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Princeton University Athletics
Friday, January 13
7:00 PM
Princeton University
7-11-1, 3-9-1
1
vs
5
Cornell
10-4-1, 5-2-1
1
2
3
F
Cornell
3
1
1
5
Princeton
1
0
0
1
Team Stats
COR
PRINM
Shots
26
32
PPG
1
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
8
6
Penalty Mins
16
12
Faceoffs Won
28
21
Game Leaders
+/-
-4
Goals
1
Sh
2
A
0
+/-
-3
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
1
+/-
-3
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
1
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
7
A
0
Players Mentioned
F
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Phinney Sets Princeton Record in Saves in Loss to No. 19 Cornell
January 13, 2017 | Men's Ice Hockey
With the first save of the second period senior Colton Phinney became Princeton's all-time leader in saves, erasing a 34 year record set by Ronald Dennis in 1983. With 2,968 saves, Phinney has the most saves of any Tiger in the 113 year history of the program.
"I'm proud of Colton, to break a record that's been around for many years," Princeton head coach Ron Fogarty said. "You never know if that will be accomplished again by another goaltender and he deserves it. He's been someone we've leaned on heavily over my three years here so win or lose, I couldn't be more proud to be on the bench when he accomplished that record here tonight."
"It feels good," Phinney said after the game. I think it will be something down the road I'll look back on and be proud of. Right now it's a little tough, based on how the game went. The bounces went Cornell's way tonight. They had tips that went in and ours stayed out. All we can do is keep playing hard and eventually it will go our way. We've showed streaks of how good we can be, we've had wins over top 10 teams, so it's pretty easy to stay positive this year."
No. 19 Cornell spoiled the occasion however with a 5-1 win, thanks to a first-period hat trick by freshman Jeff Malott.
"I thought we played well in the second and third," Fogarty said. "Our special teams were defeated tonight. When you get four straight power plays, you have to score on one. And then we pull the goalie twice, and you have to score on one of those. It didn't go in tonight. Like we said when we were 0-6-1 or when we won seven of nine, you can only control your effort and your systems and if the puck goes in, it goes in, but you have to put yourself in the position for that opportunity."
Malott net his first goal of the season at 5:37 when he worked the puck off the back boards and squeaked it between Phinney and the right post. Sophomore Max Véronneau responded 29 seconds later however as he buried a Jackson Cressey pass after Joe Grabowski clogged the left wall to keep the puck in the zone.
Malott added two more goals at 11:32 and 14:21 to push Cornell ahead 3-1 at the end of the first period. It would be the only period he would play after it looked like an injury may have derailed the rest of his game.
A physical game got even more physical in the second period, with four penalties called on each team. It was the Big Red that was able to convert on the power play however when Mitch Vanderlaan tipped in a Yanni Kaldis shot at 7:31.
The Tigers got four more power-play chances in the third but couldn't get one by Mitch Gillam, as the power play went 0 for 5. One minute into a power play, Princeton pulled Phinney to try to get a 6x4 goal and nearly did but Gillam hung out amidst a scrum in front as the Tigers try to bat the puck in. Phinney was pulled again at 17:15 for the extra skater but it resulted in a goal the other way, as Alex Rauter grabbed the puck off the boards and slung it down the ice for the empty netter.
Princeton outshot Cornell, 32-26 with Gillam making 31 saves in the win as Cornell was 1 for 3 on the power play.
Princeton is now seventh in the ECAC standings, along with Yale, with a 3-9-1 record and is now 7-11-1 overall. Cornell is tied for fifth place at 5-2-1 and is 10-4-1 overall.
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"I'm proud of Colton, to break a record that's been around for many years," Princeton head coach Ron Fogarty said. "You never know if that will be accomplished again by another goaltender and he deserves it. He's been someone we've leaned on heavily over my three years here so win or lose, I couldn't be more proud to be on the bench when he accomplished that record here tonight."
"It feels good," Phinney said after the game. I think it will be something down the road I'll look back on and be proud of. Right now it's a little tough, based on how the game went. The bounces went Cornell's way tonight. They had tips that went in and ours stayed out. All we can do is keep playing hard and eventually it will go our way. We've showed streaks of how good we can be, we've had wins over top 10 teams, so it's pretty easy to stay positive this year."
No. 19 Cornell spoiled the occasion however with a 5-1 win, thanks to a first-period hat trick by freshman Jeff Malott.
"I thought we played well in the second and third," Fogarty said. "Our special teams were defeated tonight. When you get four straight power plays, you have to score on one. And then we pull the goalie twice, and you have to score on one of those. It didn't go in tonight. Like we said when we were 0-6-1 or when we won seven of nine, you can only control your effort and your systems and if the puck goes in, it goes in, but you have to put yourself in the position for that opportunity."
Malott net his first goal of the season at 5:37 when he worked the puck off the back boards and squeaked it between Phinney and the right post. Sophomore Max Véronneau responded 29 seconds later however as he buried a Jackson Cressey pass after Joe Grabowski clogged the left wall to keep the puck in the zone.
Malott added two more goals at 11:32 and 14:21 to push Cornell ahead 3-1 at the end of the first period. It would be the only period he would play after it looked like an injury may have derailed the rest of his game.
A physical game got even more physical in the second period, with four penalties called on each team. It was the Big Red that was able to convert on the power play however when Mitch Vanderlaan tipped in a Yanni Kaldis shot at 7:31.
The Tigers got four more power-play chances in the third but couldn't get one by Mitch Gillam, as the power play went 0 for 5. One minute into a power play, Princeton pulled Phinney to try to get a 6x4 goal and nearly did but Gillam hung out amidst a scrum in front as the Tigers try to bat the puck in. Phinney was pulled again at 17:15 for the extra skater but it resulted in a goal the other way, as Alex Rauter grabbed the puck off the boards and slung it down the ice for the empty netter.
Princeton outshot Cornell, 32-26 with Gillam making 31 saves in the win as Cornell was 1 for 3 on the power play.
Princeton is now seventh in the ECAC standings, along with Yale, with a 3-9-1 record and is now 7-11-1 overall. Cornell is tied for fifth place at 5-2-1 and is 10-4-1 overall.
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