Cornell Men’s Hockey 2017-18 Game Notes

Cornell Big Red (2-0, 0-0 ECAC Hockey, 0-0 ) Schedule & Results 18 11/12 October Cornell at Quinnipiac 14 GUELPH (exhib.) W, 7-1 Friday, November 3, 2017, 7 p.m. EDT 15 OTTAWA (exhib.) T, 2-2 High Point Solutions Arena, Hamden, Conn. 27 ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE W, 5-1 Quinnipiac Record: 3-1-1, 0-0 ECAC Hockey 28 ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE W, 3-0 18 November Cornell at Princeton 3 at Quinnipiac * 7:00 p.m. Saturday, November 4, 2017, 7 p.m. EDT 4 at Princeton * 7:00 p.m. Hobey Baker Rink, Princeton, N.J. 10 DARTMOUTH * 7:00 p.m. Princeton Record: 1-0, 0-0 ECAC Hockey, 0-0 Ivy League 11 HARVARD * 7:30 p.m. 17 ST. LAWRENCE * 7:00 p.m. Friday’s Live Coverage Saturday’s Live Coverage 18 CLARKSON * 7:00 p.m. Radio: WHCU (870 AM, 95.9 FM) Radio: WHCU (870 AM, 95.9 FM) 21 NIAGARA 7:00 p.m. Video: ESPN3 Video: Ivy League Network 25 vs. Boston Univ. # 8:00 p.m. Stats: www.sidearmstats.com/ Stats: www.sidearmstats.com/ December quinnipiac/mhockey princeton/mhockey 1 at Miami (Ohio) 7:35 p.m. Twitter: @CUBigRedGameday Twitter: @CUBigRedGameday 2 at Miami (Ohio) 7:05 p.m. 30 CANISIUS 7:00 p.m. What’s on Tap: January • The first full weekend of ECAC Hockey play sendsCornell on its first road 5 PRINCETON * 7:00 p.m. trip, where it will visit fellow anticipated contenders Quinnipiac on Friday and 6 QUINNIPIAC * 7:00 p.m. Princeton on Saturday. 12 at Yale * 7:00 p.m. • Both games will face off at 7 p.m.and be streamed online. The game at 13 at Brown * 7:00 p.m. Quinnipiac will be available for free viewing on ESPN3, while the tilt at 19 COLGATE * 7:00 p.m. Princeton will be broadcast on the Ivy League Network. 20 at Colgate * 7:30 p.m. • Jason Weinstein will provide play-by-play that can be heard in the Ithaca area 26 at Harvard * 7:00 p.m. on WHCU (870 AM, 95.9 FM) and around the world via the station’s website. 27 at Dartmouth * 7:00 p.m. About the Big Red: February • Cornell started its season with a bang last weekend, convincingly sweeping 2 UNION * 7:00 p.m. a two-game non-league series against Alabama-Huntsville at Lynah Rink. This 3 RENSSELAER * 7:00 p.m. marks the fourth time in the last six years the Big Red has started 2-0. 9 at Clarkson * 7:00 p.m. • The Big Red never trailed and actually held the lead for 112:16 of the week- 10 at St. Lawrence * 7:00 p.m. end’s 120 minutes to breeze to victories of 5-1 on Friday and 3-0 on Saturday. 16 BROWN * 7:00 p.m. • UAH came into the weekend with hot special teams play, but Cornell scored 17 YALE * 7:00 p.m. four power-play goals and was a perfect 12-for-12 on the penalty kill. 23 at Rensselaer * 7:00 p.m. • Freshman goaltender Matthew Galajda played a big role in the weekend, 24 at Union * 7:00 p.m. stopping 16 of 16 shots in his first collegiate period en route to a 28-save ((( Playoffs TBA ))) victory in Game 1, then an 11-save shutout on Saturday. • Senior forward Trevor Yates has taken the early lead in team scoring with * ECAC Hockey game four points on three goals — all on the power play — and one assist. He was # Red Hot Hockey named the ECAC Hockey Player of the Week on Tuesday. Sophomore forward at Madison Square Garden (New York) Jeff Malott scored twice in the opener. Cornell Quick Facts Power Play Ace: • Senior forward Trevor Yates’ power-play prowess has picked up right Location...... Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 where it left off last year. After leading the team with eight goals on the Founded...... 1865 man advantage last year, Yates potted three power-play goals last weekend Enrollment (undergraduate)...... 14,315 against Alabama-Huntsville. Despite having only played two games this President...... Martha E. Pollack year, he’s still tied for fifth in the country in power-play goals. Director of Athletics...... J. Andrew Noel, Jr. A New ‘Tender’s Turn: Colors...... Carnelian Red and White • The Big Red graduated three-year starting goaltender Mitch Gillam ‘17 Conference...... ECAC Hockey / Ivy League after last season, but the team hasn’t yet missed a beat with freshman Mat- Rink (Capacity)...... Lynah Rink (4,267) thew Galajda taking the reins in the early going this year. Galajda (2-0, 0.50, .975, SO) is the first Big Red freshman goalie to record a shutout within his Coaching Information first two starts since Ben Scrivens ‘10 did so during the 2006-07 season. Head Coach...... (Cornell ’86) Career Record...... 414-242-89 (23rd season) Fresh Faces: Associate Head Coach...... Ben Syer • Eight freshmen made their collegiate debuts during the Big Red’s first (Western Ontario ’98) two games last weekend, including seven on Friday. It marked the first time Cornell had seven freshmen skate in its season opener since 1997. Assistant Coach...... Sean Flanagan . (St. Lawrence ’10) The Offensive Defense: Director of Hockey Operations...... Joe Palmer • Cornell scored quickly in each of last weekend’s games, and both goals came (Ohio State ’13) from seemingly unlikely sources — a pair of everyday defensemen that scored a combined three goals last season, juniors Alec McCrea and Matt Nuttle. The Team Information last time the Big Red had the first scored by a blueliner in each of its first Captains...... Alex Rauter & Mitch Vanderlaan two games was 1995 — Mike Schafer’s first year as head coach. Alternate Captains.... Jared Fiegl & Trevor Yates 2017-18 Record...... 2-0-0 Feel The Draft?: 2017-18 ECAC Hockey Record...... 0-0-0 • Cornell has six players on the roster who have been selected in the NHL Entry Draft, including four from 2014. Junior forward Beau Starrett (Chicago 2017-18 Ivy League Record...... 0-0-0 Blackhawks) was selected earliest in that group, having been taken in the First Varsity Season...... 1900-01 third round with the 88th overall pick. All-Time Record...... 1,102-713-138 (.600) • Classmate Anthony Angello, also a forward, was selected in the fifth round Record at Lynah Rink...... 547-216-66 (.700) by the . Junior forwards Jared Fiegl (Arizona Coyotes) NCAA Championships...... 2 (1967, 1970) and Dwyer Tschantz (St. Louis Blues) were then picked in the seventh round. NCAA Tournament Appearances...... 20 • Two newcomers are also NHL draft picks — forward Morgan Barron (N.Y. Rangers in 2017) and defenseman Matt Cairns (Edmonton Oilers in 2016). 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)

Nov. 3-4, 2017 ∙ at Quinnipiac / Princeton - 2 - First Ivy League Coach To 400: Tale of the Tape • Already the winningest coach in program history and in Ivy League history, Mike Schafer eclipsed another milestone in his career with his 400th victory Cornell QU PRI last January. Team Offense 4.00 3.00 4.00 • Schafer ranks 10th in victories among active Division I coaches and is National Rank T-5th T-22nd T-5th Cornell’s fifth-winningest coach across all sports — second among current Conf. Offense — — — coaches, behind just Dave Eldredge (men’s and women’s polo). Conf. Rank — — — Team Defense 0.50 2.40 2.00 Turning The Trick: National Rank 2nd 17th T-7th • After having no hat tricks since 2011, the Big Red had two last year. Mitch Conf. Defense — — — Vanderlaan’s hat trick Nov. 12 at Yale earned him ECAC Hockey Player of the Conf. Rank — — — Week on Nov. 15. He potted a couple more goals Nov. 19 against Princeton to Power Play Pct. 30.8 16.7 50.0 become the first player from Cornell with seven goals in the first seven games National Rank 8th 37th 1st of the season since Blake Gallagher did so in 2009-10. Conf. PP Pct. — — — • Jeff Malott then scored his first three collegiate goals in a span of 8 minutes, Conf. Rank — — — 44 seconds during the first period to power the Big Red past Princeton on Penalty Kill Pct. 100.0 75.0 85.7 Jan. 13. He was subsequently named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week after National Rank T-1st 45th T-20th becoming the first Cornell freshman with a hat trick since current NHLer Matt Conf. PK Pct. — — — Moulson on Feb. 7, 2003. Conf. Rank — — —

