Friday, November 10
Princeton, N.J.
7:00 PM
Princeton University
vs
Yale
Photo by: Erica Denhoff
Men's Hockey Opens Home Slate With Yale & Brown
November 08, 2023 | Men's Ice Hockey
Princeton vs Yale
November 10 | 7 p.m. | Hobey Baker Rink
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Princeton vs. Brown
November 11 | 7 p.m. | Hobey Baker Rink
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OFFENSE ON POINT IN OPENING WEEKEND
The Tigers scored four goals in both games last weekend, the eight goals scored the most by a Princeton team in its first two games of a season since registering 10 goals at St. Cloud State in 2019. Princeton had eight different goal scorers over the two games in New England, and 13 of the 19 skaters who played had at least one point.
AMONG THE NATION'S TOP OFFENSES
The Tigers enter this weekend ranked No. 2 in the ECAC and No. 6 in the country in goals-per-game (4.0). Cornell (4.25) leads the ECAC and Michigan (5.0) is tops in the country.
POWER PLAY POPS OFF
Princeton went 3-for-8 on the power play over its first two games, scoring once at Harvard and adding another two at Dartmouth. The 37.5% conversion rate is No. 1 in the ECAC and No. 2 in the country, with only Michigan (37.8) converting at a higher percentage.
FIRST-TIMERS CLUB GAINS NEW MEMBERSHIP
Three Tigers scored their first collegiate goals last weekend. Joshua Karnish scored in his first collegiate game -- on his first collegiate shot -- at Harvard, while Kai Daniells scored the next night in his second collegiate game. Sophomore Jaxson Ezman found the back of the net at Dartmouth, scoring in his 24th college hockey game.
THE ALL-TIME SERIES WITH YALE
This weekend marks the 268th meeting all-time between the two teams, with Yale holding a 144-112-11 lead in the all-time series. At Hobey Baker Rink, Princeton is 52-49-4 against the Bulldogs. The Tigers are 8-4-0 in the last 12 meetings with the Bulldogs dating back to the 2017-18 season and 4-2 at Baker Rink over that span. Ron Fogarty is 9-8-1 all-time against Yale.
THE ALL-TIME SERIES WITH BROWN
This weekend marks the 180th meeting all-time between Princeton and Brown, with the Bears holding a 92-76-11 lead in the all-time series. Princeton is 37-40-6 all-time against Brown at home. The Tigers have won the last four meetings between the two teams, outscoring the Bears by a 16-6 margin. Ron Fogarty is 10-7-3 against Brown all-time as head coach at Princeton.
BUILDING OFF 2022-23
Picked to finish 12th in the ECAC Preseason Poll last year, Princeton entered its game at St. Lawrence last season in 6th place with an 11-12-0 record overall and a 7-9-0 record inside the ECAC. Right in the middle of a race towards a home playoff game, a season-ending injury to starting netminder Ethan Pearson 5:00 into the SLU game knocked the season off course. The Tigers went 1-5-0 down the stretch before rallying for a 6-4 win at Union in the ECAC First Round.
The 13 wins overall and 8 inside ECAC play were the most by a Princeton team since the 2017-18 ECAC championship team won 19 and 10, respectively. Against Ivy opponents, Princeton went 5-5-0 for the second season in a row – tied for the most Ivy wins by a Ron Fogarty coached team (2018-19, 2021-22, 2022-23).
YOUNG GUNS READY TO ROLL
Princeton may very well line up the youngest team in the nation in terms of games played entering this season. Only 19 of the 26 skaters on the roster had skated in a college hockey game with seven freshmen joining the team for 2023-24. Prior to last weekend, those 19 returning players had played in a total of 785 college hockey games – an average of 41.3 games-per-player. Only Nick Seitz (84 games) and Adam Robbins (81 games) had played three full seasons entering 2023-24. The other five members of the Class of 2024 did not play during 2020-21 as the Ivy League did not compete due to COVID-19.
REELING IN RANKED TEAMS
The Tigers have 19 wins over ranked opponents during Ron Fogarty's tenure, including a 5-0 win at No. 20 RIT and a 3-2 (OT) win over No. 12 Providence this year and a 5-4 win at No. 8 Cornell last season. Princeton has at least one win over a ranked team in each of its last seven seasons.
