Princeton Men’s Hockey 2006-07
General Information
Location . ......................................................Princeton, NJ 08544
Founded................................................................................. 1746
Enrollment............................................................................ 4,600
Nickname ........................................................................... Tigers
Colors................................................................Orange and Black
President . ......................................................... Shirley Tilghman
Athletic Director...........................Gary D. Walters (Princeton ’67)
Athletic Department Phone ..................................(609) 258-3535
Team Information
Affiliations......NCAA Division I, ECAC Hockey league, Ivy League
Arena (Capacity) .................. Hobey Baker Memorial Rink (2,092)
Ice Size..............................................................................200 x 80
2005-06 Record ...................................................... 10-18-3 (.371)
ECACHL................................................................ 7-12-3, t-9th
Ivy League . ............................................................ 3-5-2, t-4th
Home/Away/Neutral................................ 6-5-2/4-12-1/0-1-0
Letterwinners Returning/Lost................................................18/7
Coaching Staff
Head Coach....................... Guy Gadowsky (Colorado College ’89)
Record at Princeton..........................18-38-6 (.420), two seasons
Career Record........................... 86-127-31 (.416), seven seasons
Assistant Coaches . ..................Keith Fisher (St. Cloud State ’00)
.............................................John Riley (UMass-Boston ’91)
................................................... George Bosak (Scranton ’94)
Hockey Office Phone..............................................(609) 258-5058
Hockey Office Fax...................................................(609) 258-6676
Athletic Trainer........................................................ John Furtado
Equipment Manager.................................................... Mark Mills
Princeton Hockey History
First Game ............... Nov. 30, 1900 vs. Drisler School (11-0 Win)
All-Time Record ..................... 817-1140-104 (.421), 103 seasons
Ivy League titles .................................... three (1941, 1953, 1999)
ECAC titles ................................................................... one (1998)
ECAC Final Five appearances ........ four (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998)
NCAA Tournament appearances ................................. one (1998)
Athletic Communications
Hockey Contact Yariv Amir
Office Phone ..........................................................(609) 258-5701
E-Mail Address . ......................................... yamir@princeton.edu
Office Fax . .............................................................(609) 258-2399
Baker Rink Press Box Phone . ..............................(609) 258-1813
Athletic Communications Office .......................... (609) 258-3568
Web Site ........................................ www.GoPrincetonTigers.com
Tiger SportsLine ...................................................(609) 258-3545
Mailing Address ......................................PO Box 71, Jadwin Gym
.................................................................Princeton, NJ 08544
www.GoPrincetonTigers.com
Princeton Men’s Hockey 2006-07
Quick Facts.................................................. IFC
Table of Contents........................................... 1
Tiger Hockey History
Hobey Baker................................................... 4
Hobey Baker Memorial Award....................... 5
Hobey Baker Memorial Rink.......................... 6
Princeton in the Pros..................................... 8
The ECAC.......................................................10
Coaches & Staff
Head Coach Guy Gadowsky...........................12
Assistant Coaches
Keith Fisher................................................13
John Riley...................................................13
George Bosak.............................................13
Support Staff.................................................14
2006-07 Outlook
Season Outlook.............................................18
Roster............................................................20
Meet the Tigers
Max Cousins..................................................22
Grant Goeckner-Zoeller................................23
Kyle Hagel.....................................................24
Lee Jubinville................................................25
Brandan Kushniruk.......................................26
B.J. Mackasey...............................................27
Daryl Marcoux...............................................28
Mike Moore....................................................29
Darroll Powe.................................................30
Christian Read...............................................31
Keith Shattenkirk..........................................32
B.J. Sklapsky.................................................33
Landis Stankievech.......................................34
Thomas Sychterz...........................................35
Brett Westgarth.............................................36
Kevin Westgarth............................................37
Brett Wilson..................................................38
Dan Bartlett...................................................39
Tyler Beachell...............................................39
Kevin Crane...................................................40
Cam French...................................................40
Kevin Kaiser..................................................41
Zane Kalemba...............................................41
Cam MacIntyre..............................................42
Mark Magnowski...........................................42
Jody Pederson...............................................43
Brad Schroeder.............................................43
The Opponents
Alabama-Huntsville Chargers......................46
Bentley Falcons.............................................46
Brown Bears.................................................46
Clarkson Golden Knights..............................46
Colgate Raiders.............................................47
Cornell Big Red.............................................47
Dartmouth Big Green....................................47
Harvard Crimson...........................................47
Minnesota State Mavericks...........................48
Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks........................48
Quinnipiac Bobcats.......................................48
Rensselaer Engineers...................................48
Robert Morris Colonials................................49
St. Lawrence Saints......................................49
Union Dutchmen...........................................49
Yale Bulldogs.................................................49
All-Time Records vs. All Opponents.............50
Series Records vs. 2006-07 Opponents........51
ECAC Composite Schedule...........................54
Postseason Schedule....................................56
2005-06 Review
Results..........................................................58
Statistics........................................................59
ECAC & Ivy Standings and Honors................60
Hockey Archives
All-Americas/ECAC & Ivy Honors.................62
Princeton Awards..........................................63
Individual Records.........................................66
Team Records...............................................69
Year-by-Year Results....................................70
Varsity Letterwinners....................................78
The University
Princeton University......................................84
Administration...............................................88
Athletic Facilities...........................................91
Athletic Success............................................92
On the Covers...
