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Cornell Men’s Hockey 2015-16 Game Notes Cornell Big Red (3-1, 1-1 ECAC Hockey) Schedule & Results October Game 5: Colgate at Cornell 24 RYERSON (exhib.) W, 5-2 November 13, 2015, 7 p.m. EST 25 LAURENTIAN (exhib.) W, 6-1 Lynah Rink, Ithaca, N.Y. 30 at Niagara W, 3-2 (OT) 31 NIAGARA W, 4-0 Colgate Record: 4-5, 1-1 ECAC Hockey November 6 PRINCETON* W, 4-3 7 QUINNIPIAC* L, 4-5 (OT) Live Coverage 13 COLGATE* 7 p.m. 14 at Colgate* 7 p.m. TV: None 20 at Yale* 7 p.m. Radio: WHCU (870 AM, 95.9 FM) 21 at Brown* 7 p.m. Video: www.IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com 28 vs. Boston University# 8 p.m. Live stats: www.sidearmstats.com/cornell/mhockey/ December 4 ST. LAWRENCE* 7 p.m. 5 CLARKSON* 7 p.m. What’s on Tap: 28 vs. Providence~ 4 p.m. Cornell will take its strong start to the season into a regional rivalry weekend against 29 vs. Boston Coll./Ohio St.~ 4/7:30 p.m. Colgate. The ECAC Hockey foes start the weekend series at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13 at Lynah Rink in the second annual Courage Classic and 150th all-time meeting between January the programs. The game will be streamed live on subscription-based Ivy League Digital 8 MERRIMACK 7 p.m. 9 MERRIMACK 7 p.m. Network. Jason Weinstein will handle play-by-play with color commentary from Tony 15 at Rensselaer* 7 p.m. Eisenhut. Their call can also be heard in the Ithaca area on WHCU (870 AM, 95.9 FM). 16 at Union* 7 p.m. 22 DARTMOUTH* 7 p.m. About the Big Red: 23 HARVARD* 7 p.m. Cornell won its first three games of the season, then had a pair of three-goal leads in 29 at Clarkson* 7 p.m. Saturday's game vs. #4/5 Quinnipiac before fizzling to a 5-4 loss in overtime. The Big Red February has scored at least four goals in three straight games for the first time since the begin- 5 at Quinnipiac* 7 p.m. ning of the 2013-14 season. ... Junior forward Jeff Kubiak (3-3–6) and freshman forward 6 at Princeton* 7 p.m. Anthony Angello (3-3–6) are tied for the team lead in scoring and have points in each 12 BROWN* 7 p.m. of the team's first four games while forming a formidable line with freshman Mitch 13 YALE* 7 p.m. Vanderlaan (2-1–3). Sophomore defenseman Ryan Bliss (0-4–4) leads the team in assists 19 at Harvard* 7 p.m. and is tied for third in scoring with senior defendseman Reece Willcox (1-3–4). ... Junior 20 at Dartmouth* 7 p.m. Mitch Gillam (3-1, 2.47, .901, SO) has been the Big Red's exclusive goaltender to date. 26 UNION* 7 p.m. 27 RENSSELAER* 7 p.m. Courage Classic: March Tonight's event is dedicated to the children of Camp Good Days, which has assigned 4-6 ECAC Hockey first round three honorary coaches for both Cornell and Colgate. The honorary coaches attended 11-13 ECAC Hockey quarterfinals their respective teams' practice earlier this week and will take part in a ceremonial 18 ECAC Hockey semifinals puck drop at center ice tonight. 19 ECAC Hockey Championship 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; # The Frozen Apple 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 Colgate: Cornell Quick Facts The Raiders halted a three-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory against Princeton on Location ....................................Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 Saturday at Starr Rink in Hamilton. Senior forward Darcy Murphy scored the winner Founded ............................................................ 1865 with five seconds left in the second period, and junior goaltender Charlie Finn made Enrollment .....................................................13,700 30 saves for the victory. ... Colgate opened ECAC Hockey play with a 3-2 loss to Quin- President .................................... Elizbaeth Garrett nipiac on Friday. After opening the season with a split at Mercyhurst, Colgate dropped Director of Athletics .............J. Andrew Noel, Jr. a 2-1 decision at Northeastern, swept a home-and-home with RIT, then was swept Colors ...........................Carnelian Red and White at home by defending national champion Providence. ... Senior forward Tyson Spink Conference..............ECAC Hockey / Ivy League (4-6–10) leads the team in scoring, and twin brother Tylor Spink (3-4–7) leads the Rink (Capacity) .......................Lynah Rink (4,267) squad with two power-play goals and is tied for second in scoring with senior for- ward Mike Borkowski (5-2–7) and Murphy (3-4–7). ... Finn (4-5, 3.20, .909) has started Coaching Information eight of nine games in goal after posting six shutouts last season. Head Coach ............. Mike Schafer (Cornell ’86) Career Record ...... 