Cornell Men’s Hockey 2016-17 Game Notes Schedule & Results Cornell Big Red (18-6-4, 13-4-4 ECAC Hockey) October 7/8 9/9 21 UOIT (exhib.) W, 3-1 Union at Cornell 22 BROCK (exhib.) W, 8-1 Saturday, February 25, 2017, 7 p.m. EST 28 at Merrimack L, 2-3 Lynah Rink, Ithaca, N.Y. November Union Record: 23-8-2, 16-4-1 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 RPI: 9 12 at Yale * W, 6-3 Radio: WHCU (870 AM, 95.9 FM) KRACH: 9 18 QUINNIPIAC * L, 1-3 Video: Ivy League Digital Network USCHO.com poll: 9 19 PRINCETON * W, 4-2 Stats: www.sidearmstats.com/cornell/mhockey USA Hockey/USA Today poll: 9 26 vs. New Hampshire # W, 3-1 Twitter: @CUBigRedGameday, @CUBigRedHockey Pairwise: 10 29 at Colgate * W, 3-2 December What’s on Tap: 2 MIAMI (OHIO) W, 4-3 3 MIAMI (OHIO) W, 2-1 • With the No. 3 seed in the ECAC Hockey Championships already secured, 28 vs. Northern Michigan ~ W, 5-2 Cornell will attempt to simultaneously improve its Pairwise standing, play the 29 vs. Colorado College ~ L, 1-2 (OT) spoiler role, and also celebrate Senior Night in a 7 p.m. game against league- leading Union. January 7 at Merrimack W, 1-0 • Tonight's game will be broadcast on the Ivy League Digital Network, with 13 at Princeton * W, 5-1 Jason Weinstein on play-by-play and Tony Eisenhut providing color 14 at Quinnipiac * W, 2-1 commentary. Their call can also be heard in Ithaca on WHCU (870 AM, 95.9 FM) 20 CLARKSON * T, 3-3 and accessed worldwide via http://player.liquidcompass.net/WHCUAM 21 ST. LAWRENCE * W, 3-2 27 HARVARD * L, 1-4 Big Red Rewind: 28 DARTMOUTH * L, 2-4 • Mitch Gillam made 31 saves for his third shutout of the season, and second- February period goals by Patrick McCarron and Mitch Vanderlaan powered the Big Red 3 at Union * W, 5-3 to a 2-0 victory over Rensselaer last night at Lynah Rink. 4 at Rensselaer * W, 4-3 • Gillam's shutout was the 11th of his career, which moved him into solo pos- 7 COLGATE * W, 4-0 session for fourth on Cornell's all-time list. 11 YALE * T, 2-2 • McCarron scored the winner on the power play early in the second, wristing a 12 BROWN * W, 5-3 shot through a two-man screen provided by Matt Buckles and Trevor Yates. The 17 at St. Lawrence * W, 4-2 goal snapped a skid of 17 consecutive unsuccessful power plays for Cornell. 18 at Clarkson * T, 3-3 24 RENSSELAER * W, 2-0 • Vanderlaan's insurance goal was his team-leading 13th strike of the year, and 25 UNION * 7:00 p.m. it gives him a goal in four straight games and seven points over the same span. March • The win pushed Cornell's unbeaten streak to eight games (6-0-2), but other 10 TBA Q 7:00 p.m. results around the nation actually slid Cornell down one spot in the Pairwise to 11 TBA Q 7:00 p.m. 10th. The Big Red was also locked into third in the regular-season league tables. 12 TBA Q (if necessary) 7:00 p.m. • Cornell came off a three-point trip to the North Country last weekend. * ECAC Hockey game • The Big Red scored three first-period goals to defeat St. Lawrence, 4-2, last # The Frozen Apple (at MSG, New York) Friday. Vanderlaan scored the winning goal with 4 seconds left in the first. ~ Florida College Hockey Classic (Estero, Fla.) • Vanderlaan and Matt Nuttle scored third-period goals to pull the Big Red Q ECAC Hockey Championship quarterfinals ahead Saturday, but Clarkson scored less than a minute later to force a 3-3 tie. Cornell Quick Facts Who's Who at CU: • Sophomore forward Mitch Vanderlaan (13-12–25) leads the team in goals Location ....................................Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 and points. He's riding a four-game goal-scoring streak, which is the Big Founded ............................................................ 1865 Red's first since Greg Miller from Feb. 15-23, 2013. Vanderlaan's plus-13 Enrollment (undergraduate) ...................14,315 rating is also tied for a team-best with senior forward Eric Freschi (1-11–12). President (interim) .........Hunter R. Rawlings III • Senior defenseman Patrick McCarron (5-17–22) continues to lead the team Director of Athletics .............J. Andrew Noel, Jr. in assists after picking up two last Friday at St. Lawrence. He averages the Colors ...........................Carnelian Red and White fifth-most points per game for ECAC Hockey blueliners (0.79) and had an Conference..............ECAC Hockey / Ivy League eight-game points streak earlier this season — the first for a Cornellian since Rink (Capacity) .......................Lynah Rink (4,267) Greg Miller from Oct. 29 to Nov. 22, 2011, and the first for a Big Red defense- Coaching Information man since Mark McRae from Jan. 25 to Feb. 21, 2003. • 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. He has seven points in his last eight games. Career Record .... 