PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Colgate ended the regular season with a 2-2 tie at Brown Saturday before defeating the Bears 1-0 in a shootout.
Matt Verboon scored Colgate's lone shootout goal after he tucked one into the upper netting that hit off the inside of the crossbar and bounced back out. The shot originally got called no goal, but after a video review, it got overturned.
Carter Gylander then saved Brown's final attempt to seal the deal.
The game went into a shootout after a scoreless overtime period. The Raiders generated some good scoring chances during the extra period.
Ross Mitton nearly ended it as time expired as he got free on a breakaway with just seconds remaining, but his shot got denied by the Bears' goalie.
Gylander came up with some big saves in the extra period to prevent the Bears from scoring. He made seven stops in overtime and finished with 25 saves total in the game.
Neither team could find the back of the net in the third. The Raiders recorded six shots in the period but could not convert.
Verboon tied the game up at 2-2 when he scored his 14th goal of the season at the 16:15 mark of the second period.
Reid Irwin passed to
Ross Mitton, who fired a one-timer that got saved, but Verboon finished off the rebound to knot the game up.
Just under four minutes prior,
Ethan Manderville made it a one-goal game when he notched his sixth power play goal of the year after the Bears got called for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Nick Anderson and
Alex Young passed back and forth before Anderson fired a shot from the point that Manderville deflected into the goal.
Earlier in the middle frame, the Bears netted two quick goals to take a 2-0 advantage. Jordan Tonelli scored first for Brown, putting one in off passes from Ryan Bottrill and Nathan Plessis. Johnny Russell then scored five minutes later to double up the Bears' lead.
The first period saw no goals from either side. The Raiders had numerous scoring chances, outshooting Brown 15-6. Colgate also had one power play chance in the period that it could not score on.
The Raiders finished with a 35-27 advantage in shots and held control in the faceoff circle, going 37 for 69.
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Don Vaughan
"We had a lot of sustained pressure in the offensive zone for much of the first half of the game, but we didn't capitalize on our scoring opportunities. We hit a couple of posts early. They then got a couple of quick goals, and we had to chase the game a bit. I was pleased with our response and how we battled back to tie it, but we needed the regulation win to secure fourth place and the bye, and we came up short. We can't dwell on what might have been. We need to prepare for a tough Dartmouth team that took us to overtime last time out. We will be ready."
UP NEXT
Colgate earned the fifth seed in the ECAC Hockey Playoffs and will host 12th-seeded Dartmouth next Friday at 7 p.m. for a single-game matchup in the first round. Ticket information will be released early next week.
