Princeton Set to Open Play at Hobey Baker Rink
The following article appeared in October 21 issue of the Daily Princetonian.
By SHAYAN RAKHIT
STAFF WRITER
The women’s hockey team takes the ice for the first time this season, opening up the 2011-12 campaign at home this weekend. The Tigers will start against Northeastern (4-0) at Baker Rink on Friday, followed by another home contest on Saturday against Niagara (2-5). Princeton will look for early success in the start of the new season, attempting to improve on last year’s 16-14-1 record and fourth-place league finish with a team that returns 82 percent of its point production.
The Tigers face a tough first opponent in Northeastern. The Huskies are 4-0 so far after sweeping a season-opening four-game homestand. Northeastern’s first weekend of play featured a 5-2 win over Syracuse that featured eight different point scorers, as well as a 5-0 drubbing of Colgate for Huskies netminder Florence Schelling’s first shutout of the season.
The following weekend, Northeastern pulled out a close win against Union after forward Casey Pickett’s go-ahead goal with six minutes to go. The next day, the Huskies faced their first deficit of the season when Quinnipiac went ahead 1-0 in the second period, but Northeastern equalized and posted two more scores in the third period for a 3-1 win. Colgate, Union and Quinnipiac are all fellow ECAC Hockey members along with Princeton.
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