Princeton Reels Off Fifth-Straight Win at Brown

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PROVIDENCE, RI -- The trio of Brett Wilson, Lee Jubinville and Mike Kramer combined for four goals and 10 points as the Princeton men's hockey team powered past Brown 6-2 on Saturday night at Meehan Auditorium. The win is Princeton's fifth in a row as the Tigers retained their spot atop the ECAC Hockey standings.

Brown took the game's first four shots, but Princeton scored the game's first goal when freshman Mike Kramer found the back of the net at 3:23. The goal was set up on the forecheck as junior Brett Wilson got a piece of Brown defenseman Matt Palmer behind the Bear net, which left the puck for Wilson, who made a feed from behind the net to Kramer on the doorstep for the goal, his fourth of the year and third in four games.

Princeton extended its lead to 2-0 at 12:14 when Wilson scored his sixth goal of the season. Kramer started the play with a long lead pass that junior Lee Jubinville tracked down and sent to Wilson, who was coming in at the far post. Wilson quickly redirected the shot into the wide-open goal to make the score 2-0 in Princeton's favor.

Brown cut the lead in half when Chris Poli scored 11 seconds into the second period but Princeton scored three times in a four-minute span to take a 5-1 lead after two periods. First, it was Jubinville getting his seventh of the season on the power play when he deflected a point shot by freshman Cam Ritchie. Wilson notched an assist on the goal as he won the faceoff to get the puck to Ritchie.

Princeton continued to pressure and at 13:16 made it 4-1 when sophomore Kevin Kaiser scored off the rush as a Brown penalty expired. His third goal of the season was assisted by junior Brandan Kushniruk and sophomore Jody Pederson, who now has assists in four-straight games. Nine seconds later, Princeton made it 5-1 as sophomore Cam MacIntyre netted his 10th goal of the season, stuffing in the rebound of his own shot. Sophomores Mark Magnowski and Dan Bartlett set up the goal.

Brown scored the first goal of the third period to make the score 5-2, but Kramer countered with his second goal of the night at 6:14 to make the score 6-2 where it finished. Jubinville and Wilson set up the goal.

Princeton outshot Brown 58-25 in the game, passing the 50-shot mark or the first time since registering 51 in a Nov. 18, 2006 loss to Colgate. Princeton sophomore netminder Zane Kalemba made 23 saves for the win, while Mark Sibbald made 52 saves in the loss.

Princeton last won five games in a row in the 1947-48 season when the Tigers opened the season with five straight wins. Princeton was last unbeaten in five games back in the 1998-99 season in their run through the ECAC playoffs.

The Tigers are now 10-8-0 overall and 8-4-0 in ECAC Hockey and remain atop the league standings. Princeton is now off for 17 days before resuming its schedule on Jan. 29 at Robert Morris.