CORNELL HOCKEY Contact: Kevin Zeise, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications ph. 607.255.5627 • cell 603.748.1268 • fax 607.255.9791 • email [email protected] THIS WEEK IN CORNELL HOCKEY CORNELL MEN’S ICE HOCKEY GAME 26: Cornell at Quinnipiac 2007-08 SEASON SchEDULE FACEOff: Friday, February 22, 2008, at 7 p.m. ET October SITE: TD Banknorth Center (3,286) - Hamden, Conn. 13 Red and White Scrimmage RECORDS: Cornell (12-10-3, 10-7-1 ECAC Hockey) 19 Trois-Rivieres (exhibition) T, 0-0 (ot) 21 Ottawa (exhibition) W, 8-0 Quinnipiac (17-9-4, 9-5-4 ECAC Hockey) 27 at Rochester Inst. of Technology~ L, 1-4 SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 5-3-1 LAST MEETING: Cornell won, 5-3, on Nov. 3, 2007, in Ithaca, N.Y. November RADIO: WHCU 870 AM • Jason Weinstein (play-by-play) 2 Princeton* L, 2-3 LIVE AUDIO: Cornell RedCast (subscription required) 3 Quinnipiac* W, 5-3 9 at Yale* W, 2-1 LIVE StATS: none available 10 at Brown* W, 4-1 TICKETS: (607) 254-BEAR 16 at Harvard* L, 1-2 17 at Dartmouth* W, 4-1 GAME 27: Cornell at Princeton 24 vs. Boston University^ L, 3-6 30 Massachusetts T, 0-0 (ot) FACEOff: Saturday, February 23, 2008, at 7 p.m. ET SITE: Hobey Baker Rink (2,092) - Princeton, N.J. December RECORDS: Cornell (12-10-3, 10-7-1 ECAC Hockey) Florida College Classic - Estero, Fla. Princeton (15-10-0, 12-6-0 ECAC Hockey) 28 UMass-Lowell L, 2-3 SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 76-43-7 29 Clarkson T, 3-3 (ot) LAST MEETING: Princeton won, 3-2, on Nov. 2, 2007, in Ithaca, N.Y. January RADIO: WHCU 870 AM • Jason Weinstein (play-by-play) 4 Niagara W, 6-0 LIVE AUDIO: Cornell RedCast (subscription required) 5 Niagara W, 4-3 LIVE VIDEO: Cornell RedCast (subscription required) 11 at Rensselaer* W, 2-1 12 at Union* L, 1-2 LIVE StATS: http://www.goprincetontigers.com 18 St. Lawrence* W, 3-1 TICKETS: (607) 254-BEAR 20 Clarkson* L, 2-4 25 Brown* W, 4-1 ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell men’s hockey team takes to the road for the final time in the regu- 26 Yale* T, 2-2 (ot) lar season, traveling to Quinnipiac for 7 p.m. game on Friday, Feb. 22, before battling Princ- eton the following night in Princeton, N.J. The Big Red trails Quinnipiac by one point for third February place in the league standings and is just two points behind Princeton for second place. Both 1 Colgate* W, 2-1 (ot) games can be heard in the Ithaca area on WHCU AM 870, with Jason Weinstein providing the 2 at Colgate* W, 3-1 play-by-play. In addition, live audio of Friday’s game and live video of Saturday’s contest will 8 at Clarkson* L, 1-4 also be available worldwide through the Cornell RedCast subscription service. 9 at St. Lawrence* L, 2-4 15 Union* L, 2-3 About the Big Red 16 Rensselaer W, 7-1 Cornell enters this weekend’s action in the middle of a heated race for one of the top four 22 at Quinnipiac* 7 pm 23 at Princeton* 7 pm spots in the league standings. Cornell is currently in fourth place with 21 points, though just 29 Dartmouth* 7 pm four points separate second-place Princeton and the seventh spot in the standings. Cornell is coming off a split of last weekend’s games against the Capital District foes. The Big Red March dropped the opener, 3-2, to Union on Friday night at Lynah Rink, before rebounding the next 1 Harvard* 7 pm night for a 7-1 thrashing of Rensselaer. Blake Gallagher and Topher Scott scored against the Dutchmen, with goaltender Ben Scrivens picking up 34 saves in the losing effort. Against ECAC Hockey First Round • March 7-9 Rensselaer, six different players scored goals, with Doug Krantz scoring the first two-goal On Campus at Higher Seed game of his career with a pair of power-play markers in the third period. Scott picked up a ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals • March 14-16 career-high four points on a goal and three assists, with the three helpers also being a career- On Campus at Higher Seed best. In all, six players scored multiple points against