NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Union College men's hockey team dropped a 5-0 decision to Yale on Friday night at Ingalls Rink. Union drops to 6-16-2 on the season with a 4-8-1 mark in ECAC Hockey competition, while Yale improves to 7-9-0 (5-6-0 ECACH).
 
Despite Yale controlling most of play in the first period, Union weathered a 12-3 shot deficit to keep the game scoreless into the first intermission.
 
However, the Bulldogs set the tempo early in the second period, scoring just 25 seconds in. Yale would go on to score twice more in the frame to carry a 3-0 lead into the second period.
 
In the third period, the Bulldogs scored on the power play and a shorthanded goal before finishing the contest with the 5-0 victory.
 
Summary

• The Bulldogs out-shot Union, 32-21, in the contest, including a 12-3 advantage in the first period.
• Junior netminder Darion Hanson made 23 saves in the contest, while first-year goaltender Josh Graziano made his collegiate debut in relief during the third period, making four stops.
• Union was unable to convert on the power play, going 0-for-5 on the man advantage, while the Bulldogs went 2-for-5 on the power play.
• The game marks the second time this season that Yale's goaltender Corbin Kaczperski has shutout the Dutchmen.

Up Next for the Dutchmen
Union finishes travels to Providence, R.I., tomorrow to finish out the weekend series at Brown. Puck drop against the Bears is set for 7 p.m. (ET).