For more on today's game, check out www.dailyprincetonian.com for an article later tonight. This is Senior Writer Vikram Rao signing off.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Princeton 14 - Hopkins 8
Highlight of the game for Hopkins. The Blue Jays slow it down and find a man on the doorstep for the goal. Jack McBride is the consensus player of the game among those in the pressbox.
Princeton 14 - Hopkins 6
After Brian Christopher fires home an angry shot for Hopkins, Paul Barnes wins the ensuing faceoff and takes it to the house himself. Michael Gvozden has been replaced in goal.
Princeton 13 - Hopkins 5
Josh Lesko calls upon his background as an offensive midfielder to score Princeton's 13th goal. The defensive midfielder runs the fast break, finds an opening, and fires home. Many of Princeton's goals today have been unassisted.
Princeton 12 - Hopkins 5
Hopkins isn't dead yet. Attackman Brian Christopher rides Princeton short stick d-middie around the back of the goal, spins, and scores.
Princeton 12 - Hopkins 4 End of 3rd Quarter
Things are looking good for Princeton. The Tigers widened the halftime gap by two. An eight goal lead should hold up over the final quarter. Despite faceoffs being roughly even, the Tigers have dominated time of possession. This has been largely due to the play of Tyler Fiorito in goal. He's made good, clean saves, preventing Hopkins from extending its possessions. The same cannot be said of Hopkins goalie Michael Gvozden.
Princeton 12 - Hopkins 4
The Jack McBride show continues. The sophomore scores his fourth goal of the day, again unassisted. His goal came following another long possession in which the Tigers peppered the Blue Jays' goal with shots before finally scoring.
Princeton 11 - Hopkins 4
Jack McBride with another unassisted run around the crease capped off with a low shot. He now has 3 goals.
Princeton 10 - Hopkins 4
Fiorito. Wiedmaier. Cunningham. Princeton's three big time defensive recruits just directed a fast break, resulting in Princeton's first goal of the half. After his 8th save of the game, Fiorito found Wiedmaier who sprinted across midfield and foam turned and fired low, found Cunningham 10 yards in front of the goal. Cunningham fired low and true, putting Princeton into double digits. Hopkins midfield Michael Kimmel quickly responded with a well-aimed goal from the right side. 10:02 left in the period.
Princeton 9 - Hopkins 3
A solid half for Princeton. The Tigers have gotten the best of Hopkins' defense, and freshman goalie Tyler Fiorito has made some great saves to keep Johns Hopkins out of the game. The way the two teams respond to their coaches' halftime speeches will be very interesting. If the Tigers come out with the same composure that characterized their first half, Princeton could pull the upset.
Princeton 9 - Hopkins 3
Hopkins quickly scores again after winning the faceoff. Coach Tierney calls a timeout for Princeton as the Tigers look to steady the ship. It's critical that Princeton doesn't let Hopkins pick up momentum heading into the half.
Princeton 9 - Hopkins 2
Stephen Boyle finally ends the drought for the Blue Jays following a flag. The holding penalty was wiped out, and the Blue Jays have avoided falling behind by the same 10-1 score that they led by last year.
Princeton 9 - Hopkins 1
Greg Seaman puts one through on another extra man chance. This game is getting out of hand fast. 7:19 left in the first half.
Princeton 8 - Hopkins 1
After peppering the goal with half a dozen shots, the Tigers finally cash in as Rich Sgalardi finds Chris McBride on the doorstep who cashes in. The situation is beginning to look dire for Hopkins. Then, on the next possession, Jack McBride answers Chris's challenge with a sensational goal of his own. After running in a wide loop around the top of the goal, McBride fired low and through Gvozden's legs. 9:16 left now in the 4th quarter with the Tigers in possession again.
Princeton 6 - Hopkins 1 End of First Quarter
The first quarter couldn't have gone much better for the Tigers. It will be interesting to see if the younger players, especially those on the defense, let it get to them. Hopkins might be down, but they are far from out.
