North Country Trip Awaits Men's Hockey This Weekend

Friday, February 9

Potsdam, N.Y.

7:00 PM

Princeton University

Clarkson

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North Country Trip Awaits Men's Hockey This Weekend

February 07, 2024 | Men's Ice Hockey

Princeton at Clarkson
February 10 | 7 p.m. | Cheel Arena
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Princeton at St. Lawrence
February 11 | 7 p.m. | Appleton Arena
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THE ALL-TIME SERIES WITH CLARKSON
The Tigers enter this weekend's trip to Clarkson with a 35-89-7 record all-time against the Golden Knights. The Tigers will be looking for their seventh win at Clarkson and first since a 3-2 (OT) win in Game One of the 2014 ECAC First Round. Overall, Princeton is 4-6-1 in its last 11 games against Clarkson.

THE ALL-TIME SERIES WITH ST. LAWRENCE
Princeton is 28-73-11 all-time against St. Lawrence and 11-37-4 on the road. Overall dating back to 2/10/17, the Tigers have won seven of the last 11 meetings -- including three in Canton.

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.

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.

OFFENSE ON POINT
Princeton has hit the back of the net 3+ times in 12 of its 21 games this season. There has been balance to the scoring with 16 different goal scorers and nine Tigers in double figures in points. 15 of Princeton's 16 goal scorers this season have at least two goals.

POWER PLAY POPS OFF
The Tigers are 21-for-63 on the power play this season, connecting at a 33.3% clip to lead the ECAC and rank No. 2 in the country behind Michigan (35.8%). Princeton ranks ahead of Minnesota-Duluth (27.6%), Harvard (27.1%), Michigan State (26.5%) and Boston University(26.1%). A total of 10 different players have PPGs for the Tigers -- Kai Daniells and Jack Cronin lead with four apiece while Adam Robbins and David Jacobs each have three PPGs.

CARDIAC CATS
So far through 21 games this season, Princeton has reached overtime six times, with another decided by one goal with under 1:00 left in regulation. The Tigers have won four of their six overtime games during the 5:00 OT period and claimed the shootout over Harvard in another.

Overall, the Tigers are 4-0-2 when games reach OT. There are 10 teams in the country without a loss in overtime this season, but none have played as many OT games (6) as the Tigers.

GOING OVER OVERTIME
The 2023-24 Tigers have played six total overtime games and won four entering this weekend. Going back to 1967-68, that number ties for the most overtime wins by a Princeton team during the regular season (2006-07, 1980-81). The high mark for overtime games in a regular season by a Princeton team is nine (2006-07, 1997-98). In terms of a complete season including playoffs, the most OT games played were by the 2006-07 team which played in 11 and won five.

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 tallied 15-14-29 last season to lead Princeton in goals, assists, and points. This year, he is just under a point-per-game player (5-9-14) to start the season with points in 12 of his 18 games -- including a seven-game point streak (2g, 6a) from 11/18-12/9.

CLIMBING THE CHARTS
Ian Murphy enters this weekend with 62 career points (29g, 33a) in 75 games. His 62 career points rank No. 58 all-time and No. 9 by a player who has played just three seasons.

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. Cronin's 24 career goals are second-most by an active Princeton player and he is coming off a career-high three-point night (1g, 2a) against Army last Tuesday. He enters the night with points in nine of his last 12 games (6g, 6a).

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 14 points (2g, 12a) in 21 games played and had a four-game point streak (1g ,4a) snapped last weekend against Dartmouth.

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. Brendan Gorman -- 34 pts. (10g, 24a) in 51 games
3. Sean Gorman -- 23 pts (5g, 18a) in 99 games

ABOUT ADAM
Over his first 49 games of college hockey, Adam Robbins tallied 15 points (5g, 10a, 0.3ppg). Since then, he has registered 34 points in 53 games played (13g, 21a, 0.7ppg). He has a career-high 20 points (8g, 12a) through 21 games this season, also setting career highs in goals and assists. He enters the game with points in 12 of his last 16 games, tallying 16 points (7g, 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.

During the 2020-21 year, Robbins won a Clark Cup with the Chicago Steel.

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 11 points (3g, 8a) in 21 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 105, playing his 100th game at Quinnipiac on 1/12.

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 10 points (2g, 8a) in 19 games this season, including a three-point game (1g, 2a) against Harvard (12/30).