CLINTON, N.Y. - Abby Ostrom '14 scored with 41.4 seconds remaining in overtime as Trinity College shutout Hamilton College 1-0 in a NESCAC game at Hamilton's Russell Sage Rink on Jan. 18.
The play started when Trinity (7-4-3 overall, 2-3-2 NESCAC) fired a shot from the right faceoff circle. Cheeky Herr '16 collected the long rebound inside the left faceoff circle and slid a pass to a wide open Ostrom in front of the net for the goal. The Bantams notch their fourth straight win and are 13-0-1 against Hamilton in the last 14 games. Alexa Pujol '15 stopped all 38 shots she faced for her second shutout of the year. She lowered her goals against average to 1.57 and improved her save percentage to .945. Becca Hazlett '16 made 29 saves for the Continentals. Hazlett's goals against averaged dropped to 1.84 and she brought her save percentage up to .916. Hamilton (9-4, 4-3) controlled the puck for most of the first period, totaling 15 shots to just three for the Bantams. The Continentals also had three power-play opportunities, but couldn't capitalize as the opening frame ended in a scoreless tie. Play was even in the second period, but neither team could crack the scoreboard.
Trinity had the best chances to score, but Hazlett made the stops. With seven minutes left in the period the Bantams fired a shot from the top of the right faceoff circle and Hazlett made the save. Lucy Robinson '15 gathered the rebound and put a shot on goal, but Hazlett turned the shot away again. While on the line change, Trinity got loose for a 3-on-1, but the shot sailed wide and no damage was done. The Continentals took a time out with 3:25 left in the third period, however the Bantams went on the power play for the rest of the period with 1:53 remaining. Hamilton's defense stepped up once again and killed their second penalty of the period to force overtime. In the overtime session, Hamilton got two good looks early on, but still couldn't find the back of the net. Just 26 seconds in, Abby Runyon '13 had an open look from the right faceoff circle, but was denied by Pujol. Hannah Jaiven '14 sent a shot in from the blue line just seconds later, but was turned away as well.
The Continentals edged the Bantams in shots 38-30 and both teams went 0-for-3 on the power play. The two teams play again in Clinton on Saturday, Jan. 19.
Watertown, Mass. – For the third time this season, the Canisius College hockey team lost in overtime, falling at Bentley, 3-2, on Friday night. The Griffs are now 8-10-5 on the season and 7-5-2 against league foes, while the Falcons improve to 9-10-1 and 7-6-1 in Atlantic Hockey play.
“It came down to one bounce late in the game,” said Canisius head coach Dave Smith. “We hit a pipe and the puck squirts through for a 2-on-1 for them and they are able to capitalize. It was a playoff-type hockey game out there that we need to learn from for the future.”
The Griffs are now 0-3-5 in overtime this season with seven of their 10 losses coming by just a single tally.
Junior Kyle Gibbons (Westlake, Ohio) and sophomore Mitch McCrank (Haileybury, Ontario) both scored for the Griffs in the loss.
Junior Tony Capobianco (Mississauga, Ontario) made 31 saves in net for Canisius.
McCrank gave the Griffs the early advantage with his third goal of the season 11:02 into the contest. The sophomore’s shot got past a screen in front and into the back of the net for the 1-0 lead. Freshman Stephen Miller (Boxborough, Mass.) registered the assist on the tally.
The Falcons answered back in the second period and took the lead with two tallies 2:19 apart. Steve Weinstein netted a power-play goal from the slot 8:32 into the frame to tie the game at one before Jared Rickord took advantage of a rebound off the boards for a 2-1 lead at the 10:51 mark.
Gibbons responded for the Griffs to knot the game at two with 3:34 left in the second. While a man down, the junior intercepted a pass along the boards and beat the Bentley goaltender for his team-leading 10th goal of the season.
Canisius had its chances to win the game in regulation but couldn’t quite take advantage of its opportunities. The best chance for the Griffs came on a power play just over midway through the third. Freshman defender Chris Rumble (Chesapeake, Va.) had a couple of his shots get through on net and the Griffs had a number of near misses on the rebound each time. Then with five minutes remaining, sophomore Doug Beck (Plymouth, Mich.) got behind the Bentley defense but his back-handed attempt hit the pipe as the game remained tied at two.
Bentley took advantage of its chance in overtime to earn the victory. The Falcons had a 2-on-1 and after Capobianco made the initial save, Brett Switzer knocked in the rebound to earn the 3-2 win.
