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Cornell Men’s Hockey 2015-16 Game Notes Cornell Big Red (1-0, 0-0 ECAC Hockey) Schedule & Results October Game 2: Cornell at Niagara 24 RYERSON (exhib.) W, 5-2 25 LAURENTIAN (exhib.) W, 6-1 October 31, 2015, 7 p.m. EDT 30 at Niagara W, 3-2 (OT) Lynah Rink, Ithaca, N.Y. 31 NIAGARA 7 p.m. Niagara Record: 0-4-1, 0-1-1 Atlantic Hockey November 6 PRINCETON* 7 p.m. 7 QUINNIPIAC* 7 p.m. Live Coverage 13 COLGATE* 7 p.m. 14 at Colgate* 7 p.m. TV: None 20 at Yale* 7 p.m. Radio: WHCU-AM (870) 21 at Brown* 7 p.m. Video: www.IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com 28 vs. Boston University# 8 p.m. Live stats: www.sidearmstats.com/cornell/mhockey/ December 4 ST. LAWRENCE* 7 p.m. 5 CLARKSON* 7 p.m. What’s on Tap: 28 vs. Providence~ 4 p.m. Cornell and Niagara will face off for a second consecutive night after the Big Red 29 vs. Boston Coll./Ohio St.~ 4/7:30 p.m. opened its regular season with a 3-2 overtime victory last night at the Purple Eagles' January Dwyer Arena. Jason Weinstein will handle play-by-play of tonight's game, which 8 MERRIMACK 7 p.m. can be heard for free on the Ivy League Digital Network and in the Ithaca area on 9 MERRIMACK 7 p.m. WHCU-AM (870). 15 at Rensselaer* 7 p.m. 16 at Union* 7 p.m. Let’s Get It Started: 22 DARTMOUTH* 7 p.m. Cornell has an all-time record of 58-34-7 in season openers after last night's victory. 23 HARVARD* 7 p.m. The Big Red stormed back from a pair of deficits before Christian Hilbrich scored the 29 at Clarkson* 7 p.m. winner off a behind-the-net feed from Jake Weidner. Eric Freschi and Anthony Angello February scored Cornell's other goals in the second period, and Mitch Gillam made 23 saves for 5 at Quinnipiac* 7 p.m. the win. The Big Red is now unbeaten in its last five season debuts (4-0-1). 6 at Princeton* 7 p.m. 12 BROWN* 7 p.m. About the Big Red: 13 YALE* 7 p.m. Cornell returns its top three goal-scorers from a season ago in senior forward Chris- 19 at Harvard* 7 p.m. tian Hilbrich (10-4—14), junior forward Matt Buckles (8-3—11; 4 PPGs) and senior 20 at Dartmouth* 7 p.m. forward John Knisley (5-0—5). Five of Cornell’s top seven defensemen return as well. 26 UNION* 7 p.m. Senior Reece Willcox, a Philadelphia Flyers draft pick, leads the group, and junior 27 RENSSELAER* 7 p.m. Patrick McCarron and sophomores Dan Wedman and Ryan Bliss logged significant March minutes last year. Cornell also returns all three of its goalies for the first time in seven 4-6 ECAC Hockey first round years, with junior Mitch Gillam and sophomore Hayden Stewart playing all of the 11-13 ECAC Hockey quarterfinals games last season. 18 ECAC Hockey semifinals 19 ECAC Hockey Championship 25-26 NCAA Regionals 26-27 NCAA Regionals Follow the Big Red Men’s Hockey Media Contact April Website: www.CornellBigRed.com Brandon Thomas, Assistant Director of 7-9 NCAA Frozen Four (Tampa, Fla.) Facebook: Cornell Athletics Athletic Communications * ECAC Hockey game; # The Frozen Apple Twitter: @CornellSports Office Phone: (607) 255-5627 at Madison Square Garden (New York); Instagram: @CornellSports Email: [email protected] ~ Florida College Hockey Classic YouTube: CornellAthletics Looking Back: Cornell Quick Facts Cornell is coming off a disappointing 11-14-6 season. Just one team among Divi- Location ....................................Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 sion I’s 59 programs surrendered fewer goals than the Big Red — but just one Founded ............................................................ 1865 scored fewer, too. Expectations were high with a strong senior class, but the squad Enrollment .....................................................13,700 was decimated by 84 man-games lost to injury, which included lengthy absences President .................................... Elizbaeth Garrett from All-Ivy League and All-ECAC Hockey First Team defenseman Joakim Ryan and Director of Athletics .............J. Andrew Noel, Jr. top forward Joel Lowry. Inconsistency ultimately took its toll, and the Big Red exited Colors ...........................Carnelian Red and White the postseason in the first round of the ECAC Hockey Championships. Sophomore Conference..............ECAC Hockey / Ivy League goaltender Mitch Gillam was placed on the All-Ivy League Second Team after post- Rink (Capacity) .......................Lynah Rink (4,267) ing a 1.77 goals-against average and .935 save percentage in Ivy play. Coaching Information Exhibitions In Name Only: Head Coach ............. Mike Schafer (Cornell ’86) Cornell is 22-1-3 in exhibitions since 2000, including last weekend’s sweep of OUA’s Career Record ..... 