Tigers Defeat Quinnipiac to Close First Half

1:50 - 3rd	1	2	3	Final
Quinnipiac (6-5-1)	0	1	0	1
Princeton (9-2-0)	1	3	0	4

Scoring Summary
1st - 05:37	Kevin Lohry (Princeton)
2nd - 03:16	PP - Zach Hansen (Quinnipiac)
2nd - 09:11	Mike Kramer (Princeton)
2nd - 14:17	PP - Matt Arhontas (Princeton)
2nd - 17:55	Mark Magnowski (Princeton)

Quinnipiac	Princeton
G: Zach Hansen - 1 A: 2 Players (#11, #22 - 1) Sh: David Marshall - 5 Sv: Bud Fisher - 21	G: 4 Players (#12, #14, #21, #26 - 1) A: 2 Players (#14, #21 - 2) Sh: Mike Kramer - 6 Sv: Zane Kalemba - 23

TEAM STATISTICS	Quinnipiac	Princeton
Power Plays	1 for 5	1 for 3
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	3 (6)	5 (10)
Shots on Goal	24	35
Face Offs Won	24	39

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Boxscore

PRINCETON -- Linemates Mike Kramer, Matt Arhontas and Mark Magnowski each scored in the second period as the ninth-ranked Princeton men's hockey team raced past Quinnipiac on Wednesday night at Hobey Baker Rink for its 10th win of the season.

The line broke open a tie game midway through the period when Kramer scored the first of the group's three goals on a delayed penalty at 9:11. Junior defenseman Jody Pederson began the play at his own blueline with a pass up to Magnowski, who carried the puck into the Bobcats zone. Magnowski went wide as Kramer and Arhontas went to the net and fed Kramer with a pass. Kramer was being hooked, but was able to get off a shot that was deflected into the air and went over Quinnipiac goaltender Bud Fisher and wound up in the back of the net.

The line teamed up again for a goal five minutes later on the power play. Kramer caught the Bobcats in a change as he crossed the Quinnipiac blueline and sent a centering pass for Magnowski. He couldn't handle the pass, which bounced off his stick and went to the corner to grab it. He quickly fired the puck to the crease where Arhontas redirected it by Fisher to give the Tigers a two-goal lead.

Magnowski made it 4-1 four minutes later when the line scored its third goal of the period. Princeton came into the zone on an odd-man rush and Arhontas took a shot from the off-wing that Fisher stopped but the rebound came right to Magnowski crashing the net and he got it past Fisher for his team-leading sixth goal and 11th point of the season.

Princeton never trailed in the game and went ahead for the first time with the only goal of the first period. The Bobcats attempted to clear the puck out of their zone on the boards, but senior Brandan Kushniruk blocked the clearing attempt and had the puck bounce right to sophomore Kevin Lohry, who skated to the middle and beat Fisher high on the glove side for his fourth goal of the season.

Princeton led 1-0 after a period, but Quinnipiac evened the score on Zach Hansen's second period goal at 3:16 on the power play. After being outshot 16-9 in the first period, Quinnipiac had the first six shots of the second period, including the tying goal, before Princeton went back ahead.

Princeton outshot Quinnipiac 37-24 in the game. Tiger junior goaltender Zane Kalemba made 23 saves for the win, while Fisher made 21 stops in two periods for the loss. Nick Pisellini made 12 saves in the third period.

The win moved the Tigers to 10-2-0 on the season and did not count towards the league standings. Princeton reached 10 wins in its 12th game. It is the fastest Princeton has gotten to 10 wins since the 1928-29 squad got there in 11 and the earliest date on the calendar that Princeton has ever had 10 wins.

Princeton also took all three games from Quinnipiac this season and has now won four games in a row over the Bobcats. The Tigers are now off for the next 26 days before returning to action against Minnesota State on Dec. 29.