Men's Hockey Denied By No. 5/5 Quinnipiac, 4-1

Sunday, February 15

Princeton, N.J.

4:00 PM

Princeton University

14-11-1, 10-8-0

No. 5/5 Quinnipiac

24-5-3, 15-2-1

Quinnipiac

Princeton

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

February 15, 2026 | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

For the second night in a row, Princeton was unable to mount a third-period rally and a 2-1 deficit become a 4-1 final as the Tigers lost to No. 5/5 Quinnipiac.

David Ma scored for the Tigers with assists to Luc Pelletier and Jake Manfre.

Ma Makes It Even!

David Ma ties it up 1-1 against Quinnipiac!@ecachockey | @NCAAIceHockey | @TeamECH pic.twitter.com/UuMlr6hNqQ
— Princeton Men's Ice Hockey (@princetonhockey) February 15, 2026

Ethan Wyttenbach and Matthew McGroarty each had a goal and an assist for the Bobcats.

Arthur Smith made 21 saves for Princeton while Dylan Silverstein also had 21 for the Bobcats.

Both teams were 3-for-4 on the penalty kill, including a full five-minute major killed by the Tigers.

After a scoreless first period, Quinnipiac opened the scoring 3:12 into the second via a Matthew McGroarty goal that picked the top corner off a Bobcat rush in transition.

The Tigers answered just under two minutes later via a power-play goal from David Ma that started with a gritty effort from Luc Pelletier to fight for a faceoff win and funnel a feed to Ma at the point where he quickly roofed home his third goal of the season at the 5:10 mark of the second.

Alex Power would give the Bobcats back the lead with a nice deflection of a Nate Tivey shot 6:27 into the period, sneaking free in the high slot and getting a stick on a puck waist-high and redirecting it through Smith's pads.

The Bobcats applied pressure throughout the first half of the third period, eventually drawing a Princeton penalty and capitalizing when Antonin Verreault clanged a wrister off the far post and in to give Quinnipiac a 3-1 lead with 11:00 to play in the third.

The Tigers pulled their goalie with just over three minutes to play, and Wyttenbach fired a shot three-quarters of the length of the ice to provide the final insurance tally for the Bobcats.

Princeton had a chance to find a rally immediately afrter that goal as Wyttenbach was called for an unsportsmanline conduct penalty during his celebration and the Bobcats' bench was then whistled for a second unsportsmanlike conduct penalty to give the Tigers a 5-on-3 3 with 3:09 to play but Princeton was unable to find the back of the net.

The Tigers host Colgate (February 20) and Cornell (February 21) at Hobey Baker Rink for a pair of 7 p.m. puckdrops to conclude the home portion of the regular season.