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Princeton University
14-12-1, 10-11-0
Clarkson
25-8-2, 14-6-1
Tiger Start Strong Before No. 9/10 Clarkson Rallies
February 17, 2023 | Women's Ice Hockey
With Friday night's results, Princeton will finish either sixth or seventh in ECAC Hockey, and Saturday afternoon's game will give the Tigers and St. Lawrence a head-to-head opportunity to decide which team will be in which spot. The Saints enter Saturday in sixth, just a half-point ahead of the Tigers. Princeton will travel to either Yale, Colgate or Quinnipiac for the best-of-three ECAC Hockey quarterfinals next weekend.
Princeton got off to a fast start with Fillier's two goals. The first of those came just 79 seconds into the game as Fillier won a power-play draw, and three passes later, got the puck back from Maggie Connors near the slot for the finish.
18' left, 1st pd | Princeton 1, #9/10 Clarkson 0
— Princeton Women's Ice Hockey (@PWIH) February 17, 2023
POWER-PLAY GOAL!
Sarah Fillier wins the draw, gets it back and scores just seven seconds into the power play!
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Just before the midway point of the first period, Princeton put together a breakaway with Kayla Fillier, Connors and Sarah Fillier connecting with passes up the ice and Sarah Fillier providing the finish.
10' left, 1st pd | Princeton 2, #9/10 Clarkson 0
— Princeton Women's Ice Hockey (@PWIH) February 17, 2023
AGAIN!
Maggie Connors finds Sarah Fillier to get the Tigers up a pair in the first period!
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Princeton took the 2-0 lead into the second period, a lead that lasted until the teams combined for four goals in the final 10 minutes of the middle frame. Clarkson's Stephanie Markowski got one back just after the midpoint of the period, and Emerson O'Leary restored Princeton's two-goal lead when Katherine Khramtsov found O'Leary on the doorstep of the crease late in a power play.
6' left, 2nd pd | Princeton 3, #9/10 Clarkson 1
— Princeton Women's Ice Hockey (@PWIH) February 18, 2023
EMMIE O!
Emerson O'Leary gets the power-play goal, and the Tigers are back up two!
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Less than three minutes later, Clarkson got back to within 3-2 with its own power-play goal from Sara Swiderski, and Markowski's second of the game tied at 3-3 with less than two minutes to go before the last ice cut.
Connors' goal was Princeton's third of the night on the power play on a blast from the top of the slot just 39 seconds into the period.
19' left, 3rd pd | Princeton 4, #9/10 Clarkson 3
— Princeton Women's Ice Hockey (@PWIH) February 18, 2023
Tigers back on top! Third power-play goal of the night as Maggie Connors gets the finish!
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Five minutes later, Markowski made it a hat trick to pull the Golden Knights even at 4-4, and Anne Cherkowski won it for Clarkson 22 seconds into the overtime.
Total shots were even on the night at 53-53, and Clarkson led in shots on goal 27-22.