What, Me Worry?: Where Cornell Has Ranked ... • Eight of Cornell’s 21 victories last season came in games in which the Big Red surrendered the first goal, with the team maintaining a winning record Date Pairwise* USCHO.com USA Today even when it conceded first. Highest in 2016-17 season • The Big Red’s resilience from an early deficit has become somewhat of a 9 (3/13) 9 (5x) 9 (4x) trend, with the team sporting a very respectable 21-20-8 record when yield- End of 2016-17 season ing the game’s first strike over the last two years. That’s a stark turnaround 11 13 (443) 13 (112) from the team’s 14-34-5 record when yielding the game’s first goal from the Preseason N/A 15 (279) RV (37) previous three seasons (2012-15). Oct. 2 N/A No poll RV (28) Oct. 9 N/A 18 (226) RV (46) Oct. 16 N/A RV (126) RV (22) Oct. 23 N/A RV (65) RV (21) Oct. 30 N/A 18 (133) RV (22)

Standings Results / Schedule

ECAC HOCKEY ONLY OVERALL Saturday, Oct. 28 Pts Record Win% GF GA Record Win% GF GA Cornell 3, Alabama-Huntsville 0 *~ Yale 5, Brown 2 Union 4 2-0-0 1.000 8 5 4-5-0 .444 29 27 * Union 4, Rensselaer 2 Harvard 2 1-0-0 1.000 5 0 1-0-0 1.000 5 0 Minnesota 2, Clarkson 1 Brown 2 1-1-0 .500 6 6 1-1-0 .500 6 6 St. Lawrence 6, Wisconsin 3 Yale 2 1-1-0 .500 6 6 1-1-0 .500 6 6 Colgate 1, Arizona State 1 Cornell 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 2-0-0 1.000 8 1 Sunday, Oct. 29 Princeton 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 1-0-0 1.000 4 2 Princeton 4, Holy Cross 2 Quinnipiac 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 3-1-1 .700 15 12 *~ Harvard 5, Dartmouth 0 Clarkson 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 4-3-1 .562 18 13 Friday, Nov. 3 Colgate 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 3-2-3 .562 19 18 * Cornell at Quinnipiac, 7 p.m. Rensselaer 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 1-3-2 .333 18 17 * Colgate at Princeton, 7 p.m. St. Lawrence 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 1-7-0 .125 17 33 *~ Brown at Dartmouth, 7 p.m. *~ Yale at Harvard, 7 p.m. Dartmouth 0 0-1-0 .000 0 5 0-1-0 .000 0 5 * Union at St. Lawrence, 7 p.m. * Rensselaer at Clarkson, 7 p.m.

IVY LEAGUE ONLY OVERALL Saturday, Nov. 4 Pts Record Win% GF GA Record Win% GF GA * Cornell at Quinnipiac, 7 p.m. Harvard 2 1-0-0 1.000 5 0 1-0-0 1.000 5 0 * Colgate at Princeton, 7 p.m. *~ Brown at Dartmouth, 7 p.m. Brown 2 1-1-0 .500 6 6 1-1-0 .500 6 6 *~ Yale at Harvard, 7 p.m. Yale 2 1-1-0 .500 6 6 1-1-0 .500 6 6 * Union at St. Lawrence, 7 p.m. Cornell 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 2-0-0 1.000 8 1 * Rensselaer at Clarkson, 7 p.m. Princeton 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 1-0-0 1.000 4 2 Dartmouth 0 0-1-0 .000 0 5 0-1-0 .000 0 5 * ECAC Hockey game; ~ Ivy League game

- 3 - Nov. 3-4, 2017 ∙ at Quinnipiac / Princeton 2017-18 Cornell Men’s Hockey Roster

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Year Hometown Last Team 2 Brendan Smith D 6-1 189 Jr. Centennial, Colo. Omaha Lancers (USHL) 3 Cody Haiskanen D 6-4 184 Fr. Fargo, N.D. Fargo Force (USHL) 4 Alex Rauter “C” F 6-2 187 Sr. Chatham, N.J. Wenatchee Wild (NAHL) 5 Matthew Nuttle D 5-11 194 Jr. Marilla, N.Y. Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) 6 Alex Green D 6-2 178 Fr. Chicago, Ill. Lincoln Stars (USHL) 7 Cam Donaldson F 5-8 165 Fr. Pittsboro, N.C. Powell River Kings (BCHL) 8 Yanni Kaldis D 5-11 190 So. Montréal, Québec Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL) 9 Noah Bauld F 5-11 181 So. Halifax, Lloydminster Bobcats (AJHL) 10 Beau Starrett F 6-5 222 Jr. Bellingham, Mass. South Shore Kings (USPHL) 11 Kyle Betts F 6-1 174 Fr. Flesherton, Ontario Powell River Kings (BCHL) 12 Connor Murphy F 5-10 167 So. Ancaster, Ontario Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) 14 Mitch Vanderlaan “C” F 5-7 177 Jr. Hanwell, New Brunswick Fort McMurray Oil Barons (AJHL) 15 Trevor Yates “A” F 6-2 203 Sr. Beaconsfield, Québec Deerfield Academy 16 Matt Cairns D 6-3 209 Fr. Mississauga, Ontario Powell River Kings (BCHL) 17 Anthony Angello F 6-5 213 Jr. Manlius, N.Y. Omaha Lancers (USHL) 18 Jared Fiegl “A” F 6-1 215 Sr. Parker, Colo. US National Team Development Program 21 Dwyer Tschantz F 6-5 214 Sr. Wilmington, Del. Indiana Ice (USHL) 22 Jeff Malott F 6-3 203 So. Burlington, Ontario Brooks Bandits (AJHL) 23 Trent Shore D 6-3 194 Jr. Ajax, Ontario Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL) 24 Ryan Bliss D 6-1 189 Sr. Chelmsford, Mass. US National Team Development Program 26 Tristan Mullin F 6-2 193 Fr. Cartwright, Manitoba Powell River Kings (BCHL) 27 Morgan Barron F 6-3 208 Fr. Halifax, Nova Scotia St. Andrew’s College 28 Brenden Locke F 5-10 174 Fr. Iroquois Falls, Ontario Cobourg Cougars (OJHL) 29 Alec McCrea D 6-3 204 Jr. El Cajon, Calif. Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) 31 Hayden Stewart G 6-3 211 Sr. Rockford, Ill. Indiana Ice (USHL) 32 Austin McGrath G 6-1 176 Fr. Lloydminster, Alberta Lloydminster Bobcats (AJHL) 35 Matthew Galajda G 6-0 187 Fr. Aurora, Ontario Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)

Head Coach: Mike Schafer Associate Head Coach: Ben Syer; Assistant Coach: Sean Flanagan; Director of Hockey Operations: Joe Palmer; Athletic Trainer: Ed Kelly; Equipment Manager: Sean Schmidt

Pronunciation Guide By Class No. Name Seniors (6): Bliss, Fiegl, Rauter, Stewart, Tschantz, Yates 3 Cody Haiskanen HAY-skuh-nin Juniors (7): Angello, McCrea, Nuttle, Shore, Smith, Starrett, Vanderlaan 4 Alex Rauter ROUT-er Sophomores (4): Bauld, Kaldis, Malott, Murphy 8 Yanni Kaldis YAN-ee CAL-dis Freshmen (10): Barron, Betts, Cairns, Donaldson, Galajda, Green, Haiskanen, 9 Noah Bauld bald Locke, McGrath, Mullin 10 Beau Starrett STARE-it 14 Mitch Vanderlaan VAN-der-lan By State / Province 16 Matt Cairns CARE-ins 17 Anthony Angello AN-juh-lo UNITED STATES (13) CANADA (14) 18 Jared Fiegl FEE-gull California (1): McCrea Alberta (1): McGrath 21 Dwyer Tschantz shonts Colorado (2): Fiegl, Smith Manitoba (1): Mullin 22 Jeff Malott muh-LOT Delaware (1): Tschantz New Brunswick (1): Vanderlaan 28 Brenden Locke lock Illiniois (2): Green, Stewart Nova Scotia (2): Barron, Bauld 29 Alec McCrea muh-CRAY Massachusetts (2): Bliss, Starrett Ontario (7): Betts, Cairns, Galajda, 35 Matthew Galajda guh-LIE-duh New Jersey (1): Rauter Locke, Malott, Murphy, Shore New York (2): Angello, Nuttle Québec (2): Kaldis, Yates North Carolina (1): Donaldson North Dakota (1): Haiskanen

