College Hockey: Kosack, Rinaldi lift No. 12 Union

PHOTOGRAPHER: Peter R. Barber

Union's Josh Kosack takes a shot while being stick checked by Princeton's Josh Teves at Messa Rink Friday, March 9, 2018.

HAMDEN, Conn. — After suffering a tough 4-3 overtime loss to Princeton on Friday, Union needed something positive heading into its first trimester exam break.

Thanks to forwards Josh Kosack and Anthony Rinaldi and goalie Darion Hanson, the Dutchmen will be smiling while taking their exams.

Kosack and Rinaldi each had two goals, and Hanson stopped 34 shots as the 12th-ranked Dutchmen knocked off 13th-ranked Quinnipiac 5-1 on Saturday.

Ryan Walker got the Dutchmen (3-3 ECACH, 7-3-1 overall) going when he scored a little over three minutes into the game. Kosack got his first goal with 7:01 left in the second period.

Rinaldi scored consecutive goals 3:10 apart in the third period. Kosack completed the scoring with his second tally of the game with 3:07 remaining.

Meanwhile, Hanson was spectacular. His best period was the second, when he stopped 16 of 17 shots. The only goal by Quinnipiac (2-2, 7-2) was scored by Michael Lombardi on a wraparound with 3:38 left in the second.

Defenseman Vas Kolais had two assists for Union, which will return to action Nov. 23 when it faces ECACH-foe Yale in the Friendship Four tournament in Belfast, Northern Ireland. That will be a non-conference contest.

Union 1 1 3 — 5 Quinnipiac 0 1 0 — 1

First Period — 1, Union, Walker4 (Maier), 3:12. Penalties — Friedmann, Qui, major (boarding), 11:13; Adams, Uni (hooking), 14:52; Maier, Uni (roughing), 19:18; Whelan, Qui (roughing), 19:18.

Second Period — 2, Union, Kosack 1 (Taylor, Campbell), 12:59. 3, Quinnipiac, Lombardi 1 (Friedmann), 16:22. Penalties — Campolieto, Uni (holding), 5:45; Vidmar, Uni (hooking), 13:28; Shiplo, Qui (holding), 13:28; Campolieto, Uni (interference), 19:50.

Third Period — 4, Union, Rinaldi 3 (Harrison, Kolias), 10:22. 5, Union, Rinaldi 4 (Estes), 13:32. 6, Union, Kosack 2 (Kolias), 16:53. Penalties — Foo, Uni (hooking), 8:43; Shiplo, Qui (embellishment), 8:43; DiLiberatore, Qui, misconduct, 18:36.

Shots on Goal — Union 8-6-9 —

23. Quinnipiac 9-17-9 — 35.

Power-play opportunities — Union 0 of 1; Quinnipiac 0 of 3.

Goalies — Union, Hanson 3-1-0 (35 shots-34 saves). Quinnipiac, Petruzzelli 5-2-0 (23-18).

A — 3,511. T — 2:15.

Referees — CJ Hanafin, Marty Hughes. Linesmen — James Shea, Ryan Knapp.

NO. 18 PRINCETON 4,

RPI 1

PRINCETON, N.J. — Ryan Kuffner figured in all of the 18th-ranked Tigers’ goals as they rolled past the Engineers at Hobey Baker Rink.

Kuffner assisted on first-period power-play goals by Jackson Cressey and Josh Teves 2:33 apart. Kuffner then scored with 1:31 left in the period that saw Princeton (3-0-1, 3-1-1) outshoot RPI (3-3, 3-6) 23-3.

Kuffner scored just over 7 1/2 minutes into the second period.

Patrick Polino scored a power-play goal late in the third period for RPI.

RPI 0 0 1 — 1 Princeton 3 1 0 — 4

First Period — 1, Princeton, Cressey 1 (Kuffner, Teves), 10:48 (pp). 2, Princeton, Teves 1 (Véronneau, Kuffner), 13:21 (pp). 3, Princeton, Kuffner 6 (Riche), 18:29. Penalties — Hayhurst, RPI (interference), 9:36; Lee, RPI (holding), 11:30; Cressey, Pri (cross-checking), 12:21; Polino, RPI (hooking), 12:53.

Second Period — 4, Princeton, Kuffner 7 (Riche), 7:36. Penalties — Hallbauer, RPI (boarding), 8:25; Keenan, Pri (holding), 19:22.

