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Cornell Men’s Hockey 2017-18 Game Notes Cornell Big Red (5-0, 3-0 ECAC Hockey, 2-0 Ivy League) Schedule & Results 5/5 Harvard at 12/14 Cornell October 14 GUELPH (exhib.) W, 7-1 Saturday, November 11, 2017, 7:30 p.m. EST 15 OTTAWA (exhib.) T, 2-2 Lynah Rink, Ithaca, N.Y. 27 ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE W, 5-1 Harvard Record: 2-2, 2-2 ECAC Hockey, 2-1 Ivy League 28 ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE W, 3-0 November Friday’s Live Coverage 3 at Quinnipiac * W, 2-1 Video: Ivy League Network 4 at Princeton * W, 5-4 Radio: WHCU (870 AM, 95.9 FM) 10 DARTMOUTH * W, 3-0 Audio: http://player.listenlive.co/41391 11 HARVARD * 7:30 p.m. Stats: www.sidearmstats.com/ cornell/mhockey 17 ST. LAWRENCE * 7:00 p.m. Twitter: @CUBigRedGameday, @CUBigRedHockey 18 CLARKSON * 7:00 p.m. What’s on Tap: 21 NIAGARA 7:00 p.m. • Off to its first 5-0 start since the 2006-07 season, Cornell continues a five- 25 vs. Boston Univ. # 8:00 p.m. game home stand tonight against Ivy League rival Harvard. The rematch of December the 2017 ECAC Hockey Championship game will start at 7:30 p.m. 1 at Miami (Ohio) 7:35 p.m. • Tonight’s game will be streamed on the Ivy League Network. Jason Wein- 2 at Miami (Ohio) 7:05 p.m. stein (play-by-play) and Tony Eisenhut ‘88 (color commentary) will have the 30 CANISIUS 7:00 p.m. call, which can also be heard in the Ithaca area on WHCU (870 AM, 95.9 FM) January and around the world via the station’s website. 5 PRINCETON * 7:00 p.m. Dartmouth Redux: 6 QUINNIPIAC * 7:00 p.m. • Cornell started the weekend with a 3-0 whitewashing of Dartmouth last night. 12 at Yale * 7:00 p.m. Freshman goaltender Matthew Galajda needing to make just 16 saves for his 13 at Brown * 7:00 p.m. second shutout in just five collegiate starts. 19 COLGATE * 7:00 p.m. • Junior forwards Anthony Angello and Mitch Vanderlaan each had a goal and an 20 at Colgate * 7:30 p.m. assist, and senior forward Trevor Yates scored his fifth goals in as many games. 26 at Harvard * 7:00 p.m. • Cornell’s penalty kill was a perfect 4-for-4, including a full five-minute major 27 at Dartmouth * 7:00 p.m. during the second period. February 2 UNION * 7:00 p.m. Big Red Rewind: 3 RENSSELAER * 7:00 p.m. • Cornell recorded a road sweep via one-goal victories over Quinnipiac and Princ- 9 at Clarkson * 7:00 p.m. eton last weekend in what boiled down to a tale of two very different games. 10 at St. Lawrence * 7:00 p.m. • The Big Red started ECAC Hockey play with a 2-1 victory over the Bobcats 16 BROWN * 7:00 p.m. last Friday. Playing a textbook road-game style for 40 minutes, Cornell took 17 YALE * 7:00 p.m. the lead on sophomore defenseman Brendan Smith’s goal on a counterattack. Freshman forward Morgan Barron’s power-play goal midway through the third 23 at Rensselaer * 7:00 p.m. served as the game-winner before a late Quinnipiac push. 24 at Union * 7:00 p.m. • Cornell then found itself in a barnburner the next night at Princeton, where it ((( Playoffs TBA ))) rallied for three unanswered goals and a 5-4 victory to start its Ivy League slate. • Sophomore defenseman Yanni Kaldis and senior forward Trevor Yates scored * ECAC Hockey game 49 seconds apart to tie the game at 4, then freshman forward Brenden Locke # Red Hot Hockey scored his first collegiate goal for the winner with 6:41 to play. at Madison Square Garden (New York) • Senior goaltender Hayden Stewart earned the win in relief, making 13 saves. Cornell Quick Facts About the Big Red: • Cornell has won its first five games for the first time since 2006-07. The Big Location ....................................Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 Red hasn’t started with six straight victories since the 1971-72 campaign. Founded ............................................................ 1865 • Senior forward Trevor Yates (5-2–7; 3 PPG) leads the team in scoring Enrollment (undergraduate) ...................14,315 and is one of three players nationally averaging at least one goal per game. President ....................................Martha E. Pollack He has played on a line with freshman forward Morgan Barron (2-3–5), who Director of Athletics .............J. Andrew Noel, Jr. is the first freshman in program history to record at least one point in each Colors ...........................Carnelian Red and White of his first five collegiate games. • Cornell’s penalty kill has been tremendous in the early going, leading the Conference..............ECAC Hockey / Ivy League nation with a 96.0 percent success rate. The Big Red opened the season with Rink (Capacity) .......................Lynah Rink (4,267) 17 consecutive penalty kills. Coaching Information • The Big Red’s victories last weekend push its record to 10-0-1 in its last 11 Head Coach ............. Mike Schafer (Cornell ’86) road ECAC Hockey games. Cornell’s last road lost in league play was a 4-3 setback on Nov. 5, 2016 at Harvard. Career Record ..... 