CAREER YEARS
Eight of Princeton's returning skaters had career years during the 2022-23 season. Joe Berg (+2 points), Nick Carabin (+10 points), Jack Cronin (+12 points), Noah de la Durantaye (+7 points), Mike Kennedy (+2 points), Ian Murphy (+10 points), Adam Robbins (+1 point) and Nick Seitz (+6 points) all increased their scoring output from 2021-22 to 2022-23. In goal, Ethan Pearson turned his freshman season (0-2-0; 7.16 GAA, .826 sv%, 100:16 of play) into a sophomore season where he was among the ECAC's top goalies (11-9-0, 4 shutouts, 2.71 GAA, .903 sv% 1174:14 of play) before his season-ending injury.
BRINGING BACK THE POINTS
Princeton returns 173 of its 230 points from last season, accounting for 75% of points tallied during the 2022-23 season – a percentage which ranks No. 10 among all Division I teams entering the season.
SHORT-HANDED SPECIALISTS
The Tigers ranked No 2 in the ECAC and No. 8 in the nation last year with six total SHGs. Liam Gorman and Spencer Kersten each had two of the shorties, leading the ECAC and sitting No. 6 in the country but have been lost to graduation. Princeton's six team short-handed goals last year were the fourth-most in a season since 2002-03, and only Andrew Calof (3; 2010-11) had more SHGs in a season than Gorman and Kersten since that 02-03 season.
TIGERS RETURN TWO ALL-IVY SELECTIONS
Ian Murphy (second-team All-Ivy) and Ethan Pearson (honorable mention All-Ivy) are the two of Princeton's four All-Ivy selections from last season returning this campaign. For Murphy, this was the second All-Ivy honor of his career after being named first-team All-Ivy in 2022.
THE MURPH
For the second year in a row, Ian Murphy is the top returning scorer on the team. After posting 9-10-19 numbers in 2021-22, he popped off for 15-14-29 last season to lead Princeton in goals, assists, and points. He had two hat tricks last season, tying for most by an ECAC player and second-most by any player in the NCAA. After spending the summer of 2022 at NHL Development Camp with the Vancouver Canucks, he spent this past summer at NHL Development Camp with the St. Louis Blues.
PEARSON PROTECTS THE NET
Junior Ethan Pearson had taken over the starting goalie role before a season-ending injury at St. Lawrence last season, posting an 11-9-0 record with a 2.71 GAA. He had four shutouts last season, which tied for No. 2 all-time in a season by a Princeton netminder. His 2.71 GAA in 21 games played ranks No. 7 in a season all-time by a goalie to play in at least a third of Princeton's games.
JACK ATTACK
Jack Cronin struck for five PPGs and was second on the team with 12 goals overall last year. He scored 10 more goals last year than he did in his freshman season, and his 12-point growth from 2021-22 to 2022-23 was the most of any player on the team. Last weekend, Cronin had three points in two games, including a two-point game (1g, 1a) at Harvard -- his first multi-point game since 12/30/22 at Colorado College.
Cronin's 15 career goals are second-most by an active Princeton player, but he has yet to record a multi-goal game over his 57 career games played.
GORMAN FAMILY SCORING RACE
Sophomore Brendan Gorman is chasing down his older brother, Liam (Class of 2023), and father, Sean (Class of 1991) on his family's all-time scoring leader list. Brendan averaged 0.6 points-per-game last season as a true freshman.
1. Liam Gorman -- 36 pts. (16g, 20a) in 91 games
2. Sean Gorman -- 23 pts (5g, 18a) in 99 games
3. Brendan Gorman -- 21 pts. (6g, 15a) in 33 games
DE LA SOUL
Junior defenseman Noah de la Durantaye tallied a career-high 17 points last season, up from 10 as a rookie in 2021-22. He leads all returning defensemen in goals (4), assists (13) and points (17).
ABOUT ADAM
Adam Robbins tallied 14 points (5g, 9a) in 32 games last season after registering 15 points (5g, 10a) over his first 49 combined games. Of his nine assists last season, seven came on the power play. He has three assists this season, two of which have come on the power play. During the 2020-21 year, Robbins won a Clark Cup with the Chicago Steel.
Robbins is one of four players tied for No. 1 in the country in assists-per-game (1.5) entering the weekend, alongside Nick Seitz.
SETTING SEITZ
Another NYC product had a standout 2022-23 in Nick Seitz. Last year, he connected for a career-high 15 points (9g, 6a) in 28 games after tallying 11 points (3g, 8a) over his first 56 games. Last weekend, he tallied four points (1g, 3a) including a career-high three assists at Dartmouth.
He enters the weekend tied for No. 1 in the country in assists-per-game (1.5) and No. 2 in points-per-game (2.0).