The Falcons finished the game with a 34-30 advantage in shots. Bentley was 1-for-4 on the power play, while Canisius went 0-for-2 with the extra man.
Branden Komm recorded 28 saves for Bentley to earn the win in net.
THACA, N.Y – With former Cornell goalie and all-time wins leader Amanda Mazzotta ’12 in the stands, current Big Red goalie Lauren Slebodnick put on a show to impress her predecessor.
Slebodnick had 20 saves and earned her first shutout of the season, moving to a tie for No. 4 on the all-time wins list with 37 career victories thanks to a 6-0 blanking of visiting St. Lawrence at Lynah Rink on Friday night.
The shutout was Cornell’s first since a 9-0 win against Colgate on Nov. 16.
The No. 4 Big Red (13-4, 9-2 ECAC Hockey) came into the contest tied with the Saints (13-9-1, 8-3) in the conference standings, but ended the night all alone in third place. Cornell’s victory also completed a season sweep against St. Lawrence and keeps the Big Red undefeated on home ice this season.
On the offensive side of things, Brianne Jenner had another terrific game, tallying four points on two goals and two assists just three days after having a five-point showing against Syracuse. Erin Barley-Maloney had two assists and was on the ice for Cornell’s first three goals, while Jessica Campbell added three points as well. Freshman Victoria Pittens had a two-point night, and even Slebodnick got in on the scoring with her second assist of the season.
But despite all that offense, it took the Big Red a full 20 minutes to get going.
The first period ended with neither team lighting the lamp, though each side had two power play opportunities. The Saints outshot Cornell 9-7 in the period, though the Big Red was more dangerous with its two man-advantage chances. Slebodnick had nine saves in the period, her busiest 20 minutes of the evening.
“She didn’t have a lot of shots, but she had a lot of tough ones today,” Derraugh said. “She was on top of her game there and made some really key saves in the first period when we were a little slow and a little sluggish.”
In the second period, though, the Big Red was given plenty more opportunities on the power play and eventually converted. On its fourth man-advantage in the period’s first 12 minutes, Brianne Jenner took things into her own hands. After getting a pass from Erin Barley-Maloney at center ice, Jenner crossed the blue line, sidestepped a St. Lawrence defenseman and beat Carmen MacDonald with a forehand-backhand move. Slebodnick got the secondary assist, though she said afterward that the shutout meant far more to her.
“The girls joke about [the assist], and it’s just kind of a funny thing,” Slebodnick said. “My defense did an excellent job blocking shots, and they made my job pretty easy for me tonight. I’m thankful for that.”
With the lead, Cornell nearly made it 2-0 when an Alyssa Gagliardi slapshot looked close to going just under the crossbar and in. After a video review, the referees determined the puck did not cross the line, and the score temporarily remained 1-0.
Just a few minutes after that, though, another video review went in the Big Red’s favor as Jessica Campbell took the puck in toward McDonald for what would be the game’s pivotal score. Her first shot was blocked, her second was saved, but the junior kept fighting and eventually got the puck over the goal line. The referees’ review this time determined Cornell scored – there was a scrum around the crease during the goal – and it was 2-0 at the 15:37 mark of the period.
“I’m getting some good bounces,” Campbell said. “I’m just happy that the team’s playing well and I’m contributing to the success this week.”
Two minutes later, a sniper shot by Emily Fulton made it three consecutive goals for the home team. The play began in the other end as St. Lawrence had possession, but Campbell stole the puck against the boards and dished to Fulton as Cornell emerged with a three-on-one. Fulton kept it herself, wristing a laser high over MacDonald and finding the back of the net.
“Having all those power plays in the second certainly allowed us to gain momentum there and get that first goal,” coach Doug Derraugh said. “I thought we were really solid the second half of the second period and the third period.”
Cornell continued strong at the start of the third with Lauriane Rougeau slotting a pass through the crease to the left side. Jenner was waiting there all alone, and she finished the play for her second goal of the night just 1:30 into the frame.
Campbell got her goal next when St. Lawrence pulled MacDonald to create a six-on-four advantage while Laura Fortino was in the box for a roughing call. Campbell took a pass from Jenner and hit the empty net from beyond the blue line with more than seven minutes still to play.
Pittens capped the scoring by cleaning up a broken play. The puck bounced off the sticks of Jillian Saulnier and Jenner before Pittens was able to get control and fire the puck past backup goalie Mikaela Thompson.
The Big Red has a quick turnaround before its next game. The team plays again tomorrow against No. 6 Clarkson – the team just ahead of it in the standings – at 4 p.m. in Lynah Rink.
