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Date: January 17, 2002
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Middlebury men's hockey stops Colby, 5-1

WATERVILLE, Maine --

Middlebury College scored the final five goals of the game in taking a 5-1 victory over Colby College in a battle of nationally-ranked men's hockey teams at Alfond Arena on Friday night.

Middlebury, ranked 11th in Division III, improved to 8-3 with the win and will play at Bowdoin on Saturday. Colby, ranked 12th in the country, fell to 8-2.

After a scoreless first period, Colby's Sean O'Grady (London Nationals/London, Ont.) scored a shorthanded goal off an assist from Jean Francois Auffrey (St. Paul's School/Dieppe, N.B.) 3:28 into the second period.

Middlebury went up 2-1 after two periods on goals by Adam Foote (Hotchkiss/New Hartford, N.Y.) and Kevin Cooper (New Hampton/Mississauga, Ont.).

Shady Young (Hill School/Bethlehem, Pa.) gave the Panthers an insurance goal at 10:24 of the third period to take a 3-1 lead.

Colby will play again at home on Saturday against Williams College at 4 p.m.

Middlebury 5, Colby 1

Middlebury 023-------5

Colby College 010-------1

2: C: Sean O'Grady (Jean Francois Auffrey), 3:28

2: M: Adam Foote (Tim Schneider), 10:48

2: M: Kevin Cooper (Tim Schneider, Brian Phinney), 13:06

3: M: Shady Young (Tim Graham, Ryan Cahill), 10:24

3: M: Tim Graham (Andrew Helming, Shady Young), 15:10

3: M: Brad Michalchuk (Andrew Helming, J.F. Duchesne), 19:19

Goalies: Middlebury: Yen-I Chen (25 shots, 24 saves), Colby: J.D. Hadiaris (31 shots, 26 saves) Power play: Colby 0-1, Middlebury 1-2