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Cornell Men’s Hockey 2016-17 Game Notes Schedule & Results Cornell Big Red (17-6-3, 12-4-3 ECAC Hockey) October 12/13 21 UOIT (exhib.) W, 3-1 Cornell at Clarkson 22 BROCK (exhib.) W, 8-1 Saturday, February 18, 2017, 7 p.m. EST 28 at Merrimack L, 2-3 Cheel Arena, Potsdam, N.Y. November Clarkson Record: 14-13-4, 9-8-2 ECAC Hockey 4 at Dartmouth * T, 1-1 5 at Harvard * L, 3-4 Live Coverage Where Cornell Stands 11 at Brown * W, 4-2 TV: None KRACH: 9 12 at Yale * W, 6-3 Radio: WHCU (870 AM, 95.9 FM) RPI: 10 18 QUINNIPIAC * L, 1-3 Video: www.clarksonathletics.tv Pairwise: 10 19 PRINCETON * W, 4-2 Stats: www.sidearmstats.com/clarkson/mhockey USCHO.com poll: 12 26 vs. New Hampshire # W, 3-1 Twitter: @CUBigRedGameday, @CUBigRedHockey USA Hockey/USA Today poll: 13 29 at Colgate * W, 3-2 December What’s on Tap: 2 MIAMI (OHIO) W, 4-3 • Cornell plays its final true road game of the season tonight, when it faces 3 MIAMI (OHIO) W, 2-1 Clarkson on Senior Night at Cheel Arena. 28 vs. Northern Michigan ~ W, 5-2 • Tonight's game will be broadcast through www.clarksonathletics.tv. 29 vs. Colorado College ~ L, 1-2 (OT) Jason Weinstein will provide play-by-play that can be heard in the Ithaca January area on WHCU (870 AM, 95.9 FM) and accessed worldwide via 7 at Merrimack W, 1-0 http://player.liquidcompass.net/WHCUAM 13 at Princeton * W, 5-1 14 at Quinnipiac * W, 2-1 Big Red Rewind: 20 CLARKSON * T, 3-3 • Cornell moved into sole possession of third place in ECAC Hockey by com- 21 ST. LAWRENCE * W, 3-2 pleting a season sweep of St. Lawrence with a 4-2 victory last night in Canton. 27 HARVARD * L, 1-4 • The Big Red scored three goals in the first period against a ranked team for 28 DARTMOUTH * L, 2-4 the second time in two weeks, then Jake Weidner scored a key goal early in February the third period to restore Cornell's two-goal lead after SLU found life with 3 at Union * W, 5-3 two goals in the second period. 4 at Rensselaer * W, 4-3 • With the win, the Big Red pushed its unbeaten streak to six games (5-0-1). 7 COLGATE * W, 4-0 Cornell earned nine out of a possible 10 ECAC Hockey point in five games 11 YALE * T, 2-2 over a 10-day span to start the month. That included a victory on the road 12 BROWN * W, 5-3 against league-leading Union on Feb. 3. 17 at St. Lawrence * W, 4-2 • Last Sunday, the Big Red defeated Brown, 5-3. Anthony Angello scored twice 18 at Clarkson * 7:00 p.m. and Mitch Vanderlaan had a goal and an assist in a game that was pushed 24 RENSSELAER * 7:00 p.m. back a day due to weather-related travel concerns for the weekend's visitors. 25 UNION * 7:00 p.m. • Jeff Kubiak and Anthony Angello each had a goal and an assist, but the Big ((( Playoffs TBA ))) Red couldn't hold on to a two-goal lead in last Saturday's 2-2 tie with Yale. Mitch Gillam made 35 saves — his second-highest total for a single game this * ECAC Hockey game season. # The Frozen Apple • Mitch Gillam made 28 saves in a 4-0 win over Colgate on Feb. 7 to record the at Madison Square Garden (New York) 10th shutout of his career. The Big Red had four different goal-scorers. Matt ~ Florida College Hockey Classic (Estero, Fla.) Nuttle had pair of assists on first-period goals for his first multiple-point game. Cornell Quick Facts Who's Who at CU: • Sophomore forward Mitch Vanderlaan (11-10–21) regained the team goal- Location ....................................Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 scoring lead by potting the game-winner with 3.6 seconds left in the first Founded ............................................................ 1865 period last night. He is now tied for the team lead in overall scoring. Enrollment (undergraduate) ...................14,315 • Senior defenseman Patrick McCarron (4-17–21) moved into a tie for the President (interim) .........Hunter R. Rawlings III team's overall scoring lead after doling out a pair of first-period assists last Director of Athletics .............J. Andrew Noel, Jr. night. He averages the fourth-most points per game for ECAC Hockey bluelin- Colors ...........................Carnelian Red and White ers (0.81) and had an eight-game points streak earlier this season —the first Conference..............ECAC Hockey / Ivy League for a Cornellian since Greg Miller from Oct. 29 to Nov. 22, 2011, and the first Rink (Capacity) .......................Lynah Rink (4,267) for a Big Red defenseman since Mark McRae from Jan. 25 to Feb. 21, 2003. Coaching Information • Junior forward Trevor Yates (10-10–20) leads the team with six power-play Head Coach ............. Mike Schafer (Cornell ’86) goals and 11 power-play points, and his assist on last night's first goal gives Career Record .... 