men's hockey News - March, 2011 Archive

Yale showed why it has spent the majority of the season in the top three nationally in game three of its quarterfinal series with St. Lawrence on Sunday night, putting on a dominating performance in a 4-0 win which sends the Bulldogs to the ECAC semifinals in Atlantic City next weekend and ends the Saint season.

Yale junior Kevin Limbert snapped a 1-1 tie with a goal 8:37 into the second period, triggering a three-goal flurry and sending the Bulldogs, ranked third nationally, on their way to a 5-2 win over St. Lawrence in game two of their best-of-three ECAC quarterfinal series, forcing a deciding game three on Sunday night.

The magic continued on St. Lawrence University's men's hockey post-season magic carpet ride on Friday night as Matt Weninger came through with another tremendous performance in goal and Greg Carey scored two more goals, including the game winner at 16:28 of overtme as the Saints upset nationally third ranked Yale 4-3 at Ingalls Rink in game one of a best-of-three playoff series.

Your mission, Mr. Marsh, should you choose to accept it, is to go to the hockey rink of the team ranked number three in the country...the only team in Division I nationally which is undefeated at home...and win not one, but two games.

A rookie trio came through again for St. Lawrence University's men's hockey team in game three of the Saints' ECAC playoff series at Princeton on Sunday afternoon and as a result the Saints will continue the 2011 season after a 2-1 win at Hobey Baker Rink.

The rookies did not want St. Lawrence University's hockey season to end, and made sure it didn't as freshman wing Greg Carey scored two goals and rookie center Kyle Essery netted the third period game winner as the Saints squared their best-of-three ECAC first round playoff series with Princeton with a 3-2 win at Hobey Baker Rink Saturday afternoon

The Saints, now 11-20-5, will play the 6^th-seeded Tigers, 17-12-2, for the right to advance to the quarterfinals at 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon. The Saints will be out to square their record in games three of playoff series at 2-2 since 2006 and to advance to the quarterfinals for the third straight year when they meet the Tigers on Sunday.

"I thought we played a very solid game," said Saint coach Joe Marsh. "Special teams was obviously a big difference for us...we gave them only one power play and we converted on two of our own. We also did a solid job defensively and didn't give them too many openings that Matt Weninger couldn't handle."

Weninger picked up his first collegiate post-season victory for the Saints with a 28-save performance which included a dozen stops in the third period. He made several point blank saves and got some help from defensemen Pete Child and George Hughes, both of whom knocked away rebounds which appeared destined for the net in the third period.

St. Lawrence University's men's hockey team will have to pull itself off the mat after Princeton University scored goals just 21 seconds apart in the second period and went on to a 4-1 win over the Saints in game one of a best-of-three ECAC Hockey playoff series at Hobey Baker Rink Friday night.

St. Lawrence University's men's hockey team will be out to make a third straight appearance in the ECAC Hockey championship round when it embarks on the 2011 playoffs on Friday, but it will have to do it the long way, both literally and figuratively.