Cornell Men’s Hockey 2017-18 Game Notes

Cornell Big Red (0-0, 0-0 ECAC Hockey) Schedule & Results

October Guelph at Cornell (exhibition) 14 GUELPH (exhib.) 7:00 p.m. Saturday, October 14, 2017, 7 p.m. EDT 15 OTTAWA (exhib.) 5:00 p.m. Lynah Rink, Ithaca, N.Y. 27 ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE 7:00 p.m. Guelph Record: 0-0, 0-0 OUA 28 ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE 7:00 p.m. November Ottawa at Cornell (exhibition) 3 at Quinnipiac * 7:00 p.m. 4 at Princeton* 7:00 p.m. Sunday, October 15, 2017, 5 p.m. EDT Lynah Rink, Ithaca, N.Y. 10 DARTMOUTH * 7:00 p.m. Ottawa Record: 0-0, 0-0 OUA 11 HARVARD * 7:00 p.m. 17 ST. LAWRENCE * 7:00 p.m. Live Coverage 18 CLARKSON * 7:00 p.m. TV: None 21 NIAGARA 7:00 p.m. Radio: WHCU (870 AM, 95.9 FM) 25 vs. Boston Univ. # 8:00 p.m. Video: Ivy League Network December Stats: www.sidearmstats.com/cornell/mhockey 1 at Miami (Ohio) 7:35 p.m. Twitter: @CUBigRedGameday and @CUBigRedHockey 2 at Miami (Ohio) 7:05 p.m. 30 CANISIUS 7:00 p.m. What’s on Tap: • While Cornell’s season doesn’t officially begin for another couple of weeks, January the Big Red will play a pair of exhibition games this weekend against Canadi- 5 PRINCETON * 7:00 p.m. an universities. Guelph visits for the opener at 7 p.m. Saturday, then a contest 6 QUINNIPIAC * 7:00 p.m. against Ottawa follows at 5 p.m. Sunday. 12 at Yale * 7:00 p.m. • Both games will be streamed on Ivy League Network. Jason Weinstein (play- 13 at Brown * 7:00 p.m. by-play) and Tony Eisenhut ‘88 (color commentary) will have the call, which 19 COLGATE * 7:00 p.m. can also be heard in the Ithaca area on WHCU-AM (870 AM, 95.9 FM) and 20 at Colgate * 7:30 p.m. around the world via the station’s website. 26 at Harvard * 7:00 p.m. 27 at Dartmouth * 7:00 p.m. About the Big Red: February • Cornell returned to the national stage last year by earning an at-large bid to 2 UNION * 7:00 p.m. the NCAA tournament, where its season ended with a 21-9-5 record. The Big 3 RENSSELAER * 7:00 p.m. Red advanced all the way to the ECAC Hockey championship game after finish- 9 at Clarkson * 7:00 p.m. ing third in the league’s regular-season standings. 10 at St. Lawrence * 7:00 p.m. • Cornell was particularly hot down the stretch, where it went unbeaten in its 16 BROWN * 7:00 p.m. final nine regular-season games. 17 YALE * 7:00 p.m. 23 at Rensselaer * 7:00 p.m. Exhibitions In Name Only: 24 at Union * 7:00 p.m. • Cornell is 24-1-3 in exhibitions since 2000, including victories against UOIT ((( Playoffs TBA ))) (3-1) and Brock (8-1) last season. • The one loss since 2000 came against the U.S. National Team Development Program’s Under-18 team, when future Cornellian Andy Iles ’14 made 39 saves * ECAC Hockey game to backstop the visitors to a 3-2 victory on Oct. 24, 2009. # Red Hot Hockey • The average margin of victory for Cornell’s exhibition wins since 2000 is at Madison Square Garden (New York) 4.4 goals. Cornell Quick Facts On Offense: • Junior co-captain and All-Ivy League selection Mitch Vanderlaan returns Location...... Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 after leading the team in goals (15) and points (28) last year. His 47 career Founded...... 1865 points are the most for a Cornellian after his first two seasons since current Enrollment (undergraduate)...... 14,315 Boston Bruins forward Riley Nash in 2009. President...... Martha E. Pollack • Senior Trevor Yates scored eight of his 12 goals last year on the power play, Director of Athletics...... J. Andrew Noel, Jr. and junior Anthony Angello tied Yates for second-most goals on the team after scoring seven times in the season’s final 14 games. Colors...... Carnelian Red and White • Senior co-captain Alex Rauter returns to full-time duty at forward after Conference...... ECAC Hockey / Ivy League filling in on the blue line late last season. He broke out for 17 points last year Rink (Capacity)...... Lynah Rink (4,267) after posting just six in his first two seasons with the Big Red. Coaching Information • Junior Beau Starrett played top-six minutes during the second half of last season and posted 14 points on four goals and 10 assists. Sophomore Jeff Head Coach...... Mike Schafer (Cornell ’86) Malott led the team’s newcomers with six goals. Career Record...... 412-242-89 (23rd season) • Five of Cornell’s six NHL draft picks are forwards. Associate Head Coach...... Ben Syer (Western Ontario ’98) On Defense: Assistant Coach...... Sean Flanagan • Three of the team’s top four blueliners return from a team that ranked . (St. Lawrence ’10) 10th in the nation defensively last year, despite being ravaged by injuries. Director of Hockey Operations...... Joe Palmer • Junior Alec McCrea led the team’s defensemen with a plus-11 rating last year, despite frequently matching up against the opposition’s top forwards. (Ohio State ’13) • Sophomore Yanni Kaldis was selected to the All-Ivy first team and ECAC Team Information Hockey All-Rookie Team last year. His 14 points in league play were the most Captains...... Alex Rauter & Mitch Vanderlaan for a Cornell freshman blueliner in 20 years. • Senior Ryan Bliss should return after missing all of last year due to injury. Alternate Captains.... Jared Fiegl & Trevor Yates • Three freshmen join the defensive corps, including Edmonton Oilers draft 2016-17 Record...... 21-9-5 pick Matt Cairns. 2016-17 ECAC Hockey Record...... 13-4-5 2016-17 Ivy League Record...... 5-3-2 In Goal: First Varsity Season...... 1900-01 • Senior Hayden Stewart is the lone incumbent in the crease, having posted All-Time Record...... 1,100-713-138 (.599) a 2.27 goals against average and .918 save percentage with two shutouts in Record at Lynah Rink...... 545-216-66 (.699) eight starts and 15 career appearances. NCAA Championships...... 2 (1967, 1970) • Freshmen Matthew Galajda and Austin McGrath join the squad via Cana- dian Junior A leagues. Galajda is a former BCHL All-Star, and McGrath was a NCAA Tournament Appearances...... 20 finalist for AJHL Rookie of the Year. 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)