CARABIN CARRIES HIS WEIGHT
Assistant captain Nick Carabin stepped in a larger role last season as a junior and delivered with a career-high 11 points (1g, 10a) in 32 games after registering just one assist in 21 games during the 2021-22 season.
EZMAN IS THE MAN
Sophomore Jaxson Ezman had two points last weekend, including his first career goal at Dartmouth. He had two points in 22 games last season before suffering a season-ending injury.
DJ SPINS GOLD
David Jacobs had 15 points (5g, 10a) as a freshman last year over 32 games. He had five different one-goal games, and is looking for his first career multi-goal game. He did have three multi-point (1g, 1a) games.
AHEAD BY A CENTURY
This is the 119th season of varsity hockey at Princeton. Princeton is the fourth-oldest hockey program in the country. The first game was played on Nov. 30, 1900 against the Drisler School. Princeton did not compete for one year during WWI, two years during WWII and during the 2020-21 season due to COVID-19.
FOUR STARS
Princeton alum General Mark Milley '80 is the only NCAA Division I hockey player to become a four-star general in the U.S. Army. He was the 39th Chief of Staff of the Army, and on Oct. 1, 2019, he became the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff a post he held until the end of September when he retired.
COACH FOGARTY
Ron Fogarty began at Princeton in 2014 after seven years at Division III Adrian, rolling up a 167-23-10 record. Since coming to Princeton, he has won 78 games, already the fifth-most in program history ahead of Lloyd Neidlinger (1927-1933, 72 wins) and trailing Guy Gadowsky (2004-2011, 105 wins), Don Cahoon (1991-2000, 122 wins), Jim Higgins (1977-1991, 130 wins), and Richard Vaughan (1935-1959, 158 wins). Prior to Adrian, Fogarty was an assistant coach at his alma mater Colgate from 1996-99, Clarkson from 1999-2002, and Bowling Green from 2002-06. In 2018, he led Princeton to its third ECAC title, along with 1998 and 2008. Fogarty's overall head coaching record is 246-167-33; .587).
LET'S GO CAMPING
Three players on this year's team have attended NHL Development Camps:
Noah de la Durantaye - Vegas (2022)
Brendan Gorman - Vegas (2023)
Ian Murphy - Vancouver (2022), St. Louis (2023)
A total of 24 Tigers have been drafted in the NHL since the draft began in 1963.
November 10 | 7 p.m. | Hobey Baker Rink
ESPN+ | International Stream | Tickets | Live Stats | Game Notes
Princeton vs. Brown
November 11 | 7 p.m. | Hobey Baker Rink
TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia | ESPN+ | International Stream | Tickets | Live Stats
OFFENSE ON POINT IN OPENING WEEKEND
The Tigers scored four goals in both games last weekend, the eight goals scored the most by a Princeton team in its first two games of a season since registering 10 goals at St. Cloud State in 2019. Princeton had eight different goal scorers over the two games in New England, and 13 of the 19 skaters who played had at least one point.
AMONG THE NATION'S TOP OFFENSES
The Tigers enter this weekend ranked No. 2 in the ECAC and No. 6 in the country in goals-per-game (4.0). Cornell (4.25) leads the ECAC and Michigan (5.0) is tops in the country.
POWER PLAY POPS OFF
Princeton went 3-for-8 on the power play over its first two games, scoring once at Harvard and adding another two at Dartmouth. The 37.5% conversion rate is No. 1 in the ECAC and No. 2 in the country, with only Michigan (37.8) converting at a higher percentage.
FIRST-TIMERS CLUB GAINS NEW MEMBERSHIP
Three Tigers scored their first collegiate goals last weekend. Joshua Karnish scored in his first collegiate game -- on his first collegiate shot -- at Harvard, while Kai Daniells scored the next night in his second collegiate game. Sophomore Jaxson Ezman found the back of the net at Dartmouth, scoring in his 24th college hockey game.
THE ALL-TIME SERIES WITH YALE
This weekend marks the 268th meeting all-time between the two teams, with Yale holding a 144-112-11 lead in the all-time series. At Hobey Baker Rink, Princeton is 52-49-4 against the Bulldogs. The Tigers are 8-4-0 in the last 12 meetings with the Bulldogs dating back to the 2017-18 season and 4-2 at Baker Rink over that span. Ron Fogarty is 9-8-1 all-time against Yale.
