Schenectady, New York – In the second matchup between the Union University men's hockey team and Brown University in the ECAC Hockey Conference Tournament, Union won by a score of 6-0 on Saturday night at Messa Rink.
The shutout was the sixth playoff shutout in program history. The last shutout in the playoffs was on March 6, 2020 against Yale, and the last shutout in the playoffs at home was on March 9, 2019, in a 4-0 win over Colgate.
Union won the game shorthanded with two goals, setting a new program record with nine goals. The last time Union scored two goals shorthanded was on November 4, 2016, in a 5-3 win over Yale University.
The Garnet Chargers set a new program record with nine shorthanded goals. The previous record is eight, set in 1994-95 and tied in the 2014-15 season.
Four different skaters found the back of the net with their seniors. ben tapker and junior Caden Villegas They each scored two goals.Senior Chaz Smedsrud He extended his goal streak to five games, one of the longest active goal streaks in men's Division I hockey. 1st year dj heart He scored his first collegiate goal in the win, one of Union's two short goals.
Union took the lead in the first period and never looked back.Nixon won a fight in the corner and kicked the puck to Junior. Karen Ferguson In the high slot. The defender fired a lister through traffic. Nixon added a shot off a rebound, but Lawton Zucker made a pad save. Villegas picked up the rebound and scored an open net.
The Garnet Chargers added two points in the center frame, starting with Hart's short goal.Senior Ville Immonen Playing behind the net, he chipped the puck out to Hart in the slot, who fired a wrister past Sacher.Union extended their lead to three goals following their seniors. liam robertson The defensive end of the ice forced a turnover and tipped Smedzrud ahead. The senior winger sent in a one-timer from the top of the left wing circle for his 14th goal.th This year's goal.
Union scored three goals in the final period to bring the game to a close.Senior because a matching pair of penalties has expired nathan kelly He made a pass from behind the goal to Tapker, and the captain made his first pass of the night past Zucker. The Garnet Chargers scored their fifth goal with 8:27 left in the third period. Immonen took control of Sacher's direct confrontation on the left, and immediately Villegas fired in his second goal of the game. After earning a penalty, Braun brought on Sacher as an extra attacker. Tapker forced a turnover high in the defensive zone and sent a shot up the ice for a short-handed empty netter.
Union outscored the Bears 40-22 and dominated in the faceoff circle with 41 wins to Brown's 26.
2nd grade netminder Kyle Chauvet He stopped all 22 shots, achieving his third shutout of the season and fourth clean sheet of his career. Sacher made 34 saves, including 17 in the first period.
The Union will be on the road next weekend for a three-game first-round ECAC hockey quarterfinal. Visit UnionAthletics.com for opponents and locations.