417-242-89 (23rd season) Associate Head Coach ...........................Ben Syer Power Play Ace: (Western Ontario ’98) • Senior forward Trevor Yates’ power-play prowess has picked up right where Assistant Coach ............................Sean Flanagan it left off last year. After leading the team with eight goals on the man advan- (St. Lawrence ’10) tage last year, Yates potted three power-play goals in two opening-weekend Director of Hockey Operations ........Joe Palmer games against Alabama-Huntsville. That effort earned Yates ECAC Hockey (Ohio State ’13) Player of the Week honors on Oct. 31. He now has 11 power-play goals in his last 38 games. Team Information Captains ........Alex Rauter & Mitch Vanderlaan A New ‘Tender’s Turn: • The Big Red graduated three-year starting goaltender Mitch Gillam ‘17 Alternate Captains ... Jared Fiegl & Trevor Yates after last season, but the team hasn’t yet missed a beat. Freshman Matthew 2017-18 Record .................................................5-0-0 Galajda (4-0, 1.16, .948, 2 SO) has started all five games to date, and senior 2017-18 ECAC Hockey Record .....................3-0-0 Hayden Stewart (1-0, 1.50, .929) was solid in last Saturday’s relief appearance. 2017-18 Ivy League Record ..........................2-0-0 First Varsity Season ..................................1900-01 The Offensive Defense: All-Time Record ................ 1,105-713-138 (.600) • Not only has Cornell opened the scoring in each of its five games to date, Record at Lynah Rink ............ 548-216-66 (.700) four of those five goals have come from defensemen — a first-time occurrence in the program’s Mike Schafer era. Junior Alec McCrea (2-1–3) has two of those NCAA Championships ................2 (1967, 1970) goals, both on the power play, and juniors Matt Nuttle and Brendan Smith NCAA Tournament Appearances ................... 20 have the others. That trio combined for four goals all of last season. Years .... 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, .... 1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2002 .... 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017 Perennial Contention ECAC Hockey Championships ........................ 12 Last season marked Cornell's seventh trek to ECAC Hockey’s championship week- Years ..............1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, end over the last 10 years, which is tops among the circuit’s 12 teams. Here is a breakdown 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 (7) 2017 2014 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 QUINNIPIAC (5) 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 Website: www.CornellBigRed.com HARVARD (5) 2017 2016 2015 2012 2008 Facebook: Cornell Athletics Twitter: @CornellSports UNION (5) 2017 2014 2013 2012 2010 Instagram: @CornellSports COLGATE (5) 2015 2014 2012 2011 2008 YouTube: CornellAthletics ST. LAWRENCE (4) 2016 2015 2010 2009 YALE (3) 2013 2011 2009 Cornell Men’s Hockey Media Contact DARTMOUTH (2) 2016 2011 BROWN (2) 2013 2010 Brandon Thomas, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications PRINCETON (2) 2009 2008 Office Phone: (607) 255-5627 CLARKSON (0) Email: [email protected] RENSSELAER (0) November 11, 2017 ∙ vs. Harvard - 2 - Fresh Faces: Tale of the Tape • Eight freshmen made their collegiate debuts during the Big Red’s first two games last weekend, including seven in the opener. It marked the first time Cornell Harvard Cornell had seven freshmen skate in its season debut since 1997. Team Offense 3.60 2.75 • Forwards Morgan Barron (2-3–5) and Cam Donaldson (0-4–4) are the top National Rank 8th T-33rd scorers among newcomers, and forward Brenden Locke (1-1–2) scored the Conf. Offense 3.33 2.75 winning goal last Saturday at Princeton. Conf. Rank 4th 6th • Barron is the only member of the Big Red to have points in each of the first Team Defense 1.20 1.75 five games. That’s a first for a Cornell freshman since first-year students were National Rank 1st 4th permitted to compete with varsity teams for the first time in 1975-76. Conf. Defense 1.67 1.75 Conf. Rank T-2nd 4th Feel The Draft?: Power Play Pct. 29.2 26.3 • Cornell has six players on the roster who have been selected in the NHL National Rank 5th 9th Entry Draft, including four from 2014. Junior forward Beau Starrett (Chicago Conf. PP Pct. 27.3 26.3 Blackhawks) was selected earliest in that group, having been taken in the Conf.