Tuesday night scores:
     Cornell 3, COLGATE 2
     Boston College 8, DARTMOUTH 2
     NEW HAMPSHIRE 5, Yale 3
     UMass-Boston 5, Norwich 3
 
Notes on the Cornell-Colgate game:
 
Cornell 3, Colgate 2
     Actually, the score should read Doug Derraugh 3, Jamie Cooke 2, as
     Derraugh had the hat trick for Cornell while Cooke tallied twice on the
     power play for Colgate.  Not only was this first time in three meetings
     this season that Cornell defeated Colgate, it was also the first time
     all season that the Big Red even had a lead against the Red Raiders.
     Oh yes, the game was televised, and it was living proof that you need
     more than two cameras to cover a hockey game -- particularly if they
     are on the same side of the rink.
 
     Colgate came out with an aggressive forecheck early, but it was the Big
     Red picking up a goal on the game's first power play.  Ryan Hughes took
     a soft shot that appeared to be harmless, but Derraugh redirected the
     puck past Colgate goalie Shawn Murray's left skate at 2:53 of the
     first.  Colgate came right back just over two minutes later, as Marc
     Dupere fed the puck to Cooke from the left point, and Cooke snapped a
     low wrist shot by goaltender Corrie D'Alessio from the right circle.
     Despite the two scores, both goalie were outstanding in the first
     period -- particularly Murray, who made a number of great saves,
     including a stop of a one-on-one with Karl Williams later in the
     period.
 
     Derraugh completed his hat trick, the first of the season for a Cornell
     player, with goals two and a half minutes apart in the second period.
     Kent Manderville picked up the puck in the right corner of the Colgate
     zone and passed to Derraugh, who was all alone between the circles.
     Derraugh sent a low shot through a screen and by Murray at the 6:14
     mark.  The goal was controversial, as the Colgate players complained
     (legitimately) that Cornell's Ryan Hughes was playing without a helmet
     and that a penalty should have been assessed well before the goal was
     scored.  Colgate captain Steve Poapst argued so vociferously that
     referee Mike St. Louis hit him with a ten-minute misconduct. (This, by
     the way, was not the only call that Mr. St. Louis blew, as he was
     inconsistent all night)  At any rate, Cornell made it 3-1 with a goal
     that was due to sheer persistence.  Murray blocked a shot and wound up
     on his backside with the puck loose by his leg.  Several Cornell
     players hacked at it before a rebound floated out to the slot, where
     Derraugh backhanded the puck over Murray and into the net.
 
     The rest of the game belonged to D'Alessio, who played perhaps his best
     game of the season between the pipes.  Later in the period, he faced
     Dupere on a breakaway -- not a pretty sight for any goalie, but
     D'Alessio made terrific saves on both the initial shot and the rebound
     try.  Colgate did cut the deficit to one with 4:02 left in the second,
     when Cooke unleashed a slap shot from the faceoff dot just as Colgate's
     Dan Gibson skated in front of D'Alessio, but the Red Raiders were shut
     down after that.  Murray also had a great game for the Red Raiders, as
     the freshman stopped 26 shots; D'Alessio finished with 30 saves, as
     Cornell grabbed a little breathing room atop the ECAC.  The Big Red
     would clinch a playoff spot with a victory over Dartmouth on Saturday.
     (Clarkson and St. Lawrence can also clinch playoff berths this
     weekend.)
 
     And finally, one note to Colgate head coach Terry Slater, who com-
     plained that "the bounces weren't going our way":  I don't want to hear
     it.  Not after what happened the first two times these teams met.  In
     the first game, Colgate scored a goal when the Cornell net was off the
     moorings, and Cornell lost a goal on a referee's ruling that the puck
     was not completely across the line.  In the second game, the Red
     Raiders got two gift goals, one when the Cornell goaltender lost his
     stick and one when a Cornell clearing pass wound up in the net.
 
Bill Fenwick
Cornell '86
LET'S GO RED!!
 
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