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ECAC Playoff Position, Win Streak at Stake as Tigers Head to the North Country
February 14, 2023 | Women's Ice Hockey
The final weekend of the regular season will send the Princeton women's hockey team to No. 9/10 Clarkson and St. Lawrence as playoff positioning and a five-game win streak are on the line.
at No. 9/10 Clarkson, Fri., 6 p.m. | ESPN+ | Int'l Video | Live Stats
at St. Lawrence, Sat., 3 p.m. | ESPN+ | Int'l Video | Live Stats
The Home Stretch: Princeton has clinched an ECAC Hockey playoff bid and enters the weekend in sixth place with 29 points. Princeton can finish between fifth and seventh, with Cornell entering the weekend fifth at 33.5 points and St. Lawrence seventh at 27.5 points. Any of the current top four teams are potential quarterfinal opponents, with Yale (51.5), Colgate (50.5), Quinnipiac (50) and Clarkson (40.5).
The Series with Clarkson and St. Lawrence: Clarkson leads the all-time series 23-17-2 overall and 10-9-1 in Potsdam. The Golden Knights have a three-game win streak in the series overall, have won eight in a row in Potsdam, and are unbeaten in the last nine since Princeton's last win in Cheel in 2014. Princeton leads the all-time series with St. Lawrence 38-31-4 overall and 19-13-2 in Canton. Princeton won this season's visit to Baker, 1-0 on Nov. 18, to break a two-game Saints win streak in the series. In Canton, the Saints' win streak is one, since Princeton's last win in 2020.
Win Streak: Princeton enters the weekend with a five-game winning streak that is the team's longest since a six-game win streak from Jan. 28-Feb. 14, 2020. A weekend sweep would make it the longest win streak since winning 12 straight from Nov. 27, 2015-Jan. 29, 2016. The current win streak includes Princeton's first win over a top-10 team this season, as the run began with an 11-3 win over then-No. 4 Quinnipiac, and continuing the streak would require another one, against No. 9/10 Clarkson.
Stat Rankings: Entering the week, Princeton stood 12th in the nation in faceoff win percentage at .531 and 20th in both scoring margin (+0.12 goals/game) and scoring offense at 2.65 goals per game. Sarah Fillier was seventh nationally in faceoff wins (400), and Taylor Hyland's goalie winning percentage of .607 was 17th nationally.
Checking the Charts: Senior Maggie Connors stands 12th in program history with 74 career goals (11th is 75, ninth is 76, eighth is 77 and seventh is 87), and junior Sarah Fillier stands 11th with 144 points (10th is 147), 15th with 59 career goals (14th is 69), and sixth with 85 assists (fifth is 86, fourth is 87 and third is 94).
Outshoot 'em: Princeton has outshot its opponent on goal in 18 of 26 games on the season. On the season, Princeton is averaging 34.7 shots a game to 24.3 for its opponent.
Rookies: First-year Tigers are three of Princeton's seven leading point scorers this season, with Issy Wunder (7g/9a) third with 16 points, Katherine Khramtsov (7g/6a) sixth with 13 and Emerson O'Leary (5g/4a) seventh with nine points. Classmate Taylor Hyland has played 49 percent of the team's minutes in goal and leads the team with a .905 save percentage. Hyland's eight wins are the most for a Princeton rookie since Stephanie Neatby '20 won 12 in 2016-17.
Between the Pipes: Sophomore Jennifer Olnowich has played 51 percent of the minutes in goal this season with rookie Taylor Hyland playing the other 49 percent. Olnowich has the lower GAA, at 2.38 to 2.51 for Hyland, and Hyland has the edge in save percentage, .905 to .891.
Olympic Gold: Junior Sarah Fillier returned to Princeton this season for the first time since the 2019-20 season that ended due to the pandemic just before the NCAA tournament. In the meantime, Fillier helped Canada to two IIHF World Championships and Olympic gold. At the Olympics, Fillier co-led Canada in goals (five) and led the team in points (11).
