DANBURY, CONN. – The first games of 2026 delivered tight conference battles and high-scoring non-conference matchups, highlighted by Quinnipiac’s dominant performance against Harvard and Princeton’s one-goal win over Dartmouth, which came with two seconds left in the game. Cornell and Clarkson earned a strong non-conference victory, while St. Lawrence tied with Stonehill and Colgate went 1-1 against UNH.

Friday, January 2
PRINCETON 5 - DARTMOUTH 4
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Princeton goal scorers - David Jacobs (2), Jake Manfre, Brendan Gorman, Nick Marciano
Dartmouth goal scorers - Hayden Stavroff, Hank Cleaves, Brock Devlin, Cooper Cleaves

QUINNIPIAC 9 - HARVARD 1
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Quinnipiac goal scorers - Victor Czerneckianair (2), Ethan Wyttenbach (2), William Gilson, Markus Vidicek, Graham Sward, Antonin Verreault, Chris Pelosi
Harvard goal scorer - Richard Gallant

STONEHILL 6 - ST. LAWRENCE 2
BOX SCORE
Stonehill goal scorers - Justin Gibson, Joseph Gainda, Justin Mexico, Cole Melady, Frank Ireland, Anthony Galante
St. Lawrence goal scorers - Sam LeDrew, Filip Juricek

CORNELL 6 - NEBRASKA OMAHA 4
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Cornell goal scorers - Aiden Long (2), Xavier Veilleux, George Fegaras, Gio DiGiulian, Reegan Hiscock
Nebraska goal scorers - Samuel Huo, Jacob Slipec, Tyler Rollwagen, Trevor Wong

ST. CLOUD STATE 6 - YALE 2
BOX SCORE
St. Cloud State goal scorers - Austin Burnevik (2), Finn Loftus, Noah Urness, Verner Miettinen, Joseph Belisle
Yale goal scorers - James Shannon, David Andreychuk

Saturday, January 3
MINNESOTA STATE 4 - YALE 3
BOX SCORE
Minnesota State goal scorers - Jordan Ronn, Alex Zetterberg, Mason LeBel, Ean Somoza
Yale goal scorers: Owen Forester, David Chen, Donovan Frias

UNION 9 - ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA 0
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Union goal scorers - Brandon Buhr (2), Will Felicio, Connor Smith, Ollie Chessler, Ben Muthersbaugh, Jacob Jeannette, Brendan Miles, Etienne Lessard

ST. LAWRENCE 3 - STONEHILL 3
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St. Lawrence goal scorers - Sam Frandina, Jake Lammens, Gunnar Thoreson
Stonehill goal scorers - Pat Murphy, Matthew Rafalski, Joseph Grainda

VERMONT 3 - RPI 0
BOX SCORE
Vermont goal scorers - Blake Steenerson, Daniel Sambuco, Jens Richards

CLARKSON 6 - NIAGARA 2
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Clarkson goal scorers - Talon Sigurdson (2), Justin Cote (2), Tate Taylor, Mel St-denis
Niagara goal scorers - Davis Codd, Noah Hackett

CORNELL 3 - NEBRASKA OMAHA 2
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Cornell goal scorers - Aiden Long, Reegan Hiscock, Jonathan Castagna
Nebraska goal scorers - Jeremy Loranger (2)

COLGATE 3 - UNH 2
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Colgate goal scorers - Simon Labelle, Ryan Sullivan, Jake Schneider
UNH goal scorers - Morgan Winters, Jacob Newcombe

QUINNIPIAC 5 - DARTMOUTH 3
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Quinnipiac goal scorers - Aaron Schwartz, Markus Vidicek, Victor Czerneckianair, Mason Marcellus, Braden Blace
Dartmouth goal scorers - CJ Foley, Tim Busconi, Joshua Schenk

PRINCETON 3 - HARVARD 2
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Princeton goal scorers - Kai Daniells, Jake Manfre, David Jacobs
Harvard goal scorers - Joe Miller, Salvatore Guzzo

MERRIMACK 3 - BROWN 2
BOX SCORE
Merrimack goal scorers - Nick Pierre, Ty Daneault, Justin Gill
Brown goal scorers - Ryan St. Louis (2)

Sunday, January 4
UNH 3 - COLGATE 2
BOX SCORE 
UNH goal scorers - Morgan Winters, JP Turner, Nick Ring
Colgate goal scorers - Max Nagel, Jake Schneider

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