Game 16: Cornell at Union Game 17: Cornell at Rensselaer Schedule & Results
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Game 16: Cornell at Union Schedule & Results 7 p.m. EST ∙ Friday, January 16 ∙ Messa Rink ∙ Schenectady, N.Y. OCTOBER Records: Cornell 6-7-2, 4-4 ECAC Hockey, 2-1 Ivy ∙ Union 11-8-2, 4-5-1 ECAC Hockey 24 U.S. NTDP UNDER-18 TEAM (exhib.) W, 3-2 25 CARLETON (exhib.) W, 3-2 TV: TWC SportsChannel ∙ Radio: WHCU-AM (870) ∙ Video: www.unionathletics.tv 31 OMAHA T, 1-1 Live stats: www.sidearmsports.com/union/mhockey ∙ Audio: www.ivyleaguedigitalnetwork.com/ NOVEMBER 1 OMAHA L, 1-2 Game 17: Cornell at Rensselaer 7 at Princeton* L, 1-2 8 at Quinnipiac* L, 0-1 7 p.m. EST ∙ Saturday, January 17 ∙ Houston Field House ∙ Troy, N.Y. 14 CLARKSON* W, 2-1 (OT) Records*: Cornell 6-7-2, 4-4 ECAC Hockey, 2-1 Ivy ∙ Rensselaer 7-16-1, 5-6 ECAC Hockey 15 ST. LAWRENCE* L, 2-4 TV: TWC SportsChannel ∙ Radio: WHCU-AM (870) ∙ Video: None 21 YALE* W, 3-2 Live stats: www.sidearmsports.com/union/mhockey ∙ Audio: www.ivyleaguedigitalnetwork.com/ 22 BROWN* W, 4-0 * — Records do not include Friday’s results 29 vs. Penn State# W, 3-1 DECEMBER WHAT’S ON TAP games, a stretch that included being shut out in con- 5 DENVER W, 4-1 The Big Red wraps up its season-high stretch of six secutive games for the first time since December 1963. 6 DENVER L, 1-3 straight games away from home this weekend, when ... Sophomore goaltender Mitch Gillam (4-4-2, 1.33, 28 vs. Lake Superior State~ T, 0-0 .954, SO) has started 10 of the Big Red’s 15 games. ... 29 vs. Miami L, 0-3 it travels to New York’s Capital District for ECAC Hockey games Friday night at Union and Saturday night at Lowry seven points in his last six games. ... Team defense JANUARY Rensselaer. Both games will be broadcast on Time War- continues to be the story for the Big Red, despite lean- 9 at St. Lawrence* L, 1-3 ner Cable SportsChannel, and will be available to cable ing heavily on three defensemen and two goalies with 10 at Clarkson* W, 2-0 subscribers in the company’s Syracuse (including Ithaca), a combined three games of college hockey experience 16 at Union* 7 p.m. Albany, Hudson Valley and New York City markets. Addi- heading into the season. Cornell leads the nation with 17 at Rensselaer* 7 p.m. tionally, Friday’s game at Union will be available in TWC’s a team goals-against average of 1.60 heading into this 23 HARVARD* 7 p.m. weekend. ... Mike Schafer is in his 20th season as the Jay 24 DARTMOUTH* 7 p.m. Buffalo and Rochester markets. Audio broadcasts of both games will be available for free on Big Red Digital and R. Bloom ’77 Head Coach of Men’s Hockey. Associate head 30 at Colgate* 7 p.m. coach Ben Syer and assistant coach Topher Scott return 31 COLGATE* 7 p.m. can also be heard in the Ithaca area on WHCU-AM (870). Jason Weinstein will handle the play-by-play. for their fourth seasons with the Big Red. Lyle Gregory FEBRUARY has joined the team as a volunteer assistant coach. 6 QUINNIPIAC* 7 p.m. ABOUT THE BIG RED 7 PRINCETON* 7 p.m. Armed with the top team defense in the country, Cornell GOALIE UNIVERSITY 13 at Dartmouth* 7 p.m. recorded its third shutout of the season in last Saturday’s Cornell has a long history of celebrated goaltenders, and 14 at Harvard* 7 p.m. 2-0 victory at Clarkson. Freshman goaltender Hayden sophomore Mitch Gillam and freshman Hayden Stew- 20 RENSSELAER* 7 p.m. art are starting to make names for themselves. Having 21 UNION* 7 p.m. Stewart (2-3, 1.54, .949, 2 SO) made 36 saves, includ- ing 19 in the first period. The victory halted a four-game entered this season notorious for scoring an empty-net 27 at Brown* 7 p.m. goal last season, Gillam has built a reputation for be- 28 at Yale* 7 p.m. winless skid for the Big Red, which has been a streaky team to date. Cornell started the season winless in four ing one of the best goaltenders in the nation this year. MARCH games, then rattled off five wins over its next six games. He ranks second nationally in both goals-against aver- 6-8 ECAC Hockey first round (campus sites, seeds 5-8) ... Sophomore forward Matt Buckles (4-1–5; 3 PPG) age (1.33) and save percentage (.954). By surrendering 13-15 ECAC Hockey quarterfinals (campus sites, seeds 1-4) scored the winner late in the second period against one or fewer goals in seven of nine starts this season, 20 ECAC Hockey semifinals (Lake Placid, N.Y.) Gillam is the first Cornell goalie to