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Cornell Big Red Game 8: Niagara at #17 Cornell Tuesday, November 22, 2011 • 7 p.m. Men’s Hockey Lynah Rink (4,267) • Ithaca, N.Y. Men’s Hockey Contact: Brandon Thomas, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications Office Phone: (607) 255-5627 • Cell Phone (585) 705-4177 • Email: [email protected] Big Red Seeks 500th All-Time Victory at Lynah Rink Milestones have been common in recent days for the ABOUT NIAGARA 2011-12 Cornell Men’s Hockey Schedule OCTOBER Big Red, with head coach Mike Schafer recording his The Purple Eagles are 2-4-3, following a 1-1 tie at home 21 GUELPH (exhib.) W, 3-2 300th victory last season, and the program also eclips- with rival Canisius on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Previously, Ni- 22 CARLETON (exhib.) W, 5-1 ing the 1,000-win mark late in the year. Cornell has an agara split a pairs of games with Holy Cross at home 29 MERCYHURST L, 4-5 opportunity to achieve another unique benchmark on and Colgate in a home-and-home series. The first game Tuesday, when a victory would be the 500th all-time against the Raiders was a 7-6 Colgate victory, wrapping NOVEMBER 4 at Yale* W, 6-2 at the program’s fabled venue, 54-year-old Lynah Rink. up a stretch of four consecutive overtime games for the 5 at Brown* L, 4-5 The Big Red wraps up its three-game home stand with Purple Eagles. Sophomore Scott Arnold leads the team 11 at Harvard* W, 4-2 a rare Tuesday night game against Niagara, entering the the three major offensive cateogries with four goals and 12 at Dartmouth* W, 3-2 non-league contest on the program’s first four-game four assists for eight points. He is tied with classmate 18 PRINCETON* W, 4-0 winning streak in the regular season since the 2008-09 Ryan Rashid for the goals lead after Rashid scored the 19 QUINNIPIAC* W, 4-0 campaign. Niagara comes to town to play its sixth game 22 NIAGARA 7:00 p.m. at Lynah Rink over the past five seasons. The game can be 26 vs. Boston University (at New York) 8:00 p.m. Cornell Quick Facts heard in the Ithaca area on WHCU 870 AM and worldwide Location .................................................Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 DECEMBER through the Cornell Redcast subscription service with Ja- Founded .................................................................... 1865 2 ST. LAWRENCE* 7:00 p.m. son Weinstein providing the call. Enrollment.............................................................. 13,700 3 CLARKSON* 7:00 p.m. President ..................................................David J. Skorton 29 vs. Massachusetts~ 7:00 p.m. ABOUT THE BIG RED Director of Athletics ...............................J. Andrew Noel, Jr. 30 vs. Maine or Clarkson~ 4 / 7:00 p.m. Cornell has been offensive in the early going this season, Colors ......................................... Carnelian Red and White JANUARY but in a good way. The Big Red has scored 29 goals over Affiliation ................................................................NCAA I 6 at Colorado College 9:30 p.m. its first seven games to start out with a 5-2 record, climb- Conference ..................................ECAC Hockey/Ivy League Rink (Capacity) .....................................Lynah Rink (4,267) 7 at Colorado College 9:00 p.m. ing into the polls to the nation’s No. 17 spot in the USCHO. 13 at Quinnipiac* 7:00 p.m. com poll. The 4.14 goals per game total ranks third in the 14 at Princeton* 7:00 p.m. Coaching Information country, trailing only top-5 teams Colorado College and Men’s Hockey Coach ................... Mike Schafer (Cornell ‘86) 20 DARTMOUTH* 7:00 p.m. Minnesota. The Big Red’s four straight wins have come in 21 HARVARD* 7:00 p.m. Career Record .......................318-175-56 (17th season) 27 COLGATE* 7:30 p.m. ECAC Hockey play, starting with road victories at Harvard Assistant Coach ..................Ben Syer (Western Ontario ‘98) 28 at Colgate* 7:00 p.m. and Dartmouth, followed by wins in front of sold-out Assistant Coach ...........................Topher Scott (Cornell ‘08) crowds last weekend against Princeton and Quinnipiac. Volunteer Assistant Coach ........... Kris Mayotte (Union ‘06) FEBRUARY While the Big Red remains among the national leaders in Athletic Trainer ......................................................Ed Kelly 3 at Rensselaer* 7:30 p.m. team offense, sophomore goalie Andy Iles is in the spot- Equipment Manager .....................................Sean Schmidt 4 at Union* 7:00 p.m. 10 BROWN* 7:00 p.m. light after consecutive shutouts. Junior defenseman Nick D’Agostino leads the nation in points per game among 2011-12 Team Information 11 YALE* 7:00 p.m. Captain ................................................................Keir Ross blueliners (1.57), and forward Brian Ferlin has the na- 17 at Clarkson* 7:00 p.m. Alternate Captains ................Sean Collins, Nick D’Agostino 18 at St. Lawrence* 7:00 p.m. tion’s highest point-per-game mark for freshmen (1.43). 