Box Score
SCHENECTADY, NY – The Union College Dutchmen used three first period goals and four third period goals to clinch its first postseason series victory with a 7-2 victory against Clarkson on Saturday during game two of the opening series of the ECAC Hockey playoffs. Senior forward
Chris Potts and sophomore forward
Andrew Buote each netted a career-high two goals to lead Union to its 18th victory of the season. Sophomore goaltender
Corey Milan turned aside 32 shots for his third consecutive victory.
Potts scored the game-winning goal at the 19:24 of the first period. While killing a penalty, sophomore forward
John Simpson caused a turnover and found Potts cutting hard to the net to make it 3-1.
After Clarkson pulled within one 35 ticks into the second period with a goal from Scott Freeman, Potts scored again this time at 11:20 of the third.
Shea Guthrie moved the score to 4-2 with an extra attacker on top of a 5-on-3 power play. Buote potted two empty net goals – one short handed – to pull away for good.
Senior forward
Matt Cook netted the final goal of his career at Messa Rink to produce the end result.
Potts and Buote joined sophomore forward
Adam Presizniuk with two points each. Presizniuk had a goal and an assist and is now a team-high 36 points this season – just a point shy of tying the Union single-season mark.
Presizniuk got the scoring rolling 3:27 into the game with a riffle of a wrist shot that beat Richie LaVeau glove side.
The Dutchmen pulled ahead 2-0 at the 16:01 mark of the same period with a shot from the point that was setup by junior defenseman
Mike Schreiber and sophomore forward
Luke Cain.
The 32-save performance for sophomore goaltender
Corey Milan gave him his 18th victory of the season – the only Dutchmen goaltender to accomplish the feat.
Union's power play converted on 2-of-5 chances and is now 11-7-2 when scoring a man-advantage goal. In the last 10 games, union has scored 13 power play goals, including two or more four times.
Union's four goals in the third period were the most by any Dutchmen team in a playoff game. Along with the first period, Union has scored three or more goals in a period nine times and is 8-0 when doing so.
The Dutchmen now await the results of other first round ECAC Hockey game to see whom they will face in the quarterfinals. It marks the second consecutive year that Union has made it to the ECACH elite eight.
