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Cornell Men’s Hockey 2015-16 Game Notes Cornell Big Red (0-0, 0-0 ECAC Hockey) Schedule & Results October Game 1: Cornell at Niagara 24 RYERSON (exhib.) 7 p.m. 25 LAURENTIAN (exhib.) 2 p.m. October 30, 2015, 7:05 p.m. EDT 30 at Niagara 7:05 p.m. Dwyer Arena, Niagara Univ., N.Y. 31 NIAGARA 7 p.m. Niagara Record: 0-3-1, 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: http://eversport.tv/atlantic-hockey/ice-hockey/niagara 28 vs. Boston University# 8 p.m. Audio: www.IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com December Live stats: www.sidearmstats.com/niagara/mhockey/ 4 ST. LAWRENCE* 7 p.m. 5 CLARKSON* 7 p.m. 28 vs. Providence~ 4 p.m. What’s on Tap: 29 vs. Boston Coll./Ohio St.~ 4/7:30 p.m. Cornell’s regular season will finally get under way this weekend with a home-and- January home non-league series against Niagara. The weekend starts at 7:05 p.m. Friday at the 8 MERRIMACK 7 p.m. Purple Eagles’ Dwyer Arena, which the Big Red will visit for the first time in program 9 MERRIMACK 7 p.m. history. Jason Weinstein will handle play-by-play, which can be heard for free on the 15 at Rensselaer* 7 p.m. Ivy League Digital Network and in the Ithaca area on WHCU-AM (870). 16 at Union* 7 p.m. 22 DARTMOUTH* 7 p.m. About the Big Red: 23 HARVARD* 7 p.m. Cornell returns its top three goal-scorers from a season ago in senior forward Chris- 29 at Clarkson* 7 p.m. tian Hilbrich (10-4—14), junior forward Matt Buckles (8-3—11; 4 PPGs) and senior February forward John Knisley (5-0—5). Five of Cornell’s top seven defensemen return as well. 5 at Quinnipiac* 7 p.m. Senior Reece Willcox, a Philadelphia Flyers draft pick, leads the group, and junior 6 at Princeton* 7 p.m. Patrick McCarron and sophomores Dan Wedman and Ryan Bliss logged significant 12 BROWN* 7 p.m. minutes last year. Cornell also returns all three of its goalies for the first time in seven 13 YALE* 7 p.m. years, with junior Mitch Gillam and sophomore Hayden Stewart playing all of the 19 at Harvard* 7 p.m. games last season. 20 at Dartmouth* 7 p.m. 26 UNION* 7 p.m. Let’s Get It Started: 27 RENSSELAER* 7 p.m. Cornell has an all-time record of 57-34-7 in season openers, extending its unbeaten March streak to four straight years after a 1-1 tie with visiting Omaha last year. Under current 4-6 ECAC Hockey first round head coach Mike Schafer, the Big Red is 12-6-2 in season openers. That includes a 3-2 11-13 ECAC Hockey quarterfinals 18 ECAC Hockey semifinals victory over Niagara to open the 2009-10 season. 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 ..... 375-222-77 (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: Captain .................................................................TBD The Purple Eagles are 0-3-1 this season, including a 3-3 tie and 8-2 loss at home last Assistant Captains ............................................TBD weekend against Atlantic Hockey contender Robert Morris. Freshman Guillaume 2014-15 Record ............................................11-14-6 Thérien (0-3-1, 4.99, .879) made 38 saves and senior forward Dan Kolenda scored 2014-15 ECAC Hockey Record .....................9-9-4 the tying goal midway through the first period in the opener, but the Colonials 2014-15 Ivy League Record ..........................4-4-2 went 4-for-4 on the power play the next night in the rout. Niagara opened the First Varsity Season ..................................1900-01 season with road losses at St. Lawrence (5-2, Oct. 9) and Clarkson (4-1, Oct. 10). ... All-Time Record ................ 1,062-691-125 (.599) Freshman forward Nick Farmer (2-1–3) has early team lead in goals and is tied with Record at Lynah Rink ............ 525-201-60 (.703) freshman forward Ryan Kuhn (1-2–3) and junior defenseman Vinny Muto (0-3–3) for NCAA Championships ................2 (1967, 1970) the team scoring lead. ... Niagara is just 9-for-16 on the penalty kill so far. NCAA Tournament Appearances ................... 19 All-time: 1124.5/1878 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 12-2 advantage in the series, all under Mike Schafer’s tenure, ...2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012 including an eight-game winning streak dating back to 2001. The last time the two ECAC Hockey Championships ........................ 12 programs met, Cornell goaltender Mitch Gillam stole the show in his first collegiate Years ..............1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 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. 30, 2015 ∙ at 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. 28) 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 Quinnipiac 0 0-0-0 – 0 0 4-0-0 1.00 18 5 Clarkson 0 0-0-0 – 0 0 5-1-0 .833 25 15 season (2.19). Junior goalie Mitch Gillam (9-9-5, 1.99 GAA, .927 SV%, SO) entered the St.