Schedule & Results Game 13: Colgate at #15/15 Cornell OCTOBER 7:00 p.m. EST ∙ Saturday, December 7 ∙ Lynah Rink ∙ Ithaca, N.Y. 19 YORK (exhib.) W, 7-2 Records: Colgate 7-7-1, 5-3 ECAC Hockey ∙ Cornell 7-4-1, 4-3-1 ECAC Hockey 25 at Nebraska Omaha W, 5-3 TV: None ∙ Radio: WHCU-AM (870) ∙ Video: www.ivyleaguedigitalnetwork.com 26 at Nebraska Omaha W, 4-3 Live stats: www.sidearmstats.com/cornell/mhockey ∙ Audio: www.ivyleaguedigitalnetwork.com NOVEMBER 1 PRINCETON* W, 4-2 2 QUINNIPIAC* L, 0-3 WHAT’S ON TAP and is tied for fourth in the nation in points per game for 8 at Rensselaer* T, 3-3 The Big Red will close out the fall semester portion of defensemen (1.00). ... Senior goaltender Andy Iles (6-4-1, 9 at Union* L, 0-3 its schedule with a return to league play, taking on ECAC 2.45 goals-against average, .908 save percentage) had his 15 at Clarkson* L, 2-3 Hockey rival Colgate at 7 p.m. Saturday at Lynah Rink. streak of 80 consecutive starts snapped last week. 16 at St. Lawrence* W, 5-2 The new Ivy League Digital Network subscription service 22 BROWN* W, 5-1 will have both live video and audio of the game, featur- ABOUT COLGATE 23 YALE* W, 2-1 ing play-by-play from Jason Weinstein and color com- The Raiders were idle last week following a split with Yale 26 NIAGARA W, 4-2 30 vs. Boston Univ.# L, 2-3 mentary from Tony Eisenhut. Their call can also be heard and Brown in their last action. Sophomore Kyle Baun and in the Ithaca area on WHCU-AM (870). freshman Derek Freeman scored second-period goals in a DECEMBER 5-2 loss to Yale on Nov. 22, then Baun factored in all three 7 COLGATE* 7:00 p.m. ABOUT THE BIG RED of the Raiders’ goals the following night in a 3-1 victory 28 vs. New Hampshire~ 7:30 p.m. 29 vs. Princeton or Maine~ 4:00 / 7:30 p.m. Cornell is coming off a 3-2 loss to Boston University on over Brown. That win gives Colgate 10 points in the league, Saturday at Madison Square Garden, ending a four-game which is tied for second place with Union. While the team’s JANUARY Big Red winning streak. Cornell dominated the game 7-7-1 overall record may not stand out, Colgate lost two 3 RUSSIAN RED STARS (exhib.) 7:00 p.m. territorially, holding a 39-11 advantage in shots on goal games to No. 2/2 St. Cloud State and split with No. 6/7 Fer- 10 MASSACHUSETTS 7:00 p.m. 17 at Harvard* 7:00 p.m. and earning seven of the game’s nine power plays. But ris State. ... The Raiders’ top five scorers are all sophomores. 18 at Dartmouth* 7:00 p.m. it was the Terriers who proved opportunistic, building Baun (7-8–15) is tied for the team lead in scoring with 24 ST. LAWRENCE* 7:00 p.m. a three-goal lead before holding off a late Cornell rally. Mike Borkowski (4-11–15) and is tied for the goal-scoring 25 CLARKSON* 7:00 p.m. Christian Hilbrich and Cole Bardreau scored third-period lead with Tylor Spink (7-4–11) and Darcy Murphy (7-3– 31 at Yale* 7:00 p.m. goals for the Big Red. ... Last week’s other game was a 10). Baun and Spink have combined for seven of the team’s FEBRUARY wild 4-2 victory over Niagara in which freshman goalie 10 power-play goals. ... After freshman Charlie Finn (4-3, 1 at Brown* 7:00 p.m. Mitch Gillam not only earned the victory with 24 saves 3.68, .878) appeared to be the Raiders’ favored goalie in 8 at Colgate* 7:00 p.m. in his first collegiate start, but he also became just the early league games, he’s been splitting starts with senior 14 UNION* 7:00 p.m. eighth goalie in NCAA Division I history to score a goal. Eric Mihalik (3-3-1, 2.46, .915, 1 SO) more recently. Mihalik 15 RENSSELAER* 7:00 p.m. Freshman Patrick McCarron scored the Big Red’s second is 2-3-3 against the Big Red in his career. ... Colgate is 5-0 21 at Quinnipiac* 7:00 p.m. four-on-four goal of the night to give the home side a when tied after the first period. Five of its losses have been 22 at Princeton* 7:00 p.m. one-goal lead heading into the third period, then Gil- by three goals or more. 28 DARTMOUTH* 7:00 p.m. lam iced the game with a 180-foot shot into the Purple MARCH Eagles’ empty net with 8.6 seconds remaining in the THE SERIES WITH COLGATE 1 HARVARD* 7:00 