Nov. 3-4, 2017 ∙ at Quinnipiac / Princeton - 4 - About Quinnipiac: National Polls • The Bobcats are on a three-game winning streak after a two-game sweep Oct. 20-21 at Northeastern. Quinnipiac won the opener, 6-4, despite being USCHO.com Poll (as of Oct. 30) outshot by whopping 41-15 margin. Alex Whelan scored in the final minute No. Team Record Pts. Last of overtime the next to give the Bobcats a 3-2 win. It was the fourth time in 1 Denver (42) 4-0-2 991 1 just five games that Quinnipiac has played into overtime. 2 St. Cloud State (8) 5-0-0 952 2 • Freshman forward (3-5–8, +8) leads the team in scoring and 3 Harvard 1-0-0 900 3 is one of the nation’s highest-scoring newcomers. Sophomore forward Alex 4 North Dakota 5-2-1 775 4 Whelan (4-1–5) leads the team in goals and shots on goal (25). 5 Minnesota 5-3-0 759 7 • Sophomore Andrew Shortridge (2-0-1, 1.57, .934) and freshman Keith 6 Providence 5-2-0 689 11 Petruzzelli (1-1, 3.38, .907) have split starts in goal over the Bobcats’ last four 7 Wisconsin 6-3-0 654 5 games. Petruzzelli was a 2017 third-round draft pick of the Detroit Red Wings. 8 Minn.-Duluth 4-2-2 621 10 The Series Against Quinnipiac: 9 Minnesota State 5-2-0 605 12 • Cornell leads the all-time series against Quinnipiac, 18-16-3, after a 2-1 10 Notre Dame 4-3-1 515 8 victory on the road against the Bobcats on Jan. 14. Alex Rauter scored the 11 Quinnipiac 3-1-1 459 13 winning goal at the end of a power play in the second period. 12 Boston Univ. 3-4-1 436 6 • That victory gave the Big Red a season-series split with the Bobcats, after 13 Clarkson 4-3-1 422 9 they secured a 3-1 victory on Nov. 18, 2016 at Lynah Rink. Anthony Angello 13 New Hampshire 5-1-1 422 14 scored the Big Red’s goal in that game. 15 Northeastern 4-2-1 268 20 16 Ohio State 5-1-2 220 — About Princeton: 17 Penn State 4-4-0 194 15 • The Tigers opened their season with a 4-2 victory over Holy Cross on Sunday, 18 Cornell 2-0-0 133 — handing the Crusaders their first loss in six games this year. Sophomore defen- 19 Air Force 5-2-1 108 18 seman Derek Topatigh assisted on all three of the Tigers’ second-period goals. 20 Michigan Tech 4-4-1 95 16 • Senior forward Eric Robinson, sophomore forward Jackson Kressey and fresh- Others receiving votes: Michigan 77, Omaha 52, man defenseman Reid Yochim each had a goal and an assist. Preseason All- Bemidji State 50, Colorado College 47, ECAC Hockey selection Max Véronneau, a junior forward, started the scoring. Mass.-Lowell 34, Northern Michigan 12, • Freshman Ryan Ferland (1-0, 2.00, .950) made 38 saves in his collegiate Boston College 5, Colgate 2, Miami 2, Brown 1. debut. USA Today/USA Hockey • Ron Fogarty is in his fourth season as the head coach at Princeton, helping Magazine Poll (as of Oct. 30) the squad break through for 15 victories last year after winning just nine in No. Team Record Pts. Last his first two years of rebuilding the program. 1 Denver (34) 4-0-2 510 1 The Series Against Princeton: 2 St. Cloud State 5-0-0 472 2 • Cornell has been dominant against the Tigers, holding a 90-51-8 lead all- 3 Harvard 1-0-0 435 3 time with wins in each of the teams’ last five meetings. 4 Minnesota 5-3-0 384 7 • In its last trip to Hobey Baker Rink, the Big Red won behind a natural hat 5 North Dakota 5-2-1 338 4 trick from Jeff Malott. His first collegiate goals all came within a span of less 6 Providence 5-2-0 327 10 than 10 minutes in the first period of Cornell’s 5-1 victory on Jan. 13. 7 Wisconsin 6-3-0 271 5 • The Tigers took a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes in the teams’ first clash last year 8 Minn.-Duluth 4-2-2 258 11 on Nov. 6, 2016 at Lynah Rink. But the Big Red pulled even on goals by Jared 9 Minnesota State 5-2-0 216 14 Fiegl and Beau Starrett before Mitch Vanderlaan scored twice in the final 10 Notre Dame 4-3-1 186 8 seven minutes to cap the comeback. 11 Boston Univ. 3-4-1 158 6 12 Quinnipiac 3-1-1 126 13 Up Next: 13 New Hampshire 5-1-1 119 12 • Cornell returns to Ithaca for a five-game home stand, starting with an excit- 14 Clarkson 4-3-1 106 8 ing Ivy League weekend Friday, Nov. 10 against Dartmouth and Saturday, 15 Northeastern 4-2-1 57 — Nov. 11 versus Harvard. Others receiving votes: Ohio State 43, • The Big Red then closes out the home stand by hosting Clarkson (Nov. 17), Penn State 33, Cornell 22, Air Force 10, St. Lawrence (Nov. 18) and Niagara (Nov. 21). Michigan Tech 4, Colorado College 2, Union 2, Michigan 1.

