Men's Hockey Ventures To The North Country For ECAC Road Trip

Princeton at Clarkson | January 30 | 7 p.m.
Cheel Arena
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Princeton at St. Lawrence | January 31 | 7 p.m.
Appleton Arena
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LOOSE ENDS
Princeton is playing its 137th game all-time against Clarkson this weekend, and enters with a 37-92-7 record all-time against the Golden Knights and a 7-49-1 record at Clarkson. The last win for Princeton at Cheel Arena came in the last meeting at the barn, a 4-3 (OT) win for Princeton in the North Country against a Clarkson team that was ranked No. 19. Nick Marciano had a pair of power-play goals in the game, the second coming with 0:37 to play in OT. Princeton has won back-to-back meetings between the two teams, scoring a 4-3 win at Baker Rink on 11/22. Princeton has not won three in a row against the Saints since 11/22/08-11/7/09. Princeton has never won back-to-back games at Cheel Arena.

The Tigers enter the weekend 31-73-13 all-time against St. Lawrence and 12-38-4 at Appleton. Princeton is 3-0-2 against the Saints in their last five meetings, including a 7-4 win at Baker Rink on 11/21 that saw Kai Daniells score five times.

Last year's sweep of its North Country trip was Princeton's fifth all-time and first since 2011.

The Tigers rank No. 23 in the nation in Scoring Offense (3.20 goals-per-game) which is also No. 5 in the ECAC.

The Tigers rank No. 24 in the nation and No. 5 in the ECAC in Scoring Defense (2.65 goals allowed-per-game).

Princeton is No. 22 in the country in Scoring Margin, outscoring opponents by an average of 0.55 goals-per-game.

The Tigers are 28-for-32 (87.5%) on the penalty kill over their last 11 games (6-4-1 record) and had killed off 18 consecutive penalties at one point in that stretch. That run has improved their overall PK% to 79.4% after starting the year at 72.2 through nine games.

Princeton is 8-for-34 (23.5%) on the power play over its last 11 games after starting the season 3-for-24 (12.5%) through nine games.

Princeton has scored 4+ goals in nine of 90 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.

HOT HANDS
Kai Daniells (11g, 10a) has points in eight of his last 15 games but is without a point in his last five. Overall this season, he has at least one point in 10 of 20 games and eight of those games have been multi-point efforts. He has five games with three or more points.

Jake Manfre had a six-game point streak from 12/5-1/9 and now has points in 8 of his last 11 games (8g, 3a).

David Jacobs (5g, 8a) has 13 points over his last 11 games which included a seven-game point streak that was snapped at Cornell. Overall this season, he has points in 12 of 20 games (5g, 14a).

Jaxson Ezman has points in seven of his last 11 games (4g, 6a) 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 as 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 110 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 0.45 goals-per-game are No. 11 in the ECAC.

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 20 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. 15 in the nation in points-per-game (1.25) and No. 8 in goals-per-game (0.65).

He has three game-winning goals this season, one of three Tigers tied for No. 12 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 11 goals and has points in eight of his last 11 games with 11 total points (8g, 3a) in that span.

Manfre's 0.55 goals per game rank No. 5 in the ECAC and No. 21 in the country. He also has three GWGs which are tied for No. 12 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. 42 in Princeton's all-time scoring list with 72 points on 20 goals and 52 assists.

Jacobs had points in seven consecutive games before going without a point on the Cornell/Colgate trip, 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 20 games this season, ranking No. 8 in the ECAC in assists per game (0.70) and No. 33 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).

Already this year, he has a new career high in points with 16 (7g, 9a) in just 20 games.

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 11 games, Ezman has 10 points (4g, 6a) with two GWGs.

His three GWGs this season rank No. 12 in the NCAA alongside Daniells and Manfre.

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