Union sets up battle for first place with win over Princeton

With two goals from each Andrew Buote and Kelly Zajac the Dutchmen were able to beat the Tigers 7-3. Jason Walters also stayed hot with another goal and Mario Valery-Trabucco also kept up his scoring touch with a power-play goal. Keith Kinkaid made 37 saves in the victory as well, and will sit tonight against Quinnipiac in favor of junior Corey Milan. The Dutchmen are just one point behind the Bobcats heading into tonight's matchup, so if the Dutchmen win tonight they will take over first place in the ECAC standings. Tonight should be a fun game as Union and Quinnipiac both have prolific offenses which are both top-10 in the nation along with top-10 power-play units. The difference in the game will be goaltending and penalty killing. Union's Corey Milan has played well of late and it will be interesting to see if he keeps it up. If he does have a big game it will give him a strong case to start playing more consistently. The team has been getting some attention on campus (many students were talking about last night's win throughout the night), and by moving into first place tonight they should get a big reception in their home game against RPI next weekend.

You can read some literature about last night's game on Union Athletics.com, Go Princeton Tigers.com, USCHO.com, Times Union.com, and on Ken Schott's Blog. You can also see video interviews courtesy of Ken Schott.