CANTON, N.Y.<\/b> — Following a 3-1 win over Rensselaer Friday night, St. Lawrence forward Christian Horn attributed the teams success to a simple strategy. <\/p>\n
“If there’s one thing that coach [Greg] Carvel preaches to us, its playing hockey the right way,” Horn said.<\/p>\n
Playing hockey the right way earned Horn the game-winning goal and St. Lawrence its sixth straight win.<\/p>\n
While Horn’s goal stood as the game-winner, it was Alex Dahl who got the scoring started for the Saints. After a pair of dekes by Nolan Gluchowski, Dahl found himself with the puck to the right of RPI goalie Jason Kasdorf. He flipped a backhand shot past Kasdorf to give the Saints the 1-0 lead 5:54 into the first. <\/p>\n
“Gluchowski made a nice play and my linemates were screening the goalie,” said Dahl. “I got left wide-open.”<\/p>\n
Horn’s goal came roughly six minutes later. He jumped on the ice after a line change and picked off a pass from an RPI defenseman. He skated down the slot and beat Kasdorf high on the glove side. <\/p>\n
“I was lucky enough to be there and pick it up,” said Horn. “Luckily enough, the goalie gave me glove-side.”<\/p>\n
RPI coach Seth Appert knew his team had work to do after the first being down 2-0. <\/p>\n
“That’s not a recipe for success in the ECAC in February, getting down earlier and having to fight back,” he said.<\/p>\n
Despite the deficit, RPI cut the lead to one in the second period. Matt Neal found his way behind the St. Lawrence defense and on a breakaway, beating Kyle Hayton high glove to cut into St. Lawrence’s lead.<\/p>\n
The third period saw just one goal, from Mike Marnell, who increased St. Lawrence’s lead to 3-1. Horn made a pass from below the red line that Marnell snapped past Kasdorf on the blocker side to give the Saints the two-goal lead.<\/p>\n
The Saints held on for the win and the second place spot in the ECAC.<\/p>\n
Appert credited St. Lawrence with outworking the Engineers. <\/p>\n
“I thought St. Lawrence’s competitive edge,” Appert said. “The nasty compete level was the difference in the game tonight.”<\/p>\n
Much like Appert, Carvel felt his team played well enough to earn the victory. <\/p>\n
“I thought we deserved to win tonight,” said Carvel. “I thought it was a good sign with our group that we regrouped after the second and I thought the third period was real good. It was a good, solid win.”<\/p>\n
“This feels good,” added Horn. “It’s fun for us. A lot of people in the college hockey world have been doubting us, saying we have a hot goalie, and we do, but they can say what they want and we’ll just keep playing hockey the right way.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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