An Open Letter to the Editorial Staff of USA Hockey Magazine:
I’m a bit surprised that the “Ivy on Ice” article in the November issue of USA Hockey magazine only talks about the men’s game. Co-education has existed in the Ivies for almost four decades, and the women’s game has a younger but equally important history:
The [...]
Three years ago, Bubba and his teammates had some fun with Garrett Beckwith attending their practices, working with the goalies and generally playing the role of “hip high school kid” to a team of middle-schoolers. At the time, I speculated that Beckwith was bound for bigger and better things, most likely west or north [...]
I’ve had some bizarre cases of mistaken identity over the years, but never one involving the player on a team jersey. Until Labor Day weekend, that is. Growing up, Labor Day was a Really Bad Day; it was the terminator between light of summer and the impending darkness of school, marching band [...]
In the midst of much cheering of all Devils teams, big, small and Lowell-oriented, I failed to comment on Princeton clinching the Ivy League men’s ice hockey championship for the first time this {decade, century, coaching era}. Last time the Tiger strode atop the Ivy halls, some kid named Jeff Halpern (now [...]
How about this for a hat trick: three Tiger tales in the March 13 issue of The Hockey News?
Former Princeton captain, Washington capitals leader, one-time Wall Street Journal human interest subject and current Dallas Stars center Jeff Halpern gets the nod (and picture) as pivot on the checking line, while on the opposite side [...]
Hockey teams often seem to play to the level of their opponents; picking up their games when needed and sadly dropping their games when least called for.
The Devils didn’t look like division leaders against Washington today, losing to the Caps for the first time in about a season and a half. With a [...]
Don’t look now, but the ECAC has a tiger in its tank. Namely the Princeton Tigers men’s hockey team, which has won 3 in a row and 5 of the last six, bringing them closer to 0.500 hockey than they’ve been since the days of Jeff Halpern and Syl Apps.
We used to [...]
Fifteen hours from now, I’ll be driving a car loaded with one smelly hockey bag, two well-worn sticks, two boxes of girl scout cookies, three suitcases, camera bag, case of trophies, box of NJ Devils Youth Hockey club pins, a cowbell, two parents (mine) and one son (also mine). 290 miles from [...]
The locomotive cheer is one of the oldest college cheers. dervied from a pre-Civil War Army cheer. It’s forever ingrained in my Princeton experience, not just from four years on campus but through countless reunions and sporting events, in which a locomotive signals a job well done, a sign of respect, and conveys [...]
Looking forward: Princeton’s men’s hockey team is making a run for an ECAC post-season berth. With 6 games to go, the Tigers are only 5 points out of a playoff spot. It’s mathematically possible, and certainly within the realm of possibility as well. The Tigers have reeled off four straight conference [...]
