Men's Hockey Hosts Army West Point To Close Out January

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Men's Hockey Hosts Army West Point To Close Out January

January 29, 2024 | Men's Ice Hockey

Princeton vs. Army West Point
January 30 | 7 p.m. | Hobey Baker Rink
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THE ALL-TIME SERIES WITH ARMY WEST POINT
The Tigers are 44-19-2 all-time against Army West Point and 24-5-0 at Hobey Baker Rink. The last time the two teams met at Baker Rink was a 4-1 win for the Tigers on January 28, 2015. The last meeting between the two teams overall was a 4-1 win for the Black Knights at West Point on October 30, 2021. Noah de la Durantaye had Princeton's goal, scoring in his first career game. Adam Robbins had an assist on the Tiger goal.

ADAM ROBBINS AMONG PLAYERS NATION-WIDE ON HOBEY BAKER FAN VOTE LIST
Entering this weekend averaging a point per game with seven goals and 12 assists for 19 points in 19 games, Adam Robbins is Princeton's representative on the Fan Vote list for the 2024 Hobey Baker Award. With 48 career points in is 100 games, Robbins ranks No. 93 in career points by a Princeton men's ice hockey player.

IVY LEAGUE RACE HEATS UP
Princeton started its second lap through the Ivy League with a win against Harvard, and sits 4-2-1 against Ivy opponents and in second place in the title race with 11 points. Cornell (3-2-1) is first with 12 points, while Harvard (2-2-2) is third with nine points. Brown (8), Yale (6) and Dartmouth (5) are all close behind. The Tigers last won an Ivy League title in 2007-08.

REELING IN RANKED TEAMS
The Tigers have 20 wins over ranked opponents during Ron Fogarty's tenure, including a 2-1 (OT) win over No. 10 Cornell on 11/18/23. Princeton also picked up a 5-0 win at No. 20 RIT and a 3-2 (OT) win over No. 12 Providence last year and a 5-4 win at No. 8 Cornell in 2021-22. Princeton has at least one win over a ranked team in each of its last eight seasons.

THE OFFENSE IS ON POINT
Princeton has hit the back of the net 3+ times in 11 of its 19 games this season. There has been balance to the scoring with 15 different goal scorers and eight Tigers in double figures in points. Each of Princeton's 15 goal scorers this season has at least two goals.

POWER PLAY POPS OFF
The Tigers are 20-for-58 on the power play this season, connecting at a 34.5% clip to lead the ECAC and rank No. 2 in the country behind Michigan (36.6%). Princeton ranks ahead of Minnesota-Duluth (29.1%), Harvard (28.8%), Minnesota (27.6%) and Michigan State (27.1%). A total of 10 different players have PPGs for the Tigers -- Kai Daniells leads with four while Adam Robbins, Jack Cronin and David Jacobs each have three PPGs.

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. In the opening 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 23 career goals are second-most by an active Princeton player, and his two-goal game against Colgate was the first of his career after 15 previous one-goal games. He enters the night with points in seven of his last 10 games (5g, 3a).

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). This season, he has 12 points (2g, 10a) in 19 games played. He had gone 19 games without a goal dating back to 2/11/23 at Clarkson before scoring against Sacred Heart on December 9. De la Durantaye is riding a three-game point streak (1g, 2a) entering tonight's game.

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. During the 2020-21 year, Robbins won a Clark Cup with the Chicago Steel. He has a career-high 19 points (7g, 12a) through 19 games this season, also setting career highs in goals and assists. He enters the game with points in 11 of his last 14 games, tallying 15 points (6g, 9a) in that span. Robbins scored the OTGWG against Yale, landing at #5 on that evening's Sportscenter Top-10 Plays -- the second time in his career he landed on the #SCtop10 following a penalty shot goal against Harvard on 1/6/23 which was #4.

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. He has 10 points (2g, 8a) in 17 games this season, including 3-assist games at Dartmouth (11/4) and against Harvard (12/30). Seitz is the active leader in career games played by a Tiger with 103, playing his 100th game at Quinnipiac on 1/12.

KD ON THE PP
Freshman Kai Daniells ranks No. 3 in the ECAC and No. 38 in the nation with four PPGs -- a number which is No. 7 among freshmen in the country.

CARABIN CARRIES HIS WEIGHT
Assistant captain Nick Carabin stepped into 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. He has 9 points (2g, 7a) in 17 games this season, including a three-point game (1g, 2a) against Harvard (12/30).

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. To start this season, Jacobs has 15 points (3g, 12a) including a 3-point game (1g, 2a) against Yale. He had a goal and an assist last weekend at Cornell.