March 11, 2009

Team Notes: Dutchmen Gear Up for Playoff Trip to Princeton

The following article appeared March 11 on the Union Web site.

 

PRINCETON, NJ – The Dutchmen made history with their two-game sweep of Clarkson last weekend to advance to the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals where they will face third-seeded and 11th-ranked Princeton for a three-game set, beginning on Friday, Mar. 13 and continuing on Saturday, Mar. 14. If necessary, the deciding game will take place on Sunday, Mar. 15. All three games are slated to begin at 7 p.m.

Union advanced with two wins against Clarkson, securing the program’s first ever postseason series win. Behind two goals by junior forward Mario Valery-Trabucco, Union took game one on home ice, 5-3. Senior forward Chris Potts and sophomore forward Andrew Buote each scored a career-high two goals in a 7-2 game two win. During Friday’s game, sophomore forward Stéphane Boileau had the game-winner at the 7:05 mark of the third period and sophomore forward Adam Presizniuk had a multi-point effort with a goal and two assists. The following night, Potts scored the game-winner late in the first as Union unloaded for three goals in the opening period and four goals in the third. Both Potts and Buote had shorthanded goals. Sophomore goaltender Corey Milan made 18 saves on Friday and 32 stops on Saturday.

Union’s five goal performance on Friday against Clarkson was the most it had ever scored in a playoff game. Then Saturday rolled along and Union unloaded seven goals. The Dutchmen’s four goals during the third period were the most scored by Union in its DI postseason history. The last time Union scored a combined 12 goals in back-to-back games was during an 8-1 win against Bentley on Oct. 28, 2005 and a 4-3 win at UMass-Lowell on Oct. 29, 2005.

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