HAMILTON – Senior John Lidgett tallied two points on a goal and assist and junior Kyle Baun recorded his 10th goal of the season as No. 13 Colgate played to a 2-2 draw against Dartmouth in ECAC Hockey action Friday at Starr Rink.
After a scoreless first period, the two teams traded goals 47 seconds apart in the second. Eric Robinson scored at the 7:32 mark to give the Big Green a 1-0 lead, only to see Lidgett knot the game at 1-1 with the equalizer on the following shift.
In the third, junior Kyle Baun put Colgate in front, 2-1, with a power play goal just before the seven-minute mark, only to see Dartmouth tie the game with a goal from Brad Schierhorn at the 10:31 mark of the final frame.
Sophomore Charlie Finn made 24 saves for Colgate while James Kruger turned aside 31 shots for Dartmouth.
“I thought we had great effort at times tonight,” Colgate head coach Don Vaughan said. “We had great looks, but we have to finish on our chances. I felt we out-chanced them tonight but the puck just didn’t go in. We’ve got to find a way to win that game at home.”
Bottom Line
– No. 13/15 Colgate 2, Dartmouth 2
Won-Lost Records
– Colgate moved to 14-7-2 overall and 6-3-2 in ECAC Hockey action with the tie. The Raiders are now 6-1-1 in their last eight contests.
– Dartmouth saw its record shift to 6-8-4 on the season and 3-6-2 in conference play.
How It Happened
– Dartmouth took a 1-0 lead at the 7:32 mark of the second period. Tyler Sikura won a faceoff in the right circle back cleanly to Robinson, who quickly fired a wrist shot between the legs of Finn for his fifth goal of the season.
– Lidgett tied the game at 1-all less than a minute later, sneaking a puck past Kruger on a tough-angle shot from just above the goal line on the left side. Seniors Daniel Gentzler and Joe Wilson earned assists on Lidgett’s third goal of the season.
– Colgate took a 2-1 lead with a power play goal just before the seven-minute mark of the third period when Baun finished off a nice passing sequence with a shot from the top of the crease for his 10th goal of the campaign. Junior Tylor Spink was credited with the primary assist while Lidgett earned a secondary helper on the man-advantage strike that came with 6:44 gone in the final frame.
– Dartmouth knotted the score once again with a goal at the 10:31 mark of the third. Robinson started the sequence by knocking a loose puck to Ryan Bullock in the neutral zone. Bullock then worked his way down the right-hand side of the Raiders zone before finding Schlerhorn in the middle of the slot, where he one-timed the puck into the top part of the cage for his sixth goal of the season.
Inside The Box Score
– Colgate held a 33-26 shot advantage in the contest. The Raiders out-shot the Big Green in all four frames, with the largest edge being a 13-10 margin in the first.
– Colgate was 1-for-5 on the power play while Dartmouth was 0-for-3 with the man-advantage.
– Wilson led the Raiders with six shot attempts while Sikura paced the Big Green with five tries.
– Colgate held a 31-29 advantage in shot attempts for the game. Tylor Spink and Lidgett were both 11-for-20 at the dot for the Raiders.
Key Raider Info
– Baun became the second Colgate player with double-digit goals this season as his third-period tally moved him into a tie for first on the team’s goal-scoring chart with linemate Tyson Spink.
– Baun also broke a tie with Spink to take over first place on the Raiders’ point chart as he notched his team-leading 21st point (10 G/ 11 A) of the campaign.
– Lidgett recorded multiple points for the first time this season and the fifth time in his career. It was his first multi-point game since the 2012-13 season.
– Tylor Spink recorded a point for the fifth time in six games as he now has six points (3 G, 3 A) in those contests.
‘gate One Timers
– Colgate moved to 3-6-2 this season when its opponent score first.
– Raiders saw their record shift to 1-1-1 in 2014-15 when tied after two periods.
– Colgate moved to 14-2-2 when notching two or more goals in a game this season.
– The Raiders are now 12-1-2 this season when allowing two goals or fewer in a game.
– Colgate 9-2-2 when out-shooting their opposition this season.
– The Raiders are now 9-2-2 when tallying 30 or more shots in a game this season.
– Colgate moved to 10-3-1 in 2014-15 when scoring a power play goal.
– The Raiders are now 1-0-2 in games that have gone to overtime this season.
Up Next
– Colgate returns to action Saturday when it hosts No. 4/4 Harvard in a 7 p.m. contest at Starr Rink.
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