Box Score

HAMILTON, NY – Sophomore forward Daniel Carr recorded his second hat trick of the season, and sophomore goaltender Troy Grosenick made 24 saves to help No. 8/8 Union men's hockey (20-7-7, 14-4-4 ECAC Hockey) earn a 5-3 win over No. 20 Colgate (17-14-3, 11-10-1 ECAC Hockey).
 
With the win, coupled with Cornell's loss to RPI, Union earned the Cleary Cup as the ECAC Hockey regular season champions for the second straight season and clinched the top seed in the ECAC Hockey Tournament.
 
Carr finished the hat trick with Union in the middle of a 5:00 power play after Colgate's Robbie Bourdon was whistled for contact to the head late in the second period.
 
With time running down on the Union power play early in the third, junior forward Jeremy Welsh fired a long shot that Carr deflected past Colgate goaltender Alex Evin at 1:06 of the third period to put Union up 4-2.
 
Colgate's Austin Smith cut the Union lead to 4-3 at 15:38 of the third period with the Raiders on the power play. But sophomore forward Josh Jooris sealed the win with an empty net goal at 19:32 of the third period.
 
Union scored first for the fifth straight game with its fifth shorthanded goal of the season early in the first period. With Mat Bodie in the penalty box for tripping, senior defenseman Nolan Julseth-White poked the puck out of the zone to Welsh, who found Carr skating hard down the middle of the ice.
 
Carr cut to his backhand and beat Colgate's Alex Evin at 5:35 to put the Dutchmen up 1-0.  Colgate answered just over a minute later on another power play, this time with sophomore forward Josh Jooris in the penalty box for interference.
 
Colgate's Jeremy Price fired a shot from the point that hit off the back wall and back into the slot. Austin Smith passed cross-ice to Robbie Bourdon, who beat Grosenick at 7:11 to even the game at 1-1.
 
Union would regain the lead at 11:03, when freshman defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere beat Evin with a slapshot from the point for his fifth goal of the season.
 
Colgate notched its second power play goal of the night at 7:36, when Austin Mayer cut into the zone with speed and fired over the shoulder of Grosenick to tie the score at 2-2.
 
But Union answered just 18 seconds later, as Carr fired a long shot through traffic past Evin to give Union the lead once again.
 
Union will host an ECAC Hockey Quarterfinal series, beginning on Friday, March 9 at Messa Rink. Tickets are available on UnionAthletics.com