Cornell Men’s Hockey 2016-17 Game Notes Schedule & Results Cornell Big Red (20-7-5, 13-4-5 ECAC Hockey) October 21 UOIT (exhib.) W, 3-1 3 Cornell vs. 2 Union 22 BROCK (exhib.) W, 8-1 28 at Merrimack L, 2-3 ECAC Hockey Championships, Semifinals Friday, March 17, 2017, 7:35 p.m. November 1980 Rink - Herb Brooks Arena, Lake Placid, N.Y. 4 at Dartmouth * T, 1-1 Union Record: 25-8-3, 16-4-2 ECAC Hockey 5 at Harvard * L, 3-4 11 at Brown * W, 4-2 12 at Yale * W, 6-3 Live Coverage Where Cornell Stands 18 QUINNIPIAC * L, 1-3 19 PRINCETON * W, 4-2 TV: SNY / TSN2 / ASN Pairwise: 9 26 vs. New Hampshire # W, 3-1 Radio: WHCU (870 AM, 95.9 FM) RPI: 9 29 at Colgate * W, 3-2 Video: ECACHockey.com USCHO.com poll: 9 December Stats: ECACHockey.com USA Hockey/USA Today poll: 10 2 MIAMI (OHIO) W, 4-3 Twitter: @CUBigRedGameday, @CUBigRedHockey KRACH: 11 3 MIAMI (OHIO) W, 2-1 28 vs. Northern Michigan ~ W, 5-2 29 vs. Colorado College ~ L, 1-2 (OT) What’s on Tap: January • The quest for a league-leading 13th ECAC Hockey championship continues 7 at Merrimack W, 1-0 for Cornell this weekend with a trip to the league's showcase weekend in 13 at Princeton * W, 5-1 Lake Placid. The Big Red will take on Union in Friday's second semifinal at 14 at Quinnipiac * W, 2-1 historic 1980 Rink - Herb Brooks Arena. 20 CLARKSON * T, 3-3 • All games from the ECAC Hockey Championship weekend will be broadcast 21 ST. LAWRENCE * W, 3-2 27 HARVARD * L, 1-4 by American Sports Network, with games also carried across numerous outlets 28 DARTMOUTH * L, 2-4 — including TSN2 nationwide in Canada and by SNY in the upstate and metro February New York markets. Eric Cohen will have the play-by-play and Colby Cohen will 3 at Union * W, 5-3 provide commentary. 4 at Rensselaer * W, 4-3 • For Cornell, Jason Weinstein will be on play-by-play with Tony Eisenhut 7 COLGATE * W, 4-0 providing color commentary on WHCU (870 AM, 95.9 FM) in the Ithaca area. 11 YALE * T, 2-2 Their call can also be accessed worldwide via http://player.liquidcompass.net/ 12 BROWN * W, 5-3 WHCUAM 17 at St. Lawrence * W, 4-2 18 at Clarkson * T, 3-3 24 RENSSELAER * W, 2-0 Big Red Rewind: 25 UNION * T, 3-3 • Third-seeded Cornell is coming off a grueling three-game quarterfinal series March victory against sixth-seeded Clarkson. The Big Red's last trip to the league 10 CLARKSON Q L, 2-6 semifinals also came after a three-game series win over Clarkson (2013-14). 11 CLARKSON Q W, 2-1 • The Big Red rallied to advance after a 2-1 victory in Sunday's Game 3. Video Q 12 CLARKSON W, 2-1 review overturned an on-ice call and led to Jeff Malott's goal in the first pe- 17 vs. Union S 7:35 p.m. riod, then Anthony Angello scored the winner in the second period. * ECAC Hockey game • It was Angello's second game-winner of the weekend, as his goal on a # The Frozen Apple (at MSG, New York) two-on-one with Jeff Kubiak led Cornell to a 2-1 victory in Game 2 to force ~ Florida College Hockey Classic (Estero, Fla.) Q ECAC Hockey Championship quarterfinals Sunday's rubber game. Patrick McCarron scored the other Big Red goal. S ECAC Hockey Championship semifinals • The Golden Knights barnstormed the Big Red in the opener, 6-2, marking the (Lake Placid, N.Y.) lone loss for the Big Red since Feb. 1 (8-1-3). Cornell Quick Facts Who's Who at CU: • Sophomore forward Mitch Vanderlaan (15-12–27) leads the team in goals Location ....................................Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 and points. Over the weekend, he had a six-game goal-scoring streak — the Founded ............................................................ 