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 28: Dartmouth at Cornell 2007-08 SEASON SchEDULE FACEOff: Friday, February 29, 2008, at 7 p.m. ET October SITE: Lynah Rink (4,267) - Ithaca, N.Y. 13 Red and White Scrimmage RECORDS: Cornell (13-11-3, 11-8-1 ECAC Hockey) 19 Trois-Rivieres (exhibition) T, 0-0 (ot) 21 Ottawa (exhibition) W, 8-0 Dartmouth (10-13-4, 5-12-3 ECAC Hockey) 27 at Rochester Inst. of Technology~ L, 1-4 SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 65-40-2 LAST MEETING: Cornell won, 4-1, on Nov. 17, 2007, in Hanover, N.H. November RADIO: WHCU 870 AM • Jason Weinstein (play-by-play) 2 Princeton* L, 2-3 LIVE VIDEO: Cornell RedCast (subscription required) 3 Quinnipiac* W, 5-3 9 at Yale* W, 2-1 LIVE StATS: http://livestats.internetconsult.com/cornell/mhockey/ 10 at Brown* W, 4-1 TICKETS: (607) 254-BEAR 16 at Harvard* L, 1-2 17 at Dartmouth* W, 4-1 GAME 29: Harvard at Cornell 24 vs. Boston University^ L, 3-6 30 Massachusetts T, 0-0 (ot) FACEOff: Saturday, March 1, 2008, at 7 p.m. ET SITE: Lynah Rink (4,267) - Ithaca, N.Y. December RECORDS: Cornell (13-11-3, 11-8-1 ECAC Hockey) Florida College Classic - Estero, Fla. Harvard (13-11-3, 11-7-2 ECAC Hockey) 28 UMass-Lowell L, 2-3 SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 64-55-7 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 VIDEO: Cornell RedCast (subscription required) 5 Niagara W, 4-3 LIVE StATS: http://livestats.internetconsult.com/cornell/mhockey/ 11 at Rensselaer* W, 2-1 12 at Union* L, 1-2 TICKETS: (607) 254-BEAR 18 St. Lawrence* W, 3-1 ITHACA, N.Y. -- The 2007-08 regular season wraps up this weekend with the Big Red playing 20 Clarkson* L, 2-4 host to a pair of Ivy League rivals, Dartmouth and Harvard. Cornell is caught in the middle of 25 Brown* W, 4-1 a battle for one of the coveted top four places in the ECAC Hockey standings and the first- 26 Yale* T, 2-2 (ot) round bye that comes with it. The Big Red opens the weekend with Dartmouth before closing February out the regular season with Harvard on Saturday night. Both games can be heard in the Itha- 1 Colgate* W, 2-1 (ot) ca area on WHCU AM 870, with Jason Weinstein providing the play-by-play. In addition, live 2 at Colgate* W, 3-1 video of both contests will be available through the Cornell RedCast subscription service. 8 at Clarkson* L, 1-4 9 at St. Lawrence* L, 2-4 About the Big Red 15 Union* L, 2-3 Cornell has split its last two weekends and enters the final weekend of the regular season 16 Rensselaer W, 7-1 needing positive results against both Dartmouth and Harvard to secure a first-round bye. The 22 at Quinnipiac* 7 pm Big Red lost a two-goal lead on Feb. 22 at Quinnipiac, but rallied for the game-winning goal 23 at Princeton* 7 pm with 19.4 seconds left in overtime to take a 3-2 victory over the Bobcats. The following night, 29 Dartmouth* 7 pm Princeton jumped out to a 2-0 lead, and Cornell could only cut that margin in half before fall- March ing to the Tigers, 2-1, in Princeton, N.J. Against Quinnipiac, Michael Kennedy’s game-winner 1 Harvard* 7 pm came with 19.4 seconds left in overtime as the Big Red secured the season sweep over the Bobcats. Patrick Kennedy and Raymond Sawada added single tallies for the Big Red, while ECAC Hockey First Round • March 7-9 Blake Gallagher had a pair of assists in the win. Ben Scrivens picked up 33 saves in the victory On Campus at Higher Seed for the Big Red. The following night, Mike Devin scored his third goal of the season while ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals • March 14-16 Topher Scott collected his 99th career assist in the 2-1 loss at Princeton. Scrivens made 22 On Campus at Higher Seed saves in the losing effort. On the year, Scott is tied with freshman Riley Nash for the team scoring lead, with both