Quick Start Lifts No. 6 Princeton to ECAC Quarterfinal Series Lead

Friday, February 28

Princeton, N.J.

3:00 PM

Princeton University

23-5-1, 17-4-1ECAC

Quinnipiac

19-13-3, 11-9-2ECAC

Quinnipiac

Princeton

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Quick Start Lifts No. 6 Princeton to ECAC Quarterfinal Series Lead

February 28, 2020 | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Two goals in the game's first two minutes turned out to be enough to lift the sixth-ranked Princeton women's hockey team to a 5-1 win over 10th-ranked Quinnipiac Friday afternoon at Baker Rink in the ECAC Hockey League quarterfinal opener.

The team also broke the program record for wins in a season with the victory, surpassing the 2015-16 team's 22 wins with the 23rd of the season.

Princeton will look to clinch the series sweep Saturday in another 3 p.m. game at Baker Rink. Tickets are available here.

Just 22 seconds into the game, Claire Thompson took a centering pass from Sarah Fillier and blasted it home to get the Tigers on the board.

19' left, 1st period | #6 Princeton 1, #10 Quinnipiac 0
22 seconds in!
Claire Thompson sends it in for the Tigers, who take the early lead!
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— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) February 28, 2020

Just more than a minute later, Carly Bullock picked up a puck behind the net, curled around and sent it in, putting Princeton up 2-0 before the game was 90 seconds old.

18' left, 1st period | #6 Princeton 2, #10 Quinnipiac 0
Carly Bullock keeps at it at the crease, and the Tigers are up a pair in the first two minutes!
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— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) February 28, 2020

Right after the midpoint of the first period, Annie Kuehl took her turn with a blast from the slot, this time a little closer than Thompson's, and Princeton was up 3-0.

9' left, 1st period | #6 Princeton 3, #10 Quinnipiac 0
Kuehl in the slot, and it's 3-0 Princeton!
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— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) February 28, 2020

Only 23 seconds later, Maggie Connors swept one home from the crease, and Princeton had its fourth goal.

9' left, 1st period | #6 Princeton 4, Quinnipiac 0
23 seconds apart! Four goals from four Tigers, and we're almost 11 minutes in!
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— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) February 28, 2020

Quinnipiac's Courtney Vorster scored with less than four minutes to go in the opening period to spoil the shutout, but Stephanie Neatby, who finished with 26 saves, shut out Quinnipiac for the last 43 minutes to help secure the win.