Men's Ice Hockey Hosts St. Lawrence and Clarkson This Weekend

Friday, November 19

Princeton, N.J.

7:00 PM

Princeton University

St. Lawrence

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Men's Ice Hockey Hosts St. Lawrence and Clarkson This Weekend

November 18, 2021 | Men's Ice Hockey

Princeton (3-1-1, 2-0-0 ECAC) vs. St. Lawrence (2-3-4, 1-10-2 ECAC)
Friday, November 19 -- Hobey Baker Rink
7 p.m.
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Princeton (3-1-1, 2-0-0 ECAC) vs, Clarkson (6-4-1, 2-2-0 ECAC)
Saturday, November 20 -- Hobey Baker Rink
7 p.m.
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PRINCETON GOES 1-0-1 VS. LIU
Princeton secured a 2-1 win at LIU last Friday, snagging the victory thanks to a Matt Kellenberger slap shot with 1:53 remaining. On Saturday, the Tigers saw a 2-0 lead after one period become a 4-2 deficit after two. In the third, Princeton scored a pair of power-play goals to salvage a tie in their first game at Hobey Baker Rink in 623 days.

FEELING SPECIAL
The Tigers are 4-for-12 on the power play over their last three games, netting a pair of PPGs at Yale and home against LIU. The Tigers are 24-for-30 on the penalty kill this season, but have netted three short-handed goals.

TIGERS COMPLETE WEEKEND SWEEP TO OPEN ECAC PLAY
The first weekend of ECAC -- and Ivy League -- play saw the Tigers put together a pair of offensive explosions en route to a sweep of Brown and Yale. The two wins to open an ECAC slate are the first time Princeton has gone 2-0-0 to being conference play since 2012-13 when the Tigers defeated No. 4 Cornell (5-3) and Colgate (4-0) at Hobey Baker Rink.

PRINCETON ORDERS UP A DOZEN GOALS IN BROWN/YALE SWEEP
The Tigers finished the weekend with 12 goals after scoring six in each game of the trip. The dozen goals scored are the most in an ECAC regular season weekend since the Tigers also netted 12 goals in a pair of wins over Colgate (6-5) and Cornell (6-3) on On Dec. 2-3, 1995. Princeton did have 15 goals in two wins at Brown (8-2, 7-1) to open the ECAC Playoffs in 2018 en route to an ECAC Championship.

SIX DIFFERENT SCORERS SEND TIGERS TO ECAC-OPENING WIN AT BROWN
16 of the 20 skaters who appeared in at least one game at Brown and Yale had at least one point, with eight players recording at least two points in the two wins. Ian Murphy (2g, 2a) and Pito Walton (1g, 4a) led the offense.

THE FIRST-TIMERS CLUB
Princeton received its first four goals at Brown from players scoring their first career goals, following up Noah de la Durantaye who netted his first career goal in the season opener at Army. Seven different players -- de la Durantaye, Mike Kennedy, David Ma, Mackenzie Merriman, Ian Murphy, Adam Robbins and Nick Seitz have scored their first career goal already this season.

THE KING AD-ROB
Adam Robbins has been running things for Princeton, recording at least a point in all four games this season. Ater notching two points in 26 games in 2019-20, Robbins has five points in five games this season.

PITO POCKETS POINTS
Defenseman Pito Walton has six points over his last four games, his 1g-5a line to this point in 2021-22 matching his output in 25 games as a freshman in 2019-20.

THE MURPH
Ian Murphy has five points over his last four games, scoring three goals and adding two assists.

AMONG THE NATION'S BEST ENTERING THE WEEKEND
Pito Walton enters the weekend ranked No. 5 in the country in assists-per-game (1.0) and No. 29 in points-per-game (1.2). Ian Murphy is No. 25 in the nation on goals-per-game (0.6), while Adam Robbins is No. 31 in the country in assists-per-game (0.8).

SCORING MACHINES
Princeton has 19 goals over five games, averaging 3.8 goals-per-game. which ranks No. 8 in the country in Scoring Offense. In 2019-20, Princeton averaged 2.13 goals-per-game.