Schedule & Results OCTOBER 24 U.S. NTDP UNDER-18 TEAM (exhib.) W, 3-2 25 CARLETON (exhib.) W, 3-2 31 OMAHA T, 1-1 NOVEMBER Game 9: Cornell vs. Penn State 1 OMAHA L, 1-2 8 p.m. EST ∙ Saturday, November 29 ∙ Madison Square Garden ∙ New York, N.Y. 7 at Princeton* L, 1-2 Records: Cornell 3-4-1, 3-3 ECAC Hockey, 2-1 Ivy League ∙ Penn State 7-3-2, 1-1 Big Ten 8 at Quinnipiac* L, 0-1 TV: None ∙ Radio: WHCU-AM (870) ∙ Video: www.ivyleaguedigitalnetwork.com/cornell 14 CLARKSON* W, 2-1 (OT) 15 ST. LAWRENCE* L, 2-4 Live stats: www.sidearmstats.com/cornell/mhockey ∙ Audio: www.ivyleaguedigitalnetwork.com 21 YALE* W, 3-2 22 BROWN* W, 4-0 WHAT’S ON TAP all on the power play. He leads the nation in power-play 29 vs. Penn State# 8 p.m. The Big Red will play at “The World’s Most Famous Arena“ goals per game (0.50). ... Sophomores forwards Jake DECEMBER for the sixth time in the last eight years at 8 p.m. Satur- Weidner (0-4–4) and Jeff Kubiak (0-4–4) are tied for the 5 DENVER 7 p.m. day, when it plays host to Penn State in the second Frozen team lead in assists. All four of Weidner’s of assists have 6 DENVER 7 p.m. Apple at famed Madison Square Garden in New York. The been primary assists. ... Mike Schafer is in his 20th season 28 vs. Lake Superior State~ 7:30 p.m. game will be streamed live on subscription-based Big as the Jay R. Bloom ’77 Head Coach of Men’s Hockey. As- 29 vs. Miami or Notre Dame~ 4 p.m. / 7:30 p.m. Red Digital with Jason Weinstein handling play-by play sociate head coach Ben Syer and assistant coach Topher JANUARY and Tony Eisenhut providing color commentary. Their call Scott return for their fourth seasons with the Big Red, 9 at St. Lawrence* 7 p.m. is also available for free on Big Red Digital, and it can also and Lyle Gregory is the volunteer assistant coach. 10 at Clarkson* 7 p.m. be heard in the Ithaca area on WHCU-AM (870). 16 at Union* 7 p.m. CORNELL AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 17 at Rensselaer* 7 p.m. ABOUT THE BIG RED The Big Red will be at the current incarnation of “The 23 HARVARD* 7 p.m. After a slow start to the season, Cornell rebounded with World’s Most Famous Arena” for the sixth time in the last 24 DARTMOUTH* 7 p.m. a home sweep last weekend against Yale and Brown. eight years, with this year’s game against Penn State serv- 30 at Colgate* 7 p.m. Junior forward Christian Hilbrich (2-1–3) scored goals in ing as the second Frozen Apple game. Cornell won the in- 31 COLGATE* 7 p.m. both games, including the winner in Friday’s 3-2 affair augural event in 2012, handily defeating Michigan, 5-1. In FEBRUARY against the Bulldogs with 7:02 remaining in the third the Red Hot Hockey series, the Big Red has dropped three 6 QUINNIPIAC* 7 p.m. period. The Big Red then blitzed the Bears with three games and tied one game against Boston University in 7 PRINCETON* 7 p.m. goals in the first 15 minutes of Saturday’s game before 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013. 13 at Dartmouth* 7 p.m. cruising to a 4-0 victory. Freshmen Ryan Bliss (1-2–3), 14 at Harvard* 7 p.m. a defenseman, and Dwyer Tschantz (1-0–1), a forward, SITTING ATOP THE IVY 20 RENSSELAER* 7 p.m. each netted their first collegiate goals over the weekend. Cornell won the Ivy League championship outright in 21 UNION* 7 p.m. ... Sophomore goaltender Mitch Gillam (2-3-1, 1.72, 2014. It’s the second time in the last three years the Big 27 at Brown* 7 p.m. .943) ranks ninth in the country in goals-against aver- Red claimed the Ivy crown, the 17th time it’s done so 28 at Yale* 7 p.m. age and seventh in save percentage. He made 32 saves to outright and the 21st time overall in program history. MARCH earn the victory against Yale. Gillam also has a goal and Cornell came up just short of even more history when a 6-8 ECAC Hockey first round (campus sites, seeds 5-8) an assist in his eight career games. ... The Big Red is tied 1-0 loss to Dartmouth on Feb. 28 proved to be the squad’s 13-15 ECAC Hockey quarterfinals (campus sites, seeds 1-4) for third nationally in team defense (1.62 goals against only loss against the Ancient Eight last season. Just three 20 ECAC Hockey semifinals (Lake Placid, N.Y.) per game) despite leaning heavily on three defensemen times in program history has the Big Red completed the 21 ECAC Hockey