Men's Hockey Hosts Ranked ECAC Foes In #8/9 Dartmouth & #18/18 Harvard

Friday, January 2

Princeton, N.J.

7:00 PM

Princeton University

No. 8/9 Dartmouth

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Malcom Green taking the ice at Hobey Baker Rink

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Men's Hockey Hosts Ranked ECAC Foes In #8/9 Dartmouth & #18/18 Harvard

December 31, 2025 | Men's Ice Hockey

Princeton vs. No. 8/9 Dartmouth | January 2 | 7 p.m.
Hobey Baker Rink
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Princeton vs. No. 18/18 Harvard | January 3 | 7 p.m.
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LOOSE ENDS
Princeton enters the weekend with a 94-111-6 record all-time against Dartmouth in a series dating back to 1907. The Tigers are 46-48-8 all-time against Dartmouth at Hobey Baker Rink, but have dropped two in a row to the Big Green on home ice by matching 5-1 scores. Princeton's last win at home over Dartmouth was a 4-2 victory during Hobey 100 Weekend on January 7, 2023.

Princeton is 60-167-14 all-time against Harvard and 28-63-6 in games played in Princeton in a series that began in 1902. Princeton's last win at home against the Crimson was a 5-1 victory on December 30, 2023. The last three meetings overall have been one-goal games, including a season-split of 4-3 (OT) games last season where each team won on the road.

The Tigers have won six games in a row at Hobey Baker Rink, the longest home winning streak for a Princeton team since a six-game winning streak from 11/8/08-1/3/09. The run of six consecutive wins at home to start a season matches the 1932-33 team which won its first six home games to start a season. The Hobey Baker Rink record for consecutive home wins by a Princeton team to start a season is seven -- set during the rink's first season in 1923.

The Tigers rank No. 8 in the nation in Scoring Offense (3.75 goals-per-game) which is also No. 3 in the ECAC.

The Tigers rank No. 22 in the nation in Scoring Defense (2.58 goals allowed-per-game) through 12 games.

Princeton is No. 11 in the country in Scoring Margin, outscoring opponents by an average of 1.17 goals-per-game.

The Tigers are 8-4-0 despite ranking No. 42 in the country on the power play (17.1%) and No. 51 in the country on the penalty kill (75.6%) over 12 games.

Princeton has scored 4+ goals in seven of 12 games (7-0-0 record) this season. Last year, they scored 4+ goals in in 8 of 30 games and were 5-2-1 in those games.

HOT HANDS
Brendan Gorman (6g, 6a) has points in nine of 12 games this season.

Jake Manfre (7g, 5a) has points in nine of 12 games this season.

Luc Pelletier (4g, 2a) has points in five of his last eight games.

Kai Daniells (10g, 4a) has points in five of his last seven games.

David Jacobs (7a) has points in five of his last seven games.

GO-GO GORMAN
Brendan Gorman had 13 total points (6g, 7a) over his last 13 games of the 2024-25 season and posted eight total multi-point games last year. He led Princeton in goals (12), assists (14), points (26), and faceoff wins (285). His 0.4 goals-per-game was No. 11 among all ECAC players and his two short-handed goals last year were No. 2 in the ECAC and No. 8 in the country.

Growth has been consistent for Gorman over his three previous seasons his point totals have increased from 19 as a freshmen to 24 as a sophomore before reaching the 26-point mark last year as a junior.

All-time, Gorman now ranks No. 33 in scoring by a Princeton men's hockey player with 81 points (30g, 51a) in 102 games. He is two points away from tying for the No. 31 spot and four away from No. 29.

Last season, Gorman was named third-team All-ECAC and he was a first-team All-Ivy selection.

Gorman's 1.0 points-per-game this season rank No. 14 in the ECAC and No. 57 in the country. His 0.50 goals-per-game are No. 10 in the ECAC.

