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Cornell Men’s Hockey 2015-16 Game Notes Cornell Big Red (12-8-5, 7-7-4 ECAC Hockey) Schedule & Results October Cornell at Harvard 24 RYERSON (exhib.) W, 5-2 25 LAURENTIAN (exhib.) W, 6-1 Friday, February 19, 2016, 7 p.m. EST 30 at Niagara W, 3-2 (OT) Bright Center, Cambridge, Mass. 31 NIAGARA W, 4-0 Harvard Record: 14-8-3, 10-5-3 ECAC Hockey November 6 PRINCETON* W, 4-3 7 QUINNIPIAC* L, 4-5 (OT) Cornell at Dartmouth 13 COLGATE* W, 5-1 14 at Colgate* W, 3-2 (OT) Saturday, February 20, 2016, 7 p.m. EST 20 at Yale* T, 0-0 Thompson Arena, Hanover, N.H. 21 at Brown* W, 1-0 Dartmouth Record: 13-11-1, 10-8 ECAC Hockey 28 vs. Boston University# T, 3-3 December 4 ST. LAWRENCE* W, 2-1 Live Coverage Where Cornell Stands 5 CLARKSON* W, 5-2 TV: NESNplus (Friday) USCHO.com poll: 16 28 vs. Providence~ W, 2-1 (OT) 29 vs. Ohio State~ L, 0-8 Radio: WHCU (870 AM, 95.9 FM) USA Hockey/USA Today poll: RV Video: Ivy League Digital Network Pairwise: 18 January Stats: GoCrimson.com (Friday) KRACH: 19 8 MERRIMACK W, 3-0 DartmouthSports.com (Saturday) RPI: 20 9 MERRIMACK W, 5-2 15 at Rensselaer* L, 0-1 16 at Union* T, 3-3 What’s on Tap: 22 DARTMOUTH* L, 0-3 With just four games remaining and Cornell within a pack of six teams within five points 23 HARVARD* L, 2-6 in the ECAC Hockey standings, the Big Red will make its final road trip of the regular 29 at Clarkson* L, 1-2 (OT) season when it faces Harvard at 7 p.m. Friday, followed by a 7 p.m. Saturday contest 30 at St. Lawrence* L, 1-2 (OT) at Dartmouth. Both games will be streamed on the subscription-based Ivy League February Digital Network, while Friday's game against the Crimson will be simulcast on 5 at Quinnipiac* T, 2-2 NESNplus. Additionally, Jason Weinstein will handle play-by-play which can be heard 6 at Princeton* W, 1-0 in the Ithaca area on WHCU (870 AM, 95.9 FM). 12 BROWN* T, 3-3 13 YALE* L, 2-4 The Big Red Rewind: 19 at Harvard* 7 p.m. 20 at Dartmouth* 7 p.m. Cornell mustered one point last weekend in a pair of Ivy League games at Lynah Rink. 26 UNION* 7 p.m. Christian Hilbrich scored a six-on-four goal with 9.4 seconds left in the third period 27 RENSSELAER* 7 p.m. of Friday's 3-3 tie with Brown, with Reece Willcox registering assists on all three of the Big Red's goals. Yale skated away with a 4-2 victory the following night, despite a March 4-6 ECAC Hockey first round goal and an assist for John Knisley. Sophomore goaltender Hayden Stewart made his 11-13 ECAC Hockey quarterfinals second appearance of the season, stopping 19 of 20 shots. The previous weekend, 18 ECAC Hockey semifinals Cornell blanked Princeton for a 1-0 victory after earning a 2-2 tie at #1/1 Quinnipiac. 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 7-9 NCAA Frozen Four (Tampa, Fla.) Facebook: Cornell Athletics of Athletic Communications * ECAC Hockey game; # Red Hot Hockey Twitter: @CornellSports Office Phone: (607) 255-5627 at Madison Square Garden (New York); Instagram: @CornellSports Email: [email protected] ~ Florida College Hockey Classic YouTube: CornellAthletics Cornell Quick Facts Who's Who at CU: Junior goaltender Mitch Gillam (12-8-5, 2.02, .929, 5 SO) has started all 25 of the Big Location ....................................Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 Red's games to date and logged the program's third-longest shutout streak (213:17) Founded ............................................................ 1865 during November. After stopping of 71 of the 73 shots he faced two weeks ago, Enrollment .....................................................13,700 Gillam was named the ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week for a third time this President .................................... Elizbaeth Garrett season. His five shutouts are tied for fourth-most in the country. ... Junior forward Jeff Director of Athletics .............J. Andrew Noel, Jr. Kubiak (7-13–20) leads the team in scoring and rating (plus-12). For the entire season, Colors ...........................Carnelian Red and White he's centered a line with a pair of freshman wingers on the JAM line (an acronym Conference..............ECAC Hockey / Ivy League of their first names) — Anthony Angello (9-8–17), who leads the team in goals, and Rink (Capacity) .......................Lynah Rink (4,267) Mitch Vanderlaan (7-8–15), who is third in points. ... Senior Reece Willcox (2-10–12) is the team's leading scorer among defensemen afer his three-assist effort last Friday Coaching Information vs. Brown. ... Junior Matt Buckles (5-3–8) leads the team with four power-play goals. Head Coach ............. Mike Schafer (Cornell ’86) Career Record ...... 