the Engineers, while Scrivens stopped 16 shots in picking up the victory. For the year, freshman Riley Nash continues to lead the team ECAC Hockey Championship Finals • March 21-22 Times Union Center - Albany, N.Y. in scoring with 22 points on 10 goals and 12 assists, while Topher Scott and Colin Greening both have 21 points on the season. Scrivens has a .927 save percentage and a 2.10 goals- NCAA Regionals • March 28-30 against average in between the pipes for the Big Red. On the year, Cornell has killed off 94- Site TBA of-111 opponents’ power plays (84.7 percent), while converting on 24-of-130 man-advantage NCAA Frozen Four • April 10-12 chances (18.5 percent). Pepsi Center - Denver, Colo. * ECAC Hockey Game Head Coach Mike Schafer `86 ~ at Blue Cross Arena (Rochester, N.Y.) Mike Schafer, the Jay R. Bloom ‘77 Head Coach of Men’s Ice Hockey, is in his 13th season at the ^ at Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) helm of the Big Red. Schafer has a 247-135-45 career record and has guided the Big Red to six 1 NCAA tournament appearances. The 12th coach in Cornell men’s hockey ECAC Hockey Standings history, he has won four ECAC Hockey League tournament titles, three (as of Feb. 19) league regular-season championships and is a three-time ECAC Hockey League Overall League Coach of the Year. Schafer, with 247 career wins to his credit, is Team Pts GP W L T GF GA GP W L T GF GA the winningest coach in Cornell history, passing Dick Bertrand’s 230 on 1 Clarkson 26 18 12 4 2 54 40 30 17 10 3 82 76 Jan. 27, 2007, against Colgate at Lynah Rink. He also ranks sixth among 2 Princeton 24 18 12 6 0 61 47 25 15 10 0 80 75 active Division I coaches in winning percentage, leading the Big Red to 3 Quinnipiac 22 18 9 5 4 56 48 30 17 9 4 92 74 victory in 63.7 percent of Cornell’s games. He is assisted by Brent Brekke 4 Cornell 21 18 10 7 1 49 36 25 12 10 3 68 55 and Scott Garrow, both in their ninth seasons with the Big Red. 5 Union 20 18 8 6 4 42 50 29 13 11 5 67 78 Harvard 20 18 9 7 2 45 35 25 11 11 3 62 60 About Quinnipiac Yale 20 18 7 6 4 51 46 25 12 9 4 76 65 The Bobcats enter the weekend with a 17-9-4 mark overall and a 9-5- 8 Colgate 18 18 7 7 4 47 37 30 13 12 5 85 65 4 record in ECAC Hockey action. Quinnipiac dropped a pair of games 9 St. Lawrence 12 18 5 11 2 48 58 30 10 16 4 85 91 last weekend, losing at Dartmouth, 7-2, and falling at Harvard, 4-1, to 10 Rensselaer 11 18 4 11 3 38 60 32 9 19 4 68 98 see their cushion in the league standings fall to a single point over Brown 11 18 4 11 3 41 60 25 4 17 4 51 86 fourth-place Cornell. Sophomore Brandon Wong leads the Bobcats Dartmouth 11 18 4 11 3 48 63 25 9 12 3 75 80 with 30 points on the season, while junior Bryan Leitch has 25 points Ivy League Hockey Standings and senior Ben Nelson has 24. Leitch, Nelson and senior Dan Travis each (as of Feb. 19) have a team-high 11 goals on the year. Junior Bud Fisher has a .909 League Overall save percentage and a 2.34 goals-against average to lead the Bobcat Team Pts GP W L T GF GA GP W L T GF GA netminders. Quinnipiac is converting on 17.2 percent of its power play 1 Princeton 16 9 8 1 0 34 19 25 15 10 0 80 75 opportunities (25-of-151) while killing off 114-of-130 opponents’ man- 2 Cornell 9 7 4 2 1 19 11 25 12 10 3 68 55 advantage opportunities (87.7 percent). Harvard 9 7 4 2 1 15 13 25 11 11 3 62 60 4 Yale 8 8 3 3 2 22 21 25 12 9 4 76 65 The Series With Quinnipiac 5 Brown 4 8 2 6 0 17 27 25 4 17 4 51 86 The Big Red holds a slim 5-3-1 lead in the all-time series with Quin- 6 Dartmouth 0 7 0 7 0 12 28 25 9 12 4 75 80 nipiac, with all three losses coming in 2006-07. The Big Red took this season’s first meeting, 5-3, on Nov. 3 at Lynah Rink. Friday’s game will Recent Results/Upcoming Contests be the first for the Big Red at the TD Banknorth Center, which opened Friday, Feb. 15 in January 2007. Cornell is 1-1 in games where the Bobcats have been Rensselaer 0, Colgate 4 Union 3, Cornell 2 the home team. Clarkson 4, Brown 3 (ot) St.