Princeton University Athletics
Men's Hockey Opens 2015-16 at the Capital City Classic
| Game 1: Princeton vs. Yale |
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| Gametime | Friday, Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m. / Sun Bank Center l Tickets |
| Game Coverage | Live Video l Live Stats |
| Twitter: @PUTigers_Live | |
| Series Info | Record: Yale leads 136-103-10 (began 1/19/1901) |
| Streak: Yale 4 wins |
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| Records | Princeton (0-0); Yale (0-0) |
| Princeton | Roster l Schedule l Stats l @PUhockey l Game Notes |
| Yale |
Roster l Schedule l Stats l @Yale_Hockey |
| Game 2: Princeton vs. Maine/UMass |
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| Gametime | Saturday, Oct. 31 at 4:30 or 7:30 p.m. / Sun Bank Center l Tickets |
| Game Coverage | Live Video l Live Stats |
| Twitter: @PUTigers_Live |
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| Series Info | Record: Maine leads Princeton 6-4-1 (began 1/5/78) |
| Record: Princeton leads UMass 5-4 (began 1/4/1915) |
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| Records | Princeton (0-0); Maine (0-2-3); UMass (3-0-1) |
| Princeton | Roster l Schedule l Stats l @PUhockey |
| Maine |
Roster l Schedule l Stats l @MaineIceHockey |
| UMass | Roster l Schedule l Stats l @UmassHockey |
PRINCETON, N.J. (10/29/15) - The Princeton men's hockey team opens the 2015-16 season at the Capital City Classic in nearby Trenton this weekend.The Tigers face Yale in the season opener on Friday, Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m., in a non-conference title as the Ivy League teams begin play this weekend.
CAPITAL CITY CLASSICPrinceton hosted the last two season-opening tournaments at the Liberty Hockey Invitational at the Prudential Center in Newark. The year the tournament moves closer to home, to the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, and re-named the Capital City Classic. This year’s tournament features Yale, Maine and UMass.
EYE ON THE TIGERS
Princeton begins its second season under the tutelage of Ron Fogarty and his coaching staff. The Tigers graduated six seniors, but brought in six newcomers to replace them, and have 21 letterwinners back for the 2015-16 season. Princeton returns its top three scorers from last year in senior Jonathan Liau, junior Ben Foster and senior co-captain Kyle Rankin. Liau had 14 points on four goals and 10 assists, while Foster and Rankin had 10 points apiece. Co-captain Mike Ambrosia will be looked at for major point production as well. Junior Colton Phinney will be the backbone on the opposite end of the ice. He has started in 47 games already as he enters his junior year. Last year he posted a .910 save percentage and a 3.08 goals against average.
SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
Yale lost seven players to graduation and return 21 lettermen from a team that went 18-10-5 overall closing out the season at the NCAA Northeast Regional semifinal in a 3-2 overtime loss to Boston University. Finishing third in the ECAC, the Bulldogs lost their three-game ECAC quarterfinal series to Harvard. With eight seniors on this year’s squad, Yale has experience and leadership. The team returns its top-eight scorers from last year which includes leading scorer junior Frankie DiChiara. He has 23 points on nine goals and 14 assists. Junior Mike Doherty had a team-best 12 goals and added nine assists for 21 points, while All-America Rob O’Gara (BOS) matched the 21 points to pace the blueliners in scoring. First-team All-America Alex Lyon led the nation in goals against average with a 1.62 and save percentage with a .939 and is back for his junior season.
THE PRINCETON/YALE SERIES
Princeton and Yale are meeting for the 253rd time on Friday. The rivalry began back on January 19, 1901 and has since gone to lead Yale to a 138-103-10 advantage in the series. The Bulldogs are on a seven-game unbeaten streak that includes six wins. Princeton’s last win came during the 2012 ECAC first-round series, a series Yale went on to win two games to one. On neutral ice Princeton has an advantage winning 27 games for a 27-24-4 record.