Yale Tames Tigers
| Scoring Summary | |
|---|---|
| 1st - 08:31 | Hagel, Marc (Princeton) |
| 1st - 10:37 | Agostino,Kenny (Yale) |
| 1st - 15:36 | Ruffolo, Trent (Yale) |
| 2nd - 03:30 | Limbert, Kevin (Yale) |
| 3rd - 04:24 | PP - O'Neill, Brian (Yale) |
| 3rd - 08:40 | PP - Pallis, Derrick (Princeton) |
| 3rd - 11:19 | PP - Miller, Andrew (Yale) |
| 3rd - 14:44 | SH - EN - Ziegler, Chad (Yale) |
| Princeton | Yale |
|---|---|
|
G:
2 Players (#5, #25 - 1)
A: 3 Players (#6, #7, #24 - 1) Sh: Marc Hagel - 4 Sv: Mike Condon - 43 |
G:
6 Players (#9, #10, #12, #17, #18, #59 - 1)
A: 2 Players (#9, #17 - 2) Sh: Chad Ziegler - 9 Sv: Jeff Malcolm - 23 |
| TEAM STATISTICS | Princeton | Yale |
|---|---|---|
| Power Plays | 1 for 4 | 2 for 7 |
| Shorthanded Goals | 0 | 1 |
| Penalties (min) | 8 (16) | 6 (20) |
| Shots on Goal | 25 | 49 |
| Face Offs Won | 33 | 36 |
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Keith Allain '80, Yale's Malcolm G.
Chace Head Coach of Hockey, was critical of his team's inability to
get shots to the net in last night's loss. Forty-nine shots and six
goals later his No. 20 ranked Bulldogs came away with two points
and a 6-2 win over Princeton before a sellout crowd at Ingalls
Rink.
Six different Elis hit the net while Brian O'Neill (Yardley, Pa.)
and Andrew Miller (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) each had three points.
Jeff Malcolm (Lethbridge, Alb.) stopped 23 of 25 shots and three of
four man-advantages to earn the win between the pipes.
"I am really pleased with the way we played. We were winning races
and we put the puck in the right places and went hard to the net,"
said Allain.
Yale brought the early heat on the Princeton goal, but the Tigers
survived and notched the game's first tally at the other end. Marc
Hagel, the beneficiary of a juicy rebound, sent the puck back from
the high slot inside the right post at 8:31.
Before the drop of the puck on the ensuing faceoff, simultaneous
Yale infractions resulted in a two-minute Princeton advantage. Yale
seized the momentum by not allowing a shot on goal, and then it was
Miller time. Miller had the puck in the left circle, wheeled around
to create more space and avoid a defender, and fed Kenny Agostino
(Flanders, NJ), who was moving toward the goal from the high slot.
The pass allowed Agostino to unleash a low blast that zipped into
the net low on the glove side of Mike Condon (43 saves) at
10:37.
The Elis made it two straight on an unassisted Trent Ruffolo (Coral
Springs, Fla.) goal at 15:36 of a first period that had Yale with a
17-11 advantage in shots. Nicholas Weberg (Oslo, Norway)
caused a turnover in the Princeton end along the boards with a hit.
Ruffolo took it from the point and blasted a shot from the top of
the slot for his second of the year.
Princeton came close to making it 2-2 with two grade-A chances
early in the second, but a moment later Kevin Limbert (Fruitvale,
BC) gave Yale a two-goal lead on a rebound put-back. Chad Ziegler
(Spruce Grove, Alb.) had the initial shot and Limbert crashed the
net and connected from the middle slot at 3:30 for his first of the
year. Charles Brockett (Shaker Heights, Ohio) started the play by
grabbing the puck at the point and getting it to his linemate. It
was the only goal of a wild, hard-hitting second period in which
the Elis had 16 of the 22 shots on target.
The home team used a great 4-on-3 power play midway through the
second to pelt the Princeton net with rubber. Condon, who had 30
saves through 40 minutes, came up with four big saves to prevent a
score, and his teammate, Andrew Calof, nearly scored a shorthander.
Malcolm came up with a solid stop on the breakaway after the Blue
mishandled a puck at the Princeton blueline.
Yale's fourth straight tally came off an O'Neill (11th goal)
power-play, one-timer. The captain's blast from the top of the left
circle was set up by another great Miller feed at 4:24 to make it
4-1.
"We got a lot of shots to the net tonight," said O'Neill.
"Simplifying the game and getting pucks to the net is what we did.
That means shooting quicker, and they don't have to be hard. Just
getting simple pucks to the net."
Bob Prier, Princeton's first-year head coach, decided to pull his
goalie when Yale was called for a penalty with 13:16 left in
regulation. It took a minute and 57 seconds of the advantage, but
the Tigers cut the lead in half. Derrick Pallis' low wrister from
the top of the slot got past Malcolm at 8:40.
The teams were a combined 0-for-5 on the advantage heading into the
third period; there were three power-play goals in the third. After
all his great puck distribution, Miller got rewarded with his third
goal of the season at 11:19. He followed up a nasty O'Neill shot to
increase the lead to 5-2.
Condon was pulled again with just under six minutes left and his
team up a man. This time it backfired when Ziegler (5th) flipped
home a long shot from just inside the red line.
The Yale defense, which held its opposition to just 25 shots on
goal for a second straight night, deserved a lot of credit for this
victory.
"We certainly haven't given up many scoring chances over the last
two games. We played good, solid, structured defense," said
Allain.
BULLDOG BITES
The Brockett brothers were playing against each other tonight.
Charles, the senior forward for Yale, was playing against Tucker, a
freshman Tiger forward. Two seconds after the final buzzer sounded,
they hugged at center ice… The 49 shots on goal tied for the
second most by the Blue this year; the Elis had 53 against Sacred
Heart and 49 against UConn… Yale's lineup was the same as
Friday night… The Bulldogs came out of the locker room
wearing their jerseys to sign posters for more than 400 kids as
part of Yale Hockey Youth Day.
