Photo by Carter Kegelman
On what is perhaps the biggest weekend of the year, the men’s skating Saints played some of their best hockey this season. Co-captain Travis Vermeulen ’10 perhaps put it best: “That was really big for us, to play that well versus Clarkson. We just did what we had to and came up big when needed. We definitely have more confidence coming out of last weekend.”
On Friday night, the Saints took on Clarkson at Appleton Arena in front of 2,850 fans. Despite many great opportunities and controlling much of the game, the Saints were unable to earn the victory and had to settle for a 3-3 tie. Scoring for the Saints in the first period was assistant captain Aaron Bogosian ’11, assisted by co-captain Derek Keller ’10 and Rick Carden ’12.
In the second frame, it was Peter Child ’12 scoring his fifth goal, assisted by George Hughes ’13 and assistant captain Mike McKenzie ’10. Following Child’s goal, Vermeulen scored for St. Lawrence again assisted upon by Hughes and Brandon Bollig ’12.
On Saturday night, the Saints went to Cheel Arena and beat Clarkson 4-3, their first victory in Potsdam in over two years. Vermeulen spoke about the victory in Potsdam. “Again, that was big. To be able to win in Cheel was huge for us. Our defense stood up to the test and was a big part of the game. They added a whole new dimension to the game and had a huge impact on the game.”
Scoring for the Saints in the first period were Jacob Drewiske ’12, who scored his first career goal in the game, assisted by Aaron Bogosian and Rick Carden ’12, and Brandon Bollig, assisted by George Hughes ’13 and Matt Raley ’12. In the second period it was Drewiske scoring his second goal, assisted by Carden and Matt Dyer ’13.
In the third period assistant captain Alex Curran ’10 scored the game-winning goal with less than two minutes remaining in the game. His goal was scored on a power play and was assisted by Hughes and Travis Vermeulen.
The Saints will be in action again this weekend at UVM, and over the break in Denver and Niagara.
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