Friday, November 15
New Haven, Conn.
7:00 PM
Princeton University
at
Yale
Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast
Men's Ice Hockey Heads To Yale & Brown For First Road Trip Of 2024-25
November 12, 2024 | Men's Ice Hockey
Princeton at Yale | November 15 | 7 p.m.
Ingalls Rink
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Princeton at Brown | November 16 | 7 p.m.
Meehan Auditorium
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LOOSE ENDS
Princeton is 114-144-11 all-time against Yale and 35-70-3 in New Haven dating back to a series which started in 1901 with a 5-0 Yale win in New York City on January 19. The Tigers have won five of the last six meetings between the two teams, including a sweep last season. Looking ahead to Saturday, Princeton is 78-92-11 all-time against Brown and is 36-47-5 in Providence. The Tigers swept the series last year and have won six games in a row against the Bears dating back to the start of the 2021-22 season.
LONG TIME COMIN'
Princeton was one of the last two teams to join the party this season, not playing any games until last weekend (Brown was the other team to not play until 11/8). The same holds true for the Tigers in terms of heading out on the road -- they are 1 of 2 teams in the country yet to play a road game this season (Cornell is the other and plays at Dartmouth/Harvard this weekend).
GLORY DAYS
The Tigers have won the ECAC Championship three times, doing so in 1998, 2008 and 2018. Princeton's four Ivy League championships came in 1941, 1953, 1999 and 2008. The Tigers have played in four NCAA Tournaments, reaching the national tournament in 1998, 2008, 2009, 2018.
DANCING IN THE DARK
Princeton had the spark to start the fire in the crowd, inciting Tiger fans to cheer and dance in the dark often to the tune of the No. 5 Scoring Offense in the ECAC and No. 29 in the nation last year, coming in at 2.97 goals-per-game. The Tigers scored 2+ goals in 26 of 30 games, and were not shut out until a 1-0 loss at Harvard on the first round of the ECAC Playoffs. The Tigers averaged 2.0 GPG last weekend in their first games of the season.
HUNGRY HEART
The Tigers laid down their money and played their part on the power play last season, leading the ECAC and ranking No. 4 in the country going 25-for-90 to the tune of a 27.8% conversion rate. Princeton returns 64% of its power play scoring from last year, including Kai Daniells who had five PPGs as a freshman. Jack Cronin has 10 career power-play goals entering his senior season, with 10 of his 25 career goals (40%) coming on the man advantage. The Tigers were a bit slower out of the gates on the PP last weekend, going 1-for-7 with the lone goal coming off the stick of Kai Daniells against Harvard.
LUCKY TOWN
Princeton played nine overtime games out of its 30 contests last season, posting a 5-0-4 record in games going more than 60:00 to lose the blues they found along the way. No team in the country played as many overtime games without suffering a loss in them as Princeton did. The five OT wins in a season set a new program record and were one off the ECAC record held by Colgate (2008-09) and Cornell (1985-86). Naturally, the Tigers went to overtime in the opener and had that run of OT appearances without a loss snapped by Harvard.
HIGH HOPES
Seven of Princeton's 13 returning upperclassmen from last season are coming off seasons where they set a new career high in points and have high hopes to build off that for 24-25. David Jacobs (+9), Tyler Rubin (+8), Jaxson Ezman (+5), Brendan Gorman (+5), Jack Cronin (+1), Noah de la Durantaye (+1), and Brendan Wang (+1) all set new career highs last season.
HUMAN TOUCH
Princeton has had the first human to touch the puck on face-offs at a good clip to start the season, leading the country in faceoff % at .578 (67-49) through two games,
I'M A ROCKER
Princeton has a lot of rock stars back and returns 53 of its 89 goals scored last season, accounting for 60% of its total goals. Jack Cronin is the leading goal scorer back for the Tigers, with 11 goals last season and 25 for his career. Kai Daniells is next with eight tallies last season as a freshman. The goal number matches up closely with the overall points back as the Tigers return 144 of 245 points registered last season (59%).
