Look who is in first place in the Eastern College
Athletic Conference Hockey League!!
|
Team |
GP |
W-L-T |
Pts. |
GF-GA |
|
UNION |
6 |
6-0-0 |
12 |
29-18 |
|
Vermont |
6 |
4-0-2 |
10 |
19-8 |
|
Princeton |
8 |
4-4-0 |
8 |
28-29 |
|
Brown |
7 |
3-3-1 |
7 |
20-22 |
|
Harvard |
7 |
3-3-1 |
7 |
19-21 |
|
Colgate |
4 |
3-1-0 |
6 |
10-7 |
|
Dartmouth |
6 |
3-3-0 |
6 |
13-13 |
|
St. Lawrence |
7 |
3-4-0 |
6 |
20-23 |
|
Cornell |
4 |
2-1-1 |
5 |
12-6 |
|
Rensselaer |
6 |
2-4-0 |
4 |
20-19 |
|
Clarkson |
7 |
1-5-1 |
3 |
14-21 |
|
Yale |
8 |
1-7-0 |
2 |
20-37 |
By Peter DiSanza,
Union College Hockey SID
About the
Dutchmen… Union (7-6-1, 6-0-0
ECACHL) looks to bounce back after its first loss in almost a month this
weekend as they resume ECACHL play on the road against Harvard and Brown.
The Dutchmen fell to Holy Cross in the consolation game of the Dunkin' Donuts
Coffee Pot by a 3-1 score after tying Merrimack 4-4, but losing the shootout to
see who advanced to the championship game by a score of 2-1. The tie to
Merrimack prevented Union from setting a record for the longest winning streak
in team history, but instead tied the record set back on January 10, 1997 when
the team won its sixth straight game. Holy Cross also played the role of
spoiler by thwarting Union's bid of going unbeaten in the month of November.
However, the team's
performance in the Dunkin' Donuts Coffee Pot may have provided them with the
caffeine shot of reality they needed, just in time to defend its first-place
position in the ECAC Hockey League. The team's unblemished league mark
makes them a target every time out as opponents set their sights on becoming
the first to try and knock Union off its perch. This pair of games is no
different with the opposition tied for fourth in the league entering this
weekend. After this the Dutchmen will not see a league foe until they return
home January 7th to take on Vermont.
In the meantime Union has won
six of its last eight games, outscoring the opposition 34-25. Six of
those games have been by two goals or less. Scoring the majority of those
goals has been senior captain Jordan Webb (Kneepan, ONT), who is third
in the nation with 12 total goals and tied for first with eight power play
tallies. As a team, Union has 19 power play goals. Webb has lit the
lamp four times in his last five games and is second on the team with 16 points.
.
Junior Scott Seney (Silver
Spring, MD) has registered five points in his last four games with three goals
and two assists. He leads the team with 11 assists and 17 points.
He scored his first career hat trick against Princeton back on November
19th. Seney also had career-high three assists against St. Lawrence back
on November 5th.
Junior Jonathan Poirier (St.
Jerome, QUE) is third on the team with 14 points, registering three in his last
three contests with two goals and an assist. He has five goals on the
season, four scored on the power play, and is second on the team with nine
assists. He is the only player to appear in at least 75 percent of the
games without any penalties.
Sophomore Olivier Bouchard
(Quebec City, QUE) tops off Union's double-digit point scorers with
13. He has five points in his last four games with two goals and three
assists. He leads the team with two game-winning goals.
Goaltenders Kris Mayotte (Pittsburgh, PA) and Justin Mrazek (Regina,
SASK) split time between the pipes for Union after Mayotte started the first
three games of the season. Mayotte is 4-3-1 with a 3.84 goals against
average and a .880 save percentage. He made a season-high 42 saves
against St. Lawrence on November 5th. Mrazek has a 3-3 record with a 1.68
goals against average and a .935 save percentage. He made a career-high
29 saves against Bowling Green on October 23rd.
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news, scores and statistics, please go to: http://www.ecachockeyleague.com/