No. 18 Men's Hockey Sets Out For No. 13/12 Cornell and Colgate

Friday, January 16

Ithaca, N.Y.

7:00 PM

Princeton University

No. 13/12 Cornell

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No. 18 Men's Hockey Sets Out For No. 13/12 Cornell and Colgate

January 15, 2026 | Men's Ice Hockey

No. 18/18 Princeton at No. 13/12 Cornell | January 16 | 7 p.m.
Lynah Rink
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No. 18/18 Princeton at Colgate | January 17 | 6 p.m.
Class of 1965 Arena
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LOOSE ENDS
Princeton enters the weekend 55-101-8 all-time against Cornell and 17-54-2 at Lynah Rink in a series that dates back to 1901. The Tigers have dropped their last three in Ithaca following a 5-4 win in 2022.

The Tigers are 48-68-11 all-time against Colgate, including a 16-34-5 record in Hamilton in a series that began in 1935. Princeton is 2-20-4 in its last 26 meetings with the Raiders with the two wins coming in the 2017 ECAC First Round. Princeton's last regular season win in the series came on 2/8/13 -- a 4-2 win in Hamilton.

The Tigers rank No. 7 in the nation in Scoring Offense (3.75 goals-per-game) which is also No. 3 in the ECAC.

The Tigers rank No. 24 in the nation in Scoring Defense (2.69 goals allowed-per-game) through 16 games.

Princeton is No. 12 in the country in Scoring Margin, outscoring opponents by an average of 1.06 goals-per-game.

The Tigers are 16-for-17 on the penalty kill over their last seven games (6-1-0 record) and have killed off 16 consecutive penalties. That run has improved their overall PK% to 79.2% after starting the year at 72.2 through nine games.

Princeton is 6-for-20 (30.0%) on the power play over its last seven games after starting the season 3-for-24 (12.5%) through nine games.

Princeton has scored 4+ goals in nine of 16 games (9-0-0 record) this season. Last year, they scored 4+ goals in in 8 of 30 games and were 5-2-1 in those games.

PRINCETON IN THE POLLS
The Tigers entered the national rankings on 1/5 for the first time since the 2018-19 season and now slot in at No. 18 in both in the USA Hockey Poll and the USCHO.com Rankings.

Princeton ranks No. 15 in the National Collegiate Percentage Index (NPI). Five of Princeton's 14 remaining games come against teams ranked ahead of them in the NPI.

HOT HANDS
Kai Daniells (11g, 10a) has points in eight of his last 11 games. Overall this season, he has at least one point in 10 of 16 games and eight of those games have been multi-point efforts. He has five games with three or more points.

Jake Manfre (6g, 3a) had a six-game point streak snapped on Saturday against Union and has recorded at least one point in 12 of 16 games this season (9g, 7a).

David Jacobs (4g, 8a) has 12 points over a seven-game point streak. Overall this season, he has points in 11 of 16 games (4g, 14a).

Brendan Gorman (9g, 7a) has points in 12 of 16 games this season and goals in three of his last five games.

Tyler Rubin had a four-game point streak snapped against RPI but has points in five of his last six games (7a).

Jaxson Ezman has points in five of his last seven games (3g, 5a) and had a four-point weekend against RPI and Union (1g, 3a).

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. 29 in scoring by a Princeton men's hockey player with 85 points (33g, 52a) in 106 games. He is one point away from tying for the No. 27 spot and two away from No. 25.

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

Gorman's 0.56 goals-per-game are No. 6 in the ECAC and No. 23 in the country.

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 13 goals this season in 15 games, surpassing his career high (8) set in 30 games in 2023-24.

Daniells now has a career-high 25 points (13g, 12a) this season and ranks No. 2 in the nation in points-per-game (1.56) and No. 5in goals-per-game (0.81).

He has three game-winning goals this season, one of three Tigers tied for No. 9 in the nation.

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 9 goals and has points in six of his last seven games with 9 total points (6g, 3a) in that span.
Manfre's 0.56 goals per game rank No. 6 in the ECAC and No. 23 in the country and his 1.00 points-per-game are No. 15 in the ECAC. He also has three GWGs which are tied for No. 9 in the nation.

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. 45 in Princeton's all-time scoring list with 70 points on 19 goals and 51 assists.

Jacobs has points in seven consecutive games, tallying 12 total points (4g, 8a) over that span which is tied for the 9th-longest point streak by a Tiger since 2002-03.

Jacobs has 14 assists overall in 16 games this season, ranking No. 2 in the ECAC in assists per game (0.88) and No. 11 in the country.

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.

Over his last seven games, Ezman has eight points (3g, 5a) with two GWGs and is coming off a two-assist night against RPI and a 1g, 1a night against Union.

His three GWGs this season rank No. 9 in the NCAA alongside Daniells and Manfre

THE ARTY PARTY
Arthur Smith was named honorable mention All-Ivy as a freshman in 2023-24 bolstered by a 5-1-0 record against Ivy opponents with a 2.26 GAA and a .926 save percentage. Over his career, Smith has earned two ECAC Goaltender of the Month awards, doing so in December of both 2023 and 2024. He is Princeton's most experienced netminder, with 40 career games played with a 17-16-3 record, two shutouts, a 2.92 GAA and a .898 save percentage. After missing nine games with injury, Smith returned to win both games over No. 9 Dartmouth and No. 18 Harvard with 58 saves on 64 shots (.906 sv%) and a 3.00 GAA for the weekend to earn ECAC Goaltender of the Week honors.

BETTER CALL CALLY
Conor Callaghan missed all of 2024-25 with injury, and returned this year to start eight games while Arthur Smith was injured. Over that span, Callaghan was 6-2-0 with a 2.60 GAA and earned ECAC Goaltender of the Month for December after posting a 3-0-0 record with a 1.63 GAA and .931 save percentage.

MA MAN
David Ma was fully healthy for the first time last season, playing in all 30 games and tallying 13 points (6g, 7a) with a pair of power-play goals to earn honorable mention All-Ivy honors. This came after missing all of 2023-24 with injury and parts of the previous two seasons as well. His 13 points in 30 games last year surpassed the 11 points he had in 35 games over parts of the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons. A puck-moving defenseman, Ma won a Clark Cup with the Chicago Steel in 2021 and played for Team USA at the 2019 Hlinka-Gretzky Cup.

Ma recorded an assist last weekend against Dartmouth to snap a streak of 13 games without a point dating back to the end of last season. His streak of games without a goal sits at 17 dating back to a tally against St. Lawrence on 2/28/25.

MARCIANO MAGIC
After tallying four total points (3g, 1a) in 48 games over his first two seasons, Nick Marciano set a career high in points last year with 14 (4g, 10a) in 30 games. Marciano has five points (2g, 3a) through 16 games this season but has three points (1g, 2a) over his last seven games.

SMILES FOR MILES
Miles Gunty played three seasons with the Youngstown Phantoms of the USHL, winning a championship in 2023 and serving as alternate captain during the 2023-24 season. He reached double digits in points as a rookie last season, registering 10 points (3g, 7a) in 29 games. Three of those points were assists in wins over Union and RPI in December earn ECAC Rookie of the Week honors.

GET TO KNOW GREAVO
Sophomore Kai Greaves is the younger brother of Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Jet Greaves who has played in 53 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 10 points -- all assists.