# 2021–22 Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey season

The 2021–22 Princeton Tigers Men's ice hockey season was the 119th season of play for the program and the 60th season in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Tigers represented the Princeton University and played their home games at the Hobey Baker Memorial Rink, and were coached by Ron Fogarty, in his 7th season.

## Season

After losing all of their previous season to the COVID-19 pandemic, Princeton started the year well, posting a winning record through their third week. Afterwards, the team's goaltending faltered and the Tigers lost nine consecutive games, dropping them to the bottom of the conference standings.
Around Christmas, Princeton was one of several teams affected by an uptick in COVID positives that forced the team to postpone several games until later in the season. At one point, Princeton was prepared to use Rachel McQuigge, the starting goalie for the women's team, as a backup but the game in question was delayed and the idea was never put into practice. The delay did allow the team to refocus for the second half of the season and the Tigers reeled off several wins to climb up into the middle of the ECAC pack.
Senior Jérémie Forget took command of the Princeton crease by February, however, an injury knocked him out for the remainder of the regular season. Aidan Porter was installed in goal for the six games that had been shoehorned into the final two weeks and Princeton ended up losing each match. While the defense wasn't able to keep the puck out of the net, the offense had also regressed, getting shut out in three of those games.
Princeton got its starting goalie back in time for the postseason, but Forget had little time to get back into the swing of things. The Tigers allowed Union to shell their net, allowing 37 shots against in both games. Forget held the fort in the first contest, allowing 3 goals, but the offense remained diminished and Princeton was swept out of the playoffs.

## Departures

| Player | Position | Nationality | Cause |
| Neil Doef | Forward | Canada | Graduation (retired) |
| Ryan Ferland | Goaltender | United States | Graduation (retired) |
| Jacob Paganelli | Forward | United States | Graduation (retired) |
| Sami Pharaon | Defenseman | Finland | Left mid-season (signed with TUTO Hockey) |
| Colin Tonge | Forward | Canada | Graduation (retired) |
| Reid Yochim | Defenseman | Canada | Graduation (signed with Grästorps IK) |

## Recruiting

| Player | Position | Nationality | Age | Notes |
| Jack Cronin | Forward | United States | 20 | Hamilton, MA |
| Noah de la Durantaye | Defenseman | Canada | 21 | Beaconsfield, QC |
| Alex Konovalov | Forward | United States | 20 | Summit, NJ |
| David Ma | Defenseman | United States | 19 | Manhattan, NY |
| Ethan Pearson | Goaltender | Canada | 19 | Fredericton, NB |

## Roster

As of August 19, 2021.