Oct. 14-15, 2017 ∙ Guelph / Ottawa exhibitions - 2 - About Guelph: Exhibition History • The Gryphons opened their Ontario University Athletics season Wednesday with a 3-2 victory over Brock. Nick Boyer scored the winning goal with 6:41 left. Cornell has been dominant in exhibition • Andrew Masters made 35 saves to earn the victory. He was on Miami’s roster games since the turn of the century ... last season, but did not appear in any games before transferring to Guelph. Opponent Date Result • The Gryphons tied Clarkson, 3-3, in a Sept. 30 exhibition in Potsdam. Guelph Brock 10/22/16 W, 8-1 scored all of its goals in the second period — the last coming from defense- Ontario IT 10/21/16 W, 3-1 man Patrick Kudla, an Arizona Coyotes draft pick. Laurentian 10/25/15 W, 6-1 • Guelph was 15-13 last year, when Seth Swenson led the team with 32 points Ryerson 10/24/15 W, 5-2 on 12 goals and 20 assists in 28 games. Carleton 10/25/14 W, 3-2 U.S. NTDP U-18s 10/24/14 W, 3-2 About Ottawa: Russian Red Stars 1/3/14 W, 6-0 • The Gee-Gees play their OUA regular-season opener Thursday at Carleton York 10/19/13 W, 7-2 before Saturday’s home opener against Concordia, but they have already Brock 10/20/12 T, 2-2 played six exhibitions. U.S. NTDP U-18s 10/19/12 W, 6-2 • Two of those were against NCAA Division I teams — a 5-1 loss Sept. 30 at Carleton 10/22/11 W, 5-1 Robert Morris and a 4-3 overtime victory the next night at Penn State. Guelph 10/21/11 W, 3-2 • Ottawa was 15-13 in OUA play last year, which was its first under head coach U.S. NTDP U-18s 10/23/10 W, 6-0 Patrick Grandmaitre. Kevin Domingue led the team in scoring with 31 points UQTR 10/21/10 W, 6-3 on 16 goals and 15 assists in 28 games. U.S. NTDP U-18s 10/24/09 L, 2-3 Windsor 10/23/09 W, 7-0 • Goaltender Anthony Brodeur is the son of legendary former NHL goalie Western Ontario 10/24/08 W, 4-3 Martin Brodeur, who is now an assistant GM with the St. Louis Blues. U.S. NTDP U-18s 10/18/08 T, 3-3 Ottawa 10/21/07 W, 8-0 Feel The Draft?: UQTR 10/19/07 T, 0-0 • Cornell has six players on the roster who have been selected in the NHL York 10/21/06 W, 11-1 Entry Draft, including four from 2014. Junior forward Beau Starrett (Chicago U.S. NTDP U-18s 10/21/05 W, 4-1 Blackhawks) was selected earliest in that group, having been taken in the McGill 10/22/04 W, 4-0 third round with the 88th overall pick. U.S. NTDP U-18s 10/25/03 W, 7-2 • Classmate Anthony Angello, also a forward, was selected in the fifth round York 10/27/02 W, 9-1 by the Pittsburgh Penguins. Junior forwards Jared Fiegl (Arizona Coyotes) and Wilfred-Laurier 10/27/01 W, 8-1 Dwyer Tschantz (St. Louis Blues) were then picked in the seventh round. Waterloo 10/28/00 W, 4-3 • Two newcomers are also NHL draft picks — forward Morgan Barron (N.Y. Rangers in 2017) and defenseman Matt Cairns (Edmonton Oilers in 2016).

