CHALLENGERS GAIN HOPE FROM CORNELL TIE
Clarkson, SLU, RPI Sweep To Gain A Point On Big Red
Tim Vanini's goal at 19:50 of the third period salvaged a tie for ECAC
leader Cornell against Harvard on Saturday night. With sweeps forged by
Clarkson, St. Lawrence and RPI, challengers to the Big Red picked up a point
as the league approaches its ultimate weekend of play.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Mike Millham, Vermont SR G. The native of Chenango Bridge,
NY stopped 48 of 51 shots in two low-scoring (4-2 and 3-1) road wins at
Princeton and Army.
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK: Rob LaFerriere, Princeton FR LW. A Native of E. Freetown,
MA, LaFerriere had two goals against RPI and added another against Vermont.
Home Ice Showdown Ahead: The fourth and final home ice spot could be decided
Friday when #4 RPI hosts #5 Harvard.
ECAC SCORING LEADERS
PLAYER SCHOOL GP G- A- P PLAYER GP G- A- P
Ciavaglia Harv. 18 22-29-51 Derraugh Cornell 18 16-16-32
Donato Harv. 18 13-33-46 Faust Prince. 18 13-17-30
Vukonich Harv. 18 27-16-43 Cooke Colgate 18 17-12-29
Juneau RPI 16 15-25-40 Coles RPI 17 11-18-29
Lappin SLU 18 15-23-38 Belanger Clarksn 18 9-19-28
Pritchard SLU 18 16-20-36 Hughes Cornell 18 9-18-27
DeCosty RPI 17 21-11-32 Dupere Colgate 18 7-20-27
ECAC GOALTENDING LEADERS (9 game minimum)
PLAYER SCHOOL GP W-L-T MIN SV GA ShO PCT AVG
Rogles Clarksn 12 8-3-0 607 256 30 2 .895 2.97
D'Alessio Cornell 14 9-1-3 785 307 39 0 .887 2.98
Roy Harvard 9 5-3-1 543 226 27 1 .893 2.98
Kuntar SLU 18 12-3-1 976 440 52 1 .894 3.20
Millham Vermont 18 9-7-1 1013 424 57 1 .881 3.38
Menges Colgate 9 1-4-3 488 242 30 1 .890 3.69
-HONOR ROLE-
Joe Juneau, RPI: SR C had a 4-1-5 weekend, including a hat trick at Army.
Mike Lappin, SLU:Jr C was 4-2-6 with "hat" v. Brown.
Andy Pritchard, SLU: SR LW followed last week's "Player of Week" effort with
2-5-7 weekend.
Dale Band, Colgate: Jr C had a 7-pt. weekend too, 2-5-7.
Steve King, Brown: SR RW had a pair of goals in each game.
Allain Roy, Harvard: JR G came up big with 36 saves in 2-2 OT T at Cornell. In
3 years, Roy is 2-0-1 with a 1.30 average at Lynah Rink.
Bruce Coles, RPI: SR RW had 2-3-5 in 8-5 win at Princeton.
Tim Vanini, Cornell: SR D scored at 19:50 of the third period to tie Harvard.
Ray Latourneau, Yale: It wasn't this SR G's fault that Yale lost two in the
North Country. He had 72 saves including 43 in 5-1 loss at SLU.
Hugo Belanger, Clarkson: SO LW had 1-4-5 night v. Brown.
ECAC LEADERS:
Offense: Harvard, 6.33 per game.
Defense: Cornell, 2.94 per game
Power PLay: Clarkson, 41.4%
Penalty Killing: Vermont, 82.9%
Penalty Minutes: RPI, 579 minutes (ECAC Record= 592)
Goals: Mike Vukonich, Harvard, 27
Assists: Ted Donato, Harvard, 33
Power Play Goals: Pete Ciavaglia, Harvard, 12
Shorthanded Goals: Andre Faust, Princeton, 3
Game Winning Goals: 7 players tied with 3
Goalie Wins: Les Kuntar, SLU, 12
Goalie Saves: Ray Letourneau, Yale, 506
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