February 20, 2004
HAMILTON, N.Y.The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø men’s ice hockey team travels to Albany this weekend to take on Union and Rensselaer in its final regular season road trip.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø (16-9-5, 11-5-2) is coming off a split with Yale and Princeton last weekend at Starr Rink. The Raiders dropped the first game 3-1 as the Bulldogs scored two shorthanded goals and Joe Zappala netted his nation-leading ninth game winner of the season. 51³Ô¹ÏÍø rebounded the next night with a 4-2 win as senior Kyle Doyle (Sarnia, Ont.) scored two second period goals. It was Coglate’s first series sweep of the Tigers since the 1991-92 season.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø leads the overall series with Union 26-11-1 but the Dutchmen lead the series in Schenectady 9-8-1. Union has won the last four meetings at Achilles Arena dating back to the 1998-99 season. 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s last win at Union was on February 26, 1999 by a 4-3 score.
Rensselaer leads the overall series with the Raiders by a 53-40-2 margin and also leads the series at Houston Field House 31-15.