On senior night at Appleton Arena, the St. Lawrence Saints skated to a 6-3 win over Dartmouth, clinching the second seed in the ECAC tournament and a first-round bye.<\/p>\n
After the game, Saints coach Greg Carvel was all smiles for his team and his four seniors.<\/p>\n
“I couldn’t be happier for this team,” said Carvel. “This team has made me real proud all year long.”<\/p>\n
On senior night, it was first-year Christian Horn who opened the scoring for his team. He skated down the left wing and got separation with burst of speed before rising a wrist shot past Charles Grant at the 10:12 mark of the first.<\/p>\n
Sophomore Woody Hudson put the Saints up by two four minutes later, capitalizing on a rebound off a Nolan Gluchowski shot, tapping the puck home on the far post.<\/p>\n
After the quick burst of scoring, no one was able to beat either goalie until there was seven seconds left in the second. On a play Carvel called a blown call by the refs, a play that may have been offside resulted in Rick Pinkston beating Kyle Hayton five-hole to narrow the St. Lawrence lead to one.<\/p>\n
After regrouping in the intermission, the Saints rode Hudson’s second goal of the game to a 3-1 lead before Joe Sullivan scored the game-winning goal. Dartmouth carried the puck out of its zone, but the drop pass was intercepted by Sullivan, who walked in on the left side and squeezed a wrist shot past Grant at the 10:28 mark.<\/p>\n
Dartmouth was not ready to succumb to SLU yet. Despite the three-goal deficit, Bob Gaudet’s team got within two on Pinkston’s second goal of the night, a wrist shot from above the left circle that beat Hayton over the blocker.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t think we played poorly; we had some injuries that we hope to get back, but we lost to a good team,” said Gaudet.<\/p>\n
Tommy Thompson scored an unassisted goal on a partial breakaway, despite falling down, to give the Saints the 5-2 lead. Nick Bligh’s power-play goal again brought Dartmouth within two with 1:13 left, but Mike Marnell’s empty-net goal sealed the win for St. Lawrence.<\/p>\n
After his final regular season game at Appleton Arena, Justin Bruckel was pleased with the way the Saints worked, including his line.<\/p>\n
“Both goals for Woody were just great goals by our line,” said Bruckel. “Those were gritty goals, and that’s the type of line we are.”<\/p>\n
After the win, the sixth straight at home for SLU, Carvel complimented his squad for their year-long efforts.<\/p>\n
“We’re 32 games into the season, and the one thing about this team is, we’re consistent, We play hard every night.”<\/p>\n
With the playoffs looming, Carvel says his team has their sights set on Lake Placid after wrapping up a first-round bye and home ice.<\/p>\n
“It would be nice for this program to get back to competing for a championship.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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