CANTON, N.Y.<\/b> — Under the bright lights of national television, St. Lawrence and Colgate put on a show with St. Lawrence ultimately emerging with a 4-2 victory. <\/p>\n
Kyle Hayton was the undisputed No. 1 star, making 44 saves, including 18 in the second period and 16 in the third.<\/p>\n
An early power play to Colgate, just 32 seconds into the period, appeared to give the Raiders the upper hand. However, a strong kill by St. Lawrence set the tone for the period, in which the Saints emerged with a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n
The first goal was credited to Joe Sullivan, who tipped a long-range wrist shot from Ben Masella at the 3:34 mark of the opening frame. <\/p>\n
The Saints’ next goal came 3:16 later when Drew Smolcynski took a pass from Jacob Pritchard and deked through the crease, beating Charlie Finn blocker side to give SLU a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n
“[Brian] Ward just put it over the guy’s stick, and I just had a little poise and put it home,” said Smolcynski.<\/p>\n
The adage goes that a two-goal lead is the worst lead in hockey, and it held true in this contest. <\/p>\n
Two goals in the first half of the period for the Raiders knotted the score at two goals apiece. Mike Panowyk scored first for the Raiders at the 3:43 mark. A Saints’ icing led to an offensive-zone faceoff for Colgate, and Panowyk tipped a Brett Corkey shot that came off the faceoff win.<\/p>\n
With Finn out of the net on a delayed penalty, Colgate scored the tying goal on a de-facto power play. Rory McGuire netted his first career goal with a hard shot from above the left faceoff circle at the 9:35 mark of the middle frame.<\/p>\n
The Saints gained some life after killing the resulting power play, and with a minute and a half to play in the period, scored on a true power play to regain the lead heading into the final period. Pritchard recorded his second assist of the night with a saucer pass through the slot that found a wide-open Smolcynski, who buried the one-timer for his second goal of the night.<\/p>\n
“It’s a game of inches, and we work so hard on stick position, but on the PK, our forward had his stick in the wrong position,” explained Colgate coach Don Vaughan.<\/p>\n
The third period was an entertaining end to end 20 minutes, with Colgate again dominating the shot totals. <\/p>\n
Needing a goal with under two minutes to play and an offensive-zone faceoff, the Raiders pulled Finn in favor of an extra attacker, and the Saints took advantage. A nice stretch pass found Sean McGovern open and he netted the empty-net goal to ice the win for SLU.<\/p>\n
“We had a slow start,” said Vaughan. “You have to give them credit. They had a strong start and they were really feeding off the energy of the building.”<\/p>\n
“We needed those two points,” said Smolcynski. “Every game in our league is tough and we needed a big game, but we have to come out again tomorrow with another tough game.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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