Standings Results / Schedule Sunday, Oct. 8 ECAC HOCKEY ONLY OVERALL Pts Record Win% GF GA Record Win% GF GA Boston Univ. 3, Quinnipiac 2 (OT) Dartmouth 2, Windsor 1 (exhib.) Clarkson 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 2-0-0 1.000 5 1 Friday, Oct. 13 Colgate 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 2-0-1 .833 9 4 Rensselaer at Ohio State, 7 p.m. Brown 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 Massachusetts at Union, 7 p.m. Cornell 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 Colgate at New Hampshire, 7 p.m. Dartmouth 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 Western Ontario at Yale, 7 p.m. (exhib.) Harvard 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 Clarkson at Western Michigan, 8:05 p.m. Princeton 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 St. Lawrence at North Dakota, 7:37 p.m. CDT Rensselaer 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 Saturday, Oct. 14 Yale 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 Rensselaer at Ohio State, 4 p.m. Quinnipiac 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-1-1 .250 3 4 Vermont at Quinnipiac, 4 p.m. St. Lawrence 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-2-0 .000 2 7 Colgate at New Hampshire, 7 p.m. Guelph at Cornell, 7 p.m. (exhib.) Union 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-3-0 .000 4 12 Western Ontario at Princeton, 7 p.m. (exhib.) Clarkson at Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. IVY LEAGUE ONLY OVERALL St. Lawrence at North Dakota, 7:07 p.m. CDT Pts Record Win% GF GA Record Win% GF GA Sunday, Oct. 15 Brown 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 Vermont at Union, 4 p.m. Cornell 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 Ottawa at Cornell, 5 p.m. (exhib.) Dartmouth 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 Harvard 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 Princeton 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 Yale 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 * ECAC Hockey game; ~ Ivy League game

- 3 - Oct. 14-15, 2017 ∙ Guelph / Ottawa exhibitions 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, Nova Scotia 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 Under-18 Team 19 Corey Hoffman F 5-9 161 So. Plainview, N.Y. Cowichan Valley Capitals (BCHL) 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 Under-18 Team 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 So. 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 (5): Bauld, Hoffman, 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 (14) 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 (3): Angello, Hoffman, Nuttle Québec (2): Kaldis, Yates North Carolina (1): Donaldson North Dakota (1): Haiskanen

Oct. 14-15, 2017 ∙ Guelph / Ottawa exhibitions - 4 - First Ivy League Coach To 400: National Polls • Already the winningest coach in program history and in Ivy League his- tory, Mike Schafer eclipsed another milestone in his career with his 400th USCHO.com Poll (as of Oct. 9) victory last January. No. Team Record Pts. Last • Schafer ranks 10th in victories among active Division I coaches and is 1 Denver (45) 0-0-0 995 1 Cornell’s fifth-winningest coach across all sports — second among current 2 Boston Univ. (5) 2-0-0 947 2 coaches, behind just Dave Eldredge (men’s and women’s polo). 3 Harvard 0-0-0 849 4 4 Notre Dame 2-0-0 743 8 Turning The Trick: 5 Minn.-Duluth 1-1-0 726 6 • After having no hat tricks since 2011, the Big Red had two last year. Mitch 6 St. Cloud State 1-0-0 723 9 Vanderlaan’s hat trick Nov. 12 at Yale earned him ECAC Hockey Player of the 7 Minnesota 1-1-0 708 3 Week on Nov. 15. He potted a couple more goals Nov. 19 against Princeton 8 North Dakota 1-0-1 678 7 to become the first player from Cornell with seven goals in the first seven 9 Providence 2-0-0 670 11 games of the season since Blake Gallagher did so in 2009-10. 10 Wisconsin 2-1-0 424 12 • Jeff Malott then scored his first three collegiate goals in a span of 8 min- 11 Penn State 1-1-0 410 10 utes, 44 seconds during the first period to power the Big Red past Princeton 12 Mass.-Lowell 0-2-0 365 5 on Jan. 13. He was subsequently named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week after becoming the first Cornell freshman with a hat trick since current 13 Boston College 0-0-1 346 13 NHLer Matt Moulson on Feb. 7, 2003. 14 Northeastern 2-0-0 291 20 15 Clarkson 2-0-0 267 — What, Me Worry?: 15 Michigan Tech 2-1-0 267 — • Eight of Cornell’s 21 victories last season came in games in which the Big 17 Quinnipiac 0-1-1 257 14 Red surrendered the first goal, with the team maintaining a winning record 18 Cornell 0-0-0 226 15 even when it conceded first. 19 Air Force 1-0-1 161 17 • The Big Red’s resilience from an early deficit has become somewhat of a 20 New Hampshire 2-0-0 134 — trend, with the team sporting a very respectable 21-20-8 record when yield- Others receiving votes: Ohio State 132, ing the game’s first strike over the last two years. That’s a stark turnaround Minnesota State 61, Western Michigan 36, Colgate 24, Michigan 16, Union 14, from the team’s 14-34-5 record when yielding the game’s first goal from the Bemidji State 12, Vermont 6, Omaha 5, previous three seasons (2012-15). Army West Point 4, Miami 2, Brown 1.

