There weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t any smiles on the faces of Union coach Nate Leaman, goalie Corey Milan and forward Steph\u00c2\u00acane Boileau in the interview room after Friday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s non-conference college hockey game against Connecticut.<\/p>\n
And the Dutchmen won.<\/p>\n
But there wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t much for the Dutchmen to be happy about after their 3-2 win over the Huskies in their Messa Rink opener.<\/p>\n
The Dutchmen (3-1-1) went from dominating UConn (2-3) to holding on for dear life.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t finish our chances well tonight,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Leaman said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153When you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t put a team away with the number of chances we had tonight, it allows them to keep hanging around.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
The Dutchmen jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead on goals by Kelly Zajac and Adam Presizniuk 58 seconds apart early in the first period. They took a 3-1 lead into the third, but couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get another puck past goalie Beau Erickson.<\/p>\n
The Huskies pulled to within one on Brendan Olinyk\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s goal at 7:09 of the third. UConn had two great chances to tie it, but the Dutchmen got some fortunate breaks.<\/p>\n
The first came with 4:03 left, when Nick Schneider\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s drive from the left circle hit the post to the left of Milan. Less than two minutes later, Milan stopped Daniel Naurato\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s right-wing drive, but he couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t control the rebound. Justin Hernandez had Milan down, but he shot the puck over the net.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was pretty hectic,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Milan said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I got lucky with some posts, and them missing the net. We got away with it.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Then, with 1:37 left, Boileau was called for tripping Jason Krispel in the UConn zone, giving the Huskies a power play and one last chance to tie it up.<\/p>\n
The Dutchmen survived that, too.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I was feeling bad,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Boileau, who scored late in the second. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was a bad penalty at the end of the game. I want to say thank you to the PK [penalty kill], thank you to Corey Milan, who did a great job at the end of the game.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Ken Schott covers college hockey for the <\/i>The Daily Gazette in Schenectady, N.Y. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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