408-239-87 (22nd season) him seven points in his last six games. Associate Head Coach ...........................Ben Syer • Senior forward Matt Buckles (8-6–14), who typically plays on Yates' right (Western Ontario ’98) wing, opened the scoring last night with his fifth goal in the last seven games. Assistant Coach ............................Sean Flanagan • The line of senior forward Jeff Kubiak (3-10–13), and sophomore forwards (St. Lawrence ’10) Anthony Angello (10-6–16) and Beau Starrett (3-8–11) has a combined 13 Director of Hockey Operations ........Joe Palmer points over the last three games. Angello has five goals in his last six games. (Ohio State ’13) • Senior Mitch Gillam (17-5-3, 2.15, .918, 2 SO) had the nation's longest active Volunteer Assistant Coach .... Mike McDonagh unbeaten streak for goaltenders snapped Jan. 27, having backstopped the (Penn State ’14) Big Red to a 10-0-1 record over 11 starts. The Big Red's lone nominee for the Team Information Hobey Baker Memorial Award had a 1.63 goals against average and .931 save percentage over that span. Captain ...............................................Jake Weidner Alternate Captains ............................ Jeff Kubiak, Road Warriors: ..................................................Patrick McCarron • Cornell has played just 11 home games this season, which is tied with 2016-17 Record ..............................................17-6-3 Harvard for the lowest total in the country. The Big Red has a better winning 2016-17 ECAC Hockey Record ..................12-4-3 percentage on the road (.792) than it does at home (.636). 2016-17 Ivy League Record ..........................5-3-2 • Cornell's wins at Union and Rensselaer to start the month marked the first time First Varsity Season ..................................1900-01 the Big Red has swept the Capital District road weekend since Jan. 16-17, 2009. All-Time Record ................ 1,096-710-136 (.599) • This year marks the first time since 2004-05 that the Big Red has swept three Record at Lynah Rink ............ 543-215-65 (.699) ECAC Hockey road weekends in a single season. Since the league started its NCAA Championships ................2 (1967, 1970) travel partner system in 1984-85, Cornell has never had four road sweeps in NCAA Tournament Appearances ................... 19 the same season — something it would accomplish with a win tonight. Years ...1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, ..............1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, ...2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012 ECAC Hockey Championships ECAC Hockey Championships ........................ 12 Cornell has made six treks to the ECAC Hockey’s championship weekend over Years ..............1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, the last 10 years, which is tops among the circuit’s 12 teams. Here is a breakdown ...1980, 1986, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010 of recent ECAC Hockey Championship weekend appearances ... Teams Appearances By Year (Key: Champion, Finalist, Semifinalist) Follow the Big Red CORNELL (6) 2014 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Website: www.CornellBigRed.com QUINNIPIAC (5) 2016 2015 2014 2013 2007 Facebook: Cornell Athletics ST. LAWRENCE (5) 2016 2015 2010 2009 2007 Twitter: @CornellSports COLGATE (5) 2015 2014 2012 2011 2008 Instagram: @CornellSports HARVARD (4) 2016 2015 2012 2008 YouTube: CornellAthletics UNION (4) 2014 2013 2012 2010 DARTMOUTH (3) 2016 2011 2007 Cornell Men’s Hockey Media Contact YALE (3) 2013 2011 2009 BROWN (2) 2013 2010 Brandon Thomas, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications PRINCETON (2) 2009 2008 Office Phone: (607) 255-5627 CLARKSON (1) 2007 Email: [email protected] RENSSELAER (0) February 18, 2017 ∙ at Clarkson - 2 - A Little Perspective: Tale of the Tape • Cornell can clinch one of ECAC Hockey's coveted first-round byes with a win or tie tonight and/or a Quinnipiac tie or loss at Rensselaer. The Big Red is Cornell Clarkson currently in third place, one point behind Harvard and two behind Union. Team Offense 3.08 3.06 • Cornell jumped up three spots to 10th in the Pairwise Rankings after last National Rank 21st T-22nd night's results. If the season ended today, the Big Red would be in line for an Conference Offense 3.26 3.00 Conference Rank 3rd 4th at-large berth to the NCAA tournament. Team Defense 2.19 2.87 The Sum of Intangibles Is Tangible: National Rank 5th 33th • A quick glance at Cornell's traditional statistics illustrates some of the Conference Defense 2.37 2.68 team's storylines, though several others fly beneath the radar. Conference Rank 3rd 6th • Through 26 games, the Big Red has already accumulated 103 man-games PP Pct. 17.6 18.2 lost to injury — which includes lengthy absences from the team's leading National Rank 35th T-30th scorer last year (Jeff Kubiak, 10 games) and a top-four defenseman (Ryan Conference PP Pct.