- 5 - Nov. 3-4, 2017 ∙ at Quinnipiac / Princeton 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 23rd Season As Head Coach Head Coaching Experience 30th Season Overall at Cornell • Cornell ’86 Cornell University, 1995 – present 414-242-89 career record 10 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 return the Big Red pro- 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017 gram to a position of national prominence. Now entering his 23rd season behind 1 NCAA Semifinals Appearance the Cornell bench in 2017-18, he has clearly accomplished that objective by guiding 2003 the Big Red to the NCAA tournament 10 times, including a berth in the NCAA Frozen 5 ECAC Hockey Tournament Championships Four in 2002-03, the program’s first since 1980. 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010 Schafer is Cornell Hockey’s second-longest tenured coach, while his 414-242-89 3 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Championships record has him as the winningest coach in Cornell men’s hockey history. He picked up 2002, 2003, 2005 his 231st career victory on Jan. 27, 2007, a 2-1 victory against Colgate at Lynah Rink, 8 Ivy League Championships to become the program’s all-time wins leader. Schafer reached the 400-win mile- stone in 2017, a mark previously reached by only 43 coaches in all of college hockey. 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, Coming hand-in-hand with Cornell’s success on the national scene, the Big Red 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014 has been one of the top programs in ECAC Hockey during Schafer’s tenure. Cornell 3 ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year Awards has claimed five ECAC Hockey tournament titles, the most all-time in league history, 2002, 2003, 2005 and staking a claim to three regular-season crowns. He has a career 270-148-68 re- Assistant Coaching Experience cord in ECAC Hockey regular-season play and a 58-29-2 mark in the ECAC Hockey Western Michigan University, 1990-1995 playoffs. 1994 - NCAA Tournament Appearance His peers have taken notice of his accomplishments, awarding him the ECAC Cornell University, 1986-1990 Hockey Coach of the Year award three times during his career. He is also a three-time Playing Experience finalist for the Spencer T. Penrose Award, presented to the national coach of the year. Cornell University, 1983-86 He has also regularly had the Big Red ranked among the nation’s elite over the past 107 GP, 10-60–70 decade, including reaching as high as third in both the USCHO.com and the USA To- 1985-86: Team Captain, ECAC Champions, day/USA Hockey polls in 2008-09 and fourth in both polls in 2012-13. Cornell has also ECAC Honorable Mention held the top spot in the polls during the 2002-03 and 2004-05 seasons. 1984-85: Team Captain 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 in his first two seasons. His five tournament titles surpassed the legendary for the most in program history. 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 entered this season with a .614 career winning percentage after guiding the 2016-17 Big Red back to the NCAA cham- pionships with an at-large bid after advancing to the ECAC Hockey championship game. Additionally, his 414 career victories rank in the Top 10 among active Division I coaches. Most recently, the Big Red has advanced to at least the ECAC Hockey Championship semifinals a league-best nine times over the last 13 seasons. The Big Red has finished the season ranked in the USCHO.com poll in seven of the last nine seasons. During Schafer’s tenure, Cornell players have earned numerous ECAC Hockey awards, including a pair of Player of the Year hon- ors, four 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, three players have earned ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America honors a total of four 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. 3-4, 2017 ∙ at Quinnipiac / Princeton - 6 - Ben Syer Sixth Season as Associate Head Coach; Seventh Season at Cornell Western Ontario ’98 Syer has completed six seasons with pingthe team to the ECAC Hockey championship game and an Cornell men’s hockey team, including five at-large bid to the NCAA championships. seasons as the associate head coach. Syer Syer previously served as Associate Head Coach during his 12 joined the program in June 2011 as an assistant coach, taking seasons at Quinnipiac under head coach Rand Pecknold. Dur- over the lead role in recruiting as well as coaching the defense. ing that run, the Bobcats posted a 242-168-46 record with one He helped guide the Big Red to a 19-9-7 record and an appear- NCAA tournament appearance (2002) and nine 20-win seasons. ance in the NCAA regional finals in his first season on East Hill, Quinnipiac won the 2005 Atlantic Hockey regular season title with the team ranking 11th in the country with a 2.26 goals- and the 1999 MAAC regular season and 2002 MAAC tournament against average. After the season, he was promoted to Associate championship crowns during his tenure. Head Coach. Quinnipiac reached the MAAC tournament semifinals in each In the six years Syer has been with the Big Red, the team has of the first four years of Syer’s tenure, including three straight finished in the top 20 nationally in team defense five times — as MAAC finals appearances. Included in that span were the 2002 high as seventh in 2014-15. Most recently, Syer’s deft manage- MAAC tournament title and the first NCAA appearance in pro- ment of the Big Red’s injury-riddled blue line helped the team gram history. The Bobcats also won the MAAC regular-season rank 10th in the country in team defense last year, backstop- title in Syer’s first year at Quinnipiac. Sean Flanagan Second Season As Assistant Coach St. Lawrence ’10 Flanagan helped guide the Big Red back No stranger to ECAC Hockey, Flanagan played 121 career to the NCAA championships for the first games with St. Lawrence up to the 2010-11 season. He racked up time in five years after a couple stops fol- 12 goals and 40 assists for 52 points, helping the Saints advance lowing a four-year playing career at St. Lawrence. His most recent to the league’s championship weekend twice over his four years. experience was at UMass-Lowell, where he served as the River He served as an assistant captain during his senior season, then Hawks’ director of hockey operations for the 2015-16 season. Prior went on to play professionally with the Las Vegas Wranglers and to that, Flanagan was the assistant coach at Hobart from 2012-15. Quad City Mallards in the ECHL. Working under former Cornell assistant coach Mark Taylor with Flanagan graduated from St. Lawrence with a bachelor of arts the Statesmen, Flanagan helped build a team that won the ECAC degree in history with a minor in sports studies and exercise sci- West title in 2015 and 2016 to reach the NCAA tournament. Ho- ences in 2010. He also earned a master of education degree from bart was the No. 1 seed in the NCAA’s East Region last year. St. Lawrence in 2011. Joe Palmer Second Season As Director of Hockey Operations; Third Season at Cornell; Ohio State ’13 Palmer has completed two seasons evaluator for USA Hockey Festival Central New York tryout camp. on the men’s hockey staff, one in his cur- He was a two-time gold medalist with the United States at rent role and one as a volunteer assistant the IIHF Under-18 World Championship, and was later named coach during for 2015-16 season. to the U.S. team at the Under-20 World Championship in 2008. Palmer is the founder and primary instructor of Syracuse-based Palmer played for two seasons in the prestigious National Team Palmer Goalie Systems, where he provides personal instruction Development Program. He was selected in the fourth round of and video analysis to more than 30 area goaltenders who com- the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks, then went pete at the AAA, prep school, junior and college levels. He also on to start 71 games for Ohio State over three seasons. He was serves as goaltending consultant with Mountain Hockey Instruc- a three-time Big 10 All-Academic Team selection and earned tion and Syracuse Empire Junior Stars, and he serves as a talent CCHA All-Rookie Team honorable mention in 2007.

- 7 - Nov. 3-4, 2017 ∙ at Quinnipiac / Princeton Cornell Scoring Game-by-Game Date Opponent Score 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 Smith Haiskanen Rauter Nuttle Green Donaldson Kaldis Bauld Starrett Betts Murphy Vanderlaan 10/27 Ala.-Huntsville W, 5-1 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-2–2 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-1–1 0-0–0 dnp 0-1–1 10/28 Ala.-Huntsville W, 3-0 0-0–0 0-0–0 dnp 1-0–1 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-2–2 0-0–0 0-0–0 0-0–0 dnp 0-1–1 11/3 at Quinnipiac 11/4 at Princeton 11/10 Dartmouth 11/11 Harvard 11/17 St. Lawrence 11/18 Clarkson 11/21 Niagara 11/25 vs. Boston Univ. 12/1 at Miami 12/2 at Miami 12/30 Canisius 1/5 Princeton 1/6 Quinnipiac 1/12 at Yale 1/13 at Brown 1/19 Colgate 1/20 at Colgate 1/26 at Harvard 1/27 at Dartmouth 2/2 Union 2/3 Rensselaer 2/9 at Clarkson 2/10 at St. Lawrence 2/16 Brown 2/17 Yale 2/23 at Rensselaer 2/24 at Union

Opponent Date Score 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 Yates Cairns Angello Fiegl Tschantz Malott Shore Bliss Mullin Barron Locke McCrea 10/27 Ala.-Huntsville W, 5-1 1-0–1 dnp 0-1–1 0-1–1 dnp 2-0–2 dnp dnp dnp 1-0–1 0-1–1 1-0–1 10/28 Ala.-Huntsville W, 3-0 2-1–3 dnp 0-1–1 0-0–0 dnp 0-0–0 dnp dnp 0-0–0 0-1–1 0-0–0 0-0–0 11/3 at Quinnipiac 11/4 at Princeton 11/10 Dartmouth 11/11 Harvard 11/17 St. Lawrence 11/18 Clarkson 11/21 Niagara 11/25 vs. Boston Univ. 12/1 at Miami 12/2 at Miami 12/30 Canisius 1/5 Princeton 1/6 Quinnipiac 1/12 at Yale 1/13 at Brown 1/19 Colgate 1/20 at Colgate 1/26 at Harvard 1/27 at Dartmouth 2/2 Union 2/3 Rensselaer 2/9 at Clarkson 2/10 at St. Lawrence 2/16 Brown 2/17 Yale 2/23 at Rensselaer 2/24 at Union Nov. 3-4, 2017 ∙ at Quinnipiac / Princeton - 8 - Cornell Season Summary Date Opponent Result GW/GT Goal Goalie (Saves) PP PK Att. Record 10/27 Ala.-Huntsville W, 5-1 Trevor Yates Galajda(28-29) 2-4 5-5 3,277 1-0 10/28 Ala.-Huntsville W, 3-0 Matt Nuttle Galajda(11-11) 2-9 7-7 3,784 2-0 11/3 at Quinnipiac 11/4 at Princeton 11/10 Dartmouth 11/11 Harvard 11/17 St. Lawrence 11/18 Clarkson 11/21 Niagara 11/25 vs. Boston Univ. 12/1 at Miami 12/2 at Miami 12/30 Canisius 1/5 Princeton 1/6 Quinnipiac 1/12 at Yale 1/13 at Brown 1/19 Colgate 1/20 at Colgate 1/26 at Harvard 1/27 at Dartmouth 2/2 Union 2/3 Rensselaer 2/9 at Clarkson 2/10 at St. Lawrence 2/16 Brown 2/17 Yale 2/23 at Rensselaer 2/24 at Union Cornell Goal Summary Date Opponent No. Type Goal Assist Assist Pd. Time 10/27 Ala.-Huntsville 1 PP Alec McCrea(1) Beau Starrett(1) 1 4:39 2 PP Trevor Yates(1) Cam Donaldson(1) Anthony Angello(1) 2 5:00 3 EV Morgan Barron(1) Jared Fiegl(1) 2 6:48 4 EV Jeff Malott(1) Mitch Vanderlaan(1) Brenden Locke(1) 3 9:31 5 EV Jeff Malott(2) Cam Donaldson(2) 3 16:03 10/28 Ala.-Huntsville 1 EV Matt Nuttle(1) Trevor Yates(1) Morgan Barron(1) 1 3:05 2 PP Trevor Yates(2) Yanni Kaldis(1) Mitch Vanderlaan(1) 2 9:25 3 PP Trevor Yates(3) Yanni Kaldis(2) Anthony Angello(2) 3 16:35

