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2023–24 Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey season

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2023–24 Princeton Tigers
men's ice hockey season
ConferenceT–9th ECAC Hockey
Home iceHobey Baker Memorial Rink
Rankings
USCHONR
USA HockeyNR
Record
Overall10–16–4
Conference8–11–3
Home5–5–3
Road5–11–1
Coaches and captains
Head coachRon Fogarty
Assistant coachesTommy Davis
Shane Talarico
Captain(s)Ian Murphy
Alternate captain(s)Adam Robbins
Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey seasons
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Lynden Grandberg (Brown) and Kai Daniells and David Jacobs

The 2023–24 Princeton Tigers Men's ice hockey season was the 121st season of play for the program and the 62nd in ECAC Hockey. The Tigers represented Princeton University, played their home games at the Hobey Baker Memorial Rink and were coached by Ron Fogarty in his 9th season.

Season

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Princeton had a decent start to its season, seeing consistent scoring in the first three weeks. With a winning record as they approached Thanksgiving, which included a win over a ranked Cornell squad, the Tigers looked better than they had in years. The only apparent issue at this time was in goal as the team had already started three separate netminders with none of them playing particularly well. By December, Arthur Smith assumed the lead role but that was as much a function of how poorly Ethan Pearson had played as anything else.

When the Tigers began the second half of their season, they had a winning record but had played mostly subpar teams. Their record was set to be tested as they would play five consecutive games against ranked opponents. Unfortunately for Princeton, they did not fare well. The offense struggled to score, averaging less than two goals per in that stretch, while the defense collapsed. The Tigers' goal crease came under siege, seeing at least 35 shots in four of those matches and the inadequate goaltending was fully exposed. Even after the team passed through the gauntlet, the goals against continued to mount; Princeton allowed at least 3 goals in every game for a month and a half. Though the offense recovered slightly once they started playing weaker opponents once more, the Tigers still went 2–9 in that stretch and tumbled down the conference standings. By the end of February the team had not only abandoned any hope of earning a bye into the quarterfinal round but they were barely clinging onto a home game in the first round. Ending the year with two losses knocked them down to 9th and forced them to travel to Boston for their playoff opener.

Princeton largely outplayed Harvard in the match, outshooting the Crimson by 21 while taking only a single penalty. Unfortunately, the Tigers picked the worst time to stop scoring and the single goal allowed by Smith was all that Harvard needed to end the Tigers' season.

After getting knocked out of the postseason, Princeton's athletic director, John Mack, announced that Ron Fogarty would not be returning as head coach.[1]

Departures

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Player Position Nationality Cause
Benjamin Crewe Goaltender  United States Returned to club team
Liam Gorman Forward  United States Graduate transfer to Massachusetts
Matthew Hayami Forward  Canada Graduation (retired)
Spencer Kersten Forward  Canada Graduate transfer to Bowling Green
Aidan Porter Goaltender  United States Graduation (retired)
Pito Walton Defenseman  United States Graduation (retired)

Recruiting

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Player Position Nationality Age Notes
Carson Buydens Forward  Canada 19 Gladstone, MB
Conor Callaghan Goaltender  United States 20 Upper Saddle River, NJ
Kai Daniells Forward  Canada 20 Whistler, BC
Ian Devlin Defenseman  United States 21 Memphis, TN
Josh Karnish Forward  United States 20 Marlton, NJ
Arthur Smith Goaltender  United States 19 Farmington, CT
Michael Young Forward  United States 21 Kings Park, NY

Roster

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As of August 2, 2023.[2]

