Noah Serdachny collected a career-high five points and
Brett Chorske scored a pair of power-play goals to lead Colorado College to a 7-2 non-conference victory over Princeton University Friday night at Ed Robson Arena.
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Serdachny, who entered the game with one assist in eight career games, scored twice and added three assists as the Tigers won their third straight game and improved to 9-9-1 on the season. He is the second Tiger freshman to post a five-point game this season, joining
Noah Laba, who had two goals and three assists in an 8-0 victory over Air Force on Oct. 28.
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Chorske, who also entered the game with just one assist this season, scored both of his career-high two goals in the first period, and both on the power play. He put in a rebound past Ethan Pearson just two minutes in to the game, then roofed a shot from right in front at the 10:17 mark. Serdachny and
Nicklas Andrews assisted on both goals.
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In between Chorske's goals, Princeton's Jack Cronin scored a power-play goal of his own at the 6:13 mark of the opening frame.
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Serdachny scored the first goal of his career just 1:37 into the second period to make it 3-1. After
Danny Weight sent the puck to the front of the net, Serdachny fell to one knee, then slid the puck past Pearson while falling to the ice.
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Logan Will provided a big 1-2 punch later in the middle frame when he laid out Mike Kennedy at center ice, then moved behind the Princeton defense, took a pass from
Tommy Middleton and cleanly beat Pearson through his legs for a commanding 4-1 lead.
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Weight got into the action and scored his first goal of the season at the 7:53 mark of the middle frame with a fierce slapshot from the top of the left circle that beat Aidan Porter, who relieved Pearson after Will's goal. Weight finished the game with a career-high three points on a goal and two helpers.
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Tyler Coffey made it 6-1 3:12 into the third period, then Serdachny tipped in a
Jack Millar shot from the point 54 seconds later for CC's final goal of the evening.
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Pito Walton added a goal for Princeton at the 7:50 mark of the third period.
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Colorado College outshot Princeton, 30-18, and was 2-for-3 on the power play.
Matt Vernon made 15 saves before giving way to
Jake Begley, a junior who made his first career appearance, for the final 1:22.
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The teams battle again on Saturday, Dec. 31, beginning at 4 p.m.
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