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Date: January 4, 2005
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Colby men's hockey ties 12th-ranked Curry

WATERVILLE, Maine --- Colby College goalie Chris Ries (Pittsburgh, Pa.) stopped 39 shots, but Curry College managed to come from behind twice from two goals down to forge a 3-3 overtime tie in men's hockey Tuesday night at Alfond Arena.

Colby (6-1-1), ranked 16th in the latest Division III poll, extended its unbeaten streak to seven games. Curry, ranked 12th nationally, moved to 6-2-1.

The Mules scored two goals in the opening 7:18 of play off the sticks of T.J. Kelley (Ridgefield, Conn.) and Jared Gordon (Bangor, Maine). Curry, though, scored just 29 seconds after Gordon's goal when Michael O'Sullivan (Dorchester, Mass.) cut the lead to 2-1.

Colby senior forward Nick Bayley (Cambridge, Ontario) made a nice individual effort to give the Mules a 3-1 lead with 5:09 left in the second period. Bayley moved into a tie with Dick Morrison '61 for seventh place among Colby's all-time leading scorers with 53 goals and 78 assists for 131 points.

Curry tied the game with two goals midway through the third period. Manu Mau'u (Torrance, Calif.) scored at 8:34 of the period and Ryan Murphy (Winthrop, Mass.) had the tying goal at 12:49.

Michael Ronan (Braintree, Mass.) made 28 stops for Curry.

Colby 3, Curry 3, OT

Curry 1#0#2#0------3

Colby 2#1#0#0------3

1st period

Colby: T.J. Kelley (Joe Rothwell), 1:24

Colby: Jared Gordon (Nick Bayley), 7:18

Curry: Michael O'Sullivan (Manu Mau'u), 7:47

2nd period

Colby: Nick Bayley, 14:51

3rd period

Curry: Manu Mau'u (Kevin Brooks), 8:34

Curry: Ryan Murphy, 12:49

Shots: Curry 42, Colby 31. Goalies: Michael Ronan (Curry) 28 saves; Chris Ries (Colby) 39 saves.