Vecchione reaches milestone in tie

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by Ryan Fay

PRINCETON, N.J. - Mike Vecchione notched his 100th career point, but it wasn't enough as Union settled for a 4-4 ECAC Hockey tie with Princeton Friday at Hobey Baker Rink.

Vecchione scored his 100th career point on Friday
(photo credit: Union College athletics)

Vecchione became the 13th player in Union's Division I history to reach the milestone with an assist on Sebastian Vidmar's goal that gave the Dutchmen a 1-0 lead at 10:19 of the first period. The helper was a team-high 11th of the season for Vecchione, who has 38 goals and 62 assists in his career.

The junior reached the 100 point plateau in his 96th career game, easily becoming the fastest player in the program's D1 era to secure the milestone. Daniel Carr, Union's top D1 career scorer with 157 points, had previously been the quickest having gotten there in 115 contests.

Princeton (3-7-2 ECACH, 4-12-2 overall) went ahead 2-1 on tallies by Kyle Rankin in the latter stages of the first and Max Becker 5:23 into the second.

Vidmar, the reigning ECACH Rookie of the Month, responded with his second of the night to bring Union even just under five minutes later. Brett Supinski gave the Dutchmen a 3-2 lead at 16:48, but Garrett Skrbich tied it with under two minutes left in the period.

Josh Teves put the Tigers ahead at 13:53 of the third, but Ryan Scarfo pulled Union even at 4-4 with 3:01 left in regulation with his team-best 11th goal of the season.

Union picked up a career-high 28 saves from Jake Kupsky, who received the start after relieving Alex Sakellaropoulos in Thursday's 5-0 loss at second-ranked Quinnipiac.

After allowing six power play goals over their previous three games, the Dutchmen (2-6-2, 9-7-2) held the Tigers scoreless on three power plays.

The tie extended the Dutchmen's unbeaten streak against Princeton to 13 games (10-0-3), their longest active unbeaten streak against an ECACH program. Union hasn't lost to the Tigers since a 3-1 setback on March 15, 2009.

Union has played in nine overtime games this season, which is tied for the most in the country. The Dutchmen are 2-2-5 in such games.

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