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Andrew Farrier, Mitch Benson and Carter Gylander give Colgate a potent trio in the Raiders’ net this season (photo: Justin Wolford).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Finding a good goalie can be a challenge for many hockey teams, but it shouldn\u2019t be difficult for Colgate this season.<\/p>\n

The Raiders have juniors Andrew Farrier and Mitch Benson, a goaltending duo whose strong play helped Colgate host a home series in the first round of the league playoffs last year. Colgate also added freshman Carter Gylander, a Detroit draft pick who was named the AJHL\u2019s top goalie last season.<\/p>\n

That trio should give the Raiders plenty of options in net this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re really excited about where we are [with our goaltending],\u201d Colgate coach Don Vaughan said.<\/p>\n

But the Raiders\u2019 success this season rests on improving an offense that ranked 52nd in the country in scoring last season and lost its top two scorers to graduation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you only give up two goals a game, you\u2019ve got to find a way to score more than two goals,\u201d Vaughan said. \u201cIf we can find a way to [average] two and a half or three goals a game, we can pile up the Ws.\u201d<\/p>\n

For that, Colgate will turn to two brothers to help kick start the offense this season.<\/p>\n

Sophomore Colton Young, Colgate\u2019s top returning scorer, is joined this season by younger brother Alex.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the first time that Colgate has had brothers play important role on offense. Identical twins Tylor and Tyson Spink played for the Raiders from 2012 to 2016 and helped the program reach the NCAA tournament in 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing how that sixth sense kicks in,\u201d Vaughan said of the Spinks. \u201cThey\u2019re not twins, but we\u2019ve seen that already with the Young brothers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alex, who was drafted by San Jose in the seventh round of the 2020 NHL draft, leads Colgate in scoring through the first month of the season. The brothers have skated on the same line in each of the Raiders\u2019 games so far, and Vaughan says he plans to keep them there.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlex is a talent,\u201d Vaughan said. \u201cHis older brother Colton keeps him in check. I\u2019ve seen people try to split players up like that, but I go back to the Spinks. They played on the same line for so long.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been an uneven start for the Raiders.<\/p>\n

Colgate opened its season with a 2-1 loss to Clarkson on Nov. 23 and then didn\u2019t play for a month due to COVID-19 related schedule changes.<\/p>\n

Gylander and Farrier have split time in goal and combined for an .888 save percentage during Colgate\u2019s 1-2-2 start, but the Raiders have scored four or more goals twice this season after only reaching that mark five times last year.<\/p>\n

One of those times was a 4-4 tie against RIT on Dec. 29, which was also Vaughan\u2019s 1,000th career game as head coach of the Raiders.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat’s a lot of games for sure,\u201d Vaughan said following the game. \u201cI am fortunate to have been at Colgate University for every one of them, and even more lucky that I have been behind the bench for all of them.<\/p>\n

“The hockey gods have been good to me.”<\/p>\n

Putting time off to good use<\/h4>\n

Clarkson is the only one of the four league teams to have consistently played over the last month.<\/p>\n

Colgate went a month between games, while Quinnipiac (Dec. 14) and St. Lawrence (Dec. 31) each had delayed starts, although the Bobcats have squeezed in ten games since their season started.<\/p>\n

That extra time has given some coaches a chance to mix it up.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been kind of really neat,” Vaughan said. “We\u2019ve been able to do a lot of small group stuff and really get into the finer points of development.”<\/p>\n

St. Lawrence coach Brent Brekke said that the coaching staff broke the players up and ran a draft, with captains selecting their teams to compete in different skills competitions. The teams competed for a trophy and the coaching staff would hold a new draft each week to mix things up.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a lot of value to the extra practice time,\u201d Brekke told Saintsathletics.com. \u201cUsually, you\u2019re sprinting through September to get prepared for that first week in October for an exhibition game and then its full speed ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

The extra time also gave Brekke and his coaching staff a chance to get a better look at the nine freshmen on the Saints roster, something that could pay off in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019re going to look back and look at this year in particular and be able to say that this has been a real good developmental year because we\u2019ve been fortunate enough to practice more and not worry about game preparation,\u201d Brekke said.<\/p>\n

Saints soaring<\/h4>\n

St. Lawrence added a tenth member to its freshmen class when forward Greg Lapointe officially joined the team for the spring semester. The Granby, Quebec native made an immediate as he scored two goals in the Saints\u2019 first two games, a win and a tie against Quinnipiac.<\/p>\n

Lapointe, who had 29 goals and 31 assists last season for the Coquitlam Express in the BCHL, should provide an immediate upgrade for a St. Lawrence offense that lost its top three scorers after averaging less than two goals per game last year.<\/p>\n

The Saints also have to be encouraged by junior Emil Zetterquist, who was named the league\u2019s goalie of the week after posting a .946 save percentage in the series against Quinnipiac.<\/p>\n

Around the league<\/h4>\n

— It didn\u2019t take long for the NCAA\u2019s new three-on-three overtime format to make its ECAC Hockey debut, as Quinnipiac and Colgate both recorded wins under the new setup last month. The Bobcats beat Sacred Heart 2-1 on Dec. 15, while Colgate beat Clarkson 5-4 on Dec. 23.<\/p>\n

Under the new rules, the game will officially end in tie if neither team scores after the five-minute overtime period, but conference games will go to a shootout to determine who gets an extra point for the league standings. A team will earn three points for a regulation win, two points for an overtime or shootout win, and one point for an overtime or shootout loss.
\nQuinnipiac\u2019s Odeen Tufto scored the only goal in the first shootout in league history last Thursday against St. Lawrence. Colgate also won a shootout against Clarkson on Sunday.<\/p>\n

— Clarkson\u2019s Zach Tsekos was named the league\u2019s player of the week after recording two goals and three assists in three games week, while teammate Ethan Haider was honored as the league\u2019s rookie of the week after stopping 73 of 78 shots in a 2-0-1 week for the Golden Knights.<\/p>\n

— Tufto, who leads the nation in scoring, was named the Hockey Commissioners Association player of the month. The Bobcats senior is also among the top faceoff men in the country and recently became the eighth player in program history to record 100 career assists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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