October 29, 2008

Season Outlook: Princeton Looks to Continue Steady Climb

The following article appeared October 29 on the Princeton Web site.

 

The Princeton men’s hockey team enters the 2008-09 season off of the heels of the best season in the 104-year history of the sport at Princeton. The 2007-08 Tigers set a program record for wins in a season with 21 and captured the ECAC Hockey championship. Princeton finished second in the ECAC regular season standings, its highest finish in 47 years of league membership, and won the league tournament for the second time and the first time since 1998.

Princeton’s successful season was the next step in a steady climb for the program since fifth-year head coach Guy Gadowsky took the reins beginning with the 2004-05 campaign. Princeton’s record and league finish has improved in each season, and the Tigers have now hosted playoff series in two consecutive seasons, after hosting a playoff series just once prior.

Princeton’s season had many highlights, from picking up its first win at Cornell in 13 tries to a 5-2 triumph over Dartmouth in a nationally televised game on ESPNU from Hobey Baker Rink. The Tigers won six straight games in the month of January and had a stretch where they won 12 of 14 games late in the season. Princeton had a dramatic win at home against Harvard when junior Kevin Kaiser scored in the closing minutes, and the Tigers scored a season-high seven goals at home against Colgate. Princeton clinched the Ivy League title with a win at Dartmouth in February and locked up a top-two finish in the ECAC standings with a win over Cornell late in the season.

Complete article can be accessed via the Princeton Web site by clicking here.