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No. 20 Yale Halts Men's Hockey's Streak at Three
January 07, 2012 | Men's Ice Hockey
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (1/7/11) - No. 20 Yale ended the Princeton men's hockey team's three-game unbeaten streak with a 6-2 win at Ingalls Rink on Saturday, Jan. 7.
Princeton struck first with a goal by senior Marc Hagel, but Yale scored four straight to take a 4-1 lead early in the third. Senior Derrick Pallis ended the scoring streak, but Yale followed up with two special team goals at the close of the final frame.
Hagel intercepted a cross-ice pass in the Princeton defensive zone and skated up the left boards with it. As he reached the left circle, Hagel fed junior Michael Sdao at the point. Sdao one-timed the puck where it deflected off a Yale defender and back out to Hagel who buried the rebound at 8:31.
Following the goal, Yale would receive a bench minor for unsportsmanlike conduct and Kevin Limbert would get a 10-minute misconduct call. It would continue to be a highly-physical game between these two Ancient Eight schools.
Kenny Agostino knotted the game at 10:37, just six seconds after the bench minor was released. Agostino found an open lane straight down the middle and fired glove side on goalie Mike Condon. Andrew Miller fed Agostino the puck from the left side after getting it from behind the cage from Brian O'Neill.
Trent Ruffalo would give Yale its first lead of the game at 15:36 when he intercepted a Princeton breakout and went top shelf.
Limbert expanded the lead for the Bulldogs at 3:30 of the second period. Yale intercepted the puck in the neutral zone and Charles Brockett dropped the puck off for Chad Ziegler. Ziegler's shot rebounded out to Limbert who put it away. It marked the first second-period goal in a Princeton game since Dec. 2.
Brian O'Neill scored a power-play goal at 4:24 of the third when he fired a one-timer from the left point.
Pallis answered at 8:40 with an extra attacker goal. With Agostino in the box, Princeton pulled Condon in favor of the extra skater. Pallis would find the back of the net with just three seconds remaining on the infraction. Fresman Tucker Brockett won the puck off the boards and sent it up the left boards to Pallis. Pallis pushed it cross ice to Goodwin, who slipped it back and Pallis one-timed it through traffic. It marked Brockett's first career point.
Yale scored two more special team goals to finish out the game. Miller scored a power-play goal at 11:19 and Ziegler scored on an open net as Princeton pulled Condon for a 6x4, hoping to recapture the same magic it had minutes ago when Pallis scored.
Condon finished the night with a career-high 43 saves, three more than he made on Friday night at Brown. Jeff Malcolm made 23 saves in net for Yale.
Princeton falls to 5-10-4 overall and 4-8-1 in the ECAC. Yale is now 8-6-1 overall and 5-3 in league play.
Princeton hosts Colgate and Cornell next weekend, Jan. 13 & 14. The Tigers take on Colgate on Friday and Cornell on Saturday. Both games start at 7 p.m. Tickets for the Cornell game are standing room only. These will be the final games for the Tigers before exams and semester break.