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
1 Connecticut Arthur Smith Freshman G 6' 4" (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 2004-04-30 Farmington, Connecticut Lone Star (NAHL)
3 Massachusetts Mike Kennedy Senior D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2000-07-17 Holyoke, Massachusetts Nanaimo (BCHL)
4 New York (state) David Ma Junior D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2002-06-22 Yonkers, New York Chicago (USHL)
6 Ontario Ian Devlin Freshman D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 2002-01-07 Toronto, Ontario Coquitlam (BCHL)
7 New Jersey Nick Carabin Senior D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2000-04-30 Mahwah, New Jersey Coquitlam (BCHL)
8 Massachusetts Tyler Rubin Sophomore D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2003-01-10 Natick, Massachusetts West Kelowna (BCHL)
9 British Columbia MacKenzie Merriman Senior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2000-04-14 White Rock, British Columbia Nanaimo (BCHL)
10 New Jersey Alex Konovalov Junior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2000-11-12 Basking Ridge, New Jersey Lone Star (NAHL)
11 Pennsylvania Jayden Sison Sophomore F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2003-01-27 Paoli, Pennsylvania Coquitlam (BCHL)
12 Massachusetts Ian Murphy (C) Junior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 176 lb (80 kg) 1999-04-06 Scituate, Massachusetts Tri-City (USHL)
13 New York (state) Nick Seitz Senior F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2000-01-18 Manhattan, New York New Jersey (NAHL)
14 Manitoba Carson Buydens Freshman F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2004-03-10 Gladstone, Manitoba North Iowa (BCHL)
16 Massachusetts Brendan Gorman Sophomore F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2003-02-17 Arlington, Massachusetts St. Sebastian's (USHS–MA)
17 New York (state) Adam Robbins (A) Senior F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 2000-04-12 New York, New York Chicago (USHL)
18 New Jersey Joshua Karnish Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2003-08-07 Marlton, New Jersey Cedar Rapids (USHL)
19 Massachusetts Jack Cronin Junior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2001-03-31 South Hamilton, Massachusetts Minnesota Magicians (NAHL)
20 Saskatchewan Kevin Anderson Sophomore F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2003-09-15 Regina, Saskatchewan Notre Dame (SJHL)
21 New York (state) Michael Young Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2002-08-28 Kings Park, New York New Jersey (NAHL)
22 Quebec Noah de la Durantaye Junior D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 2000-05-27 Montreal, Quebec Coquitlam (BCHL)
23 Texas Joe Berg Senior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-10-07 Plano, Texas Tri-City (USHL)
24 Massachusetts David Jacobs Sophomore F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2001-09-26 Needham, Massachusetts Cowichan Valley (BCHL)
25 Connecticut Nick Marciano Sophomore D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 2002-05-19 Greenwich, Connecticut Prince George (BCHL)
26 British Columbia Kai Daniells Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2003-03-07 Whistler, British Columbia Nanaimo (BCHL)
27 Wisconsin Jaxson Ezman Sophomore F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2002-12-22 Middleton, Wisconsin Dubuque (USHL)
28 British Columbia Brendan Wang Sophomore D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2002-02-08 Burnaby, British Columbia Fort McMurray (AJHL)
30 New Jersey Conor Callaghan Freshman G 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2003-03-02 Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey Muskegon (USHL)
31 New Brunswick Ethan Pearson Junior G 6' 2" (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2002-07-30 Fredericton, New Brunswick Mount St. Charles (Midget AAA)

Team photo

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Lineup of Princeton Tigers players
2023-2024 Princeton Tigers at Brown's Meehan Auditorium

Standings

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Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#6 Quinnipiac 22 17 4 1 0 2 0 54 99 39 39 27 10 2 160 79
#9 Cornell * 22 12 6 4 1 2 3 44 74 45 35 22 7 6 115 65
Colgate 22 13 7 2 2 2 2 43 85 68 36 16 16 4 120 112
Dartmouth 22 9 6 7 1 1 3 37 66 60 32 13 10 9 92 91
Clarkson 22 12 9 1 4 2 1 36 62 58 35 18 16 1 95 97
Union 22 9 10 3 1 1 2 32 75 75 37 16 18 3 123 121
St. Lawrence 22 8 10 4 1 1 1 29 49 64 39 14 19 6 90 118
Harvard 22 6 10 6 1 2 3 28 49 64 32 7 19 6 70 106
Princeton 22 8 11 3 4 0 2 25 70 90 30 10 16 4 89 114
Yale 22 7 13 2 1 2 1 25 46 57 30 10 18 2 63 91
Brown 22 6 14 2 2 3 1 22 43 69 30 8 19 3 61 98
Rensselaer 22 6 13 3 0 0 0 21 58 89 37 10 23 4 93 150
Championship: March 23, 2024
† indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Schedule and results

