Sdao Sparks Tigers to Win
| Scoring Summary | |
|---|---|
| 1st - 07:20 | Calof, Andrew (Princeton) |
| 1st - 07:53 | Jacobson, Ryan (Brown) |
| 1st - 08:40 | PP - Calof, Andrew (Princeton) |
| 3rd - 09:57 | PP - Maclellan, Jack (Brown) |
| OT - 03:02 | Sdao, Michael (Princeton) |
| Princeton | Brown |
|---|---|
|
G:
Andrew Calof - 2
A: Michael Sdao - 2 Sh: Andrew Calof - 5 Sv: Mike Condon - 40 |
G:
2 Players (#18, #27 - 1)
A: Matt Lorito - 2 Sh: Ryan Jacobson - 6 Sv: Mike Clemente - 24 |
| TEAM STATISTICS | Princeton | Brown |
|---|---|---|
| Power Plays | 1 for 2 | 1 for 6 |
| Shorthanded Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties (min) | 7 (14) | 2 (4) |
| Shots on Goal | 27 | 42 |
| Face Offs Won | 28 | 40 |
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Junior Michael Sdao scored the golden goal at
3:02 to give Princeton a 3-2 overtime win over Brown on Friday,
Jan. 6 at Meehan Auditorium. Sdao finished the night with three
points, having a hand in all three Tigers' goals.
Sdao got the puck from sophomore Will MacDonald who was stationed
on the left boards, waiting for an open player. The puck hit Sdao's
skate as he reached the blue line and used some great stick work as
he made his way to the goal and sent the puck over the blocker of
goalie Michael Clemente from the bottom of the right circle.
Incidentally, it was Sdao from MacDonald last year that at Meehan
that would give the Tigers a 4-3 win. That game would also mark
goalie Mike Condon's first career win. He would get the win again
tonight, his first of the season, making 40 saves including one on
a penalty shot in the second.
Sophomore Andrew Calof scored both of Princeton's goals in
regulation.
Princeton struck first and had a 2-1 lead at the end of the first
period, with all three goals coming within 80 seconds.
After Brown is called for icing, a face off is taken to the left
of netminder Michael Clemente. Princeton won the face off and Sdao
got the puck at the blue line on the left side. He fired a shot and
Hagel backhanded it from the doorstep. The puck bounced to the
right side where Calof picked up the rebound and put it in between
Clemente and the post at 7:20
The lead would be shortlived as the Bears scored just 33 seconds
later. Jack Maclellan got the puck behind the net after a
scrum for it in the corner. He fed Ryan Jacobson at the bottom of
the right circle and he beat Condon five hole.
The Tigers capitalized on their first power-play chance of the
game at 8:40. Sdao rifled a shot from the point. It hit Clemente's
pads and sophomore Jack Berger backhanded a pass to Calof on the
left side and Calof buried it.
The second half was scoreless, with Condon being a huge reason for
that, as he stopped a penalty shot at 18:41.
Bobby Farnham got a breakaway and Sdao tripped him in the slot
resulting in a penalty shot. Farnham skated in and Condon came out
to cut off the angle, he started to back up as Farnham went to the
right but Condon denied him on the right post.
It was the first penalty shot allowed since Feb. 3, 2007 when B.J.
Slapsky stopped a shot by Yale's Brad Mills. Since 1997-98,
Princeton netminders have stopped all four penalty shots they have
faced.
Maclellan knotted the game with a power-play goal at 9:57 of
third. Matt Lorito and Matt Wahl would both earn assists.
Princeton's penalty kill did a great job in the game, prior to the
Maclellan goal. The Tigers were 5 for 5, allowing just four shots
in 8:18 of penalty time.
Clemente finished with 24 stops for Brown, as the Bears outshot
Princeton 42-27.
The Tigers were 1 for 2 on the power play and 5 for 6 on the
penalty kill.
The win snapped Princeton's five-game winless streak as the Tigers
improve to 5-4-1 overall and 4-7-1 in the ECAC. Brown is now 6-7-1
and 3-4 in league play.
Princeton will travel to Yale tomorrow, Jan. 7 for a 7 p.m. game
at Ingalls Rink. Quinnipiac beat Yale 2-1 this evening.