CORTLAND, N.Y. – The fifth-ranked Oswego State men’s ice hockey team (14-3-0, 8-1-0 SUNYAC) raced out to a 4-0 lead in the first nine minutes and never looked back as it defeated Cortland (6-10-2, 2-6-1 SUNYAC) by the score of 5-2 Friday night.
The Lakers received production from all four lines, while Chris Ayotte (Sr., Cornwall, Ontario) bookended the scoring run in the first period with a pair of goals.
Ayotte was the beneficiary of passes from Chris Muise (Sr., Oakville, Ontario) and Chris Brown (Sr., Centreville, Ontario) just over one minute into the game. Three minutes later, Paul Rodrigues (Sr., Etobicoke, Ontario) netted his 12th goal of the season to make the score, 2-0 in favor of Oswego State, with assists being awarded to Jon Whitelaw (Sr., Huntsville, Ontario) and Luke Moodie (Sr., Oakville, Ontario).
The scoring streak continued when Tyler Leimbrock (Sr., Bolton, Ontario) netted an unassisted goal at the 5:36 mark. Muise and Brown found Ayotte again with 11:17 remaining in the first period, prompting Cortland to pull goalie Lyle Rocker in favor of Geoff Sadjadi.
Matty Davie got Cortland on the board after receiving a pass from Stephen Nardi at 2:17 in the second period for the only goal for the stanza.
Eli Kim-Swallow (So., Toronto, Ontario) pushed the lead back to four goals at 7:03 in the third period when he capitalized on a Matt Singleton (Sr., Whitby, Ontario) assist. The Red Dragons closed out the scoring, though, with 7:44 left on the clock following Greg Ryan’s first goal of the year.
Neither team had many power-play chances, as both ended the game 0-for-2 with an extra skater.
Justin Gilbert (Fr., Ottawa, Ontario) picked up the win after registering 28 saves, including 11 in the third period. Lyle Rocker suffered the loss after making four saves in the first 8:43, while Sadjadi compiled 19 saves, as Cortland ended up out-shooting Oswego State by a slim 30-28 margin.
The Lakers return to the friendly confines of home for their final non-conference game of the year on Saturday when they host Hamilton at 7 p.m.
OSWEGO, N.Y. – Junior Mady Paul (Incline Village, Nevada) scored a pair of goals to lift the Oswego State women’s ice hockey team (8-8-1, 7-4-0 ECAC West) over Buffalo State (5-10-1, 2-5-0), 3-0, on Friday night at the Campus Center Ice Arena. Melissa Seamont (Jr., North Bay, Ontario) tallied the other Laker goal, while assisting both of Paul’s goals in Oswego State’s third shutout of the season. The teams square off again Saturday at 3 p.m.
The Lakers dictated play throughout most of the first period, but were kept off the scoreboard until Melissa Seamont (Jr., North Bay, Ontario) scored her sixth goal of the season during a 4-on-4 situation. Seamont lifted her shot over Bengal goalie Jordan Lee to give Oswego State a 1-0 lead headed into intermission.
Head coach Diane Dillon‘s squad doubled its lead during the late stages of the second period at the 15:47 mark.Bianca Camillaci (Fr., Hilton, N.Y.) carried the puck into the zone up the left side before passing to Seamont in the crease. Seamont put a shot on goal, which was turned aside by Lee, but the puck landed on the tape of Paul’s stick as she was skating through the crease from right to left for her sixth marker of the year. The goal prompted Buffalo State to call timeout.
The Lakers maintained the two-goal lead deep into the third period, but the Bengals pulled Lee seconds after Oswego State was called for slashing with 3:03 left on the clock. The penalty-kill unit stood firm and applied enough pressure of its own to force Buffalo State to commit a tripping penalty with 1:20 remaining.
Once the Bengals gained control of the puck again, they pulled Lee for a final charge. Seamont forced a turnover near the Laker bench, then hit Paul with a pass for the empty-net, power-play goal with eight seconds to play.
Oswego State finished the game 1-for-9 on the power play, while Buffalo State went 0-for-2 as both of its power-play chances were cut short by penalties of its own.
Bridget Smith (So., Hamburg, N.Y.) logged 18 saves for her second shutout of the season. Jordan Lee stopped 29 shots in the losing effort.
WORCESTER, Mass. – The No. 15 Niagara hockey team were handed its first loss in conference play as the Purple Eagles fell to Holy Cross, 5-3, Friday evening at Hart Center.