By The Numbers

The College Hockey Inc. media kit for the 2017-18 season reveals that the Big Red continues to be one of the tallest teams in the country. Some facts, figures and rankings for Cornell relative to the nation’s other 59 Division I programs include ... Tallest teams, by average height Most NCAA tournament appearances T2. Cornell 6 feet, 1.11 inches (active coaches) (Maine is 6’ 1.71”; Arizona St. is also 6’ 1.11”) 5. Mike Schafer 10 (Note: The most for any coach affiliated with Biggest teams, by average weight ECAC Hockey) 10. Cornell 191.14 pounds (Note: The Big Red averages nearly four fewer Schools with the most former players’ names pounds per play compared to last year) on the Stanley Cup 10. Cornell 9 Youngest teams, by average age (as of Oct. 1) (Note: Most among ECAC Hockey programs) 7. Cornell 21 years, 67 days (Note: The Big Red is the youngest team in Oldest arenas ECAC Hockey) 7. Lynah Rink, Cornell 1957

Largest freshman classes T4. Cornell 10 (UMass has 13; Air Force and Alaska-Anchorage have 12 each)

- 9 - Nov. 3-4, 2017 ∙ at Quinnipiac / Princeton 2017-18 Box Scores Game 1: Cornell 5, Ala.-Huntsville 1 Game 2: Cornell 3, Ala.-Huntsville 0 Friday, October 27 Saturday, October 28 at Ithaca, N.Y. at Ithaca, N.Y. • Matthew Galajda made 28 stops in his • Trevor Yates set up Matt Nuttle’s goal in collegiate debut, including six stops dur- the game’s first four minutes, then scored ing an elongated stretch of penalty kill two of his own on the power play in the time spanning the first intermission. second and third periods. • Jeff Malott scored twice in the third pe- • Matthew Galajda made 11 saves for his riod, when the Big Red yielded just three first collegiate shutout in just his second shots on goal to the visitors in effectively start, and the Big Red defense blocked 17 protecting the lead. shots to minimize UAH’s scoring chances. • The Big Red was not only shorthanded • Yanni Kaldis had primary assists on both for a stretch of 5 minutes, 2 seconds, of Yates’ goals. The Big Red power play but within that span it faced a two-man produced four goals over the weekend disadvantage for a whopping 3:18. series. • After the kills, Cornell expanded on an • Cornell capped a perfect 12-for-12 early one-goal lead with strikes with two weekend on the penalty kill against a minutes of each other from Trevor Yates UAH power play that entered the week- and Morgan Barron to take a command- end firing at a nearly 30 percent success ing 3-0 lead. rate.

• The Big Red’s four-goal margin of vic- UAH 0 0 0 - 0 tory was the program’s largest to start a Cornell 1 1 1 - 3 season since a 7-1 thumping of Army to kick off the 2004-05 campaign. 1st: 1, COR, Nuttle, Matt/1 (Yates, Trevor/1; Barron, Morgan/1) 03:05. Penalties: McCrea, Alec, COR (TRIPPING) 00:50; Andrew Dodson, UAH • A total of seven freshmen made their (SLASHING) 04:05; Brennan Saulnier, UAH (HOOKING) 12:49; Barron, Morgan, COR (CROSS-CHECKING) 17:17. collegiate debuts — four forwards, two 2nd: 2, COR, Yates, Trevor/2 (Kaldis, Yanni/1; Vanderlaan, Mitch/2) defensemen and Galajda in goal. 09:25 (pp). Penalties: Starrett, Beau, COR (INTERFERENCE) 02:05; Bauld, Noah, COR (HOOKING) 04:16; Christian Rajic, UAH (TRIPPING) UAH 0 0 1 - 1 05:30; Brandon Parker, UAH (SLASHING) 07:31; Haiskanen, Cody, Cornell 1 2 2 - 5 COR (HOLDING) 10:53; Kurt Gosselin, UAH double-minor (HOOKING, SLASHING) 19:34; Brandon Parker, UAH (CROSS-CHECKING) 19:41. 1st: 1, COR, McCrea, Alec/1 (Starrett, Beau/1) 04:39 (pp). Penalties: 3rd: 3, COR, Yates, Trevor/3 (Kaldis, Yanni/2; Angello, Anthony/2) Cam Knight, UAH (INTERFERENCE) 04:35; Hans Gorowsky, UAH 16:35 (pp). Penalties: Barron, Morgan, COR (TRIPPING) 11:49; Yates, (HOOKING) 06:35; Rauter, Alex, COR (SLASHING) 16:02; Bauld, Noah, Trevor, COR (HOOKING) 14:18; Brennan Saulnier, UAH (CHARGING) COR major-game misconduct (CHECKING FROM BEHIND) 16:44; Kaldis, 16:07; Kurt Gosselin, UAH minor-misconduct (HIGH STICKING) 16:45; Yanni, COR (TRIPPING) 19:07. Malott, Jeff, COR (HITTING AFTER WHISTLE) 20:00. 2nd: 2, COR, Yates, Trevor/1 (Donaldson, Cam/1; Angello, Anthony/1) Shots on goal: UAH 4-4-3-11; COR 9-7-6-22. Power plays: UAH 0 of 7; 05:00 (pp). 3, COR, Barron, Morgan/1 (Fiegl, Jared/1) 06:48. Penalties: COR 2 of 9. Goalies: UAH, Jordan Uhelski 1-4 (22 shots-19 saves); COR, Christian Rajic, UAH (HOOKING) 04:36; Smith, Brendan, COR (SLASH- Galajda, Matthew 2-0 (11-11). A-3,784. T-2:12. Referees: Kyle Allen, ING) 13:40. Anthony Kenney. Linesmen: Adam Tobias, Adam Wood. 3rd: 4, COR, Malott, Jeff/1 (Vanderlaan, Mitch/1; Locke, Brenden/1) 09:31. 5, COR, Malott, Jeff/2 (Donaldson, Cam/2) 16:03. 6, UAH, Bren- nan Saulnier/2 (Tyler Poulsen/2; Connor Merkley/2) 16:52. Penalties: Hans Gorowsky, UAH (CROSS-CHECKING) 06:25; Vanderlaan, Mitch, COR (HOLDING) 10:39. Shots on goal: UAH 16-10-3-29; COR 7-14-10-31. Power plays: UAH 0 of 5; COR 2 of 4. Goalies: UAH, Jordan Uhelski 1-3 (31 shots-26 saves); COR, Galajda, Matthew 1-0 (29-28). A-3,277. T-2:14. Referees: Bryan Hicks, Tom Steinel. Linesmen: Ryan Knapp, Rick Lembo.

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Nov. 3-4, 2017 ∙ at Quinnipiac / Princeton - 10 - Big Red Quick Hits BRENDAN SMITH * 2016-17: Settled into the role of a top-four defenseman, though injuries limited him to two of the team’s final 12 games ... Posted one goal and two assists for three points Jr. • D • 6-1 • 189 • 1-19-96 * Before Cornell: Helped USHL’s Omaha to five consecutive shutouts in 2014-15... Played five Omaha Lancers (USHL) seasons with the Colorado Thunderbirds AAA, winning 2013 Tier 1 Elite League championship 2 Centennial, Colo. * Personal: Mother is a Cornell graduate; uncle played football at Boston University

CODY HAISKANEN * Before Cornell: Recorded 28 points on four goals and 24 assists last year in 60 games for his Fr. • D • 6-4 • 184 • 3-27-97 hometown USHL team ... Won the Manitoba Junior Hockey League championship in 2015-16, Fargo Force (USHL) putting up similar numbers with the Portage Terriers. 3 Fargo, N.D. * Personal: Was Rookie of the Year, then later a captain for Ronald H. Davies HS in Fargo.

