{"id":98616,"date":"2015-01-04T21:27:50","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T03:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/nchc-blog\/?p=294"},"modified":"2015-01-04T21:27:50","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T03:27:50","slug":"three-things-jan-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2015\/01\/04\/three-things-jan-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Three things: Jan. 5"},"content":{"rendered":"
Teams from the NCHC returned to action over the last five days, all playing out-of-conference games. None of the squads started with a bang, as Miami, Omaha and St. Cloud State split out of the gate, and Denver tied and won.<\/p>\n
You kind of have to feel sorry for the Colorado College Tigers. They are probably better than their 3-13-1 record indicates. While the season has probably started to wear on the players, the results of the last month in particular have added to the heartache.<\/p>\n
CC is winless on the road. The Tigers entered this weekend’s series against Providence 0-9-1. In three of their last four road games, they’ve lost twice in overtime and tied and lost a shootout.<\/p>\n
Against No. 16 Providence on Saturday, CC suffered another heartbreaker, losing the first game 5-4 in overtime. A common theme again repeated, as the Tigers could not hold the 2-1 lead they had entering the third period, or the 3-2 lead they had after Michael King scored at 7:53. Providence got goals from Noel Acciari and Brandon Tanev just 15 seconds apart in the 14th minute to take a lead, but CC tied it late on a goal by Ian Young at 17:18.<\/p>\n
However, Mark Jankowski scored the game-winner for Providence at 4:28 of the overtime. In CC’s previous two OT losses, the Tigers held a 2-0 lead over Minnesota-Duluth early in the second and a 2-1 lead entering the third, and tied Western Michigan at 19:57 of the third, only to lose at 1:58 of OT.<\/p>\n
In the Sunday game against the Friars, CC again struck first, and Peter Stoykewych tied it at two at 9:44 of the second. Again, however, Providence scored early in the third, but Sam Rothstein tied it for CC at 8:04. Providence’s John Gilmour scored the game-winner at 13:10, and Tanev added an empty-netter to seal the win.<\/p>\n
CC plays Connecticut on Tuesday in Bridgeport, Conn., to conclude a stretch of eight consecutive road games, and then has a weekend off before hosting Omaha on Jan. 16-17.<\/p>\n
After starting their second half with a 3-2 overtime loss to Notre Dame, a game in which Miami held a 2-0 lead, the RedHawks won three straight games against ECAC Hockey competition, defeating Cornell 3-0 last Monday and sweeping Rensselaer by 3-2 and 3-0 scores this weekend.<\/p>\n