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Princeton University Athletics
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Men's Hockey Resumes League Slate This Weekend in New England
January 27, 2010 | Men's Ice Hockey
GAMETIME: Friday, Jan. 29, at 7 p.m.
RECORDS: Princeton (7-10-2, 3-8-1 ECAC); Harvard (5-10-3, 5-5-3 ECAC)
SERIES RECORD: Harvard leads 145-52-10 overall and 71-15-4 at home.
LAST MEETING: The teams tied 3-3 on Nov. 14, 2009 at Princeton.
STREAK: One tied, Harvard unbeaten in 2 (1-0-1).
Game 21: Princeton at Dartmouth
GAMETIME: Saturday, Jan. 30, at 4 p.m.
RECORDS: Princeton (7-10-2, 3-8-1 ECAC); Dartmouth (5-14-0, 3-9-0 ECAC)
SERIES RECORD: Dartmouth leads 91-82-13 overall and 38-31-7 at home.
LAST MEETING: Princeton won 2-1 on Nov. 13, 2009 at home.
STREAK: Princeton won the last meeting.
Links: VIDEO (Harvard | Dartmouth) | AUDIO (Dartmouth Only) | LIVESTATS | GAME NOTES (PDF)
PRINCETON (1/28/10) - The Princeton men's hockey team begins the stretch run to the ECAC postseason on the road this weekend at ECAC and Ivy rivals Harvard and Dartmouth. This weekend is the first of five consecutive league weekends to close the regular season.
Princeton emerged from its 15-day layoff for final exams on Monday night with an offensive outburst in an 8-1 win over Connecticut. Freshman Eric Meland led the charge with a five-point performance, registering a hat trick and added two assists, and five other Tigers recorded multiple points as Princeton produced its highest single-game goal total since the 1994-95 season.
Meland's career night doubled his offensive output of the season and he now has five goals and five assists for 10 points. Cam MacIntyre, who returned to the lineup after missing the previous eight games, scored two goals and added an assist while Mark Magnowski potted Princeton's first goal and added two assists. Fresman Michael Sdao also added two goals in the win.
The win got Princeton back in the win column after being swept by Union and Rensselaer the weekend prior to the exam break starting. The losses broke up a four-game unbeaten streak that has Princeton now 4-2-1 in its last seven games since the Holiday break.
Princeton also skated with a full lineup against Connecticut for only the second time in the last eight games as MacIntyre and Brodie Zuk returned to the lineup from injuries that had kept them from the lineup.
During Princeton's two-week layoff, the remaining ECAC teams made up their games in hand on Princeton and all 12 teams enter the home stretch within a game played of each other. Princeton currently sits in 10th place with a 3-8-1 record and seven points. Princeton is two points behind ninth-place Brown and six behind a sixth-place tie between Colgate, Harvard and Rensselaer. Just four points separate first to eighth in the standings. Union's 17 points top the standings.
Princeton meets Harvard for the 208th time on Friday night in a series led by Harvard 145-52-10. The Crimson is 71-15-4 in the series at home. The teams have split their regular season games in each of the last three seasons and skated to a 3-3 tie in November in Princeton. Dan Bartlett and Mike Kramer each had two points in the tie.
Harvard is 5-15-3 overall and 5-10-3 in the ECAC. The Crimson enters the weekend playing its best hockey of the season and is currently unbeaten in four games with wins over Yale, Dartmouth and Union and a tie at Rensselaer. Harvard is currently tied for sixth in the ECAC standings. Harvard also has wins this season over Quinnipiac and a second win over Dartmouth.
Princeton meets Dartmouth for the 197th time on Saturday afternoon in a series led by Dartmouth 91-82-13. The Big Green is 38-31-7 in the series at home. The teams played one-sided series in each of the past four seasons. Dartmouth swept Princeton twice, while Princeton swept Dartmouth once and took three points the other time. Princeton edged Dartmouth 2-1 in overtime on a Cam MacIntyre goal in early November at home.
Dartmouth is 5-14 overall and 3-9 in the ECAC to currently sit 11th in the league standings. The Big Green has won twice in its last 10 games, including a 3-1 win at first-place Union in its last game. That win snapped a four-game losing skid that dated back to a 9-4 win over Brown on Jan. 8. Dartmouth also has wins over St. Lawrence, Providence and Harvard this season.