His
Impact: Richards led a Yale squad that entered
the ECACHL playoffs with a six-game losing streak to
a surprising sweep of sixth-seed Union in Schenectady.
The 6-foot-4, 190-pound freshman made 40 saves in the
Bulldogs' 2-1 overtime win against the Dutchmen Friday,
then stopped 57 of 59 shots in Saturday's five-OT epic
– a 3-2 Yale win in the longest game in NCAA history
– that lasted a little more than seven periods
and ended more than six hours after the opening faceoff.
Richards and the 11th-seed Elis advance to face top-seed
Dartmouth in Hanover, N.H., this weekend in a best-of-three
quarterfinal series.
His
Runners-Up: Scott Champagne (Mercyhurst), Adam
D'Alba (Brown), Brian Elliott (Wisconsin), Pete MacArthur
(Boston University), Mitch O'Keefe (Ferris State), Rob
Sirianni (Bemidji State),