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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (11/4/11) – Austin Smith scored two shorthanded goals to lead the 18th-ranked Colgate men's hockey team to a 5-3 win over Brown to give head coach Don Vaughan his 300th career win, becoming the 13th active coach to reach the milestone.

Colgate (5-2-1, 1-0-0 ECAC) saw Smith collect his third two-goal game of the season and his second and third shorthanded goals of the year. Kevin McNamara tallied his fourth career multi-point game with a goal and an assist, while Chris Wagner and Jeremy Price added goals in the win. Eric Mihalik was impressive in net and finished with 33 saves between the pipes for his fourth win of the year.

Brown (1-2-0, 0-1-0 ECAC) got goals from Jack Mclelland, Massimo Lamacchia and Chris Zaires in the loss. Matt Wahl added a pair of helpers for the Bears and Mike Clemente pushed aside 20 saves.

Coach Vaughan joins a select club with win No. 300. He becomes the 39th coach in NCAA Division I men's hockey history to reach 300 wins and the fourth active ECAC Hockey coach to reach the milestone and second one in the last week, joining Dartmouth's Bob Gaudet. He is also the first Colgate hockey coach to ever reach the milestone.

Smith gave the Raiders a 1-0 lead 6:35 into the first period with his second shorthanded goal of the season and extended his point-scoring streak to nine games. Spiro Goulakos did a great job pressuring the puck during the Brown power play. He intercepted the puck and found Smith in stride on a breakaway and he buried his eighth goal of the year.

Brown answered in the second period with two-straight scores coming 1:14 apart in the first five minutes. Mclelland tallied the first Bear goal on the power play and it came during an extra attacker situation as Brown pulled the goalie during a delayed penalty on a 5-on-4 power play. After tying the game, the Bears took their first lead 1:14 later with Lamacchia scored on the man advantage. Brown took advantage of over four-straight minutes of power play time.

The Raiders answered with 12:12 remaining in the period as McNamara scored his first of the season with a blast from the blueline. Robbie Bourdon was given the assist as he dropped the puck for McNamara during a rush up ice and he blasted it home. 

The Bears tied the game 6:25 into the final frame as Zaires won a battle in front of the net. Jeff Ryan put a shot on Mihalik that the sophomore couldn't cover and Zaires was there for the rebound to tie the game at 3-3. Smith got the lead back for the Raiders at 4-3 with his second shorthanded strike of the night, coming with 4:35 left in the game. He scored 40 seconds into the Brown power play and the goal came unassisted. Wagner sealed the win for Colgate and coach Vaughan with an empty-netter with five seconds remaining in the game.

Brown earned the shot battle with 36 shots to Colgate's 25. The Raiders were 1-for-7 on the man advantage, while Brown went 2-for-8 with the extra skater. All three power play goals came in the second period.

Colgate will be back on the ice tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at Ingalls Rink as the Raiders travel down to ninth-ranked Yale to face the Bulldogs in a battle against ranked teams.

NOTES: Coach Vaughan had a career record of 300-298-69 … 31 of those wins have come against Brown … Colgate earned its 50th win against Brown in the all-time series (50-20-3) … Colgate has three shorthanded goals this season, all by Smith, after only scoring one in 2010-11 … Smith has scored a goal in six of the eight games played this season and has three multi-goal games … he has 11 career multiple goal games now and had his 30th multi-point game of his career … the Raiders scored the first goal for the third time this season (3-0-0) … Colgate is 4-0-0 when leading after the second period … McNamara tallied his first multi-point game since his freshman year in 2007-08 Raiders scored their 10th power play goal of the season and has at least one in its last three games … Brown has given up the 300th win to Gaudet and Vaughan this season …  Mihalik made 30 or more saves for the third time this season … Wagner has scored points in five of the eight games so far this season … first time since beating Robert Morris in the season opener that Colgate has won by two goals.