Princeton 6 - Hopkins 1
Princeton picks up another man advantage with 4:17 left in the first quarter following an unnecessary roughness call. Mark Kovler scores his second goal of the game following a sweet stop and go move. 2:59 left in the first quarter now. After a scrum following the ensuing faceoff, Jack McBride finds faceoff man Paul Barnes who makes a few moves and scores.
Princeton 4 - Hopkins 1
After surrendering a goal to Michael Kimmel, Princeton regained possession after Charlie Kolkin was pushed. The Tigers capitalized on the extra man opp. and are now leading 4-1. Rob Engelke scored for the Tigers.
Princeton-Johns Hopkins
Sorry for the delay - the current score in the Princeton - Hopkins game is 3-0 Tigers with 8:51 to go in the first quarter. The Tigers have gotten goals from Jack McBride, Scott MacKenzie, and Mark Kovler. Hopkins has gotten stuck with offensive midfielders on the field playing defense a number of times and Princeton has capitalized.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Final Score Princeton wins 2-0
Princeton 2, Yale 0
Great game from both teams. Princeton gets the win on senior night. Fitting testament to the play of the team's three seniors over the past four years. Princeton is now 20-7-0 overall, 14-6-0 in the ECAC. Yale falls to 19-6-2, 14-4-2. The Tigers are now only two points behind Yale in the ECAC standings and have clinched a home playoff series in the ECAC Tournament.
The goals were scored tonight by Pederson and Kaiser.
Thank you for reading and enjoy the rest of the weekend.
Third Period, 0:47.
Glove save from Kalemba off a shot from Little. Play is back and forth at this point. Just passed the three minute mark.
Great pass from Ritchie into the Yale offensive zone but Arhontas is knocked down. Less than two minutes to play. Ritchie and Arhontas have nice play to clear the zone. Pederson pokes puck away from O'Neill. In all the excitement, I failed to realize Yale had pulled its goalie. Kaiser puts the puck in the net to ice the game. Score now 2-0.
Third Period, 4:48.
Schroeder lays out to block another shot. Puck in front of the net but Kalemba pokes it away again. Less than five minutes to go.
Third Period, 7:52.
Shot from Cahill knocked over the goal by Kalemba. Shot from Brosnihan moments later knocked away by Kalemba's right foot. Two more great saves from Kalemba. Yale is starting to step up the pressure.
Third Period, 10:29.
Some sloppy play by Princeton in its own zone following the goal, but Yale is unable to get off any shots. Kalemba covers up the puck to stop play and allow the Tigers to regroup.
Another blocked shot from Schroeder, who is playing a great game on the defensive end. Speed of play continues to increase. The hits are starting to pile up, Ritchie just got off a good shot on a Yale player.
Third Period, 14:26.
Fans are starting to make some noise. This is the loudest they have been all season.
Great slap shot by Fedun behind a screen saved by Richards. He is making some amazing saves during this power play.
GOAL from Princeton at 14:26. Shot by Pederson gets past Richards. He was helped by an excellent screen . Goal comes off what was undoubtedly the best power play of the game for either team.
Third Period, 15:05.
Hagel and Ritchie collide in the middle of the ice but nobody is hurt.
Great play by Schroeder, diving across the ice to prevent a Yale shot. Little on the ice with Backman and Arcobello, great shift by that line. Backhanded shot by Little goes over the right of the goal. Yale has been controlling play so far in the period.
Penalty by Lambert at 15:53.
Princeton starts the power play with four great shots, all are blocked by Richards. Still one minute left in power play.
Third Period, 18:47.
Third period underway. Teams still at four-on-four.
Pederson turns the puck over just to the left of the net but Kalemba makes the save. Goal comes unhinged to stop play. Teams are back at full strength.