THE ALL-TIME SERIES WITH BROWN
This weekend marks the 180th meeting all-time between Princeton and Brown, with the Bears holding a 92-76-11 lead in the all-time series. Princeton is 37-40-6 all-time against Brown at home. The Tigers have won the last four meetings between the two teams, outscoring the Bears by a 16-6 margin. Ron Fogarty is 10-7-3 against Brown all-time as head coach at Princeton.
BUILDING OFF 2022-23
Picked to finish 12th in the ECAC Preseason Poll last year, Princeton entered its game at St. Lawrence last season in 6th place with an 11-12-0 record overall and a 7-9-0 record inside the ECAC. Right in the middle of a race towards a home playoff game, a season-ending injury to starting netminder Ethan Pearson 5:00 into the SLU game knocked the season off course. The Tigers went 1-5-0 down the stretch before rallying for a 6-4 win at Union in the ECAC First Round.
The 13 wins overall and 8 inside ECAC play were the most by a Princeton team since the 2017-18 ECAC championship team won 19 and 10, respectively. Against Ivy opponents, Princeton went 5-5-0 for the second season in a row – tied for the most Ivy wins by a Ron Fogarty coached team (2018-19, 2021-22, 2022-23).
YOUNG GUNS READY TO ROLL
Princeton may very well line up the youngest team in the nation in terms of games played entering this season. Only 19 of the 26 skaters on the roster had skated in a college hockey game with seven freshmen joining the team for 2023-24. Prior to last weekend, those 19 returning players had played in a total of 785 college hockey games – an average of 41.3 games-per-player. Only Nick Seitz (84 games) and Adam Robbins (81 games) had played three full seasons entering 2023-24. The other five members of the Class of 2024 did not play during 2020-21 as the Ivy League did not compete due to COVID-19.
REELING IN RANKED TEAMS
The Tigers have 19 wins over ranked opponents during Ron Fogarty's tenure, including a 5-0 win at No. 20 RIT and a 3-2 (OT) win over No. 12 Providence this year and a 5-4 win at No. 8 Cornell last season. Princeton has at least one win over a ranked team in each of its last seven seasons.
CAREER YEARS
Eight of Princeton's returning skaters had career years during the 2022-23 season. Joe Berg (+2 points), Nick Carabin (+10 points), Jack Cronin (+12 points), Noah de la Durantaye (+7 points), Mike Kennedy (+2 points), Ian Murphy (+10 points), Adam Robbins (+1 point) and Nick Seitz (+6 points) all increased their scoring output from 2021-22 to 2022-23. In goal, Ethan Pearson turned his freshman season (0-2-0; 7.16 GAA, .826 sv%, 100:16 of play) into a sophomore season where he was among the ECAC's top goalies (11-9-0, 4 shutouts, 2.71 GAA, .903 sv% 1174:14 of play) before his season-ending injury.
BRINGING BACK THE POINTS
Princeton returns 173 of its 230 points from last season, accounting for 75% of points tallied during the 2022-23 season – a percentage which ranks No. 10 among all Division I teams entering the season.
SHORT-HANDED SPECIALISTS
The Tigers ranked No 2 in the ECAC and No. 8 in the nation last year with six total SHGs. Liam Gorman and Spencer Kersten each had two of the shorties, leading the ECAC and sitting No. 6 in the country but have been lost to graduation. Princeton's six team short-handed goals last year were the fourth-most in a season since 2002-03, and only Andrew Calof (3; 2010-11) had more SHGs in a season than Gorman and Kersten since that 02-03 season.
TIGERS RETURN TWO ALL-IVY SELECTIONS
Ian Murphy (second-team All-Ivy) and Ethan Pearson (honorable mention All-Ivy) are the two of Princeton's four All-Ivy selections from last season returning this campaign. For Murphy, this was the second All-Ivy honor of his career after being named first-team All-Ivy in 2022.
THE MURPH
For the second year in a row, Ian Murphy is the top returning scorer on the team. After posting 9-10-19 numbers in 2021-22, he popped off for 15-14-29 last season to lead Princeton in goals, assists, and points. He had two hat tricks last season, tying for most by an ECAC player and second-most by any player in the NCAA. After spending the summer of 2022 at NHL Development Camp with the Vancouver Canucks, he spent this past summer at NHL Development Camp with the St. Louis Blues.
PEARSON PROTECTS THE NET
Junior Ethan Pearson had taken over the starting goalie role before a season-ending injury at St. Lawrence last season, posting an 11-9-0 record with a 2.71 GAA. He had four shutouts last season, which tied for No. 2 all-time in a season by a Princeton netminder. His 2.71 GAA in 21 games played ranks No. 7 in a season all-time by a goalie to play in at least a third of Princeton's games.
