Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Abrecht ya fara halartar Jami'ar Princeton a cikin kaka na 1982. Tigers ba su da kyau sosai a waɗannan shekarun amma, duk da rashin nasarar ƙungiyar, Abrecht ya yi wasa sosai don a zaɓe shi a cikin NHL Draft
Ka yi haƙuri. Ya kasance dan wasa mai karfi ga Princeton a farkon lokutansa uku amma Abrecht yana da babbar nasara. Yayin da yake aiki a matsayin kyaftin din kungiyar, Abrecht ya kafa sabbin bayanan shirin don masu karewa tare da kwallaye 15, tallafi 26 da maki 41. Ya kuma zama jagora na kowane lokaci na shirin don burin, taimakawa da maki ta mai karewa (an wuce shi a cikin taimakawa a 2019). Ya yi duk wannan a cikin wasanni 30 kawai kuma an kira shi All-American, na farko don shirin a cikin shekaru 33. Koyaya, saboda Tiger ya gama na 9 a cikin ECAC Hockey standings, ba a ma ba su damar shiga gasar gasar ba. Abrecht ya sanya hannu tare da Toronto Maple Leafs bayan kakar wasa, yana wasa wasa 1 don St. Catharines Saints.