Third Period About to Start
It's been a great game so far. Everyone is excited for the third period. Both teams have had great looks. We will have to see which goalie breaks first.
Second Period Stats
Total Shots:
Princeton 29, Yale 20
Blocked Shots:
P 7, Y 7
Shots on Goal:
P 12, Y 10
Penalties:
Bartlett for Hooking
Kaiser for Hit after Whistle
Donald for getting punched in face by Kaiser
Pitiful
Siegel makes less than half the pucks in competition. It appears that his family isn't too upset by the performance.
Second Period Over
Shot from Jubinville saved by Richards. Period ends with Tigers on an odd-man rush, but time runs out before Bartlett can get off a shot. Princeton had more chances in the second period but the score is still 0-0, one of the team's best games of the year.
It's time for the Bank of Princeton puck shoot out, odds of Steve Siegel winning the grand prize, 8:1.
Second Period, 0:47.
Shot by Bartlett knocked away by Richards. The line of Bartlett, Jubinville, and Richards is looking much better in the second period.
Shot from Pederson stopped by Richards. Kaiser and Donald get into a shoving match in front of the Yale net. Two minute penalties on each player. Teams will be at four-on-four for the next two minutes.
Second Period, 2:19.
Princeton having a disorganized power play, struggling to link passes in the offensive zone.
Penalty on Bartlett at 5:18 for hooking with 0:28 to go in power play, four-on-four hockey for 30 seconds. Yale back to full strength, has a power play for 92 seconds.
Princeton clears its zone with forty seconds to go in power play. Yale immediately brings puck back but it's cleared away again by Hagel. Short-handed shot by Kramer is blocked by Richards.
Teams are back to full strength. There has been excellent goaltending on both sides thus far.
Amazing glove save by Kalemba.
Second Period, 6:50.
Kalemba makes back-to-back glove saves to stymie to great Yale opportunities. At this point, every time the puck is in front of the net, there is a small scrum. Surprisingly, no penalties have been called thus far in the period.
The Kramer, Sabky, Beachell line is playing great.
MacIntyre in another shoving match behind the Yale goal. Kevin Westgarth would be proud.
Ken Trentkowski was down on the ice but he gets up and skates away on his own. Appears to be unhurt.
Penalty on Jimmy Martin at 6:50. Princeton's third power play of the game.
Second Period, 8:41.
Shot from Sabky off the right shoulder of Richards. Kramer's shot gloved easily by Richards. The pace of the game is picking up, play is competitive and evenly matched at this point. There is a playoff-type atmosphere. Very exciting.
Great play by Jubinville, catches puck by goal and gets off a shot. Excellent stick save made by Richards. Immediately afterwards, Kramer one times a shot that is once again saved by the stick of Richards.
Second Period, 13:20.
Shot from Beachell pushed aside by Richards. Wilson tripped but no penalty called. Shot from Jubinville deflected just wide, one of Princeton's best opportunities of the game. The Tigers are starting to step up the pressure.
Another pucks hits the glass in front of the press area. Someone on the Princeton team must have a vendetta against the sports media.
Second Period, 15:47.
Great stick work from MacIntyre, shot is wide left. Shot from Hagel deflected into the press area but nobody hurt. Game is becoming a little more chippy
Nice move by Little but Kalemba makes another great pad save. Skirmish in front of the Princeton net, but no shots taken.
Second Period, 19:34.
Second period underway.
Turnover by Princeton in it's own end. Yale can't get off a good shot, Kalemba covers the puck. Lucky break for the Tigers.
First Period Stats
Shots on goal:
Princeton 10, Yale 10
Blocked shots:
Princeton 5, Yale 6
Stats are as even as the score. Second period about to start...
Intermission
Breakaway chance for No. 12 on the white team but he falls down. Now it's No. 25's turn but he falls again. Score after the three minute game:
Fall downs: 15, Shots: 0.
