Cornell Men’s Hockey 2015-16 Game Notes

Cornell Big Red (6-1-1, 4-1-1 ECAC Hockey) Schedule & Results

October #15/16 Cornell vs. #11/12 Boston Univ. 24 RYERSON (exhib.) W, 5-2 November 28, 2015, 8 p.m. EST 25 LAURENTIAN (exhib.) W, 6-1 30 at Niagara W, 3-2 (OT) Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. 31 NIAGARA W, 4-0 Boston Univ. Record: 7-4-2, 3-2-2 Hockey East November 6 PRINCETON* W, 4-3 7 QUINNIPIAC* L, 4-5 (OT) Live Coverage 13 COLGATE* W, 5-1 14 at Colgate* W, 3-2 (OT) TV: None 20 at Yale* T, 0-0 Radio: WHCU (870 AM, 95.9 FM) 21 at Brown* W, 1-0 Video: IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com 28 vs. Boston University# 8 p.m. Live stats: www.goterriers.com December 4 ST. LAWRENCE* 7 p.m. What’s on Tap: 5 CLARKSON* 7 p.m. For the first time since Red Hot Hockey's inauguration in 2007, Cornell and Boston 28 vs. Providence~ 4 p.m. University will both be ranked in the two major national college hockey polls when 29 vs. Boston Coll./Ohio St.~ 4/7:30 p.m. they clash at 8 p.m. Saturday at famed Madison Square Garden in New York. The game January will be broadcast on Ivy League Digital Network. Jason Weinstein will handle play-by- 8 MERRIMACK 7 p.m. play, with Tony Eisenhut provided color commentary. Their call can also be heard in the 9 MERRIMACK 7 p.m. Ithaca area on WHCU (870 AM, 95.9 FM). 15 at Rensselaer* 7 p.m. 16 at Union* 7 p.m. 22 DARTMOUTH* 7 p.m. About Red Hot Hockey: 23 HARVARD* 7 p.m. Cornell and Boston University will play the fifth edition of the biennial Red Hot 29 at Clarkson* 7 p.m. Hockey series tonight. The first four games have sold out The World's Most Famous 30 at St. Lawrence* 7 p.m. Arena in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013. Cornell has also started The Frozen Apple series February in even-numbered years, having defeated Michigan in 2012 and Penn State in 2014. 5 at Quinnipiac* 7 p.m. 6 at Princeton* 7 p.m. About the Big Red: 12 BROWN* 7 p.m. Cornell is coming off consecutive shutouts at #9/10 Yale and Brown last weekend, 13 YALE* 7 p.m. with junior Mitch Gillam stopping all 57 shots he faced to earn ECAC Hockey Player of 19 at Harvard* 7 p.m. the Week honors. The game at Yale finished scoreless, while junior forward Jake Wei- 20 at Dartmouth* 7 p.m. dner set up sophomore forward Trevor Yates for the lone at Brown. The Big Red 26 UNION* 7 p.m. is now unbeaten in its last four games. ... Cornell scored at least three goals in its first 27 RENSSELAER* 7 p.m. six games, with junior forward Jeff Kubiak (3-6–9) getting on the scoresheet in each March of those contests. He leads the team in scoring, rating (plus-8) and faceoff percentage 4-6 ECAC Hockey first round (60.2). Freshman forward Anthony Angello (4-3–7) leads the team in goals. ... Gillam 11-13 ECAC Hockey quarterfinals (6-1-1, 1.59, .938, 3 SO) has been the Big Red's exclusive goaltender to date, ranking 18 ECAC Hockey semifinals 19 ECAC Hockey Championship seventh in the country in goals-against average and 10th in save percentage. 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; # 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 About Boston University: Cornell Quick Facts Before Tuesday's 3-0 shutout of Bentley, the Terriers split last weekend with visiting Location...... Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 Michigan. BU scored three goals in the final 10 minutes for a wild 3-2 victory on Friday, Founded...... 1865 which included a Wolverines shot stopped by sophomore Connor LaCouvee Enrollment...... 13,700 when the game was tied. Michigan jumped out to an early lead again Saturday en President...... Elizbaeth Garrett route to a 4-2 victory. The loss halted a six-game unbeaten streak, which included a Director of Athletics...... J. Andrew Noel, Jr. pair of ties against Providence — the nation's top-ranked team and the squad which Colors...... Carnelian Red and White topped the Terriers in last season's national championship game. ... Senior forward Conference...... ECAC Hockey / Ivy League Danny O'Regan (4-13–17, 3 PPGs) leads the team in scoring, with senior forward Ahti Rink (Capacity)...... Lynah Rink (4,267) Oksanen (7-6–13) leading the way in goals. Freshman forward Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (4-9–13) is also tied for second on the team in points. ... LaCouvee (5-2-2, Coaching Information 2.63, .917) has started nine of the team's 13 games in goal, though Sean Maguire Head Coach...... Mike Schafer (Cornell ’86) made 15 saves to post Tuesday's shutout against Bentley. Career Record...... 381-223-78 (21st season) Associate Head Coach...... Ben Syer The Series Against Boston University: (Western Ontario ’98) Two longtime rivals, Cornell and Boston University have met 44 times, with the Big Assistant Coach...... Topher Scott (Cornell ’08) Red holding a 23-19-2 lead in the all-time series. The two programs have combined Volunteer Assistant Coach...... Joe Palmer to win seven NCAA championships, with the Big Red defeating the Terriers for the (Ohio State ’13) title in 1967, Cornell’s first national championship. Moving to recent times, Boston Director of Operations...... Brennen McHugh University has won three of the first four versions of Red Hot Hockey, with the 2009 (Campbell ’11) meeting ending in a 3-3 tie. The last time the teams met in 2013 at Madison Square Garden, the Big Red dominated territorially only to come up on the short end of a Team Information 3-2 score. The Terriers also won the first incarnation of Red Hot Hockey at Madison Captains...... Christian Hilbrich, John Knisley Square Garden in 2007, 6-3, snapping a three-game Cornell winning streak in the ...... Teemu Tiitinen, Reece Willcox series. Under Cornell head coach Mike Schafer, the Big Red is 3-5-1 against BU. 2015-16 Record...... 6-1-1 2015-16 ECAC Hockey Record...... 4-1-1 Gillam In A Groove: 2015-16 Ivy League Record...... 2-0-1 Junior goaltender Mitch Gillam was named the ECAC Hockey Player of the Week First Varsity Season...... 1900-01 on Tuesday after he stopped all 57 shots he saw last weekend in games at Yale and All-Time Record...... 1,068-692-126 (.600) Brown in which the opponents outshot the Big Red. Gillam became the first Cornell Record at Lynah Rink...... 528-202-60 (.703) goalie to post consecutive shutouts since Andy Iles did so Dec. 2-3, 2011 against NCAA Championships...... 2 (1967, 1970) St. Lawrence and Clarkson, and these were the Big Red's first consecutive road NCAA Tournament Appearances...... 19 shutouts since Ben Scrivens blanked Princeton and Quinnipiac from Nov. 7-8, 2008. All-time: 1131/1886 Years....1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, Named to the Mike Richter Award Watch List before the season, Gillam's shutout Lynah: 555.5/790 ...... 1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, streak has now reached 167 minutes, 41 seconds, which is a career-best and the ....2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012 sixth-best in program history (see table on opposite page). An odd twist on Gillam's ECAC Hockey Championships...... 12 four career shutouts is that he's only won two of them — Dec. 28, 2014 against Lake Years...... 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, Superior State and last Friday against Yale were both scoreless ties. ....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 BU the last 10 years, which is tops among the circuit’s 12 teams. Here is a breakdown Team Offense 3.00 3.23 of recent ECAC Hockey Championship weekend appearances ... National Rank T-21st T-16th Conference Offense 2.83 3.14 Teams Appearances By Year (Key: Champion, Finalist, Semifinalist) Conference Rank 5th 3rd CORNELL (7) 2014 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2006 Team Defense 1.62 2.77 COLGATE (6) 2015 2014 2012 2011 2008 2006 National Rank 5th T-29th UNION (4) 2014 2013 2012 2010 Conference Defense 1.83 2.86 HARVARD (4) 2015 2012 2008 2006 Conference Rank 5th 8th QUINNIPIAC (4) 2015 2014 2013 2007 PP Pct. 21.7 21.6 YALE (3) 2013 2011 2009 National Rank T-18th 21st DARTMOUTH (3) 2011 2007 2006 Conference PP Pct. 25.0 23.3 Conference Rank 2nd 2nd ST. LAWRENCE (4) 2015 2010 2009 2007 BROWN (2) 2013 2010 PK Pct. 86.2 81.0 National Rank T-18th 33rd PRINCETON (2) 2009 2008 Conference PK Pct. 83.3 78.9 CLARKSON (1) 2007 Conference Rank T-7th 9th RENSSELAER (0)

