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Cornell Men’s Hockey 2019-20 Game Notes Schedule & Results Cornell Big Red (15-2-4, 10-2-2 ECAC Hockey) October #3 Cornell at Colgate 20 NIPISSING (exhib.) W, 6-2 26 U.S. NTDP Under-18s (exhib.) W, 3-0 Saturday, February 8, 2020, 7 p.m. EST Class of 1965 Arena, Hamilton, N.Y. November Colgate Record: 9-11-6, 7-4-3 ECAC Hockey 1 at Michigan State W, 3-2 2 at Michigan State W, 6-2 Live Coverage Where Cornell Stands 8 BROWN * W, 4-1 Video: ESPN+ (U.S.), Stretch Internet (International) USCHO.com poll: 2 9 YALE * W, 6-2 Radio: WHCU (870 AM, 97.7 FM) USA Hockey/USA Today poll: 2 15 at Clarkson * W, 4-2 Audio: http://player.listenlive.co/41391 RPI: 3 16 at St. Lawrence * W, 6-1 Stats: www.sidearmstats.com/cornell/mhockey KRACH: 3 22 QUINNIPIAC * W, 2-1 Twitter: @CUBigRedGameday, @CUBigRedHockey Pairwise: 3 23 PRINCETON * W, 5-1 30 vs. Boston Univ. # W, 2-0 What’s on Tap: December • Though one day later and at a different venue than expected, the Cornell 6 at Harvard * W, 3-1 men’s hockey team will open its regional rivalry series against Colgate at 7 7 at Dartmouth * L, 1-2 p.m. Saturday at Class of 1965 Arena. • The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ in the U.S. (with an option for January international viewers also available through portal.stretchinternet.com). V 3 vs. Ohio State W, 5-2 • Tonight's game can also be heard on WHCU (870 AM, 97.7 FM) with Jason V 4 vs. Providence T, 2-2 Weinstein back for his 16th season on play-by-play and Tony Eisenhut ’88 on 10 at Rensselaer * W, 3-0 color commentary. 11 at Union * T, 3-3 17 NORTHERN MICHIGAN T, 2-2 Whither The Weather: 18 NORTHERN MICHIGAN W, 3-1 • With Cornell University's main campus closing on Friday due to inclement 24 DARTMOUTH * W, 3-2 weather, the game between the Big Red and Raiders originally scheduled 25 HARVARD * T, 1-1 for Friday night has been moved to 4 p.m. Sunday. The rematch between the 31 at Quinnipiac * L, 0-5 teams will now be the only Division I game in the country on Sunday. February 1 at Princeton * W, 5-3 Big Red Rewind: 8 at Colgate * 7:00 p.m. • Cornell is coming off a disappointing ECAC Hockey road trip in which it 9 COLGATE * 4:00 p.m. suffered a 5-0 loss last Friday against Quinnipiac before needing three goals in 14 UNION * 7:00 p.m. the third period to hold off Princeton for a 5-3 victory on Saturday. 15 RENSSELAER * 7:00 p.m. • The loss against the Bobcats ended an eight-game unbeaten streak for the 21 at Yale * 7:00 p.m. Big Red, and it slipped to second place in the ECAC Hockey standings. 22 at Brown * 7:00 p.m. • Tristan Mullin scored twice on Saturday, the first of which came 96 seconds 28 ST. LAWRENCE * 7:00 p.m. after Max Andreev’s extra-attacker goal to give Cornell a 2-0 lead just 10:05 in. 29 CLARKSON * 7:00 p.m. • Alex Green put Cornell ahead for good with a power-play strike 5:06 into the third, then Ben Tupker doubled the lead 51 seconds later. Mullin closed the scoring with his team-leading sixth power-play goal of the year. * ECAC Hockey game • All three of Princeton's goal came on the power play, ending the Big Red's # at Madison Square Garden (New York) string of 17 consecutive penalty kills. Meanwhile, Cornell's power play now V at T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) has five goals in its last four games. Cornell Quick Facts By The Numbers: • Despite being touched up for eight goals last weekend, the Big Red still Location ....................................Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 ranks second in the nation in team defense (1.71 goals against per game). Founded ............................................................ 1865 Cornell also ranks 11th in offense (3.29 goals per game), which leads to the Enrollment (undergraduate) ...................14,315 nation’s fourth-largest scoring margin (+1.57). President ....................................Martha E. Pollack • For the first time in the program’s modern-era history, Cornell did not surrender Director of Athletics .............J. Andrew Noel, Jr. more than two goals in its first 14 games of the season. That helped the Big Red Colors ...........................Carnelian Red and White remain the last team in the nation to yield three or four goals in a game. Conference..............ECAC Hockey / Ivy League • Cornell’s power play ranks eighth in the nation with a 25.6% success Rink (Capacity) .......................Lynah Rink (4,267) rate. Junior forward Tristan Mullin leads the team with six goals on the Coaching Information man advantage, and his average of 0.29 power-play goals per game ranks seventh in the nation and second among players in ECAC Hockey. Head Coach ............. Mike Schafer (Cornell ’86) • One of the keys to Cornell’s success is its ability to play with the lead and – Career Record ..... 