Colorado College completed its first season-opening series sweep in eight years with a 4-1 victory over Alaska Anchorage Saturday night at Ed Robson Arena.
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The Tigers, who haven't been 2-0 since winning a pair of games against Alabama Huntsville to open the 2014-15 campaign, put 10 goals on the board against the Seawolves this weekend.
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Ray Christy opened the scoring on Saturday at the 3:06 mark of the first period.
Patrick Cozzi rolled down the left side and put a shot on UAA goalie Nolan Kent, who made the save, but the puck went right to Christy in front and he buried it.
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The Tigers doubled their lead 1:31 later when
Matthew Gleason cleaned up a rebound after Kent saved
Nicklas Andrews' rocket from the point and Gleason put home the rebound from the left circle.
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Freshman
Kaidan Mbereko, making his collegiate debut, did not see much action in the first period and had to make just four saves in the first 20 minutes.
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UAA cut the lead in half at the 8:12 mark of the second period when Maximillion Helgeson scored a power-play goal with a shot from the left circle that beat Mbereko.
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The Tigers responded with a pair of power-play tallies within 51 seconds of each other midway through the middle frame.
Hunter McKown notched his third goal of the weekend at the 9:22 mark, then
Noah Laba made it 4-1 at 10:13 with his second of the series.
Bryan Yoon assisted on both goals.
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CC finished the game 2-for-7 on the power play and Mbereko made 19 saves.
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The Tigers travel to Canton, N.Y., for a weekend series against St. Lawrence University, Oct. 14-15.