Nov. 28, 2015 ∙ Red Hot Hockey - 2 - Wasting No Time: ECAC Hockey Standings & Results Junior forward Jeff Kubiak entered the season with 17 career points through his first two seasons, but he followed that up with nine points in the first six games this year. Current Standings Conference Only Overall He had the Big Red's six-game points streak since Brian Ferlin's seven-game stretch Pts Record Win% GF GA Record Win% GF GA from Dec. 28, 2013 to Jan. 31, 2014. Kubiak returns to the New York area this weekend Quinnipiac 10 4-0-2 .833 19 10 11-0-2 .923 52 20 Rensselaer 10 4-0-2 .833 20 13 7-4-2 .615 36 35 after having attended the ' prospect camp this summer. Cornell 9 4-1-1 .750 17 11 6-1-1 .812 24 13 Harvard 9 4-1-1 .750 23 10 4-1-1 .750 23 10 Yale 8 3-1-2 .667 13 9 5-1-2 .750 22 11 Freshman Force: St. Lawrence 7 3-1-1 .700 17 8 8-3-2 .692 42 24 The jump to college hockey can be a big one for newcomers, but freshman forward Brown 4 1-3-2 .333 12 19 1-4-2 .286 17 26 Anthony Angello — a 2014 draft pick of the — has felt right Dartmouth 4 2-4-0 .333 16 27 2-4-0 .333 16 27 Colgate 3 1-4-1 .250 9 16 4-8-1 .346 36 45 at home with Cornell. Angello is the Big Red's first player to have points in his first Princeton 2 1-5-0 .167 10 17 2-6-0 .250 14 21 four collegiate games since Ryan Moynihan from Nov. 8-16, 1996 — which was Mike Union 2 1-5-0 .167 13 20 3-6-3 .375 29 35 Clarkson 2 0-3-2 .200 4 13 5-4-2 .545 29 28 Schafer's second season as head coach of his alma mater. He then scored the over- time winner Nov. 14 at Colgate. Recent Scores/Upcoming Contests Tuesday, November 17 What, Me Worry?: Quinnipiac 6, Connecticut 2 Cornell's Longest Shutout Streaks Three of Cornell's six victories entering Friday, November 20 this weekend have come in games in *~ Cornell 0, Yale 0 * Colgate 1, Brown 1 Goalie Dates Length which it has surrendered the first goal. * St. Lawrence 5, Princeton 1 Ben Scrivens 3/12/10 - 3/26/10 267:11* The Big Red had a combined record * Clarkson 1, Quinnipiac 1 Andy Iles 11/12/11 - 11/26/11 213:35 of 14-34-5 over the last three seasons Rensselaer 3, Bentley 2 Ben Scrivens 3/22/08 - 11/13/08 206:44 when it faced a 1-0 deficit. Saturday, November 21 Brian Cropper 12/13/69 - 12/23/69 189:48 *~ Cornell 1, Brown 0 * Yale 3, Colgate 1 John VanDerMark 1/16/76 - 1/28/76 170:56 Blank You Very Much: * Princeton 3, Clarkson 0 Mitch Gillam 11/14/15 - current 167:41 Cornell has recorded at least one shutout * St. Lawrence 0, Quinnipiac 0 Ken Dryden 12/13/67 - 12/21/67 167:37 in each of the last 21 seasons – a streak Tuesday, November 24 David McKee 12/5/03 - 12/28/03 159:27 that has easily been continued behind Rensselaer 4, New Hampshire 3 David McKee 2/25/05 - 3/12/05 156:16 junior goaltender Mitch Gillam in just Friday, November 27 Andy Iles 12/2/11 - 12/29/11 152:36 the first four weeks of this season. The * Brown vs. Colgate, 11 a.m. (at Belfast, Ireland) last time the Big Red went a full season W. Michigan vs. RPI, 4:05 p.m. (at South Bend, Ind.) * third-longest streak in NCAA history without posting a shutout came during Arizona State at Clarkson, 7 p.m. Princeton at Maine, 7 p.m. the 1994-95 season. Quinnipiac at Massachusetts, 7 p.m. Dartmouth at Michigan, 7:35 p.m. Class of Captains: Harvard at Notre Dame, 7:35 p.m. On the day of its season opener at Niagara, Cornell announced that its entire senior Saturday, November 28 class — Christian Hilbrich, John Knisley, Teemu Tiitinen and Reece Willcox — would Cornell vs. Boston Univ., 8:07 p.m. (at New York) Brown/Colgate vs. UMass-Lowell/Northeastern, serve as captains during its final season on East Hill. It marks the first time in program 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. (at Belfast, Ireland) history the Big Red has shared the captaincy among four players, though it's worth Union at Merrimack, 4:05 p.m. noting that only two players will wear the 'C' at any given time. Hilbrich and Willcox W. Michigan/RPI vs. Harvard, 4:05 (at South Bend) will serve as on-ice captains for the team's away games, while Knisley and Tiitinen will RPI vs. Harvard/Notre Dame, TBD (at South Bend) Arizona State at Clarkson, 7 p.m. do so in home games. Princeton at Maine, 7 p.m. Yale at Providence, 7 p.m. Special Threads: Massachusetts at Quinnipiac, 7 p.m. The Big Red wore special jerseys for its home opener Oct. 31 which will be auctioned Dartmouth at Michigan, 7:35 p.m. off at a later date with proceeds going to a mission and service trip to the Dominican Friday, December 4 Republic this summer, led by head coach Mike Schafer and current players. In addi- * St. Lawrence at Cornell, 7 p.m. * Quinnipiac at Yale, 6:30 p.m. tion to the special design the red jerseys with a thick horizontal white stripe across * Clarkson at Colgate, 7 p.m. the midsection, the jerseys featured name plates of the greatest Cornell hockey play- *~ Princeton at Brown, 7 p.m. er to have ever donned that number according to the player that currently wears it. * Dartmouth at Rensselaer, 7 p.m. * Harvard at Union, 7:30 p.m. Feel The Draft?: Saturday, December 5 * Clarkson at Cornell, 7 p.m. Cornell has six players on the roster who have been selected in the NHL Entry Draft, * Quinnipiac at Brown, 4 p.m. including four from 2014. Freshman forward Beau Starrett (Chicago Blackhawks) was *~ Princeton at Yale, 7 p.m. selected earliest in the group, having been taken in the third round with the 88th * St. Lawrence at Colgate, 7 p.m. overall pick. Fellow newcomer Anthony Angello, also a forward, was selected in the * Harvard at Rensselaer, 7 p.m. * Dartmouth at Union, 7:30 p.m. fifth round by the Pittsburgh Penguins. Sophomore forward Jared Fiegl (Arizona Coyotes) and Dwyer Tschantz (St. Louis Blues) were then picked in the seventh Thursday, December 10 Brown at Providence, 7 p.m. round. Junior forward Matt Buckles was taken by the Florida Panthers in the fourth round of the 2013 draft, and senior defenseman Reece Willcox was selected by the * ECAC Hockey game; ~ Ivy League game Ivy League standings on Page 15 in the fifth round of 2012’s event.

- 3 - Nov. 28, 2015 ∙ Red Hot Hockey Empire State of Mind: National Polls Cornell's roster has numerous connections to New York. While his hometown is USCHO.com Poll (as of Nov. 23) in Minnesota, Eric Freschi was born in New York City and lived in Manhattan for a couple years. Matthew Nuttle, John Knisley and Anthony Angello hail from Upstate Rank Team Record Pts. Last New York, and Alex Rauter and Chad Otterman are both from northern New Jersey. 1 Providence (36) 8-0-3 983 1 Christian Hilbrich attended New York Rangers prospect camp last summer, and 2 Boston College (9) 10-1-0 936 2 both Jeff Kubiak (2015) and Mitch Gillam (2012) have attended New York Islanders 3 Quinnipiac (5) 11-0-2 901 3 prospect camps. 4 Mass.-Lowell 9-1-3 816 5 The 35th to 350: ECAC Hockey’s Winningest Active Coaches* 5 North Dakota 10-2-2 795 4 Already the winningest coach in No. Coach School Wins Year 6 Nebraska-Omaha 9-2-1 745 6 program history, Mike Schafer hit 350 1 Mike Schafer Cornell 381 21st 7 St. Cloud State 9-3-0 716 7 victories for his career — all of which 2 Rand Pecknold Quinnipiac 376 22nd 8 Harvard 4-1-1 640 8 have come from behind the Big Red’s bench — with a 4-2 win over 3 Don Vaughan Colgate 374 23rd 9 Denver 7-3-2 565 9 Princeton on Nov. 1, 2013. He 4 Bob Gaudet Dartmouth 356 28th 10 Yale 5-1-2 516 11 became the 35th coach all-time to ( * — only counting wins at Divison I level) 11 Boston Univ. 6-4-2 474 10 rack up 350 victories across all NCAA 12 Michigan 6-2-1 468 12 divisions. Schafer is also just the third coach to pass 350 victories with Ivy League tenure, joining Ned Harkness (Cornell, Union and Rensselaer) and Tim Taylor (Yale). 13 Merrimack 6-1-4 402 13 14 St. Lawrence 8-3-2 378 14 Global Influence: 15 Bowling Green 7-3-3 272 15 The Big Red has 16 players on the roster born in the United States. Cornell also now 16 Cornell 6-1-1 222 18 has players native to four different countries on its squad. Aside from the bulk of its roster hailing from the United States and Canada, Cornell also has a player from 17 Minn.-Duluth 5-5-3 191 17 Denmark (Christian Hilbrich) and Finland (Teemu Tiitinen). 18 Notre Dame 5-3-4 163 16 19 Michigan Tech 7-4-1 146 19 Up Next: 20 Penn State 7-2-3 69 — Cornell closes out the fall semester portion of its schedule with home games against St. Lawrence on Friday, Dec. 4 and Clarkson on Saturday Dec. 5. After a Others receiving votes: Rensselaer 27, three-week hiatus for final exams and the holidays, the Big Red will reconvene in Massachusetts 22, Robert Morris 21, Estero, Fla. for the two-day Florida College Classic. Cornell opens the tournament on Dec. 28 against defending national champion Providence before taking on Clarkson 14, Minnesota State 11, Miami 4, either Boston College or Ohio State the following day. Alaska-Anchorage 2, Michigan State 1.

USA Today/USA Hockey Mag. Poll Where Cornell Has Ranked ... Where’s The Beef? Rank Team Record Pts. Last The Big Red has moved into the USA The Big Red continues its tradition as 1 Providence (18) 8-0-3 489 1 Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 this being one of the biggest teams in the 2 Boston College (6) 10-1-0 463 3 week for the first time since Oct. 13, 2014, country. Provided by College Hockey Inc., 3 Quinnipiac (10) 11-0-2 462 2 and it has moved up two spots to 16th in the USCHO.com poll this week. here is a look at how Cornell stacks 4 Mass.-Lowell 9-1-3 384 5 Cornell was predicted to finish seventh up size-wise against the rest of the 5 North Dakota 10-2-2 370 4 by the coaches and ninth by the media in the annual ECAC Hockey preseason polls, Division I landscape: 6 Nebraska-Omaha 9-2-1 326 6 which were released in September. There 7 St. Cloud State 9-3-0 307 7 were no Cornell representatives on the Tallest teams, by average height 8 Harvard 4-1-1 276 8 all-league teams. Cornell 6 feet, 1.55 inches Western Michigan 6 feet, 1.15 inches 9 Yale 5-1-2 210 10 Date USCHO.com USA Today PairWise* Princeton 6 feet, 0.93 inches 10 Denver 7-3-2 190 9 Preseason — — N/A Oct. 12 RV (5) — N/A Maine 6 feet, 0.85 inches 11 Michigan 6-2-1 146 12 Oct. 19 RV (1) — N/A Michigan 6 feet, 0.80 inches 12 Boston Univ. 6-4-2 137 11 Oct. 26 — — N/A Biggest teams, by average weight 13 Merrimack 6-1-4 135 13 Nov. 2 RV (3) — N/A 14 St. Lawrence 8-3-2 90 14 Nov. 9 RV (20) RV (5) N/A Western Michigan 200.63 pounds Cornell 198.00 pounds 15 Cornell 6-1-1 51 — Nov. 16 18 (164) RV (29) N/A Nov. 23 16 (222) 15 (51) N/A Michigan 197.76 pounds Others receiving votes: Bowling Green 19, Notre Dame 195.16 pounds Notre Dame 9, Minn.-Duluth 8, Michigan Tech 4, (* — PairWise not acknowledged until January) North Dakota 193.59 pounds Massachusetts 2, Penn State 1, Robert Morris 1.

