Men's Hockey 3/29/2008 1:00:00 AM UND Athletics Media Relations

Duncan gets first career hat trick to lead men's hockey to 5-1 win over Princeton

MADISON, Wis. -- Forward Ryan Duncan (Jr., Calgary, Alberta) had his first career hat trick and goalie Jean-Philippe Lamoureux (Sr., Grand Forks, N.D.) made a season-high 38 saves to lead the UND men's hockey team to a 5-1 win over Princeton on Saturday in the semifinals of the NCAA Midwest Regional.

UND (27-10-4 overall) advanced to the NCAA Midwest Region championship game on Sunday at 6 p.m. against Wisconsin, which defeated Denver 6-2 in the other Midwest Region semifinal game. Princeton finished its season with a 21-14-0 overall record.

Duncan, last season's Hobey Baker Award winner, posted his fifth multigoal game of the season and the 15th of his career against the team Hobey Baker played for in the early 1900s. Duncan's first 14 multi-goal games were all two-goal games.

Lamoureux was less than a minute from his first shutout of the season, but Princeton's Cam MacIntyre fired a wrist shot that beat him high with 33 seconds to play.

UND head coach Dave Hakstol said he was happy that the Sioux found a way to advance.

“It's pretty evident what type of hockey team [Princeton] is,” Hakstol said. “They played from the drop of the puck, they played through 60 minutes and it took everything we had to get through and pass this game. You have to find ways to win games at this time of year. We found a way to win a game and advance, and that's what it's all about. We're excited and look forward to playing our game tomorrow.

“As a team, we weren't as consistent and we weren't able to accomplish some of the things we wanted to today. A lot of that [was] due to how Princeton played. I thought Phil (Lamoureux), from the drop of the puck, [was] our stability back there, making several big saves at key times, as he's done for us all year.”

Princeton outshot the Sioux 10-7 in the first period, but UND scored the only goal of the period.

With Princeton's Mark Magnowski in the penalty box for tripping, Sioux forward Andrew Kozek (Jr., Sicamous, B.C.) took a pass in the right circle from Jake Marto (Fr., Grand Forks, N.D.) and wristed a shot that beat Tigers' goalie Zane Kalemba high to the far side at 13:39.

Also assisting on Kozek's goal, his 17th of the year, was Chay Genoway (So., Morden, Manitoba).

Lamoureux didn't face a shot from the Tigers until 5:13 had elapsed in the first, but then he stopped all 10 Princeton first-period shots, including a point-blank shot from Tigers' Hobey Baker Award finalist Lee Jubinville with just under nine minutes left in the period.

Princeton had the best of the scoring chances in the second period, outshooting UND 15-5 in the second. Included were four shorthanded shots by the Tigers -- three of those by Magnowski from in close -- but Lamoureux stopped them all.

Brad Miller (Jr., Alpharetta, Ga.) sprung Duncan on a breakaway six minutes into the second period, but Kalemba stymied Duncan's attempt to go five-hole.

The Sioux raised their lead to 2-0 at 16:18 of the second three seconds after a power play expired, scoring when Duncan took a pass from T.J. Oshie (Jr., Warroad, Minn.) and buried a high shot over Kalemba from down low on the right side for his 15th goal of the season.

Princeton head coach Guy Gadowsky credited Duncan with a great play on the goal, which was the eventual game winner.

“(Kalemba) dropped and Duncan is so good; he had his head up the whole way, and was able to see that Zane dropped,” said Gadowsky. “I don't know that he had it in his mind to shoot right away, but he took a peek, and he saw that Zane had dropped and he went upstairs. Like I say, the puck went to the wrong guy.”

The second period ended with UND leading 2-0, and in the third period, it was more of the same, with the Tigers outshooting the Sioux 14-6.

UND upped its lead to 3-0, however, on a power-play goal by Duncan at 9:13. Ryan Martens (Jr., Selkirk, Manitoba) found Duncan open in the right circle and Duncan's wrister went off Kalemba's blocker and in.

Duncan finished off his natural hat trick with an empty-net goal at 14:48, and the Sioux added another empty netter at 16:28 before MacIntyre spoiled the shutout bid.

Princeton outshot the Sioux 39-18 in the game. UND was 2-of-4 on the power play, and Princeton was 0-of-2.

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