February 26, 2009

Team Notes: Princeton Hosts Rensselaer in Quarterfinals Action

The following article appeared February 25 on the Princeton Web site.

 

The ninth-ranked Princeton women’s hockey team beings its quest for an ECAC tournament championship this weekend when it hosts a best-of-three quarterfinals series with Rensselaer. The games are scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday night and 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Admission to all three games is free of charge.

The entire ECAC Hockey postseason will be video streamed through B2 Networks. Tournament coverage begins Friday, February 27 with live broadcasts of all four women’s quarterfinals games and continues throughout the championship weekend. Individual tournament games can be purchased for $8 with Championship Round passes available for $20. Click here for more information.

Princeton gained ground in the ECAC standings over the final weeks of the season, climbing to third in the standings from sixth, where it sat three weeks ago, for its highest finish since the 2005-06 season when the Tigers were second. Princeton has now finished third in the standings on three occasions with the previous two coming in the 1994-95 and 2002-03 seasons.

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