NCAA Semifinal CORNELL BIG RED No. 3 Cornell vs. No. 2 Minnesota Friday, March 16, 2012 • 8 p.m. CST WOMEN’S HOCKEY AMSOIL Arena (cap. 6,600) • Duluth, Minn. Women’s Hockey Contact: Evan Drexler, Multimedia Coordinator Office Phone: (607) 254-5232 • Cell Phone (954) 540-5276 • Email: [email protected] Cornell seeks school’s first national championship 2011-12 Cornell Women’s Hockey Schedule ITHACA, N.Y. – The Big Red is back in the Frozen and are ranked as the No. 2 team in the country. Min- OCTOBER Four for the third consecutive year after a tense, thrill- nesota is the only conference tournament champion left 14 BRAMPTON (exhibition) W (6-0) ing NCAA quarterfinals matchup with Boston University in the field, having defeated Minnesota-Duluth in the 25 at Colgate* W (6-2) last weekend. The season ends this weekend one way WCHA Final Faceoff two weeks ago. In the first round of 28 YALE* W (9-0) or another, with No. 3 Cornell facing No. 2 Minnesota in the NCAA Tournament, the Gophers knocked off North 29 BROWN* W (9-0) the national semifinals in Duluth, Minn. Two wins this Dakota by a 5-1 margin one week after beating them weekend would give the Big Red its first ever national 6-0. Minnesota has not lost since Feb. 17 in overtime to NOVEMBER championship. North Dakota and has won two national championships, 1 SYRACUSE W (9-2) the most recent coming in 2005. 11 DARTMOUTH* L (4-5) 12 NO. 10 HARVARD* W (5-3) ABOUT THE BIG RED Minnesota has the country’s third-best scoring of- 18 at Princeton* W (3-1) Cornell has evolved over the last three years from a 19 at Quinnipiac* W (7-1) national afterthought to a powerhouse program on the Cornell Quick Facts 25 NO. 5 BOSTON UNIVERSITY W (3-1) verge of winning a national championship. On Saturday, Location .................................................Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 26 NO. 5 BOSTON UNIVERSITY W (7-1) the Big Red took another step on the road to a national Founded .................................................................... 1865 title by beating Boston University. Cornell won the ECAC Enrollment.............................................................. 13,700 DECEMBER regular season and Ivy League titles for the third consec- President ..................................................David J. Skorton 2 at No. 6 Mercyhurst W (5-4) utive year and has made the NCAA tournament for the Director of Athletics ...............................J. Andrew Noel, Jr. 3 at No. 6 Mercyhurst L (2-5) last three years as well. Two wins this weekend would Colors ......................................... Carnelian Red and White JANUARY give the school its first national championship and send Affiliation ................................................................NCAA I Conference ..................................ECAC Hockey/Ivy League 6 at Union* W (9-1) off a terrific senior class with a goal they have worked Rink (Capacity) .....................................Lynah Rink (4,267) 7 at Rensselaer* W (3-0) toward for four years. 10 COLGATE* W (3-0) 13 QUINNIPIAC* W (4-1) Coaching Information HEAD COACH DOUG DERRAUGH 14 PRINCETON* W (1-0) Women’s Hockey Coach.......... Doug Derraugh (Cornell ‘91) 17 at Syracuse W (6-3) Now in his seventh season directing the Cornell wom- Career Record ....................119-87-16 (seventh season) 20 at No. 8 Harvard* W (2-0) en’s hockey program, Doug Derraugh has quickly brought Assistant Coach ...................Danielle Bilodeau (Cornell ‘01) 21 at No. 9 Dartmouth* W (1-0 [OT]) the Big Red women to their place among the nation’s Assistant Coach ............................Edith Racine (Elmira ‘05) 27 at St. Lawrence* W (6-4) elite. Taking a program that won just four games in the Volunteer Assistant Coach..Meredith Roth (Providence ‘04) 28 at Clarkson* L (3-5) season prior to his arrival, Derraugh guided the Big Red Athletic Trainer ..............................................Cody Herbert to the national title game in his fifth season and back-to- Equipment Manager .....................................Sean Schmidt FEBRUARY Student Manager.......................................Stephanie Pratt 3 RENSSELAER* W (3-0) back NCAA Frozen Four appearances in 2010 and 2011, completely turning around the culture of the women’s 4 UNION* W (5-1) 2011-12 Team Information 7 No. 5 MERCYHURST W (5-1) hockey program at Cornell. Derraugh, a 1991 graduate of Captain ..................................................Rebecca Johnston 10 at Brown* W (5-0) Cornell, was the last Big Red men’s hockey player to score Captain....................................................Chelsea Karpenko 11 at Yale* W (6-1) 30 goals in a season. He earned his 100th career win at Captain......................................................Catherine White 17 CLARKSON* W (2-1 [OT]) Union on Jan. 6. Captain........................................................Amanda Young 18 NO. 10 ST. LAWRENCE* W (3-2) 2011-12 Record ........................................................ 30-4-0 24 BROWN # W (4-2) ABOUT MINNESOTA 2011-12 ECAC Hockey Record ................................... 