Princeton Faces Pair of Ranked Opponents
The following article appeared in the November 18 issue of the Daily Princetonian.
By JEFF EPSTEIN
STAFF WRITER
The men’s hockey team will certainly have its hands full this weekend as it hits the road and takes on two nationally ranked conference opponents. On Friday, Princeton (2-4-1 overall, 2-3 ECAC Hockey) will battle No. 18 Cornell (3-2, 3-1) before finishing the series on Saturday against No. 17 Colgate (6-4-1, 2-2). It is still early in the conference season, but the Tigers can leap to the front of the pack with two victories this weekend.
Last year’s team found relative success against both Cornell and Colgate. The Tigers split the season series with the Big Red last season, with both games at a close 2-1 score. Colgate was not as lucky, as it dropped both games against Princeton last year by a one-goal margin.
Many of the Tiger players are familiar with both squads, as is first-year head coach Bob Prier, who was an assistant coach for a St. Lawrence team that went 3-1 last season against these two teams. Prier will try to extend that success against these two familiar teams in his search for career coaching victories three and four.
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