Nov. 28, 2015 ∙ Red Hot Hockey - 4 - Front Row, L-R: Mitch Gillam, Director of Hockey Operations Brennen McHugh, Assistant Coach Topher Scott, Associate Head Coach Ben Syer, John Knisley, Reece Willcox, Christian Hilbrich, Teemu Tiitinen, Volunteer Assistant Coach Joe Palmer, Head Coach Mike Schafer, Athletic Trainer Ed Kelly, Hayden Stewart. Middle row, L-R: Ryan Bliss, Matt Buckles, Jared Fiegl, Patrick McCarron, Jeff Kubiak, Chad Otterman, Gavin Stoick, Beau Starrett, Dwyer Tschantz, Dan Wedman, Anthony Angello, Alec McCrea, Trent Shore, Jake Weidner, Trevor Yates. Back row, L-R: Equipment Manager Sean Schmidt, Mitch Vanderlaan, Matthew Nuttle, Holden Anderson, Brendan Smith, Luc Lalor, Eric Freschi, Alex Rauter, Ryan Coon, Strength and Conditioning Coach Tom Howley, Tyler Keith. The 2015-16 Cornell Men’s Hockey Team

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Year Hometown Last Team 2 Brendan Smith D 6-0 194 Fr. Centennial, Colo. Omaha Lancers (USHL) 3 Reece Willcox D 6-4 208 Sr. Surrey, British Columbia (BCHL) 4 Alex Rauter F 6-0 180 So. Chatham, N.J. Wenatchee Wild (NAHL) 5 Matthew Nuttle D 5-11 181 Fr. Marilla, N.Y. Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) 6 Holden Anderson D 6-0 193 Jr. Montréal, Québec Hawkesbury Hawks (CCHL) 7 Jake Weidner F 6-2 203 Jr. Grand Valley, Ontario Elmira Sugar Kings (GOJHL) 8 Gavin Stoick F 6-3 228 Jr. Portland, Ore. Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) 9 Christian Hilbrich F 6-7 223 Sr. Port Credit, Ontario Indiana Ice (USHL) 10 Beau Starrett F 6-5 213 Fr. Bellingham, Mass. South Shore Kings (USPHL) 11 Eric Freschi F 5-11 194 Jr. Bloomington, Minn. Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) 12 John Knisley F 5-9 167 Sr. Pittsford, N.Y. Vernon Vipers (BCHL) 14 Mitch Vanderlaan F 5-7 178 Fr. Hanwell, New Brunswick Fort McMurray Oil Barons (AJHL) 15 Trevor Yates F 6-2 216 So. Beaconsfield, Québec Deerfield Academy 16 Matt Buckles F 6-2 220 Jr. Toronto, Ontario St. Michael’s Buzzers (OJHL) 17 Anthony Angello F 6-5 205 Fr. Manlius, N.Y. Omaha Lancers (USHL) 18 Jared Fiegl F 6-1 221 So. Parker, Colo. US Under-18 Team 19 Teemu Tiitinen F 5-11 199 Sr. Jyväskalä, Finland Lincoln Stars (USHL) 20 Dan Wedman D 6-5 209 So. Edmonton, Alberta Bonnyville Pontiacs (AJHL) 21 Dwyer Tschantz F 6-5 220 So. Wilmington, Del. Indiana Ice (USHL) 22 Chad Otterman F 6-3 195 Fr. Morristown, N.J. Philadelphia Flyers (USPHL) 23 Trent Shore D 6-3 201 Fr. Ajax, Ontario Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL) 24 Ryan Bliss D 6-1 198 So. Chelmsford, Mass. US Under-18 Team 26 Jeff Kubiak F 6-3 211 Jr. Tinley Park, Ill. Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) 27 Patrick McCarron D 6-3 199 Jr. Toronto, Ontario St. Michael’s Buzzers (OJHL) 28 Luc Lalor F 5-10 160 Fr. St. Albert, Alberta Fort McMurray Oil Barons (AJHL) 29 Alec McCrea D 6-3 205 Fr. El Cajon, Calif. Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) 30 Ryan Coon G 5-10 162 Jr. Wildwood, Mo. Taft School 31 Hayden Stewart G 6-3 205 So. Rockford, Ill. Indiana Ice (USHL) 32 Mitch Gillam G 6-0 182 Jr. Peterborough, Ontario Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL)

Head Coach: Mike Schafer Associate Head Coach: Ben Syer; Assistant Coach: Topher Scott; Volunteer Assistant Coach: Joe Palmer; Director of Hockey Operations: Brennen McHugh; Athletic Trainer: Ed Kelly; Equipment Manager: Sean Schmidt - 5 - Nov. 28, 2015 ∙ Red Hot Hockey The Mike Schafer File Mike Schafer Education B.A., Business Management and Marketing, The Jay R. Bloom ’77 Head Coach of Men’s Hockey 1986 21st Season As Head Coach Head Coaching Experience 28th Season Overall at Cornell • Cornell ’86 Cornell University, 1995 – present 381-223-78 career record 9 NCAA Tournament Appearances When Mike Schafer returned to his alma mater as the 12th head coach in Cornell 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005, men’s hockey history in the summer of 1995, his goal was to bring the Big Red 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012 program back to a position of national prominence. Completing his 20th season 1 NCAA Semifinals Appearance behind the Cornell bench in 2014-15, he has clearly accomplished that objective, 2003 guiding the Big Red to the NCAA tournament nine times, including a berth in the 5 ECAC Hockey Tournament Championships NCAA Frozen Four in 2002-03, the program’s first since 1980. 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010 Schafer is Cornell’s second-longest tenured coach, while his 381-223-78 record 3 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Championships has him as the winningest coach in Cornell men’s hockey history. He picked up his 2002, 2003, 2005 231st career victory on Jan. 27, 2007, a 2-1 triumph against Colgate at Lynah Rink, to 8 Ivy League Championships become the program’s all-time wins leader. Schafer reached the 300-win milestone, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, a mark previously reached by only 45 coaches in all of college hockey, with the Big 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014 Red’s 4-3 victory against Colgate on Nov. 27, 2010. 3 ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year Awards Coming hand-in-hand with Cornell’s success on the national scene, the Big Red 2002, 2003, 2005 has been one of the top programs in ECAC Hockey during Schafer’s tenure. Cornell Assistant Coaching Experience has claimed five ECAC Hockey tournament titles, the most all-time in league history, Western Michigan University, 1990-1995 and staked a claim to three regular season crowns. He has a career 251-137-58 record 1994 - NCAA Tournament Appearance in ECAC Hockey regular-season play and a 52-25-2 mark in the ECAC Hockey playoffs. Cornell University, 1986-1990 His peers have taken notice of his accomplishments, electing him the ECAC Playing Experience Hockey Coach of the Year three times during his career. He is also a three-time final- Cornell University, 1983-86 ist for the Spencer T. Penrose Award, presented to the national coach of the year. 107 GP, 10-60–70 He has also regularly had the Big Red ranked among the nation’s elite over the past 1985-86: Team Captain, ECAC Champions, decade, including reaching as high as third in both the USCHO/CBS College Sports ECAC Honorable Mention and the USA Today/USA Hockey polls in 2008-09. Cornell has held the top spot in 1984-85: Team Captain the polls during the 2002-03 and 2004-05 seasons. Schafer guided the Big Red to the ECAC Hockey tournament title in 1995-96 and 1996-97, becoming the first Cornell coach to win ECAC Hockey tournament titles, surpassing the legendary Ned Harkness for the most in program history in his first two seasons. In 2002-03, he led the Big Red to the NCAA Frozen Four, setting a school record with 30 wins, going one better than the undefeated, untied 29-0-0 national championship squad of 1969-70. Cornell’s 2002-03 ECAC Hockey mark of 19-2-1 was Cornell’s best mark since the 1969-70 team went 21-0 in league play. Schafer has a .614 career winning percentage entering the 2015-16 season. Additionally, his 375 career victories ranks in the Top 10 among active Division I coaches, while his eight NCAA tournament victories is tied for 12th. Most recently, the Big Red has advanced to the ECAC Hockey Championship semifinals a league-best seven times over the last 10 seasons. Over his career, Schafer has coached 53 All-ECAC Hockey selections and 20 ECAC Hockey All-Rookie team picks. In 2015, the Big Red placed two players on the postseason teams, defenseman Joakim Ryan (First Team) and forward Cole Bardreau (Third Team). During Schafer’s tenure, Cornell players have earned numerous ECAC Hockey awards, including a pair of Player of the Year honors, four Ken Dryden Awards for the league’s top goaltender, four Defenseman of the Year awards, seven Defensive Forwards of the Year and four Rookies of the Year. Additionally, four players have earned Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America honors a total of five times.

Ed Kelly Dr. Dirk Dugan Dr. David Wentzel Phil Graham Sean Schmidt Brandon Thomas Athletic Trainer Team Physician Team Physician Lynah Rink Manager Team Manager Athletic Communications

Nov. 28, 2015 ∙ Red Hot Hockey - 6 - Ben Syer Fifth Season At Cornell; Fourth as Associate Head Coach Western Ontario ’98 Ben Syer joined the Cornell men’s ice Previous assistants and other coaches I’ve talked to respect his hockey family in June 2011 as an assis- ability to recruit top student-athletes. There is no question he is tant coach, taking over the lead role in one of the top recruiters in college hockey, so we were excited recruiting as well as coaching the defense. He was then named to bring a quality coach on board who is so familiar with ECAC the Associate Head Coach of the program prior to the 2012-13 Hockey.” season. Quinnipiac reached the MAAC tournament semifinals in Syer previously served as associate head coach during his 12 each of the first four years of Syer’s tenure, including three seasons at Quinnipiac under head coach Rand Pecknold. Dur- straight MAAC finals appearances. Included in that span were ing that run, the Bobcats posted a 242-168-46 record with one the 2002 MAAC tournament title and the first NCAA appear- NCAA tournament appearance (2002) and nine 20-win seasons. ance in program history. The Bobcats also won the MAAC Quinnipiac won the 2005 Atlantic Hockey regular season title regular-season title in Syer’s first year at Quinnipiac. and the 1999 MAAC regular season and 2002 MAAC tourna- A native of Kitchener, Ontario, Syer arrived at Quinnipiac ment championship crowns during his tenure. after serving one season as an assistant coach at Ohio Univer- “I have a lot of respect for Ben,” head coach Mike Schafer sity. At Ohio, Syer assisted with practice and game preparation said. “His defensemen have always been very well-coached. as well as recruiting. Topher Scott Fifth Season As Assistant Coach Cornell ’08 Former Cornell standout Topher Scott team, while also receiving the Bill Doran Sportsmanship Award ‘08 rejoined the Big Red men’s for the third consecutive season and the Mark Weiss Award. He family as an assistant coach in July 2011. concluded his Cornell career as the 44th player in Cornell history He spent the previous season as a volunteer assistant coach at to score 100 points, finishing with 107 points on 25 goals and 82 Miami (Ohio). assists. Scott was team captain as a senior and was an assistant Scott’s responsibilities with the RedHawks included breaking captain as a junior and was hailed for his services to the com- down game film and assisting in skill development with play- munity, including coming up with the idea for an annual “Teddy ers, among other duties. Miami (Ohio) posted a 23-10-6 record Bear Toss” for the Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes and featured two Hobey Baker Award finalists, including winner and the Franziska Racker Centers. Andy Miele. Following his collegiate career, Scott played professional As a four-year letter winner for the Big Red, Scott was a final- hockey in the for the Texas Brahmas and ist for the Hockey Humanitarian Award and the Lowe’s Senior the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees before heading to Miami (Ohio) Class Award as a senior. He received the the Nicky Bawlf Award to begin work on his master’s degree in sports behavior and as the most valuable player of the 2007-08 Cornell men’s hockey performance while beginning his coaching career. Joe Palmer Brennen McHugh First Season As Volunteer Assistant Coach First Season As Director of Hockey Operations Ohio State ’13 Campbell ’11 Palmer joins the Big Red after a four-year professional McHugh comes to Cornell after completing three seasons as career and three years as the founder and primary instructor the video coordinator for the St. Lawrence men’s hockey team, of Syracuse-based Palmer Goalie Systems, where he provides where he was responsible for scouting opponents, game video personal instruction and video analysis. analysis and post-game video breakdown, coordinating team Palmer was a two-time gold medalist with the United States activities and meeting with potential recruits. McHugh played at the IIHF Under-18 World Championship, and he played for a significant role in the Hobey Baker Award campaigns for both two seasons in the prestigious National Team Development Kyle Flanagan and Greg Carey in 2012-13, providing video clips Program. He was selected in the fourth round of the 2006 NHL for the selection process and top ten videos. Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks, then went on to start 71 McHugh also served as a team leader for the 2014 USA Hockey games for Ohio State over three seasons. Player Development Boys Select 17 Camp in Amherst, N.Y. - 7 - Nov. 28, 2015 ∙ Red Hot Hockey Big Red Quick Hits BRENDAN SMITH * Before Cornell: Had 3-15–18 in 2014-15 season and helped Omaha team to five consecutive shutouts ... Played five seasons with the Colorado Thunderbirds AAA, winning Fr. • D • 6-0 • 194 • 1-19-96 2013 Tier 1 Elite League championship when he led league for goals among defensemen Omaha Lancers (USHL) * Personal: Mother is a Cornell graduate; uncle played football at Boston University; aunt 2 Centennial, Colo. played tennis and softball at Virginia * 2015-16: Tied for ECAC Hockey lead in defenseman scoring (0-5–5) ... Had assists on both REECE WILLCOX game-winning goals Nov. 13-14 vs. Colgate Sr. • D • 6-4 • 208 • 3-20-94 * Career: Top-four blueliner immediately, playing in all 34 games as a freshman ... Led team defensemen with plus-2 rating last year, despite missing 10 games due to injury Merritt Centennials (BCHL) * Personal: Earned gold medal with Team Canada West at World Junior A Challenge in 2011 3 Surrey, British Columbia * NHL Draft: Philadelphia Flyers; fifth round (141st overall) in the 2012 Entry Draft

