Spink Twins Net Goals at Brown
Brother Tandem Earn 50th Career Points in Loss
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Colgate men’s hockey team took its seven-game unbeaten streak to Brown on Friday night and the Bears came away with a 5-2 win on home ice.
Colgate (13-10-3, 9-4-1 ECAC) also saw its nation’s leading six-game winning streak snapped. Tyson Spink and Tylor Spink each scored and kept their point streaks alive. Tyson has points in seven-straight, while Tylor has a seven gamer going. Charlie Finn got the start and made 27 saves, including 14 in the first 20 minutes.
Brown (9-8-3, 6-6-1 ECAC) got two goals and an assist from Mark Naclerio and Nick Lappin had three points as well with a goal and two helpers. Tyler Steel earned the start between the pipes and made 32 saves with 22 in the final two periods.
The Bears put the pressure on the Raiders for most of the first period and it resulted in two goals and many odd-man rushes. The Bears outshot the Raiders, 16-10, with a majority of the shots coming from the inside the faceoff dots.
Brown took a 1-0 lead late in the first with a 2-on-1 rush up ice. Garnet Hathaway and Matt Wahl gained the zone and Hathaway got a shot on net that Finn stopped, but the puck hit his stick and popped over his head. The rookie netminder couldn’t find the puck and eventually it made it over his head and into the back of the net.
The lead for the Bears increased to 2-0 with another Raider turnover in the neutral zone. Lappin and Mike Juola got in close on Finn and he made a pair of stops, but a rebound came out to Naclerio at the top of the crease and he hit the open net for the two-goal advantage.
Colgate wasted no time getting to within one with a power play goal from Tylor Spink for his 50th career point. The goal came under a minute into the second period with great puck movement from Mike Borkowski and Spiro Goulakos. Tylor Spink was set up at the left circle and fired a one-timer past Steel.
Brown answered right back with two goals in the span of a minute to make it 4-2. Naclerio added his second of the night, 1:39 after the Raiders got on the board and then Jake Goldberg scored just over a minute later.
Tyson Spink joined his brother with 50 career points on his 11th goal of the season on a beautiful wrap around two minutes later. He got behind the defense and Steel got caught at the near post. Tyson Spink noticed that and dove around the far post and slipped it into the net to get it back to a two-goal advantage for Brown at 4-2 with 14 minutes left in the second.
The Bears pushed the lead back up to three at 5-2 with 8:33 remaining in the middle frame with Nick Lappin scoring to give him three points on the night.
That was all the scoring for the night as neither team found the net in the third. Colgate had one chance with the extra skater, but couldn’t capitalize. Overall the Raiders went 1-for-3 on the power play and held the Bears off the board on the kill with two chances for Brown.
Colgate is back on the ice tomorrow at Yale for a 7 p.m. faceoff.
A reminder to fans that tickets are on sale for the Cornell game next Saturday at Starr Rink. They are going fast, so get your tickets as soon as you can by logging on tobleedcolgatemaroon.com or by calling the Colgate Ticket Office at 315-228-7600.
