Princeton Looks to Soothe the Pain
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The following article appeared November 19 on the College Hockey News (CHN) Web site.
by Eben Novy-Williams
CHN Reporter
PRINCETON, N.J. — It would be difficult to script a
season’s ending more devastating than the one that met the
Princeton Tigers last season -- a script also used by Miami in the
national championship game.
Up 4-2 with less than a minute remaining in their NCAA
quarterfinals matchup against Minnesota-Duluth, the Tigers
surrendered a pair of goals just thirty-nine seconds apart, the
second of which coming with less than a second on the clock.
The stunned Princeton squad gave up a power play goal 13:19 into
the first overtime and the season abruptly ended. It was not the
Tigers’ first gut-wrenching loss of the year – in their
ECAC Hockey semifinals overtime loss to Cornell a week earlier the
Tigers gave up a game-tying goal to Cornell with 0:25 remaining in
the third – but it was undoubtedly the most painful.
Particularly for a program making just its third trip to the NCAA
without a win, and where such opportunities do not come around
every year.
Complete article can be accessed via the CHN Web site by clicking here.