ALEX RAUTER * 2014-15: Had two assists and a team-leading plus-3 rating in five games * 2013-14: Played for two USHL teams and the NAHL’s Wenatchee Wild So. • F • 6-0 • 180 • 6-17-94 * Personal: Played with the North Jersey Avalanche, which twice appeared in the Wenatchee Wild (NAHL) USA Hockey National championship tournament, including a runner-up finish in 2010. 4 Chatham, N.J. Rauter also helped lead Chatham HS to the New Jersey state title in 2011

MATTHEW NUTTLE * Before Cornell: Helped Sioux Falls win USHL’s Clark Cup in 2015 with four assists and plus-9 rating in 12 playoff games ... Named to 2014 NAHL All-Rookie First Team after Fr. • D • 5-11 • 181 • 5-5-95 scoring 31 points in 60 games with Wenatchee Wild Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) * Personal: Originally from the outskirts of Buffalo, he started his junior career with the 5 Marilla, N.Y. Buffalo Junior Sabres

HOLDEN ANDERSON * 2015-16: Due to injuries, has appeared at both defense and forward * 2014-15: Emerged as regular contributor, appearing in 22 games Jr. • D • 6-0 • 194 • 9-1-93 * Personal: Had 13 goals and 29 assists for 42 points and was a second-team CCHL all-star Hawkesbury Hawks (CCHL) with Hawkesbury ... Father, Shawn, played professional hockey for 18 years, including stints 6 Montréal, Québec with four NHL teams ... Two-time invitee to the Team Canada World Junior A camp JAKE WEIDNER * 2015-16: Blocked five shots and set up winning goal last Saturday at Brown * 2014-15: Team’s top faceoff man (57.4%) ... Tied for second in team scoring with 14 points Jr. • F • 6-2 • 203 • 6-11-92 ... Second in power-play scoring with nine points on two goals and seven assists Elmira Sugar Kings (GOJHL) * Personal: Was selected by Colorado in the 2013 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft ... Led 7 Grand Valley, Ontario Elmira Sugar Kings in scoring in 2012-13 season with 83 points GAVIN STOICK * 2014-15: Appeared in four games at forward and five games on defense * 2013-14: Had five goals and five assists for 10 points with the USHL’s Green Bay Gamblers Jr. • F • 6-3 • 228 • 7-2-94 * 2012-13: Had one assist in 14 games with the Big Red, seeing time at defense and forward Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) * Personal: Came to Big Red via the U.S. National Team Development Program ... 8 Portland, Ore. Won a Tier 1 Under-16 national championship in his two years with the Colorado Thunderbirds CHRISTIAN HILBRICH * 2015-16: Scored first career overtime winner Oct. 30 at Niagara * Career: Led the team with 10 goals and was tied for second with 14 points in 2014-15 ... Sr. • F • 6-7 • 216 • 7-9-92 Program’s active leader with 22 career goals ... Named team’s top freshman in 2012-13 Indiana Ice (USHL) * Personal: Is the tallest player in program history. ... Was born in Denmark, but moved to 9 Port Credit, Ontario Canada at an early age. ... Older brother, Tom, is a senior with the hockey team at Quinnipiac. * 2015-16: Scored first collegiate goal Nov. 6 vs. Princeton BEAU STARRETT * Before Cornell: Played for three seasons with the South Shore Kings and renowned Fr. • F • 6-5 • 213 • 11-1-95 Catholic Memorial HS near Boston ... Named to 2013 Boston Globe All-Scholastic Team South Shore Kings (USPHL) * Personal: Youngest of four brothers, all in college hockey. Eldest, Pete, played at Harvard (2008-12), Troy played at Babson (2010-14) and Shane is currently a goalie at Air Force. 10 Bellingham, Mass. * NHL Draft: Chicago Blackhawks; third round (88th overall) in the 2014 Entry Draft.

ERIC FRESCHI * 2015-16: Scored the Big Red's first goal of the season Oct. 30 at Niagara * Career: Scored three goals last season, including two of the team’s most memorable — Jr. • F • 5-11 • 194 • 3-22-93 a short-handed OT goal Nov. 14 vs. Clarkson and a last-minute winner Jan. 23 vs. rival Harvard Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) * Personal: Born in New York City, but moved to Minnesota in grade school ... Helped 11 Bloomington, Minn. Dubuque capture the Clark Cup in 2013.

Nov. 28, 2015 ∙ Red Hot Hockey - 8 - Big Red Quick Hits JOHN KNISLEY * 2014-15: Tied for third on the team with five goals ... Had two goals and an assist Nov. 29 vs. Penn State at Madison Square Garden ... Scored short-handed game-winner Feb. 21 vs. Union Sr. • F • 5-9 • 167 • 10-4-92 * Personal: Played in the Royal Bank Cup for Canada’s Junior A national championship with Vernon Vipers (BCHL) the Vernon Vipers in 2011. ... Played against former Big Red teammate Cole Bardreau at the 12 Pittsford, N.Y. youth level in the Carolinas and at the high school level in suburban Rochester, N.Y.

MITCH VANDERLAAN * 2015-16: Scored first goal Oct. 31 vs. Niagara ... Has six points in last seven games * Before Cornell: Spent two season with Fort McMurray; was named to AJHL North Fr. • F • 5-7 • 178 • 4-30-95 Division rookie team in 2014 ... Played on Team Canada West at 2014 World Junior A Fort McMurray Oil Barons (AJHL) Challenge ... Scored more than 100 points in final season at Rothesay Netherwood School 14 Hanwell, New Brunswick * Personal: Third New Brunswicker to play at Cornell in program history

TREVOR YATES * 2015-16: Scored only goal of last Saturday's win at Brown ... Both goals this season are GWGs * Before Cornell: Had 104 points in three seasons at Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts ... So. • F • 6-2 • 216 • 3-6-95 Won a Tier I Under 18 AAA national championship with the Neponset Valley River Rats Deerfield Academy * Personal: Father, Ross, is a former head coach of the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch and current head 15 Beaconsfield, Québec coach of the Saint John SeaDogs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

* 2015-16: Two of three goals have come on the power play MATT BUCKLES * 2014-15: Second on team with 8 goals and tied for team lead with 4 power-play goals Jr. • F • 6-2 • 220 • 5-5-95 * Personal: Represented Team Canada East in the 2012 World Junior ‘A’ Challenge ... St. Michael’s Buzzers (OJHL) Helped the St. Michael’s Buzzers to the OJHL title as the leading scorer with 40 goals and 16 Toronto, Ontario 31 assists for 71 points ... Won the NHL Central Scouting Service’s OJHL Top Prospect Award * NHL Draft: Florida Panthers; fourth round (98th overall) in the 2013 Entry Draft

* 2015-16: Scored team-leading fourth goal in OT on Nov. 14 at Colgate ... ANTHONY ANGELLO First Cornell freshman to have points in first four games since Ryan Moynihan in 1996 Fr. • F • 6-5 • 205 • 3-6-96 * Before Cornell: Helped U.S. win gold at 2014 Junior A World Challenge ... Played two Omaha Lancers (USHL) seasons with Syracuse Junior Stars ... Earned 2013 first-team all-state honors in 2013 after Manlius, N.Y. averaging four points per game with Fayetteville-Manlius HS 17 * NHL Draft: Pittsburgh Penguins; fifth round (145th overall) in the 2014 Entry Draft * 2014-15: First collegiate goal tied Feb. 14 game at Harvard late in the third period ... JARED FIEGL Played in 26 games, which was most among freshmen forwards So. • F • 6-1 • 221 • 1-23-96 * 2013-14: Played in 45 games for the USNTDP, scoring two goals to go with four assists U.S. National Team Development Program * Personal: Won gold with the U.S. at the IIHF U18 World Championship in 2014 ... Parker, Colo. Represented the U.S. squad at the 2012 Youth Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria 18 * NHL Draft: Arizona Coyotes; seventh round (191st overall) in the 2014 Entry Draft

TEEMU TIITINEN * Career: Scored first collegiate goal on Nov. 24, 2012 vs. Michigan at Madison Square Garden * Personal: First native of Finland to play for Cornell, though he now calls Suwanee, Ga. Sr. • F • 5-11 • 199 • 3-21-92 home ... Has also lived in Australia; Charlotte, N.C. and Albany, N.Y. ... Product of Dallas AAA Lincoln Stars (USHL) Stars team, which also produced program alums David McKee, Keir Ross, Locke Jillson 19 Jyväskylä, Finland and Armand de Swardt DAN WEDMAN * 2014-15: One of just three returning players to appear in all 31 games * 2013-14: Spent the last two seasons with AJHL’s Bonnyville Pontiacs ... Became first winner So. • D • 6-5 • 209 • 9-15-95 of The Evolution Hockey Award for Perseverance and Dedication. Bonnyville Pontiacs (AJHL) * Personal: Was a “C” prospect in preliminary rankings for NHL Central Scouting Service’s 20 Edmonton, Alberta 2013 draft watch list ... Tried out for Team Canada West team for Jr. A World Championships. * 2014-15: First collegiate goal was Nov. 22 vs. Brown ... Injuries limited him to 19 games DWYER TSCHANTZ * 2013-14: Won Clark Cup title with Indiana, ranking third on team in scoring So. • F • 6-5 • 220 • 3-22-95 * Personal: First Delaware native to be selected in NHL Entry Draft ... Played two years for Indiana Ice (USHL) Team Comcast Under-18 team in Tier 1 Elite League League. Was second-leading scorer in 2012-13 with 52 points in 40 games 21 Wilmington, Del. * NHL Draft: St. Louis Blues; seventh round (202nd overall) in the 2014 Entry Draft