KD, ARE YOU WITH ME?
The Tigers are glad Kai Daniells is with them in 2025-26 as the junior opened the season with four points (2g, 2a) in a sweep of Alaska-Fairbanks. Those four points in two games matched his entire output over 17 games during an injury-riddled 2024-25 season and perhaps hearken back to his rookie season in 2023-24 where Daniells had 19 points (8g, 11a) including five PPGs.

In November, Daniells had one of the best two-game performances in Princeton history with six goals over two games. On Friday against St. Lawrence, he tied the program record with five goals -- the most scored in a game by a Princeton player since 1962 and just the fourth time the mark was reached all-time. His five goals scored in one game were the most by a NCAA Division I player since 2011.

He followed that outing up with a goal and an assist against Clarkson to cap off a seven-point weekend.

Over the course of that weekend, Daniells scored two game-winning goals, a power-play goal, a 4-on-4 goal and an empty net goal.

Daniells now has 12 goals this season in 12 games, surpassing his career high (8) set in 30 games in 2023-24.

Daniells now ranks No. 1 in the nation in both goals-per-game (1.0) and points-per-game (1.50) this season.

MAN AT THE TOP
Jake Manfre was the man at the top of the Princeton rookie scoring race in 2024-25 with 8-9-17 totals through 30 games. A four-point weekend against Ohio State last November earned him ECAC Rookie of the Week honors and ECAC Rookie of the Month honors for November. Manfre's three PPGs last season led the Tigers and were No. 16 overall in the ECAC and No. 5 among ECAC rookies. His two game-winning goals last campaign were No. 4 among ECAC rookies, and No. 11 by a freshman in all of Division I hockey.

Manfre had two goals on Nov. 1 against Alaska-Fairbanks, netting the game-winner in the third before tacking on an ENG to close the game.

This season, Manfre is second on the Tigers with 7 goals and has goals in three consecutive games with 5 total points (4g, 1a) in that span.

Manfre's 0.58 goals per game rank No. 6 in the ECAC.

JACOBS' LADDER
David Jacobs was limited to 24 games last season, his lowest total over his first three seasons with the Tigers. That resulted in his lowest point total in his three seasons (3g, 11a) for 14 points after posting 24 points (7g, 17a) in 30 games the year before. Now in his second year as a captain, Jacobs enters the weekend No. 54 in Princeton's all-time scoring list with 64 points on 15 goals and 49 assists.

Jacobs has five assists over his last three games and has three total multi-assist games this season.

Jacobs has 11 assists overall in 12 games this season, ranking No. 2 in the ECAC and No. 10 nationally in assists per game (0.92).

Jacobs' 11 assists without a goal this season, are the third-most assists by any player in the country without a goal to his credit and the most by a forward.

Jacobs has gone 19 games without a goal dating back to a two-goal game against Colgate on 1/18/25, but he does have 14 assists over that span.

E-Z MONEY
Jaxson Ezman set a new career high in points last year with 15 -- including 10 points (5g, 5a) in his last 14 games to close the season. Fully healthy for the first time as a Tiger, he set career highs in games played (30), goals (7), assists (8) and points (15) while netting the game-winning goals against Bentley (1/25) and Dartmouth (2/1).

Ezman had a stellar start to 2025-26, tallying five points (3g, 2a) over three games including the GWG on opening night. His play earned ECAC Forward of the Week honors.

Ezman has scored in two of the last three games, netting the game-winners at RPI and against Brown.

His three GWGs this season lead the Tigers and rank No. 2 in the ECAC and No. 6 in the country.

GET TO KNOW GREAVO
Sophomore Kai Greaves is the younger brother of Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Jet Greaves who has played in 37 career games in goal with the Blue Jackets and another 158 with Cleveland of the AHL.

Kai Greaves played in all but one game last year, and had two goals and an assist.

Greaves matched his point total from all of last year on opening weekend with three assists in two games and he is now up to eight points -- all assists -- this season.

Greaves enters this weekend ranked No. 9 among defensemen nationally in assists-per-game (0.67).