{"id":2008,"date":"2011-12-05T13:43:27","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T19:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/mens-d3-blog\/?p=2008"},"modified":"2011-12-05T13:43:27","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T19:43:27","slug":"ecac-west-weekend-recap-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2011\/12\/05\/ecac-west-weekend-recap-4\/","title":{"rendered":"ECAC West Weekend Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"
The first part of the ECAC West league play finished up this past Friday, and Elmira has taken firm control at the top of the standings. The Soaring Eagles withstood a comeback by Neumann to beat the Knights, 3-2, in overtime to post a perfect 5-0 record. They are now six points clear of the next closest teams in the standings.<\/span> The first part of the ECAC West league play finished up this past Friday, and Elmira has taken firm control at the top of the standings. The Soaring Eagles withstood a comeback by Neumann to beat the Knights, 3-2, in overtime to post a perfect 5-0 record. They are now six points clear of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1425],"tags":[1469,1470],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nElmira’s John Clewlow tallied the game-winner 4:20 into the extra stanza to complete the road victory.<\/span>
\n“Elmira had the momentum once we got to overtime,” said Neumann coach Dominick Dawes. “We got caught on a couple of long shifts. I called a timeout to settle us down. We had a ‘D’ who got caught pinching, and that was the end of it.”<\/span>
\nIn the other league game, Manhattanville continued its climb into the league hunt with a convincing 6-3 victory over visiting Utica. The Valiants scored two quick goals in the opening nine minutes of the first period, and then built a 5-1 lead by early in the third.<\/span>
\nMarcus Van Slydow scored a pair of goals, the first multi-goal game of the senior’s collegiate career. Scott Hudson chipped in a short-handed goal and two assists for Manhattanville.<\/span>
\n“Marcus is one of our more skilled defensemen,” said Manhattanville coach Eric Lang. “We had some good traffic in front of the net, and he hit it from the point.”<\/span>
\nSaturday, three ECAC West teams hosted SUNYAC foes. <\/span>
\nElmira took out Fredonia 4-1, with all of the goals being scored in the second period. Brock Sawyer tallied the first and last goal of the period, the final one a short-hander, to bookmark Elmira’s lead.<\/span>
\nEmotions boiled over during the final minute of the game, as a pair of game misconducts and a pair of game disqualifications were handed out, along with a slew of other minor and major penalties.<\/span>
\nHobart built a 3-0 lead on Geneseo midway through the second period, and then had to hold on as the Knights climbed back into the game. The Statesmen won, 4-2, as Marty Ausserhofer made 21 saves in net.<\/span>
\nUtica played a very tight game against Buffalo State. As the third period began, the game was tied 3-3 and the Pioneers were killing off a five-minute major to Tim Coffman. Then the Utica offense kicked into high gear. and six different Pioneers ripped off goals to win the game convincingly. 9-3.<\/span>
\nJon Gaffney was the only multi-goal scorer for Utica in the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"