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Vermont Shuts Out Men's Hockey 2-0
November 05, 2004 | Men's Ice Hockey
Nov. 5, 2004
Box Score
Burlington, Vt. - Vermont forward Chris Myers scored a power-play 6:25 into the game and that was all the Catamounts needed as they bested the Princeton men's hockey team 2-0 Friday night at Gutterson Fieldhouse. The Tigers fall to 0-2-1 with the loss and look to get that first win of the season tomorrow night at Dartmouth.
Vermont led after one period of back-and-forth play. They capitalized on a power play at 6:25 of the period. Myers collected the puck deep in the Tiger zone and fed Mike Arcieri on the half boards. Arcieri quickly gave it back to Myers who skated along the goal line and worked a shot through the short side on sophomore goaltender B.J. Sklapsky. Princeton outshot the Catamounts 9-7 in the period but Vermont goaltender Joe Fallon stopped all nine Tiger shots to keep the score 1-0. The back and forth action continued in the second period as Vermont held a 12-10 shot advantage but neither team could score. Princeton had three great chances in the period. Junior Brian Carthas was stopped on his second breakaway of the night and junior Patrick Neundorfer had two great chances. On the first he got behind the Vermont defense but was stoned as he shifted the puck from his backhand to the forehand. On the second he fired a shot on the net that bounced off Vermont defenseman Kenny Macauley and nearly through Fallon's legs but the freshman goaltender stopped the puck. Sklapsky was no slouch in the Princeton net though. He stopped all 12 shots, including a pair of great cross-ice one-timers by Scott Mifsud and Brady Leisenring.
In the third period both teams had scoring chances but the goaltenders were the story. Each made 10 saves to keep all goals off the board. The only game with 22 seconds remaining as Scott Mifsud scored into an empty net. Sklapsky finished the game with 28 saves while Fallon made 29.
Power plays proved the key of the game. Vermont scored that goal on the power play, while Princeton was unable to capitalize on their seven chances.
Princeton resumes action tomorrow night an hour down the road at Dartmouth. Game time is 7 p.m.