Front Cover
Seniors Darroll Powe and
Grant Goeckner-Zoeller
Inside Front Cover
Seniors Max Cousins, B.J. Mackasey,
Christian Read and Brett Westgarth
Inside Back Cover
2006 Humanitarian Award winner
Eric Leroux
Back Cover
Seniors Darryl Marcoux, B.J. Sklapsky
and Kevin Westgarth
Princeton Athletics
The 2006-07 Princeton men’s hockey
media guide is produced by:
Princeton’s Department of Athletics
Jadwin Gymnasium
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544-0071
Director of Athletics
Gary Walters
Office of Athletic Communications
Associate Director of Athletics/Director
of Athletic Communications Jerry Price
Assistant Directors of Athletic
Communications
David Rosenfeld, Craig Sachson
Athletic Communication Assistants
Yariv Amir, Andrew Borders
Volunteer Assistant Jeb Stuart
Office Assistant Donna Nebbia
Staff Photographer Beverly Schaefer
Hockey Contact Yariv Amir
Printing
MultiAd; Peoria, Ill.
© 2006 Princeton University
www.GoPrincetonTigers.com
Table of Contents
Introduction
Princeton Men’s Hockey 2006-07
2004-05 Opponents
Princeton Hockey History
Tiger Tales… Princeton admitted women for the first time in September 1969.
www.GoPrincetonTigers.com
Princeton Men’s Hockey 2006-07
Hobey Baker
Hobart A.H. Baker, arguably Princeton’s greatest athletic hero and
the man for whom Baker Rink, the Hobey Baker Trophy and the Hobey
Baker Memorial Award are named, was born in Wissahickon, Pa., in
1892.
It was at Princeton that Baker distinguished himself as one of the
greatest college hockey players of all time, dominating every game
he played in and frustrating all who tried to contain him. His skating
and stickhandling skills were unmatched.
In three years at Princeton, he led the team to a combined record of
27-7, including three Intercollegiate League championships. He once
played every second of a 73-minute game against Harvard while his
teammates and opponents were substituting freely.
Baker became equally well known for his sportsmanship and sense
of fair play. After every game an often exhausted Baker would visit the
opposing team’s locker room and thank the players for a good game.
He was only penalized twice in his career, with both fouls reportedly
undeserved, and when he was, there was no one more disappointed
than Baker.
The mere suggestion that he violated a rule of the game or a rule
of sportsmanship nearly drove him to tears.
When he later played with the St. Nicholas Skating Club, a New
York amateur team, the Madison Square Garden marquee would read,
“Baker Plays Here Tonight,” until Hobey himself ordered it stopped
after four games. Legendary New York Rangers coach Lester Patrick
once remarked that Baker was the only American at the time who
could have been a professional hockey star in Canada.
The Hobey Baker Trophy is a Princeton team award that is given
annually to that freshman hockey player who in play, sportsmanship
and influence, has contributed most to the sport.
Also a standout in football, Baker spent three years on the varsity
squad at Princeton from 1911-13, during which time the Tigers amassed
a 20-3-4 record. The 1911 Princeton squad went undefeated and claimed
the national championship.