473-261-99 (25th season) failing that – erasing deficits. Opponents have taken a one-goal lead on the Associate Head Coach ...........................Ben Syer Big Red 14 times this season, and in 12 of those instances Cornell has scored (Western Ontario ’98) the next goal. Assistant Coach ............................Sean Flanagan • After spending three consecutive weeks at the top spot for the first time in (St. Lawrence ’10) program history, Cornell dropped to #2 in both national polls. The Big Red Director of Hockey Operations ....Shane Talarico now sits third in the Pairwise Comparison Ratings. (SUNY Potsdam ’15) Volunteer Assistant Coach .....Mitch Stephens Forward Thinking: (Geneseo ’07) • Junior forward Morgan Barron (9-13–22) leads the team in scoring after Team Information topping the list with 34 points a season ago. The Preseason All-ECAC Hockey selection became the first Cornell men’s hockey player with at least Captains ....................................................................... 12 points through six games since Matt Moulson ’06 and Ryan Vesce ’04 .....Morgan Barron, Yanni Kaldis, Jeff Malott both did so in the 2003-04 campaign. 2019-20 Record ..............................................15-2-4 • Junior forward Brenden Locke (7-12–19) ranks second in team scoring, 2019-20 ECAC Hockey Record ..................10-2-2 traditionally centering a line with Barron on the left wing. Classmate Cam 2019-20 Ivy League Record ..........................6-1-1 Donaldson (4-12–16), who’s tied for third in team scoring, typically joins First Varsity Season ..................................1900-01 them on the right wing. Locke (plus-17) and Donaldson (plus-16) rank first All-Time Record ................ 1,162-732-147 (.605) and second in ECAC Hockey in plus-minus rating. Record at Lynah Rink ............ 577-224-67 (.703) • Junior forward Tristan Mullin (8-5–13; 6 PPGs) has scored six goals since NCAA Championships ................2 (1967, 1970) the calendar turned to 2020, which is at least double the goal total of NCAA Tournament Appearances ................... 22 anyone else on the team in that span. He’s tied for second on the team in Years ................ 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, goals with sophomore forward Michael Regush (8-6–14). ........................... 1973, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, ................ 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 Perennial Contention ................ 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019 ECAC Hockey Championships ........................ 12 Last season marked Cornell's seventh trek to ECAC Hockey’s championship weekend over the last 10 years, which is tops among the circuit’s 12 teams. Here is Years ..............1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 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) 2019 2018 2017 2014 2012 2011 2010 HARVARD (6) 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2012 Website: www.CornellBigRed.com QUINNIPIAC (5) 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 Facebook: Cornell Sports Twitter: @CornellSports UNION (5) 2017 2014 2013 2012 2010 Instagram: @CornellSports COLGATE (4) 2015 2014 2012 2011 YouTube: CornellAthletics BROWN (3) 2019 2013 2010 ST. LAWRENCE (3) 2016 2015 2010 Cornell Men’s Hockey Media Contact CLARKSON (2) 2019 2018 DARTMOUTH (2) 2016 2011 Brandon Thomas, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications YALE (2) 2013 2011 Office Phone: (607) 255-5627 PRINCETON (1) 2018 Email: [email protected] RENSSELAER (0) February 8, 2020 ∙ Colgate - 2 - More Than Just Defense: Tale of the Tape • Not only has Cornell surrendered just 20 even-strength goals this year (an average of 0.95 per game), it also ranks fifth in the nation with 2.81 Cornell Colgate points per game for defenseman. Team Offense 3.29 2.12 • Senior defenseman Yanni Kaldis (2-14–16), who is the team’s leading National Rank 11th 52nd Conf. Offense 3.29 2.50 active scorer with 77 collegiate points, leads the team in assists. The Conf. Rank 2nd T-7th three-time selection to the All-Ivy League first team was also a Preseason All-ECAC Hockey selection in September. Team Defense 1.71 2.38 • Junior defenseman Alex Green (5-9–14, plus-14), a fourth-round pick of National Rank 2nd 16th Conf. Defense 1.79 2.21 the Tampa Bay Lightning, has already tripled his point production from an Conf. Rank 2nd 5th injury-riddled sophomore campaign. His average of .161 goals per shot on frame is best in the nation among defensemen. Power Play Pct. 25.6 6.3 • Travis Mitchell (2-8–10, plus-15) is tied for the national lead for rating National Rank 8th 60th Conf.