Conn College at Amherst 3PM Saturday 1/12/13

Who: Conn. College Camels (3-6-2; 1-4-2)  at Amherst College Lord Jeffs (9-4-1; 6-3-0)
Where: Orr Rink Amherst, MA

When: 3 PM Saturday 1/12/13
Video/Audio: JeffCast

Stats: Connecticut College :   2.45 G/GM Scored (9th in NESCAC; 60th in Nation) 

                                                3.91 G/GM Allowed (9th in NESCAC; 55th in Nation)

        

            Amherst :                       2.86 G/GM Scored (5th in NESCAC; 51st in Country)

                                                   1.50 G/GM Allowed (1st in NESCAC; 1st in Country)

The Lowdown: Keep it rollin'
Amherst enters the game winners of five of their last six, including a 6-2 trouncing of Tufts last night. Conn. College comes off a bittersweet road tie, getting only their second road point of the season in conference but blowing a lead with 6.4 seconds left. Getting their first road win of the year will be a tough task at Orr Arena, especially against a rolling Lord Jeff squad that doesn't have a league game for two weeks and would like to hit the 'Cac hiatus with a strong victory.

Key(s) to the game: Keep it close

Amherst stats have some anomalies, including a 4-0-1 record when outshot by their opponents vs only a 4-4-0 record when the Lord Jeffs control the shot count. Conn College has a more traditional shot correlation, going 3-2-0 when they outshoot opponents vs a pointless 0-3-2 when they are out-shot. Beyond the shot count, Conn College needs to keep it close early, because Jack Arena's squad are closers, having won all six games in which they have had the lead after two periods.

Players to watch
Conn College Mike Petchonka (G, Jr) Can the junior goalie follow up a 28 save performance against Hamilton and stop the new found Amherst scoring presensce? 

Amherst Mike Rowbotham   (F, So) Can the sophomore from Ontario follow up his three assist night (0-3-3) against Tufts with some goals?