Up Next: USA Today/USA Hockey • Cornell will take a week off from game action, playing its annual Magazine Poll (as of Oct. 9) Red/White Game next Saturday before opening the regular season with a No. Team Record Pts. Last pair of non-league games Oct. 27-28 against visiting Alabama-Huntsville. 1 Denver (34) 0-0-0 510 1 • The Big Red then opens ECAC Hockey play on the road, starting Nov. 3 at 2 Boston Univ. 2-0-0 467 2 Quinnipiac. 3 Harvard 0-0-0 373 4 4 St. Cloud State 1-0-0 353 6 ECAC Hockey Preseason Polls 5 Providence 2-0-0 338 5 6 Notre Dame 2-0-0 316 8 Cornell was predicted to finish third by both the media and the coaches in the annual 7 Minnesota 1-1-0 312 3 ECAC Hockey preseason polls, which were released in September. The Big Red finished 8 North Dakota 1-0-1 246 7 third in 2016-17 with a 13-4-5 record in the league and earned an at-large berth to the NCAA tournament after advance to the ECAC Hockey championship game. 9 Minn.-Duluth 1-1-0 233 12 10 Wisconsin 2-1-0 172 10 Coaches Poll (1st-place votes) Pts. Media Poll (1st-place votes) Pts. 11 Penn State 1-1-0 126 11 1. Harvard (9) 119 1. Harvard (25) 342 12 Mass.-Lowell 0-2-0 99 9 2. Quinnipiac (1) 106 2. Quinnipiac (3) 324 3. Cornell (1) 95 3. Cornell (1) 272 13 Michigan Tech 2-1-0 98 — 4. Clarkson (1) 91 4. Princeton 246 14 Northeastern 2-0-0 93 13 5. Princeton 80 5. Clarkson 231 15 Clarkson 2-0-0 77 — 6. Union 72 T6. Union (1) 195 Others receiving votes: Boston College 71, 7. St. Lawrence 69 T6. Yale 195 Quinnipiac 64, Cornell 46, Ohio State 38, 8. Yale 54 8. St. Lawrence 188 New Hampshire 28, Air Force 16, 9. Dartmouth 33 9. Dartmouth 110 Army West Point 1, Colgate 1, Miami 1. 10. Rensselaer 32 10. Rensselaer 82 11. Colgate 23 11. Brown 76 12. Brown 18 12. Colgate 68

- 5 - Oct. 14-15, 2017 ∙ Guelph / Ottawa exhibitions The Mike Schafer File Mike Schafer Education Cornell University 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 412-242-89 career record 10 NCAA Tournament Appearances When Mike Schafer returned to his alma mater as the 12th head coach in Cor- 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005, nell men’s hockey history in the summer of 1995, his goal was to return the Big Red 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017 program to a position of national prominence. Having now completed 22 seasons 1 NCAA Semifinals Appearance behind the Cornell bench in 2016-17, he has clearly accomplished that objective by 2003 guiding the Big Red to the NCAA tournament 10 times, including a berth in the NCAA 5 ECAC Hockey Tournament Championships Frozen 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 412-242-89 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 268-148-68 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 Ned Harkness 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 has a .614 career winning percentage following the 2016-17 season, which saw the Big Red return to the NCAA champi- onships with an at-large bid after Cornell advanced to the ECAC Hockey championship game. Additionally, his 412 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 Champi- onship 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 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, 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