* Before Cornell: Split last season with two USPHL teams; was teammate with Beau Starrett CHAD OTTERMAN with South Shore Kings ... Won EJHL title with Jersey Hitmen in 2013 ... Helped Delbarton to Fr. • F • 6-3 • 195 • 9-13-95 New Jersey state championships in 2011 and 2012 ... First-team all-state honors in 2014 Philadelphia Flyers (USPHL) * Personal: Was also Under Armor All-American and 2014 MSG Varsity Player of the Year 22 Morristown, N.J. for lacrosse ... Father played volleyball at UCLA, grandfather played football at USC

- 9 - Nov. 28, 2015 ∙ Red Hot Hockey Big Red Quick Hits TRENT SHORE * 2015-16: Has appeared in three games, taking some shifts at forward * Before Cornell: Split last season with two CCHL teams after amassing plus-92 rating at Fr. • D • 6-3 • 201 • 6-28-96 The Hill Academy over previous two seasons Cumberland Grads (CCHL) * Personal: Was invited to try out for Team Canada East in 2015 Junior A World Challenge ... 23 Ajax, Ontario Selected for the 2015 Central Canada Cup All-Star Challenge.

RYAN BLISS * 2015-16: Has five assists through eight games; three on the power play * 2014-15: Scored overtime winner Jan. 30 at Colgate ... One of four players with plus rating So. • D • 6-1 • 198 • 6-22-96 * Personal: Helped U.S. win Four Nations U-17 title in 2013 ... Captained U.S. squad at 2012 U.S. National Team Development Program Youth Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria ... Mother, Kelly (Clark) Bliss ’89, played 24 Chelmsford, Mass. lacrosse and field hockey at Cornell JEFF KUBIAK * 2015-16: Leads team in scoring (3-6–9), rating (plus-8) and faceoff percentage (60.2) ... Started season with six-game streak, which was program's longest since Jan. 2014 Jr. • F • 6-3 • 211 • 1-18-94 * Career: Won 52 percent of faceoffs in 2014-15 ... Named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) on Feb. 3, 2014 ... Presented team award for most promising freshman in 2013-14 26 Tinley Park, Ill. * Personal: Played in the 2012 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game

PATRICK McCARRON * 2015-16: Scored goals in each win against Colgate on Nov. 13-14 * Career: Scored team’s only goal in Game 2 of 2014 ECAC Hockey quarterfinals vs. Clarkson Jr. • D • 6-3 • 199 • 8-13-94 * Personal: Served as the captain of OJHL’s St. Michael’s Buzzers, helping them capture the St. Michael’s Buzzers (OJHL) league championship. ... Named league’s Defenseman of the Year, first-team all star and 27 Toronto, Ontario winner of inaugural Canadian Junior Hockey League Defenseman of the Year honor.

LUC LALOR * Before Cornell: Placed on AJHL North Division All-Rookie Team after first of three seasons with Fort McMurray ... Fought through injury to post 15 points in 21 games with Fort Fr. • F • 5-10 • 160 • 9-1-95 McMurray last season Fort McMurray Oil Barons (AJHL) * Personal: Eldest sister, Megan, plays hockey at St. Cloud State, and his grandfather played 28 St. Albert, Alberta football and hockey at University of New Brunswick

ALEC McCREA * 2015-16: Tied for second on team with five assists and leads defensemen with plus-6 rating * Before Cornell: Played three seasons in Waterloo, dressing for 158 regular-season games Fr. • D • 6-3 • 205 • 1-12-95 and posting 46 points and a plus-18 rating ... Advanced to 2014 Clark Cup finals with Waterloo Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) * Personal: Program’s first California native ... Attended the USA National Select Festival four 29 El Cajon, Calif. times, playing in the event’s all-star game twice

RYAN COON * Career: Joined the Big Red from Taft School, which competes in the prestigious Founders Jr. • G • 5-10 • 162 • 4-2-94 League along with some of the best hockey prep school programs in New England. ... Taft School Prior to his time at Taft, Coon competed with the Saint Louis Selects at the AAA level and 30 Wildwood, Mo. was a member of the All-Academic Team in 2010. HAYDEN STEWART * 2014-15: Named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week after each of his shutouts ... Became first Cornell freshman to post two shutouts since future All-American David McKee in 2003-04 So. • G • 6-3 • 205 • 9-22-94 * 2013-14: Season took off when he joined Indiana ... Captured Clark Cup title with the Ice, Indiana Ice (USHL) going 13-1 with a 1.29 goals-against average and .945 save pct. in 14 regular-season games 31 Rockford, Ill. * Personal: Was 2013 NAHL Top Prospects selection while playing with Corpus Christi Ice Rays MITCH GILLAM * 2015-16: Reigning ECAC Hockey Player of the Week after posting back-to-back shutouts last weekend ... Enters tonight with sixth-longest shutout streak in program history (167:41) Jr. • G • 6-0 • 182 • 9-24-92 * Career: 2014 All-Ivy Second Team selection ... Secured first collegiate shutout Dec. 28, 2014 Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL) vs. Lake Superior ... Scored a goal in collegiate debut Nov. 26 in 4-2 win vs. Niagara 32 Peterborough, Ontario * Personal: Nominated for prestigious 2013 RBC Canadian Junior Hockey League Player of the Year after being named BCHL Chilliwack Chiefs’ two-time MVP ... BCHL First Team All-Star

Nov. 28, 2015 ∙ Red Hot Hockey - 10 - The Last Time It Happened Cornell’s Record When ... For Cornell: W L T A hat trick...... Tyler Roeszler - vs. Colgate, 1/22/11 (155 games) Overall 6 1 1 A short-handed goal...... John Knisley - vs. Union, 2/21/15 (13 games) in ECAC Hockey play 4 1 1 Short-handed goals in back-to-back games.. Mitch Carefoot - at Union, 2/9/07 & Mark McCutcheon - at RPI, 2/10/07 (284 games) Two short-handed goals in a game...... Sean Collins and Joel Lowry - at Quinnipiac, 1/13/12 (124 games) in Ivy League play 2 0 1 A short-handed goal in overtime...... Eric Freschi - vs. Clarkson, 11/14/14 (35 games) in non-conference play 2 0 0 An extra-attacker goal...... Matt Buckles - vs. Union, 3/6/15 (10 games) at home 3 1 0 A penalty shot attempt...... Cole Bardreau - vs. St. Lawrence, 1/24/14 (54 games) A made penalty shot...... Joe Nieuwendyk - vs. Rensselaer, 2/27/87 (915 games) on the road 3 0 1 Three power-play goals in a game...... 3 - vs. Quinnipiac, 11/7/15 (five games) neutral site 0 0 0 Four power-play goals in a game...... 4 - at Nebraska Omaha, 10/26/13 (70 games) leading after one period 2 1 0 Two two-goal scorers...... Brian Ferlin & Joel Lowry - at St. Lawrence, 11/16/13 (64 games) Three two-goal scorers...... Byron Bitz, Mark McCutcheon & Raymond Sawada - vs. Princeton, 2/17/07 (280 games) trailing after one period 2 0 0 A goaltender recorded a point...... Mitch Gillam - vs. Penn State, 11/29/14 (31 games) tied after one period 2 0 1 Zero penalties committed...... vs. Brown, 2/19/99 (555 games) leading after two periods 4 0 0 A shutout...... Mitch Gillam (27 saves) - at Brown, 11/21/15 (one game) Back-to-back shutouts...... Mitch Gillam - at Yale, 11/20/15 & at Brown, 11/21/15 (one game) trailing after two periods 0 0 0 A goalie made 40 or more saves...... Andy Iles (40) - at Quinnipiac, 2/21/14 (47 games) tied after two periods 2 1 1 A goalie made 50 or more saves...... Andy Iles (60) - at Quinnipiac, 3/17/13 (72 games) outshooting the opposition 4 0 0 5 or more goals in one period...... 5, second period - vs. Yale, 12/3/04 (371 games) 5 or more goals in a game...... 5 - vs. Colgate, 11/13/15 (four games) being out-shot by the opposition 2 1 1 5 or more goals in consecutive games...... 5 - at St. Lawrence, 11/16/13 & 5 - vs. Brown, 11/22/13 (63 games) shots are even 0 0 0 6 or more goals...... 6 - at Yale, 11/4/11 (138 games) in one-goal or less games 4 1 1 6 or more goals in consecutive games...... 7 - vs Army, 10/29/04 & vs. Sacred Heart, 10/30/04 (377 games) 7 or more goals...... 7 - vs. Rensselaer, 2/16/08 (252 games) in two-goal games 0 0 0 7 or more goals in consecutive games...... 7 - vs Army, 10/29/04 & vs. Sacred Heart, 10/30/04 (379 games) in three-goal games 0 0 0 10 or more goals...... 10 - vs. Clarkson, 11/20/99 (542 games) 10 or more goals in a weekend...... 10 - at Yale (6-2), at Brown (4-5), 11/4-11/5/11 (137 games) in four- or more goal games 2 0 0 A player had three points in a game...... Cole Bardreau (0-3–3) at Union, 1/16/15 (24 games) scoring first 3 1 0 A player had four points in a game...... Dustin Mowrey (1-3–4) & Christian Hilbrich (2-1–3) vs. St. Lawrence, 1/24/14 (54 games) the opposition scores first 3 0 0 A player had five points in a game...... Ryan Vesce (3-4–7), vs. Princeton, 11/8/03 (404 games) in October 2 0 0 in November 4 1 1 Against Cornell: in December 0 0 0 A hat trick...... Spiro Goulakos, Colgate - 2/8/14 (50 games) A short-handed goal...... Mike Vecchione, Union - 3/6/15 (10 games) in January 0 0 0 A penalty shot attempt...... Eric Neiley, Dartmouth - 1/24/15 (21 games) in February 0 0 0 A made penalty shot...... Eric Neiley, Dartmouth - 1/24/15 (21 games) in March 0 0 0 Two power-play goals in a game...... 2, vs. Quinnipiac - 11/7/15 (five games) Three power-play goals in a game...... 3, vs. Union - 3/7/15 (nine games) on Monday 0 0 0 A shutout...... Alex Lyon, Yale (28 saves) - 11/20/15 (two games) on Tuesday 0 0 0 Back-to-back shutouts...... vs. Lake Superior State and Miami, Dec. 28-29, 2014 (27 games) A goalie made 40 or more saves...... Colton Phinney, Princeton (40) - 11/7/14 (37 games) on Friday 3 0 1 A goalie made 50 or more saves...... David Leggio, Clarkson (56) - 3/11/06 (315 games) on Saturday 3 1 0 10 or more goals...... 10, at Quinnipiac - 3/16/13 (73 games) in first game of back-to-back 3 0 1 3 or more goals in one period...... 3, second period, vs. Quinnipiac - 11/7/15 (five games) 4 or more goals in one period...... 4, third period, at Colgate - 3/16/13 (50 games) in second game of back-to-back 3 1 0 4 or more goals...... 5, vs. Quinnipiac - 11/7/15 (five games) a single game 0 0 0 5 or more goals...... 5, vs. Quinnipiac - 11/7/15 (five games) in overtime 2 1 1 6 or more goals...... 7, vs. Union - 3/7/15 (nine games) vs. ECAC Hockey 4 1 1 vs. Atlantic Hockey 2 0 0 General: vs. Big 10 0 0 0 Cornell won a national championship...... 1970 Cornell played in the Frozen Four...... 2002 vs. Hockey East 0 0 0 Cornell played in the NCAA tournament...... 2012 vs. team ranked in USA Today poll* 0 1 1 Cornell won an Ivy League championship...... 2014 Cornell won an ECAC Hockey Championship...... 2010 vs. team ranked in USCHO.com poll* 0 1 1 Cornell won an ECAC Hockey regular-season championship...... 2005 * — at time of the game