JACK ATTACK
Jack Cronin struck for five PPGs and was second on the team with 12 goals overall last year. He scored 10 more goals last year than he did in his freshman season, and his 12-point growth from 2021-22 to 2022-23 was the most of any player on the team. Last weekend, Cronin had three points in two games, including a two-point game (1g, 1a) at Harvard -- his first multi-point game since 12/30/22 at Colorado College.
Cronin's 15 career goals are second-most by an active Princeton player, but he has yet to record a multi-goal game over his 57 career games played.
GORMAN FAMILY SCORING RACE
Sophomore Brendan Gorman is chasing down his older brother, Liam (Class of 2023), and father, Sean (Class of 1991) on his family's all-time scoring leader list. Brendan averaged 0.6 points-per-game last season as a true freshman.
1. Liam Gorman -- 36 pts. (16g, 20a) in 91 games
2. Sean Gorman -- 23 pts (5g, 18a) in 99 games
3. Brendan Gorman -- 21 pts. (6g, 15a) in 33 games
DE LA SOUL
Junior defenseman Noah de la Durantaye tallied a career-high 17 points last season, up from 10 as a rookie in 2021-22. He leads all returning defensemen in goals (4), assists (13) and points (17).
ABOUT ADAM
Adam Robbins tallied 14 points (5g, 9a) in 32 games last season after registering 15 points (5g, 10a) over his first 49 combined games. Of his nine assists last season, seven came on the power play. He has three assists this season, two of which have come on the power play. During the 2020-21 year, Robbins won a Clark Cup with the Chicago Steel.
Robbins is one of four players tied for No. 1 in the country in assists-per-game (1.5) entering the weekend, alongside Nick Seitz.
SETTING SEITZ
Another NYC product had a standout 2022-23 in Nick Seitz. Last year, he connected for a career-high 15 points (9g, 6a) in 28 games after tallying 11 points (3g, 8a) over his first 56 games. Last weekend, he tallied four points (1g, 3a) including a career-high three assists at Dartmouth.
He enters the weekend tied for No. 1 in the country in assists-per-game (1.5) and No. 2 in points-per-game (2.0).
CARABIN CARRIES HIS WEIGHT
Assistant captain Nick Carabin stepped in a larger role last season as a junior and delivered with a career-high 11 points (1g, 10a) in 32 games after registering just one assist in 21 games during the 2021-22 season.
EZMAN IS THE MAN
Sophomore Jaxson Ezman had two points last weekend, including his first career goal at Dartmouth. He had two points in 22 games last season before suffering a season-ending injury.
DJ SPINS GOLD
David Jacobs had 15 points (5g, 10a) as a freshman last year over 32 games. He had five different one-goal games, and is looking for his first career multi-goal game. He did have three multi-point (1g, 1a) games.
AHEAD BY A CENTURY
This is the 119th season of varsity hockey at Princeton. Princeton is the fourth-oldest hockey program in the country. The first game was played on Nov. 30, 1900 against the Drisler School. Princeton did not compete for one year during WWI, two years during WWII and during the 2020-21 season due to COVID-19.
FOUR STARS
Princeton alum General Mark Milley '80 is the only NCAA Division I hockey player to become a four-star general in the U.S. Army. He was the 39th Chief of Staff of the Army, and on Oct. 1, 2019, he became the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff a post he held until the end of September when he retired.
COACH FOGARTY
Ron Fogarty began at Princeton in 2014 after seven years at Division III Adrian, rolling up a 167-23-10 record. Since coming to Princeton, he has won 78 games, already the fifth-most in program history ahead of Lloyd Neidlinger (1927-1933, 72 wins) and trailing Guy Gadowsky (2004-2011, 105 wins), Don Cahoon (1991-2000, 122 wins), Jim Higgins (1977-1991, 130 wins), and Richard Vaughan (1935-1959, 158 wins). Prior to Adrian, Fogarty was an assistant coach at his alma mater Colgate from 1996-99, Clarkson from 1999-2002, and Bowling Green from 2002-06. In 2018, he led Princeton to its third ECAC title, along with 1998 and 2008. Fogarty's overall head coaching record is 246-167-33; .587).
LET'S GO CAMPING
Three players on this year's team have attended NHL Development Camps:
Noah de la Durantaye - Vegas (2022)
Brendan Gorman - Vegas (2023)
Ian Murphy - Vancouver (2022), St. Louis (2023)
A total of 24 Tigers have been drafted in the NHL since the draft began in 1963.
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