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Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Decision Result Attendance Record
Exhibition
October 24 5:00 pm at Toronto* Hobey Baker Memorial RinkPrinceton, New Jersey ESPN+ Smith W 4–2  468
Regular Season
November 3 7:00 pm at #19 Harvard Bright-Landry Hockey CenterBoston, Massachusetts ESPN+ Pearson T 4–4 SOW 150 0–0–1 (0–0–1)
November 4 7:00 pm at Dartmouth Thompson ArenaHanover, New Hampshire ESPN+ Smith L 4–5  2,839 0–1–1 (0–1–1)
November 10 7:00 pm Yale Hobey Baker Memorial RinkPrinceton, New Jersey ESPN+ Smith W 5–4 OT 1,802 1–1–1 (1–1–1)
November 11 7:00 pm Brown Hobey Baker Memorial RinkPrinceton, New Jersey ESPN+ Callaghan W 3–2 OT 1,553 2–1–1 (2–1–1)
November 17 7:00 pm Colgate Hobey Baker Memorial RinkPrinceton, New Jersey ESPN+ Callaghan L 3–6  2,040 2–2–1 (2–2–1)
November 18 7:00 pm #10 Cornell Hobey Baker Memorial RinkPrinceton, New Jersey ESPN+ Smith W 2–1 OT 2,500 3–2–1 (3–2–1)
November 24 7:00 pm at Ohio State* Value City ArenaColumbus, Ohio   Smith L 3–6  4,355 3–3–1
November 25 7:00 pm at Ohio State* Value City ArenaColumbus, Ohio   Pearson L 3–4  3,010 3–4–1
December 1 7:00 pm at Union Achilles RinkSchenectady, New York ESPN+ Pearson L 2–7  1,338 3–5–1 (3–3–1)
December 2 7:00 pm at Rensselaer Houston Field HouseTroy, New York ESPN+ Smith W 6–4  2,241 4–5–1 (4–3–1)
December 8 7:00 pm at Sacred Heart* Martire Family ArenaFairfield, Connecticut FloHockey Smith W 4–0  3,671 5–5–1
December 9 7:00 pm Sacred Heart* Hobey Baker Memorial RinkPrinceton, New Jersey ESPN+ Smith T 2–2 OT 2,153 5–5–2
December 30 7:00 pm Harvard Hobey Baker Memorial RinkPrinceton, New Jersey ESPN+ Smith W 5–2  2,453 6–5–2 (5–3–1)
January 5 7:00 pm at #17 New Hampshire* Whittemore CenterDurham, New Hampshire ESPN+ Smith L 2–5  4,190 6–6–2
January 6 4:00 pm at #17 New Hampshire* Whittemore CenterDurham, New Hampshire ESPN+ Smith L 1–3  4,449 6–7–2
January 12 7:00 pm at #5 Quinnipiac M&T Bank ArenaHamden, Connecticut ESPN+ Smith L 2–9  3,203 6–8–2 (5–4–1)
January 13 7:00 pm #5 Quinnipiac Hobey Baker Memorial RinkPrinceton, New Jersey ESPN+ Pearson L 1–3  2,453 6–9–2 (5–5–1)
January 19 7:00 pm at #14 Cornell Lynah RinkIthaca, New York ESPN+ Pearson L 2–6  4,181 6–10–2 (5–6–1)
January 20 7:00 pm at Colgate Class of 1965 ArenaHamilton, New York ESPN+ Smith L 3–6  908 6–11–2 (5–7–1)
January 30 7:00 pm Army* Hobey Baker Memorial RinkPrinceton, New Jersey ESPN+ Pearson W 4–3 OT 1,281 7–11–2
February 2 7:00 pm Dartmouth Hobey Baker Memorial RinkPrinceton, New Jersey ESPN+ Pearson L 1–5  1,593 7–12–2 (5–8–1)
February 9 7:00 pm at Clarkson Cheel ArenaPotsdam, New York ESPN+ Pearson L 2–4  2,477 7–13–2 (5–9–1)
February 10 7:00 pm at St. Lawrence Appleton ArenaCanton, New York ESPN+ Pearson W 5–4 OT 1,168 8–13–2 (6–9–1)
February 16 7:00 pm Rensselaer Hobey Baker Memorial RinkPrinceton, New Jersey ESPN+ Pearson L 3–4  1,098 8–14–2 (6–10–1)
February 17 7:00 pm Union Hobey Baker Memorial RinkPrinceton, New Jersey ESPN+ Smith T 2–2 SOW 1,196 8–14–3 (6–10–2)
February 23 7:00 pm at Yale Ingalls RinkNew Haven, Connecticut ESPN+ Smith W 4–1  2,774 9–14–3 (7–10–2)
February 24 7:00 pm at Brown Meehan AuditoriumProvidence, Rhode Island ESPN+ Smith W 5–1  895 10–14–3 (8–10–2)
March 1 7:00 pm St. Lawrence Hobey Baker Memorial RinkPrinceton, New Jersey ESPN+ Pearson T 4–4 SOL 1,258 10–14–4 (8–10–3)
March 2 7:00 pm Clarkson Hobey Baker Memorial RinkPrinceton, New Jersey ESPN+ Pearson L 2–6  1,059 10–15–4 (8–11–3)
ECAC Hockey Tournament
March 8 7:00 pm at Harvard* Bright-Landry Hockey CenterBoston, Massachusetts (First Round) ESPN+ Smith L 0–1  1,482 10–16–4
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.
Source:[3]