First Period Over
Score is 0-0 after one. Back and forth play with Yale holding a slight edge in dictating the tempo of the game. The pee-wee players are on the ice for the intermission. Get excited...
First Period, 0:25
Shot by Pederson, pad save by Richards. Great pass from Fedun to Wilson, who just misses the deflection. Teams back at even strength. Wilson passed up what seemed like a good shot.
Brosnihan goes flying, gets off the ice before he causes any more trouble.
One minute to go in first period. Face off in Princeton's right circle.
First Period, 4:11
Shot by O'Neill is right at Kalemba. Pass intercepted by Kearny, passes to Little who takes puck in and forces Kalemba to make a great save. Yale's line of Kearny, Limbert, and Little is giving the Tigers problems.
Bartlett goes crashing into boards but appears to be alright. Great shot by MacIntyre stopped by Richards.
Teams break into first shoving match of game with a little more than four minutes to play. Surprise, surprise, MacIntyre is in the middle of it. Figured it was only a matter of time.
Penalty on Patrick Brosnihan, Princeton has its second power play of the game.
First Period, 6:20.
Magnowski tries to deflect a shot but is stopped by Richards. Slap shot from Pallis misses wide to the left. Princeton struggles to create any great opportunities in power play. Now back at even strength. Limbert's stick almost goes flying into the stands, some seven-year old is lucky to be alive.
First Period,9:43
Pad save by Kalemba after a Princeton turnover.
Schroeder uses some nifty stick work to clear puck out of zone. Magnowski and Arhontas have two-on-one opportunity but can't get a shot off.
Amazing stick work from Kearny, shot from Little just wide. Yale seems to have a slight edge in early play.
Penalty on Kearny at 9:43 for hooking, let's see if Princeton can take advantage.
First Period, 11:50.
Sabky and Ritchie collide in the middle of the ice but Yale can't capitalize. Princeton changes lines one minute into the penalty kill. Great play by Marc Hagel, lays out to block shot and then clears the ball across blue line.
Power play over, good penalty kill by Princeton.
First Period, 14:10
Wrist shot by Pederson goes wide left.
First good shot of the game from Yale, Kalemba pushes it aside with his right pad. Another good chance from Kearny is knocked away by Kalemba. Yale has had three good shots in the last minute.
Penalty on Godlewski, 2 minutes for interference.
First Period,16:44
Both teams struggling to create any great chances early. Macintyre's cross goes untouched.
Starting Lineups
Princeton:
LW Brett Wilson
C Lee Jubinville
RW Dan Bartlett
LD Jody Pederson
RD Taylor Fedun
Yale:
LW Denny Kearny
C Kevin Limbert
RW Broc Little
LD Ryan Donald
RD Jimmy Martin
And we're off...
Pregame 2
It's senior night which means it is the last regular season game at Baker Rink for Lee Jubinville, Brett Wilson, and Brandan Kushniruk. The rest of the ECAC will be breathing a huge sigh of relief at the end of the season.
Princeton vs Yale, pregame
Hello and welcome to Hobey Baker Rink for tonight's game between your Princeton Tigers (19-7-0 overall, 13-6-0 ECAC) and the Yale Bulldogs (19-5-2, 14-3-2). There is a standing room only crowd for Princeton's final home game of the regular season, a matchup between the top two teams in the conference.
Princeton comes into the game playing some of its best hockey of the year. Last night, they defeated Brown 4-1 behind 2 goals and 1 assist from Brett Wilson, which brought him to 100 points for his career.
The Bulldogs pose a stiff test, as they enter the game with the conference's top record, four points above the second place Tigers. The teams met in New Haven on January 31, with Yale holding serve at home in a 3-1 win. If Princeton is to have a shot of capturing the ECAC regular season title, they need a win tonight.
The teams have just skated onto the ice. Princeton is in white, Yale is in blue. Sean Backman is suited up for the Bulldogs while Tom Dignard is not suited up.
