men's hockey News - January, 2010 Archive

Mike McKenzie's 99^th career point in his St. Lawrence University hockey career may turn into a big point in the ECAC Hockey standings as McKenzie was credited with the game winning goal with 42 seconds to play in overtime as the Saints tipped Colgate 3-2 Saturday night to gain a split of its road weekend.

Junior wing Patrick Kennedy snapped a 1-1 tie with just 1:37 to go in regulation time as Cornell ended St. Lawrence University's four-game unbeaten streak with a 2-1 victory at sold-out Lynah Rink Friday night.

Kain Tisi was named ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week for the second straight week and the third time this season and Travis Vermeulen earned his second straight ECAC Hockey Player of the Week award and was named Inside College Hockey's National Player of the Week after leading the Saints to a sweep of Brown and Yale last weekend.

Senior center Travis Vermeulen scored two goals and assisted on two others as St. Lawrence University upended nationally ranked Yale 4-2 in a Eastern College Athletic Conference Division I hockey game at Appleton Arena Saturday afternoon.

Sophomore forward Jacob Drewiske had his second two-goal game of the season leading St. Lawrence University to a 5-2 Eastern College Athletic Conference Division I men's hockey win over Brown University at Appleton Arena Friday night.

Goaltenders Kain Tisi of St. Lawrence and Ben Scrivens of Cornell stole the show Saturday night as St. Lawrence and the nationally-ranked Big Red skated to a 1-1 ECAC Division I tie at Appleton Arena in Canton.<--break->

Tisi, who stopped 47 of 48 shots in registering a 4-0 shutout of Colgate on Saturday and the 1-1 tie with Cornell on Sunday, helped the Saints pick up three points on the weekend. Scrivens, who made 35 saves in Saturday's game, helped flu-ridden Cornell, ranked eighth nationally in one poll and ninth in another, come away with a three point weekend as well. SLU is 11-8-4 overall and 5-3-2 in league play after Saturday's game while Cornell is now 9-4-3 overall and 7-2-2 in the ECAC.

Senior forward Mike McKenzie snapped a scoreless tie with his fifth goal of the year at 9:18 of the third period and the goal opened the floodgates as St. Lawrence University scored three times in a span of 2:23 to come away with a 4-0 win over Colgate University in a ECAC Division I hockey game at Appleton Arena Friday night.

Dominated by St. Lawrence in Friday's first game of a two-game weekend series, Niagara University bounced back with a solid effort on Saturday night, tipping the Saints 4-3 in SLU's final non-league game of the 2009-10 season and earning its first win in three games with the Saints this season.

Nick Pitsikoulis and Jeremiah Cunningham scored two goals each and Kain Tisi improved to 2-0-1 in his last three starts as St. Lawrence University dominated Niagara University 7-2 for its tenth win of the season in a non-league hockey game at Niagara Friday night.

Senior goaltender Kain Tisi made 37 saves as St. Lawrence University and the University of Nebraska-Omaha skated to a 2-2 tie in game three of the 2010 Wells Fargo Denver Cup at the University of Denver Saturday evening.