Teves Sets Princeton Defenseman Record as Tigers Come Up One Short at No. 20 Union

Saturday, February 16

Schenectady, N.Y.

7:00 PM

Princeton University

7-16-2, 5-12-1ECACH

Union

15-9-6, 8-8-2ECACH

Princeton

Union College

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Teves Sets Princeton Defenseman Record as Tigers Come Up One Short at No. 20 Union

February 16, 2019 | Men's Ice Hockey

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Senior Josh Teves is now the all-time leader in assists scored by a defenseman in Princeton hockey history as he picked up his 68th career assist tonight in a 3-2 loss at No. 20 Union.

"It's an amazing accomplishment, considering the extensive history of this program," head coach Ron Fogarty said. "Josh is a tremendous leader on and off the ice, he's incredibly selfless and we couldn't be happier for him."

Teves picked up his 68th career assist on classmate Ryan Kuffner's goal at 4:47 of the second period. It was a beautiful give-and-go between the two as Kuffner grabbed his 18th goal of the season and continues his streak to remain second in the nation in goals per game.

Ryan Kuffner lights it up for the Tigers, now on top of Union 1-0 in the second! pic.twitter.com/23mqyrqtS1
— Princeton University Hockey (@princetonhockey) February 17, 2019

Union (15-9-6, 8-8-2) was able to even up the scoring with a goal from Liam Morgan at 11:48 with a second-chance effort after a neutral zone turnover by the Tigers.

Josh Kosack gave the Dutchmen the lead when he stripped a defenseman of the puck at the blue line and beat Ryan Ferland one-on-one at 9:24 of the third.

It took Princeton's power-play unit just nine seconds to convert on just its second power-play opportunity of the game late in the third. Senior Max Véronneau net his eighth goal of the season with Jackson Cressey and Kuffner assisting on the man-advantage with the Tigers tying things up at 16:18.

Here's the Max Veronneau goal that tied things up late in the 3rd pic.twitter.com/zIfwsiIR4q
— Princeton University Hockey (@princetonhockey) February 17, 2019

It appeared as if the game was headed into overtime as a face off was taken with 25.8 seconds left with the Tigers top line on the ice. Union won the draw in the Princeton zone and threw a puck on net where a scramble ensued and Morgan was able to get his stick on it and put it in the back of the net for the game-winning goal with 14.6 seconds left.

Ferland made 23 saves in goal for Princeton as the Tigers went 1 for 2 on the power play.

Darion Hanson stopped 19 shots for Union, that came up 0 for 3 on the power play.

Princeton (7-16-2, 5-12-1) wraps up its regular-season home games next weekend at Hobey Baker Rink hosting No. 11 Clarkson and St. Lawrence.