Annapolis, MD: On Friday, February 13, 2026, The College of New Jersey held off Towson University in the first of two preliminary games in the annual Crab Pot Tournament, The tournament is hosted by Navy Hockey at McMullen Arena. The final score was 4-3.1
TCNJ opened the scoring 1:04 into the first period with an unassisted goal by Josh Kushnir. Daniel Yakub scored for TCNJ at 14:53 with an assist from Nick Staudt. Yakub would pot his second goal of the game at 19:20 with assists coming from Logan May and Kyle Gregory giving them the 3-0 lead after the first period.
The Towson Tigers fired 10 shots on net, while the Lions of TCNJ put 18 on goal,
James Harwood got Towson on the board at 11:14 of the second period with a helper from Tyler Chmiel.
Less than three minutes later, it would be Harwood again, this time with an assist from Jeremy Wilson at 14:09. The second period ended with TCNJ up 3-2. Shots on goal were 13-9 with the Lions putting more rubber on the net.
Kyle Gregory would extend the lead back to two goals at 3:25 of the third period with helpers from Josh Kushnir and Zach Duggan. The goal was scored while on the power play. At 9:45, Jeremy Wilson would bring Towson back to within one goal, with an assist from Keegan Jensen. Towson would end up outshooting TCNJ 11-7 in the third.1
Christian Esposito was in net for the Lions, making 27 saves on 30 shots. Luke Schaub was in net for the Tigers and ended with 34 saves on 38 shots.
TCNJ would go on to win the Crab Pot Tournament after defeating the University of Maryland, while Towson ended up losing to Navy in the Consolation game.
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