ALEX RAUTER * 2016-17: Posted 8-9–17, including program’s first penalty- goal since 1987 ... One of team’s top penalty-killing forwards, then played majority of final two months as defenseman Sr. • F • 6-2 • 187 • 6-17-94 * Personal: Attended San Jose Sharks’ prospect camp last summer ... Played with the North Wenatchee Wild (NAHL) Jersey Avalanche, which twice appeared in the USA Hockey National championship 4 Chatham, N.J. C tournament ... Helped lead Chatham HS to the New Jersey state title in 2011 MATTHEW NUTTLE * 2017-18: Opened scoring in 3-0 win over UAH last Sat. * 2016-17: Earned everyday role after playing just two games as a freshman Jr. • D • 5-11 • 194 • 5-5-95 * Before Cornell: Helped Sioux Falls win USHL’s Clark Cup in 2015 with four assists and plus-9 Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) rating in 12 playoff games ... Named to 2014 NAHL All-Rookie First Team with Wenatchee Wild 5 Marilla, N.Y. * Personal: Originally from outskirts of Buffalo; started his junior career with Buffalo Jr. Sabres

ALEX GREEN * Before Cornell: Spent last two years in the top-tier USHL, most recently posting 15 points Fr. • D • 6-2 • 178 • 6-18-98 1-14–15 in 43 games with Lincoln last year ... Won gold medal with the U.S. Select team at Lincoln Stars (USHL) the 2016 World Junior ‘A’ Challenge 6 Chicago, Illinois * Personal: Was selected to the CCM/USA Hockey All American Prospects Game in 2015 CAM DONALDSON * 2017-18: Earned first collegiate point with assist on Trevor Yates’ PPG last Fri. * Before Cornell: Named BCHL Rookie of the Year and a second-team all-star after posting Fr. • F • 5-8 • 165 • 7-14-98 32-37–69 in 54 games last year ... Spent previous two seasons at The Gunnery, helping the team Powell River Kings (BCHL) to a NEPSAC title in 2016 while being named to New England West all-star team 7 Pittsboro, N.C. * Personal: Came up through the Dallas Stars Elite Hockey Club program in Texas. YANNI KALDIS * 2016-17: Named to All-Ivy League first team and ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team ... Entire 1-13–14 came within 22 league games — the most for a Cornell freshman defenseman So. • D • 5-11 • 190 • 9-30-95 in ECAC Hockey in 20 years ... Had three power-play assists in Nov. 5 game at Harvard Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL) * Before Cornell: BCHL First-Team All-Star in 2015-16 after posting 9-54–63 in 58 games 8 Montréal, Québec * Personal: Named MVP for the two years he played at Dawson College in his native Québec NOAH BAULD * 2016-17: Worked his way into 29 games, scoring his first collegiate goal in Frozen Apple victory over UNH at Madison Square Garden ... Opened scoring in ECAC Hockey semifinal win So. • F • 5-11 • 181 • 1-2-97 over Union in Lake Placid, where he once played while attending Northwood School Lloydminster Bobcats (AJHL) * Before Cornell: Helped Lloydminster reach RBC Cup finals in 2015-16 9 Halifax, Nova Scotia * Personal: Scored two goals while helping Canada West win 2015 World Junior A Challenge * 2016-17: Posted 4-10–14 while appearing in all 35 games ... Excelled late in the year while BEAU STARRETT playing on a line with Jeff Kubiak ‘17 and Anthony Angello Jr. • F • 6-5 • 222 • 11-1-95 * Before Cornell: Played for renowned Catholic Memorial HS near Boston 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 at Air Force (2015-17). 10 Bellingham, Mass. * NHL Draft: Chicago Blackhawks; third round (88th overall) in the 2014 Entry Draft.

- 11 - Nov. 3-4, 2017 ∙ at Quinnipiac / Princeton Big Red Quick Hits KYLE BETTS * Before Cornell: Amassed 89 points over 98 games in the regular season and another 18 points in 21 postseason contests over last two years in Powell River ... Twice competed with Fr. • F • 6-1 • 174 • 9-17-97 Team Canada West in the World Junior ‘A’ Challenge, winning a gold medal in 2015-16 Powell River Kings (BCHL) * Personal: Was ranked 147th among North American skaters by the NHL Central Scouting 11 Flesherton, Ontario Bureau for the 2016 NHL Entry Draft

CONNOR MURPHY * 2016-17: Played in 10 games, primarily during the first half of the season * Before Cornell: Posted 11-12–23 in 53 games in 2015-16 ... Helped USHL’s Chicago Steel So. • F • 5-10 • 167 • 4-2-96 win bronze at 2015 Junior Club World Cup in Russia Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) * Personal: GOJHL all-star with Caledonia Corvairs in 2013 and 2014 ... 2014 OHA Junior B 12 Ancaster, Ontario Player of the Year and won OHA Top Prospect Award MITCH VANDERLAAN * 2016-17: Led team in goals and overall scoring with 15-13–28 to garner All-Ivy League second team honors ... Scored 7 goals in first 7 games, including a hat trick at Yale — the Jr. • F • 5-7 • 177 • 4-30-95 program’s first since 2010-11 ... Nine different forwards assisted on Vanderlaan goals Fort McMurray Oil Barons (AJHL) * Of note: First Cornellian with 47 points through underclassman years since 2009 (Riley Nash) 14 Hanwell, New BrunswickC * Personal: Played on Team Canada West at 2014 World Junior A Challenge TREVOR YATES * 2017-18: Named ECAC Hockey Player of the Week on Tuesday ... Leads team in scoring (3-1–4) with all goals on the power play Sr. • F • 6-2 • 203 • 3-6-95 * 2016-17: Led team with 8 PPGs and was 2nd on team in goals with 12-10–22 in 35 games Deerfield Academy * Personal: Father, Ross, is a former head coach of the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch and Saint John 15 Beaconsfield, Québec A SeaDogs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League MATT CAIRNS * Before Cornell: After arriving from USHL’s Fargo Force, posted 2-14–16 in final 18 regular- season games with Powell River ... Named OJHL’s top prospect in 2016 after his 2nd year in the Fr. • D • 6-3 • 209 • 4-27-98 league, when he posted 33 points in 46 games with Georgetown Powell River Kings (BCHL) * Personal: Taken in third round of 2014 OHL Priority Selection, but opted to stay NCAA eligible 16 Mississauga, Ontario * NHL Draft: Edmonton Oilers; third round (84th overall) in the 2016 Entry Draft

* 2016-17: Tied for 2nd on team with 12 goals ... Scored 7 goals in team’s final 14 games ANTHONY ANGELLO * 2015-16: Became first freshman to lead team in goals (11) since Colin Greening (2007) Jr. • F • 6-5 • 213 • 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 * 2017-18: Assisted Morgan Barron’s goal last Fri. JARED FIEGL * 2016-17: Earned team’s Iron Man Award after fighting through injuries to appear in 35 Sr. • F • 6-1 • 215 • 1-23-96 games, posting 2-4–6 ... Both goals started the scoring in home wins over Princeton and SLU U.S. National Team Development Program * Before Cornell: Played in 45 games for the USNTDP, scoring 2 goals to go with 4 assists Parker, Colo. * Personal: Won gold with the U.S. at the IIHF U18 World Championship in 2014 18 A * NHL Draft: Arizona Coyotes; seventh round (191st overall) in the 2014 Entry Draft * At Cornell: Lone goal last year came in team’s pivotal Feb. 3 victory at Union ... DWYER TSCHANTZ Had primary assist on Trevor Yates’ GWG in playoff win at Quinnipiac in 2015-16 Sr. • F • 6-5 • 214 • 3-22-95 * 2013-14: Won Clark Cup title with Indiana, ranking third on team in scoring Indiana Ice (USHL) * Personal: First Delaware native to be selected in NHL Entry Draft ... Played two years for 21 Wilmington, Del. Team Comcast Under-18 team in Tier 1 Elite League League. * NHL Draft: St. Louis Blues; seventh round (202nd overall) in the 2014 Entry Draft

JEFF MALOTT * 2017-18: Scored two third-period goals last Fri. * 2016-17: Led class with 6 goals, including a hat trick scored in a 9-minute span at Princeton So. • F • 6-3 • 203 • 8-7-96 ... Was one of two Cornellians to score twice in playoffs, including team’s final goal of the season Brooks Bandits (AJHL) * Before Cornell: Posted 25-35–60 in 46 games, helping Brooks to AJHL title series in 2015-16 22 Burlington, Ontario * Personal: Teammate of Connor Murphy on GOJHL’s Caledonia Corvairs in 2013-14

Nov. 3-4, 2017 ∙ at Quinnipiac / Princeton - 12 - Big Red Quick Hits TRENT SHORE * At Cornell: Has appeared in 14 games, taking some shifts at forward in 2015-16 * Before Cornell: Split 2014-15 season with two CCHL teams after amassing plus-92 rating Jr. • D • 6-3 • 194 • 6-28-96 at 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 * At Cornell: Missed entire 2016-17 season due to injury after playing top-four minutes the previous season ... Assisted on OT goal against then-No. 1 Providence in December 2015 Sr. • D • 6-1 • 189 • 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 TRISTAN MULLIN * 2017-18: Led the Big Red in scoring in two exhibitions with two goals and an assist. * Before Cornell: Ranked 7th in BCHL scoring last season with 36-34–70 in 57 games, Fr. • F • 6-2 • 193 • 10-9-96 having also won the team’s plus-minus award ... Also led Powell River in scoring the year Powell River Kings (BCHL) prior with 56 points in 57 games 26 Cartwright, Manitoba * Personal: Cousin, Steve Mullin, played hockey for four years at Maine * 2017-18: Scored first collegiate goal last Fri. and assisted on GWG last Sat. MORGAN BARRON * Before Cornell: Helped lead St. Andrew’s to consecutive CISAA provincial championships Fr. • F • 6-3 • 208 • 12-2-98 in 2016 and 2017 ... Captained last year’s squad while posting 28-22–50 in just 46 games ... St. Andrew’s College Continued to average better than a point per game through CISAA postseason play. * Personal: Younger brother, Justin, a rookie with QMJHL’s Halifax Mooseheads Halifax, Nova Scotia 27 * NHL Draft: ; sixth round (174th overall) in the 2017 Entry Draft.

