Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Abrecht akatanga kupinda Princeton University mukupera kwa 1982. MaTigers akanga asiri akanaka kwazvo mumakore iwayo asi, pasinei nokushaikwa kwokubudirira kwechikwata, Abrecht akatamba zvakanaka zvakakwana kuti asarudzwe mu
NHL Draft. Akanga ari mutambi akasimba wePrinceton mumwaka wake wokutanga mitatu asi Abrecht akava nomugumo unoshamisa. Achiri kushanda semutungamiriri wechikwata, Abrecht akaisa zvinyorwa zvitsva zvechirongwa chevadziviriri vane 15 zvibodzwa, 26 zvinobatsira uye 41 mapoinzi. Akavewo mutungamiri wenguva dzose yepurogiramu yezvinangwa, anobatsira uye mapoinzi nemudziviriri (iye akapfuura mukubatsira mu2019). Akaita zvose izvozvo mumitambo 30 chete uye akanzi All-American, wokutanga wepurogiramu yacho mumakore 33. Zvisinei, sezvo Tiger yakapedza yechipfumbamwe muECAC Hockey standings, havana kubvumidzwa kutora chikamu mumakwikwi emusangano. Abrecht akasaina neToronto Maple Leafs mushure memwaka, achitamba mutambo mumwe weSt. Catharines Saints.