HAMILTON – The Colgate men's ice hockey team scored three goals in the third period on their way to a 4-2 victory over the Yale Bulldogs Sunday afternoon at Class of 1965 Arena.
 
Jake Kulevich (Marblehead, Massachusetts) and Bobby McMann (Wainwright, Alberta) each tallied three points in the victory, the first three-point nights by a Raider in the 2016-17 season.
 
With Sunday's win, Colgate also earned a weekend sweep of Brown and Yale for their first weekend sweep since the final weekend at Starr Rink in the 2015-16 season.
 
Tim Harrison (Duxbury, Massachusetts) propelled the Raiders out to a 2-1 lead just 40 seconds into the third period on his team-leading ninth goal of the season. Kulevich wheeled the puck around from behind the goal and had a shot saved by Sam Tucker. The rebound kicked right out to Derek Freeman (Newburyport, Massachusetts) and Tucker also made a pad save on his shot. A third rebound found Harrison, who buried the puck in the upper left corner.
 
Midway through the third, the Bulldogs even the score as Ted Hart's initial shot was saved by Charlie Finn (North Vancouver, British Columbia) but the rebound shot in the air and Hart backhanded the puck out of mid-air to tie the game.
 
Just over two minutes later, John Snodgrass (Eagan, Minnesota) picked up his second goal of the season as he streaked down the slot and received a pass from McMann. The puck bounced off Snodgrass' skate but stood after a review with no kicking motion for the game-winning goal.
 
Kulevich added an insurance goal with 5:58 left in the third period to make it 4-2. McMann skated the puck up the right boards before touching it to Kulevich who took the puck through the right faceoff circle and slotted the puck just past Tucker.
 
Yale initially jumped out to a 1-0 as Frankie DiChiara scored his 10^th goal of the season, receiving a great feed from Evan Smith. DiChiara finished the game with a game-high seven shots on goal.
 
Jared Cockrell (Byfield, Massachusetts) tied the game midway through the second period with his fifth tally of the season. Kulevich worked the puck to McMann who fired a perfect shot on goal that was redirected home by Cockrell to tie the game 1-1.
 
The Raiders picked up back-to-back wins for the second time this season as they head into their final road trip of the season.
 
BOTTOM LINE
Colgate 4, Yale 2
 
WON-LOST RECORDS
Colgate improves to 8-17-5 (6-10-2 ECAC Hockey) with their second straight win while Yale extended its winless streak to four games with a loss to fall to 10-10-5 (6-8-4 ECAC Hockey)
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
-Colgate earned its first weekend sweep of 2016-17 and won back-to-back games for the second time this season
-The Raiders also swept the season series with Yale for the first time since the 2005-06 season
-Kulevich picked up a three-point effort for his most points in the single game this season
-Kulevich scored his first goal since Dec. 2 at Arizona State and first multiple-point game since that same game
-McMann set a new career-high with three assists and three points in his first career three-point game.
-McMann has scored points in back-to-back games and remains tied with Kulevich for the most points on the team with 18
-Cockrell put home his fifth goal of the season and 14^th point as he recorded a point in back-to-back games
-Harrison extended his team-lead with his ninth goal of the season, also setting a new career-high for goals in a single-season
-Snodgrass now has 14 points this season after he was credited with his second goal of the season
-Finn was spectacular between the pipes for the Raiders as he made 29 saves on 31 shots
 
FACTS AND FIGURES
-Yale outshot Colgate 31-25 due to a 12-4 edge in the first period
-The Raiders won the special teams battle Sunday afternoon, going 2 for 5 on the power play and 3 for 4 on the penalty kill
-Colgate also won the faceoff battle, 39-31, thanks to Mike Panowyk's (Whitby, Ontario) game-high 11 faceoff wins and Adam Dauda (Kitchener, Ontario) went 9 for 12
 
UP NEXT
Colgate hits the road for its final road series of the regular season where they will face the Clarkson Golden Knights Friday night at 8:30 p.m. at Cheel Arena with the game airing on American Sports Network. The Raiders will then face nationally ranked No. 18 St. Lawrence Saturday night at 7:30 p.m.