A hero in life, so too was Baker a hero in death. A captain and
commander of the 141st Aero Squadron, American Expeditionary
Forces, Baker shot down three German planes and was awarded
the Croix de Guerre for exceptional valor under fire. He died in Toul,
France, shortly after the end of World War I.
Typical of Baker, he was testing a newly repaired plane, one with
orange and black markings no less, so that no one under his command would have to face the risk. The plane lost power and went
down just a short distance from the hangar. In fact, Baker had been
given demobilization orders an hour before testing the plane, and he
was scheduled to leave Paris by train that night.
One of Baker’s fellow officers said after his death, “As a man,
Captain Baker was a striking example of the finest America can produce. He was a thorough gentleman and a true friend on whom one
could always rely. He was entirely unselfish and was always thinking
of others rather than of himself. In spite of all of the well-deserved
praise heaped upon him for his success in athletics and in the service,
he was totally unspoiled by it. He was modest almost to a fault.”
For all his accomplishments, Hobey Baker has been elected a
member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, the United States Hockey Hall of
Fame and the National Football Hall of Fame. Baker was the subject
of a PBS documentary in the spring of 2004.
www.GoPrincetonTigers.com
The Hobey Baker Award
Princeton Men’s Hockey 2006-07
The Hobey Baker Memorial Award is presented to the outstanding men’s college hockey
player in the United States by the Decathlon Athletic Club of Bloomington, Minn. The Decathlon
Club formally opened its doors May 6, 1969, and it
has continued growing since then. The hard work
and dedication that have gone into making the
Decathlon a leader in the club industry have also
helped make the Hobey Baker Memorial Award
the premier individual award in college hockey.
The idea for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award
was conceived on a sunny day in Southern California and born three years later on a snowy day in
Minnesota. While touring the Los Angeles Athletic
Club and investigating its Wooden Award in February 1978, then Decathlon Athletic Club chief executive officer Chuck Bard was struck by a similar
idea — an award given to the athlete recognized
as the best player in collegiate hockey.
The idea lay dormant until a Decathlon Club
committee meeting July 13, 1979, when Russ
Chance, a DAC board member, suggested the
club sponsor more athletic-oriented events in
addition to its Sports Banquet and Golden Gloves
Boxing Night. This suggestion met with approval
all around.
Chance offered that this future event center
around hockey. Bard followed that the banquet
should honor an outstanding player. The discussion evolved into concerns over the work and
expense involved, and the two men began putting
together lists of possible sponsors and peers willing to work the event.
The next day Ralph Greig of Pepsi-Cola offered an ongoing sponsorship.
An original committee was also drawn, with Chance as its chair. Bard, with
assistance from Walter Bush, then president of the Minnesota North Stars,
and Roger Godin of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame, narrowed down a list of
candidates after whom to name the award. The final list included hockey
immortals Moose Goheen, Frank Brimsek, John Mariucci and Hobey Baker,
Princeton Class of 1914. The name and exploits of Baker haunted Bard, who
contacted Princeton University for more information. Bard also contacted the
present day Hobey Baker, a nephew of the award’s namesake, and was granted
permission to use the name.
Additional conversations with the NCAA, USA Hockey, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, the American Hockey Coaches
Association and the WCHA made it clear that the world of college hockey
would welcome the award with open arms. With that, the trophy was designed, the sponsor set and the committee
enlarged. The first banquet was held April 1, 1981. Minnesota’s Neal Broten won the first award, and Gordie Howe delivered a memorable speech.
Since then the award has become recognized as U.S. college hockey’s
premier individual honor. As such, it has helped promote U.S. college
hockey, the skills needed to play the game and the ideals for which the
original Hobey Baker lived and died.
