POTSDAM, N.Y. – A highlight reel goal by
Ethan Manderville ignited the Colgate men's hockey program on Thursday night as the Raiders rallied forward to a 2-0 shutout at No. 13 Clarkson.
The momentum led to
Carter Gylander's first career shutout with 21 saves against the nationally ranked opponent, while the Raiders recorded their third win in the last four games.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The game opened with some significant defensive play for the Raiders as Clarkson looked to make an early impact. After resetting with an early timeout, the Raiders drew their first power play of the game and put up some looks. Although its chances were denied and then they went on to the penalty kill, Colgate kept the momentum up.
It was as the penalty expired that
Josh McKechney made a team-first play. He blocked a shot and chipped the puck into the neutral zone to
Ethan Manderville. Escaping from the box, Manderville flew down the sheet on a breakaway and scored to get the Raiders on the board. It stood as the only scoring play of the period, as the Raiders went to the locker room with a one-goal lead after 20:00.
The second period was one in which the Raiders faced a lot pressure from Clarkson as it looked to narrow the gap. It wouldn't happen in the second stanza though, as
Carter Gylander made timely saves and big pad stops. Armed with another power play opportunity late in the period, Colgate made a push back into the Golden Knights zone but were held off from a second goal.
It was narrow on the scoreboard as the teams entered the final 20:00. As Colgate looked to increase its lead,
Alex Young made a play by swerving around a defenseman to land the puck on net, but it was stopped on the wide angle, so the ECAC foes played on in the one-goal game.
Midway through the period, the Raiders held strong through a tough couple of minutes in their own zone and came out of it with another power play opportunity. It was with that man advantage that McKechney capitalized on a rebound at the edge of the crease to increase Colgate's lead to 2-0.
With the momentum, the Raiders were reenergized and were ready to face the extra skater Clarkson put out in the final minutes. Colgate got pucks out of the zone and were able to skate ahead to celebrate a 2-0 shutout of No. 13 Clarkson.
COLGATE SCORING PLAYS
• Period 1 | 14:43 – While wrapping up the penalty kill,
Josh McKechney blocked a shot in the slot before poking the puck out the safety of the neutral zone. He then chipped it ahead to an
Ethan Manderville escaping from the penalty box. Manderville was able to take it down the sheet on a breakaway, before dangling the netminder to score a top shelf beauty.
• Period 3 | 11:44 – After
Matt Verboon took a shot from the top of the slot, it was saved by the pad of the Clarkson netminder.
Josh McKechney was ready at the edge of the crease to clean up the puck with a poke over the pad on the rebound.
STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
• Recording the first game-winning goal of his career was sophomore
Ethan Manderville. He scored for the second straight game with his third of the season, and now holds three points in the last four games.
• Behind his second multi-point night of the season, senior
Josh McKechney now holds six points, including five points in the last four games.
• With their apples on the power play goal, first-year defenseman
Nick Anderson holds three points in the last two games, while
Matt Verboon holds three points in the last four games.
• All four Raiders to earn points tonight in Manderville, McKechney, Verboon, and Anderson all begin two-game point streaks.
• Behind 21 saves, first-year netminder
Carter Gylander recorded his first career shutout.
• The shutout marks just the second of Clarkson in program history. The last came in the 2007-08 season in a scoreless tie.
• The shutout also marks the first on the road since Jan. 31, 2020 at Princeton (3-0).
• Colgate has now won three of its last four games.
THE BOTTOM LINE
• Colgate 2, No. 13 Clarkson 0
RECORD UPDATES
• Colgate holds a 5-6-3 record, and a 4-5-2 mark in ECAC Hockey action.
• No. 13 Clarkson is 9-7-3 overall on the season and is 4-4-3 in ECAC play.
HEAD COACH DON VAUGHAN'S TAKE
"Our preparation this week was excellent. The guys were very focused and the energy we had carried over to tonight. I have said it before and I will say it again, that Clarkson is an excellent team and they are hard to play against. They possessed the puck well in our end at times but our guys were willing to make the hard plays. We had 19 blocked shots. It's hard to win in this league and it takes that unselfish attitude to be willing to put your body on the line like that.
"We had great efforts from a lot of guys tonight. Carter made some big stops and our special teams play was solid. [Assistant Coaches]
Dana Borges and
Andy Boschetto have done a lot of work in that area and it's beginning to pay off.
"We will enjoy the ride home regroup and start to prepare for the rematch on Saturday."
UP NEXT
Colgate returns home to wrap up the series with No. 13 Clarkson on Saturday at Class of 1965 Arena. Puck drop is set for 4 p.m.
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