2008 Woodie Awards
Light the Lampe
Brian Stevenson
Issue date: 2/6/08 Section: Sports
All season men's hockey coach Rand Pecknold has praised sophomore forward Eric Lampe for his hard work on the ice for the Bobcats. That hard work showed up in the form of a hat trick for Lampe Friday night against RPI as Quinnipiac downed the Engineers 3-2.
The Bobcats were coming off a pair of disappointing losses to Niagara University, but bounced back to earn three points on their trip to the Capital District to play RPI and Union.
Rensselaer jumped out to a 1-0 lead midway through the first period on a power play goal by Andrew Lord. The Engineers entered the game converting only seven percent of their power play chances. It was only their 10th goal on the man advantage this season.
The score remained 1-0 in favor of RPI until Lampe netted his first goal of the night six minutes into the second period. Dan Henningson, who returned to action for the Bobcats after missing last Saturday's game against Niagara with a leg injury, registered his 13th assist of the year on the tying goal.
Lampe gave the Bobcats the lead for good just under four minutes later. Linemate Mike Atkinson assisted on the goal, his seventh of the season.
With five minutes to go in the game and the Bobcats looking for an insurance goal, Lampe showed off the grit and determination that has earned him praise from his coach throughout the last few months.
Henningson sent a pass to Lampe, who slapped a one-timer that was stopped by RPI netminder Mathias Lange. Lampe followed his shot and sent the rebound past Lange to give the Bobcats a two goal margin. David Marshall also assisted on the goal.
With 58 seconds left in the third period, RPI cut the deficit in half on a goal by Bryan Brutlag, who beat Bud Fisher for his third goal of the year. Fisher made 21 saves on the night.
On Saturday night, the Bobcats fell a few minutes short of avenging a disappointing loss to Union earlier this season and had to settle for a 3-3 tie.
Jamie Bates had two goals and an assist and Bryan Leitch scored his 100th career point on his third period goal, but the Bobcats could not hold a third period lead.
The Bobcats were coming off a pair of disappointing losses to Niagara University, but bounced back to earn three points on their trip to the Capital District to play RPI and Union.
Rensselaer jumped out to a 1-0 lead midway through the first period on a power play goal by Andrew Lord. The Engineers entered the game converting only seven percent of their power play chances. It was only their 10th goal on the man advantage this season.
The score remained 1-0 in favor of RPI until Lampe netted his first goal of the night six minutes into the second period. Dan Henningson, who returned to action for the Bobcats after missing last Saturday's game against Niagara with a leg injury, registered his 13th assist of the year on the tying goal.
Lampe gave the Bobcats the lead for good just under four minutes later. Linemate Mike Atkinson assisted on the goal, his seventh of the season.
With five minutes to go in the game and the Bobcats looking for an insurance goal, Lampe showed off the grit and determination that has earned him praise from his coach throughout the last few months.
Henningson sent a pass to Lampe, who slapped a one-timer that was stopped by RPI netminder Mathias Lange. Lampe followed his shot and sent the rebound past Lange to give the Bobcats a two goal margin. David Marshall also assisted on the goal.
With 58 seconds left in the third period, RPI cut the deficit in half on a goal by Bryan Brutlag, who beat Bud Fisher for his third goal of the year. Fisher made 21 saves on the night.
On Saturday night, the Bobcats fell a few minutes short of avenging a disappointing loss to Union earlier this season and had to settle for a 3-3 tie.
Jamie Bates had two goals and an assist and Bryan Leitch scored his 100th career point on his third period goal, but the Bobcats could not hold a third period lead.
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