Princeton to Open Playoff Run Against Tough St. Lawrence Side
The following article appeared in the March 4 issue of the Daily Princetonian.
By ERIC LEVENSON
ASSOCIATE EDITOR FOR SPORTS
Last weekend, fans at Baker Rink watched the women’s hockey team lose in a first-round playoff series. Tonight, the men’s hockey team will try to defend their home ice as they host a first-round ECAC Hockey playoff game against St. Lawrence in a best-of-three series.
This is the fifth straight season that Princeton has hosted a playoff series. Last season, the Tigers (16-11-2 overall, 11-9-2 ECAC Hockey) welcomed Harvard to Baker Rink but lost twice to end their season. Princeton is hoping to turn back the clock to two seasons ago, when they played all the way to an NCAA playoffs berth. That year, a 2-2 tie to St. Lawrence gave the Tigers an at-large bid to the 16-team tournament.
Sixth-seeded Princeton has already beaten the 11th-seeded Saints (10-19-5, 6-15-1) twice this season, winning bouts by scores of 5-1 in early December and 5-3 at the end of January.
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