Twice Niagara (13-3-4; 12-1-1 AHA) battled back from a pair of goals down while playing with a short bench to make it a one goal game, but the Crusaders (12-7-2; 8-4-2 AHA) responded each time with a tally of their own to snap the Purple Eagles three-game win streak.
“We did a lot of good thing tonight. I thought we carried the play for most of the night,” head coach Dave Burkholder said. “We certainly had more great opportunities than they did, but when you add it all up they got to the scoreboard more than we did. When you’re on the road playing a quality team like Holy Cross you can’t give them three gifts, which we did. We need to dust ourselves off and play like champions tomorrow.”
Holy Cross took the lead 9:20 into the third period when Ben Kaplan skated the puck into the offensive zone along the boards and wristed the puck past NU netminder Carsen Chubak top shelf to give the Crusaders a 1-0 advantage. Jake Bolton made it 2-0 less than two minutes later at 9:01 while on the power play with Shayne Stockton picking up the assist. Bolton fired a slapper from the top of left circle that clanged off the bottom of the crossbar before dropping behind the line.
The teams headed into the first break with NU outshooting Holy Cross by a slim 10-7 margin.
Kevin Albers cut the lead in half at the 5:46 into the second stanza on a dump in at the blue line that caught Holy Cross goalie Matt Ginn on his heels and trickled behind him. The defenseman’s first career-goal was assisted by Dan Weiss and Chubak.
Matt Chartrain nearly brought the score back even a few minutes later when the rookie stoke the puck from a Holy Cross defender at center ice and raced in on Ginn for the breakaway, but his shot went wide, glove-side.
Jake Youso regained the two-goal lead for the hosts at the 7:23 mark of the middle frame. Youso streaked down the right boards and whistled a wrister into the back of the net for his seventh of the year.
Niagara responded a minute later, as Ryan Murphy notched his ninth goal of the season at 6:24. Marc Zanette had the initial look on goal, but Ginn left Murphy a rebound attempt that the left winger tapped
For the third time the Purple Eagles would have to battle back from a two-goal deficit as a Brandon Nunn shot snuck under the pads of Chubak to give Holy Cross the 4-2 lead heading into the final period of play.
Nunn added his second score of the night with 16:07 remaining in the game to make it 5-3. In the final four minutes of play, Patrick Divjak netted his third goal of the season on a slap shot from the top of the slot, but it was not enough to trigger the comeback.
The Purps outshot the Crusaders 41-29. Chubak made 11 saves in 38 minutes of play, while Cody Campbell wrapped up goaltending duties for Niagara pushing aside 13 Holy Cross attempts on net.
This is the first time in 22 AHA contests, where the Purps have not secured at least one point against a conference opponent, dating back to Feb. 11, 2012.
Niagara returns to Hart Center tomorrow evening to wrap up the series against Holy Cross. The puck is set to drop at 7:05 p.m.
TIM HORTONS BACKYARD CLASSIC TO BE HELD JANUARY 27th
The Tim Hortons Backyard Classic has been rescheduled to be held January 27th. “The weather forecasts from various sources have made us very optimistic for the Tim Hortons Backyard Classic to be on ice January 27th. We only need to freeze 4 inches of ice to skate, and with the predicted cold front coming we should have ice,” Nick Penberthy said.
For the last four years, the tournament was played on Penberthy’s East Amherst, NY backyard ice rink, which his family sets up each winter at their home. In 2011, it was expanded to a second Williamsville, New York location hosted by Chris Taggart, who serves as Co-Chair of the event. Last year, the tournament was forced into a street hockey tournament due to the lack of cold weather, making players and tournament officials alike eager to get back to the ice. In 2012, the event was renamed the Tim Horton’s Backyard Classic thanks to the generous support of Tim Horton’s Café & Bake Shop, who continues to be the Platinum Sponsor of the 2013 event.
This year with the relocation to the Rose Garden (2753 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY) the tournament has registered 24 teams and with the extra time expects to have more teams sign up for the 2013 event. Registration for the 2013 Tim Hortons Backyard Classic is still available online as limited spots remain at www.timhortonsbackyardclassic.com.
The hockey tournament was founded in 2008 by East Amherst, New York resident Nicholas Penberthy, currently a sophomore at SUNY Cortland (www.cortland.edu) studying childhood education. The Tim Hortons Backyard Classic has raised over $20,000 for Hasek’s Heroes, an organization founded by NHL great and former Buffalo Sabre Dominik Hasek, which introduces city youth to ice hockey and life skills. The proceeds from this event will be used to build an educational resource center.
ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell had not played in front of its home crowd in nearly two full month, so the team treated the Lynah Faithful to a dazzling offensive output against Syracuse on Tuesday night.
Brianne Jenner earned her second hat trick of the season and added two assists for a five-point night, Jillian Saulnierhad four points of her own and Jessica Campbell added three more as Cornell cruised to an 8-1 win in its first game at Lynah Rink since Nov. 16.
“We were pretty excited to be back in Lynah and playing in front of the home crowd,” Jenner said. “It’s fun to be back here because we’ve been on the road for a while.”
The No. 4 Big Red (12-4) now holds a 4-1 record all-time against the Orange (10-11-1) and is a perfect 7-0 this season in front of the home crowd.
The first period alone saw five goals on the board for Cornell, including two by Jenner. The team’s total after 20 minutes was more than its score in any full 60-minute game since Nov. 17 at Colgate.
The defense was strong as well, allowing just 14 shots on goal for the Orange and holding the opposition to its lowest total since Nov. 23 at Dartmouth. Goalie Lauren Slebodnick (9-4) picked up the victory.
“We have a ton of fun together in practice,” defenseman Hayleigh Cudmore said of her unit. “We’re always together, and I think what’s really cool about us because we have seven defensemen, you never know who you’re going to play with. I’m comfortable playing with all six of the others.”
The Big Red wasted little time getting started with its offense against the Orange, as Erin Barley-Maloney got the team on the board just 2:27 into the contest. The senior tipped home a shot from the right point by Morgan Richardson, earning the freshman her first career assist. A Campbell pass set up Richardson’s shot.
“You get that early goal in the game and it sort of builds the momentum,” coach Doug Derraugh said. “We came with a lot of energy today.”
Just under three minutes later, Jenner struck for her first goal of the evening. Richardson again had the primary assist, and Saulnier earned the secondary.
Jenner added her second strike two minutes later, extending Cornell’s lead to 3-0. This time, she took a tip pass from Hayleigh Cudmore at the left point and brought the puck down the left side herself to beat Syracuse netminder Jenesica Drinkwater.
Campbell got her third goal in as many games at the 14:47 mark of the period, taking a long breakout pass fromCassandra Poudrier a sprinting ahead of everyone on the left side. Her shot went five-hole on Drinkwater, squirting through and making it over the goal line. The point was the 50th in her career.
Saulnier ended the period’s scoring, notching a goal right in front of the net while simultaneously drawing a tripping penalty. The pass from behind the net came from Jenner, giving her a three-point period.
“Tonight we got off on the right foot and kept it down for the most part,” coach Derraugh said. “That was a pretty solid 60 minutes from start to finish.”
Syracuse’s lone goal of the game came in the first period thanks to a bizarre bounce when a Shiann Darkangelo shot from the slot ricocheted high off the body of Jacquie Greco and bounced past Slebodnick.
In the second period, the Big Red’s scoring pace dropped off a bit, but the team still put two more on the board.Hayleigh Cudmore got the first, ripping a rebound of a Campbell shot past Drinkwater, and Saulnier got the second.
Saulnier made a nice move to go five hole after a terrific passing sequence that started with Victoria Pittens in the middle of the ice. Pittens found Alyssa Gagliardi skating over the blue line, and she passed it quickly to Jenner. Jenner hit Saulnier with the final pass, and Saulnier finished for her second goal of the night. Saulnier got her 75th career point with that goal, and Gagliardi earned her 50th.
The night’s final score completed Jenner’s hat trick. The junior was standing to the left of the goal, and a Laura Fortino shot bounced around the crease until it found its way to Jenner’s stick. Jenner did not miss from close range, floating the puck over the goal line to cap the Big Red’s scoring.
“It was pretty easy for me tonight juts because my linemates were looking for me and found me,” Jenner said. “When you have chemistry like that it makes the game a lot easier.”
The win was also Cornell’s ninth consecutive on a Tuesday night. The team’s last Tuesday night defeat came on Nov. 2, 2010 against Mercyhurst.
ST. LOUIS, MO.—Former SUNY Potsdam men’s hockey player Kevin McFarland ’12
is spending the National Hockey League preseason in St. Louis Blues camp.
The goaltender, who set the Bears’ single-season save percentage mark
(.914) in 2011-12, is enjoying every second of his experience while it
lasts.
McFarland, a St. Louis native, was afforded the opportunity due to the NHL
lockout. The Blues 3rd and 4th goalies on the depth chart are currently
playing for St. Louis’ top farm team, the Peoria Rivermen, thereby
creating a need for an additional goaltender spot in shortened training
camp.