Five minutes until game time.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Game's pretty much over, Penn wins.
Davis inexplicably drives for a layup, down 6, after Penn hits its free throws. He misses.
Davis commits and offensive foul, and Penn gets possession with less than a minute to go.
57-53, 41.4 and Penn has possession. Bad foul by Davis. Tigers are in a world of hurt now.
Poor shooting from the FT line for Tigers.
Davis got to the free throw line, but he misses his attempt on the one and one. Saunders knocks the ball off of a Penn palyer to keep possession, but then Davis turns it over.
Rosen just hits a huge 3.
Tigers get out of position on D, and Rosen makes them pay from the 3 point line. The worst part is that it came after the Princeton D held, but the Quakers got the offensive rebound. Just moments before, Mavraides had gotten to the basket and converted on his layup, but now the deficit is 4. 57-53 Penn, Princeton calls TO. 1:47 to go. Tigers keep hanging on, but they are running out of time again.
Bad foul committed by Davis, 2 FT for Penn, 2:40 to go
Quakers lead now 54-51--all points scored in the OT have been off of FT for Penn.
WE ARE GOING TO OT
Bernadini gets the ball, stumbles a bit, and misses badly on his attempt from the top of the key. Finely grabs the rebound. We're going to OT. 5 minutes, 1 TO for each team.
Finley knocks down the first, Penn calls TO.
Finley hits the first, and surely the Quakers are trying to rattle Finley's nerves a bit here. 51-50 Penn with one more to come.
Pick and roll gets Finley to the charity stripe.
Davis found Finley, he gets fouled. A lot of pressure--a chance to tie the game. 23.8 left.
Rosen knocks down a pullup jumper, but Davis hits a three.
Rosen got to the paint and nailed a pullup jumper, but Davis hits a 3. 51-49. Then he intercepts a pass, gets penetration and kicks, but Mavraides can't hit. Finley rebounds though, and with 36 seconds remaining, down 2, the Tigers have a chance to tie it.
Bernadini gets stuffed.
Saunders blocked his shot, and then Schroeder got fouled. Penn's over the limit, so it's a one and one opportunity, but Schroeder can only knock down 1 of 2. 49-46 with a little under 2 to go.
49-45, Princeton just turned the ball over.
Bernadini got to the charity stripe and knocked down two, and the Tigers just turned over the ball with 2:39 remaining. The Quakers could make it really tough if they convert here.
Crazy exchange, Penn leads 47-45.
Mavraides lost the ball going up for a shot after driving left, but somehow Davis came up with it. He tried to lay it in but it missed. As Penn raced down the court for a sure layup and a 4 point lead, Schroeder got position underneath the basket and drew the charge to keep the game a 1 possession game. 3:29 remaining.
AND ONE FOR FINLEY.
Tigers are GETTING AFTER IT on the defensive end. They forced consecutive turnovers and converted on both, with Finley getting a layup in transition and then backing down his defender for another. He got fouled on the play too, so it's all tied up, 45-45, with a free throw coming. Somehow, Princeton has clawed back. Saunders really got these guys going with the three and his free throw makes. 5:49 to go, a lot of basketball left.
Saunders hits a 3, then gets fouled by Penn. Flagrant foul, huge momentum shift
Saunders hit a 3, then was fouled really hard by Penn's Connor Turley. 45-41 after Saunders hits the free throws. 7:10 to go, 45-41 Penn.
Deficit grows to 9. 45-36 Penn with 9 remaining.
Schroeder and Mavraides have gotten good looks from the corner but neither could knock it down. Schroeder's shot was halfway down, but popped back out. Penn's Cameron Lewis got a dunk on the other end, and Buczak fouled out just a short while ago. Things are coming apart at the seams for the Tigers right now. 45-36 with 9 minutes remaining.
Really bad non-call.
