2016-172016-17 PRINCETON PRINCETON MEN’S MEN’S HOCKEY HOCKEY 6-7-1, 3-6-1 ECAC HOCKEY Princeton Athletic Communications Hockey Contact: Kristy McNeil GAMES 15 & 16 [email protected] - Office (609) 258-5655 - Cell (609) 712-1855 Friday, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. Hobey Baker Rink • Princeton, N.J. No. 19 EYE ON THE TIGERS Minnesota State Princeton has won six of its last seven games, including four wins over top-10 teams after starting (10-6-2, 7-5-2 WCHA) the season 0-6-1. Most recently the Tigers posted a 4-3 win over UMass, after trailing 3-1 in the third period and putting 56 shots on goal. Sophomore Max Véronneau sits atop the scoring column with 19 @PUHockey points on six goals and 13 assists. Fourteen of those points have come in the last five games, as he Live Video: http://www.ivyleaguedigitalnetwork.com has led the nation in scoring the last two weeks. Linemate Ryan Kuffner is right behind him with 13 Live Stats: http://sidearmstats.com/princeton/mhockey/ point son a team-best seven goals and six assists. Junior Eric Robinson also has seven goals while chipping in three assists. Junior David Hallisey adds 13 points, while freshman Jackson Cressey has 12. Sophomore Alex Riche, the center of the Véronneau-Kuffner line has 10 points on five goals and five assists. Sophomore Josh Teves has nine assists to pace the defenders. Senior Colton Phinney has started in all but one game for the Tigers. He has an .890 save percentage and a 3.55 goals against average. Junior Ben Halford earned a win at No. 10 Bemidji and has a .965 save percentage and a 1.48 GAA as the backup goaltender. SCOUTING THE MAVERICKS Minnesota State is 10-6-2 on the season and ranked No. 16 in the latest USCHO poll and receiving votes in the USA Today poll. The squad started off hot winning its first five and six of its first seven. Since then the Mavericks have not swept an opponent and are 4-4-2 since November. MSU ranks in the top 10 in scoring defense, limiting teams to just 2.28 goals per game - while scoring 3.17 gpg. Freshman Schedule and Results Marc Michaelis is the team’s leading scorer with 22 point son nine goals and 13 assists. Junior Brad McClure has eight goals and eight assists while C.J. Franklin (WPG) has six goals and nine assists. Oct. 28 at Michigan State................. L, 2-6 Daniel Brickley leads the blue liners in points with 15. Senior Michael Huntebrinker, freshman Ian Oct. 29 at USA Under 18 ..........W, 5-4 (OT) Scheid and junior Zeb Knutson are also in double figures. Senior Cole Huggins has started in 11 of 18 games in goal and has a .906 save percentage and a 2.15 GAA with a 7-3 record. Sophomore Jason Nov. 4 at St. Lawrence * ................. L, 0-4 Pawlowski is 3-3-2 with a .918 save percentage and a 2.18 GAA. Nov. 5 at Clarkson * ....................... L, 2-4 Nov. 11 No. 10 HARVARD * ..............L, 2-5 THE PRINCETON/MINNESOTA STATE SERIES Nov. 12 DARTMOUTH *.............T, 2-2 (OT) The series between Princeton and Minnesota State is tied at 2-2, with Princeton winning both games Nov. 18 at Colgate * .......................... L, 3-4 played at Hobey Baker Rink in 2006 and 2008. Minnesota State won games in Mankato in 2007 and 2014. The last time the teams met was on Dec. 12, 2014 when the Mavericks were ranked No. 2 in the Nov. 19 at Cornell * .......................... L, 2-4 nation and won 5-0 in the Game 1 before cancelling Game 2. Nov. 25 at No. 10 Bemidji ................ W, 4-1 Nov. 26 at No. 10 Bemidji ................ W, 3-1 IT’S JUST A NUMBER Dec. 2 No. 18 UNION * ...................L, 3-7 Princeton swept to top-10 teams this season, No. 10 Bemidji and No. 7 Quinnipiac. They mark just Dec. 3 RENSSELAER * ......... W, 6-5 (OT) the second and third times that Princeton had back-to-back wins over ranked teams. The first was in Dec. 9 No. 7 QUINNIPIAC * ...........W, 5-3 2008 when the Tigers beat No. 17 Minnesota State and No. 16 Nebraska-Omaha at Hobey Baker Rink. Dec. 10 at No. 7 Quinnipiac * .......... W, 4-1 STREAKERS Dec. 13 UMASS ..............................W, 4-3 Sophomore Ryan Kuffner scored a goal in four straight games, between Dec 2-10. He is the first player to Dec. 16 No. 19 MINNESOTA ST ....... 