SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (10/14/05) – Raider sophomore goaltender Mark Dekanich (North Vancouver, B.C.) made 30 saves as No. 16 Colgate (1-0-1) skated to a 2-2 tie with Lake Superior State (0-0-1) on Friday, Oct. 14, at Abel Arena. Sophomore Jesse Winchester (Long Sault, Ont.) scored the game-tying goal for Colgate early in the third period.
The Lakers struck first in the game on a power-play goal by Trent Campbell 5:14 into the first period. Derek R. Smith held the puck behind Colgate’s goal, faked to the right, then swung around to the left. He passed to Troy Schwab, who fired, but the rebound came to Campbell.
Colgate scored the equalizer 6:26 later on a five-on-three power play. Senior Eric Main (Atitokan, Ont.) passed to junior Marc Fulton (Vancouver, B.C.) in the right faceoff circle. Fulton’s shot rebounded off Jeff Jakaitis’ pads to the stick of senior Kyle Wilson (London, Ont.) waiting on the left side of the crease, and he scored into the empty net. The Raiders killed off a five-minute major penalty by sophomore Matt Torti (Oxford, Mass.), who left the game on a 10-minute misconduct call, late in the period to enter the first intermission with a 1-1 tie.
LSSU went up 2-1, 6:17 into the second period. Schwab picked up the puck near the Raider blue line on a Colgate turnover. He passed it to Smith in the high slot, who one-timed it, beating Dekanich stick-side.
The Raiders tied it up again on what can only be described as a fluke goal. Winchester had the puck just over the red line, and dumped it in for Colgate to make a line change, and it dribbled past Jakaitis and into the net 5:48 into the third.
Both teams had several quality scoring chances during the remainder of regulation and in the overtime period, but both goaltenders stood tall between the pipes and turned aside every shot they saw. Jakaitis finished with 20 saves in his season debut. Lake Superior State outshot Colgate 32-22 on the night.
The rematch between the Raiders and Lakers will take place on Saturday, Oct. 15, at Abel Arena. Game time is 7:05 p.m.
