BOX SCORE

WEST POINT, N.Y. (12/4/10) – Junior Alex Evin (Castlegar, B.C.) made 24 stops for his second career shutout to give the Colgate men's hockey team a much needed 3-0 win over Army to snap an eight-game winless streak.

Colgate (3-9-1) got three goals from three different skaters. Juniors Corbin McPherson (Folsom, Calif.), Nick Prockow (Montreal, Que.) and Austin Smith (Dallas, Texas) added the goals, while sophomore Robbie Bourdon (Montreal, Que.) increased his point streak to seven games with an assist in the first period.

Army (4-8-1) saw Ryan Leets make 36 stops between the pipes, but he took the loss.

Colgate struck first for the fourth-straight game on a power play goal from McPherson at 7:17 of the first period. Bourdon fired a shot that was saved by Leets and McPherson was there for the cleanup. Bourdon extended his point streak to seven games with the assist on Colgate's 10th goal with extra skater this season and fifth in the last four games.

The Raiders had another great opportunity after killing off a penalty and it came from an impressive effort from sophomore Kurtis Bartliff (Clinton, Ont.). He intercepted a bad pass from Army and found himself in the slot, hitting a pipe and then getting the rebound, which was stopped by Leets.

Colgate dominated play in the first period and held a 16-5 advantage in shots and killed off two power plays for the Black Knights.

The second period was scoreless and was one of the longest of the season. The Raiders had a 12-8 advantage in shots and Army had the only power play of the frame.

The Raiders got the all-important insurance goal that they desperately needed and it came from Prockow for his third of the season. The play started with a push up ice by the Black Knights, but the Army attacker over skated the puck and senior Austin Mayer (Providence, R.I.) was there to scoop up the turnover. He then skated in on a 2-on-1 with Prockow and put the puck right on Prockow's tape and he scored. The goal came with 8:23 left in regulation.

Smith added the empty net goal with 18 seconds left to close the scoring at 3-0. Senior captain Brian Day (Danver, Mass.) and sophomore Thomas Larkin (Cocquio Trevisago, Italy) were credited with the assists.

Colgate outshot the Black Knights 39-24, while they also scored the lone power play goal of the night as each team earned five chances on the power play.

The Raiders will be back in action a week from today as they host Niagara at 7 p.m. at Starr Rink.

NOTES: Bourdon extended his career-high point streak to seven games with an assist on the power play goal by McPherson … McPherson scored his second power play goal of the season … the 16 shots in the first period were the most since the third period against Princeton on Nov. 12 … Mayer and Prockow hooked up for the second game in a row … Mayer scored with Prockow assisting on Colgate's second goal against Cornell on Nov. 27 … Evin has two shutouts in his last seven starts after starting 39 times before earning his first goose egg … Smith scored his second empty net goal of the season, with the other coming against Army in the season opener on Cape Cod.