BRENDEN LOCKE * Before Cornell: Won Canada’s Junior A national title, the RBC Cup, last year with Cobourg ... Fr. • F • 5-10 • 174 • 10-9-97 Averaged better than a point per game in the regular season with 19-27–46 in 38 games ... Cobourg Cougars (OJHL) Led NOJHL in rookie scoring during 2013-14 season 28 Iroquois Falls, Ontario * Personal: Was selected by the Barrie Colts in the 2013 OHL Priority Draft

ALEC McCREA * At Cornell: Scored team’s first goal of the season last Fri. ... Had a plus-15 rating over two seasons while logging top-four minutes ... Led team blueliners in scoring (3-12–15) in 2015-16 Jr. • D • 6-3 • 204 • 1-12-95 * Before Cornell: Played three seasons in Waterloo, dressing for 158 regular-season games Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) and posting 46 points and a plus-18 rating ... Advanced to 2014 Clark Cup finals with Waterloo 29 El Cajon, Calif. * Personal: Program’s first California native ... Parents own a music store in metro San Diego HAYDEN STEWART * At Cornell: Has two shutouts in eight careers starts, with seven of those in 2014-15 ... Became first Cornell freshman goalie with two shutouts since All-American David McKee Sr. • G • 6-3 • 211 • 9-22-94 (2003-04) ... Named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week after each of his shutouts Indiana Ice (USHL) * 2013-14: Captured Clark Cup title with Indiana, going 13-1 with a 1.29 goals-against average 31 Rockford, Ill. * Personal: Was 2013 NAHL Top Prospects selection while playing with Corpus Christi Ice Rays

AUSTIN McGRATH * Before Cornell: Was finalist for 2017 AJHL Rookie of the Year even though he backstopped Fr. • G • 6-1 • 176 • 2-10-98 a team that finished last in its division ... Spent previous three seasons in Midget AAA, where Lloydminster Bobcats (AJHL) he was named league’s Top Goaltender in 2015-16 en route to a league championship 32 Lloydminster, Alberta * Personal: Was selected in the 2013 WHL Bantam Draft

MATTHEW GALAJDA * 2017-18: Stopped 39 of 40 shots in two games vs. UAH last weekend, including first shutout * Before Cornell: Spent last two seasons as primary goalie in Victoria, where he was the Fr. • G • 6-0 • 187 • 10-7-97 both the team’s and division’s most valuable player in 2016-17 ... Was also named to the BCHL Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL) All-Star second team and competed with Team Canada West at the World Junior ‘A’ Challenge. 35 Aurora, Ontario * Personal: Won a provincial title with St. Andrew’s College in 2014-15

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Cornell Highs

POINTS 12 vs. UAH (10/27) 2017-18 2016-17 2015-16 2014-15 GOALS 5 vs. UAH (10/27) ASSISTS 7 vs. UAH (10/27) Overall 2-0-0 21-9-5 16-11-7 11-14-6 SHOTS ON GOAL 31 vs. UAH (10/27) ECAC Hockey games 0-0-0 13-4-5 8-8-6 9-9-4 SAVES 28 vs. UAH (10/27) Ivy League games 0-0-0 5-3-2 4-3-3 4-4-2 PENALTIES 8 vs. UAH (10/28) Non-conference games 2-0-0 8-5-0 8-3-1 2-5-2 PIM 23 vs. UAH (10/27) At home 2-0-0 9-4-3 9-5-2 7-7-3 On the road 0-0-0 9-2-2 6-5-4 3-6-2 Opponent Highs At a neutral site 0-0-0 3-3-0 1-1-1 1-1-1 POINTS 3 vs. UAH (10/27) Leading after the 1st 2-0-0 10-1-2 5-2-2 4-0-1 GOALS 1 vs. UAH (10/27) Trailing after the 1st 0-0-0 2-5-0 4-5-3 1-6-1 ASSISTS 2 vs. UAH (10/27) Tied after the 1st 0-0-0 9-3-3 7-4-2 6-8-4 SHOTS ON GOAL 29 vs. UAH (10/27) Leading after the 2nd 2-0-0 17-2-2 11-1-3 7-0-0 SAVES 26 vs. UAH (10/27) PENALTIES 10 vs. UAH (10/28) Trailing after the 2nd 0-0-0 3-7-2 0-8-1 1-11-3 PIM 28 vs. UAH (10/28) Tied after the 2nd 0-0-0 1-0-1 5-2-3 3-3-3 Outshooting opponent 2-0-0 11-3-1 5-2-1 5-3-4 Cornell Lows Being outshot 0-0-0 9-6-4 11-9-6 6-10-2 POINTS 9 vs. UAH (10/28) Shots are even 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 GOALS 3 vs. UAH (10/28) One-goal margin 0-0 9-3 11-4 5-5 ASSISTS 6 vs. UAH (10/28) Two-goal margin 0-0 7-2 0-1 4-3 SHOTS ON GOAL 22 vs. UAH (10/28) Three-goal margin 1-0 3-2 3-3 0-4 SAVES 11 vs. UAH (10/28) Four- or more goal margin 1-0 2-2 2-3 2-2 PENALTIES 6 vs. UAH (10/27) Scoring first 2-0-0 13-2-4 11-4-3 6-1-3 PIM 16 vs. UAH (10/28) Opponent scores first 0-0-0 8-7-1 5-7-3 5-13-2 Opponent Lows In October 2-0-0 0-1-0 2-0-0 0-0-1 In November 0-0-0 5-2-1 4-1-2 4-4-0 POINTS 0 vs. UAH (10/28) In December 0-0-0 3-1-0 3-1-0 1-2-1 GOALS 0 vs. UAH (10/28) In January 0-0-0 4-2-1 2-5-1 4-3-1 ASSISTS 0 vs. UAH (10/28) SHOTS ON GOAL 11 vs. UAH (10/28) In February 0-0-0 6-0-3 2-2-4 2-3-3 SAVES 19 vs. UAH (10/28) In March 0-0-0 3-3-0 3-2-0 0-2-0 PENALTIES 4 vs. UAH (10/27) On Sunday 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-1 PIM 8 vs. UAH (10/27) On Monday 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 On Tuesday 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 On Wednesday 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2017-18 In-Season Awards On Thursday 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 ECAC Hockey Player of the Week: On Friday 1-0-0 7-4-2 6-5-4 6-5-3 • Trevor Yates (Oct. 31) On Saturday 1-0-0 9-4-3 9-4-3 5-8-2 First of back-to-back 1-0-0 8-3-3 7-5-4 6-5-4 Second of back-to-back 1-0-0 9-4-2 9-6-2 4-8-2 In a single game 0-0-0 4-2-0 0-0-1 1-0-0 In overtime 0-0-0 0-1-5 4-3-7 2-1-5 vs. ECAC Hockey 0-0-0 16-6-5 11-10-6 9-11-4 vs. Atlantic Hockey 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 vs. Hockey East 0-0-0 2-2-0 3-0-1 0-0-0 vs. Big Ten 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 1-0-0 vs. NCHC 0-0-0 2-1-0 0-0-0 1-3-1 vs. WCHA 2-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-1 vs. USA Today poll ranked 0-0-0 3-5-1 3-5-4 2-3-1 vs. USCHO.com poll ranked 0-0-0 6-5-1 3-6-5 3-4-2

