Strong Third Period Carries Tigers
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| Scoring Summary | |
|---|---|
| 1st - 02:11 | Tom Pizzo (Clarkson) |
| 2nd - 17:13 | Lee Jubinville (Princeton) |
| 3rd - 00:41 | Brandan Kushniruk (Princeton) |
| 3rd - 03:41 | Brandon DeFazio (Clarkson) |
| 3rd - 05:28 | Brett Wilson (Princeton) |
| 3rd - 15:08 | Tyler Beachell (Princeton) |
| 3rd - 18:00 | Scott Freeman (Clarkson) |
| 3rd - 18:55 | EN - Brandan Kushniruk (Princeton) |
| Clarkson | Princeton |
|---|---|
|
G:
3 Players (#3, #9, #77 - 1)
A: 5 Players (#9, #11, #19, #27, #91 - 1) Sh: Chris D'Alvise - 5 Sv: Richie Laveau - 35 |
G:
Brandan Kushniruk - 2
A: Dan Bartlett - 2 Sh: 3 Players (#6, #7, #17 - 5) Sv: Zane Kalemba - 27 |
| TEAM STATISTICS | Clarkson | Princeton |
|---|---|---|
| Power Plays | 0 for 3 | 0 for 4 |
| Shorthanded Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties (min) | 6 (12) | 5 (10) |
| Shots on Goal | 30 | 40 |
| Face Offs Won | 28 | 30 |
PRINCETON -- Senior captain Brandan
Kushniruk scored two goals to help lead the ninth-ranked Princeton
men's hockey team to a 5-3 win over Clarkson on Friday night at
Hobey Baker Rink. Princeton scored four goals in the third period
to snap a 1-1 tie and pick up the win.
The start of the game was delayed more than an hour due to problems
with the ice at the east end of Hobey Baker Rink. Once the ice was
repaired the teams returned for a five-minute warm-up and then play
began at 8:25 p.m.
Clarkson jumped on the board early when Tom Pizzo's point shot off
an offensive zone draw put the Golden Knights ahead 2:11 into the
game. Clarkson held that lead through the first period and until
late in the second before the Tigers drew even just as a power play
expired. Junior Dan
Bartlett fed senior Brett
Wilson for a shot. Wilson's blast snuck through Clarkson goaltender
Richie LeVeau and laid in the crease behind him before senior Lee
Jubinville shoved it over the goal line for his sixth goal of the
season.
Princeton went ahead for the first time in the game 41 seconds into
the third period when Kushniruk netted his fifth of the year.
Junior Jody
Pederson and sophomore Taylor
Fedun broke the puck out of the Princeton end and hit Kushniruk in
the neutral zone. He skated into the Clarkson end and five steps
over the blue line beat LeVeau with a quick shot.
Clarkson's Brandon DeFazio evened the game three minutes later when
he completed by nice play by reaching around the outstretched pad
of Princeton junior goaltender Zane
Kalemba, but the Tigers quickly rebounded less than two minutes
later.
In the offensive zone, Bartlett made a great play to steal the puck
off a Clarkson stick and quickly fed Wilson on the doorstep, who
one-timed the puck past LeVeau for his seventh of the season.
Junior Tyler
Beachell netted the eventual game winner 10 minutes later. Beachell
skated from his own blue line into the Clarkson end with the puck,
looking to gain a step on the Clarkson defense. He was unable to
cut in and get a shot, but he regained the puck at the goal line
and banked the puck into the net for his third of the season.
Sophomores Mike
Kramer and Cam
Ritchie assisted it.
Scott Freeman added an extra attacker goal to Clarkson back within
a goal at 18:00 of the third, but the Tigers sealed the win when
Kushniruk scored into the empty net 55 seconds later. Junior Kevin
Kaiser assisted on the goal.
Kalemba made 27 saves for the win, while LeVeau stopped 35 of
Princeton's 40 shots in the loss.
The Tigers win was their fourth in a row and moved Princeton to
18-6 overall and 12-5 in the ECAC. Princeton leaped over Cornell in
the ECAC standings and now sits in second, three points behind
first-place Yale.