409-239-88 (22nd season) • Sophomore defenseman Alec McCrea (1-8–9) leads the team with a plus- Associate Head Coach ...........................Ben Syer 15 rating, which is tied for third-best in ECAC Hockey for blueliners. (Western Ontario ’98) • Senior forward Jeff Kubiak (3-10–13) ranks third on team scoring relative Assistant Coach ............................Sean Flanagan to points per games played (0.72), having missed 10 of the team's first 11 (St. Lawrence ’10) games due to injury. Linemate sophomore forward Anthony Angello (10- Director of Hockey Operations ........Joe Palmer 6–16) has five goals in his last eight games. (Ohio State ’13) • Senior Mitch Gillam (18-5-4, 2.10, .921, 3 SO) had the nation's longest ac- Volunteer Assistant Coach .... Mike McDonagh tive unbeaten streak for goaltenders snapped Jan. 27, having backstopped (Penn State ’14) the Big Red to a 10-0-1 record over 11 starts. The Big Red's lone nominee for Team Information the Hobey Baker Memorial Award had a 1.63 goals against average and .931 Captain ...............................................Jake Weidner save percentage over that span. Alternate Captains ............................ Jeff Kubiak, ..................................................Patrick McCarron Road Warriors: 2016-17 Record ..............................................18-6-4 • Cornell completed the road portion of its schedule with a sterling 9-2-2 record, with the .769 winning percentage ranking fourth-best in the country 2016-17 ECAC Hockey Record ..................13-4-4 entering the weekend. This mark's the Big Red's best road winning percent- 2016-17 Ivy League Record ..........................5-3-2 age since the 2002-03 season (.821), when Cornell reached the Frozen Four. First Varsity Season ..................................1900-01 • This year marks the first time since 2004-05 that the Big Red has swept three All-Time Record ................ 1,097-710-137 (.599) ECAC Hockey road weekends in a single season. Record at Lynah Rink ............ 543-215-65 (.699) • Cornell has played just 12 home games this season, which is tied with NCAA Championships ................2 (1967, 1970) Harvard for the lowest total in the country. NCAA Tournament Appearances ................... 19 Years ...1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, ..............1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, ECAC Hockey Championships ...2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012 ECAC Hockey Championships ........................ 12 Cornell has made six treks to the ECAC Hockey’s championship weekend over the last 10 years, which is tops among the circuit’s 12 teams. Here is a breakdown Years ..............1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, of recent ECAC Hockey Championship weekend appearances ... ...1980, 1986, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010 Teams Appearances By Year (Key: Champion, Finalist, Semifinalist) Follow the Big Red CORNELL (6) 2014 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 QUINNIPIAC (5) 2016 2015 2014 2013 2007 Website: www.CornellBigRed.com ST. LAWRENCE (5) 2016 2015 2010 2009 2007 Facebook: Cornell Athletics 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 25, 2017 ∙ Union - 2 - A Little Perspective: Tale of the Tape • Cornell will finish the ECAC Hockey regular season in third place, meaning the Big Red has a first-round bye in the playoffs and will host a best-of-three Cornell Union quarterfinals series March 10-12. The pool of teams the Big Red may host Team Offense 3.04 3.88 includes Clarkson, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Colgate or Rensselaer National Rank 23rd 5th • Despite Cornell's victory, the results of last night's games nudged the Big Conference Offense 3.19 4.00 Conference Rank 3rd 1st Red down one spot to 10th in the Pairwise Rankings. If the season ended today, the Big Red would be in line for a berth to the NCAA tournament. Team Defense 2.14 2.79 National Rank 5th 27th The Sum of Intangibles Is Tangible: Conference Defense 2.29 2.52 • A quick glance at Cornell's traditional statistics illustrates some of the Conference Rank 3rd 4th team's storylines, though several others fly beneath the radar.