376-222-77 (20th season) Ryerson and Laurentian at Lynah Rink. The Big Red blitzed Ryerson with five goals Associate Head Coach ...........................Ben Syer in the first period Saturday, eventually winning by a 5-2 margin. Junior forward (Western Ontario ’98) Jeff Kubiak had a goal and three assists, and junior forward Matt Buckles scored Assistant Coach .......Topher Scott (Cornell ’08) goals a little more than two minutes apart. On Sunday, Cornell got all of its goals in Volunteer Assistant Coach ................Joe Palmer a 6-1 win from freshmen — including four from forward Anthony Angello, a 2014 (Ohio State ’13) draft pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Defenseman Alec McCrea and forward Mitch Director of Operations ..........Brennen McHugh Vanderlaan scored the other two goals, and junior goaltender Hayden Stewart only (Campbell ’11) needed to make seven saves to earn the victory. Team Information About Niagara: Captains ......... Christian Hilbrich, John Knisley The Purple Eagles are 0-4-1 this season, including a 3-3 tie and 8-2 loss at home last ......................... Teemu Tiitinen, Reece Willcox weekend against Atlantic Hockey contender Robert Morris. Freshman Guillaume 2015-16 Record .................................................1-0-0 Thérien (0-4-1, 4.53, .886) made 32 saves last night in the loss to Cornell, and senior 2015-16 ECAC Hockey Record .....................0-0-0 forward Dan Kolenda (2-1–3) scored his second goal over the last three games. 2015-16 Ivy League Record ..........................0-0-0 ... Niagara opened the season with road losses at St. Lawrence (5-2, Oct. 9) and First Varsity Season ..................................1900-01 Clarkson (4-1, Oct. 10). ... Freshman forward Ryan Kuhn (1-3–4) and junior defense- All-Time Record ................ 1,063-691-125 (.599) man Vinny Muto (0-4–4) each had assists last night and are tied for the team scoring Record at Lynah Rink ............ 525-201-60 (.703) lead. ... Niagara was just 9-for-16 on the penalty kill entering last night, but held NCAA Championships ................2 (1967, 1970) Cornell scoreless on the Big Red's three power-play opportunities. NCAA Tournament Appearances ................... 19 All-time: 1125.5/1879 Years ...1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, The Series Against Niagara: Lynah: 552.5/786 ..............1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, The Big Red owns a 13-2 advantage in the series, all under Mike Schafer’s tenure, ...2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012 including an nine-game winning streak dating back to 2001. The last time the two ECAC Hockey Championships ........................ 12 programs met in Ithaca, Cornell goaltender Mitch Gillam stole the show in his first Years ..............1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, collegiate start by scoring an empty-net goal to ice a 4-2 win on Nov. 26, 2013. ...1980, 1986, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010 ECAC Hockey Championships Where’s The Beef? Cornell has made seven treks to the ECAC Hockey’s championship weekend over The Big Red continues its tradition as the last 10 years, which is tops among the circuit’s 12 teams. Here is a breakdown being one of the biggest teams in the of recent ECAC Hockey Championship weekend appearances ... country. Provided by College Hockey Inc., Teams Appearances By Year (Key: Champion, Finalist, Semifinalist) here is a look at how Cornell stacks up size-wise against the rest of the CORNELL (7) 2014 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2006 Division I landscape: COLGATE (6) 2015 2014 2012 2011 2008 2006 UNION (4) 2014 2013 2012 2010 Tallest teams, by average height Cornell 6 feet, 1.55 inches HARVARD (4) 2015 2012 2008 2006 Western Michigan 6 feet, 1.15 inches QUINNIPIAC (4) 2015 2014 2013 2007 Princeton 6 feet, 0.93 inches YALE (3) 2013 2011 2009 Maine 6 feet, 0.85 inches Michigan 6 feet, 0.80 inches DARTMOUTH (3) 2011 2007 2006 ST. LAWRENCE (4) 2015 2010 2009 2007 Biggest teams, by average weight BROWN (2) 2013 2010 Western Michigan 200.63 pounds Cornell 198.00 pounds PRINCETON (2) 2009 2008 Michigan 197.76 pounds CLARKSON (1) 2007 Notre Dame 195.16 pounds RENSSELAER (0) North Dakota 193.59 pounds Oct. 31, 2015 ∙ vs. Niagara - 2 - Goalie University: Standings & Results Cornell has produced nine First-Team All-American goaltenders in its history and 21st-year Jay R. Bloom ’77 Head Coach of Men’s Hockey Mike Schafer is widely Current Standings (as of Oct. 30) Conference Only Overall regarded as one of the top defensive minds in the game, so it should come as no Pts Record Win% GF GA Record Win% GF GA surprise that the Big Red ranked seventh in the nation in goals against average last Rensselaer 1 1-0-0 1.000 5 1 2-4-0 .333 14 18 Quinnipiac 0 0-0-0 – 0 0 6-0-0 1.000 27 8 season (2.19). Junior goalie Mitch Gillam (9-9-5, 1.99 GAA, .927 SV%, SO) entered the Cornell 0 0-0-0 – 0 0 1-0-0 1.000 3 2 last weekend of the regular season leading the nation in both goals against average Yale 0 0-0-0 – 0 0 1-0-0 1.000 3 1 Clarkson 0 0-0-0 – 0 0 5-1-0 .833 25 15 and save percentage, and freshman goalie Hayden Stewart (2-5-1, 2.13, .923, 2 SO) St.