Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey


The Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Princeton University. The Tigers are a member of ECAC Hockey. They play at the Hobey Baker Memorial Rink in Princeton, New Jersey. In 1999, future NHL player Jeff Halpern scored 22 goals to tie for the most goals in the ECAC and was co-winner of Princeton's Roper Trophy for athletic and academic achievement. In 2010-11, Andrew Calof was ECAC Rookie of the Year.

History

Princeton University had an ice hockey team organized already during the 1894–95 season, when the school still went by the name of College of New Jersey. On March 3, 1895 the university ice hockey team faced a Baltimore aggregation at the North Avenue Ice Palace in Baltimore, Maryland and won by a score of 5–0. The players on the 1895 team were Chester Derr, John Brooks, Howard Colby, James Blair, Frederick Allen, Ralph Hoagland and Art Wheeler.
For the 1899–1900 season the Princeton University ice hockey team became a member of the Intercollegiate Hockey League where they played organized league games against other Ivy League school teams such as Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania and Yale.
Princeton's most famous ice hockey player Hobey Baker  played for the school team between 1911 and 1914, before he graduated and went on to play for the New York City based St. Nicholas Hockey Club.
As many college programs did, Princeton's ice hockey squad suspended operations for the 1917–18 season due to the United States entering World War I but the icers returned after the armistice was signed. A few years later the Tigers hired their first head coach, Russell O. Ellis, but they would go through several more before they could find someone to lead the program for more than a few years. Despite the tumult behind the bench Princeton was still producing some of the best teams in college hockey, setting a program record of 15 wins that would stand for 76 years.
In the midst of the great depression Richard Vaughan came to Princeton and would helm the team for the next quarter-century. Vaughan would keep the Tigers competitive through much of his tenure and his 159 wins remains a program high 60 years after his retirement. Princeton found it difficult to replace Vaughan, going through 5 coaches in 18 years while producing only two winning records in that time. The team's nadir came under Bill Quackenbush who, despite ending up in the Hall of Fame as a player, was the program's worst coach as far as records go. Quackenbush's tenure began well with Princeton making the ECAC Tournament for the first time, but the following season the team slid to 16th in the conference and would not win more than 5 games a year for the next 5 seasons. Quackenbush remained with the program even after a 1–22 season but resigned in 1973 with the Tigers an afterthought in ECAC Hockey. Princeton would not play another postseason game until 1985, the year after 7 teams left to form Hockey East, and they would not win a playoff game until 1992 under first-year head coach Don Cahoon.
During Cahoon's time at Princeton the program recovered from decades as a bottom-feeder and in 1995 produced their first winning season in 27 years. Three seasons later the Tigers won their first conference tournament and made the NCAA Tournament for the first time. After Cahoon left to head Massachusetts in 2000, he was replaced by long-time assistant Len Quesnelle but after four years the team was back at the bottom of the conference and he was swiftly replaced by Guy Gadowsky.
It took Gadowsky a few years to get the Tigers back on their feet but he led the team to its second conference championship in 2008, setting a program high with 21 wins that he bested by 1 the following year. Two years later Gadowsky left and was replaced by Bob Prier but just as had happened with Cahoon, the successor did not last long and after a dismal third season Ron Fogarty was hired as the 17th head coach in program history. As of 2019 Fogarty's best season came in 2018 when he led an underdog Tigers squad to their 3rd conference title.

Season-by-season results

Records vs. Current ECAC Hockey Teams

As of the completion of 2018–19 season

All-time coaching records

As of completion of 2019–20 season

Statistical leaders

The team's statistical leaders are as follows.

Career points leaders

PlayerYearsGPGAPtsPIM
1985–198911060118178
2015–20191327577152
1988–19921066288150
2015–20191305292144
1995–19991326082142
1960–19636765132
2010–20141174479123
1986–1990966457121
1995–19991304177118
1957–19606057117

Career Goaltending Leaders

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Minimum 30 games
PlayerYearsGPMinWLTGASOSV%GAA
1947–1949342.38
2006–20101086267574452579.9122.46
2009–2013532969182282883.9172.67
2010–2014633457173361822.8982.84
1994–19987639752924111965.8962.94

Statistics current through the start of the 2019-20 season.

Roster

As of July 10, 2019.

Awards and honors

[Hockey Hall of Fame]

All-Americans

AHCA First Team All-Americans
AHCA Second Team All-Americans

Individual Awards

Player of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Best Defensive Defenseman
Best Defensive Forward
Ken Dryden Award
Student-Athlete of the Year
Tim Taylor Award
Most Outstanding Player in Tournament
First Team All-ECAC Hockey
Second Team All-ECAC Hockey
Third Team All-ECAC Hockey
ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team
This is a list of Princeton alumni who have played on an Olympic team.
† denotes the AAU team that marched in the opening ceremony but did not participate.

Tigers in the NHL

This is a list of Princeton alumni who have played or currently play in the NHL.
PlayerPositionTeamYearsStanley Cup|
Syl Apps Jr.CenterNYR, PIT, LAK1970–19800
Mike CondonGoaltenderMTL, PIT, OTT2015–Present0
Chris CorrinetWingWSH2001–20020
Andre FaustLeft WingPHI1992–19940
Taylor FedunDefensemanEDM, SJS, VAN, BUF, DAL2013–Present0
Jeff HalpernCenterWSH, DAL, TBL, LAK, MTL, NYR, PHO1999–20140
Ryan KuffnerLeft WingDET2018–Present0
Ed LeeWingQUE1984–19850

PlayerPositionTeamYearsStanley Cup|
Mike McKeeDefensemanQUE1993–19940
Mike MooreDefensemanSJS2010–20110
George ParrosRight WingLAK, COL, ', FLA, MTL2005–20141
Darroll PoweCenterPHI, MIN, NYR2008–20140
Eric RobinsonLeft WingCBJ2017–Present0
Josh TevesDefensemanVAN2018–Present0
Max VéronneauRight WingOTT2018–Present0
Kevin WestgarthRight Wing', CAR, CGY2008–20141