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Condon Stops 38 and Gets an Assist in 3-3 Tie With Northeastern
December 30, 2011 | Men's Ice Hockey
MINNEAPOLIS (12/30/11) - It was the most exciting ending to a Princeton hockey game this season. It ended with a both team's goalies standing on their heads in a shootout that would determine who would advance to the championship game of the Mariucci Classic at Minnesota on Friday, Dec. 30.
Princeton played to a 3-3 draw with Northeastern, a team that entered the weekend with the longest current win streak in the NCAA at six.
It was an eight-round shootout with Justin Daniels delivering the blow and sending Princeton into the third-place game.
Andrew Calof, Rob Kleebaum, Jack Berger, Tyler Maugeri, Will MacDonald, Marc Hagel, Brodie Zuk and Aaron Kesselman (in order) were all stymied by Northeastern's Chris Rawlings in the shootout.
Princeton netminder junior Mike Condon turned away shots by Braden Pimm, Vinny Saponari, Ludwig Karlsson, Steve Quailer, Garrett Vermeersch, Anthony Bitetto and Cody Ferriero.
It was this same date two years ago that Princeton last competed in a shootout, against Maine at the 2009 Florida College Classic. The Tigers tied the Black Bears 6-6 and lost the shootout. The squad would defeat Cornell in the third-place game the following day.
Today's game would feature each team's special teams as 17 penalties were called in the game, for a total of 34 minutes. It marks the most penalties in a game for Princeton and an opponent this season and the most since Dec. 29, 2010 when Princeton and Bowling Green combined for 20.
The teams traded goals in the final minute of the first period.
Pimm stripped the Princeton power play of the puck at his own blue line, with a poke check, and brought it down into the Princeton zone. Mike McLaughlin was streaking up the left side and picked up the cross-ice pass. He deked his defender and Condon made the stop but Pimm got the rebound at the right post and flipped it top shelf at 19:15.
The Tigers knotted the game 41 seconds later with a power-play goal from Berger. Sophomore Jeremy Goodwin had the puck on the right boards and sent it across the blue line to junior Michael Sdao. Sdao ripped a shot towards the right post and Berger was on the doorstep to direct the puck into the goal.
A scoreless second period saw Northeastern take an 11-3 shot advantage.
Saponari would give Northeastern the 2-1 lead at 4:35 of the third. The Huskies worked the puck around before Saponari came from behind the goal and stuffed it in on the right post. Vermeersch would earn the assist.
Maugeri knotted the game at 10:40 with Princeton's second power-play goal. Zuk worked the puck off the boards in the Princeton zone and junior Eric Meland sent a beautiful centering pass to Maugeri who skated around his defender and went glove side on Northeastern goalie Chris Rawlings.
Less than a minute later however, Pimm would score his second of the night. Ferriero saw Pimm wide open on the right side and sent a cross-ice pass to Pimm who went glove side on Condon at 11:17.
Sophomore Kevin Ross would collect his first career goal and tie the game 1:03 later. Condon left the puck for Ross, who skated down center ice, and sent the puck to Calof on the right side. Calof pushed it back up ice to Ross who was now at the top of the right circle and he blasted in a goal at 12:20.
Condon finished the night with a career-high 38 saves and earned his first career point with an assist on the Tigers' final goal. He joins Sean Bonar as the second Princeton goalie to earn a point this season. Bonar picked up the secondary assist in a game against Providence at the Denver Classic.
Both teams were anxious to get the game-winning goal, to no avail. Condon and Rawlings both had to stop five shots in the final 7:40 of the third period. In the overtime session, Condon made seven stops to preserve the draw, while Rawlings made three. Rawlings would finish the game with 23 stops.
Northeastern had a 41-26 advantage in shots and was 0 for 7 on the power play. Princeton was 3 for 8 on the power play.
Princeton will play in the third-place game tomorrow, Dec. 31 at 3 p.m., local time, against Niagara.