NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Rookie defensemen Ken Citron recorded his first collegiate tally in Colgate’s 3-1 setback to No. 10/11 Yale Saturday at Ingalls Arena.
Ryan Obuchowski gave the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead just 2:14 into the contest as his shot from the slot found its way through traffic and into the back of the net for his second goal of the season.
Yale expanded its advantage to 3-0 with a pair of goals just 1:57 apart midway through the second. John Hayden started the sequence, tapping home a goalmouth feed with 8:23 gone in the middle frame for his third goal of the campaign.
Charlie Curti made it a 3-0 contest at the 10:20 mark with a power play tally for his first collegiate marker.
Citron got Colgate on the board with less than three minutes remaining in the third, scoring at the 17:19 mark of the final frame to spoil Yale goalkeeper Alex Lyon’s bid for a second consecutive shutout.
Charlie Finn got the start in goal for the Raiders and finished with 37 saves. Lyon turned aside 19 shots between the pipes for Yale.
Bottom Line
No. 10/11 Yale 3, Colgate 1
Won-Lost Records
– No. 10/11 Yale improved to 5-1-2 overall and 3-1-2 in ECAC Hockey action with the win.
– Colgate moved to 4-8-1 and 1-4-1 with the setback.
Key Raider Info
– Citron became the second Colgate rookie to score a goal this season, joining Hunter Racine in that category. All four Raider newcomers have now registered at least one point this season.
– Rookie Willie Brooks tallied his fifth assist of the season on Citron’s marker. He now leads all Colgate rookies in scoring.
– Tim Harrison also picked up an assist on the Colgate goal. He now has five points this season (3g/2a).
– Finn made 30 or more saves in a game for the third straight contest and eighth time this season.
Inside the Box Score
– Yale out-shot Colgate, 40-20, for the contest. The Bulldogs fired 30 shots at Finn during the final two periods, including 21 during the second stanza.
– Yale was 1-for-7 on the man advantage while Colgate did not convert on either of its two power play opportunities. All but 17 seconds of the Raiders four minutes on the power play came in the third period.
– Colgate posted a 34-28 advantage at the faceoff dot. Tylor Spink and Mike Borkowski finished with 12 wins each.
– The Spink twins led the Raiders with three shot attempts each. Stu Wilson and John Hayden notched five shots each to pace the Bulldogs.
‘gate One Timers
– Colgate played its fourth ranked opponent of the season and moved to 0-4-0 versus ranked competition in 2015-16.
– The 21 shots by Yale in the second period matched the season high for most shots taken by a Colgate opponent in a single frame (second period versus Quinnipiac on Nov. 6)
– The Raiders were held to one goal or less for the fourth time this season and the third time in four games. Colgate is 0-3-1 in those contests.
– The Raiders allowed the first goal of the game for the sixth time in 2015-16 and slipped to 0-6-0 when doing so.
– Colgate surrendered three or more goals for the eighth time in 2015-16 and slipped to 1-7-0 when that occurs.
Up Next
– Colgate is back in action Nov. 27 when it squares off against Brown in the first game of the Friendship Four Tournament in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Opening faceoff is set for 4 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time (11 a.m. EST).
– The game is slated to be televised live on TSN in Canada and the Time Warner Cable Sports Network in New York.