Third Period — 5, RPI, Polino 3 (Hallbauer), 15:28 (pp). Penalties — Grant, RPI (interference), 2:51; Evans, Pri (tripping), 5:25; Samec, RPI (slashing), 8:08; Evans, Pri (hooking), 14:50; Ott, RPI (slashing), 19:47.

Shots on Goal — RPI 3-10-7 — 20. Princeton 23-11-9 — 43.

Power-play opportunities — RPI 1 of 4; Princeton 2 of 7.

Goalies — RPI, Marshall 3-6-0 (23 shots-20 saves), Savory (0:00 second, 20-19). Princeton, Ferland 3-1-1 (15-15), Shaw (11:09 third, 5-4).

A — 1,641. T — 2:25.

Referees — Chris Pitoscia, Tom Steinel. Linesmen — Tom Dellafranco, Patrick Dapuzzo.

Women

BROWN 2, UNION 2

SCHENECTADY — The Dutchwomen blew a 2-0 lead late in the third period and had to settle for a tie against the Bears at Messa Rink.

Second-period goals by Alli First and Katelynn Russ gave Union (0-3-1, 2-9-2) the two-goal advantage. But it all came undone in a 17-second stretch of the third. First, Darby Melia scored with 5:47 left. Then Tina Paolillo tied it.

Union, which outshot Brown 46-29, remains the only ECACH team without a conference win.

Brown 0 0 2 0 — 2 Union 0 2 0 0 — 2

First Period — None. Penalties — Beiring, Bro (tripping), 2:41; Anderson, Bro (interference), 13:39; Mori, Uni (tripping), 16:09.

Second Period — 1, Union, First 2 (Kosakowski, Ryan), 15:29. 2, Union, Russ 3 (Reynolds), 19:07. Penalties — Nearis, Bro (cross-checking), 4:05; Maloney, Bro (hooking), 7:38; Mori, Uni (checking), 10:15; Ryan, Uni (tripping), 10:40; Harris, Uni (slashing), 19:50.

Third Period — 3, Brown, Melia 1 (Blumberg), 14:13. 4, Brown, Paolillo 3 (Niewchas), 14:30 — Penalties — Heiting, Uni (hooking), 11:15.

Overtime — None. Penalties — Ryan, Uni (hooking), 2:32.

Shots on Goal — Brown 8-10-11-0 — 29. Unio 15-18-9-4 — 46.

Power-play opportunities — Brown 0 of 6; Union 0 of 4.

Goalies — Brown, Kliczko 1-2-1 (46 shots-44 saves). Union, Murray 1-2-2 (29-27).

A — 205. T — 2:15.

Referees — Taylor Larsen, Adam Wood. Linesmen — Pat McBride, Ryan Belhumeur.

RPI 2, YALE 1

TROY — Blake Orosz scored with 28 seconds left in the third period to snap a 1-1 tie and give the Engineers a win over the Bulldogs at Houston Field House.

Orosz assisted on Sabrina Repaci’s first-period goal. Jordan Chancellor tied it for Yale with 2:15 left in the third.

Yale 0 0 1 — 1 RPI 1 0 1 — 2

First Period — 1, RPI, Repaci 2 (Orosz, Weiss), 12:07. Penalties — Iwanski, RPI (checking), 7:25; Vanstone, Yale (checking), 8:35; Hansen, RPI (interference), 17:43; Skarzynski, Yale (hooking), 17:56.

Second Period — None. Penalties — Vanstone, Yale (tripping), 12:11; Grigsby, RPI (holding the stick), 17:24.

Third Period — 2, Yale, Chancellor 2 (Yetman, Skarzynski), 17:45. 3, RPI, Orosz 3 (Repaci), 19:32. Penalties — Severson, RPI (checking), 2:42; Dalton, Yale (interference), 3:58; Hayes, RPI (hooking), 12:44.

Shots on Goal — Yale 7-13-10 —

30. RPI 11-6-7 — 24.

Power-play opportunities — Yale 0 of 5; RPI 0 of 4.

Goalies — Yale, Meloni 0-3-0 (24 shots-22 saves). RPI, Bombay 2-0-0 (30-29).

A — 76. T — 2:00.

Referees — Derek Zuckerman, Michael St. Lawrence. Linesmen — David Sanschagin, Ryan Turner.