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Princeton University Athletics
Hockey Game Notes - Prnceton at Cornell, March 10
March 11, 2001 | Men's Ice Hockey
Game Notes Supplement ECAC Playoffs March 10, 2000
story line - Princeton needs a win at Cornell to force a decisive third game in this first-round ECAC series.
series history - Cornell leads 63-42-7
this season - 3-0 Cornell win at Lynah Rink (Dec. 2), 4-1 Princeton win at Baker Rink (Feb. 9), 3-2 Cornell overtime win at Lynah Rink (March 9)
ECAC playoffs - Princeton - 15-22-1 overall (1998 tournament champion)
Princeton coach - Len Quesnelle (1st season) 11-14-5 overall, 9-9-4 ECAC, 4-4-2 Ivy League, 0-1 postseason, 1-2 vs. Cornell
Cornell coach - Mike Schafer (6th season) 98-74-20 overall and at Cornell, 9-5-2 vs. Princeton
Princeton regular season - 10-14-5 overall, 9-9-4 ECAC (7th), 4-4-2 Ivy
Cornell regular season - 12-11-5, 11-8-3 ECAC (4th), 5-3-2 Ivy
No. 7 Princeton at No. 4 Cornell
ECAC first-round playoffs Lynah Rink - Ithaca, N.Y. Game 1 - Cornell 3, Princeton 2 (overtime) Cornell leads series 1-0 Game 2 - March 10, 2001 * 7 p.m. Game 3 (if necessary) - March 11, 2001 * 7 p.m. One-Timers
three is a charm - Cornell's 3-2 victory last night snapped Princeton's six-game streak of allowing two or fewer goals, which was the longest such steak since the 1931-32 team went 10 consecutive games without yielding three goals.
one not so fun - Princeton has lost its last three playoff games by one goal. In addition to losing 3-2 to Cornell last night, the Tigers fell 3-2 and 2-1 at Clarkson last year.
close call - Only one of the past 10 Princeton postseason games has been decided by more than one goal and that was in 1999 when RPI won 6-4 in Lake Placid.
bonus hockey - Princeton has a 3-2 overtime record in ECAC playoff games, both loses coming at Cornell (5-4, 1994 preliminary game, 3-2, Game 1 of 2000 first round).
playoff record - Princeton is 15-22-1 all-time in the ECAC playoffs and 2-3-1 against Cornell in the postseason. This is the fifth playoff meeting between the two Ivy League schools, with Princeton advancing in 1998 and 1999 and Cornell winning in 1968 and 1994.
rally time - Cornell's third-period comeback was the first time all year that Princeton lost a game when it was leading after two periods. Previously the Tigers were 8-0-1 in those situations.
number crunching - Princeton is 3-6-3 in the second game of back-to-back games, 4-8-3 in Saturday games and 6-8 in games following a loss.
Soup's on - Assistant captain Shane Campbell has scored goals in the last three games.
seeing red - Shane Campbell continues to be the hottest Tiger in games against Cornell. Last night's goal gives Campbell three goals and five assists against the Big Red in his career.
playoff firsts - David Schneider (goal) and George Parros (assist) each scored their first career playoff points last night.
Dave's world - David Schneider continues to lead Princeton defensemen in scoring with eight goals and six assists for 14 points.
power outage - Princeton is 1 for 14 on the power play against Cornell this year. The Big Red penalty-killing unit ranks fifth nationally (89.1%).
power-ful - Cornell has scored seven goals against Princeton this year, five coming on the power play. The Big Red is 5 for 18 (27.8%) with the extra man against Tigers.
no place like home - In the two games against Princeton at Lynah Rink, Cornell freshman Ryan Vesce has three goals and two assists. Vesce has seven goals this season.
no place like home 2 - Cornell is 36-10-2 all-time against Princeton in Lynah Rink and 17-2-2 in the last 21 meetings in Ithaca. The last back-to-back victories by Princeton at Cornell were in 1979-80 and 1980-81.
Princeton in the ECAC playoffs 1967-68 at Cornell (Ithaca, N.Y.) L 1-6 1984-85 at RPI (Troy, N.Y.) - preliminary round L 4-11 1987-88 at St. Lawrence (Canton, N.Y.) - quarterfinals L 1-5, L 1-10 1989-90 vs. Yale (Princeton, N.J.) - preliminary Round L 1-5 1990-91 at Colgate (Hamilton, N.Y.) - preliminary round L 2-5 1991-92 at Colgate (Hamilton, N.Y.) - preliminary round W 5-4 (2ot) at St. Lawrence (Canton, N.Y.) - quarterfinals L 3-6 1992-93 at Vermont (Burlington, Vt.) - preliminary round W 3-1 at Harvard (Cambridge, Mass.) - quarterfinals L 2-6, L 0-8 1993-94 at Cornell (Ithaca, N.Y.) - preliminary round L 4-5 (ot) 1994-95 vs. Union (Princeton, N.J.) - preliminary round W 5-2 at Brown (Providence, R.I.) - quarterfinals W 4-3, L 2-3, W 3-2 (ot) vs. Clarkson (Lake Placid, N.Y.) - semifinals W 2-1 vs. RPI (Lake Placid, N.Y.) - championship L 1-5 1995-96 at Brown (Providence, R.I.) - preliminary round L 3-4 1996-97 at Vermont (Burlington, Vt.) - quarterfinals W 3-2, L 1-7, W 3-2 vs. Clarkson (Lake Placid, N.Y.) - semifinals L 1-5 vs. RPI (Lake Placid, N.Y.) - consolation L 4-8 1997-98 at Brown (Providence, R.I.) - first round W 3-2, L 0-6, W 5-3 vs. Cornell (Lake Placid, N.Y.) - Final Five W 6-2 vs. Yale (Lake Placid, N.Y.) - semifinals W 2-1 vs. Clarkson (Lake Placid, N.Y.) - championship W 5-4 (2 ot) 1998-99 vs. Cornell (Princeton, N.J.) - first round T 4-4, W 6-5 vs. Colgate (Lake Placid, N.Y.) - Final Five W 3-2 vs. Clarkson (Lake Placid, N.Y.) - quarterfinals L 5-6 vs. Rensselaer (Lake Placid, N.Y.) - consolation L 4-6 1999-00 at Clarkson (Potsdam, N.Y.) - first round L 2-3, L 1-2 2000-01 at Cornell (Ithaca, N.Y.) - first round L 2-3 (ot)