NCAA Hockey Playoffs
Forget NCAA hoops, the NCAA hockey playoffs start tomorrow. Of course, if you feel the urge to fill out a tiered form filled with teams you may have heard of while watching ESPN in a late-night stupor, check out the Sun Dukes online bracket, courtesy of one of our work-sponsored teams. If you want to catch the Princeton game, it will be broadcast on WPRB, 103.3 FM or you can catch it via WPRB’s webcast. On a serious note, this is where my hockey attention is fixated until the Devils come out of their slump (which might be September), or the Tigers lose (which might be tomorrow night, North Dakota is ranked third in the country).
Win or lose, the Tigers had a great season and brought a wheelbarrow worth of awards home from the ECAC this week: Lee Jubinville, player of the year and Hobey Baker Award top-10 finalist; Guy Gadowsky as coach of the year; Mike Moore as defenseman of the year and Landis Stankievech as student-athlete of the year. Lots more notes on the semi-official Princeton fan site.
The last time Princeton made a tournament, Jeff Halpern was leading the team, and he later went on to show up at the Washington Capitals camp undrafted and unknown. And a few seasons later he was the captain of the team. He always wanted to play for his home-town team as a kid. Attention, Lou: check out Zane Kalemba — he looks really good in a Devils uniform.