NESCAC
Men’s Ice Hockey -- Release #14 -- March 17, 2003
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New England Small College Athletic Conference
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Conference
Men’s Ice Hockey
Middlebury
Trinity
Colby
Bowdoin
Hamilton
Amherst
Williams
8 Tufts
9 Wesleyan
10 Connecticut College
1
2
3
4
5
6
W L T
Win %PTS GP GF GA
16 1
15 3
14 4
11 3
10 7
7 8
8 9
7 10
7 11
3 12
.895
.816
.763
.711
.579
.474
.474
.421
.395
.263
2
1
1
5
2
4
2
2
1
4
34
31
29
27
22
18
18
16
15
10
NESCAC CHAMPIONSHIP
Saturday, March 1
Overall
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
99
93
88
86
93
70
89
78
49
50
33
43
48
55
57
76
64
85
75
87
W
L T
22 4
19 6
18 6
13 6
1410
7 13
8 15
7 11
7 13
5 15
2
2
1
5
2
5
2
4
3
4
Win % GF GA
.821
.741
.740
.646
.577
.380
.360
.409
.370
.292
135 57
119 73
125 60
116 74
122 75
78 116
104 96
87 100
56 93
65 105
Middlebury Headed to NCAA Semifinals
From a Middlebury College Release
MIDDLEBURY, Vermont - Middlebury scored three unanswered goals in the third period on its
way to a 5-1 win over Elmira in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament. The Panthers will
take on Oswego next week, while Norwich meets St. Norbert in the other semifinal. The site of
the championship will be announced on Sunday afternoon.
Middlebury struck first at 7:58 of the first period in a four-on-four situation. Adam Foote circled
behind the net and found an open Patrick Nugent in the slot. Nugent one-timed the puck into the
right corner of the net to give Middlebury a 1-0 lead. Elmira tied the game at 8:25 of the second
period when Dean Jackson’s shot from the right wing was saved by Yen-I Chen. The rebound
slid towards the goal line where Pierre Rivard jammed the puck home to tie the game at one.
Quarterfinals at Higher Seeds
Amherst
0 at
Williams
2 at
Hamilton
6 at
Tufts
1 at
Colby
Trinity
Bowdoin
Middlebury
11
3 OT
3
7
Saturday, March 8
Semifinals at Middlebury
Hamilton
3 at Middlebury
Colby
2 vs. Trinity
5
3 OT
Sunday, March 9
Championship at Middlebury
Trinity
4 at Middlebury
2
2003 NCAA DIVISION III CHAMPIONSHIP
First-Round, Wednesday, March 12th
St. John’s
0 at Wis.-River Falls
2
Quarterfinals, Saturday, March 15th (1 game)
Wentworth
3 at Oswego State
Elmira
1 at Middlebury
Trinity
4 at Norwich
Wis.-River Falls
2 at St. Norbert
4
5
5
2
Semifinals, Friday, March 21st at Norwich
Oswego State
vs. Middlebury
Norwich
vs. St. Norbert
Elmira kept up the pressure as they enjoyed three power plays in the first 11:26 of the first
period. Middlebury regained the lead at 17:47 with a power play goal from Kevin Cooper. The Championship, Saturday, March 22nd at Norwich
goal came in transition as Brian Phinney fed John Dawson, who then hit a streaking Cooper as Semifinal Winners
he one-timed a shot in from the right face-off
Norwich Rallies from Three-Goal Deficit to Defeat Trinity 5-4
circle. Just 37 seconds into the third period,
Nugent scored his second of the game in a From a Norwich University Release
four-on-four situation. Dawson sent a pass NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Dominick Dawes scored the game winning goal at the 13:54 mark of the third
from behind the net to the right face-off circle period, as Norwich rallied from a 4-1 deficit to win 5-4 over Trinity College in the NCAA quarterfinals
where Nugent wristed a shot into the top left at Kreitzberg Arena on Saturday night.
corner of the net.
Ryan Stevens opened the scoring for the Bantams 8:08 into the first period, taking advantage of a NorElmira had a five-on-three power play at 10:15 wich give away at their own blue line. Trinity grabbed a 2-0 lead six and a half minutes later when Joe
of the third period, but after peppering Chen, Ori flipped home the rebound of a Brendan Timmins shot.Jon Bokelmann got Norwich back in the game
Middlebury’s Levi Doria had the best chance 8:37 into the third period with a one timer from the high slot, but Trinity answered 31 seconds later when
to score but he was denied on a breakaway. Cameron Finch scored on the rebound of a shot by Ori. Stephen LaBrie added a breakaway goal with
Just after the power play had expired, Mike less than three minutes left in the third to give the Bantams a 4-1 lead.
Velez hit Robert Chisholm who converted the
breakaway to make it a 4-1 game.
Norwich dodged a bullet at the end of the second period. Cadets’ head coach Mike McShane pulled
Boudreau from the goal for the final 16 seconds of the period with a face off in the Bantams zone. Trinity
Cooper sealed the game with his second power fired a long shot that just slid wide of the goal. Phil Aucoin scored on the 5 on 3 power play just 3:01 into
play goal of the game at the 15:51 mark. Coo- the third, when Kurtis McLean slid a pass across the crease to Aucoin, who knocked it in the left side of
per gathered a loose puck from the end line the net. Paul Mattucci tied the game just 13 seconds later one timing a feed from McLean.
and skated toward the goal before bouncing
it into the net of Elmira netminder Greg Fargo. Norwich will face St. Norbert in the semifinals next Friday. Oswego and Middlebury will meet in the
Chen made 27 saves in goal for Middlebury, other semi. Trinity finishes the year 19-6-2. This was the Bantams first trip to the NCAA Tournament.
while Fargo made 37 stops for Elmira.
Middlebury outshot Elmira 42-28.
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