CANTON, N.Y.<\/b> — A four-goal second period and three points from captain Gunnar Hughes powered No. 20 St. Lawrence to a 5-1 win over 14th-ranked Harvard. <\/p>\n
The win completed the season sweep of Harvard for the Saints, as SLU won the fist matchup by the same 5-1 score in Brighton.<\/p>\n
Despite excellent scoring chances early on for St. Lawrence, it took until the 9:06 mark for the Saints to get a puck past Steve Michalek. After a clear from the defensive zone, Tommy Thompson carried the puck down the right wall into Harvard’s zone and centered a pass to Hughes. Hughes got a stick on the puck and directed it past Michalek’s blocker for the 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Michalek made more saves through the first and eventually, a late power-play opportunity gave Harvard the chance it needed to tie. Tyler Moy’s slap shot beat Kyle Hayton glove side with 14 seconds left in the first to even the score.<\/p>\n
SLU coach Greg Carvel said the 1-1 score at the first intermission was key in his teams ability to keep focus, unlike the 3-0 lead it had after one period at Harvard.<\/p>\n
That focus resulted in three goals in a 4:30 stretch in the middle stages of the second period. Firstly, Hughes tallied his second of the night with a slap shot from the middle of the slot, pulling the puck off the half wall and cutting to the middle before firing his shot. <\/p>\n
“It deflected off a defenders knee and skipped up high, where I had wanted the original shot to go,” said Hughes. “Yeah, the two goals are nice, but I’m much more concerned with the two points.”<\/p>\n
After Hughes’ goal, which stood as the game winner, Thompson got a goal of his own, after assisting on the first two. He fired a shot from the slot and picked up his rebound, outlasting Michalek and putting the puck over his outstretched arm at 13:32 of the second.<\/p>\n
Just 1:02 later, Joe Sullivan finished off a cross-ice pass with a one-timer that put SLU up 4-1.<\/p>\n
Mike Marnell iced the game for SLU at 6:59 of the third with a wrist shot that beat Michalek over the glove from the slot.<\/p>\n
Peter Traber replaced Michalek after the fifth goal, but Harvard coach Ted Donato emphasized that this was not because of poor play on the part of Michalek. <\/p>\n
“It was just a chance to give Steve a rest and get Peter some reps,” said Donato. “I thought Steve competed real hard and made some great saves.”<\/p>\n
Donato credited St. Lawrence with the energy and passion that was required to win the game. <\/p>\n
“They had the first five or six hits and we had the fist six or seven turnovers,” said Donato. “That’s not a recipe to win games.”<\/p>\n
Carvel was all smiles after the contest, a game he described as his team’s “best 60-minute effort all year.”<\/p>\n
After consistency all year, Carvel says his team has raised their game to “the next level recently” and have an opportunity to all but ensure a first-round bye in the ECAC tournament with a win over Dartmouth on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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