Seniors Brent Booth and Glen Sanders ended their careers the same way they began . . . on the ice together. The Dutchmen lost for the second time in as many nights by a 5-2 final at Messa Rink and were swept out of the first round of the 2004 ECAC playoffs by the Golden Knights of Clarkson University.

Union ends the season at 14-17-5 overall, matching their win total from last year. Clarkson, now 15-16-5 will move on to the ECAC quarterfinals beginning next Friday evening at Cornell. Union out shot Clarkson for the second night in a row, 28-27, including a 15-8 third period advantage.

The Golden Knights would take a 3-0 lead into the third period as Mac Faulkner, Chris Blight and Tristan Lush would all score. Clarkson and Union would battle hard through a scoreless second period which saw the Dutchmen not able to take advantage, having a 5 on 3 power play.

Just :44 seconds into the third period, junior Jordan Webb would collect a Jonathan Poirier rebound and find nothing but net behind Dustin Traylen to pull Union within 3-1. For Webb, it was his 13th goal of the season, and 30th point, as he led all Dutchmen skaters this season in points.

Clarkson answered back as Chris Brekelmans would score a power play goal with 12:30 left to play to give Clarkson a 4-1 lead. Sophomore Jason Visser, who really came on for Union at the end of this season epically would pull Union within 4-2 as he recorded his eleventh goal of the season with just under seven minutes to play.

Jay Latulippe would "seal the deal" for the Golden Knights just :58 seconds later, and Clarkson would hold on to a 5-2 win. For Union, Kris Mayotte allowed four goals, while making 18 saves, and Tim Roth saw action when Mayotte was given a ten minute game misconduct. Roth allowed one goal while making four saves. Dustin Traylen picked up the victory while making 26 saves.

Penalties a plenty in game two, 22 total for sixty minutes. The Dutchmen were defeated in two games for the second year in a row in the first round of the playoffs. Union will look towards the off-season and all of their hard recruiting work to pay off. Brent Booth and Glean Sanders said goodbye to a standing crowd at Messa Rink, mostly wanting to say thanks to two great hockey players. . . however, even two better men.