LIU Tops Princeton, 6-4, for First Time Ever

Riley Wallack tipped home the winning goal midway through the third period, and Brandon Perrone made 28 saves as Long Island University recorded its first-ever win against Princeton University, 6-4, before 1,817 on-lookers on Saturday night at Hobey Baker Rink.

Cade Mason and Patriks Marcinkevics posted three points apiece for the victorious Sharks (9-15-1), who rebounded from a 2-0 deficit after 20 minutes of play by scoring four of the five goals netted in the second stanza to take a one-goal lead. After Wallack's go-ahead marker, Valtteri Piironen notched his first-ever goal in NCAA play by scoring into an empty net with 37 seconds remaining in regulation to ice the win. The LIU power play went 2-for-4 overall, while its penalty kill finished 5-for-6. The Sharks also won 37 of 64 face-offs.

Nick Seitz, Spencer Kersten (shorthanded), Ian Murphy and David Jacobs (power play) scored for the host Tigers (10-12-0), who got 18 stops in all from Ethan Pearson. It was the third defeat in a row for Princeton overall since fashioning a three-game win streak earlier this month, including a 5-2 triumph over visiting LIU on Jan. 13. The Sharks, meanwhile, have now won three consecutive contests, although the Tigers still lead the all-time head-to-head series, 2-1-1, that began last season.

Princeton Edges No. 12 Providence in OT

Jack Cronin's one-man effort in overtime lifted Princeton University to a 3-2 victory over 12th-ranked Providence College on Tuesday night, in NCAA men's hockey action at Hobey Baker Rink in central New Jersey.

Cronin's backhand shot from the slot, following a solo rush through the neutral zone, eluded Providence netminder Philip Svedebäck (23 saves) up high on the glove side to lift the Tigers (10-9-0 overall) to their third consecutive win, all at home. Ethan Pearson made 36 stops for Princeton, which snuffed all six Providence power-play attempts, while Tigers defensemen David Ma and Pito Walton notched two assists apiece.

After Liam Valente opened the scoring for the Friars (12-7-6) on a tip-in goal less than three minutes into regulation, Adams Robbins responded later in the first period for Princeton with his own deflection, to knot matters at a goal apiece. The score then remained unchanged until Princeton's Nick Seitz and Providence's Riley Duran exchanged goals 21 seconds apart in the third stanza, setting the stage for Cronin's sudden-death heroics.

Tuesday marked the third contest between the former Eastern College Athletic Conference rivals since last season, which began with a two-step sweep by the Friars at home, but it was the first meeting at Hobey Baker Rink since 1997. Providence still leads the all-time series, which started in 1954, by a 25-13-3 count.

Princeton returns to ECAC Hockey play this weekend at Colgate and Cornell, while Providence will be idle until returning to Hockey East action on Jan. 27-28 at Maine.