The Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey team is a

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(NCAA) Division I

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program that represents

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. The Tigers are a member of

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. They play at the

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. In 1999, future

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player

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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

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aggregation at the

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in Baltimore,

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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

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. For the 1899–1900 season the Princeton University ice hockey team became a member of the Intercollegiate Hockey League (ICHL) where they played organized league games against other Ivy League school teams such as

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, Columbia,

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, Dartmouth,

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and

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. Princeton's most famous ice hockey player

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(1892–1918) played for the school team between 1911 and 1914, before he graduated and went on to play for the

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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

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entering

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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

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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

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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

. Princeton would not play another postseason game until 1985, the year after 7 teams left to form

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, and they would not win a playoff game until

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under first-year head coach

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. 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

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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

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. 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

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, 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

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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 2021–22 season

Statistical leaders

The team's statistical leaders are as follows.

Career points leaders

Career Goaltending Leaders

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; GAA =

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'' Minimum 30 games Statistics current through the start of the 2019–20 season.

Roster

As of September 8, 2022.

Awards and honors

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(1945)

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(1973)

NCAA

All-Americans

AHCA First Team All-Americans *1952-53:

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, F *1985-86: Cliff Abrecht, D *2007-08:

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, D; Lee Jubinville, F *2018-19: Ryan Kuffner, F AHCA Second Team All-Americans *1997-98: Steve Shirreffs, D *2008-09: Zane Kalemba, G *2010-11: Taylor Fedun, D *2017-18: Ryan Kuffner, F;

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ECAC Hockey

Individual awards

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* Lee Jubinville: 2008 * Zane Kalemba: 2009 Rookie of the Year * John Messuri: 1986 * Andre Faust: 1989 * Andrew Calof: 2011 Best Defensive Defenseman *

: 2008 * Danny Biega: 2012 Best Defensive Forward *

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: 1994, 1995 * Syl Apps III: 1999 Ken Dryden Award * Zane Kalemba: 2009 Student-Athlete of the Year * Landis Stankievech: 2008 Tim Taylor Award *

: 2008 Most Outstanding Player in Tournament *

: 1998 * Zane Kalemba: 2008 * Ryan Ferland: 2018

All-Conference

First Team All-ECAC Hockey * 1985–86: Cliff Abrecht, D * 1987–88: John Messuri, F * 1997–98: Steve Shirreffs, F * 2004–05: Luc Paquin, D * 2007–08:

, D; Lee Jubinville, F * 2008–09: Zane Kalemba, G * 2010–11: Taylor Fedun, D * 2017–18:

, F * 2018–19: Ryan Kuffner, F Second Team All-ECAC Hockey * 1961–62: John Cook, F * 1962–63: John Cook, F * 1967–68:

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, D * 1986–87: John Messuri, F * 1989–90: Mike McKee, D; Andre Faust, F; Greg Polaski, F * 1991–92: Andre Faust, F * 1993–94: Sean O'Brien, D * 1997–98:

, F * 1998–99: Steve Shirreffs, D;

, F * 1999–2000: Kirk Lamb, F * 2004–05: Dustin Sproat, F * 2007–08: Brett Wilson, F * 2009–10: Taylor Fedun, D * 2011–12: Michael Sdao, D * 2012–13: Andrew Calof, F * 2016–17:

, F * 2017–18: Ryan Kuffner, F * 2018–19:

, F Third Team All-ECAC Hockey * 2005–06: Eric Leroux, G; Grant Goeckner-Zoeller, F * 2008–09: Jody Peterson, D * 2010–11: Andrew Calof, F * 2017–18: Josh Teves, D * 2018–19: Josh Teves, D ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team * 1987–88: Mark Salsbury, G; Andy Cesarski, D * 1988–89: Mike McKee, D; Andre Faust, F * 1990–91: Rob Laferriere, F * 1992–93: Jason Smith, D * 1994–95: Casson Masters, D * 1996–97: Dominique Auger, D * 2005–06: Brett Wilson, F * 2010–11: Andrew Calof, F * 2015–16: Ryan Kuffner, F * 2016–17: Jackson Cressey, F

Olympians

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

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References

External links

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