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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton University
St. Lawrence
North Country Trip Ahead This Weekend for No. 8 Princeton
January 27, 2026 | Women's Ice Hockey
at St. Lawrence, Friday, 3 p.m. | ESPN+ | Int'l Video | Live Stats
at No. 11 Clarkson, Saturday, 2 p.m. |Â ESPN+ | Int'l Video | Live Stats
In the rankings: Princeton stands No. 8 in both the latest USCHO and the latest USA Hockey/The Rink Live national rankings. ECAC Hockey has five teams ranked in at least one of the two 15-team polls, in No. 5/5 Quinnipiac, No. 8/8 Princeton, No. 10/10 Yale, No. 11/11 Clarkson and No. 12/12 Cornell.
Princeton in the polls: Princeton has been in the top 10 each week since Dec. 8-9, peaking at No. 7 in both polls Jan. 19-20, 2026.
ECAC & Ivy Standings: Quinnipiac climbed past Princeton and atop the ECAC Hockey standings by a half a point, 35.5 to 35, which is where both Princeton and Clarkson are. Yale is in the fourth the last first-round bye spot, at 30 points, with Cornell fifth at 28.5. In the Ivy, Cornell leads with 18 points (eight games played), with Yale (17 points, nine games played) next and Princeton (13 points, six games played) third. Princeton can win its way to an Ivy title over the two February weekends, as if it sweeps Harvard, Dartmouth, Yale and Brown, it will end with 25 Ivy standings points, one more than Cornell can achieve if it sweeps Harvard and Dartmouth in its final two Ivy games this weekend. Â
Against St. Lawrence and Clarkson: Until last weekend, the Nov. 8 game against St. Lawrence was the last time Princeton lost a game. The team had two tight games against the North Country opponents at Baker Rink that weekend. Riley Sorokan had the OT game-winner 53 seconds into the OT against Clarkson as Holly Gruber made 26 stops for the Golden Knights and Uma Corniea had 24 stops in the 1-0Â shutout win. The next day, an Alexa Davis goal 3:31 into the second period was the only one in the Saints' 1-0 win as Emma-Sofie Nordström made all 45 saves and Corniea stopped 30 of 31. Princeton holds a 38-37-4 all-time lead in the series with St. Lawrence and 19-16-2 in Canton. The Saints have won the last five in the series, with Princeton's last win coming in 2022 at Baker. In Canton, St. Lawrence has won the last four since Princeton's last win there in 2020. Against Clarkson, the Golden Knights lead 29-18-3 overall and 14-9-2 in Potsdam. Princeton's win broke a 9-0-1 run for Clarkson in the series since Princeton's last win, in the 2020 ECAC semifinals at Cornell. In Potsdam, Princeton tied last season, but Princeton's last road win in the series was in 2013, and the Golden Knights are 12-0-2 against the Tigers in Potsdam since.
Stat Rankings: Entering the week, Princeton ranked sixth in the nation in team GAA (1.683), sixth in team shutouts (six), seventh in scoring defense (1.70), seventh in scoring margin (1.74), seventh in scoring offense (3.43), seventh in winning percentage (.739), and 10th in total goals (79). Individually, Issy Wunder ranked first in the nation in game-winning goals (six), fourth in goals per game (0.91), and 12th in points per game (1.52). Mackenzie Alexander was sixth in goals per game (0.83), 10th in points per game (1.57), 10th in power-play goals (five), and 18th in assists per game (0.74).Â
Between the pipes: Entering the week, Uma Corniea ranked 12th in the nation in shutouts (three), 14th in winning percentage (.625), 15th in GAA (1.942), and 21st in save percentage (.928). Corniea has played 958 of the team's 1,390 minutes, with Taylor Hyland playing 302 and Lia Nevo 120.Â
Milestone ahead: Senior Emerson O'Leary enters the weekend sitting on 98 career points. With two more, she'll join classmate Issy Wunder as the only active Tigers with 100 (Wunder enters the weekend at 138). The next-closest Tiger is Mackenzie Alexander, who's got 82 career points and is only in her sophomore season. Over the past decade, just five Tigers have reached 100 points, including Sarah Fillier '24 (194), Carly Bullock '20 (159), Maggie Connors '23 (145), Wunder, and Karlie Lund '19 (131).
Team records in sight: At 17 wins, Princeton has the chance to climb its all-time wins list. There have been seven 20-win seasons in program history, and there's been one season with more than 22 wins, when the Tigers won 26 in 2019-20. The team has allowed 39 goals this season, and while the program record is 39, set in 1979-80, the team's low goals allowed going back to 2000 has been 57 in 2019-20 and 2005-06. The team already has six shutouts, and the record is eight, set in 2002-03.Â
Wunder climbs the list: WIth 64 career goals, Issy Wunder is 16th on Princeton's career list. Immediately ahead of her are Mandy Pfeiffer '97 and Alison Coughlin '99 at 69 goals. Among those to play for the Tigers since 2000, Wunder has the fifth-highest total, behind Carly Bullock '20 (95), Sarah Fillier '24 (93), Gretchen Anderson '04 (87) and Maggie Connors '23 (78). There have been only 16 25-goal seasons in program history and only seven of those have come since 2000, with Wunder already having one of those, with last year's 26-goal season. Wunder has 21 goals this season, and only three players in program history have two 25-goal seasons, with none of those players having played since 2000. Kelly O'Dell '84, Karen Chernisky '95, and Mollie Marcoux '91 are the three players with at least two 25-goal seasons. Wunder's 74 career assists have her 11th on Princeton's career list with just four of those in front of her having played since 2000 in Fillier (101), Andrea Kilbourne '03 (94), Kim Pearce '07 (77) and Karlie Lund '19 (76). Immediately in front of her are teammate Emerson O'Leary and Karen Chernisky '97, each at 75 helpers. Right in front of O'Leary is Lund's 76, Pearce's 77 and Laura Halldorson '85 at 83.
Picard at U-18 Worlds: Princeton assistant coach Shelly Picard was on the Team USA staff at the U-18 World Championships in Nova Scotia that wrapped up Jan. 18 with Team USA winning gold. The team went 3-0 in group play, defeating Slovakia, Czechia and Finland by a combined 36-1. The quarterfinals saw Team USA rout Hungary 9-0, followed by a 9-1 win over Sweden in the semis. setting up the gold-medal game against Canada, which Team USA won 2-0. Picard was an assistant coach with Team USA at the event in 2024 and 2025, helping the U.S. to gold in '24 and silver in '25. As a player, Picard helped Team USA to gold in 2011 as team captain and silver in 2010. While the U.S. and Canada have combined to win 33 of the 36 gold and silver medals since the event began in 2008, the three other occasions have been in recent years, when Sweden won silver in 2018 and 2023, and Czechia won silver in 2024.
What's next: Princeton will head back on the road next weekend, going to Dartmouth and Harvard.
