{"id":1462,"date":"2000-12-08T12:10:58","date_gmt":"2000-12-08T18:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2000\/12\/08\/princeton-holds-off-union-in-third\/"},"modified":"2010-08-23T11:54:27","modified_gmt":"2010-08-23T16:54:27","slug":"princeton-holds-off-union-in-third","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/recaps\/2000\/12\/08\/princeton-holds-off-union-in-third\/","title":{"rendered":"Princeton Holds off Union in Third"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the start of the season, Princeton has talked about being one of the top programs in the ECAC.<\/p>\n

Last night, it played like one.<\/p>\n

Strong even-strength play, a key power-play goal by senior Kirk Lamb and a bit of good fortune lifted Princeton to a 3-2 win over nationally-ranked Union before 2,083 fans at Baker Rink.<\/p>\n

Afterward, the talk was mostly about the much improved even-strength play by Princeton; play that wasn’t reflected in the final shots on goal total of 23-22 Union.<\/p>\n

“That’s been an area we needed to improve on,” Princeton head coach Len Quesnelle said. “We had a big video session on that during the week — maybe that drove home the point of what we should be doing 5-on-5 and what we shouldn’t be doing 5-on-5.”<\/p>\n

Princeton didn’t do much wrong 5-on-5 Friday night, that’s for sure.<\/p>\n

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Senior Chris Corrinet scored his ECAC-best ninth goal of the season 43 seconds into the match, beating Rangers prospect and New Jersey-product Brandon Snee with a high glove-side shot from the right circle.<\/p>\n

Nearly five minutes later, junior Brad Parsons made it 2-0, poking a cross-ice feed from Lamb past Snee. Union pulled within a goal at 10:10 of the first on Jason Ralph’s shorthanded breakaway goal, and tied it at 5:39 of the second on Seamus Galligan’s power-play goal.<\/p>\n

Lamb, however, gave Princeton the lead for good at 7:32 of the second when his centering feed from the left circle deflected off defenseman Doug Christiansen and past Snee for a power-play goal.<\/p>\n

Princeton played a strong defensive game the rest of the way, limiting Union to only a few quality chances. The best of those may have come in the closing seconds, when Jason Kean missed a wide open net from the right circle, with goalie Dave Stathos down and out.<\/p>\n

“In the room [during the second intermission] we said this is a great opportunity for us — it’s our own barn and our one-goal lead,” Quesnelle said. “The guys really gave a gritty effort in that third period.”<\/p>\n

Lamb said: “When we were successful a few years ago, we’d go into third periods with the lead knowing we were going to win. That’s the same thing I see with this team.”<\/p>\n

Union head coach Kevin Sneddon credited Princeton for playing a strong game, but tempered that by suggesting his team played better than it appeared.<\/p>\n

“We made some mental mistakes and that was the difference,” he said. “We didn’t do a lot wrong. Two mental mistakes and a few bounces their way cost us the game.”<\/p>\n

Actually, the line of Corrinet, Lamb and Shane Campbell probably was as much a factor as anything in helping Princeton improve to 5-3-3 overall (4-3-2 ECAC), and snap No. 12 Union’s four-game conference unbeaten streak.<\/p>\n

“They give us some offensive punch and a good mix,” said Quesnelle, who reunited the trio for the first time this season after they had played some together last season.<\/p>\n

“Shane gives us grit, Chris gives us skill and Lamb is the set-up guy, with his vision and hands.”<\/p>\n

Lamb said: “It’s nice to play with other seniors. [As seniors] it’s your team, your year and you want to be accountable. … When you have three seniors on a line, you can’t look past that. We can create things on offense and at the same time not give up anything defensively.”<\/p>\n

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Scott Esposito is the Princeton beat writer for the <\/i>Trentonian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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