Mavraides is trying to get some offense going. He got an offensive rebound and a putback, and on the next trip down the court he tried posting up. There was an egregious non-call by the refs after his hand got smacked and half the gym could hear it. On the other end, the Quakers are going inside and getting position deep in the paint. The points are coming too easily for them. It's a 43-35 Quaker lead, the largest deficit Princeton has faced this half. 11 minutes remaining and the Tigers have got to get back into their rhythm.
Tigers really struggling on offense.
Princeton looks totally out of sorts. The Tigers have scored all of 2 points this half, and they keep on picking up fouls. The score is 39-33, and Johnson just took a timeout.
Back to back turnovers gives Penn lead.
Princeton turned over the ball on back-to-back trips down the court, leading to a pair of easy layups for Penn's Rosen. Quakers lead now, 36-33.
Tigers have four fouls already, less than 3 minutes in
Bernadini goes to the line for 2 in an attempt to tie up the game. Princeton already has had 4 fouls called on it though, really early in the second half.
Penn gets 2 in transition, Davis retaliates with his own layup
Penn climbed out of the hole on Bernadini's layup in transition, but Davis got a quick layup in response to put the Tigers back up. 33-31.
Penn finishes off the half with a 3, Princeton leads 31-29.
Comfort lost the ball coming out of the timeout, and Penn took full advantage by hitting a 3-pointer to close the gap to 2. It's 31-29 at the half. Really disappointing finish for the Tigers--they led by as much as 11. One of the biggest problems down the stretch for Princeton was the turnovers. They turned the ball over 12 times in the half. The Tigers shot a solid percentage--55.6%--but they took only 18 shots compared to Penn's 32. Part of that is Princeton's patience on offense, but a lot of those extra shots come from the Quakers offensive rebounds--they had 9--and the Tigers' turnovers. We'll see if they can clean up those two areas in the second half.
Penn on a little 4-0 run.
Penn has gone on a little 4-0 run here to pull to within 5, 31-26. There's about a minute to go--Sydney Johnson just called timeout. Tigers need to close out the half so all of the hard work they have put in doesn't go to waste.
Tigers need to work on cleaning up the defensive boards a little bit more.
Quakers have been able to get a couple of extra opportunities thanks to some tough offensive rebounding, but they haven't been able to fully take advantage thus far. It's 29-20 with 4:00 to go in the first half.
Back and Forth
Penn's Zack Rosen finally broke the drought, hitting on a highly contested 3 with only a couple of seconds left on the shot clock. Bernadini got a layup opportunity in transition and scored, drawing the foul as well. He completed the 3-point play the hard way. John Comfort and Schroeder each hit threes, however, and Saunders got a layup in transition, so the Quakers haven't been able to cut into the lead. It stands at 23-15, Princeton.
Mavraides knocks down a 3
Mavraides just got himself on the board, knocking down a 3. More impressively, however, the Tigers haven't allowed the Quakers to score since 15:29. 10:10 left in the first half, 15-9 Princeton lead.
Make that an 8-0 run.
Patrick Saunders just knocked down a 3 from the corner, then followed that up with a great block on a layup attempt on the defensive end. Tigers look much more comfortable on the court right now. 10-9 lead for Princeton, its first of the game.
Quick 5-0 spurt by Princeton
Doug Davis was left alone outside the arc and he knocked down the three. Buczak followed that up with a tough layup in the paint. 9-7, Quakers lead.
Tigers off to a slow start, down 9-2.
Bernadini just came off of a screen and pulled up for the 3-pointer. He got a clean look and made sure it didn't go to waste. On the other end, Princeton has been held to a single field goal, and that was an offensive rebound putback by Pawel Buczak.
Bernadini knocks down a 2 for a 4-0 lead.
Tyler Bernadini just knocked down a three pointer from the corner to give Penn a quick 5-0 lead. The Tigers are going to have to keep him from getting clean looks or he will hurt them a lot.
Correction: he wasn't outside the arc. 4-0 lead.
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