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Veronneau Sends Game into OT in Final Seconds, Tigers Tie Brown
February 27, 2016 | Men's Ice Hockey
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PRINCETON, N.J. (2/17/16) - Freshman Max Véronneau scored with seven seconds left in regulation to send the Princeton men's hockey game with Brown into overtime. The teams finished in a 2-2 tie in the final home game at Hobey Baker Rink this season.
Within time winding down, and the Tigers down a goal, Princeton pulled Phinney in favor of the extra attacker with 52 seconds remaining and it paid off.
Seven seconds left in the 3rd and Max Veronneau sends this one into OT pic.twitter.com/cuopcD6OpC
— Princeton Hockey (@puhockey) February 28, 2016
Princeton had an excellent chance to get the game winner in overtime with an odd-man rush and great shot by Ryan Kuffner but a terrific save by Ernst kept this one a tie.
Check out Ryan Kuffner's chance in OT and the glove by Ernst pic.twitter.com/e7HWPhkqdZ
— Princeton Hockey (@puhockey) February 28, 2016
It was Senior Day for Princeton as the team honored Kevin Liss, Michael Zajac, Mike Ambrosia and Kyle Rankin before the game.
"I've played so many games in that rink and it never gets old and I'm going to miss it for sure but it's time to make some memories on the road," Rankin said after his final game at Hobey Baker Rink. "With the playoffs right around the corner I think the best is really yet to come."
Brown got on the board 50 seconds into the second period with a short-handed unassisted goal by Davey Middleton. He intercepted a pass just inside his team's defensive zone and skated in 2-on-1 electing not to pass and fired past junior netminder Colton Phinney.
Sophomore Stuart Pomeroy evened the game at 1-1 less than four minutes later, his first career goal with sophomore Ryan Berlin assisting.
Stu Pomeroy's first career goal! pic.twitter.com/cu62O6l8MI
— Princeton Hockey (@puhockey) February 28, 2016
Tyler Bird regained the lead for Brown at 14:06 of the second with a power-play goal. He chipped in a shot from the doorstep after Brandon Pfeil and Charlie Corcoran exchanged the puck acrosss the blue line and Pfeil rifling the shot from the left point.
"At some point in the next few weeks, we're going to find ourselves down a goal going into the third and we're going to have to find a way to win it or our season is going to be over, so I think we use that as a practice test," Rankin said. "We found a way to force overtime and the way we played in overtime I think if we had a 20-minute slate up there I would have wagered that we would have won that game."
Phinney made 35 saves in net for the Tigers, while Ernst stopped 43 as Princeton had a 45-37 advantage in shots.
Princeton will face Clarkson in the first round of the ECAC Tournament in Potsdam next weekend.