Last season, Denver defenseman Matt Carle won the award and became
the fifth-straight winner from a Western Collegiate Hockey Association
school and the second winner from Colorado College. He beat out finalists Chris Collins (Boston College) and Brian Elliott (Wisconsin) for the
prestigious award.
www.GoPrincetonTigers.com
Hobey Baker Award Winners
1981...............................................................Neal Broten (Minnesota)
1982..................................................George McPhee (Bowling Green)
1983................................................................... Mark Fusco (Harvard)
1984.................................................Tom Kurvers (Minnesota-Duluth)
1985................................................... Bill Watson (Minnesota-Duluth)
1986................................................................... Scott Fusco (Harvard)
1987........................................................... Tony Hrkac (North Dakota)
1988............................................................ Robb Stauber (Minnesota)
1989...........................................................Lane MacDonald (Harvard)
1990........................................................... Kip Miller (Michigan State)
1991...................................................... David Emma (Boston College)
1992................................................................... Scott Pellerin (Maine)
1993.......................................................................Paul Kariya (Maine)
1994.........................................................Chris Marinucci (Minnesota)
1995...........................................................Brian Holzinger (Michigan)
1996...............................................................Brian Bonin (Minnesota)
1997.......................................................Brendan Morrison (Michigan)
1998....................................................Chris Drury (Boston University)
1999.......................................................Jason Krog (New Hampshire)
2000...................................................... Mike Mottau (Boston College)
2001.........................................................Ryan Miller (Michigan State)
2002......................................................... Jordan Leopold (Minnesota)
2003.................................................... Peter Sejna (Colorado College)
2004............................................. Junior Lessard (Minnesota-Duluth)
2005................................................. Marty Sertich (Colorado College)
2006.......................................................................Matt Carle (Denver)
Princeton Men’s Hockey 2006-07
As part of the University’s ongoing commitment to hockey excellence,
Baker Rink has undergone major renovations.
During the summer of 2004, the rink’s roof was refinished in untreated
wood, and the rafters were painted brown to give the rink a more cozy feel.
Additionally, the sound system was upgraded and the new elements of the
Princeton athletic identity were painted on the ice surface.
A new dehumidification system was installed in the summer of 2006
which will allow for improved ice conditions in the upcoming season. A new
cardio room was set up prior to the
beginning of the 2005-06 season
with several new spinning bikes.
The next project at Baker Rink
will occur in the two lobbies to the
left and right of the south end.
Both areas will be renovated with
trophy cases, photos and murals
to commemorate Princeton’s rich
hockey tradition. Additionally, new
banners representing the 12 members of the ECAC Hockey League
and Princeton’s Ivy and ECACHL
championships will be hung in the
rafters at Baker Rink.
A new refrigeration system
was installed, making it easier for
the rink to remain open year round. State-of-the-art tempered glass was
installed, which is difficult to mark and allows spectators a clearer view
of the action.
High-quality fiberglass boards with a Princeton orange dasher and a
powder-blue base were set into place. New fans were installed to allow
for better air circulation. A new weight room utilized by the women’s and
men’s hockey teams is located adjacent to the newly carpeted men’s varsity
locker room. Improvements also were made in the press box,
bench and scorer’s areas.
Prior to the recent construction, nearly $3 million had
been spent on improvements that were completed in 1981.
First, the ice-making machinery was improved. A new wing
was then added, including four spacious locker rooms with
adjoining showers, an athletic training room, a changing room
for coaches and officials, a skate-sharpening room and humidity-controlled rooms for equipment storage.
In 1984 new lighting and public address systems were
installed along with a new scoreboard and press box. Spectator comfort improved dramatically with the addition of new
seats and circulation galleries, which permit easier access
to seating areas.
These improvements, made possible by the generosity of
alumni and friends, have made Baker Rink one of the finest
skating facilities anywhere.
Princeton’s first win on Baker Rink’s ice came on January 5,
1923 when the Tigers defeated St. Nicholas 3-2 and Princeton’s
4-2 win against Clarkson last season was Princeton’s 437th
on Baker Rink ice.
www.GoPrincetonTigers.com
Princeton Men’s Hockey 2006-07
Hobey Baker Rink
Baker Rink Quick Facts
Seating Capacity
2,092
First Game
Jan. 5, 1923 - Princeton 3, St. Nicholas 2
All-Time Results
437-444-60 (.496)
Most Wins in a Season
12 (12-0-1) – 1931-32
Longest Winning Streak
15 games – Jan. 8, 1932 to Jan. 18, 1933
Longest Unbeaten Streak
23 games – Feb. 15, 1931 to Jan. 18, 1933
www.GoPrincetonTigers.com
Princeton Men’s Hockey 2006-07
Mike McKee
Jeff Halpern
Andre Faust
Syl M. Apps
Chris Corrinet
National Hockey League
A pair of Princeton hockey alums – Jeff Halpern ’99 and George Parros
’03 – played full seasons in the National Hockey League last season. Halpern captained the Washington Capitals in his sixth year with the club. The
veteran appeared in 70 games, scoring 11 goals and adding 33 assists for
44 points. Those numbers lifted his NHL totals to 87 goals and 127 assists
for 214 points in 438 games during his six season. Halpern will continue
his NHL career this season in a new place, as he signed with the Dallas
Stars during the offseason.
