Princeton to Host Harvard, Dartmouth During #Hobey100 Weekend

Princeton will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Baker Rink this weekend in honor of the first game played there on Jan. 5, 1923, a men’s game against the St. Nick’s Hockey Club, a New York-based amateur team that Hobey Baker, class of 1914, played for in 1915 and 1916.

The weekend’s special events and items include

• Hobey 100 rally towel giveaway Friday & Saturday

• Recent women’s hockey Olympians visit Saturday

• Hobey 100 Fan Village Saturday with the Stanley Cup, Hobey Baker and Patty Kazmaier trophies on display, along with music, food and merchandise

vs. Dartmouth, Friday, 3 p.m. | ESPN+ | Int’l Video | Live Stats | Game Program | Tickets

vs. Harvard, Saturday, 3 p.m. | ESPN+ | Int’l Video | Live Stats | Game Program | Tickets 

Tested from the Start: Six of Princeton’s first 14 games have come against national top-10 teams. Just one of Princeton’s losses, to Union on Dec. 3, has come to an unranked team, and it came in a game when Princeton outshot Union 89-25 overall and 57-15 on goal. 

The Series with Dartmouth and Harvard: Princeton leads the all-time series with Dartmouth 51-32-6 overall and 25-11-6 in Baker Rink. The Tigers have won nine straight against the Big Green overall and five in a row at Baker while unbeaten in seven straight at Baker since Dartmouth’s last win in Princeton in 2012. Dartmouth’s last win over Princeton was in 2016. Harvard leads the all-time series 53-36-6 overall while Princeton leads 18-10-4 at Baker. Harvard won last season at Baker in January and in Cambridge in February, but two weeks later, Princeton went back to Harvard and became the first eighth-seeded team in the 20 years of the current ECAC tournament format to take a three-game series from the top-seeded team, beating Harvard in three. 

Stat Rankings: Entering the week, Princeton stood No. 14 in the nation in faceoff percentage, winning at the draw 52.3 percent of the time for the team’s top stat ranking. Princeton was 15th in scoring defense (2.29 goals allowed per game) and 15th in GAA (2.27). Individually, junior Sarah Fillier ranked 11th in short-handed goals (three), 14th in faceoff wins (216) and 15th in goals per game (0.64). Rookie Taylor Hyland is 13th in save percentage (.929), 17th in GAA (1.978) and 19th in winning percentage (.583).

Checking the Charts: Two players are making moves high up on Princeton’s career list. Senior Maggie Connors stands 14th with 67 career goals and is two out of what would be a three-way tie for 12th. Junior Sarah Fillier has 79 career assists, standing seventh and four out of sixth. With the 79 assists (record is 122) and 132 points (record is 218), Fillier is more than halfway to both records with about a season and a half to go.

Outshoot ‘Em: Princeton has outshot its opponent on goal in 11 of 14 games on the season. On the season, Princeton is averaging 35.1 shots a game to 25.0 for its opponent. 

Between the Pipes: Sophomore Jennifer Olnowich has played about 60 percent of the minutes in goal this season with rookie Taylor Hyland playing the other nearly 40 percent. Hyland has the lower GAA, at 1.98 to 2.25 for Olnowich, and Hyland has the edge in save percentage, .929 to .901.

New Scorers: Three Tigers have scored their first career goals this season, in rookies Katherine Khramtsov (four, Emerson O’Leary (four) and Issy Wunder (three).

Nice Addition: Back for her junior season is Sarah Fillier, who last played for Princeton in the 2019-20 season that ended due to the pandemic just before the NCAA tournament. In the meantime, Fillier helped Canada to two IIHF World Championships and Olympic gold. At the Olympics, Fillier co-led Canada in goals (five) and led the team in points (11).