Nov. 3-4, 2017 ∙ at Quinnipiac / Princeton - 14 - - 15 - Nov. 3-4, 2017 ∙ at Quinnipiac / Princeton The Last Time It Happened For Cornell: Game Span A hat trick...... Jeff Malott - at Princeton, 1/13/17 23 A short-handed goal...... Mitch Vanderlaan - at Dartmouth, 11/4/16 37 Short-handed goals in back-to-back games...... Mitch Carefoot - at Union, 2/9/07 & Mark McCutcheon - at RPI, 2/10/07 348 Two short-handed goals in a game...... Sean Collins & Joel Lowry - at Quinnipiac, 1/13/12 188 A short-handed goal in overtime...... Eric Freschi - vs. Clarkson, 11/14/14 99 An extra-attacker goal...... Mitch Vanderlaan - at Merrimack, 10/28/16 38 A penalty shot attempt...... Trevor Yates - vs. Yale, 2/11/17 14 A made penalty shot...... Alex Rauter - vs. New Hampshire, 11/26/16 30 Three power-play goals in a game...... 3 - at Rensselaer, 2/4/17 16 Four power-play goals in a game...... 4 - at Omaha, 10/26/13 134 Two two-goal scorers...... Brian Ferlin & Joel Lowry - at St. Lawrence, 11/16/13 128 Three two-goal scorers...... Byron Bitz, Mark McCutcheon & Raymond Sawada - vs. Princeton, 2/17/07 344 A goaltender recorded a point...... Mitch Gillam - vs. St. Lawrence, 1/21/17 20 Zero penalties committed...... vs. Brown, 2/19/99 620 A shutout...... Matthew Galajda (11 saves) - vs. Alabama-Huntsville, 10/27/17 1 Back-to-back shutouts...... Mitch Gillam - at Yale, 11/20/15 & at Brown, 11/21/15 65 A goalie made 40 or more saves...... Mitch Gillam (40) - vs. Boston Univ., 11/28/15 64 A goalie made 50 or more saves...... Andy Iles (60) - at Quinnipiac, 3/17/13 136 5 or more goals in one period...... 5, second period - vs. Yale, 12/3/04 435 5 or more goals in a game...... 5 - vs. Alabama-Huntsville, 10/27/17 2 5 or more goals in consecutive games...... 5 - at St. Lawrence, 11/16/13 & 5 - vs. Brown, 11/22/13 127 6 or more goals...... 6 - at Yale, 11/12/16 33 6 or more goals in consecutive games...... 7 - vs Army, 10/29/04 & vs. Sacred Heart, 10/30/04 441 7 or more goals...... 7 - vs. Rensselaer, 2/16/08 315 7 or more goals in consecutive games...... 7 - vs Army, 10/29/04 & vs. Sacred Heart, 10/30/04 453 10 or more goals...... 10 - vs. Clarkson, 11/20/99 606 10 or more goals in a two-game weekend...... 10 - at Brown (4-2), at Yale (6-3), 11/11-11/12/16 33 A player had three points in a game...... Trevor Yates (2-1–3), vs. vs. Alabama-Huntsville, 10/27/17 1 A player had four points in a game...... Dustin Mowrey (1-3–4) vs. St. Lawrence, 1/24/14 118 A player had five points in a game...... Ryan Vesce (3-4–7), vs. Princeton, 11/8/03 468

Against Cornell: Game Span A hat trick...... Lewis Zerter-Gossage, Harvard - 11/5/16 36 A short-handed goal...... Sam Lafferty, Brown - 2/12/17 13 A penalty shot attempt...... Ryan Lough, St. Lawrence - 12/4/15 63 A made penalty shot...... Eric Neiley, Dartmouth - 1/24/15 85 Two power-play goals in a game...... 2, vs. Harvard - 3/18/17 4 Three power-play goals in a game...... 3, vs. Union - 2/25/17 9 A shutout...... Tyler Wall, UMass-Lowell (19 saves) - 3/25/17 3 Back-to-back shutouts...... vs. Lake Superior State and Miami, Dec. 28-29, 2014 91 A goalie made 40 or more saves...... Chase Perry, Rensselaer (41) - 2/4/17 16 A goalie made 50 or more saves...... David Leggio, Clarkson (56) - 3/11/06 379 3 or more goals in one period...... 3, third period, vs. Clarkson- 3/10/17 8 4 or more goals in one period...... 4, third period, vs. Harvard - 1/27/17 19 4 or more goals...... 5, vs. UMass-Lowell - 3/25/17 3 5 or more goals...... 5, vs. UMass-Lowell - 3/25/17 3 6 or more goals...... 6, vs. Clarkson - 3/10/17 8 10 or more goals...... 10, at Quinnipiac - 3/16/13 137

General: Cornell won a national championship...... 1970 Cornell played in the Frozen Four...... 2003 Cornell won an NCAA tournament game...... 2012 Cornell won an Ivy League championship...... 2014 Cornell won an ECAC Hockey Championship...... 2010 Cornell won an ECAC Hockey regular-season championship...... 2005

Nov. 3-4, 2017 ∙ at Quinnipiac / Princeton - 16 - Cornell Special Teams Game-by-Game Key:  5-on-4 killed;  5-on-4 goal;  4-on-3 killed;  4-on-3 goal;  5-on-4 major peanlty killed;  5-on-4 major penalty goal;  5-on-3 killed;  5-on-3 goal;  4-on-3 then 5-on-4 killed;  5-on-4 goal after 4-on-3 killed; s shorthanded goal Date Opponent 1st period PPs 2nd period PPs 3rd period PPs OT PPs 1st period PKs 2nd period PKs 3rd period PKs OT PKs 10/27 Ala.-Huntsville       10/28 Ala.-Huntsville       11/3 at Quinnipiac 11/4 at Princeton 11/10 Dartmouth 11/11 Harvard 11/17 St. Lawrence 11/18 Clarkson 11/21 Niagara 11/25 vs. Boston Univ. 12/1 at Miami 12/2 at Miami 12/30 Canisius 1/5 Princeton 1/6 Quinnipiac 1/12 at Yale 1/13 at Brown 1/19 Colgate 1/20 at Colgate 1/26 at Harvard 1/27 at Dartmouth 2/2 Union 2/3 Rensselaer 2/9 at Clarkson 2/10 at St. Lawrence 2/16 Brown 2/17 Yale 2/23 at Rensselaer 2/24 Union

Cornell Special Teams Breakdown Last Friday Last Saturday vs. UAH vs. UAH Season Totals Power Play CU Goals/Chances (Opp Goals) Time CU Goals/Chances (Opp Goals) Time CU Goals/Chances (Opp Goals) Time Pct. 5-on-4 2/4 (0) 4:28 2/8 (0) 11:36 4/12 (0) 16:04 33.3 5-on-3 0/0 (0) — 0/1 (0) 2:00 0/1 (0) 2:00 0.0 4-on-3 0/0 (0) — 0/0 (0) — 0/0 (0) — — Penalty Kill Opp Goals/Chances (CU Goals) Time Opp Goals/Chances (CU Goals) Time Opp Goals/Chances (CU Goals) Time Pct. 5-on-4 0/5 (0) 6:24 0/7 (0) 13:03 0/12 (0) 19:27 100.0 5-on-3 0/2 (0) 3:18 0/0 (0) — 0/2 (0) 3:18 0.0 4-on-3 0/0 (0) — 0/0 (0) — 0/0 (0) — — Even Strength CU Goals/Chances (Opp Goals) Time CU Goals/Chances (Opp Goals) Time CU Goals/Chances (Opp Goals) Time 4-on-4 0/0 (0) — 0/2 (0) 0:57 0/2 (0) 0:57 3-on-3 0/0 (0) — 0/0 (0) — 0/0 (0) — CU Pulled Goalie* CU Goals/Chances (Opp Goals) Time CU Goals/Chances (Opp Goals) Time CU Goals/Chances (Opp Goals) Time Pct. 6-on-5 0/0 (0) — 0/0 (0) — 0/0 (0) — — 6-on-4 0/0 (0) — 0/0 (0) — 0/0 (0) — — 6-on-3 0/0 (0) — 0/0 (0) — 0/0 (0) — — Opp. Pulled Goalie* Opp Goals/Chances (CU Goals) Time Opp Goals/Chances (CU Goals) Time Opp Goals/Chances (CU Goals) Time Pct. 6-on-5 0/0 (0) — 0/0 (0) — 0/0 (0) — — 6-on-4 0/0 (0) — 0/0 (0) — 0/0 (0) — — 6-on-3 0/0 (0) — 0/0 (0) — 0/0 (0) — — * — does not include delayed penalty scenarios Assessed penalty while on the power play: Opponents 2, Cornell 0 Goals on a delayed penalty: Cornell 0, Opponents 0

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