2011-12 Record .......................................................... 5-2-0 24 UNION* 7:00 p.m. 2011-12 ECAC Hockey Record ..................................... 5-1-0 25 RENSSELAER* 7:00 p.m. 2011-12 Ivy League Record ........................................ 4-1-0 Game #8: Niagara at Cornell MARCH 2010-11 Record ...................................................... 16-15-3 2-4 ECAC Hockey first round (campus sites, seeds 5-8) Face Off: ..................Tuesday, November 22 • 7 p.m. 2010-11 ECAC Hockey Record ................................... 11-9-2 9-11 ECAC Hockey quarterfinals (campus sites, seeds 1-4) Site: ....................................Lynah Rink • Ithaca, N.Y. 2010-11 Ivy League Record ........................................ 3-6-1 16 ECAC Hockey semifinals (Atlantic City, N.J.) 2011-12 Records: First Varsity Season ...............................................1900-01 17 ECAC Hockey Championship (Atlantic City, N.J.) Niagara .................. 2-4-3, 1-2-2 Atlantic Hockey All-Time Record ...............................1,006-646-105 (.602) 23-25 NCAA Regionals Record at Lynah Rink .............................499-183-51 (.716) Cornell ...............................5-2, 5-1 ECAC Hockey NCAA Championships .................................. 2 (1967, 1970) APRIL Series Record: Cornell, 10-2 NCAA Tournament Appearances ..................................... 18 4-9 NCAA Frozen Four (Tampa, Fla.) Last Meeting: Won, 3-2, on 10/30/09 in Ithaca, N.Y. Years .....................1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, Media Information ..............................1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997 Home Games in Bold Radio: .................. WHCU 870 AM (Jason Weinstein) ..............................2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 * ECAC Hockey game ECAC Hockey Championships .......................................... 12 Live Stats: .... http://livestats.internetconsult.com/ ~ Florida College Classic at Germain Arena (Estero, Fla.) Years ........................................1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, cornell/mhockey/ ..........1973, 1980, 1986, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010 www.cornellbigred.com 1 2011-12 Cornell Men’s Hockey Notes squad’s lone goal against Canisius. The Purple Eagles’ scoring has been balanced in the early going, with 13 Tale of the Tape Around ECAC Hockey Cornell Niagara Current Standings (as of November 22) players recording at least two points through the first Team Offense 4.14 2.33 Conference Only Overall nine games’ 21 goals. The team’s goaltending situation Pts Record Win% GF GA Record Win% GF GA National Rank 3rd 40th has started out convoluded, with all of Niagara’s four Cornell 10 5-1-0 .833 25 11 5-2-0 .714 29 16 Conference Offense 4.17 2.00 Colgate 8 4-2-0 .667 18 11 8-4-1 .654 41 31 goalies seeing action already. Sophomore Cody Campbell Conference Rank 1st T-9th St. Lawrence 8 4-2-0 .667 11 10 4-6-0 .400 22 35 has started six games, but he has split starts with fresh- Yale 6 3-1-0 .750 10 6 5-1-1 .786 19 12 Union 6 3-2-0 .600 11 8 6-3-3 .625 38 21 man Colby Drost over the last five. Dartmouth 6 3-3-0 .500 15 19 4-4-0 .500 18 22 Team Defense 2.29 2.89 Clarkson 5 2-3-1 .417 12 11 7-4-3 .607 40 26 National Rank T-10th 33rd Harvard 5 2-3-1 .417 17 18 2-3-1 .417 17 18 THE SERIES WITH NIAGARA Conference Defense 1.83 2.00 Brown 4 2-2-0 .500 10 11 3-3-1 .500 15 16 Cornell holds a commanding 10-2 advantage over the Princeton 4 2-5-0 .286 15 24 2-6-1 .278 19 29 Conference Rank T-4th T-4th Purple Eagles all-time, including eight straight victories. Quinnipiac 4 1-4-2 .286 13 18 7-6-2 .533 48 34 Rensselaer 2 1-4-0 .200 3 13 2-10-0 .167 11 34 The Big Red secured an exciting 3-2 victory over Niagara in PP Pct. 26.1 15.0 the teams’ last meeting, which kicked off Cornell’s 2009-10 Recent Scores/Upcoming Contests (as of Nov. 22) National Rank 6th T-39th season at Lynah Rink. Colin Greening and Patrick Kennedy Friday, November 18 Conference PP Pct. 22.7 13.0 scored power-play goals, then Joe Devin scored in over- Cornell 4, Princeton 0 Conference Rank 3rd 6th Dartmouth 3, St. Lawrence 1 time. Niagara’s lone wins over Cornell came in the 1999- Colgate 3, Quinnipiac 1 2000 and 2000-01 seasons at the now-defunct Syracuse Harvard 3, Clarkson 2 PK Pct. 78.8 73.9 Invitational. National Rank 41th 52nd Saturday, November 19 Conference PK Pct. 83.3 84.0 Cornell 4, Quinnipiac 0 STREAKING Conference Rank 8th 8th Colgate 4, Princeton 1 Junior forward Greg Miller has points in all of the Big Red’s St. Lawrence 4, Harvard 3 seven games to date, racking up a pair of goals and seven Clarkson 4, Dartmouth 0 assists for nine points. Linemate Brian Ferlin has 10 points Yale 5, Connecticut 3 DANGEROUS D’AGOSTINO Brown 1, Army 1 over the last six games, tying junior defenseman Nick Junior defenseman Nick D’Agostino earned ECAC Hockey D’Agostino for the team lead in scoring.