Cornell Men’s Hockey 2019-20 Game Notes Schedule & Results Cornell Big Red (8-0, 6-0 ECAC Hockey, 3-0 Ivy League) October 2 Cornell vs. Boston University 20 NIPISSING (exhib.) W, 6-2 26 U.S. NTDP Under-18s (exhib.) W, 3-0 Saturday, November 30, 2019, 8 p.m. ET Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. November Boston University Record: 4-5-5, 3-3-4 Hockey East 1 at Michigan State W, 3-2 2 at Michigan State W, 6-2 Live Coverage 8 BROWN * W, 4-1 Video: Patriot League Network 9 YALE * W, 6-2 Radio: WHCU (870 AM, 97.7 FM) 15 at Clarkson * W, 4-2 Audio: http://player.listenlive.co/41391 16 at St. Lawrence * W, 6-1 Stats: www.sidearmstats.com/bu/mhockey 22 QUINNIPIAC * W, 2-1 Twitter: @CUBigRedGameday, @CUBigRedHockey 23 PRINCETON * W, 5-1 30 vs. Boston Univ. # 8:00 p.m. What’s on Tap: December • Off to the program’s best start in 48 years and ranked second in both major 6 at Harvard * 7:00 p.m. national polls, Cornell will take to the big stage on Saturday for Red Hot Hockey 7 at Dartmouth * 7:00 p.m. — a game against Boston University at Madison Square Garden in New York. January • Faceoff is set for shortly after 8 p.m., and the game will be streamed for 3 vs. Ohio State ^ 8:30 p.m. PT free on the Patriot League Network. 4 vs. Army or Providence ^ 5:30/9 p.m. PT • Featuring the call of Jason Weinstein (play-by-play) and Tony Eisenhut ’88 (color 10 at Rensselaer * 7:00 p.m. commentary), the game can also be heard on WHCU (870 AM, 97.7 FM) and 11 at Union * 7:00 p.m. worldwide through the station’s website. 17 NORTHERN MICHIGAN 7:00 p.m. About Red Hot Hockey: 18 NORTHERN MICHIGAN 7:00 p.m. • Cornell and Boston University will play the seventh edition of the biennial 24 DARTMOUTH * 7:00 p.m. Red Hot Hockey series on Saturday. The games have been mostly sellouts at 25 HARVARD * 7:00 p.m. The World’s Most Famous Arena. 31 at Quinnipiac * 7:00 p.m. • Cornell has also started The Frozen Apple series in even-numbered years, having February defeated Michigan in 2012, Penn State in 2014 and New Hampshire in 2016 before 1 at Princeton * 7:00 p.m. a loss in 2018 against Harvard. 7 COLGATE * 7:00 p.m. 8 at Colgate * 7:00 p.m. Big Red Rewind: 14 UNION * 7:00 p.m. • Cornell is 8-0 and the last remaining undefeated team in the nation for the 15 RENSSELAER * 7:00 p.m. second time in the last three years. This marks the program’s best start since 21 at Yale * 7:00 p.m. the 1971-72 campaign. 22 at Brown * 7:00 p.m. • The Big Red is coming off a home ECAC Hockey weekend sweep, starting 28 ST. LAWRENCE * 7:00 p.m. with a 2-1 victory over Quinnipiac on Friday. Matthew Galajda made 13 of his 29 CLARKSON * 7:00 p.m. 22 saves in the third period to make the lead stand up on Michael Regush’s game-winning goal on the power play midway through the second. • Cornell came out slow the next night against Princeton, but Galajda made * ECAC Hockey game a handful of superb saves to keep the game scoreless until the Big Red took # at Madison Square Garden (New York) over with four goals in the second. Cam Donaldson led the way with a goal ^ at T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) and an assist in the 5-1 victory. Cornell Quick Facts By The Numbers: • The Big Red ranks second in the country in defense (1.50 goals against per Location ....................................Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 game) and third in offense (4.50 goals per game), which leads to a tie for Founded ............................................................ 