“The Blues invited former CBC High School graduate Kevin McFarland to
training camp this season, giving the team an extra goaltender in camp.
Typically, Jake Allen and Mike McKenna would be available, but they are
currently needed in Peoria.
McFarland was happy to take advantage of the opportunity.
‘It’s certainly a special moment. Growing up in St. Louis, being such a
big Blues fan, you dream about being part of the team,’ McFarland said.
‘Being able to be out there with the guys has been a fun experience so
far. ‘
McFarland has been skating with the team during informal skates recently.
He played hockey at CBC for three seasons and graduated in 2005.
‘If this ends tomorrow and they don’t need me anymore, it still would be
an excellent experience,’ McFarland said. ‘Everybody here in the
organization has been so good to me and welcomed me in.’
On Saturday January 12, 2013 the Buffalo Stars U16 Girls defeated the Rochester Edge 4-2 at the Hyde Park Ice Palace. Jessica Urbank set up Alyssa Franklin for the goal that broke open a tight game and put the Stars over the Edge. Rene Doherty had two goals for the Stars giving them an early 2 -0 lead. Katelyn Koester scored the other Stars goal. Rochester fought back twice from 2 goal deficits to make a game of it. Franklin also had 2 assists in the game; also earning helpers were Leanna Atkisson, Megan Urbank and Shannon Munley. Mikaela Ditonto had a strong performance in goal keeping the Edge from tying the score.
The win clinched the GLGHL 16U tournament bound division and secured them a spot in the State Tournament. The Stars will enter the State Tournament as the #2 seed from the West Section. “This is the first year for these girls playing together as a team and I am very very proud of them” Said Coach Dawn Robinson. The Stars success has been a total team effort, each girl has contributed in many ways some of which do not show up on a score sheet. They really enjoy playing together; they support one another very well.
In recent games the Stars have received shut out performances from Mikaela Ditonto and Alessandra Santarosa a four goal game by Katelyn Koester and a 3 assist game by Jessica Urbank . The team is looking forward to their next adventure which will be a bus trip to the Adirondacks to participate in the Winter Classic Tournament. Great job Lady Stars and good luck.
Canisius College Freshman defender Chris Rumble (Chesapeake, Va.) made a splash right from the start, earning Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week honors after helping the Griffs to a weekend sweep at Sacred Heart.
Appearing in just his second and third collegiate games, Rumble totaled three points, one goal and two assists in a pair of wins against the Pioneers. The defender netted his first career goal – a power-play tally – in Friday’s 5-1 victory to go along with an assist, while adding another helper in a 6-3 win on Saturday.
Rumble and the Griffs look to continue their winning ways January 18 and 19, playing at Bentley. The two-game series is set to begin on Friday at 7:05 p.m.
Potsdam
For the second time this season, SUNY Potsdam women’s hockey
player Dawna Salvarinas (Mississauga, Ontario/Brampton Thunder) has been named the Goalie of the Week by the Eastern College Athletic Conference West.
Salvarinas stopped 71 of 74 shots in two starts last week. She made 36 saves in a 4-1 victory over the Castleton State Spartans on Tuesday night. On Sunday, the junior made 35 more saves in a 2-0 loss to Utica.
In nine games this season, Salvarinas is 5-3 with a .917 save percentage and a 2.54 goals-against-average. Her five wins are a career-best and as are her two shutouts.
The Bears (6-9-2, 2-6-1 ECAC West) are 5-2-2 in their last nine contests after a 1-7 start.
Potsdam is off this week, but returns to action on Jan. 26-27, when the Bears host the Neumann College Knights.
Niagara University
Junior goaltender Carsen Chubak earned Atlantic Hockey Co-Goaltender of the Week after helping the No. 15 Niagara hockey team remain unbeaten in conference play with a weekend sweep over the AIC Yellow Jackets.
The netminder, who is sharing the conference honor with RIT goaltender Josh Watson, pushed aside 49 Yellow Jackets shots in 120 minutes of action to extend the Purple Eagles’ current unbeaten streak to three games. Chubak wrapped up the weekend with a .942 save percentage and an 1.50 goals-against average.
In the opening contest, Chubak made 24 saves in the 3-2 victory, including preventing AIC from tying the game with a late-game 5-on-3 opportunity. The following day, Chubak was once again solid in net, stopping 25 of the 26 shots AIC fired on goal.