7 p.m. accomplish that feat since Matt Arhontas did so during the 2010-11 season. Junior David Hallisey had a Dec. 17 No. 19 MINNESOTA ST ....... 7 p.m. nine-game point scoring streak between Nov. 11-Dec. 9, totaling 13 points in those nine games (5-8-13). Jan. 6 at Dartmouth * ....................7 p.m. NCAA TAKE NOTICE Jan. 7 at Harvard * .........................7 p.m. Matt Nelson’s goal against No. 7 Quinnipiac was tabbed the #3 NCAA Ice Hockey Play of the Week Jan. 13 CORNELL * ........................ 7 p.m. on Dec. 13. The NCAA also tabbed Max Véronneau as the first star of the week on Dec. 13, one week Jan. 14 COLGATE * ......................... 7 p.m. after he was the third star. Jan. 28 vs. Penn State ^ ...................7 p.m. LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE BOYS Feb. 3 at Yale * ................................7 p.m. Princeton was named College Hockey News Team of the Week on Dec. 14. “Its current streak — the Feb. 4 at Brown * ...........................7 p.m. Tigers are winners of six of the last seven, including a road sweep at Bemidji State and a home-and- Feb. 10 ST. LAWRENCE * ............... 7 p.m. home sweep of Quinnipiac — is not a fluke. And after topping off this run with a come-from-behind win Feb. 11 CLARKSON *...................... 7 p.m. over Massachusetts on Tuesday (a team in year one of its own rebuilding plan), Princeton has earned Feb. 17 at Rensselaer * ...................7 p.m. CHN Team of the Week honors.” Feb. 18 at Union *.............................7 p.m. TAKE TWO Feb. 24 BROWN * ........................... 7 p.m. Max Véronneau and Colton Phinney were named ECAC Player and Goalie of the Week, on Dec. 13. Feb. 25 YALE * ............................... 7 p.m. For the second consecutive week, Véronneau led the nation in scoring with six points. Not only did he score two goals and earn four assists but they came against the No. 7 ranked-team Quinnipiac as * ECAC Hockey games ^ Wells Fargo Center Princeton posted a sweep of its travel partner. Véronneau finished with a +5 on-ice rating. On Friday night in a 5-3 win at Hobey Baker Rink, Véronneau assisted on three goals. On Saturday he scored 1 2016-17 PRINCETON MEN’S HOCKEY Princeton Roster No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. S/C DOB Hometown/Last Team (League) Pronunciation 2 Marlon Sabo Sr. D 6-4 210 R 2/24/94 Surrey, B.C./Alberni Valley (BCHL) saah-bo 4 Josh Teves So. D 6-0 180 L 2/18/95 Calgary, Alb./Merritt (BCHL) tev-viss 5 Hayden Anderson Sr. D 6-0 200 R 9/27/94 Edina, Minn./Edina High 6 Matt Nelson Jr. D 6-0 200 R 8/4/94 Edina, Minn./Omaha (USHL) 7 Liam Grande Fr. F 5-10 185 R 5/7/96 Whitby, Ont./Cobourg (OJHL) 8 Max Becker Jr. F 5-10 175 R 7/7/95 Orange, Calif./Salmon Arm (BCHL) 9 Joey Fallon Fr. F 5-7 175 R 12/26/96 West Islip, N.Y./Lone Star (NAHL) 10 Jackson Cressey Fr. F 6-0 180 R 1/22/96 West Vancouver, B.C./Coquitlam (BCHL) 11 Alex Riche So. F 6-0 190 R 7/28/96 Oakville, Ont./Cobourg (OJHL) rich 12 Jordan Fogarty Fr. F 5-8 180 R 11/3/95 Sarnia, Ont./Sarnia (GOJHL) 13 Spencer Kryczka So. F 6-2 215 L 3/13/95 Calgary, Alb./Camrose (AJHL) chris-kuh 14 Ryan Berlin Jr. F 6-2 205 L 2/10/94 Edmonton, Alb./Whitecourt (AJHL) 15 Max Véronneau So. F 6-0 180 R 12/12/95 Ottawa, Ont./Gloucester (CCHL) veron-no 16 David Hallisey Jr. F 5-10 180 R 8/18/94 Wethersfield, Conn./Islanders (USPHL) hall-a-sea 17 Garrett Skrbich Sr. F 6-0 193 L 4/17/93 Hermantown, Minn./Cowichan Valley (BCHL) scurr-bick 18 Eric Robinson Jr. F 6-2 200 L 6/14/95 Bellmawr, N.J./Dubuque (USHL) 20 Stuart Pomeroy Jr. D 6-2 210 R 2/5/95 Glenville, Ill./Amarillo (NAHL) 21 Ryan Kuffner So. F 6-1 195 L 6/12/96 Ottawa, Ont./Gloucester (CCHL) 22 Ben Foster Sr. F 6-1 200 L 3/27/93 Darien, Conn./Tri-City (USHL) 24 Quin Pompi Sr. D 6-2 187 R 9/21/94 Springfield, Pa./Berkshire School pomp-E 25 Tommy Davis Sr. D 6-2 185 R 9/4/93 Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J./Youngstown (USHL) 26 Ryan Siiro Sr. F 6-2 220 R 2/12/93 Bloomington, Minn./Sioux Falls (USHL) sear-oh 27 Joe Grabowski Jr. D 6-3 210 R 9/1/94 Lawrenceville, N.J./Amarillo (NAHL) grab-OW-ski 28 Derek Topatigh Fr. D 5-11 185 R 3/7/97 Mississauga, Ont./Orangeville (OJHL) 31 Austin Shaw So. G 6-4 215 R 6/20/96 Denver, Colo./Wichita Falls (NAHL) 33 Colton Phinney Sr.