Tigers Fight Off Yale in Thriller at Baker Rink
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| Scoring Summary | |
|---|---|
| 1st - 05:11 | Katherine Dineen (Princeton) |
| 1st - 09:20 | Bray Ketchum (Yale) |
| 1st - 13:14 | Laura Martindale (Princeton) |
| 2nd - 00:08 | Helen Resor (Yale) |
| 3rd - 08:06 | PP - Katherine Dineen (Princeton) |
| Yale | Princeton |
|---|---|
|
G:
2 Players (#15, #27 - 1)
A: Danielle Kozlowski - 1 Sh: Helen Resor - 4 Sv: Genny Ladiges - 23 |
G:
Katherine Dineen - 2
A: 2 Players (#19, #21 - 2) Sh: 2 Players (#3, #15 - 4) Sv: Kristen Young - 19 |
| TEAM STATISTICS | Yale | Princeton |
|---|---|---|
| Power Plays | 0 for 3 | 1 for 5 |
| Shorthanded Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties (min) | 5 (10) | 3 (6) |
| Shots on Goal | 21 | 26 |
| Face Offs Won | 27 | 30 |
Princeton, NJ - Katherine Dineen scored two goals, including the
game winner in the final second of a third-period power play, to
lead the Princeton women's hockey team to a 3-2 win over a stubborn
Yale squad Friday night at Baker Rink. The win keeps Princeton tied
with Harvard for third in the ECAC standings.
Princeton outshot Yale 26-21 and held a 30-27 advantage in
faceoffs. Princeton goaltender Kristen Young made 19 saves,
including a couple of point-blank opportunities that could have
forced overtime.
Dineen opened the scoring with her third goal of the season 5:11
into the game. After a Yale icing call forced a draw in the
Bulldogs' end, Stephanie Denino was able to send a pass back to
Charissa Stadnyk along the right boards. The Princeton freshman
found Dineen in the middle of the ice, and she fired it past Genny
Ladiges for the 1-0 lead.
Yale evened the score less just a little over four minutes later,
when Danielle Kozlowski sent a pass in front of the net to Bray
Ketchum. The Bulldog sophomore found a spot between Young's pads
for her ninth of the season.
Strong efforts by Julie Johnson and Laura Martindale helped
Princeton go into the first intermission with a 2-1 lead. Johnson
was able to get the puck deep and fired a shot that Ladiges saved,
and it led to a scrum right in front of the Bulldog net. The puck
came out to Martindale, who found the smallest opening between a
handful of players and put the puck in the left side of the net for
her third of the season.
The lead would be quite brief in the second period. Yale's Helen
Resor stole the first pass off the opening faceoff and fired a shot
from the left circle past Young for her fourth of the season.
Princeton avoided big trouble later in the period when consecutive
penalties against Dineen and Martindale left the Tigers two players
down for 55 seconds. Princeton fought off the 5-on-3 without giving
up a dangerous shot, but Young had to come up big on the ensuing
5-on-4. When a clearing attempt went off Christine Foster's skate,
it landed on Kozlowski's stick; the Yale senior took a point-blank
shot that Young saved. Princeton fought off the rest of the power
play and went into the second intermission even at 2-2.
The Yale defense also had a big hand in staying even. Despite being
outshot 20-12 over the first 40 minutes, the Bulldogs fought off
four power plays.
The fifth power play would prove to be the winner, even if it took
1:59 of it to get one past Ladiges. A tripping call against Resor
gave Princeton the first extra-player opportunity of the third
period. After having been fought off for most of the way, Denino
was able to find defensive linemate Dineen near the right circle.
The Princeton veteran wound out and blistered a shot in the net to
give Princeton its third lead of the game.
Yale would get one more power play, and followed with an empty-net
flurry late, but Princeton held on. Young stood strong on one more
major opportunity, as Ketchum took the puck from the left boards
right into the goal area, but Young kept her ground and knocked it
away.
Princeton will remain home Saturday at 4 p.m. to take on the Brown
Bears, a 5-0 winner over Quinnipiac Friday night.