He was joined at the NHL level last season by Parros who reached the
NHL after two seasons playing the minor leagues. Parros appeared in 55
games for the Los Angeles Kings and scored two goals and had three assists for five points. He also collected 138 penalty minutes in his role as
an enforcer with the club. Parros became the seventh player with ties to
Princeton to make it to the NHL.
Chris Corrinet ’01, a Capitals’ fourth-round draft choice in 1998, appeared in eight NHL games in the 2001-02 season and tallied an assist.
During that time, him and Halpern became the first Princeton alums to
appear in the same NHL game as teammates.
Princeton classmates Andre Faust ’92 and Mike McKee ’92 became
the first two Princeton alums to play on opposing teams in an NHL game.
McKee’s Quebec Nordiques defeated Faust’s Philadelphia Flyers 6-4 in
Quebec City in January 1994. McKee scored a goal for the Nordiques, while
Faust had an assist for the Flyers.
Faust (NHL totals: 47gp, 10g, 7a) became the first Princeton graduate
to score in the NHL, posting a goal in his first game. He later spent time in
the Winnipeg Jets farm system.
McKee (NHL totals: 48gp, 3g, 12a) had a regular shift on the blue line for
the Nordiques after being called up from Cornwall of the AHL in November
1993. He finished the season with 15 points.
The two players were not the first Princetonians to skate in an NHL
game, however. Ed Lee ’84 played two games (no points) for the Nordiques
in 1984-85. Syl M. Apps ’70, the father of the Syl Apps ’99, played freshman hockey at Princeton before enjoying a 10-year pro career with stops
in New York, Los Angeles and Pittsburgh. Apps (NHL totals: 727gp, 183g,
423a) was an NHL All-Star Game MVP and later elected to the Penguins
Hall of Fame.
www.GoPrincetonTigers.com
Princeton in the Pros
George Parros
Princeton Men’s Hockey 2006-07
Minor League Hockey
Over the years many Princeton players
Princeton in the Pros
Tigers in the
NHL Draft
Syl M. Apps ’70
4th round, 1964 Amateur Draft,
N.Y. Rangers (21st overall)*
Paul Dionne ’76
13th round, 1975 Entry Draft,
N.Y. Rangers (201st overall)
Jim Farrell ’81
14th round, 1978, St. Louis (218th)
Ron Dennis ’83
6th round, 1980, Toronto (116th)
Ed Lee ’84
5th round, 1981, Quebec (95th)
Cliff Abrecht ’86
9th round, 1983, Toronto (168th)
Nate Smith ’90
8th round, 1985, Calgary (164th)
Andy Cesarski ’91
10th round, 1987, St. Louis (207th)
Kevin Sullivan ’90
11th round, 1987, Hartford (228th)
Sean Gorman ’91
12th round, 1987, Boston (245th)
Jeff Kampersal ’92
10th round, 1988, NY Islanders (205th)
Dan Slatalla ’92
12th round, 1988, Hartford (242nd)
Keith Merkler ’93
7th round, 1989, Toronto (129th)
Sverre Sears ’93
8th round, 1989, Philadelphia (159th)
Andre Faust ’92
9th round, 1989, New Jersey (173rd)
Mike McKee ’92
1st round, 1990 Supplemental Draft,
Quebec (1st overall)
Jonathan Kelley ’96
11th round, 1991, Toronto (223rd)
Jason Smith ’96
4th round, 1993, Calgary (95th)
Jacques Joubert ’94
1st round, 1994 Supplemental Draft,
Dallas (9th overall)
Chris Patrick ’98
8th round, 1994, Washington (197th)
Steve Shirreffs ’99
9th round, 1995, Calgary (233rd)
Chris Corrinet ’01
4th round, 1998, Washington (107th)
George Parros ’03
8th round, 1999, Los Angeles (222nd)
Matt Maglione ’04
8th round, 2001, Washington (249th)
* prior to the introduction of the current
“drafting” system in 1969, NHL clubs held
an amateur draft for players 17 years or
older not competing on NHL-sponsored
junior teams
www.GoPrincetonTigers.com
Dave Stathos
Steve Shirreffs
Scott Bertoli
Seamus Young
have moved on to play professionally at the
minor league level and internationally. Last
season, Patrick Neundorfer ’06 and Seamus
Young ’06 began professional careers, both
appearing for the ECHL’s Trenton Titans
before graduating.
