Junior goaltender Brandon Snee (Philadelphia, PA/Hill School) was named the Eastern College Athletic Association's “Goaltender of the Week” after helping the Skating Dutchmen open the celebration of their 10th season in the ECAC's Division I hockey league with a 4-1 victory over Army.
Ironically, the win came over the very team that the Dutchmen replaced in the ECAC prior to the start of the 1990-91 campaign. For Snee, who was drafted by the New York Rangers last June, it was his 10th career victory.
Union's defensive play was a big factor in the victory. The Skating Dutchmen gave up just six shots in each of the first two periods before the Black Knights peppered Snee with 13 shots on goal in the final 20 minutes. A loose puck in front of the net produced a scramble and an Army goal with just 2:45 left to play.
Eleven different Dutchmen scored with the special teams picking up powerplay goals from junior Todd Christiansen (Elm Grove, WI/University School of Wisconsin) and classmate Jeff Hutchins (Toronto, Ont./York Memorial). The penalty-killing unit stopped all eight Army opportunities.
Junior Seamus Galligan (Fairhaven, MA/Northfield Mt. Hermon) tallied his first career goal at 16:41 of the third to give Union a 4-0 lead. Galligan went into the game with two assists in 24 career games.
The Skating Dutchmen host Merrimack Saturday at 7 p.m. Union played its first Division I game against the Warriors on November 1, 1991, a 9-6 Merrimack victory.