Mike Volonnino The commissioners of the six Division I hockey conferences took questions from the fans and discussed the state of college hockey Friday at USCHO.com’s second annual Town Meeting in St. Paul, Minn.
New Hampshire’s offense was largely stymied, but a pair of power-play goals and the heroics of Jim Abbott helped the No. 1 Wildcats get by pesky Cornell, 4-3.
Coming into the playoff on a tailspin, Harvard did a ‘180’ to win the ECAC tournament.
It wasn’t pretty, but RPI hung in, and turned around 57 minutes of sluggish play with a heartstopping final three, scoring twice to defeat Dartmouth, 2-1, and advance to Friday’s semifinal against top-seeded Cornell.
Senior Night was a big one for a number of outgoing Princeton players. One in particular, goalie Dave Stathos, picked up his first career shutout and first for Princeton over Harvard in 50 years, as the Tigers finished .500 in the league.
Princeton did not receive any help from the rest of the league in its quest for playoff positioning, but it helped itself to a critical victory. The Tigers (14-12-2, 10-9-2 ECAC) remained in eighth place in the ECAC, snapping Brown’s six-game winning streak, 3-2 ,in front of 1,854 at Hobey Baker Memorial Rink. “It was … Read more
Union wanted a win Saturday night to keep hopes alive for a first round playoff series at its home, Achilles Rink. All the Skating Dutchmen received was its Achilles heel — penalties. Union (12-10-6, 7-8-3 ECAC) took nine minor penalties and Princeton scored on two of them as the Tigers marched to a 4-2 victory … Read more
The shots on goal for the second period Friday night stood at 17-4 in favor of Princeton. However, one of Rensselaer’s shots went in the net; none of the Tigers’ did. If there ever was a stat that showed the difference in direction for two programs, that was it. The Engineers (13-10-4, 7-7-3 ECAC) capitalized … Read more
The confidence has started to flow again for Clarkson. A day after recovering from a 5-2 deficit, scoring five unanswered goals to defeat Yale, 7-5, the Golden Knights erased a more modest 1-0 Princeton lead to sweep the weekend, winning 3-1 at Hobey Baker Memorial Rink in front of 2,152. “It was a solid effort … Read more
Somewhere in the midst of cramming for final exams, Princeton learned how to score goals. Playing its first game since Jan. 12, Princeton came out like a ball of fire and St. Lawrence (7-16-0, 5-8-0 ECAC) wilted under a barrage of Tiger shots, 5-2 at Hobey Baker Memorial Rink on Friday in front of a … Read more
Saturday night, Princeton knew the power play might be the only way it could crack a bigger, stronger and faster Cornell defense. The Tigers succeeded in getting the man advantage, but after two periods, the Big Red had two goals and Princeton had just one discernible shot on five power plays. No. 9 Cornell (7-2-1, … Read more
One of George Harrison’s most beloved songs was “Here Comes the Sun.” On the day rock fans throughout the world mourned his passing, Princeton’s “Sunshine Line” melted the long, cold lonely winter that has been the Tigers season thus far. The freshman trio of James Fitzpatrick, Mike Patton and Neil Stevenson-Moore, nicknamed the “Sunshine Line” … Read more
Dan Lombard and Yale had Princeton in check for most of the evening, but in the end it was the Tigers tying it late in the third period and defenseman Matt Maglione winning it in overtime.