Oct. 14-15, 2017 ∙ Guelph / Ottawa exhibitions - 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 - Oct. 14-15, 2017 ∙ Guelph / Ottawa exhibitions Cornell Season Summary Date Opponent Result GW/GT Goal Goalie (Saves) PP PK Att. Record 10/28 at Merrimack L, 2-3 (Hampus Gustafsson) Gillam(15-18)/Stewart(15-15) 1-6 6-7 1,967 0-1 11/4 at Dartmouth T, 1-1 (ot) (Corey Kalk) Gillam(28-29) 0-5 6-6 2,391 0-1-1, 0-0-1, 0-0-1 11/5 at Harvard L, 3-4 (Lewis Zerter-Gossage) Gillam(25-29) 3-6 2-3 3,095* 0-2-1, 0-1-1, 0-1-1 11/11 at Brown W, 4-2 Connor Murphy Gillam(22-24) 0-8 4-5 1,105 1-2-1, 1-1-1, 1-1-1 11/12 at Yale W, 6-3 Mitch Vanderlaan Gillam(39-42) 0-5 8-9 3,500* 2-2-1, 2-1-1, 2-1-1 11/18 Quinnipiac L, 1-3 (Craig Martin) Gillam(17-20) 0-4 3-4 3,767 2-3-1, 2-2-1 11/19 Princeton W, 4-2 Mitch Vanderlaan Gillam(20-22) 1-6 4-5 4,058 3-3-1, 3-2-1, 3-1-1 11/26 vs. New Hampshire W, 3-1 Noah Bauld Gillam(29-30) 1-6 7-7 10,418 4-3-1 11/29 at Colgate W, 3-2 Eric Freschi Gillam(20-22) 2-4 3-3 2,061 5-3-1, 4-2-1 12/2 Miami W, 4-3 Trevor Yates Gillam(28-31) 1-6 2-2 3,944 6-3-1 12/3 Miami W, 2-1 Jake Weidner Gillam(25-26) 0-4 0-3 3,693 7-3-1 12/28 vs. N. Michigan W, 5-2 Alex Rauter Gillam(18-20) 1-5 5-7 3,812 8-3-1 12/29 vs. Colorado Coll. L, 1-2 (ot) (Nick Halloran) Stewart(21-23) 1-6 6-6 3,772 8-4-1 1/7 at Merrimack W, 1-0 Matt Buckles Gillam(18-18) 0-3 2-2 1,712 9-4-1 1/13 at Princeton W, 5-1 Jeff Malott Gillam(31-32) 1-3 5-5 2,232* 10-4-1, 5-2-1, 4-1-1 1/14 at Quinnipiac W, 2-1 Alex Rauter Gillam(19-20) 1-5 4-5 2,979 11-4-1, 6-2-1 1/20 Clarkson T, 3-3 Trevor Yates Gillam(13-16) 1-5 2-3 3,955 11-4-2, 6-2-2 1/21 St. Lawrence W, 3-2 Brendan Smith Gillam(22-24) 0-3 3-3 4,171 12-4-2, 7-2-2 1/27 Harvard L, 1-4 (Clay Anderson) Gillam(21-24) 0-2 1-1 4,267* 12-5-2, 7-3-2, 4-2-1 1/28 Dartmouth L, 2-4 (Alex Jasiek) Gillam(26-29) 1-3 3-6 4,267* 12-6-2, 7-4-2, 4-3-1 2/3 at Union W, 5-3 Jake Weidner Gillam(27-30) 2-5 5-7 2,087 13-6-2, 8-4-2 2/4 at Rensselaer W, 4-3 Yanni Kaldis Gillam(21-24) 3-9 4-6 3,593 14-6-2, 9-4-2 2/7 Colgate W, 4-0 Holden Anderson Gillam(28-28) 1-1 3-3 3,603 15-6-2, 10-4-2 2/11 Yale T, 2-2 (Ted Hart) Gillam(35-37) 0-4 3-3 4,267* 15-6-3, 10-4-3, 4-3-2 2/12 Brown W, 5-3 Mitch Vanderlaan Gillam(23-26) 0-4 4-4 3,576 16-6-3, 11-4-3, 5-3-2 2/17 at St. Lawrence W, 4-2 Mitch Vanderlaan Gillam(27-29) 0-2 4-5 1,642 17-6-3, 12-4-3 2/18 at Clarkson T, 3-3 (Troy Josephs) Gillam(28-31) 0-5 4-4 3,061 17-6-4, 12-4-4 2/24 Rensselaer W, 2-0 Patrick McCarron Gillam(31-31) 1-5 5-5 3,968 18-6-4, 13-4-4 2/25 Union T, 3-3 Mitch Vanderlaan Gillam(32-35) 2-5 2-5 4,104 18-6-5, 13-4-5 3/10 Clarkson L, 2-6 (Troy Josephs) Gillam(22-27) 2-5 3-4 3,557 18-7-5 3/11 Clarkson W, 2-1 Anthony Angello Gillam(24-26) 0-4 3-4 4,021 19-7-5 3/12 Clarkson W, 2-1 Anthony Angello Gillam(31-32) 0-3 3-3 3,312 20-7-5 3/17 vs. Union W, 4-1 Jake Weidner Gillam(33-34) 1-4 3-4 4,165 21-7-5 3/18 vs. Harvard L, 1-4 (Luke Esposito) Gillam(32-36) 0-2 2-4 4,830 21-8-5 3/25 vs. UMass-Lowell L, 0-5 (Ryan Dmowski) Gillam(16-21) 0-2 3-5 6,299 21-9-5