1865 national lead in margin of victory (+3.00). Enrollment (undergraduate) ...................14,315 • Cornell has scored at least four goals in six of its eight games to date, and President ....................................Martha E. Pollack it has yet to surrender more than two in a game. Director of Athletics .............J. Andrew Noel, Jr. • The Big Red’s power play was the nation’s best for two consecutive Colors ...........................Carnelian Red and White weeks before a 1-for-10 performance last weekend against Quinnipiac and Conference..............ECAC Hockey / Ivy League Princeton. That still leaves Cornell with an impressive 33.3% conversion rate Rink (Capacity) .......................Lynah Rink (4,267) on the man advantage, which ranks second behind only Penn State (34.5%). Coaching Information • Cornell has not only scored first in each of its last seven games, it hasn’t trailed in any of those games either. The Big Red has trailed for just a total of Head Coach ............. Mike Schafer (Cornell ’86) 16:05 this season, and it has played a streak of 449:15 since it last trailed. Career Record ..... 466-259-95 (25th season) • The Big Red has scored 20 of its 36 goals in second periods this year. That’s Associate Head Coach ...........................Ben Syer an average of 2.5 goals per middle stanza, which by a wide margin leads (Western Ontario ’98) the country for any period. (Harvard averaged 2.0 goals per first and third Assistant Coach ............................Sean Flanagan periods at the start of the weekend). (St. Lawrence ’10) Director of Hockey Operations ....Shane Talarico The Red’s Barron: (SUNY Potsdam ’15) • Junior forward Morgan Barron (6-6–12) not only leads the team in scoring, Volunteer Assistant Coach .....Mitch Stephens he’s tied for sixth in the nation with an average of 1.5 points per game. He (Geneseo ’07) became the first Cornell men’s hockey player with at least 12 points through Team Information six games since Matt Moulson ‘06 and Ryan Vesce ‘04 both did so in the Captains ....................................................................... 2003-04 campaign. .....Morgan Barron, Yanni Kaldis, Jeff Malott • Barron, a sixth-round draft pick of the New York Rangers, was named to 2019-20 Record .................................................8-0-0 the All-ECAC Hockey first team last season and was tabbed a Preseason All- 2019-20 ECAC Hockey Record .....................6-0-0 ECAC Hockey selection in September. 2019-20 Ivy League Record ..........................3-0-0 First Varsity Season ..................................1900-01 Forward Thinking: • Junior forward Brenden Locke (3-6–9) is tied for second in team scoring All-Time Record ................ 1,156-730-144 (.605) with a team-best plus-11 rating that ranks tied for 11th in the nation. Since Record at Lynah Rink ............ 576-224-66 (.703) being reunited on a line with junior forward Cam Donaldson (2-6–8), both NCAA Championships ................2 (1967, 1970) players have a plus-9 rating over six games. NCAA Tournament Appearances ................... 22 Years ................ 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, ........................... 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) November 30, 2019 ∙ Red Hot Hockey vs. BU - 2 - • Sophomore forward Michael Regush (4-2–6) ranks second on the team in Tale of the Tape goal-scoring after netting 12 goals in his collegiate debut season. His two power-play goals are tied for the team lead with Barron and sophomore Cornell BU forward Max Andreev (2-6–8), who all play on the same power-play unit. Team Offense 4.50 3.07 • Scoring depth has powered the Big Red in the early going. Eight forwards National Rank 3rd T-20th Conf. Offense 4.50 2.90 already have multiple goals for Cornell through eight games compared to Conf. Rank 2nd 5th 12 for all of last season. Team Defense 1.50 3.07 More Than Just Defense: National Rank 2nd 38th Conf. Defense 1.33 2.80 • Junior defenseman Alex Green (3-6–9, plus-8) enters Saturday’s game on a Conf. Rank 1st 8th season-high scoring streak of six games, having already more than doubled his point production from an injury-riddled sophomore campaign. Power Play Pct. 33.3 21.4 • Sam Malinski (2-7–9, plus-8) leads the nation in scoring for freshman National Rank 2nd T-18th Conf. PP Pct. 31.8 20.5 defenseman with an average of 1.12 points per game. His 19 shots on goal Conf. Rank 2nd 5th rank third on the team and tops among all blueliners. • Senior defenseman Yanni Kaldis (2-6–8) is the team’s leading active scorer Penalty Kill Pct.