- 11 - Nov. 28, 2015 ∙ Red Hot Hockey Cornell Scoring Game-by-Game Opponent Date Score 2 Smith 3 Willcox 4 Rauter 5 Nuttle 6 Anderson 7 Weidner 8 Stoick 9 Hilbrich 10 Starrett 11 Freschi 12 Knisley 14 Vanderlaan 15 Yates at Niagara 10/30 3-2 W(ot) dnp 0-0–0 0-0–0 dnp 0-1–1 0-1–1 dnp 1-0–1 dnp 1-0–1 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-0–0 NIAGARA 10/31 4-0 W dnp 0-1–1 0-0–0 dnp 1-0–1 0-0–0 dnp 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-0–0 dnp 1-1–2 0-1–1 PRINCETON* 11/6 4-3 W dnp 0-1–1 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-0–0 dnp 0-0–0 1-0–1 0-1–1 dnp 0-0–0 0-1–1 QUINNIPIAC* 11/7 4-5 L(ot) dnp 1-1–2 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-0–0 1-1–2 dnp 0-1–1 0-0–0 0-0–0 dnp 1-0–1 0-0–0 COLGATE* 11/13 5-1 W dnp 0-1–1 0-0–0 dnp 0-0–0 0-1–1 dnp 1-1–2 0-0–0 dnp dnp 1-1–2 1-1–2 at Colgate* 11/14 3-2 W(ot) dnp 0-1–1 0-0–0 dnp 0-0–0 0-1–1 dnp 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-0–0 dnp 0-1–1 0-0–0 at Yale* 11/20 0-0 T dnp 0-0–0 0-0–0 dnp 0-0–0 0-0–0 dnp 0-0–0 dnp 0-0–0 dnp 0-0–0 0-0–0 at Brown* 11/21 1-0 W dnp 0-0–0 0-0–0 dnp 0-0–0 0-1–1 0-0–0 dnp dnp 0-0–0 dnp 0-0–0 1-0–1 vs. Boston Univ. 11/28 ST. LAWRENCE* 12/4 CLARKSON* 12/5 vs. Providence 12/28 vs. BC/Ohio St. 12/29 MERRIMACK 1/8 MERRIMACK 1/9 at Rensselaer* 1/15 at Union* 1/16 DARTMOUTH* 1/22 HARVARD* 1/23 at Clarkson* 1/29 at Quinnipiac* 2/5 at Princeton* 2/6 BROWN* 2/12 YALE* 2/13 at Harvard* 2/19 at Dartmouth* 2/20 UNION* 2/26 RENSSELAER* 2/27 - TBD - - TBD -

Opponent Date Score 16 Buckles 17 Angello 18 Fiegl 19 Tiitinen 20 Wedman 21 Tschantz 22 Otterman 23 Shore 24 Bliss 26 Kubiak 27 McCarron 28 Lalor 29 McCrea at Niagara 10/30 3-2 W(ot) 0-0–0 1-0–1 0-0–0 0-1–1 0-0–0 dnp dnp dnp 0-1–1 0-1–1 0-0–0 dnp 0-1–1 NIAGARA 10/31 4-0 W 0-0–0 0-2–2 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-0–0 dnp dnp dnp 0-1–1 2-0–2 0-0–0 dnp 0-1–1 PRINCETON* 11/6 4-3 W 0-0–0 2-0–2 0-0–0 0-0–0 dnp dnp dnp dnp 0-0–0 1-1–2 0-1–1 dnp 0-1–1 QUINNIPIAC* 11/7 4-5 L(ot) 1-1–2 0-1–1 0-0–0 0-0–0 dnp dnp dnp dnp 0-2–2 0-1–1 0-0–0 dnp 0-0–0 COLGATE* 11/13 5-1 W 1-0–1 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-0–0 dnp dnp 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-1–1 1-0–1 dnp 0-2–2 at Colgate* 11/14 3-2 W(ot) 1-0–1 1-0–1 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-0–0 dnp dnp dnp 0-0–0 0-2–2 1-0–1 dnp 0-0–0 at Yale* 11/20 0-0 T 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-0–0 dnp dnp 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-0–0 dnp 0-0–0 at Brown* 11/21 1-0 W 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-0–0 dnp dnp 0-0–0 0-1–1 0-0–0 0-0–0 dnp 0-0–0 vs. Boston Univ. 11/28 ST. LAWRENCE* 12/4 CLARKSON* 12/5 vs. Providence 12/28 vs. BC/Ohio St. 12/29 MERRIMACK 1/8 MERRIMACK 1/9 at Rensselaer* 1/15 at Union* 1/16 DARTMOUTH* 1/22 HARVARD* 1/23 at Clarkson* 1/29 at Quinnipiac* 2/5 at Princeton* 2/6 BROWN* 2/12 YALE* 2/13 at Harvard* 2/19 at Dartmouth* 2/20 UNION* 2/26 RENSSELAER* 2/27 - TBD - - TBD -

Nov. 28, 2015 ∙ Red Hot Hockey - 12 - Cornell Season Summary Date Opponent Result GW/GT Goal Goalie (Saves) PP PK Att. Record 10/30 at Niagara 3-2 W(ot) Christian Hilbrich Mitch Gillam (23-25) 0-3 2-2 915 1-0 10/31 NIAGARA 4-0 W Mitch Vanderlaan Mitch Gillam (19-19) 1-4 3-3 4,267* 2-0 11/6 PRINCETON 4-3 W Jeff Kubiak Mitch Gillam (21-24) 0-3 4-4 4,117 3-0, 1-0, 1-0 11/7 QUINNIPIAC 4-5 L(ot) (Connor Clifton) Mitch Gillam (28-33) 3-7 4-6 3,848 3-1, 1-1, 1-0 11/13 COLGATE 5-1 W Trevor Yates Mitch Gillam (23-24) 0-1 2-3 4,267* 4-1, 2-1, 1-0 11/14 at Colgate 3-2 W(ot) Anthony Angello Mitch Gillam (26-28) 1-2 4-5 2,213 5-1, 3-1, 1-0 11/20 at Yale 0-0 T — Mitch Gillam (30-30) 0-2 2-2 3,500* 5-1-1, 3-1-1, 1-0-1 11/21 at Brown 1-0 W Trevor Yates Mitch Gillam (27-27) 0-1 4-4 1,017 6-1-1, 4-1-1, 2-0-1

Cornell Goal Summary Date Opponent No. Type Goal Assist Assist Pd. Time 10/30 at Niagara 1 EV Eric Freschi (1) Alec McCrea (1) Ryan Bliss (1) 2nd 4:31 2 EV Anthony Angello (1) Jeff Kubiak (1) Holden Anderson (1) 2nd 16:22 3 EV Christian Hilbrich (1) Jale Weidner (1) Teemu Tiitinen (1) OT 1:46 10/31 NIAGARA 1 EV Mitch Vanderlaan (1) Anthony Angello (1) 1st 6:37 2 EV Jeff Kubiak (1) Mitch Vanderlaan (1) Anthony Angello (2) 1st 12:07 3 PP Jeff Kubiak (2) Alec McCrea (2) Ryan Bliss (2) 2nd 1:51 4 EV Holden Anderson (1) Reece Willcox (1) Trevor Yates (1) 2nd 14:42 11/6 PRINCETON 1 EV Beau Starrett (1) Alec McCrea (3) Eric Freschi (1) 2nd 4:47 2 EV Anthony Angello (2) Patrick McCarron (1) 2nd 6:28 3 EV Anthony Angello (3) Jeff Kubiak (2) Reece Willcox (2) 2nd 8:43 4 EV Jeff Kubiak (3) Trevor Yates (2) 3rd 19:11 11/7 QUINNIPIAC 1 PP Reece Willcox (1) Matt Buckles (1) Ryan Bliss (3) 1st 4:12 2 PP Jake Weidner (1) Christian Hilbrich (1) Reece Willcox (3) 1st 4:56 3 PP Matt Buckles (1) Jake Weidner (2) Ryan Bliss (4) 1st 10:56 4 EV Mitch Vanderlaan (2) Anthony Angello (3) Jeff Kubiak (3) 2nd 11:04 11/13 COLGATE 1 EV Christian Hilbrich (2) Alec McCrea (4) 1st 1:11 2 EV Trevor Yates (1) Reece Willcox (4) 1st 2:17 3 EV Mitch Vanderlaan (3) Trevor Yates (3) Alec McCrea (5) 1st 18:10 4 EV Patrick McCarron (1) Mitch Vanderlaan (2) Jeff Kubiak (4) 2nd 7:19 5 EV Matt Buckles (2) Christian Hilbrich (2) Jake Weidner (3) 2nd 17:05 11/14 at Colgate 1 EV Patrick McCarron (2) Jeff Kubiak (5) Mitch Vanderlaan (3) 1st 15:35 2 PP Matt Buckles (3) Jake Weidner (4) 2nd 17:52 3 EV Anthony Angello (4) Jeff Kubiak (6) Reece Willcox (5) OT 1:10 11/20 at Yale — No scoring — 11/21 at Brown 1 EV Trevor Yates (2) Jake Weidner (5) Ryan Bliss (5) 2nd 11:16

