Colby Edges Wesleyan 4-1 in Men's Ice Hockey Quarterfinal
Courtesy Colby Sports Information
WATERVILLE, Maine - The Colby men's hockey team will host the final rounds of the 2008 NESCAC Men's Ice Hockey Championship for the first time ever after taking a 4-1 victory over Wesleyan University in a quarterfinal game on Saturday at Alfond Rink. The top-seeded Mules (15-8-1) will entertain sixth-seeded Trinity College in a 1 p.m. semifinal game next Saturday.
Josh Reber (Edina, Minn.), who missed the past five games with an injury, scored 3:32 into the game and added an assist to lead Colby's offense. Meanwhile, first-year goalie Cody McKinney (Weston, Fla.) finished with 25 saves and has given up just 15 goals in the last 11 games.
Reber got his 10th goal of the season off assists from Karl Burns (Mequon, Wis.) and Joe Rothwell (Unionville, Ontario).
The Mules made it 2-0 at 8:21 of the first period when Arthur Fritch (South Boston, Mass.) tallied for the ninth time this season off passes from Mike Butler (Saint John, New Brunswick) and T.J. Kelley (Ridgefield, Conn.).
Jared Crittenden (Fairport, N.Y.) got his third goal of the season just 1:39 into the second period from Reber and Billy Crinnion (Smithtown, N.Y.). The Mules then scored just 19 seconds later when Michael Belliveau (Bridgewater, Nova Scotia) scored from Kelley and Fritch. Kelley's two assists give him 70 for his career.
Wesleyan (8-13-3) scored off the power play at 10:08 of the second period on a goal by Scott Burns and assists from Sam Robinson (Winchester, Mass.) and David Layne (Flourtown, Pa.).
Mike Palladino (Litchfield, Conn.) made 28 saves
for the eighth-seeded Cardinals.
