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Sunday, February 26
3:00 PM
Princeton University
20-9-3
2
vs
1
Quinnipiac
22-9-6
1
2
3
F
Quinnipiac
0
0
1
1
Princeton
2
0
0
2
Team Stats
QUW
PRINW
Shots
29
28
PPG
0
1
SHG
0
0
Penalties
4
4
Penalty Mins
8
8
Faceoffs Won
27
24
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
+1
Goals
1
Sh
2
A
1
+/-
+1
Goals
1
Sh
3
A
0
+/-
-1
Goals
0
Sh
4
A
1
+/-
+1
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
1
Players Mentioned
F
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Princeton Tops Quinnipiac To Win Series, Advance To Semifinals
February 26, 2017 | Women's Ice Hockey
When the Princeton women's hockey team left Hobey Baker Rink Friday night, it had to feel like more like it had just played a game that began in 2006, rather than it was less than 48 hours away from ending a streak that began in 2006.
Stephanie Neatby made 28 saves and Molly Contini and Sylvie Wallin scored goals 2:04 apart late in the first period to lead Princeton to a 2-1 win over Quinnipiac Sunday afternoon in the deciding game of the best-of-three ECAC opening round playoff series.
With the win, Princeton advances to the ECAC semifinals to take on Clarkson, the top seed, Friday at Clarkson. St. Lawrence and Cornell will meet in the other semifinal.
It also marks the first time since the 2005-06 season that Princeton has made its way past the quarterfinals of the ECAC playoffs. Even a year ago, when Princeton received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, Princeton lost its ECAC quarterfinal series to St. Lawrence in three games.
Advancing must have seemed like a huge hill to climb way back on Friday night, when Quinnipiac won Game 1 of this series in three overtimes. Seemingly spent emotionally and physically, Princeton instead won Game 2 2-0 and then was in control for much of Game 3 en route to the win.
"On the body it's taxing, but you have to put it in the back of your mind," senior captain Kelsey Koelzer said. "The pride that you have in taking your team to the ECAC finals for the first time in 10 years is something really special and is what pushed us through that second period. We were able to dig deep in the third and get the job done.
Contini and Wallin got Princeton all the offense it would need, and then Neatby did the rest. The freshman goaltender came within 13 seconds of a second-straight shut out, as Quinnipiac scored with the empty net with those 13 seconds left in the third - three seconds after calling a timeout - to make it somewhat interesting. The puck made it back into the Princeton zone after the face-off, but Quinnipiac wouldn't get a good scoring chance as time expired.
For the series, Neatby made 117 saves while allowing just four goals, three of which came in the marathon Game 1.
Contini's goal, on a power-play, came with 4:54 left in the first period and was assisted by Kelsey Koelzer and Karlie Lund. For Koelzer, it gave her 100 career points, on 39 goals and 61 assists, and made her the third Princeton defenseman ever to reach the 100-point mark in a career.
"It's something I never would have imagined coming in here as a freshman," Koelzer said about her 100 points. "It's made even more special because of the situation it was in. We're going to the ECAC final four for the first time in the four years that I've been here so I that's even more special to me than the 100th point."
Wallin, a freshman, then wristed a shot past Sydney Rossman, who was outstanding all series in goal for the Bobcats as well, to make it 2-0.
"At St. Lawrence we were down two goals, and different games we were down and battled back," Princeton head coach Jeff Kampersal said. "To battle back in this series is huge. In the past we might not have had enough fight to battle back but we definitely do. It's indicative of having seven seniors on the team who can will the rest of the team on."
The Princeton vs. Clarkson semifinal will be held at 1 p.m., on Saturday, March 4 at Cheel Arena.
"Clarkson plays very similar to Quinnipiac, with stifling defense," Kampersal said. "We'll definitely be ready for them. We played well against them both times this year, both were one-goal games with empty-netter in each game so hopefully we go in there strong. It will be a good experience for our players for sure. A lot of people commented last year "where are the Ivies at?" at that final four tournament and I can say this year "we're here and we're coming."
Stephanie Neatby made 28 saves and Molly Contini and Sylvie Wallin scored goals 2:04 apart late in the first period to lead Princeton to a 2-1 win over Quinnipiac Sunday afternoon in the deciding game of the best-of-three ECAC opening round playoff series.
With the win, Princeton advances to the ECAC semifinals to take on Clarkson, the top seed, Friday at Clarkson. St. Lawrence and Cornell will meet in the other semifinal.
It also marks the first time since the 2005-06 season that Princeton has made its way past the quarterfinals of the ECAC playoffs. Even a year ago, when Princeton received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, Princeton lost its ECAC quarterfinal series to St. Lawrence in three games.
Advancing must have seemed like a huge hill to climb way back on Friday night, when Quinnipiac won Game 1 of this series in three overtimes. Seemingly spent emotionally and physically, Princeton instead won Game 2 2-0 and then was in control for much of Game 3 en route to the win.
"On the body it's taxing, but you have to put it in the back of your mind," senior captain Kelsey Koelzer said. "The pride that you have in taking your team to the ECAC finals for the first time in 10 years is something really special and is what pushed us through that second period. We were able to dig deep in the third and get the job done.
Contini and Wallin got Princeton all the offense it would need, and then Neatby did the rest. The freshman goaltender came within 13 seconds of a second-straight shut out, as Quinnipiac scored with the empty net with those 13 seconds left in the third - three seconds after calling a timeout - to make it somewhat interesting. The puck made it back into the Princeton zone after the face-off, but Quinnipiac wouldn't get a good scoring chance as time expired.
For the series, Neatby made 117 saves while allowing just four goals, three of which came in the marathon Game 1.
Contini's goal, on a power-play, came with 4:54 left in the first period and was assisted by Kelsey Koelzer and Karlie Lund. For Koelzer, it gave her 100 career points, on 39 goals and 61 assists, and made her the third Princeton defenseman ever to reach the 100-point mark in a career.
"It's something I never would have imagined coming in here as a freshman," Koelzer said about her 100 points. "It's made even more special because of the situation it was in. We're going to the ECAC final four for the first time in the four years that I've been here so I that's even more special to me than the 100th point."
Wallin, a freshman, then wristed a shot past Sydney Rossman, who was outstanding all series in goal for the Bobcats as well, to make it 2-0.
"At St. Lawrence we were down two goals, and different games we were down and battled back," Princeton head coach Jeff Kampersal said. "To battle back in this series is huge. In the past we might not have had enough fight to battle back but we definitely do. It's indicative of having seven seniors on the team who can will the rest of the team on."
The Princeton vs. Clarkson semifinal will be held at 1 p.m., on Saturday, March 4 at Cheel Arena.
"Clarkson plays very similar to Quinnipiac, with stifling defense," Kampersal said. "We'll definitely be ready for them. We played well against them both times this year, both were one-goal games with empty-netter in each game so hopefully we go in there strong. It will be a good experience for our players for sure. A lot of people commented last year "where are the Ivies at?" at that final four tournament and I can say this year "we're here and we're coming."
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