Thursday, January 6, 2022

Princeton Shuts Down Several Home Hockey Contests



Princeton University men's ice hockey won't be returning to action this weekend, thanks to opponent COVID protocols.

Friday's game against Yale and Saturday's contest with Brown, both at Hobey Baker Memorial Rink, will be moved to alternate dates, which will be announced at a later time. The Tigers (3-9-1 overall, 2-4-0 ECAC Hockey) have not played since being swept at Providence on Dec. 10-11, their seventh and eighth consecutive losses.

The Tigers home contest against Quinnipiac on Jan. 3 had already been rescheduled to Jan. 26. The Jan. 2 matchup at Quinnipiac has been re-set for Jan. 18 in Hamden, Conn. A number of NCAA Division I hockey contests this weekend have also been postponed or canceled, with the national governing body itself also recently releasing updated COVID-19 guidelines for winter sports.

Princeton women's hockey returned to action for the first time since mid-December with a 1-0 victory over visiting Long Island University on Monday. The Tigers (7-5-3, 5-2-1) are scheduled to host Clarkson on Friday night, although Saturday's game against St. Lawrence has already been postponed. 

Princeton University as a whole is not allowing spectators at any athletic home contest on its central New Jersey campus through the rest of January 2022, as explained at goprincetontigers.com. All 2020-21 Princeton athletic campaigns, in all three seasons, were lost to COVID-19.

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