Where Cornell Has Ranked ... By The Numbers

Cornell was inside the top 20 of the The College Hockey Inc. media kit for the 2017-18 season reveals that the Big Red Pairwise Rankings from December through continues to be one of the tallest teams in the country. Some facts, figures and rankings the end of last season on its way to an at- for Cornell relative to the nation’s other 59 Division I programs include ... large bid to NCAAs. Only North Dakota and Tallest teams, by average height Most NCAA tournament appearances UMass-Lowell have had a higher Pairwise T2. Cornell 6 feet, 1.11 inches (active coaches) Ranking at the time of NCAA selection in (Maine is 6’ 1.71”; Arizona St. is also 6’ 1.11”) 5. Mike Schafer 10 each of the last four years. (Note: The most for any coach affiliated with Biggest teams, by average weight ECAC Hockey) Date Pairwise* USCHO.com USA Today 10. Cornell 191.14 pounds Highest in 2016-17 season (Note: The Big Red averages nearly four fewer Schools with the most former players’ names 9 (3/13) 9 (5x) 9 (4x) pounds per play compared to last year) on the Stanley Cup End of 2016-17 season 10. Cornell 9 Youngest teams, by average age (as of Oct. 1) 11 13 (443) 13 (112) (Note: Most among ECAC Hockey programs) 7. Cornell 21 years, 67 days Preseason N/A 15 (279) RV (37) (Note: The Big Red is the youngest team in Oldest arenas Oct. 2 N/A No poll RV (28) ECAC Hockey) 7. Lynah Rink, Cornell 1957 Oct. 9 N/A 18 (226) RV (46) Largest freshman classes T4. Cornell 10 (UMass has 13; Air Force and Alaska-Anchorage have 12 each)

Oct. 14-15, 2017 ∙ Guelph / Ottawa exhibitions - 8 - 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-shot 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 * At Cornell: Earned everyday role last season after playing just two games as a freshman * Before Cornell: Helped Sioux Falls win USHL’s Clark Cup in 2015 with four assists and Jr. • D • 5-11 • 194 • 5-5-95 plus-9 rating in 12 playoff games ... Named to 2014 NAHL All-Rookie First Team after Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) scoring 31 points in 60 games 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 * Before Cornell: Named BCHL Rookie of the Year and a second-team all-star after posting 32-37–69 in 54 games last year ... Spent previous two seasons at The Gunnery, helping the team Fr. • F • 5-8 • 165 • 7-14-98 to a NEPSAC title in 2016 while being named to New England West all-star team ... Competed in Powell River Kings (BCHL) the USA Hockey Select 16 Player Development camp in 2015. 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.

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

- 9 - Oct. 14-15, 2017 ∙ Guelph / Ottawa exhibitions Big Red Quick Hits 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 * 2016-17: Led team with 8 PPGs and was 2nd on team in overall goals with 12-10–22 in 35 games ... Scored at Madison Square Garden for 2nd straight year Sr. • F • 6-2 • 203 • 3-6-95 * Before Cornell: Had 104 points in three seasons at Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts 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 * 2016-17: Earned team’s Iron Man Award after fighting through injuries to appear in 35 JARED FIEGL games, posting 2-4–6 ... Both goals started the scoring in home wins over Princeton and SLU Sr. • F • 6-1 • 215 • 1-23-96 * 2015-16: Scored lone goal in Dec. 28 victory over then-No. 1 Providence 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 COREY HOFFMAN * 2016-17: Appeared in 2 games, Nov. 29 at Colgate and Jan. 21 vs. SLU * Before Cornell: Posted 12-27–39 in 56 games between two BCHL teams in 2015-16, So. • F • 5-9 • 161 • 4-16-96 then was named Cowichan Valley’s playoff MVP after leading the squad with 10 points in six Cowichan Valley Capitals (BCHL) postseason games 19 Plainview, N.Y. * Personal: Posted 101 points in 20 games with Syosset HS team in 2011-12

* 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 * 2016-17: Led class with 6 goals, including a hat trick scored in a 9-minute span at Princeton ... Was one of two Cornellians to score twice in playoffs, including team’s final goal of the season So. • F • 6-3 • 203 • 8-7-96 * Before Cornell: Posted 25-35–60 in 46 games, helping Brooks to AJHL title series in 2015-16 Brooks Bandits (AJHL) ... Named team’s MVP and to all-division team after leading squad with 1.30 points per game 22 Burlington, Ontario * Personal: Teammate of Connor Murphy on GOJHL’s Caledonia Corvairs in 2013-14

Oct. 14-15, 2017 ∙ Guelph / Ottawa exhibitions - 10 - 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 * 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 * Personal: Cousin, Steve Mullin, played hockey for four years at Maine 26 Cartwright, Manitoba MORGAN BARRON * Before Cornell: Helped lead St. Andrew’s to consecutive CISAA provincial championships in 2016 and 2017 ... Captained last year’s squad while posting 28-22–50 in just 46 games ... Fr. • F • 6-3 • 208 • 12-2-98 Continued to average better than a point per game through CISAA postseason play. St. Andrew’s College * Personal: Younger brother, Justin, a rookie with QMJHL’s Halifax Mooseheads 27 Halifax, Nova Scotia * NHL Draft: New York Rangers; 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: Has a plus-15 rating over two seasons while logging top-four minutes ... Led team defensemen 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 * Before Cornell: Spent last two seasons as primary goalie in Victoria, where he was the both the team’s and division’s most valuable player in 2016-17 ... Was also named to the BCHL Fr. • G • 6-0 • 187 • 10-7-97 All-Star second team and competed with Team Canada West at the World Junior ‘A’ Challenge. Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL) ... Was Victoria’s rookie of the year in 2015-16 35 Aurora, Ontario * Personal: Won a provincial title with St. Andrew’s College in 2014-15