Championship (Lake Placid, N.Y.) and two goalies with a combined three games of college Ivy League schedule undefeated. The last time Cornell 27-28 NCAA Regionals (Manchester, N.H.; Fargo, N.D.) hockey experience heading into the season. ... Senior for- was unbeaten in Ivy games was 1996, when it was 9-0-1 28-29 NCAA Regionals (Providence, R.I.; South Bend, Ind.) ward Joel Lowry (2-3–5) leads the team in scoring. The in Mike Schafer’s first season as the Big Red’s head coach. APRIL Los Angeles Kings draft pick has all of those points over The other two occasions were in 1969 and 1970. The 9-11 NCAA Frozen Four (Boston, Mass.) his current four-game scoring. ... Sophomore forward Big Red’s victories against Yale and Brown last weekend * ECAC Hockey game; # The Frozen Apple at Madison Matt Buckles (3-1–4) leads the squad with three goals, leave the team 2-1 in Ivy League play this season. Square Garden (New York); ~ Florida College Classic Men’s Hockey Contact: Brandon Thomas, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications • Office Phone: (607) 255-5627 • Email: [email protected] ABOUT PENN STATE BLANK YOU VERY MUCH Tale of the Tape The Nittany Lions have enjoyed a strong start to their sec- Cornell has recorded at least one shutout in each of the Cornell Penn St. ond season in the Big Ten Conference, including a 3-2 vic- last 20 seasons – a streak that has been continued this Team Offense 1.75 3.50 tory last Friday at Michigan in the teams’ league opener. year with a 4-0 blanking of Brown last Saturday. Fresh- National Rank 54th 8th The Wolverines bounced back to hand the Nittany Lions man Hayden Stewart made 26 saves for his first career Conference Offense 2.00 2.00 an 8-1 loss the following night. It’s the first time in 12 shutout. In the process, he became the first Cornell fresh- Conference Rank 10th T-2nd games this season Penn State was held to fewer than two man to keep a clean sheet since Ben Scrivens ’10 manned goals, and just the second time it had fewer than three the crease in a 6-0 rout of Union on Dec. 2, 2006. Like Team Defense 1.62 2.67 goals. ... Senior forward Taylor Holstrom (4-13–17) leads Scrivens, an All-American his senior season, Stewart’s National Rank T-3rd 33rd the team in scoring and is tied for the national lead in first shutout came in his ECAC Hockey debut. The last Conference Defense 1.67 5.00 assists. Holstrom centers a line with the team’s next high- time the Big Red went a full season without posting a Conference Rank 4th 6th est scorers on the wings, junior Casey Bailey (9-6–15) shutout came during the 1994-95 season under former PP Pct. 21.6 25.0 and sophomore David Goodwin (4-5–9). ... There are five coach Brian McCutcheon. The following year marked the National Rank T-11th 7th transfers from Division I programs on the roster, including first season for current head coach Mike Schafer. Conference PP Pct. 25.9 20.0 senior defenseman Patrick Koudys (0-2–2). The Wash- Conference Rank 1st T-1st ington Capitals draft pick who owns a team-best plus-7 POWERFUL STUFF PK Pct. 90.6 82.1 rating defected from Rensselaer. ... Junior Matthew Skoff As of Nov. 16, the Big Red power play was converting at National Rank 8th 36th (5-2-2, 2.32, .919) was dubbed the team’s starting goal- a clip of just 5.3 percent, mired in an 0-for-17 slump and Conference PK Pct. 87.5 100.0 tender at the beginning of the season, but he was pulled scoring just four goals in its last 80 opportunities dating Conference Rank 5th 1st in a Nov. 14 loss at UMass-Lowell and hasn’t seen the ice back to Dec. 28, 2013. But since then, Cornell is 7-for- since. Sophomore Eamon McAdam (2-1, 3.41, .906) has 18 on the power play and scored at least two power- started the last three games for the Nittany Lions. play goals in three consecutive games within the same Cornell Quick Facts season for the first time since Oct. 30 to Nov. 7, 2009 THE SERIES WITH PENN STATE (against Niagara, Dartmouth and Harvard). Sophomore Location .....................................................Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 The Nittany Lions recently made the jump from the club forward Matt Buckles has three power-play goals in just Founded ........................................................................