HAMILTON – With five different Raiders notching goals, the No. 5 Colgate women's hockey team secured a 5-0 win over St. Lawrence on Senior Night. With the win, the Raiders are 12-5-1 and 7-3 in ECAC Hockey play.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Raiders dominated the puck from the start of the game, and just 1:28 into the contest, senior
Malia Schneider scored from the right faceoff zone to give the Raiders the 1-0 lead.
Just 1:16 later, sophomore
Darcie Lappan tipped the puck in off a deflected shot by junior
Maggie MacEachern to make the score 2-0 not even three minutes into the contest.
The Raiders continued their pressure in the offensive zone, but a major boarding penalty sent sophomore
Danielle Serdachny to the box. After a minor penalty was also called, the Raiders faced a 3-on-5 penalty kill, but the defense by the Raiders and outstanding goaltending by first-year
Kayle Osborne kept the Saints off the board.
After the Saints were called for a penalty at the 16:39 mark of the first period, sophomore
Kaitlyn O'Donohoe capitalized on the power play and scored with one second left in the advantage to make the score 3-0 at the end of the period. Headed into the second, Colgate was outshooting the Saints 11-10.
Colgate continued to pressure offensively in the second period, and at the 5:16 mark of the period, O'Donohoe capitalized on a St. Lawrence turnover and passed to sophomore
Sammy Smigliani low in the slot who scored, giving the Raiders the 4-0 lead.
At the 11:10 mark in the second period, junior
Rosy Demers skated up the right side and scored as the puck crossed the goal line into the upper shelf to make the score 5-0.
The Raiders continued to get great shots on goal throughout the third period but were unable to tally another goal. At the end of the game, the Raiders outshot the Saints 34-25.
COLGATE SCORING PLAYS
• Period 1 | 1:28 Sophomore
Shelby Wood received a stellar pass from sophomore
Sammy Smigliani high in the slot, who then gave it to senior
Malia Schneider who scored from the right faceoff zone.
• Period 1 | 2:44 Senior
Coralie Larose picked up the loose puck and passed to sophomore
Maggie MacEachern who shot from the left faceoff zone and sophomore
Darcie Lappan was low in the slot to tip it in.
• Period 1 | 18:38 At the blue line, sophomore
Allyson Simpson dumped the puck to junior
Rosy Demers at the goal line, who passed across the ice to sophomore
Kaitlyn O'Donohoe at the edge of the left faceoff zone to score.
• Period 2 | 5:16 O'Donohoe picked up the loose puck after the St. Lawrence turnover behind the net and backhanded it to Smigliani low in the slot for the score.
• Period 2 | 11:10 Junior
Rosy Demers skated up the right side and shot from low in the slot to the top shelf.
STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
• After notching one goal and one assist in tonight's contest, sophomore
Sammy Smigliani has a five-game point streak (4G, 4A)
• Four Raiders recorded multi-point nights, with junior
Rosy Demers (1G, 1A), junior
Maggie MacEachern (2A), sophomore
Kaitlyn O'Donohoe (1G, 1A) and Smigliani (1G, 1A) all having two points.
• Senior
Peri Donaldson finished her collegiate career with a 1.000 save percentage and had on two saves.
•
Kayle Osborne recorded 23 saves, including a game-high 11 in the second period.
• The Raiders held the Saints scoreless on both power play attempts.
• Junior
Rosy Demers won a team-leading 76.9 percent of faceoffs, while the Raiders as a team won 75.4 percent of faceoffs.
• The Raiders marked a new season-high for goals scored with five, previously beating the record of four goals, which was set three times this season.
• Colgate outshot the Saints on goal 34-25, including a game-high 12 shots in the third period.
HEAD COACH GREG FARGO'S TAKE
"Today was a really special day for our seniors but also for our entire team. We really could not have drawn up a better senior day for our six outstanding seniors.
"I thought we came out ready to go in the first period and made the most of our scoring chances early on. We followed up the early goals with a tremendous five-minute penalty kill and then a power play goal. Things were really clicking in that first period for us. I know our team really wanted to play well for our seniors, and honor them in that way and we were able to do just that.
"This group has meant so much to our program these past four years and they continue to leave their mark here. I can't wait to see how the rest of this story is written for them and this team."
THE BOTTOM LINE
• No. 5 Colgate 5, St. Lawrence 0
RECORD UPDATES
• Colgate holds a 12-5-1 record and is 7-3-0 in ECAC Hockey play.
• St. Lawrence is now 2-6-0 overall and has a conference record of 2-5-0.
UP NEXT
The Raiders travel for a road series at Quinnipiac starting at 5 p.m. Feb. 26 in Hamden, Conn.
FOLLOW THE RAIDERS
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