- 11 - Oct. 14-15, 2017 ∙ Guelph / Ottawa exhibitions 2016-17 Game Highs / Lows Situational Records

Cornell Highs Previous 5 years POINTS 17 at Yale (11/12) 2016-17 2015-16 2014-15 (2011-16) GOALS 6 at Yale (11/12) ASSISTS 11 at Yale (11/12) Overall 21-9-5 16-11-7 11-14-6 78-60-28 SHOTS ON GOAL 45 at RPI (2/3) ECAC Hockey games 13-4-5 8-8-6 9-9-4 48-39-23 SAVES 39 at Yale (11/12) Ivy League games 5-3-2 4-3-3 4-4-2 25-15-10 PENALTIES 10 at Yale (11/12), Non-conference games 8-5-0 8-3-1 2-5-2 28-21-5 vs. St. Lawrence (1/21) At home 9-4-3 9-5-2 7-7-3 40-25-11 PIM 36 vs. St. Lawrence (1/21) On the road 9-2-2 6-5-4 3-6-2 30-26-14 At a neutral site 3-3-0 1-1-1 1-1-1 8-9-3 Opponent Highs Leading after the 1st 10-1-2 5-2-2 4-0-1 33-7-6 POINTS 17 vs. Clarkson (3/10) Trailing after the 1st 2-5-0 4-5-3 1-6-1 13-29-7 GOALS 6 vs. Clarkson (3/10) Tied after the 1st 9-3-3 7-4-2 6-8-4 32-24-13 ASSISTS 11 vs. Clarkson (3/10) Leading after the 2nd 17-2-2 11-1-3 7-0-0 66-6-4 SHOTS ON GOAL 42 at RPI (2/3) SAVES 41 vs. N. Mich. (12/28) Trailing after the 2nd 3-7-2 0-8-1 1-11-3 4-44-8 PENALTIES 11 vs. St. Lawrence (1/21) Tied after the 2nd 1-0-1 5-2-3 3-3-3 18-10-11 PIM 49 vs. St. Lawrence (1/21) Outshooting opponent 11-3-1 5-2-1 5-3-4 34-15-13 Being outshot 9-6-4 11-9-6 6-10-2 43-42-14 Cornell Lows Shots are even 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 1-3-1 POINTS 0 vs. UMass-Lowell (3/25) One-goal margin 9-3-0 11-4 5-5 37-26 GOALS 0 vs. UMass-Lowell (3/25) Two-goal margin 7-2-0 0-1 4-3 21-9 ASSISTS 0 vs. UMass-Lowell (3/25) Three-goal margin 3-2-0 3-3 0-4 10-18 SHOTS ON GOAL 12 vs. Clarkson (3/12) Four- or more goal margin 2-2-0 2-3 2-2 10-10 SAVES 13 vs. Clarkson (1/20) Scoring first 13-2-4 11-4-3 6-1-3 55-14-16 PENALTIES 1 vs. Harvard (1/27) Opponent scores first 8-7-1 5-7-3 5-13-2 24-46-9 PIM 2 vs. Harvard (1/27) In October 0-1-0 2-0-0 0-0-1 6-1-1 Opponent Lows In November 5-2-1 4-1-2 4-4-0 22-14-5 In December 3-1-0 3-1-0 1-2-1 9-5-4 POINTS 0 at Merrimack (1/7), vs. Colgate (2/7), vs. RPI (2/24) In January 4-2-1 2-5-1 4-3-1 13-15-7 GOALS 0 at Merrimack (1/7), In February 6-0-3 2-2-4 2-3-3 14-14-11 vs. Colgate (2/7), vs. RPI (2/24) In March 3-3-0 3-2-0 0-2-0 14-11-0 ASSISTS 0 at Merrimack (1/7), On Sunday 2-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-1 1-2-2 vs. Colgate (2/7), vs. RPI (2/24) On Monday 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 1-1-0 SHOTS ON GOAL 16 vs. Clarkson (1/20) On Tuesday 2-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 2-1-0 SAVES 10 vs. Clarkson (3/12) On Wednesday 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 PENALTIES 1 vs. Colgate (2/7) On Thursday 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 PIM 2 vs. Colgate (2/7) On Friday 7-4-2 6-5-4 6-5-3 41-22-11 On Saturday 9-4-3 9-4-3 5-8-2 33-33-15 First of back-to-back 8-3-3 7-5-4 6-5-4 42-22-12 Second of back-to-back 9-4-2 9-6-2 4-8-2 31-31-14 In a single game 4-2-0 0-0-1 1-0-0 4-5-2 In overtime 0-1-5 4-3-7 2-1-5 13-8-24 vs. ECAC Hockey 16-6-5 11-10-6 9-11-4 27-18-9 vs. Atlantic Hockey 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 4-1-0 vs. Hockey East 2-2-0 3-0-1 0-0-0 4-4-2 vs. Big Ten 0-0-0 0-1-0 1-0-0 3-1-0 vs. NCHC 2-1-0 0-0-0 1-3-1 6-5-2 vs. WCHA 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-1 1-1-1 vs. USA Today poll ranked 3-5-1 3-5-4 2-3-1 N/A vs. USCHO.com poll ranked 6-5-1 3-6-5 3-4-2 N/A

