This Weekend
The Dutchmen play in their final home games of the regular season this weekend, Feb. 21-22, hosting Princeton and No. 14/16 Quinnipiac. Both games are slated for 7 p.m. (ET) starts and Saturday's contest will also serve as senior night.
Media Coverage
Matt Dubrey and Brian Unger have the call this weekend. Fans inside the United Stats can watch on the ESPN Plus platform, while international fans can watch through StretchInternet. Live stats and free audio streams will be available online at UnionAthletics.com
Social Media
Receive real-time updates during all Union men's hockey games by following the team's official Twitter account @UnionMHockey. Additional behind-the-scenes looks are also available through the team's official Instagram account, UnionMHockey.
Career Firsts
Nine of the 10 first-year skaters have recorded their first collegiate points, with six of them doing so in the first weekend of competition.
Gabriel Seger leads the freshman class in scoring, with 16 points, stemming from five goals and 11 assists.
vs Princeton
Union leads in the all-time series against Princeton, 36-23-7, and owns a home record of 19-9-4 against the Tigers. More recently, Union has won seven of the past 10 meetings, and 19 of the last 25 meetings. Prior to Princeton winning three games in a row during 2018, the Tigers had not defeated Union since 2009.
Earlier this season, Union defeated Princeton at Hobey Baker Rink in overtime, 2-1. Princeton had scored first, but
Dylan Anhorn scored on the power play to tie the game and
Gabriel Seger scored in OT for the Union victory.
Scouting the Tigers
Princeton holds a 4-17-4 record and sits in 11th place in the ECAC Hockey standings with a conference record of 2-13-3. Their two conference wins have both come against St. Lawrence, which includes last week's 6-3 win over the Saints. After defeating St. Lawrence last weekend, the Tigers then dropped a 3-1 decision to Clarkson the following night.
Forwards Corey Andonovski and Jackson Cressey both lead the Tigers in scoring with 18 points each. Junior forward Luke Keenan is a close third with 15 points, but leads the Tigers in goals with seven. Sophomore Jeremie Forget has played the slight majority of time in net for Princeton this season. He has posted a 3-7-1 record with a .914 save percentage and a 2.75 goals-against average.
vs Quinnipiac
Union trails in the all-time series with Quinnipiac, 17-19-5. However, the Dutchmen have gone 5-3-2 in the last 10 meetings with the Bobcats, which includes a seven-game undefeated streak from February 2016 to February 2019. At home, Union has also fared better at home against Quinnipiac, posting a winning record of 8-6-4 at Messa Rink.
Earlier this season, Union dropped a close 2-1 contest to the Bobcats on Nov. 15.
Sean Harrison scored in the first period to give Union the early lead. However, Quinnipiac scored on the power play in the second period to tie the game, before eventually scoring midway through the third period for the eventual win.
Scouting the Bobcats
Quinnipiac enters the weekend with an overall record of 18-10-2 and sits in third place in the ECAC Hockey standings with an 11-5-2 conference record. The Bobcats' success has earned them the No. 14 spot in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll, and the No. 16 spot in the USCHO.com poll. Last weekend saw Quinnipiac split a weekend at home, losing to Clarkson, 3-2, before defeating St. Lawrence 6-1.
Junior forward Odeen Tufto leads the Bobcats in scoring with 34 points, stemming from five goals and 29 assists, and his 34 points rank him second in ECAC Hockey. Wyatt Bongiovanni and Alex Whelan lead the team with 13 goals each and are second and third, respectively, in team scoring for the Bobcats. In net, junior Keith Petruzzelli holds an 18-9-2 record with a .916 save percentage and a 2.12 goals-against average.
Doing it the Hard Way
Freshman forward
Christian Sanda was one of five players to score a shorthanded goal during the opening weekend of play, Oct. 5-6. His shorthanded goal came during the second period at Army West Point on Oct. 6.
Last Time Out
The Dutchmen dropped two games on the road last weekend, losing a 5-2 game to No. 2 Cornell on Feb. 14, and 4-0 to Colgate on Feb. 15. Despite the scores, three of the goals conceded by the Dutchmen over the weekend were scored on an empty net.
Union at #2 Cornell - L, 5-2 - Feb. 14 - Lynah Rink
Union Goals:
Dylan Anhorn,
Gabriel Seger
Cornell Goalie:Â Matthew Galajda (W) - 9 saves, 2 goals against
Union Goalie:
Darion Hanson (L) - 21 saves, 3 goals against
Power Play: Union 1-6, Cornell 2-3
Summary:
Gabriel Seger and
Dylan Anhorn both scored their fifth goals of the season. Anhorn also assisted on Seger's goal and finished the night with two points.
Anthony Rinaldi assisted on Anhorn's goal in the second period. Union kept the shot margin even in the third period, as both teams recorded five shots on net in the final frame. Cornell scored two power-play goals and two empty-netters, while Union scored one power-play goal on six chances. Junior goaltender
Darion Hanson made a total of 21 stops in net for the Dutchmen, while Matthew Galajda only made nine saves on the other side of the ice.
Union at Colgate - L, 4-0 - Feb. 15 - Class of 1965 Arena
Union Goals: None.
Colgate Goalie:Â Andrew Farrier (W) - 27 saves, 0 goals against
Union Goalie:
Darion Hanson (L) - 20 saves, 3 goals against
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Josh Graziano - 1 save, 0 goals against
Power Play: Union 0-3, Colgate 0-6
Summary: Despite being outshot, 9-5 and 9-11, through the first two periods, Union ended up out-shooting the Raiders 27-25 by the end of the game. Junior
Darion Hanson made a total of 20 saves in the contest, while first-year
Josh Graziano finished the remaining 8:17 of the contest, needing to make just one save without conceding any goals. Neither team scored on the man advantage. Union was 0-for-3 on the power play, while Colgate was scoreless on six opportunities.
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