387-230-82 (21st season) Scenario Central: Associate Head Coach ...........................Ben Syer With two weeks remaining in the regular season, Cornell can still finish anywhere (Western Ontario ’98) from second to ninth in the ECAC Hockey standings. The Big Red can clinch a home- Assistant Coach .......Topher Scott (Cornell ’08) ice series if it wins both of its games this weekend. Volunteer Assistant Coach ................Joe Palmer (Ohio State ’13) About Harvard: Director of Operations ..........Brennen McHugh The defending ECAC Hockey champions are 3-4 since they visited Lynah Rink three (Campbell ’11) weeks ago, which has dropped the Crimson to 12th in the Pairwise rankings. Last Fri- day's home loss to Rensselaer was the team's third straight defeat before it rebounded Team Information with a 4-1 win over Union behind freshman Ryan Donato's hat trick. ... Senior forward Captains ......... Christian Hilbrich, John Knisley Jimmy Vesey (18-17–35, 5 PPGs) ranks sixth in the country in points per game. ......................... Teemu Tiitinen, Reece Willcox Similar to the Big Red, Harvard's top three scorers typically play on a line together 2015-16 Record ..............................................12-8-5 — Vesey on the left, junior Alexander Kerfoot (4-25–29) at center and senior Kyle 2015-16 ECAC Hockey Record .....................7-7-4 Criscuolo (16-10–26, 7 PPGs) on the right. ... The Crimson's power play ranks second 2015-16 Ivy League Record ..........................3-3-2 in the nation, converting at a 29.8% clip. ... Sophomore Merrick Madsen (13-4-2, 1.89, First Varsity Season ..................................1900-01 .933, 4 SO) has been the primary starting goalie. All-Time Record ................ 1,074-699-130 (.599) Record at Lynah Rink ............ 532-205-61 (.702) The Series Against Harvard: NCAA Championships ................2 (1967, 1970) Cornell has been battling with ancient rival Harvard since 1910, and they have NCAA Tournament Appearances ................... 19 matched up 146 times with the Big Red holding a 74-62-10 lead in the series. Cornell All-time: 1139/1902 Years ...1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, has gotten the better of Harvard in the past five years, with the Crimson winning Lynah: 560/798 ..............1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, just four times during the last 16 matchups. One of those victories was a 6-2 contest ...2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012 three weeks ago in Ithaca. Cornell's last visit to Cambridge was a 3-3 tie, with Jared ECAC Hockey Championships ........................ 12 Fiegl scoring the game-tying tally with a touch under four minutes to play in regula- Years ..............1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, tion. Cornell head coach Mike Schafer is 34-15-5 in 53 games against Harvard. ...1980, 1986, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010 ECAC Hockey Championships Tale of the Tape Cornell has made seven treks to the ECAC Hockey’s championship weekend over Cornell HARV DART the last 10 years, which is tops among the circuit’s 12 teams. Here is a breakdown Team Offense 2.36 3.40 2.68 of recent ECAC Hockey Championship weekend appearances ... National Rank 47th T-8th 27th Teams Appearances By Year (Key: Champion, Finalist, Semifinalist) Conference Offense 2.12 2.00 2.25 Conference Rank 9th 12th T-6th CORNELL (7) 2014 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2006 COLGATE (6) 2015 2014 2012 2011 2008 2006 Team Defense 2.24 2.36 3.00 National Rank 15th 17th T-39th UNION (4) 2014 2013 2012 2010 Conference Defense 2.06 3.35 1.69 HARVARD (4) 2015 2012 2008 2006 Conference Rank 3rd 12th 1st QUINNIPIAC (4) 2015 2014 2013 2007 PP Pct. 19.5 29.8 12.7 ST. LAWRENCE (4) 2015 2010 2009 2007 National Rank 20th 2nd 51st YALE (3) 2013 2011 2009 Conference PP Pct. 21.4 20.0 14.3 DARTMOUTH (3) 2011 2007 2006 Conference Rank 3rd 5th 8th BROWN (2) 2013 2010 PK Pct. 81.4 83.3 76.5 PRINCETON (2) 2009 2008 National Rank 39th T-24th 56th CLARKSON (1) 2007 Conference PK Pct. 80.0 72.3 95.2 Conference Rank 8th 11th 1st RENSSELAER (0) Feb. 19-20, 2016 ∙ at Harvard / Dartmouth - 2 - About Dartmouth: ECAC Hockey Standings & Results The Big Green was in the midst of a five-game winning streak when it topped Cornell three weeks, but it has alternated wins and losses ever since. That includes a 4-1 loss Current Standings Conference Only Overall to Union and a 2-1 overtime victory against Rensselaer at home last weekend. Troy Pts Record Win% GF GA Record Win% GF GA Crema scored in OT against the Engineers.