Princeton Edged by Visiting Harvard
| Scoring Summary | |
|---|---|
| 1st - 01:48 | PP - McNally, Patrick (Harvard) |
| 2nd - 09:18 | PP - Everson, Marshall (Harvard) |
| 2nd - 19:04 | PP - Hagel, Marc (Princeton) |
| 2nd - 19:16 | Hagel, Marc (Princeton) |
| 3rd - 01:44 | PP - Kroshus, Eric (Harvard) |
| 3rd - 06:59 | Biega, Danny (Harvard) |
| 3rd - 07:40 | Mills, Kevin (Princeton) |
| Harvard | Princeton |
|---|---|
|
G:
4 Players (#8, #9, #10, #21 - 1)
A: Patrick McNally - 2 Sh: Colin Blackwell - 5 Sv: Steve Michalek - 31 |
G:
Marc Hagel - 2
A: 2 Players (#9, #24 - 2) Sh: Marc Hagel - 5 Sv: Sean Bonar - 22 |
| TEAM STATISTICS | Harvard | Princeton |
|---|---|---|
| Power Plays | 3 for 5 | 1 for 2 |
| Shorthanded Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties (min) | 2 (4) | 5 (10) |
| Shots on Goal | 26 | 34 |
| Face Offs Won | 30 | 28 |
PRINCETON, N.J. (12/10/11) - The special teams were on display
today at a nearly sold out crowd at Baker Rink on Saturday, Dec.
10, but it was Harvard that would earn the 4-3 win over Princeton
in men's hockey. The Tigers won the first game of this years'
series, 4-3 in Cambridge back in November.
Harvard boasts the top power-play unit in the country, and tonight
it would score three times. Senior Marc Hagel would score twice
within 12 seconds to tie the game in the second session, the first
on the power play. The Crimson would take back the lead, and
wouldn't give it up, 1:44 into the third with a man-advantage
goal.
Penalty trouble put Princeton in an early hole, as Harvard scored a
5x3 goal just 1:48 into the game. Junior Michael Sdao was called
for boarding eight seconds into the game and less than two minutes
later sophomore Jack Berger received the same infraction, setting
up Harvard's 5x3 opportunity. Alex Fallstrom poked the puck off the
boards to Alex Killorn and Killorn found Patrick McNally for the
score.
The Tigers had a flurry of chances in the final three minutes and
dominated the second half of the first intermission, outshooting
Harvard 9-2, while the Crimson had a 5-2 edge in shots in the first
half.
Harvard converted on Princeton's third straight boarding call in
the second period. Luke Greiner shot from the left of goalie Sean
Bonar, who made the save. The puck popped out to the right where
Marshall Everson put away the rebound at 9:18.
Junior Will MacDonald, freshman Tuckett Brockett and sophomore
Andrew Ammon had great chances to put Princeton on the scoreboard
in the final three minutes of the period. Hagel would finally break
through goalie Steve Michalek in the final minute.
Hagel would score his second and third goals of the year just 12
seconds apart. The first was a power-play goal at 19:04. Sdao
ripped a shot from the point that Berger put between his legs in
the slot and Hagel was on the doorstep to light the lamp. He scored
his second with help again from Berger and sophomore Jeremy
Goodwin. Berger sent the puck up the boards to Goodwin who rocketed
a shot from the right point and Hagel buried it to tie the game,
2-2 at 19:16.
The Crimson took back the lead with their third power-play goal
less than two minutes into the final frame, with a carry over
penalty on Sdao. Eric Kroshus, brother of freshman Tom Krushus
scored from inside the right circle after getting the puck from
Danny Biega. The pair teamed up again at 6:59 that would expand
Harvard's lead to 4-2.
Freshman Kevin Mills scored his first career goal at 7:40 in the
third when he knocked in his own rebound amid a slew of players
down on the ice in front of him.
Goodwin had a chance to tie it up about two minutes later when he
rocketed a shot that went off of Michalek to Hagel who was all
alone on the left side with an open net. His shot however would end
up being blocked by a sprinting Crimson defender.
Princeton pulled Bonar for the extra attacked with 1:36 remaining
but couldn't set much up, getting just one shot on frame. Harvard
iced the puck down the length of the ice and the crowd held its
breathe as it hit the right post with two seconds left.
Bonar finished the night with 22 saves and Michalek stopped 31 as
Princeton outshot Harvard 34-26.
Harvard was 3 for 5 on the power play and Princeton was 1 for
2.
Harvard improves to 4-3-3 and 3-3-2 in the ECAC. Princeton falls to
4-8-2 overall and 3-6-1 in league play. The Tigers will play at
travel partner Quinnipiac, tomorrow, Dec. 11 at noon.
