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Calof Featured in Town Topics
December 07, 2011 | Men's Ice Hockey
Bill Alden, Town Topics (12/7/11)
After earning Ivy League Co-Rookie of the Year honors last winter, Princeton University men's hockey star Andrew Calof experienced a bit of a sophomore slump in the early stages of this season.
Through the first 10 games of the 2011-12 campaign, Calof had no goals and five assists, a far cry from 9 goals and 24 assists he produced as a freshman in leading the Tigers in scoring.
In game 11 on November 26, Calof broke through with a goal to help Princeton top Providence 3-1 at the Denver Cup Classic.
Last Friday against visiting Rensselaer, Calof built on that performance, notching two goals, including the game-winner, as Princeton prevailed 5-3 over the Engineers before 1,616 at Baker Rink.
A relieved Calof basked in the glow of his two-goal outing. "It is really nice, it is being at the right place at the right time," said the 5'10, 165-pound Calof, a native of Nepean, Ontario.
"I have been getting great passes and having great chances and it is definitely nice that they are starting to go in instead of missing them like I was doing in the previous bunch of games."
It was definitely nice for Princeton to rally from an early 1-0 deficit in the win over the Engineers.
"It was pretty big because we have gotten down quite a bit in games this year," said Calof.
"We are getting confidence that we can battle back. It is really good that we are starting to produce offensively because that has been our biggest shortfall this year. We have been getting a lot of chances but have not been getting them in."