Men's Hockey Closes Non-Conference Slate At Bentley

Friday, January 23

Waltham, Mass.

7:00 PM

Princeton University

Bentley

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Men's Hockey Closes Non-Conference Slate At Bentley

January 23, 2026 | Men's Ice Hockey

Princeton at Bentley | January 23 | 7 p.m.
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Princeton at Bowling Green | November 29 | 6 p.m.
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LOOSE ENDS
The Tigers are 3-1-1 all-time against Bentley in a series that dates back to 2005. All-five previous meetings have taken place in New Jersey -- four at Hobey Baker Rink and another in West Orange -- this weekend marking the first-ever meetings between the two teams away from the Garden State.

Last year, Princeton swept a series at Baker Rink with wins of 3-1 and 1-0 (OT). Jaxson Ezman (two goals) and Jake Manfre had the goals in the 3-1 win, and Brendan Gorman had the OT winner in the finale.

The Tigers rank No. 16 in the nation in Scoring Offense (3.39 goals-per-game) which is also No. 5 in the ECAC.

The Tigers rank No. 23 in the nation in Scoring Defense (2.61 goals allowed-per-game) through 18 games.

Princeton is No. 17 in the country in Scoring Margin, outscoring opponents by an average of 0.78 goals-per-game.

The Tigers are 23-for-25 on the penalty kill over their last nine games (6-3-0 record) and had killed off 18 consecutive penalties before a Cornell PPG last Friday. That run has improved their overall PK% to 80.3% after starting the year at 72.2 through nine games.

Princeton is 6-for-26 (23.1%) on the power play over its last nine games after starting the season 3-for-24 (12.5%) through nine games.

Princeton has scored 4+ goals in nine of 18 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 reached as high as No. 18 in both the USCHO and USA Hockey rankings.

Princeton ranks No. 15 in the National Collegiate Percentage Index (NPI).

HOT HANDS
Kai Daniells (11g, 10a) has points in eight of his last 13 games. Overall this season, he has at least one point in 10 of 18 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 from 12/5-1/9 and has recorded at least one point in 12 of 18 games this season (9g, 7a).

David Jacobs (4g, 8a) had 12 points over a seven-game point streak that was snapped at Cornell. Overall this season, he has points in 11 of 18 games (4g, 14a).

Brendan Gorman (9g, 8a) has points in 13 of 18 games this season and goals in three of his last seven games.

Jaxson Ezman has points in six of his last nine games (4g, 5a) and had a four-point weekend against RPI and Union (1g, 3a).

SISON NAMED NOMINEE FOR HOCKEY HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Senior Jayden Sison has been named 1 of 12 nominees for the Hockey Humanitarian Award which is presented annually to college hockey's finest citizen — a student-athlete who makes significant contributions not only to his or her team but also to the
community-at-large through leadership in volunteerism.

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. 27 in scoring by a Princeton men's hockey player with 86 points (33g, 53a) in 108 games. He is one point away from tying for the No. 25 spot.

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

Gorman's 0.50 goals-per-game are No. 8 in the ECAC and No. 33 in the country.

His work this season has earned Gorman a nomination for the Hobey Baker Award fan vote.

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 19 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. 4 in the nation in points-per-game (1.39) and No. 7 in goals-per-game (0.72).

He has three game-winning goals this season, one of three Tigers tied for No. 11 in the nation.

Daniells has been nominated for the Hobey Baker Award fan voting for his work 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 9 goals and has points in six of his last nine games with 9 total points (6g, 3a) in that span.

Manfre's 0.50 goals per game rank No. 8 in the ECAC and No. 33 in the country. He also has three GWGs which are tied for No. 11 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. 43 in Princeton's all-time scoring list with 71 points on 19 goals and 52 assists.

Jacobs had points in seven consecutive games before going withut a point last weekend, tallying 12 total points (4g, 8a) over that span which was tied for the 9th-longest point streak by a Tiger since 2002-03.

Jacobs has 14 assists overall in 18 games this season, ranking No. 5 in the ECAC in assists per game (0.78) and No. 21 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 nine games, Ezman has nine points (4g, 5a) with two GWGs and is coming off a two-assist night against RPI and a 1g, 1a night against Union before scoring at Cornell last weekend.

His three GWGs this season rank No. 11 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 17-18-3 record, two shutouts, a 2.90 GAA and a .900 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.