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SCHENECTADY, NY – Senior forward Adam Presizniuk scored twice, including the first of four third period goals to lead No. 9 Union (22-7-2, 14-3-1 ECAC Hockey) to a come-from-behind 6-3 win over Colgate (5-23-2, 2-14-2 ECAC Hockey) in front of 1,923 fans at Messa Rink.

 

Trailing 12-3 in shots and 2-0 on the scoreboard entering the second period, the Dutchmen scored five unanswered, starting with Presizniuk's first goal of the night. Freshman forward Matt Hatch cut into the zone and fired a shot on Colgate goaltender Eric Mihalik. Mihalik made the initial stop, but Presizniuk was there for the rebound at 6:10.

 

Union tied the game at 2-2 on an impressive individual effort by senior forward John Simpson. Union kept the puck in the Colgate zone for over a minute, allowing the Dutchmen to change forward lines. With fresh legs on the ice, senior forward Stephane Boileau fed Simpson the puck, who jammed in his own rebound at 14:48.

 

With the game tied in the third period, junior forward Kelly Zajac found Presizniuk cutting into the zone for a breakaway. Presizniuk fired a shot between Mihalik's pads that trickled over the goal line for a 3-2 Union lead at 6:15 of the third period.

 

Freshman forward Daniel Carr extended Union's lead to 4-2 just 16 seconds later, redirecting a feed from freshman forward Josh Jooris at 6:31. Jooris would score one of his own on the power play at 10:01, firing a long rebound into an empty net off a shot from the point from sophomore forward Jeremy Welsh.

 

Colgate's Kevin McNamara would score at 17:38 to cut Union's lead to 5-3, but the Dutchmen would seal the game with an empty net goal from sophomore Wayne Simpson at 18:48.

 

Colgate's Brian Day beat Kinkaid with a low wrist shot at 10:09 of the first period to give the Raiders an early lead. With Boileau in the penalty box for clipping, Thomas Larkin gave Colgate a two goal lead on a slap shot from side boards at 18:12, setting up Union's comeback.

 

Union finished the night 1-for-2 on the power play and 2-of-3 on the penalty kill, while outshooting the Raiders 36-27. Kinkaid (21-7-1) made 24 stops for his 21st win of the season.

 

The win was Union's seventh in a row, tying a school record in the Division I era, set in January 2008. The Dutchmen also set a new school record for overall wins in the Division I era.

 

Union will embark on its final road trip of the regular season when it heads to the North Country to face Clarkson next Friday at 7:00 pm.