IF I SHOULD FALL BEHIND
Princeton struggled out of the gate last season, being outscored in the first period by an 42-21 margin over its 30 games during the 2023-24 season. So far this season, it's an even 1-1 split in the first period.
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Ingalls Rink
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Princeton at Brown | November 16 | 7 p.m.
Meehan Auditorium
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LOOSE ENDS
Princeton is 114-144-11 all-time against Yale and 35-70-3 in New Haven dating back to a series which started in 1901 with a 5-0 Yale win in New York City on January 19. The Tigers have won five of the last six meetings between the two teams, including a sweep last season. Looking ahead to Saturday, Princeton is 78-92-11 all-time against Brown and is 36-47-5 in Providence. The Tigers swept the series last year and have won six games in a row against the Bears dating back to the start of the 2021-22 season.
LONG TIME COMIN'
Princeton was one of the last two teams to join the party this season, not playing any games until last weekend (Brown was the other team to not play until 11/8). The same holds true for the Tigers in terms of heading out on the road -- they are 1 of 2 teams in the country yet to play a road game this season (Cornell is the other and plays at Dartmouth/Harvard this weekend).
GLORY DAYS
The Tigers have won the ECAC Championship three times, doing so in 1998, 2008 and 2018. Princeton's four Ivy League championships came in 1941, 1953, 1999 and 2008. The Tigers have played in four NCAA Tournaments, reaching the national tournament in 1998, 2008, 2009, 2018.
DANCING IN THE DARK
Princeton had the spark to start the fire in the crowd, inciting Tiger fans to cheer and dance in the dark often to the tune of the No. 5 Scoring Offense in the ECAC and No. 29 in the nation last year, coming in at 2.97 goals-per-game. The Tigers scored 2+ goals in 26 of 30 games, and were not shut out until a 1-0 loss at Harvard on the first round of the ECAC Playoffs. The Tigers averaged 2.0 GPG last weekend in their first games of the season.
HUNGRY HEART
The Tigers laid down their money and played their part on the power play last season, leading the ECAC and ranking No. 4 in the country going 25-for-90 to the tune of a 27.8% conversion rate. Princeton returns 64% of its power play scoring from last year, including Kai Daniells who had five PPGs as a freshman. Jack Cronin has 10 career power-play goals entering his senior season, with 10 of his 25 career goals (40%) coming on the man advantage. The Tigers were a bit slower out of the gates on the PP last weekend, going 1-for-7 with the lone goal coming off the stick of Kai Daniells against Harvard.
LUCKY TOWN
Princeton played nine overtime games out of its 30 contests last season, posting a 5-0-4 record in games going more than 60:00 to lose the blues they found along the way. No team in the country played as many overtime games without suffering a loss in them as Princeton did. The five OT wins in a season set a new program record and were one off the ECAC record held by Colgate (2008-09) and Cornell (1985-86). Naturally, the Tigers went to overtime in the opener and had that run of OT appearances without a loss snapped by Harvard.
HIGH HOPES
Seven of Princeton's 13 returning upperclassmen from last season are coming off seasons where they set a new career high in points and have high hopes to build off that for 24-25. David Jacobs (+9), Tyler Rubin (+8), Jaxson Ezman (+5), Brendan Gorman (+5), Jack Cronin (+1), Noah de la Durantaye (+1), and Brendan Wang (+1) all set new career highs last season.
HUMAN TOUCH
Princeton has had the first human to touch the puck on face-offs at a good clip to start the season, leading the country in faceoff % at .578 (67-49) through two games,
I'M A ROCKER
Princeton has a lot of rock stars back and returns 53 of its 89 goals scored last season, accounting for 60% of its total goals. Jack Cronin is the leading goal scorer back for the Tigers, with 11 goals last season and 25 for his career. Kai Daniells is next with eight tallies last season as a freshman. The goal number matches up closely with the overall points back as the Tigers return 144 of 245 points registered last season (59%).
IF I SHOULD FALL BEHIND
Princeton struggled out of the gate last season, being outscored in the first period by an 42-21 margin over its 30 games during the 2023-24 season. So far this season, it's an even 1-1 split in the first period.
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