ALBANY, N.Y. -- Senior Mike Moore had a goal and an assist and sophomore goaltender Zane Kalemba made 35 saves as the 15th-ranked Princeton men’s hockey team defeated Harvard 4-1 to win the 2008 ECAC Hockey Tournament and secure an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Princeton was able to settle into its game early and got on the scoreboard 5:04 into the game when senior captain Mike Moore scored his seventh goal of the season. The line of senior Kyle Hagel, junior Brandan Kushniruk and sophomore Kevin Kaiser worked the puck into the Harvard zone and took it to the net.

Hagel had a shot blocked that rebounded to the blueline where Moore picked it up and faked a shot to draw the Harvard forward, then shot through a screen, through the legs of Harvard netminder Kyle Richter for the first goal of the contest.

The Crimson were able to gain some momentum with strong play early in the second period but could not crack Princeton netminder Zane Kalemba. The Tigers then took advantage of a break just past midway through the period as senior Landis Stankievech scored his seventh goal of the season on a blast from the point that squeezed through Richter. Moore notched his second point of the night with an assist in the goal as he did a nice job keeping the puck in the zone, before the pass to Stankievech.

Princeton led 2-0 entering the third period, but Harvard got back within a goal less than a minute into the third period while skating on the power play. The goal came from Jon Pelle who one-timed a Mike Taylor pass from the left circle. Alex Biega also had an assist on the tally.

Harvard continued to pressure but Kalemba was equal to the task and Princeton added insurance when junior Brett Wilson scored on the power play at 16:54 from sophomore Cam MacIntyre. Sophomore Mark Magnowski capped the scoring with an empty-net goal.

Kalemba made 35 saves for the win and was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player. He, Moore and freshman Kevin Lohry were named to the All-Tournament Team.

Princeton will now play in the NCAA Tournament next weekend. The site and opponent will be announced tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. The selection show will air on ESPN2.