Mar 23, 2008

Princeton Faces North Dakota in NCAA Championship

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PRINCETON, NJ -- The 2008 ECAC Hockey Tournament Champion Princeton Tigers will make their second NCAA Tournament appearance next weekend when they take on North Dakota in the Madison Regional. The 15th-ranked Tigers punched their ticket to the NCAAs with a 4-1 win over Harvard in the Bank of America ECAC Hockey Championship title game last night in Albany.

Princeton will head to the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., where it will be the fourth seed and take on the region's top seed, North Dakota. The other game at the regional will feature Denver and Wisconsin. The Madison Regional is a Saturday/Sunday Regional and Princeton's game will start at 3 p.m. eastern.

The other three Regionals will take place in Albany, N.Y., Colorado Springs, Colo., and Worcester, Mass. Princeton faced two other tournament teams this season in Clarkson and Notre Dame. The Tigers were swept by both teams. Clarkson is in the Albany Regional and will take on St. Cloud State, while Notre Dame is in the Colorado Springs Regional and is paired with New Hampshire.

Princeton is making its second NCAA Tournament Appearance. The Tigers last played in the NCAA Tournament in 1998 when Princeton lost in the first round to the eventual tournament champion Michigan.

Princeton and North Dakota have met twice with games coming in 2000 and 2003. The 2000 meeting came in a tournament hosted by Wisconsin in Milwaukee and North Dakota took that game 5-4 on a day that Princeton netminder Nate Nomeland made 60 saves. North Dakota took the other meeting 5-2 in the first game of the 2002-03 season at Hobey Baker Rink.

Saturday's game will air on ESPNU tape delayed as well as other regional sports networks, which will be announced later this week.

COACHING STAFF
Head Coach: Guy Gadowsky
Office Phone: 609/258-6616
Office Fax: 609/258-6676
Email: gadowsky@princeton.edu
Assistant Coaches: Keith Fisher, Matt Lindsay and Neil Little
Athletic Trainer: John Furtado
Equipment Manager: Mark Mills

SPORTS INFORMATION
Communications Assistant: Yariv Amir
Phone: 609/258-5701
Fax: 609/258-2399
Email: yamir@princeton.edu
Location: Princeton, New Jersey
Enrollment: 4,600
Nickname: Tigers
Founded: 1746
Colors: Orange and Black

President: Shirley Tilghman
Athletics Director: Gary Walters
Athletic Dept. Phone: 609/258-3535
Athletic Dept. Fax: 609/258-4477


Home Arena: Baker Rink
Capacity: 2,092
Rink Size: 200 by 80