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Date: November 19, 2004
Contact: Bill Sodoma
Colby men's hockey loses opener
MANCHESTER, N.H. --- (November 19, 2004) St. Anselm tallied six goals
including four in the second period en route to a 6-3 victory over Colby
in their season opener at Sullivan Arena Friday night.
After a scoreless first period, the Hawks took the first lead of the game
when Junior Defenseman Mike Walsh (Milton, Mass.) snuck the puck past the
Mules' goalie Ben Grandjean (Waterford, Conn.) for the first Hawks' goal
of the 2004-05 season. Just 1:30 later after a Hawks interference
violation Patrick Walsh (Easton, Conn.) evened the score with a power
play goal. Saint Anselm came right back and took advantage of a 5-on-3
power play and a Mules' line change as Bostjan Kolaric (Ljubljana,
Slovenia) skated past the defense and the puck found the net to give the
Hawks a 2-1 lead. With just under five minutes left in the period, Walsh
tied the game again with his second power play goal of the game. The end
of the period belonged to the Hawks as they got goals from Chris O'Brien
(Watertown, Mass.) and Danny Ohlson (York, Maine) less than a minute
apart to take a 4-2 lead after the second period.
Colby cut the lead back to one midway through the third period, but that
was as close as they would get as the Hawks answered just one minute
later on a goal by Josh Hechter (Winnipeg, Manitoba) and then Mike Curtis
(Hanover, Mass.) added an empty net goal late in the game to give the
Hawks a 6-3 win. Hawks' goalie Jim Merola (N. Providence, R.I.) came up big in the third
period with 20 of his 34 saves. Saint Anselm will be back at home tomorrow for an afternoon matchup with Bowdoin at 3 p.m.
At Manchester, N.H.
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Scoring by Periods: 1 Ê Ê Ê 2 Ê Ê Ê 3 Ê Ê Ê OT Ê Ê ÊF
Colby (0-0, 0-0 NESCAC) 0 Ê Ê Ê 2 Ê Ê Ê 1 Ê Ê Ê --- Ê Ê 3
Saint Anselm (0-0, 0-0 ECAC East) Ê Ê Ê 0 Ê Ê Ê 4 Ê Ê Ê 2 Ê Ê Ê --- Ê Ê 6
Scoring Summary Period Ê Goal Ê Ê Assist Ê Time
STA Ê Ê 2 Ê Ê Ê Mike Walsh Ê Ê Ê Chris O'Brien Ê 3:33
COL Ê Ê 2 Ê Ê Ê Patrick Walsh - PP Ê Ê Nick Bayley Ê Ê 5:03
STA Ê Ê 2 Ê Ê Ê Bostjan Kolaric - PP Ê Unassisted Ê Ê Ê 9:34
COL Ê Ê 2 Ê Ê Ê Patrick Walsh ÊPP Ê Ê ÊJosh Reber Ê Ê Ê 15:43
STA Ê Ê 2 Ê Ê Ê Chris O'Brien Ê Mike Curtis, Brian Keeley Ê 17:49
STA Ê Ê 2 Ê Ê Ê Danny Ohlson Ê Ê Andrew Gartman Ê 18:20
COL Ê Ê 3 Ê Ê Ê Nick Bayley Ê Ê Unassisted Ê Ê Ê 9:20
STA Ê Ê 3 Ê Ê Ê Josh Hechter Ê Ê Robert Curran Ê 10:26
STA Ê Ê 3 Ê Ê Ê Mike Curtis Ê EN Unassisted Ê Ê Ê 18:50
Saves: ÊColby- Ben Grandjean (38:20 L 0-1) Ê 9-4-0-13 Ê STAJim Merola (60:00-W 1-0) Ê 12-2-2034 Colby- ÊChris Ries (22:40) Ê0-0-11-11
Shots: ÊColby12-4-21- 37 Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê ÊSTA9-8-13- 30
Powerplay: Ê Ê ÊColby2-for-9 Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê ÊSTA1-for-10
