assist on Panowyk’s second-period goal. Corkey continues to lead the Raider defensemen in scoring (4g,7a).
– McGuire became the fourth Colgate rookie to find the back of the net with his second period tally.
– Tylor Spink picked the primary assist on McGuire’s tally, moving him into a tie with brother Tyson for the team lead in assists with 17.
– Colgate established a new season high for shots in a period with 20 during the second. The previous season high was 19, set during the third period of the Raiders contest at Mercyhurst on Oct. 4.
Inside the Box Score
– Colgate out-shot St. Lawrence 47-25 for the contest. The Raiders held a 37-16 edge over the final two periods after the two sides tallied 10 shots each in the first.
– St. Lawrence was 1-for-2 on the power play while Colgate was 0-for-3 with the man advantage. The Saints managed four shots in 3:36 of power play time while the Raiders tallied seven shots in 6:00 with the extra skater.
– Colgate held a 27-25 edge in faceoffs. Mike Borkowski led the Raiders at the dot, going 12-of-22.
– Tim Harrison led all players with eight shot attempts while Smolcynski paced St. Lawrence with six shot tries.
From the Source
Colgate Head Coach Don Vaughan
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(on game)
“We had a slow start. They came at us really hard in the first after the initial power play where we had some good looks. You have to give them credit. They were feeding off the emotion in the building.
“But we responded well. We fired a lot of pucks towards the net tonight. I thought we worked hard enough to get something out of this tonight, but that’s the way it’s going for us right now.”
Up Next
– Colgate completes its two-game visit to North Country Saturday with a 7 p.m. contest against Clarkson at Cheel Arena.