20-2-0 25 BROWN # W (6-0) 2011-12 Ivy League Record ........................................ 9-1-0 MARCH The Gophers, located in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, are currently on a six-game winning streak 2010-11 Record ........................................................ 31-3-1 2 QUINNIPIAC $ W (5-1) 2010-11 ECAC Hockey Record ................................... 20-1-1 3 NO. 10 ST. LAWRENCE % L (1-3) Cornell vs. Minnesota 2010-11 Ivy League Record ........................................ 9-1-0 10 NO. 5 BOSTON UNIVERSITY & W (8-7 [3OT]) Face Off: ....... Friday, March 16 • 8 p.m. CST First Varsity Season ...............................................1972-73 16 vs. No. 2 Minnesota ^ 8 p.m. CST All-Time Record ....................................451-451-50 (.500) 18 NCAA Championship (Duluth, Minn.) 4 p.m. CST Site: .............AMSOIL Arena • Duluth, Minn. 2011-12 Records: NCAA Championships ....................................................... 0 NCAA Tournament Appearances ....................................... 3 Home Games in Bold, CAPS Cornell ..............30-4, 20-2 ECAC Hockey Years ...................................................2010, 2011, 2012 * ECAC Hockey game Minnesota ............ 32-5-2, 23-3-2 WCHA ECAC Hockey Tournament Championships ........................ 2 # ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals | $ ECAC Hockey Semifinal Media Information Years .............................................................2010, 2011 % ECAC Hockey Final | & NCAA Quarterfinal Live Stats: ................................NCAA.com Ivy League Championships ............................................. 10 ^ NCAA Semifinal Live Video: ...............................NCAA.com Years .....................1976-79, 1981, 1990, 1996, 2010-12 www.cornellbigred.com 1 2011-12 Cornell Women’s Hockey Notes fense (4.46 goals per game) and the top scoring defense game for the second time in school history (2010)…be AROUND ECAC HOCKEY (1.31) this season to go along with the third-best power Cornell’s first victory ever against the Gophers…even Current Standings (as of March 15) play (24.7 percent) and third-best penalty kill (88.5). Cornell’s lifetime record against current WCHA teams to Conference Only Overall Leading the way for the Gophers this season is 6-6-1…tie last year’s team with the most wins in school Pts Record Win% GF GA Record Win% GFGA (y)Cornell 40 20-2-0 .909 99 28 30-4-0 .882 160 58 Amanda Kessel, who has scored 30 goals and racked up history (31)…put Cornell over a .500 winning percent- (x)Harvard 35 17-4-1 .795 79 30 22-9-1 .703 115 60 46 assists. Her 1.95 points per game puts her fourth in age lifetime (452-451-50). (x)Clarkson 32 15-5-2 .727 69 31 22-10-5 .662 103 66 the country. Goalkeeper Noora Raty has the nation’s low- (x)St. Lawrence 30 14-6-2 .682 69 44 24-10-4 .684 121 83 (x)Dartmouth 30 14-6-2 .682 61 39 18-10-2 .663 91 66 est goals against average (1.34) and third-highest save CORNELL IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT (x) Quinnipiac 26 12-8-2 .591 61 48 19-16-2 .541 92 85 percentage (.941). This is the third consecutive season the Big Red has (x) Princeton 22 10-10-2 .500 44 43 12-15-4 .452 64 72 (x) Brown 14 5-13-4 .318 31 63 8-16-7 .371 61 82 Minnesota is coached by Brad Frost, a 1996 Bethel made the NCAA Tournament and Frozen Four. The Big Rensselaer 14 6-14-2 .318 44 63 9-21-4 .324 73 102 grad. He is in his fifth year at the helm of the Gophers. Red holds a 4-2 record in the tournament overall. Cornell Colgate 12 5-15-2 .273 35 69 10-21-2 .333 66 94 Union 6 2-18-2 .136 23 68 4-26-4 .176 51 110 Yale 3 1-20-1 .068 23 112 1-27-1 .052 31 152 THE SERIES WITH MINNESOTA Cornell’s Record When... (x) -- Clinched ECAC Hockey Tournament berth (y) -- Clinched Regular Season Title Cornell’s lifetime history with Minnesota is just that – Recent Scores/Upcoming Contests (as of March 15) W L T ancient history. The Gophers have won all three contests February 18 Overall 30 4 0 between the two sides, but those games all came in the Harvard 4, Yale 0 late 1990s. Minnesota won in a neutral-site contest in in ECAC Hockey play 23 3 0 Cornell 3, St. Lawrence 2 in Ivy League play 9 1 0 Quinnipiac 5, Rensselaer 1 1997 at Princeton 3-2 and then won two home games Princeton 3, Union 0 by a combined 11-1 the following year. Against current in non-conference play 6 1 0 Clarkson 1, Colgate 0 WCHA teams lifetime, Cornell is 5-6-1. Its best record at home 18 2 0 Dartmouth 2, Brown 1 (OT) against that conference is a 2-0 mark against Ohio State. on the road 12 2 0 February 24 leading after one period 22 1 0 ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals A WIN AGAINST MINNESOTA WOULD… St. Lawrence 4, Dartmouth 3 (OT) …clinch a berth in the national championship trailing after one period 3 2 0 Cornell 4, Brown 2 tied after one period 5 1 0 Harvard 5, Princeton 3 NATIONAL HOCKEY POLLS Quinnipiac 4, Clarkson 1 leading after two periods 27 0 0 trailing after two periods 0 4 0 February 25 USCHO.com ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals tied after two periods 3 0 0 Division I Women’s Poll (March 5, 2012) St.