Division III scores from last weekend:
Friday, November 22:
Assumption 4, Amherst 3
Canisius 9, Binghamton State 0
Fredonia State 4, Oswego State 1
Geneseo State 6, Cortland State 1
Trinity 1, Hamilton 0
Elmira College Invitational:
RIT 5, Mercyhurst 4
Elmira 12, New England 1
Saturday, November 23:
American International 1, Connecticut College 0
Bentley 8, W. New England 2
Cortland State 4, Brockport State 2
Fredonia State 14, Binghamton State 3
Holy Cross 5, Hamilton 4 (OT)
Plattsburgh State 12, Scranton 1
Elmira College Invitational:
Consolation:
Mercyhurst 12, New England 3
Championship:
Elmira 7, RIT 6 (OT)
Notes on some of the games:
Canisius 9, Binghamton State 0
Canisius center Mark LeRose paced the Golden Griffins' attack with a
hat trick (including two unassisted goals) and an assist.
Fredonia State 14, Binghamton State 3
It was more of the same for the 1-8 Colonials, as Fredonia had a 74-30
margin in shots on goal. Fredonia, hot off their upset win over a very
good Oswego State squad, led 7-0 in the second period before Binghamton
was able to get on the board.
Elmira College Invitational:
RIT 5, Mercyhurst 4
Mercyhurst's Rob Madia got his team on the board first, at 8:11 of the
opening period, but RIT took control from there, with Scott MacNair
(9:36), Scott Martin (18:38), and Tom Roman (19:26) scoring three
straight first-period goals. It looked like the Tigers were going to
run away with the game, but Mercyhurst tightened things up in the
second period. Madia got his second goal at the 16:34 mark, and just
over a minute later, Tom DeCoteau tied the score at 3-3. Scott
Burfoot, who led all of college hockey with 93 points last year, put
Mercyhurst ahead with 7:33 left in the third period, but then RIT
pulled out the victory, scoring twice in 34 seconds. Scott MacNair
tallied at 14:47, followed by Jay Murphy's gamewinner. RIT goalie
Derrick Barnett made 37 saves, and Mercyhurst's Mirko Pellizzari
finished with 30.
Elmira 12, New England 1
At 1:19 AM Tuesday, November 19, three Elmira College hockey players
were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and traffic code
violations. The three players, starting goaltender Tom O'Brien,
defenseman Chris Wayland, and forward Bob McGee, were throwing garbage
on vehicles and blocking traffic by tossing trash cans in the street.
Head coach Glenn Thomaris suspended the three players for the first-
round game Friday night, saying, "That's what I've done in the past.
If we have a problem with some people, they get a one-game suspension."
He had no further comments.
Fortunately for Elmira, they had done what the tournament host usually
does, which is to schedule a relative cream puff for a first round
opponent. The Soaring Eagles mutilated an overmatched New England
team, outshooting them 60-25 and building up a 7-1 advantage after one
period. Forward Matt Weir led the way, scoring five goals in the game
(tying a record set by Jeff Cristina), including what may have been the
fastest hat trick in Elmira history in the first period.
Elmira received a rude wake-up call when New England's Al Nadeau
tallied just ten seconds into the game. Weir tied things up for the
Eagles at the 2:02 mark, and then the floodgates opened. Bernie
Cassell got the eventual game-winner a minute and a half later, and
Weir, who had scored just once during the season before this game,
completed his hat trick with two goals in an eight-second span, at 4:17
and 4:25. At this point, New England goalie Paul George, who had made
six saves, left the game in favor of Jim Sylvester. It did little
good, however as Randy Murphy's first goal of the season put Elmira up
5-1 with just 5:59 gone. Greg Moore and Cassell added goals late in
the period. It was more of the same in the second, as Weir scored
twice in the first ten minutes and Moore tacked on another one at the
15:09 mark. Luc Larose and Bob Holmes rounded out the scoring in the
third. Sylvester made 42 saves, and Elmira goalie Dave Laudato wound
up with 24.
By the way, Wayland pleaded guilty last Tuesday morning, while O'Brien
and McGee have not entered pleas yet.
Mercyhurst 12, New England 3
Things didn't get much better for New England on Saturday night, as
they were again outshot by a wide margin (56-25). At least this time
they were able to keep the game close in the first period. Mercy-
hurst's Ken Gushie got things started with a pair of goals 25 seconds
apart in the first period, at 8:23 and 8:48, before Scott MacNiven
scored unassisted for New England at the 11:59 mark. However, Mercy-
hurst went on a tear, racking up the game's next ten goals -- four of
which were scored by Rob Madia, who got things going at 13:31 of the
first. Gushie wound up with a hat trick, and Scott Burfoot scored in
the second period and had a total of five assists, including one on
each of Mercyhurst's last four goals. By 10:19 of the third period,
Mercyhurst had gone up 12-1, and at that point, they relaxed a little
and New England's Mike Wagstaff and Tom Guidi each scored within the
next minute. Rob Thomas stopped 23 shots for Mercyhurst, while New
England's Paul George recorded 44 saves.
Elmira 7, RIT 6 (OT)
The Soaring Eagles recovered from an awful performance in the first
part of this game to take the tournament title for the fifth time in
the last seven years. RIT opened the game with Tom Masaschi and Scott
MacNair converting consecutive power plays, at 3:02 and 8:35 of the
first, and then a pair of defensemen combined to put the Tigers up 3-0.
Mike Heaney slid the puck over to a wide-open Tim Cluett, who fired the
puck past Elmira goalie Tom O'Brien, who, along with Bob McGee and
Chris Wayland, was back in uniform for the Eagles.
The key to Elmira's comeback was the power play unit, called the "Do
Five" because it consists of five forwards: Bernie Cassell, Bob
Holmes, Greg Moore, Joe Spinelli, and Matt Weir. (As I recall, Harvard
often used a five-forward power play under Bill Cleary, and I'm sure
other coaches have done it as well) At any rate, Holmes got the Eagles
on the board with 1:38 left in the first, and Cassell brought Elmira to
within one at 4:15 of the second. Both goals were on the power play,
as Elmira would wind up going 4-of-7 in man-up situations. RIT wasn't
finished yet, however, as Masaschi picked up his second goal of the
night at the 8:11 mark, and Jay Murphy scored a minute later. At this
point, with RIT leading 5-2, Elmira coach Glenn Thomaris pulled an
ineffective O'Brien and replaced him with Dave Laudato. O'Brien had a
horrible night, finishing with just two saves.
The goaltending switch apparently fired up the Eagles, as they tied the
game in the last six minutes of the period. The "Do Five" struck again
at 14:00 (Holmes) and 16:29 (Moore), and then Spinelli took a feed from
Weir and beat Tiger goaltender Derrick Barnett through the pads with
just six seconds left in the second period. RIT appeared to take a lot
of the wind out of Elmira's sails in the third, as they regained the
lead 1:43 into the period on a goal by Tom Roman. But Kyle Kirkpatrick
deflected a blast by Joe Caswell past Barnett to tie things up again at
the 8:36 mark. Team captain Tom Moses ended the game 1:13 into the
overtime, firing home the rebound of Gord Law's shot from the point.
Barnett finished with 26 saves, while Laudato had 18.
The tournament MVP was Elmira's Matt Weir, who had five goals and five
assists. The all-tournament team was:
Goalie: Dave Laudato, Elmira
Defense: Tim Cluett, RIT
Gord Law, Elmira
Forward: Bob Holmes, Elmira
Scott MacNair, RIT
Greg Moore, Elmira
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