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Date: January 21, 2005
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Tufts goalie stops 60 shots to beat Colby men's hockey

MALDEN, Mass. --- First-year goalie James Kalec (East Amherst, NY) set a Tufts University record with 60 saves as the Jumbos defeated 13th-ranked Colby College, 4-1, in NESCAC men's hockey action Friday night at Valley Forum II.

The visiting Mules (9-3-1, 7-3 NESCAC/ECAC) were coming off a 2-0 victory against defending national champion Middlebury College last Saturday. The Jumbos, now 7-7 overall and 4-6 in the NESCAC/ECAC, won their third straight game by scoring four unanswered goals after falling behind 1-0.

Kalec stopped all 20 shots fired at him, and Colby goalie Chris Ries (Pittsburgh, PA) stopped the six shots he faced for a scoreless first period.

Senior Joel Morash (Liverpool, NS) opened the scoring at 9:22 of the middle stanza for a 1-0 Colby lead. The Jumbos answered with goals by sophomore Matt Dalton (Duxbury, MA) at 13:49 and by classmate John Murphy (Charlestown, MA) at 16:07 to lead 2-1 at the end of two. Dalton's was his first of the season.

Tufts extended its lead to 3-1 on the eighth goal of the season by Greg O'Connell (Cohasset, MA) early in the third period. With Kalec continuing to stone the Mules, junior co-captain Ken Cleary (Cambridge, MA) had an nassisted goal at 17:52 of the third for Tufts.

Kalec's 60 saves surpassed Jumbo Dave Wilson's 59 stops against Boston University during the 1955-56 season as the Tufts record. Ries finished with 21 saves for Colby.

Tufts 4 Colby 1

At Malden, MA

Colby (9-3-1, 7-3 NESCAC) 0 1 0 = 1

Tufts (7-7, 4-6 NESCAC) 0 2 2 = 4

Scoring: 1st Period: None; 2nd Period: C, Joel Morash (Patrick Walsh) 9:22; T, Matt Dalton (Matt Kniaz) 13:49; T, John Murphy (Peter Corbett, Sean Hayes) 16:07; 3rd Period: T, Greg OConnell (John Hurd, Ross Gimbel) 4:09; T, Ken Cleary (unassisted) 17:52.

Goalies: T, James Kalec (60:00 1 GA) 60 saves; C, Chris Ries (58:24 4 GA) 21 saves.