accomplish that feat 21 ECAC Hockey Championship (Lake Placid, N.Y.) Clarkson, moving into a three-way tie for the team goal- 27-28 NCAA Regionals (Manchester, N.H.; Fargo, N.D.) scoring lead with senior forward Joel Lowry (4-4–8) and since Ben Scrivens late in the 2010 season. Meanwhile, 28-29 NCAA Regionals (Providence, R.I.; South Bend, Ind.) junior forward Christian Hilbrich (4-3–7). Sophomore freshman Hayden Stewart has made the most of his five forward Jake Weidner (1-6–7) scored a power-play goal starts this year, earning shutouts in two of them — both APRIL early in the third period Saturday to move into a second- in ECAC Hockey play. Stewart won the league’s Rookie of 9-11 NCAA Frozen Four (Boston, Mass.) place tie in team scoring with Hilbrich, one point behind the Week honor after both shutouts, including last Satur- * ECAC Hockey game; # The Frozen Apple at Madison Lowry. ... The Big Red has just four goals over its last five day’s 36-save effort at Clarkson. Square Garden (New York); ~ Florida College Hockey Classic Men’s Hockey Contact: Brandon Thomas, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications • Office Phone: (607) 255-5627 • Email: [email protected] ABOUT UNION ABOUT RENSSELAER Tale of the Tape The Dutchmen are 6-3-1 in their last 10 games, follow- The Engineers halted a nine-game losing streak with a Cornell Union RPI ing a six-game winless skid that dropped the defending 5-2 victory Saturday at Princeton. But a closer look at Team Offense 1.67 3.43 1.71 national champions and three-time defending ECAC those nine straight losses reveals eight of those games National Rank 57th 8th T-55th Hockey champions out of the national rankings. Union were against teams currently ranked in the USCHO.com Conference Offense 1.88 3.40 2.45 returned to league play last weekend and sailed past Top 20 (at Yale, at Harvard, at Quinnipiac, vs. Boston Uni- Conference Rank 9th 2nd 7th Princeton, 5-2, on Friday before dropping a 4-3 affair versity, two at Michigan and two vs. Miami). In that same against league-leading Quinnipiac on Saturday. The Bob- stretch, RPI failed to score more than two goals once. ... Team Defense 1.60 2.57 3.12 cats took a four-goal lead into the third period before the Freshman left wing Drew Melanson (4-7–11) and senior National Rank 1st 31st 45th Dutchmen made the game interesting with three goals winger Jacob Laliberté (2-9–11) are tied for the team Conference Defense 1.62 2.90 2.91 in the third. ... Senior Colin Stevens (9-6, 2.45, .916, SO) lead in scoring. Laliberté also leads the team with six Conference Rank 3rd 9th 10th started both games last weekend, but was pulled after points on the power play and a 57.6 percent success rate PP Pct. 15.8 19.2 15.1 Quinnipiac’s fourth goal Saturday. Stevens was a first- on faceoffs. Junior center Miloš Bubela (5-2–7) leads the National Rank 37th 20th T-38th team all-league selection last season. Sophomore Alex team in goals. ... Freshman winger Viktor Liljegren (4-1– Conference PP Pct. 22.2 18.8 20.7 Sakellaropoulos (2-2-2, 2.69, .910) has made six starts 5) is the Engineers’ most frequent shooter, and all four of Conference Rank 2nd 4th 3rd and five relief appearances. ... Sophomore center Mike his goals have come in RPI victories. ... Junior Jason Kas- PK Pct. 89.7 80.5 79.4 Vecchione has the highest point total in the league (11- dorf (7-10, 2.74, .910) is the team’s starting goaltender. National Rank 5th 44th 48th 19–30, 4 PPG), with half of his points coming on the The Winnipeg Jets draft pick was the ECAC Hockey Rookie Conference PK Pct. 88.6 75.9 80.9 power play. But senior right wing Daniel Ciampini (15- of the Year in 2012-13, then lost all but two games of last Conference Rank 5th 11th 9th 14–29, 5 PPG) leads the team in goals, rating (plus-19) season to an injury. Senior Scott Diebold (0-6-1, 3.14, and leads ECAC Hockey in points during league games. ... .894) has also appeared in nine games. ... Seth Appert Rick Bennett is in his fourth year as head coach, posting a is in his ninth season as the head coach, entering this Cornell Quick Facts 91-35-18 record coming into this weekend. weekend with a 121-168-38 record. Location .....................................................Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 THE SERIES WITH UNION THE SERIES WITH RENSSELAER Founded ........................................................................