Cornell Starters Game-by-Game Date Opponent Left Wing Center Right Wing Left Def. Right Def. Goalie 10/30 at Niagara 9 Hilbrich 7 Weidner 4 Rauter 3 Willcox 27 McCarron 32 Gillam 10/31 Niagara 14 Vanderlaan 26 Kubiak 17 Angello 24 Bliss 29 McCrea 32 Gillam 11/6 Princeton 9 Hilbrich 7 Weidner 19 Tiitinen 24 Bliss 29 McCrea 32 Gillam 11/7 Quinnipiac 14 Vanderlaan 26 Kubiak 17 Angello 3 Willcox 27 McCarron 32 Gillam 11/13 Colgate 14 Vanderlaan 26 Kubiak 17 Angello 24 Bliss 3 Willcox 32 Gillam 11/14 at Colgate 9 Hilbrich 7 Weidner 16 Buckles 27 McCarron 29 McCrea 32 Gillam 11/20 at Yale 9 Hilbrich 7 Weidner 16 Buckles 27 McCarron 29 McCrea 32 Gillam 11/21 at Brown 15 Yates 7 Weidner 16 Buckles 27 McCarron 29 McCrea 32 Gillam - 13 - Nov. 28, 2015 ∙ Red Hot Hockey Cornell’s All-Time MSG Scoring 2015-16 Box Scores Date Years G A Pts. Joel Lowry 2011-14 2 3 5 Game 1: Cornell 3, Niagara 2 (OT) Game 3: Cornell 4, Princeton 3 Brendon Nash 2007, 2009 0 4 4 Friday, October 30 ... at Niagara University, N.Y. Friday, November 6 ... at Ithaca, N.Y. John McCarron 2011-14 0 4 4 Greg Miller 2009, 2011, 2012 2 1 3 Christian Hilbrich scored 1 minute, 46 Jeff Kubiak scored the winner with 49 Sean Whitney 2009, 2011 1 2 3 seconds into overtime, powering the Big Red seconds left in the third, and Anthony Angello Brian Ferlin 2011-13 0 3 3 to a season-opening victory on the road. It's scored twice in the second to push Cornell to Locke Jillson 2009, 2011 2 0 2 just the fourth time in program history that 3-0 with a win in its ECAC Hockey debut. John Knisley 2012-14 2 0 2 Cornell won its debut in overtime. Eric Freschi Cole Bardreau 2011, 2013 1 1 2 Princeton 0 2 1 - 3 Blake Gallagher 2007, 2009 1 1 2 and Anthony Angello had goals in the second Cornell 0 3 1 - 4 Riley Nash 2007, 2009 1 1 2 period to erase a pair of one-goal deficits. Colin Greening 2007, 2009 0 2 2 1st: No scoring. Penalty - Pompi, Quin, PRINM (HOOKING) 02:35. Christian Hilbrich 2013-14 1 0 1 Cornell 0 2 0 1 - 3 2nd: 1, PRIN, Veronneau, Max/1 (Hallisey, David/2) 01:31. 2, COR, Teemu Tiitinen 2012-13 1 0 1 Niagara 1 1 0 0 - 2 Starrett, Beau/1 (McCrea, Alec/3; Freschi, Eric/1) 04:47. 3, COR, Angello, Anthony/2 (McCarron, Patrick/1) 06:28. 4, COR, Angello, An- Topher Scott 2007 1 0 1 1st: 1, NIA, Edwards, Luke/1 00:22. Penaltiy - Pietrobon, Stephen, thony/3 (Kubiak, Jeff/2; Willcox, Reece/2) 08:43. 5, PRIN, Veronneau, Jared Seminoff 2007 1 0 1 NIA (HIGH STICKING) 07:10. Max/2 (Kuffner, Ryan/1) 10:56. Penalties - Angello, Anthony, COR Holden Anderson 2014 0 1 1 2nd: 2, COR, Freschi, Eric/1 (McCrea, Alec/1; Bliss, Ryan/1) 04:31. 3, (HOOKING) 11:06; Freschi, Eric, COR (HOOKING) 15:55; Liau, Jonathan, Mitch Gillam 2014 0 1 1 NIA, Kolenda, Dan/2 (Kuhn, Ryan/3; Muto, Vinny/3) 15:08. 4, COR, PRIN (HOOKING) 17:04. Reece Willcox 2012-14 0 1 1 Angello, Anthony/1 (Kubiak, Jeff/1; Anderson, Holden/1) 16:22. Pen- 3rd: 6, PRINM, Foster, Ben/2 (Davis, Tommy/1) 01:03. 7, COR, Kubiak, Joakim Ryan 2011-13 0 1 1 alties - Knisley, John, COR (HIGH STICKING) 05:05; Angello, Anthony, Jeff/3 (Yates, Trevor/2) 19:11. Penalties - Liss, Kevin, PRIN (INTERFER- COR (CROSS-CHECKING) 08:49; Chiarantano, Matt, NIA (TRIPPING) ENCE) 05:19; Tiitinen, Teemu, COR (HOOKING) 12:05; Michael Kennedy 2007 0 1 1 Freschi, Eric, COR (HOOKING) 16:30. Armand de Swardt 2011, 2012 0 1 1 09:12; Smith, Larry, NIA (HOLDING) 17:59. 3rd : No scoring. Penalties - None. Shots on goal: PRIN 11-4-9-24; COR 12-13-18-43. Power plays: PRIN 0 Patrick Kennedy 2007, 2009 0 1 1 OT: 5, COR, Hilbrich, Christian/1 (Weidner, Jake/1; Tiitinen, Teemu/1) of 4; COR 0 of 3. Goalies: PRIN, Phinney, Colton 1-2 (43 shots-39 saves); Erik Axell 2009, 2011, 2012 0 1 1 01:46. Penalties - None. COR, Gillam, Mitch 3-0 (24-21). A-4,117. T-2:12. Referees: Braden Birch 2009, 2011, 2012 0 1 1 Shots on goal: COR 13-14-4-4-35; NIA 8-13-3-1-25. Power plays: C.J. Hanafin, Chip McDonald.Linesmen: Glen Cooke, Jordan Patarino. Kirill Gotovets 2011-13 0 1 1 COR 0 of 3; NIA 0 of 2. Goalies: COR, Gillam, Mitch 1-0-0 (25 shots-23 Dustin Mowrey 2011-13 0 1 1 saves); NIA, Therien, Guillaume 0-4-1 (35-32). A-915. T-2:11. Referees: Game 4: #4/5 Quinnipiac 5, Cornell 4 (OT) Joseph Baudo, Chris Ciamaga. Linesmen: Joseph DeMizio, Rick Lembo. Saturday, November 7 ... at Ithaca, N.Y. Game 2: Cornell 4, Niagara 0 The Big Red scored three power-play Dramatic Debuts Saturday, October 31 ... at Ithaca, N.Y. goals in the opening 11 minutes, but could not hold on to two three-goal leads before Senior forward Christian Hilbrich scored The line of Mitch Vanderlaan, Anthony falling in overtime. the winning goal in overtime Oct. 30 to Angello and Jeff Kubiak each had two points, lift the Big Red to a 3-2 victory at Niagara. and the Big Red completed a weekend sweep Quinnipiac 1 3 0 1 - 5 It marked just the fourth time in program of Niagara in dominant fashion. Cornell 3 1 0 0 - 4 history Cornell has won in overtime in its Vanderlaan opened the scoring with season opener. Here are the other occur- 1st: 1, COR, Willcox, Reece/1 (Buckles, Matt/1; Bliss, Ryan/3) 04:12 his first career goal, then set up the first of (pp). 2, COR, Weidner, Jake/1 (Hilbrich, Christian/1; Willcox, Reece/3) rences: Kubiak's two goals on the night. Angello also 04:56 (pp). 3, COR, Buckles, Matt/1 (Weidner, Jake/2; Bliss, Ryan/4) 10:56 (pp). 4, QU, Clifton, Tim/4 (Taverner, Andrew/1; Priskie, Chase/6) OT winning goals in season openers assisted on the first two goals, and Holden 15:59 (pp). Penalties - Aldworth, Thomas, QU major-game misconduct Christian Hilbrich (Niagara) Oct. 30, 2015 Anderson capped the scoring. Mitch Gillam (HITTING FROM BEHIND) 03:45; Toews, Devon, QU (ROUGHING) 08:24; Joe Devin (Niagara) Oct. 30, 2009 made 19 saves for his second career shutout. Freschi, Eric, COR (HOLDING THE STICK) 08:24; Anas, Sam, QU (TRIP- Shaun Hannah (Dartmouth) Nov. 12, 1993 PING) 09:14; Fiegl, Jared, COR (CROSS-CHECKING) 11:23; Angello, An- Dave Hunter (W. Ontario) Nov. 9, 1985 Niagara 0 0 0 - 0 thony, COR (CROSS-CHECKING) 14:28; Clifton, Connor, QU (ROUGHING) Cornell 2 2 0 - 4 17:30; Hilbrich, Christian, COR (ROUGHING) 17:30; Smith, Landon, QU (ROUGHING) 17:30; Buckles, Matt, COR (ROUGHING) 17:30; MacMaster, Current Cornellians with OT goals 1st: 1, COR, Vanderlaan, Mitch/1 (Angello, Anthony/1) 06:37. 2, Tanner, QU (SLASHING) 19:00. Anthony Angello (Colgate) Nov. 14, 2015 2nd: 5, COR, Vanderlaan, Mitch/2 (Angello, Anthony/3; Kubiak, COR, Kubiak, Jeff/1 (Vanderlaan, Mitch/1; Angello, Anthony/2) 12:07. Christian Hilbrich (Niagara) Oct. 30, 2015 Jeff/3) 11:04. 6, QU, St. Denis, Travis/7 (Anas, Sam/6; Smith, Derek/5) Penalties - Plouffe, Derian, NIA (INTERFERENCE) 08:43; Plouffe, Derian, Ryan Bliss (Colgate) Jan. 30, 2015 12:34. 7, QU, Taverner, Andrew/2 (Davidson, Scott/1; Clifton, Con- NIA (BOARDING) 12:24. nor/6) 13:19. 8, QU, Taverner, Andrew/3 (Priskie, Chase/7; Smith, Eric Freschi (Clarkson) Nov. 14, 2014 2nd: 3, COR, Kubiak, Jeff/2 (McCrea, Alec/2; Bliss, Ryan/2) 01:51 (pp). Derek/6) 18:33 (pp). Penalties - Tiefenwerth, K.J., QU (SLASHING) 4, COR, Anderson, Holden/1 (Willcox, Reece/1; Yates, Trevor/1) 14:42. 02:41; Tiitinen, Teemu, COR (HOOKING) 08:25; Anderson, Holden, COR Penalties - Muto, Vinny, NIA (CROSS-CHECKING) 00:42; Tiitinen, Teemu, (SLASHING) 13:42; Yates, Trevor, COR (CHARGING) 18:03; Anderson, COR (HOOKING) 10:42. Holden, COR (HOLDING) 19:09; St. Denis, Travis, QU (EMBELLISHMENT) 3rd: Penalties - Rauter, Alex, COR (HOOKING) 02:38; Conte, Patrick, 19:09. NIA (SLASHING) 08:38; Yates, Trevor, COR (HOOKING) 10:52; Anderson, 3rd: No scoring. Penalties - Toews, Devon, QU (UNSPORTSMANLIKE Holden, COR (ROUGHING) 13:27; Nasca, Phillip, NIA (ROUGHING) CONDUCT) 06:52; Tiitinen, Teemu, COR (UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT) 13:27. 06:52; Clifton, Tim, QU (ELBOWING) 14:49; Freschi, Eric, COR (BOARD- Shots on goal: NIA 4-5-10-19; COR 18-10-5-33. Power plays: NIA 0 ING) 19:24. of 3; COR 1 of 4. Goalies: NIA, Therien, Guillaume 0-5-1 (20 shots-17 OT: 9, QU, Clifton, Connor/1 (Taverner, Andrew/2; Priskie, Chase/8) saves); O'Brien, Joe (05:32 2nd, 13-12); COR, Gillam, Mitch 2-0 (19- 01:26. Penalties - None. 19). A-4,267. T-2:09. Referees: Kevin Graber, Cameron Lynch; Shots on goal: QU 12-12-8-1-33; COR 9-4-5-0-18. Power plays: QU 2 Linesmen: Matt Brady, Jamie Colacino. of 6; COR 3 of 7. Goalies: QU, Garteig, Michael 8-0 (18 shots-14 saves); COR, Gillam, Mitch 3-1 (33-28). A-3,848. T-2:21. Referees: C.J. Hanafin, Chip McDonald. Linesmen: Matt Brady, Michael Emanatian.