The Prince Albert, Sask. native is now 13-1-4 on the season, making 569 saves. The six-time AHA Goalie of the Week and two-time AHA Goalie of the Month holds the top spot in the nation in save percentage (.953), and is second in the nation in goals-against average (1.46). His winning percentage of .789 places him third nationally. Chubak has garnered five shutouts this season alone which is tops in the nation
Chubak and the Purple Eagles continue their longest road trip of the season with a weekend series against Holy Cross, starting on Friday, Jan. 18 and wrapping up the following day. Both contests are scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m. at the Hart Center.
RIT
Junior goaltender Josh Watson (Lititz, PA) of the RIT men’s hockey team was named the Travel Team USA Atlantic Hockey co-Goaltender of the Week on Monday for the week ending January 13, 2013. It is Watson’s first weekly honor of his career.
Watson stopped 57-of-60 shots and recorded his second collegiate shutout in Saturday’s 4-0 win over Bentley, who entered the weekend as the highest scoring team in Division I. Watson, who made 26 saves in Friday’s 3-0 defeat against the Falcons, was brilliant on Saturday, turning aside all 31 shots he faced in the win. His best save came midway through the second period, when he robbed Bentley’s leading scorer, Brett Gensler, with a glove save from the right circle on a 2-on-1 break. Watson is now 5-6-3 with a 2.82 goals against average and .914 save percentage this season.
The Tigers return to action on Friday and Saturday, as they travel to West Point, NY to face off against Army. Both games begin at 7:05 p.m.
Oswego
Following a weekend in Division III men’s ice hockey that saw several of the top teams lose, Oswego State is ranked fifth in the USCHO.com Division III and D3hockey.com polls.
In the USCHO.com poll, the Lakers received 222 votes to remain in fifth. St. Norbert moved to No. 1 with ten first-place votes. Norwich dropped to second with eight first-place votes followed by Hobart in third and Bowdoin in fourth.
The D3hockey.com poll has Oswego State earning 210 votes, which was 13 votes behind Bowdoin in fourth. St. Norbert took over the top spot with 14 first-place votes. Hobart comes in second with 276 votes followed by Norwich in third with 269 votes.
Other SUNYAC teams listed in the poll includes Plattsburgh, which moved to ninth in the USCHO.com poll and 10th in the D3hockey.com poll, and Geneseo, which received nine votes in the USCHO.com poll and four votes in the D3hockey.com poll.
Oswego State (13-3-0, 7-1-0 SUNYAC) travels to Cortland on Friday before hosting non-conference Hamilton on Saturday at 7 p.m.
The Rochester Stars of the Eastern Junior Hockey League will be playing two games at the Webster Ice Arena this weekend. The Stars (14-14-3, 31 points, 4th place in Northern Division) will take on the Philadelphia Revolution (5-29-0, 10 points, 7th place in Southern Division) in an EJHL showdown.
The puck drops Saturday January 19th at 8 PM in Webster. On Sunday January 20th the teams battle again at 11 AM.
Tickets can be purchased at the door and are $5 for adults and $2 for students and seniors. Children under 18 are free.
For more information, please contact the Maksymum Hockey office at 585-426-8488.
POTSDAM, N.Y.—Utica College (6-6-1, 4-3-1 ECAC West) got goals from Junior
forward Megan Meyers (Las Vegas, Nev./LA Selects) and sophomore forward
Kelsey Dowdall (Smith Falls, Ontario/Nepean) to defeat the SUNY Potsdam
women’s hockey team (6-9-2, 2-6-1) 2-0 at Cheel Arena on Sunday afternoon.
Junior goalie Dawna Salvarinas (Mississauga, Ontario/Brampton Thunder) was
strong again for the Bears, finishing with 35 saves.
The first period was a defensive battle. Potsdam got seven shots away and
Utica took just five. Each team had three power plays during the first
stanza, but even the man advantage didn’t spark the offense. Salvarinas
and Pioneers junior goalie Jennifer Hamel (Ithaca, N.Y./Northwood School)
were perfect through 20 minutes.
The offenses woke up in the second period as Utica outshot Potsdam 19-12.
Salvarinas stopped two breakaways and smothered several other strong
opportunities, but the Pioneers got on the board at the 4:02 mark with a
power-play goal. Meyers went top shelf with assists from sophomore forward
Louise Steele-Norton (Avondale, Pa./Millbrook School) and sophomore
defenseman Courtney May (Oxford, Mich./Belle Tire). The teams traded
penalties through the rest of the period as the contest got more physical,
but the score remained 1-0 at the break.