Scoring statistics

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Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Adam Robbins F 30 11 18 29 8
Brendan Gorman C 29 7 17 24 19
David Jacobs RW 30 7 17 24 18
Ian Murphy C/RW 25 11 12 23 10
Nick Seitz F 30 5 18 23 14
Jack Cronin RW 26 11 8 19 8
Kai Daniells F 30 8 11 19 14
Noah de la Durantaye D 29 3 15 18 6
Nicholas Carabin D 27 5 12 17 26
Tyler Rubin D 30 4 9 13 22
Jaxson Ezman F 15 4 3 7 4
Mike Kennedy D 30 2 3 5 47
Joshua Karnish C/LW 27 3 1 4 28
Joe Berg F 30 2 2 4 6
Jayden Sison RW 30 0 4 4 19
Carson Buydens C 22 2 1 3 12
Nick Marciano D 22 2 0 2 6
Michael Young F 7 1 1 2 2
Kevin Anderson F 17 1 0 1 4
Ian Devlin D 12 0 1 1 8
Alex Konovalov F 14 0 1 1 2
Ethan Pearson G 15 0 1 1 0
Brendan Wang D 25 0 1 1 8
Mackenzie Merriman F 27 0 0 0 2
Arthur Smith G 20 0 0 0 0
Connor Callaghan G 5 0 0 0 0
Total 89 156 245 293

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Goaltending statistics

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Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Arthur Smith 21 971:21 7 7 2 48 426 1 .899 2.96
Ethan Pearson 15 726:35 2 8 2 49 288 0 .855 4.05
Connor Callaghan 7 119:37 1 1 0 10 58 0 .853 5.02
Empty Net - 23:07 - - - 7 - - - -
Total 30 1840:40 10 16 4 114 772 1 .870 3.72

Rankings

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Poll Week
Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 (Final)
USCHO.com NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
USA Hockey NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 11 and 25.[5]
Note: USA Hockey did not release a poll in week 12.

References

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  1. ^ "Princeton Announces Change In Leadership For Men's Ice Hockey". Princeton Tigers. March 18, 2024. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  2. ^ "2022–23 Men's Ice Hockey Roster". GoPrincetonTigers.com. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  3. ^ "2023-24 Men's Ice Hockey Schedule". Princeton Tigers. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  4. ^ "Princeton Univ. 2023-2024 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  5. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.