Elmira College Men’s Ice Hockey Game Notes
10 ECAC West Championships
17 NCAA Tournament Appearances
This Weekend’s Opponent
Friday, February 21 and Saturday, February 22, 2014 Murray Athletic Center -- Pine Valley, NY Game One: 7:00 p.m. Game Two: 7:00 p.m.
Hobart College Statesmen (11-8-4, 5-5-3 ECAC West)
2013-14 Schedule (14-8-1, 9-3-1 ECAC West) It All Comes Down to This Day Date Opponent Time-Result NOV. 1 #14 Neumann* W, 4-2 2 Manhattanville* L, 2-4 8 at #5 Utica* L, 3-4 9 Nazareth* W, 4-2 15 at Brockport State L, 2-5 16 at #10 Oswego State L, 3-7 19 Fredonia State W, 5-0 22 at Nazareth* W, 6-3 23 Nazareth* W, 3-2 30 vs. Buffalo State L, 0-3 DEC. 1 vs. Fitchburg State W, 4-3 JAN. 10 at Buffalo State L, 4-5 11 #11 Geneseo State W, 5-1 14 at Cortland State W, 7-5 18 #10 Oswego State W, 3-2 21 at Fredonia State L, 4-5 24 at Neumann* W, 5-2 25 at Neumann* W, 7-3 31 #12 Utica* W, 7-6 FEB. 1 #12 Utica* L, 2-3 8 at Hobart* W, 5-3 14 at Manhattanville* T, 1-1 OT 15 at Manhattanville* W, 7-4 21 Hobart* 7:00 p.m. 22 Hobart* 7:00 p.m. Home contests are bolded *Denotes ECAC West contest
The Soaring Eagles have put together a strong second half of the season, posting an 8-3-1 record, including a 5-1-1 mark in ECAC West play, since the start of the New Year. EC has played to a first place tie in the ECAC West with Utica College with both teams holding a 9-3-1 record entering the final weekend of the regular season. Both teams have clinched a first round bye in the ECAC West tournament, but home ice throughout the tournament is still up for grabs with two games to go.
Off the Schneid
After losing six straight games to Manhattanville College, including a 4-2 defeat in the second game of the season, EC was able to earn a tie against the Valiants with a late goal from Michael Collins ’16. The tie proved to be all the momentum the men needed as the Soaring Eagles came away with a convincing 7-4 victory the following night to earn their first win over Manhattanville since January 27, 2012.
Make it Five
EC has been in the habit of breaking win streaks this season as Manhattanville became the latest program to see a winning streak against the Soaring Eagles come to an end. With the win in Saturday’s series finale, Elmira has now successfully ended five teams’ unbeaten streaks against them.
Late-Game Heroics
In Friday’s 1-1 overtime tie against Manhattanville, Michael Collins ’16 scored the game-tying goal with 1:26 remaining in regulation. This is not the first time this season that Collins has scored late in the third period as the sophomore scored the game-winning goal against Nazareth College with only 0.7 left on the clock.
Sports Information: Don Sherman (dsherman@elmira.edu); Steffan Waters ’13 (stwaters@elmira.edu); Nick Zwald (nzwald@elmira.edu) Phone: 607.735.1131 Fax: 607.735.1768 Website: athletics.elmira.edu Address: One Park Place, Elmira, NY 14901