players tallying 22 points. Nash has a team-best 10 goals, while Scott ECAC Hockey Championship Finals • March 21-22 currently shares team-high honors with Colin Greening and Raymond Sawada with 13 assists. Times Union Center - Albany, N.Y. In goal, Scrivens has seen the majority of time this season, posting a 2.09 goals-against aver- NCAA Regionals • March 28-30 age and a .927 save percentage. The Big Red power play has converted on 19.1 percent of Site TBA its chances this season (26-of-136), while Cornell has killed off 102-of-120 opponent’s power NCAA Frozen Four • April 10-12 plays (85.0 percent). Pepsi Center - Denver, Colo. Head Coach Mike Schafer `86 * ECAC Hockey Game Mike Schafer, the Jay R. Bloom ‘77 Head Coach of Men’s Ice Hockey, is in his 13th season ~ at Blue Cross Arena (Rochester, N.Y.) ^ at Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) at the helm of the Big Red. Schafer has a 248-136-45 career record and has guided the Big 1 Red to six NCAA tournament appearances. The 12th coach in Cornell ECAC Hockey Standings men’s hockey history, he has won four ECAC Hockey League tourna- (as of Feb. 26) ment titles, three league regular-season championships and is a three- League Overall time ECAC Hockey League Coach of the Year. Schafer, with 248 career Team Pts GP W L T GF GA GP W L T GF GA wins to his credit, is the winningest coach in Cornell history, passing 1 Clarkson 29 20 13 4 3 60 44 32 18 10 4 88 80 Dick Bertrand’s 230 on Jan. 27, 2007, against Colgate at Lynah Rink. He 2 Princeton 28 20 14 6 0 70 50 27 17 10 0 89 78 also ranks sixth among active Division I coaches in winning percentage, 3 Harvard 24 20 11 7 2 53 37 27 13 11 3 70 62 leading the Big Red to victory in 63.7 percent of Cornell’s games. He is 4 Cornell 23 20 11 8 1 53 40 27 13 11 3 72 59 assisted by Brent Brekke and Scott Garrow, both in their ninth seasons Union 23 20 9 6 5 48 54 31 14 11 6 73 82 with the Big Red. 6 Quinnipiac 22 20 9 7 4 61 55 32 17 11 4 97 81 7 Colgate 20 20 8 8 4 53 47 32 14 13 5 91 75 About Dartmouth Yale 20 20 8 8 4 54 59 27 12 11 4 79 78 Dartmouth has been one of the most inconsistent teams in the league 9 Brown 13 20 5 12 3 47 66 27 5 18 4 57 92 this year, posting some stellar results to go along with some head- Dartmouth 13 20 5 12 3 59 70 27 10 13 3 86 87 scratching ones. The Big Green is 10-13-4 overall entering the weekend, Rensselaer 13 20 5 12 3 43 65 34 10 20 4 73 103 but just 5-12-3 in league games and just 1-8-0 in Ivy League games. The 12 St. Lawrence 12 20 5 13 2 51 65 32 10 18 4 88 98 Big Green is 2-2-2 in its last six games, collecting a pair of 7-2 victories Ivy League Hockey Standings over Quinnipiac and Yale over that span. Dartmouth has also struggled (as of Feb. 26) away from home this season, posting a 3-7-2 overall mark and a 1-6-2 League Overall mark in league games away from Thompson Arena. Seniors Nick John- Team Pts GP W L T GF GA GP W L T GF GA son and J.T. Wyman lead the Dartmouth offense, with Johnson posting 1 Princeton 18 10 9 1 0 36 20 27 17 10 0 89 78 32 points on eight goals and a team-best 24 assists, while Wyman has 2 Harvard 13 9 6 2 1 23 15 27 13 11 3 70 62 29 points on a team-high 15 goals and 14 helpers. Senior Mike Devine 3 Cornell 9 8 4 3 1 20 13 27 13 11 3 72 59 has seen the majority of time in between the pipes this season, post- 4 Yale 8 10 3 5 2 25 34 27 12 11 4 79 78 ing a 2.91 goals-against average but a .914 save percentage. Dartmouth 5 Brown 6 10 3 7 0 23 33 27 5 18 4 57 92 has one of the more potent power play units, converting on 23-of-113 6 Dartmouth 2 9 1 8 0 23 35 27 10 13 4 86 87 chances (20.4 percent), but opponents have had success against the Big Green penalty killers, who have killed off 77-of-98 shorthanded Recent Results/Upcoming Contests chances (78.6 percent).