p.m. third period. ... As of games completed Dec. 1, the Big Saturday’s game will mark the 146th all-time meeting 7-9 ECAC Hockey first round (campus sites, seeds 5-8) 14-16 ECAC Hockey quarterfinals (campus sites, seeds 1-4) Red had the fifth-most effective power play in the nation between the two Central New York rivals dating back to 21 ECAC Hockey semifinals (Lake Placid, N.Y.) with a 26.2 percent conversion rate. Cornell had scored 1921. The Big Red holds a 76-56-13 lead in the series 22 ECAC Hockey Championship (Lake Placid, N.Y.) at least one power-play goal over in five straight games after a victory and tie last season, which marked the 28-29 NCAA Regionals (Bridgeport, Conn.; Cincinnati, Ohio) before going 0-for-7 against Boston University. ... Junior first time the schools opened up their league schedules 29-30 NCAA Regionals (Worcester, Mass.; St. Paul, Minn.) John McCarron (3 goals, 11 assists – 14 points) is part of against each other. Andy Iles made 44 saves in the Big APRIL a three-way tie for the team lead in scoring with class- Red’s 3-1 victory Nov. 2, 2012 at Starr Rink in Hamilton, 10-12 NCAA Frozen Four (Philadelphia, Pa.) mates Brian Ferlin (7-7–14) and Lowry (6-8–14). Ferlin N.Y., then the teams played to a 2-2 draw the following Home Games in Bold; * ECAC Hockey game; has five goals over his last six games and Lowry has eight night at Lynah Rink. Cornell head coach Mike Schafer # Red Hot Hockey at Madison Square Garden (New York); points over the same six-game span. ... Junior Joakim holds a 26-12-8 lead over the Raiders during his tenure ~ Florida College Classic at Germain Arena (Estero, Fla.) Ryan (3-9–12) just had a five-game scoring streak halted behind the bench. Men’s Hockey Contact: Brandon Thomas, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications • Office Phone: (607) 255-5627 • Cell Phone (585) 705-4177 • Email: [email protected] POWERFUL STUFF THE 35th TO 350 Tale of the Tape Even with an 0-for-7 performance against Boston Uni- Already the winningest coach in program history, Mike Cornell Colgate versity, Cornell still has the fifth-best power play in the Schafer hit 350 victories for his career — all of which Team Offense 3.00 2.73 nation with a 26.2 percent conversion rate. The Big Red have come from behind the Big Red’s bench — with a 4-2 National Rank 19th 32nd scored seven power-play goals in a span of five consecu- win over Princeton on Nov. 1. He became the 35th coach Conference Offense 2.62 3.25 tive games from Nov. 15 to Nov. 26 and also scored seven all-time to rack up 350 victories across all NCAA divisions, Conference Rank 8th 6th goals on the man advantage in two games Oct. 25-26 at with four of them passing the milestone last season (Fer- Nebraska Omaha. All four of the Big Red’s goals in the Team Defense 2.42 3.53 ris State’s Bob Daniels, Connecticut’s Bruce Marshall, Notre second game came against the Mavericks on the power National Rank 18th 52nd Dame’s Jeff Jackson and Quinnipiac’s Rand Pecknold). play. It marked the first time the Big Red has scored four Conference Defense 2.25 3.62 Schafer is also just the third coach to pass 350 victories power-play goals in a game since Nov. 6, 2009 against Conference Rank 3rd 9th with Ivy League tenure, joining Ned Harkness (Cornell, Dartmouth (a 5-1 victory). Union and Rensselaer) and Tim Taylor (Yale). PP Pct. 26.2 14.7 National 5th 45th NOT JUST A DEFENSEMAN THE PUCK STOPS HERE Conference PP Pct. 23.5 9.5 As of Sunday, junior blueliner Joakim Ryan is tied for fourth With 30 saves in a Nov. 23 victory over Yale, senior goal- Conference Rank 4th 12th in the nation in points per game for defensemen (1.00). tender Andy Iles moved up to second on the program’s PK Pct. 80.4 79.7 Just six games into the season, Ryan had already equaled all-time list in saves. Just 11 games into his final season National Rank 35th 38th his goal total from all of last year with three. Two of his on East Hill, Iles has now accumulated 2,480 saves over Conference PK Pct. 81.5 78.4 strikes came in a 3-3 tie Nov. 8 at Rensselaer. He led the his collegiate career.