Oct. 14-15, 2017 ∙ Guelph / Ottawa exhibitions - 12 - - 13 - Oct. 14-15, 2017 ∙ Guelph / Ottawa exhibitions The Last Time It Happened For Cornell: Game Span A hat trick...... Jeff Malott - at Princeton, 1/13/17 21 A short-handed goal...... Mitch Vanderlaan - at Dartmouth, 11/4/16 35 Short-handed goals in back-to-back games...... Mitch Carefoot - at Union, 2/9/07 & Mark McCutcheon - at RPI, 2/10/07 346 Two short-handed goals in a game...... Sean Collins & Joel Lowry - at Quinnipiac, 1/13/12 186 A short-handed goal in overtime...... Eric Freschi - vs. Clarkson, 11/14/14 97 An extra-attacker goal...... Mitch Vanderlaan - at Merrimack, 10/28/16 36 A penalty shot attempt...... Trevor Yates - vs. Yale, 2/11/17 12 A made penalty shot...... Alex Rauter - vs. New Hampshire, 11/26/16 28 Three power-play goals in a game...... 3 - at Rensselaer, 2/4/17 14 Four power-play goals in a game...... 4 - at Omaha, 10/26/13 132 Two two-goal scorers...... Brian Ferlin & Joel Lowry - at St. Lawrence, 11/16/13 126 Three two-goal scorers...... Byron Bitz, Mark McCutcheon & Raymond Sawada - vs. Princeton, 2/17/07 342 A goaltender recorded a point...... Mitch Gillam - vs. St. Lawrence, 1/21/17 18 Zero penalties committed...... vs. Brown, 2/19/99 618 A shutout...... Mitch Gillam (31 saves) - vs. Rensselaer, 2/24/17 8 Back-to-back shutouts...... Mitch Gillam - at Yale, 11/20/15 & at Brown, 11/21/15 63 A goalie made 40 or more saves...... Mitch Gillam (40) - vs. Boston Univ., 11/28/15 62 A goalie made 50 or more saves...... Andy Iles (60) - at Quinnipiac, 3/17/13 134 5 or more goals in one period...... 5, second period - vs. Yale, 12/3/04 433 5 or more goals in a game...... 5 - vs. Brown, 2/12/17 11 5 or more goals in consecutive games...... 5 - at St. Lawrence, 11/16/13 & 5 - vs. Brown, 11/22/13 125 6 or more goals...... 6 - at Yale, 11/12/16 31 6 or more goals in consecutive games...... 7 - vs Army, 10/29/04 & vs. Sacred Heart, 10/30/04 439 7 or more goals...... 7 - vs. Rensselaer, 2/16/08 313 7 or more goals in consecutive games...... 7 - vs Army, 10/29/04 & vs. Sacred Heart, 10/30/04 451 10 or more goals...... 10 - vs. Clarkson, 11/20/99 604 10 or more goals in a two-game weekend...... 10 - at Brown (4-2), at Yale (6-3), 11/11-11/12/16 31 A player had three points in a game...... Trevor Yates (2-1–3), vs. Clarkson, 1/20/17 19 A player had four points in a game...... Dustin Mowrey (1-3–4) vs. St. Lawrence, 1/24/14 116 A player had five points in a game...... Ryan Vesce (3-4–7), vs. Princeton, 11/8/03 466

Against Cornell: Game Span A hat trick...... Lewis Zerter-Gossage, Harvard - 11/5/16 34 A short-handed goal...... Sam Lafferty, Brown - 2/12/17 11 A penalty shot attempt...... Ryan Lough, St. Lawrence - 12/4/15 61 A made penalty shot...... Eric Neiley, Dartmouth - 1/24/15 83 Two power-play goals in a game...... 2, vs. Harvard - 3/18/17 2 Three power-play goals in a game...... 3, vs. Union - 2/25/17 7 A shutout...... Tyler Wall, UMass-Lowell (19 saves) - 3/25/17 1 Back-to-back shutouts...... vs. Lake Superior State and Miami, Dec. 28-29, 2014 89 A goalie made 40 or more saves...... Chase Perry, Rensselaer (41) - 2/4/17 14 A goalie made 50 or more saves...... David Leggio, Clarkson (56) - 3/11/06 377 3 or more goals in one period...... 3, third period, vs. Clarkson- 3/10/17 6 4 or more goals in one period...... 4, third period, vs. Harvard - 1/27/17 17 4 or more goals...... 5, vs. UMass-Lowell - 3/25/17 1 5 or more goals...... 5, vs. UMass-Lowell - 3/25/17 1 6 or more goals...... 6, vs. Clarkson - 3/10/17 6 10 or more goals...... 10, at Quinnipiac - 3/16/13 135

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

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