PRINCETON, N.J. – In a thrilling, scoring frenzy of a game that saw the Bulldogs erase two, two-goal deficits, the Yale men's hockey team fell to Princeton, 5-4, in overtime at the Hobey Baker Memorial Rink. With the loss, the squad's record moved to 1-3-0 overall and in the ECAC, while the Tigers improved to 1-1-1 overall and in the conference.
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Scoring Summary
- P1, 2:48 | Princeton struck first just under three minutes into the game.
- P1, 8:01 | The Tigers took a two-goal lead on the powerplay.
- P1, 13:26 | GOAL! David Andreychuk fed David Chen a pass in the neutral zone to start the sequence that led to Yale's first goal. Chen charged in on net and lasered a shot into the open left side of goal.
- P1, 13:33 | GOAL! Teddy Wooding connected with Rhys Bentham to tie.
- P2, 2:04 | Another powerplay goal from Princeton again put them in front.
- P2, 13:27 | The Tigers regained their two-goal lead.
- P3, 3:46 | GOAL! Teddy Wooding and Iisai Pesonen went in on a 2v1 as Wooding drew the defender and made a quick pass to Pesonen, who buried it in the back of the net.
- P3, 9:52 | GOAL! Reilly Connors won the faceoff back to Ryan Conroy in Princeton's defensive end. Conroy fired a pass over to Bayard Hall with Hall finding an opening to tie it. Â
- OT, 4:56.0 | After a video review called back a goal earlier in the extra time period, Princeton sealed it with just four seconds left.
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Notes
- This was Yale's second overtime game of the season with their first coming with a win against Brown on the road in their season opener.
- Teddy Wooding picked up his first points of the season.
- Rhys Bentham scored his team-leading third goal of the season.
- Iisai Pesonen recorded his second goal of the season.
- Bayard Hall netted his first goal of the season and third of his career.
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Up Next
The Bulldogs will travel down Whitney to face No. 10 Quinnipiac.
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