Nov. 28, 2015 ∙ Red Hot Hockey - 14 - 2015-16 Box Scores Ivy League Standings & Results

Conference Only Overall Game 5: Cornell 5, Colgate 1 Game 7: #18 Cornell 0, #10/11 Yale 0 Pts Record Win% GF GA Record Win% GF GA Harvard 9 4-0-1 .900 22 6 4-1-1 .750 23 10 Friday, November 13 ... at Ithaca, N.Y. Friday, November 20 ... at New Haven, Conn. Cornell 5 2-0-1 .833 5 3 6-1-1 .812 24 13 Yale 4 1-0-2 .667 6 4 5-1-2 .750 22 11 The Big Red scored five goals in the open- Mitch Gillam made 30 saves for his third Dartmouth 4 2-3-0 .400 14 21 2-4-0 .333 16 27 ing 40 minutes of a game for the first time career shutout; the second of which ended Brown 0 0-3-0 .000 5 13 1-4-2 .286 17 26 Princeton 0 0-3-0 .000 5 10 2-6-0 .250 14 21 since Jan. 30, 2010. Christian Hilbrich and in a scoreless tie. Alex Lyon made 28 saves Trevor Yates scored in the first 2:17, then Saturday, Oct. 31 to match Gillam save-for-save, with each Harvard 7, Dartmouth 0 later added assists. After Colgate scored on goaltender getting one friendly bounce off Sunday, Nov. 1 the power play to draw within one, Mitch the post behind them. Both teams came up Harvard 5, Dartmouth 2 Vanderlaan scored on a two-on-one to restore empty on two power plays — one in overtime Friday, Nov. 6 the home side's two-goal lead before the first for Yale — though Lyon was required to Cornell 4, Princeton 3 intermission. made a blocker save on Jake Weidner's partial Yale 2, Harvard 2 Dartmouth 7, Brown 3 Colgate 1 0 0 - 1 breakaway with 13 seconds remaining to Saturday, Nov. 7 Cornell 3 2 0 - 5 keep the game scoreless. It was the first score- Harvard 5, Brown 2 less game Yale has played since 2005. Yale 4, Dartmouth 2 1st: 1, COR, Hilbrich, Christian/2 (McCrea, Alec/4) 01:11. 2, COR, Yates, Trevor/1 (Willcox, Reece/4) 02:17. 3, COLGATE, Borkowski, Friday, Nov. 13 Mike/6 (Corkey, Brett/4; Spink, Tylor/5) 12:16 (pp). 4, COR, Vanderlaan, Cornell 0 0 0 0 - 0 Dartmouth 3, Princeton 2 Yale 0 0 0 0 - 0 Mitch/3 (Yates, Trevor/3; McCrea, Alec/5) 18:10. Penalties - Sanniti, Saturday, Nov. 14 Anthony, COLGATE (TRIPPING) 04:28; Yates, Trevor, COR (TRIPPING) Harvard 3, Princeton 0 10:11; Fiegl, Jared, COR (SLASHING) 11:55. 1st: No scoring. Penalties - None. 2nd: 5, COR, McCarron, Patrick/1 (Vanderlaan, Mitch/2; Kubiak, 2nd: No scoring. Penalties - Angello, Anthony, COR (INTERFERENCE) Friday, Nov. 20 Jeff/4) 07:19. 6, COR, Buckles, Matt/2 (Hilbrich, Christian/2; Weidner, 08:12; O'Gara, Rob, YALE (INTERFERENCE) 14:58. Cornell 0, Yale 0 Jake/3) 17:05. Penalties - Rauter, Alex, COR (CROSS-CHECKING) 14:39. 3rd: No scoring. Penalty - Cooper, Carson, YALE (BOARDING) 10:38. Saturday, Nov. 21 3rd: No scoring. Penalties - None. OT: No scoring. Penalty - Wedman, Dan, COR (TRIPPING) 04:05. Cornell 1, Brown 0 Shots on goal: COLGATE 5-9-10-24; COR 10-5-5-20. Power plays: Shots on goal: COR 8-10-7-3-28; YALE 7-12-7-4-30. Power plays: COR COLGATE 1 of 3; COR 0 of 1. Goalies: COLGATE, Finn, Charlie 4-6 (15 0 of 2; YALE 0 of 3. Goalies: COR, Gillam, Mitch (30 shots-30 saves); Friday, Dec. 4 shots-10 saves) ; Racine, Bruce (00:00 3rd, 5-5); COR, Gillam, Mitch 4-1 YALE, Lyon, Alex (28-28). A-3,500 (sellout). T-2:07. Referees: Bryan Princeton at Brown, 7 p.m. (24-23). A-4,267 (sellout). T-2:04. Referees: Kevin Graber, Robert St. Hicks, Scott Whittemore. Linesmen: Jim Briggs, Glen Cooke. Saturday, Dec. 5 Lawrence. Linesmen: Stephen Drain, Philip Kitchen. Game 8: #18 Cornell 1, Brown 0 Princeton at Yale, 7 p.m. Game 6: Cornell 3, Colgate 2 (OT) Saturday, November 21 ... at Providence, R.I. Friday, Jan. 15 Brown at Yale, 7 p.m. Saturday, November 14 ... at Hamilton, N.Y. Mitch Gillam made 27 saves to post his Saturday, Jan. 16 Anthony Angello, from nearby Manlius, cel- second straight shutout, and Trevor Yates Yale at Brown, 7 p.m. ebrated his homecoming by scoring 1:10 into scored the game's only goal. Jake Weidner set Friday, Jan. 22 overtime to lift the Big Red to a comeback up the goal and had five of the Big Red's 18 Dartmouth at Cornell, 7 p.m. road win and its first sweep of Colgate on blocked shots. Yates worked a give-and-go Saturday, Jan. 23 Harvard at Cornell, 7 p.m. consecutive regular-season nights since Feb. with Weidner after retrieving a dump-in by 1-2, 2008. The Big Red trailed by just one after Ryan Bliss. Friday, Jan. 29 Princeton at Harvard, 7:30 p.m. the first period despite the Raiders enjoying Gillam's consecutive shutouts were the game's first five power plays, then Matt Saturday, Jan. 30 Cornell's first since Andy Iles blanked the Princeton at Dartmouth, 7:05 p.m. Buckles sent the game to OT with a power- North Country teams Dec. 2-3, 2011, and they Friday, Feb. 5 play goal late in the second. were the program's first back-to-back road Harvard at Brown, 7 p.m. Dartmouth at Yale, 7 p.m. Cornell 1 1 0 1 - 3 shutouts since Ben Scrivens turned away Colgate 2 0 0 0 - 2 Princeton and Quinnipiac from Nov. 7-8, 2008. Saturday, Feb. 6 Cornell at Princeton, 7 p.m. 1st: 1, CLG, Spink, Tyson/4 (Lough, Kevin/4) 03:40. 2, COR, McCarron, Cornell killed two of Brown's four power plays Harvard at Yale, 7 p.m. Patrick/2 (Kubiak, Jeff/5; Vanderlaan, Mitch/3) 15:35. 3, CLG, Corkey, toward the middle of the third period. Dartmouth at Brown, 7 p.m. Brett/3 (Murphy, Darcy/5; Spink, Tylor/4) 17:29 (pp). Penalties - Friday, Feb. 12 Anderson, Holden, COR (CHECKING FROM BEHIND) 08:02; Rauter, Alex, Cornell 0 1 0 - 1 Brown at Cornell, 7 p.m. COR (HOOKING) 12:17; Weidner, Jake, COR (HOLDING) 16:20; McCarron, Brown 0 0 0 - 0 Patrick, COR (SLASHING) 17:04; Freschi, Eric, COR (INTERFERENCE) Saturday, Feb. 13 17:56. 1st: No scoring. Penalty - Stoick, Gavin, COR (HITTING FROM BEHIND) Yale at Cornell, 7 p.m. 2nd: 4, COR, Buckles, Matt/3 (Weidner, Jake/4) 17:52 (pp). Penal- 01:49. Friday, Feb. 19 ties - Corkey, Brett, CLG (HOOKING) 04:20; Sanniti, Anthony, CLG 2nd: 1, COR, Yates, Trevor/2 (Weidner, Jake/5; Bliss, Ryan/5) 11:16. Cornell at Harvard, 7 p.m. (HOLDING) 16:36. Penalties - Fiegl, Jared, COR (BOARDING) 03:27; Pfeil, Brandon, No scoring. Penalties - None. BRWN (HOLDING THE STICK) 19:17. Saturday, Feb. 20 OT: 5, COR, Angello, Anthony/2 (Kubiak, Jeff/5; Willcox, Reece/5) 3rd: No scoring. Penalties - Angello, Anthony, COR (CROSS-CHECKING) Cornell at Dartmouth, 7 p.m. 01:10. Penalties - None. 07:52; Freschi, Eric, COR (TRIPPING) 11:59. Friday, Feb. 26 Shots on goal: COR 8-12-12-1-33; CLG 16-5-7-0-28. Power plays: Shots on goal: COR 3-5-8-16; BRWN 10-8-9-27. Power plays: COR 0 of Yale at Princeton, 7 p.m. COR 1 of 2; CLG 1 of 5. Goalies: COR, Gillam, Mitch 5-1-0 (28 shots-26 1; BRWN 0 of 4. Goalies: COR, Gillam, Mitch 6-1-1 (27 shots-27 saves); saves); CLG, Finn, Charlie 4-7-0 (33-30). A-2,213. T-2:25. Referees: Joe BRWN, Ernst, Tim 1-2-3 (16-15). A-1,017. T-1:57. Referees: Cameron Saturday, Feb. 27 Carusone, Peter Feola. Linesmen: David Brown, Dan Taggart. Lynch, Chip McDonald. Linesmen: Stephen Drain, Todd Whitemore. Brown at Princeton, 7 p.m.

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