Young will stay in the ECHL for the 200607 season, recently signing with the Victoria
Salmon Kings, where he will be joined by
another former Tiger, Neil McCann ’03, who
spent the past two seasons playing in Europe.
Neundorfer, classmate Brian Carthas ’06
and Steve Slaton ’05, an ECHL player the last
two seasons, will play the upcoming season
in Europe.
Back in North America, after playing a
season in England, Neil Stevenson-Moore
’05 has signed with the ECHL’s Bakersfield
Condors and Brad Parsons ’02 signed with the
Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes,
and will be assigned to Albany of the AHL,
their top affiliate.
Other recent Princeton grads making the
transition to minor league hockey include several members of the Class of 2002. In addition
to Parsons, three others played professional
overseas. Dave Stathos and David Schneider
played in Finland; Stathos, for HIFK Helsinki
and Schneider, for TPS Turku, and David Del
Monte played in Germany.
Scott Bertoli ’99 wrapped up his seventh
season with the Trenton Titans in the ECHL,
and also appeared in games for the AHL’s
Norfolk Admirals.
Steve Shirreffs ’99, Robbie Sinclair ’98,
Jason Smith ’96, Jonathan Kelley ’96, Jeff
Kampersal ’92, Sean Gorman ’91, John
Messuri ’89 and Cliff Abrecht ’86 played for
various AHL teams.
Kevin Sullivan ’90 and Sverre Sears ’93
played in the IHL, and numerous other Tigers
have played in the ECHL, including Benoit
Morin ’00, Jackson Hegland ’99, Jason Given
’99, Matt Brush ’98, Nate Smith ’90, Kevin
Sullivan ’90 and Shane Campbell ’01.
Steve Slaton
Syl C. Apps
Brad Parsons
Erasmo Saltarelli
Dave Schneider
Princeton Men’s Hockey 2006-07
10
Angeles Kings forwards Craig Conroy (Clarkson) and
George Parros (Princeton); San Jose Sharks defenseman Doug Murray (Cornell); St. Louis Blues defenseman Steve Poapst (Colgate) and Washington Capitals
forward Chris Clark (Clarkson) and defenseman Brian
Pothier (Rensselaer).
Beyond the playing surface, a plethora of former standouts now hold
management positions in the world’s elite league. Harvard graduate Peter Chiarelli is the general manager of the Boston Bruins; St. Lawrence
alum Mike Barnett is general manager of the Phoenix Coyotes, while
fellow SLU grad Ray Shero is the general manager of the Pittsburgh
Penguins. Clarkson alum Taylor was senior vice president and general
manager of the Los Angeles Kings; Colgate alum Mike Milbury served as
general manager of the New York Islanders and is now special assistant
to the owner; and Cornell’s Dryden served as vice-chairman of Maple Leaf
Sports and Entertainment Ltd. In Florida, St. Lawrence graduates Bill
Torrey, Mike Keenan and Jacques Martin serve as the Panthers’ alternate
governor; general manager and head coach, respectively. In addition,
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is a Cornell graduate.
All of these players have played in each of the ECAC Hockey League
rinks, rinks that are regarded as some of college hockey’s finest. From
the frenzy at Rensselaer’s Houston Field House to Cornell’s historic Lynah
Rink, spectators get a feel for and become part of the league’s tradition.
The ECAC Hockey League has its Hobey Baker winners, its All-Americans and its national champions, but what may set it apart from any other
conference in the nation is its tradition and success in academics.
Few, if any, conferences can produce a list of influential and successful
alumni like the ECAC Hockey League.
