Greg Carey scored the
championship deciding goal in a shootout on Saturday night as St. Lawrence
University won its second New Year's Eve championship at Dartmouth College
after the Saints and host Big Green skated to a 2-2 tie in the final of the
2011 Ledyard Bank Classic.
Kyle Flanagan and George Hughes
combined for three goals and three assists in their return to action following
injury and St. Lawrence University's men's hockey team advanced to the
championship game of the Ledyard Bank Classic at Dartmouth College with a
nine-round shootout win after skating to a 6-6 tie with nationally
seventh-ranked Merrimack in the tournament opener Friday night.
St. Lawrence University captain
Jacob Drewiske snapped a 1-1 tie with his fifth goal of the season with 3:57 to
play and senior goaltender Robby Moss turned in an outstanding performance in
goal as the Saints tipped the University of Vermont 2-1 to conclude pre-holiday
competition in Burlington on Saturday night.
Dec. 16: St. Lawrence University Associate Professor of
Statistics, Dr. Michael Schuckers, was featured today on Inside Higher Ed, WAMC
public radio in Albany and a variety of public stations throughout the country. Dr. Schuckers undertook a statistical analysis of shootouts
in the National Hockey League and the statistics surrounding both the shooters
and goaltenders. Listen to his
description of his work and his findings here.
The 1980 Rink at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid proved to be
just the tonic St. Lawrence University's men's hockey team needed on Saturday
night as the Saints improved to 9-3-0 in that venue with a 4-1 win over arch
rival Clarkson.
St. Lawrence University's hockey team finally
found a way to get some pucks behind Clarkson senior goaltender Paul Karpowich,
but three weren't enough on Tuesday night as the Golden Knights snapped a tie
with a late goal and added an empty-netter to hand the Saints their fourth
straight loss, 5-3 in the first of two meetings this week between the North
Country rivals.
The Colgate duo of sophomore
center Chris Wagner and senior wing Austin Smith combined for three goals and
five assists as the Raiders snapped an eight-game losing streak against St.
Lawrence with a 6-2 ECAC Hockey victory at Starr Rink Saturday night.
St. Lawrence
University hockey goalie Matt Weninger experienced an all-too-familiar feeling
at Cornell's Lynah Rink on Friday night as he came through with a scintillating
performance in net, but his Saint teammates couldn't find sufficient offensive
support as Cornell skated to a 1-0 win over the Saints before a sellout crowd
of 4267.
