POTSDAM, N.Y. – In a high-scoring overtime final, the Colgate men's hockey program upset No. 8/9 Clarkson with a 5-4 victory on the road. In the nonconference matchup, 10 different Raiders earned points, including four who earned the first points of their career.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Neither team wasted time waiting to get on the board, as Clarkson scored on its first power play opportunity less than two minutes into the game. It didn't stay that way for long though as Colgate quickly answered behind
Ethan Manderville's first of his career just 3:05 after the drop of the puck.
Seeing some alternating penalties, the ECAC foes headed to 4-on-4 play, where
Trevor Cosgrove scored from the point before the officials waved it off. Midway through the period, Clarkson went on to add a tally through traffic to make it 2-1.
Lots of lamp lighting was still to be done in the first as there was a Young-to-Young connection as Colton scored his first of the season with just 2:09 remaining in the period. Another 1:03 later, Lunn put the Raiders on top for the first time at 3-2 with his first of the season. With just 18.4 on the clock, Clarkson tied the game at 3-3 with a bounce off the blocker.
The second period had players tied up in the penalty box early, as the Raiders found themselves up with a 4-on-3 man advantage. It was one that
Matt Verboon would score on for Colgate's first power play goal of the year to increase its lead to 4-3, but within two minutes, Clarkson answered yet again to make it 4-4.
In goal, first-year
Carter Gylander made his appearance for the second half, and with a swift blocker save in the final minutes, the teams would skate to the locker room in a 4-4 tie.
The third period opened with the Raiders drawing a pair of penalties for 00:50 of a 5-on-3 advantage. Although
Colton Young slid the puck past the line, the Raiders had a goal wiped off for the second time on the night. Colgate went on to build a stretch of minutes in the offensive zone, hungry for that topping goal. As Gylander made a couple of key saves in the final minutes, the Raiders headed to their first 3-on-3 overtime game.
The extra session saw early action on either end, before
Tyler Jeanson poked a chance midway through that was stopped by a pad save. It was with 1:40 remaining that Verboon backhanded the rebound for his second of the night and the overtime game-winner over No. 8/9 Clarkson for the 5-4 victory.
COLGATE SCORING PLAYS
• Period 1 | 03:07 – As the puck was sent up to the blue line,
Nick Anderson fed it across the blue line to
Tyler Jeanson. From the right point, Jeanson passed the puck to
Ethan Manderville as he slid into the slot and scored quick through traffic for a 1-1 game.
• Period 1 | 17:51 – In a battle along the back boards,
Alex Young came out with the puck and sent it straight out to
Colton Young in the slot. Capitalizing on a screen,
Colton Young sent a quick wrister to the twine to make it 2-2.
• Period 1 | 18:54 –
Paul McAvoy picked off an offensive zone turnover and fed it down towards the crease. Lunn swooped into the slot to receive the puck and scored a top shelf tally.
• Period 2 | 03:34 – With a 4-on-3 power play, the Raiders laid the foundation in the Clarkson zone. Passing between
Elliott McDermott and
Matt Verboon, the duo waited until they found space on the right side of the net, before Verboon clapped a one-timer home.
• OT | 03:10 – While in 3-on-3 overtime play, the trio sped into the offensive zone. A. Young swung the puck around the right faceoff circle and charged the net, but was stopped by a pad save. Verboon came into the slot for the rebound to the top shelf to seal the 5-4 win.
STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
• With his two tallies, sophomore
Matt Verboon scored his firsts of the season and recorded his first career multi-goal game and power play goal. He also begins a two-game point streak after he had an assist in the season-opener.
• Four Raiders recorded their first points of the season, including sophomore
Ethan Manderville's first career goal. Others of note are first assists by freshmen
Nick Anderson,
Pierson Brandon, and
Elliott McDermott.
• McDermott also marked his first career multi-point game with a pair of apples.
• Sophomore
Colton Young and junior
Griffin Lunn each tallied their first goals of the season.
• Behind a trio of assists, freshman
Alex Young begins a two-game point streak and earned the first multi-point performance of his career.
• It marks the first time since Feb. 9, 2020 that a player had three assists in a game (Last – Verboon at Cornell).
• Through the opening half between the pipes, junior netminder
Andrew Farrier recorded nine saves and four goals against in 27:29. Freshman
Carter Gylander then entered for 35:30 where he posted 12 saves with no goals against.
• In terms of special teams, Colgate went 1-for-4 on the power play and 1-for-2 on the penalty kill.
• The last time Colgate upset a top-10 team was in a 4-3 overtime win at then-No. 9 Harvard on Dec. 7, 2019.
THE BOTTOM LINE
• Colgate 5, No. 8/9 Clarkson 4
RECORD UPDATES
• Colgate begins the season with a 1-1-0 record.
• No. 8/9 Clarkson is off to a 4-3-0 start in nonconference action.
HEAD COACH DON VAUGHAN'S TAKE
"I'm just so pleased for the guys. The work that they have put in to get to this point has not been easy. We played a very good road game against the No. 8 team in the country.
"We will enjoy the next couple of days together, focus on each other and on some of the good fortune we do have during these challenging times."
UP NEXT
Colgate continues nonconference action on Sunday, Dec. 27 as the Raiders travel to Worcester, Mass., to face Holy Cross. Puck drop is set for 4 p.m.
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