378-223-77 (21st season) The Series Against Colgate: Associate Head Coach ...........................Ben Syer The first of the two games between the programs this weekend will mark the (Western Ontario ’98) sesquicentennial edition of the rivalry between the two upstate foes. Cornell holds Assistant Coach .......Topher Scott (Cornell ’08) a 77-57-15 lead in the all-time series, which dates back to 1921, and the Big Red has Volunteer Assistant Coach ................Joe Palmer lost only four times in the last 27 meetings. In last year’s series, a Ryan Bliss overtime (Ohio State ’13) goal lifted the Big Red to a road triumph in Hamilton on Jan. 30, then the teams Director of Operations ..........Brennen McHugh skated to a 2-2 tie during the following evening’s affair back in Ithaca. (Campbell ’11) Freshman Force: Team Information The jump to college hockey can be a big one for newcomers, but freshman Captains ......... Christian Hilbrich, John Knisley forward Anthony Angello — a 2014 draft pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins — has felt ......................... Teemu Tiitinen, Reece Willcox right at home with Cornell. With six points so far, Angello is the Big Red's first 2015-16 Record .................................................3-1-0 player to have points in his first four collegiate games since Ryan Moynihan from 2015-16 ECAC Hockey Record .....................1-1-0 Nov. 8-16, 1996 — which was Mike Schafer's second season as head coach of his 2015-16 Ivy League Record ..........................1-0-0 alma mater. Angello also leads the country in points per game for freshmen (1.50). First Varsity Season ..................................1900-01 All-Time Record ................ 1,065-692-125 (.599) Exhibitions In Name Only: Record at Lynah Rink ............ 527-202-60 (.703) Cornell is 22-1-3 in exhibitions since 2000, including an Oct. 24-25 sweep of OUA’s NCAA Championships ................2 (1967, 1970) Ryerson and Laurentian at Lynah Rink. The Big Red blitzed Ryerson with five goals NCAA Tournament Appearances ................... 19 in the first period, eventually winning by a 5-2 margin. Junior forward Jeff Kubiak All-time: 1127.5/1882 Years ...1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, had a goal and three assists, and junior forward Matt Buckles scored goals a little Lynah: 554.5/789 ..............1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, more than two minutes apart. Cornell then got all of its goals in a 6-1 win from ...2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012 freshmen — including four from forward Anthony Angello. Defenseman Alec ECAC Hockey Championships ........................ 12 McCrea and forward Mitch Vanderlaan scored the other two goals, and junior Years ..............1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, goaltender Hayden Stewart only needed to make seven saves to earn the victory. ...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 Colgate the last 10 years, which is tops among the circuit’s 12 teams. Here is a breakdown Team Offense 3.75 3.44 of recent ECAC Hockey Championship weekend appearances ... National Rank T-11th 17th Conference Offense 4.00 2.00 Teams Appearances By Year (Key: Champion, Finalist, Semifinalist) Conference Rank T-3rd T-10th CORNELL (7) 2014 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2006 Team Defense 2.50 3.67 COLGATE (6) 2015 2014 2012 2011 2008 2006 National Rank T-20th T-50th UNION (4) 2014 2013 2012 2010 Conference Defense 4.00 2.00 HARVARD (4) 2015 2012 2008 2006 Conference Rank 10th T-2nd QUINNIPIAC (4) 2015 2014 2013 2007 PP Pct. 23.5 20.0 YALE (3) 2013 2011 2009 National Rank 12th T-21st DARTMOUTH (3) 2011 2007 2006 Conference PP Pct. 30.0 0-for-6 Conference Rank 2nd T-9th ST. LAWRENCE (4) 2015 2010 2009 2007 BROWN (2) 2013 2010 PK Pct. 86.7 78.1 National Rank 20th T-48th PRINCETON (2) 2009 2008 Conference PK Pct. 80.0 5-for-5 CLARKSON (1) 2007 Conference Rank 9th T-1st RENSSELAER (0) Nov. 13, 2015 ∙ vs. Colgate - 2 - Blank You Very Much: Standings & Results Cornell has recorded at least one shutout in each of the last 21 seasons – a streak that was continued with a 4-0 blanking of Niagara on Oct. 31. Goaltender Mitch Gillam Current Standings Conference Only Overall made 10 of his 19 saves in the third period while the Big Red nursed a big lead. It was Pts Record Win% GF GA Record Win% GF GA the second career shutout for Gillam, who was an All-Ivy League second team selec- Harvard 7 3-0-1 .875 19 6 3-0-1 .875 19 6 Rensselaer 7 3-0-1 .875 14 8 4-4-1 .500 23 25 tion last season.