Ben Foster

Photo by: Princeton Athletic Communications

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-1
Weight:
200
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Darien, Conn.
High School:
Choate Rosemary

NHL: Invited to the New York Rangers Development Camp in 2012 ... named by NHL Central Scouting "Players to Watch" list for the 2011 NHL draft.

Senior Year (2016-17): Played in 33 games and tallied four goal, two of which were game winners, and three assists for seven points … had 57 shots and 25 blocked shots … earned an assist in a 4-1 win at No. 10 Bemidji on Nov. 25 … tallied a goal in a 4-3 win over UMass on Dec. 13 … net the game-winning goal over No. 19 Minnesota State on Dec. 16 … scored the game winner against No. 4 Penn State at the Wells Fargo Center on Jan. 28 … had an assist at No. 7 Union on Feb. 18 … scored in a 7-2 win over Brown on Feb. 24 … net an assist in Game 1 of the ECAC quarterfinals at No. 6 Union.
Awards
• ECAC All-Academic Team

Junior Year (2015-16): Saw action in 29 games and had seven points on six goals and on assist ... took 56 shots ... scored an empty-net goal in a 3-1 win over Maine at the Capital City Classic on Oct. 31 ... scored at Cornell on Nov. 6, a 4-3 game ... tallied an assist in a 3-0 shutout of No. 20 Clarkson on Nov. 21 ... scored a power-play goal in a 4-2 win at Brown on Dec. 2 ... tallied a goal at Holy Cross on Jan. 2 ... notched the one goal in a 2-1 loss at Rensselaer on Feb. 20 ... scored in a 3-2 loss to Clarkson in Game 2 of the ECAC playoffs on March 5.
Awards
• ECAC All-Academic Team

Sophomore Year (2014-15): Played in all 30 games and finished second on the team in scoring ... collected 10 points on four goals and six assists ... had an assist in a 2-1 win over Cornell in the home opener ... scored a power-play goal at Rensselaer on Nov. 14 and had an assist the next night at Union ... tallied an unassisted, power-play goal in a 3-1 win over Michigan State on Nov. 28 ... had an assist vs. Harvard on Dec. 5 and Rensselaer on Jan. 10 ... had a goal and an assist in a 4-1 win over Army on Jan. 28 ... set up the game-tying goal at Brown on Jan. 31 ... scored against Yale on Feb. 21.
Awards
• ECAC All-Academic Team

Freshman Year (2013-14): Appeared in 23 games ... has seven points on two goal and five assists .. scored in his first career game vs. Dartmouth in the season opener ... had an assist against No. 7 Yale the next day ... assisted on a power-play goal vs. Yale on Nov. 8 ... set up Princeton’s second goal in a 3-2 loss to UNH at the Florida College Hockey Classic on Dec. 29 ... scored the second goal in a 3-2 win at Brown on Feb. 14 ... had an assist in Game 1 and Game 3 of the ECAC series at Clarkson.
Awards
• ECAC All-Academic Team

Before Princeton: A 2012 graduate of Choate Rosemary Hall ... played for both the Musekegon Lumberjacks and the Tri-City Storm in 2012-13 ... started the year with the Lumberjacks and played 43 games scoring 22 points on 14 goals and eight assists ... scored 17 points on eight goals and nine assists in 22 games with the Storm ... senior captain at Choate ... collected 117 career points in 80 games, with 47 goals and 70 assists ... all-time scoring leading at Choate .. named to the 2011-12 New England Prep All-Star Team ... guided the Wild Boars to the New England Large Prep School Championship in 2010 ... also lettered in golf at Choate.

Personal: Full name is Benjamin Ian Foster ... born March 27, 1993 ... parents are Neil Foster and Janet Eick ... has two younger brothers, Sebastian (Bowdoin '19) who plays hockey for the Polar Bears. and Gavin.

Season	Team	GP	G	A	Pts.	+/-	P-PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	HAT
2009-10	Choate Rosemary	28	7	16	23	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010-11	Choate Rosemary	25	15	23	38	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011-12	Choate Rosemary	27	25	31	56	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012-13	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)	43	14	8	22	-4	-24	-	-	-	-
	Tri-City Storm (USHL)	22	8	9	17	+9	-13	-	-	-	-
2013-14	Princeton	23	2	5	7	-6	5-10	0	0	0	0
2014-15	Princeton	30	4	6	10	-12	7-14	2	0	0	0
2015-16	Princeton	29	6	1	7	-16	4-8	1	0	0	0
2016-17	Princeton	33	4	3	7	-9	9-18	0	0	2	0
Career		115	16	15	31	-43	25-50	3	0	2	0

	Career Highs	Career Firsts	Multiple/Game
Goals	1, 16x MR vs Brown (2/24/17)	vs. Dartmouth (10/25/13)	0
Assists	1, 15x MR at Union (3/10/17)	vs. Yale (10/26/13)	0
Points	2 vs. Army (1/28/15)	G vs. Dartmouth (10/25/13)	1 (2 - 1x)