No. 12 Princeton Takes No. 3 Clarkson to Double OT in ECAC Quarterfinal Opener

Friday, March 1

Potsdam, N.Y.

6:00 PM

Princeton University

14-11-6, 6-11-6

Clarkson (Quarterfinals, Game 1)

30-3-2, 19-3-1

OT 1

OT 2

Princeton

Clarkson

Kate Monihan had the go-ahead goal vs. Clarkson.

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

No. 12 Princeton Takes No. 3 Clarkson to Double OT in ECAC Quarterfinal Opener

March 01, 2024 | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Both regular-season meetings between the Princeton women's hockey team and Clarkson were one-goal games, and Friday's ECAC Hockey quarterfinal opener turned out no different.

An Alexie Guay goal six-plus minutes into double overtime ended the fourth-longest game in Princeton women's hockey history as the No. 12-ranked Tigers fell to No. 3 Clarkson 3-2 in the opening game of the best-of-three series in Potsdam, N.Y.

6' left, 1st pd | #12 Princeton 1, #3 Clarkson 1

Sarah Paul with the power-play goal to tie it!

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— Princeton Women's Ice Hockey (@PWIH) March 1, 2024

Princeton tied it on a Sarah Paul power-play goal with six minutes left in the first period, just 39 seconds after Jenna Goodwin gave Clarkson a 1-0 lead. The tie persisted until Kate Monihan had a rebound goal with less than four minutes to go in the second period to put Princeton up 2-1, and the Tigers were 84 seconds away from taking a series lead when the empty-net extra attacker paid off for Clarkson as Nicole Gosling, who scored both goals in the two 1-0 Clarkson wins over Princeton earlier this season, struck to tie it.

3' left, 2nd pd | #12 Princeton 2, #3 Clarkson 1

WE LEAD!

Kate Monihan sends home the rebound, and the Tigers are on top!

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— Princeton Women's Ice Hockey (@PWIH) March 2, 2024

Jennifer Olnowich made 33 stops as the Golden Knights outshot the Tigers on goal 36-34.

At 86:32, the game was the fourth-longest in Princeton program history and longest since Sarah Fillier's quarterfinal series-winning goal in 2020 at Baker Rink against Quinnipiac. At 88:36, that was the third-longest game, behind only two other ECAC quarterfinal games, against RPI in 2009 (96:00) and Quinnipiac in 2017 (106:34).

The teams will reconvene Saturday at 3 p.m. with Clarkson a win away from advancing to the ECAC semifinals and Princeton needing a win to force a decisive third game on Sunday.