## Standings

2021–22 ECAC Hockey Standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | 3/SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #8 Quinnipiac † | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 71 | 14 | 42 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 139 | 53 |
| #17 Clarkson | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 51 | 86 | 47 | 37 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 123 | 85 |
| #15 Harvard * | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 69 | 46 | 35 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 116 | 82 |
| Cornell | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 73 | 47 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 100 | 72 |
| Colgate | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 55 | 57 | 40 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 111 | 112 |
| Rensselaer | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 58 | 63 | 44 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 114 | 119 |
| Union | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 52 | 66 | 37 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 89 | 110 |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 44 | 60 | 37 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 72 | 110 |
| Brown | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 36 | 61 | 31 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 50 | 100 |
| Princeton | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 54 | 89 | 31 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 70 | 122 |
| Yale | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 38 | 60 | 30 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 55 | 90 |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 45 | 71 | 32 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 69 | 110 |
| Championship: March 19, 2022 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |||||||||||||||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date | Time | Opponent$^#$ | Site | TV | Decision | Result | Attendance | Record |
| Exhibition ||||||||||
| October 16 | 7:00 PM | at #15 Cornell* | Lynah Rink • Ithaca, New York (Exhibition) | | | L 0–5 | | |
| Regular Season ||||||||||
| October 30 | 4:05 PM | at Army* | Tate Rink • West Point, New York | | Forget | L 1–4 | 1,391 | 0–1–0 |
| November 5 | 7:00 PM | at Brown | Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island | | Porter | W 6–3 | 427 | 1–1–0 (1–0–0) |
| November 6 | 7:00 PM | at Yale | Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut | | Forget | W 6–2 | 1,347 | 2–1–0 (2–0–0) |
| November 12 | 3:00 PM | at Long Island* | Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York | | Porter | W 2–1 | 134 | 3–1–0 |
| November 13 | 4:00 PM | Long Island* | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey | | Forget | T 4–4 $^{OT}$ | 1,288 | 3–1–1 |
| November 19 | 7:00 PM | St. Lawrence | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey | | Porter | L 4–6 | 1,265 | 3–2–1 (2–1–0) |
| November 20 | 7:00 PM | Clarkson | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey | | Forget | L 3–8 | 1,451 | 3–3–1 (2–2–0) |
| November 26 | 7:00 PM | RIT* | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey | | Pearson | L 4–5 | 1,200 | 3–4–1 |
| November 27 | 7:00 PM | RIT* | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey | | Porter | L 0–1 | 1,205 | 3–5–1 |
| December 3 | 7:00 PM | at Union | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York | | Porter | L 0–1 $^{OT}$ | 1,250 | 3–6–1 (2–3–0) |
| December 4 | 7:00 PM | at Rensselaer | Houston Field House • Troy, New York | | Porter | L 1–4 | 297 | 3–7–1 (2–4–0) |
| December 10 | 7:00 PM | at #16 Providence* | Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island | NESN+ | Porter | L 0–7 | 2,129 | 3–8–1 |
| December 11 | 7:00 PM | at #16 Providence* | Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island | | Forget | L 2–3 | 1,920 | 3–9–1 |
| January 18 | 4:00 PM | at #1 Quinnipiac | People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut | | Pearson | L 0–9 | 1,897 | 3–10–1 (2–5–0) |
| January 21 | 7:00 PM | at #8 Cornell | Lynah Rink • Ithaca, New York | | Forget | W 5–4 | 2,133 | 4–10–1 (3–5–0) |
| January 22 | 7:00 PM | at Colgate | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | | Forget | T 2–2 $^{SOL}$ | 0 | 4–10–2 (3–5–1) |
| January 26 | 7:00 PM | #2 Quinnipiac | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey | | Forget | L 0–6 | 0 | 4–11–2 (3–6–1) |
| January 28 | 7:00 PM | Brown | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey | | Forget | W 6–1 | 0 | 5–11–2 (4–6–1) |
| February 4 | 7:00 PM | Rensselaer | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey | | Forget | W 3–2 | 1,141 | 6–11–2 (5–6–1) |
| February 5 | 7:00 PM | Union | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey | | Forget | L 3–7 | 1,256 | 6–12–2 (5–7–1) |
| February 8 | 7:00 PM | Yale | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey | | Forget | W 2–1 | 1,175 | 7–12–2 (6–7–1) |
| February 11 | 7:00 PM | at #19 Clarkson | Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York | | Porter | L 1–7 | 2,339 | 7–13–2 (6–8–1) |
| February 12 | 7:00 PM | at St. Lawrence | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | | Forget | W 3–2 | 773 | 8–13–2 (7–8–1) |
| February 14 | 7:00 PM | Dartmouth | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey | | Porter | L 3–7 | 826 | 8–14–2 (7–9–1) |
| February 18 | 7:00 PM | at Harvard | Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts | | Porter | L 3–4 | 1,335 | 8–15–2 (7–10–1) |
| February 19 | 7:00 PM | at Dartmouth | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire | | Porter | L 0–2 | 1,803 | 8–16–2 (7–11–1) |
| February 25 | 7:00 PM | Colgate | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey | | Porter | L 3–4 | 1,151 | 8–17–2 (7–12–1) |
| February 26 | 7:00 PM | #18 Cornell | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey | | Porter | L 0–4 | 2,035 | 8–18–2 (7–13–1) |
| February 27 | 7:00 PM | Harvard | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey | | Porter | L 0–3 | 1,889 | 8–19–2 (7–14–1) |
| ECAC Hockey Tournament ||||||||||
| March 4 | 7:00 PM | at Union* | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York (First Round game 1) | | Forget | L 2–3 | 1,473 | 8–20–2 |
| March 5 | 7:00 PM | at Union* | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York (First Round game 2) | | Forget | L 1–5 | 1,435 | 8–21–2 |
| Princeton Lost Series 0–2 ||||||||||
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. Source: ||||||||||

## Scoring statistics

| Name | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM |
| Corey Andonovski | RW | 31 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 34 |
| Ian Murphy | F | 25 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 42 |
| Spencer Kersten | RW | 31 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 14 |
| Adam Robbins | F | 31 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 |
| Christian O'Neill | C | 30 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 27 |
| Pito Walton | D | 31 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| Mark Paolini | D | 29 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 16 |
| Finn Evans | RW | 24 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| Noah de la Durantaye | D | 28 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
| Nick Seitz | F | 31 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 |
| David Ma | D | 18 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| Matthew Kellenberger | D | 25 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| Liam Gorman | C | 28 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| Jack Cronin | C | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| Luke Keenan | D | 31 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| Matthew Thom | D | 26 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| MacKenzie Merriman | F | 26 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Alex Konovalov | F | 22 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Mike Kennedy | D | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Michael Ufberg | D | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Joe Berg | F | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| Nicholas Carabin | D | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Sami Pharaon | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ethan Pearson | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Hayami | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jérémie Forget | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aidan Porter | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bench | - | 31 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Total | | | 70 | 118 | 188 | 327 |

## Goaltending statistics

| Name | Games | Minutes | Wins | Losses | Ties | Goals Against | Saves | Shut Outs | SV % | GAA |
| Jérémie Forget | 17 | 945 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 55 | 434 | 0 | .888 | 3.49 |
| Aidan Porter | 17 | 808 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 50 | 355 | 0 | .877 | 3.71 |
| Ethan Pearson | 4 | 100 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 57 | 0 | .826 | 7.16 |
| Empty Net | - | 18 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 31 | 1873 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 122 | 846 | 0 | .874 | 3.91 |

## Rankings

| Poll | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 (Final) |
| USCHO.com | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | - | NR |
| USA Today | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.

## Players drafted into the NHL
### 2022 NHL Entry Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | NHL team |
| 3 | 76 | Michael Fisher$^†$ | San Jose Sharks |
† incoming freshman