Union Tops Brown 4-2

Adam Presizniuk

What a great weekend for the Dutchmen! They start off by beating #1 Yale and then back it up with a nice win over Brown. Because RPI beat Yale last night behind some great goaltending from Allen York, the Dutchmen are just one point behind the league-leading Bulldogs. While the Dutchmen came out a little sloppy against the Bears, this weekend could be a weekend that Union builds off for the rest of the season.

Adam Presizniuk had a great game with two goals, and an overall great weekend. He scored a combined three goals and all of them were important goals scored in the second period. I wouldn't be surprised if Prezie was named the ECAC Player of the Week. It was also nice to see John Simpson and Justin Pallos score for the Dutchmen. Both guys work extremely hard and do very valuable things on the ice that aren't always seen on the scoresheet, so it's nice to see them get recognized. And once again, Keith Kinkaid played a good game.

Also, not to toot my horn or anything but I definitely called that Coach Leaman was going to put Stephane Boileau in the lineup on Saturday. It was great to see "the Professor" back on the ice. And I think I was also pretty spot on about Harry Zolnierczyk who picked up 12 penalty minutes in the game, including at 10 minute misconduct with under two minutes left in regulation. I'm also pretty sure that he dove at least once during the game. He has now accumulated 101 penalty minutes on the season, while Union's leader in penalty minutes, Matt Hatch, has picked up 29 penalty minutes on nine penalties. Captain Harry Z is just a goon.

By the way, I had a great time in the student section last night. I got to hang out with the mascot and interact with the improving pep band. Doing the cheers was fun, but I do have to say that the campus safety officers are a little too strict. I understand that you can't say f-bombs and other words of that variety, but there were words like "suck" that were said by that crowd that are said at every college hockey rink in the country. A fan should talk to somebody who controls this sometime soon. Having an energetic and fun student section is very important to the rink atmosphere and the team.

Next week the Dutchmen travel to Quinnipiac and Princeton for more important ECAC action.

For more on last night check out:
USCHO
Union Athletics.com
Ken Schott's Blog
Times Union - Sean Martin