Princeton University
Clarkson
Men's Hockey Drops 3-2 Decision at Clarkson
January 30, 2004 | Men's Ice Hockey
Jan. 30, 2004
Box Score
Potsdam, N.Y. - The Princeton men's hockey team dropped a 3-2 decision to Clarkson Friday night at Cheel Arena. Clarkson took a 3-0 lead early in the third period, and held off a Princeton come back attempt to drop the Tigers to 5-14-1 overall and 5-8-1 in the ECAC.
Clarkson's Mac Faulkner opened the scoring at 7:29 of the first period when his shot from in close deflected in off the skate of a Princeton defender in front for a power-play score. Clarkson made it 2-0 at 13:16 when Trevor Edwards finished off a rush by tipping in a pass for his seventh goal of the season.
After a scoreless second period, the Knights went up 3-0 when Blight one-timed a shot from the top of the left circle, a power-play marker at 1:38. Just 12 seconds later, Princeton got on the scoreboard with freshman Grant Goeckner-Zoeller's fourth goal of the season on a shot that just trickled over the goalline. Freshman Darroll Powe posted the first of his two assists on the goal along with sophomore Dustin Sproat. At 10:09, sophomore Patrick Neundorfer lifted in a rebound, for his sixth goal of the season, while the Tigers were on the power play to pull within one. Powe and sophomre Seamus Young assisted on the tally.
But that was as close as Princeton would get as Clarkson's Kyle McNulty steered aside the remainder of the shots to preserve the win. Princeton goaltender Eric Leroux stopped 26 shots in the loss.
The Tigers continue their trip to the North Country tomorrow night at St. Lawrence.