Utica held the edge in play in the third period and had a 13-10 shot
advantage. At 5:38, Utica sophomore Nicole Schwartz (Danville, Calif./San
Jose Sharks) centered a pass from behind the net and Dowdall wristed it
into the right side of the net to give the Pioneers a 2-0 lead.
Steele-Norton recorded the second assist on the goal. The Utica offense
kept the Bears on the defensive through the middle of the period. Potsdam
was able to generate a few strong scoring chances as time wound down, but
Hamel kept the puck out of the net. Salvarinas was pulled for the final 25
seconds, but the Bears were unable to draw closer.
Hamel made 29 saves to earn the shutout. The Pioneers were 1-4 on the
power play and Potsdam was 0-5.
The Bears are now off until they host Neumann College for two games on
Jan. 26-27, at Cheel Arena.
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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Holding a 3-2 lead with under a minute left, the No. 4 Cornell women’s hockey team could not seal a victory at No. 3 Boston College and instead fell 4-3 in overtime at Conte Forum on Sunday afternoon.
Eagles right wing Haley Skarupa scored her second goal of the contest with 43.3 seconds left in the game, and a stellar individual effort by Emily Field 1:31 into overtime gave the homestanding Eagles a come-from-behind victory in a matchup between two teams that made the Frozen Four last season.
Cornell (11-4) got goals from three right wings – Victoria Pittens, Emily Fulton and Monika Leck – but the high-scoring Eagles (16-3-2) showed resilience in picking up the résumé-boosting win and extending their current winning streak to 12 games.
The Big Red, which allowed 12 shots in the first period, played progressively better throughout the game and gave up just six shots in the second period and eight in the third. But the eighth shot in the third – Skarupa’s goal – and the Eagles’ only shot in overtime were enough to hand Lauren Slebodnick (8-4) her fourth loss of the year despite 23 saves.
The game began all wrong for the Big Red as the Eagles – with the nation’s second-best offense at 4.85 goals per game – scored just 15 seconds in. With the puck in the right corner of the BC offensive zone, Alex Carpenter got the puck and brought it out to the slot. She took a quick shot that Slebodnick saved, but the rebound went into a dangerous area where Melissa Bizzari picked it up for the open-net goal.
Cornell got things evened up 16 minutes later when Pittens got just the second goal of her Big Red career. After a beautiful keep-in by a diving Cassandra Poudrier, Hayleigh Cudmore dumped the puck down low to Erin Barley-Maloney. The senior brought the puck back out and found a streaking Pittens, who had speed in the slot and fired high over the glove of Corinne Boyles for the equalizer.
The Big Red took its first lead of the game in the second period as Brianne Jenner set up a laser shot by Fulton. Skating up the right side after taking a pass off the boards, Jenner had three BC players in front of her. She entered the offensive zone, cut back, and dropped off a pass to Fulton, who was coming in behind. Fulton ripped one over Boyles’ left shoulder and put Cornell ahead 2-1.
The Eagles re-tied the game with a power play goal by Haley Skarupa five minutes later, but Leck allowed Cornell to regain the lead with a goal at the 18:21 mark of the period. This one was again set up by quality passing as Leck found Taylor Woods down low. Woods went behind the net, circled back and found Leck skating toward the goal with a backhand pass. Leck had momentum behind her and fired far side to get it past Boyles for the 3-2 lead. Cornell’s three goals saw seven different players pick up points.
That would be the final tally for the Big Red, though, as Boyles did not allow any of Cornell’s 10 third-period shots to find twine.
With just over a minute left, Boyles left her net on the other end of the ice as the Eagles took possession. After multiple failed clearing attempts by the Big Red, BC captain Blake Bolden wound up with the puck on her stick at the left point. She wound up for what looked like a shot, but instead passed to an open Skarupa in the slot. Skarupa reached out her stick and chipped the puck over Slebodnick, sending the game to overtime.
Once in overtime, Cornell got the first shot on goal by Hayleigh Cudmore, but the Eagles took over from there. Cornell lost possession of the puck, and Field brought it up ice on the right side. Crossing into the offensive zone, Field went to the left side and kept the puck on her stick with a Big Red defenseman in front of her. Coming all the way over to the left side, Field ripped a wrist shot from the circle that beat Slebodnick, sending the home fans happy.
The Big Red still holds a 15-3-1 record all-time against BC.
Cornell is back on the ice on Tuesday night, hosting Syracuse at 7 p.m. in Lynah Rink for its first home game in nearly two full months.
