Raiders Remain Ranked at #19
Men’s Hockey Faces Road Test at Princeton & #5 Quinnipiac This Weekend
HAMILTON – The Raiders settled for two ties against Rensselaer and third-ranked Union this past weekend and has remained in the USCHO National Poll at No. 19.
Colgate (14-11-5, 10-5-3 ECAC) is ranked for two weeks in a row for the first time this season and clinched a home-ice series in the upcoming ECAC Hockey Tournament in March. The home series has yet to be determined if it will be a first round or quarterfinal matchup. If Colgate finishes in the top-four of the league the Raiders receive a first-round bye and hosts a quarterfinal series.
The Raiders are one of five teams in the league that are in the top-20 this week. Colgate is also receiving votes in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine National Poll.
The Raiders sit in the third spot in the league standings with 23 points and are three points clear of Cornell and Clarkson. They are unbeaten in their last three games after the two ties this weekend and 7-2-3 since the start of 2014. Colgate has averaged 3.3 goals per game since the beginning of the new year. The power play has improved at a 26.2 percent success rate with 16 goals in 61 chances.
The penalty kill has been a strength as of late, allowing only seven power play goals in the last 50 opponent chances. The Raiders have not allowed a goal on the kill in the last five games and the streak is up to 22-straight penalty kills without allowing a goal.
The Raiders are back on the road this weekend to face Princeton and No. 5 Quinnipiac. The Bobcats are two points ahead of Colgate in the standings for second place. Colgate split the weekend series with these two schools earlier in the year with a win over the Tigers and a loss to Quinnipiac.