Scott Hanley (Brown) currently serves as the Director of Sports and
Competition for ESPN X Games while John McLennan (Clarkson) spent
his career as the CEO of Bell Canada. Some former ECAC players became inventors, like Ed Werner (Colgate) and John Haney (Colgate), who
invented the board game Trivial Pursuit.
Other players have excelled in the financial world after hockey. Players
like John Hughes (Cornell), a tax and real estate attorney in New York,
Dino Macaluso (Rensselaer), president of The Macaluso Group, and Guy
Logan (Union), an associate investment banker for SunTrust Robinson
Humphrey Co. LLC.
Other former league players made it big in the entertainment world, and
none bigger than David Kelley (Princeton) the writer, creator and producer
of shows like Boston Legal, Ally McBeal, LA Law and Chicago Hope and
the movie Mystery, Alaska.
As a means to give fans and alumni an opportunity to remain a part of
the ECAC Hockey League family, the league offers a variety of opportunities, including a television package, conference web page, and a weekly
radio report during the season.
As for the future, it is clear that the ECAC shall continue to occupy its
spot among ice hockey’s elite conferences.
www.GoPrincetonTigers.com
The ECAC Hockey League
Home to 12 of the most prestigious ice hockey programs in the nation, the ECAC Hockey League is a conference filled with tradition, legendary players, coaches
and administrators and a bright and exciting future.
In terms of tradition, no conference can lay claim to
the history of the ECAC Hockey League.
The birthplace of collegiate ice hockey, member institutions have been
sponsoring the sport for nearly a century. On February 1, 1896 in Baltimore, Maryland, Yale faced Johns Hopkins in the first collegiate ice hockey
game. Two years later on January 19, 1898, Brown defeated Harvard in
Boston in the first college hockey game between schools still sponsoring
the sport.
From a team standpoint, Cornell (1969-70) stands as the only team in
NCAA ice hockey history to produce a perfect unbeaten and untied record
en route to the Division I men’s title. The Big Red posted a mark of 29-0
under coach Ned Harkness, a Hockey Hall of Fame inductee in 1994.
On the ice, legendary players such as Princeton’s Hobart Amory Hare
“Hobey” Baker, Cornell goaltending great Ken Dryden, who led the Montreal Canadiens to five Stanley Cups, and Clarkson’s Dave Taylor, who
starred with the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, are among the numerous
standouts who made their mark in the conference.
The conference’s tradition and history are not limited to the playing surface. A wealth of legendary coaches have called the conference home, including Harkness, Dartmouth’s Eddie Jeremiah, whose instructional book
on the game was the hockey bible for a generation; Army’s Jack Riley, who
led the 1960 U.S. Olympic squad to the gold medal at Squaw Valley; and
Yale’s Tim Taylor, who led the 1994 U.S. Olympic Team in Lillehammer,
Norway.
In terms of leadership, the ECACHL is second to none. When the Decathlon Club of Bloomington, Minn., wanted a model for hockey’s version
of the Heisman Trophy, they turned to an ECAC Hockey League institution and found Princeton’s Baker. Today, the best male player in college
hockey receives the Hobey Baker Memorial Award.
Lest anyone think the ECACHL is about yesterday, the NHL draft annually features a wealth of conference draftees. Since the conference’s
inception in 1961-62, 550 players have been drafted by NHL teams, including 61 over the past five years and 159 over the last 15.
Today, many former conference players enjoy NHL careers. Former
standouts include Anaheim Mighty Ducks forwards Andy McDonald (Colgate) and Todd Marchant (Clarkson); Carolina Hurricanes forwards Erik
Cole (Clarkson) and Craig Adams (Harvard); Chicago Blackhawks forward Craig MacDonald (Harvard); Colorado Avalanche forward Matt Murley (Rensselaer); Dallas Stars forward Jeff Halpern (Princeton); Florida
Panthers forward Joe Nieuwendyk (Cornell); Phoenix Coyotes goaltender
David LeNeveu (Cornell); Pittsburgh Penguins forward Dominic Moore
(Harvard); Vancouver Canucks defenseman Willie Mitchell (Clarkson);
Minnesota Wild forward Todd White (Clarkson); Montreal Canadiens defenseman Todd Simpson (Brown) and forward Chris Higgins (Yale); Los