HAMILTON – In the 100th all-time meeting between the Colgate men’s hockey team and Princeton, the Raiders outshot the Tigers, but the visitors came away with a 4-2 win at Starr Rink on Friday night.
Colgate (13-10-4, 5-7-3 ECAC) got goals from Joe Wilson and Thomas Larkin in the loss, while Spencer Finney made 22 saves in the loss.
Princeton (8-10-4, 6-6-3 ECAC) opened up a 3-1 lead in the second period with goals from Alec Rush and Jack Berger. Mike Ambrosia and Jonathan Liau also scored for the Tigers. Will MacDonald was the top point-getter on the night with two assists. Mike Condon was the story for Princeton as he made 36 stops, including 17 in the first period.
The Tigers took the early 1-0 lead with Ambrosia posting his sixth of the season with 12:40 left in the first period. Calof broke into the offensive end with Ambrosia and two Colgate defensive went to play the puck and Ambrosia was left alone. He buried a one-timer from the faceoff dot under the arm of Finney for the lead.
Colgate answered with 1:54 remaining in the first period with Wilson tallying his seventh of the season. Jeremy Price circled behind the net after the Raiders controlled the puck. He slipped a pass to Wilson at the near post and he tucked it inside the post to tie the game at 1-1. Condon had committed to Price around the net and failed to cover the near post.
In the second period, the Tigers regained the lead at 2-1 with Rush adding his second of the year with an assist to MacDonald. The centerman MacDonald won the faceoff back to Rush at the point and he fired a shot on net that hit the post and went in to take the lead with 13:51 remaining in the second.
MacDonald was at it again as he won another faceoff back to Andrew Ave and he found Berger for the power play goal to make it 3-1 with 5:41 left in the second frame.
The Raiders got back within one as Larkin scored 1:38 into the third period. Mike Borkowski fired a shot from the left side that Condon pushed away, but Larkin was there for the put back and his third of the year to cut the Tiger lead to 3-2. That was the closest Colgate would get as Liau put Princeton ahead by two goals once again with a rebound goal as well. Andrew Ammon took shot that was blocked down, but Liau slipped in front of Finney and tucked the puck between his pads.
Colgate had its 12-game power play scoring streak snapped tonight as the Raiders went 0-for-7 with the man advantage and had eight shots on net in those situations. Princeton scored once on five opportunities.
