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Men's Hockey Defeats Russian Red Stars 4-3
January 03, 2015 | Men's Ice Hockey
Box Score
PRINCETON, N.J. (1/4/15) - Four different goal scorers led the Princeton men's hockey to a 4-3 win over the Russian Red Stars in an exhibition game at Hobey Baker Rink on Saturday, Jan. 3.
After going down by a goal early, the Tigers went on a three-goal run to take the lead. The Red Stars evened it up with two goals within 1:17 late in the second. It was junior Mike Ambrosia who scored the game-winning goal, the only goal of the third period, and earned the first star of the game with a three-point night that included two assists.
Russia got on the board at 3:10 with a goal from Ivan Larichev, assisted by captain Ildar Shiksatdarov. Shiksatdarov collected puck at his own blue line and fed Larichev up the ice. Fighting off his defender, Larichev skated across the slot and backhanded in the goal.Princeton went on a 3-0 run, sparked by two power-play goals.
Sophomore Ryan Siiro scored the first goal at 14:01, after having two great scoring opportunities just minutes before his tally. Junior Kyle Rankin and Ambrosia circled in the right corner before a pass was slotted to Siiro for the goal.
After a five-minute major for boarding was assessed to Andrei Churkin, Princeton converted for its second power-play goal. Freshman defender Joe Grabowski was credited with the goal with sophomores Tommy Davis and Ben Foster assisting. Foster skated into the zone, quick stopped and found Davis up along the left boards. Davis sent a point-to-point pass to Grabowski for a blistering shot past netminder Sergei Korobov.Senior Tucker Brockett kept the goals coming in the second period. Foster and Ambrosia again earned assists as Brockett went blocker side on Korobov, for the 3-1 lead at 5:06.
Princeton got into trouble in the final five minutes of the second period and Russia capitalized with goals at 16:15 and 17:32. Alex Akmaldinov won a draw back from the left cirlcle to Kirill Vorobyov who one-timed in a goal. Nikolai Demidov did all the work himself for the next goal. He banked the puck off the boards for himself, skated behind the goal before trying to pass the puck but it deflected off a Princeton player's skates and Demidov regained control and put it away.
Senior Ryan Benitez got the start in goal and played the first two periods, making 14 saves. Freshman Ben Halford got the nod for the third period and made six shots, earning the win.
The game-winner came at 13:11 as sophomore Marlon Sabo drilled a shot from the right point and Ambrosia was on the doorstep to slap it home. Rankin earned the secondary assist.
The Red Stars tried to get Korobov off for the extra skater but only got 34 seconds worth as Princeton did a great job of not allowing them out of the zone.
Korobov finished with 27 saves, as Princeton outshot Russia 31-23.
Princeton was 2 for 5 on the power play and 5 for 5 on the penalty kill.
The Tigers resume league play next weekend, Jan. 9 & 10 when they host Union & Rensselaer. Both games are at 7 p.m. It will be a double double header with the women's team, which plays at 3 p.m., both days.