Niagara 4, Princeton 2

Niagara 7, Princeton 1

Princeton (0-2-0) opened its season by dropping two road games to the Purple Eagles (6-2-0).

On Friday night, Niagara scored a goal in each of the first two periods and made it a 3-0 advantage just 23 seconds into the final frame on the first of two goals by Nick Kormanyos.

The Tigers were able to respond with two goals to narrow the lead to 3-2. Princeton was unable to score the equalizer, though, and Kormanyos potted an empty-netter with 15 seconds to play for the final margin of victory.

Princeton only managed 21 shots and didn’t score until Dan Hursh scored with 1:19 to go in the game.

Colgate 4, Iona 1

Just as Colgate (1-4-0) waited awhile to get its first victory, Coach Dan Vaughan’s club took its time scoring its first goal against Iona (4-1-1) on Saturday night.

The Gaels jumped out to an early lead on the strength of a four-on-four tally by John Gilbert at 16:59 of the first frame.

The scoreboard remained that way until 5:36 of the third, when Colgate’s Rob Brown scored the Raiders’ first goal in three games.

After that, the floodgates opened. Kyle Doyle, Scooter Smith, and Paul Kelley all dented the twine for Colgate before the night was through.

Jason LeFevre turned in the best performance by a Raider netminder so far this season, stopping 23 of 24 Gael shots.