I Can Predict the Future
Not to gloat or anything, but if you scroll down to my pre-Harvard prediction, I said the Saints would take it, 3-2. Guess what? They did.
So I'll bask in my own glory for a while on that.
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Game recap
BOSTON — St. Lawrence's senior goalie Alex Petizian stopped a career-high 42 shots as the Saints downed Harvard, 3-2, in men's ECAC Hockey at the Bright Hockey Center on Friday.
Sophomore defenseman Pete Child gave the Saints the eventual game-winning goal when he scored his fourth of the season on a shot from the point at 4 minutes, 9 seconds of the third period. Aaron Bogosian set up the play, winning a face-off and finding Child at the blue line. Child's slap-shot score gave the Saints a 3-1 edge at the time.
Alex Killorn snuck one by Petizian at 8:35 of the third to pull the Crimson to within 3-2. Killorn sent a wrister just inside the left post after the puck was deflected in front on a power play.
Petizian later stuffed Killorn on a point-blank chance and came up with several more stops — 13 total in the third period — to keep the Saints in front. Petizian's previous career high was 40 saves in a 3-1 win over Princeton last season.
The Saints killed the final two minutes of regulation, while Harvard pulled its goalie for the extra attacker. The Saints defense, however, kept the Crimson from scoring the equalizer.
The Saints scored the only goal of a fairly even first period, despite Harvard taking four penalties in the frame. George Hughes scored on a power play 9:20 into the game. It was the first of his career and was assisted by Travis Vermeulen and Alex Curran.
Crimson senior Michael Biega pulled Harvard even in the second period with a power-play goal at 8:33. His shot squeezed inside the far post just after a faceoff in the Saints zone. It was his third of the year.
The Saints regained the lead less than four minutes later on yet another power play. Hughes started the play with a shot from the point. Harvard goalie Kyle Richter deflected it. Curran fired another shot in, and again Richter deflected it. Vermeulen grabbed the rebound and scored on a third-chance effort — and his third of the year — to put the Saints ahead 2-1.
The Crimson (1-4-1 overall) nearly tied it again late in the second with SLU's Brandon Bollig in the penalty box. Only 10 seconds into the penalty, Harvard thought it got one past Petizian. The red light signaled a goal, but after the officials conferred, waved off the goal. The Crimson gave up Child's game-winner before scoring its final goal.
Harvard dominated the shots-on-goal, 44-28, but Petizian's career night ruined the Crimson's home opener. Petizian stopped 12 shots in the first, 17 in the second and 13 in the third.
St. Lawrence (7-4-1, 3-2 ECACHL) plays at Dartmouth at 7 p.m. on Saturday.
Notes
Jared Keller did return tonight.
Still no Sean Coffey.
Mike McKenzie picked up a 10-minute major penalty after a scrum in front of the net in the third period. A Harvard player ended up with his helmet pulled off. McKenzie was the only one penalized.
Nike Pitsikoulis and Aaron Bogosian moved up to the first line in place of injured forward Kyle Flanagan and Jeremiah Cunningham.
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