1865 Big Red's first since at least the 2001-02 season. Vanderlaan's plus-13 Enrollment (undergraduate) ...................14,315 rating is also tied for second-best on the team. President (interim) .........Hunter R. Rawlings III • Senior defenseman Patrick McCarron (6-18–24) continues to lead the team Director of Athletics .............J. Andrew Noel, Jr. in assists. He averages the fifth-most points per game for ECAC Hockey Colors ...........................Carnelian Red and White blueliners (0.75) and had an eight-game points streak earlier this season — Conference..............ECAC Hockey / Ivy League a first for a Cornellian since Greg Miller from Oct. 29 to Nov. 22, 2011, and a Rink (Capacity) .......................Lynah Rink (4,267) first for a Big Red defenseman since Mark McRae from Jan. 25 to Feb. 21, 2003. Coaching Information • Junior forward Trevor Yates (12-10–22) leads the team with eight power- play goals and 13 power-play points. He has nine points in his last 12 games Head Coach ............. Mike Schafer (Cornell ’86) and is the first Cornellian with at least eight power-play goals in a season Career Record .... 411-240-89 (22nd season) since Blake Gallagher had 10 during the 2009-10 season. Associate Head Coach ...........................Ben Syer • Sophomore forward Anthony Angello (12-7–19) had both game-winning (Western Ontario ’98) goals over the weekend against Clarkson to eclipse his goal total for last year. Assistant Coach ............................Sean Flanagan • Senior forward Matt Buckles (9-9–18) had two assists over the weekend (St. Lawrence ’10) and now has nine points over the last 11 games. Director of Hockey Operations ........Joe Palmer • Senior forward Eric Freschi (1-12–13) leads the team with a plus-14 rating. (Ohio State ’13) He was on the ice for just six five-on-five goals against in 22 league games. Volunteer Assistant Coach .... Mike McDonagh • Senior Mitch Gillam (20-6-5, 2.15, .920, 3 SO) had the nation's longest ac- (Penn State ’14) tive unbeaten streak for goaltenders snapped Jan. 27, having backstopped Team Information the Big Red to a 10-0-1 record over 11 starts. The Big Red's lone nominee for Captain ...............................................Jake Weidner the Hobey Baker Memorial Award had a 1.63 goals against average and .931 Alternate Captains ............................ Jeff Kubiak, save percentage over that span. ..................................................Patrick McCarron 2016-17 Record ..............................................20-7-5 Road Warriors: • Cornell completed the road portion of its schedule with a sterling 9-2-2 re- 2016-17 ECAC Hockey Record ..................13-4-5 cord, with the .769 winning percentage ranking second-best in the country 2016-17 Ivy League Record ..........................5-3-2 entering the weekend (Ohio State, .781). This marks the Big Red's best road First Varsity Season ..................................1900-01 winning percentage since the 2002-03 season (.821), when Cornell reached All-Time Record ................ 1,099-711-138 (.599) the Frozen Four. Record at Lynah Rink ............ 545-216-66 (.699) • This year marks the first time since 2004-05 that the Big Red has swept three NCAA Championships ................2 (1967, 1970) ECAC Hockey road weekends in a single season. NCAA Tournament Appearances ................... 19 Years ...1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, ..............1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, This Looks Familiar ...2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012 ECAC Hockey Championships ........................ 12 This will be 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 a breakdown Years ..............1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 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) 2017 2014 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 QUINNIPIAC (5) 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 Website: www.CornellBigRed.com HARVARD (5) 2017 2016 2015 2012 2008 Facebook: Cornell Athletics Twitter: @CornellSports UNION (5) 2017 2014 2013 2012 2010 Instagram: @CornellSports COLGATE (5) 2015 2014 2012 2011 2008 YouTube: CornellAthletics ST. LAWRENCE (4) 2016 2015 2010 2009 YALE (3) 2013 2011 2009 Cornell Men’s Hockey Media Contact DARTMOUTH (2) 2016 2011 BROWN (2) 2013 2010 Brandon Thomas, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications PRINCETON (2) 2009 2008 Office Phone: (607) 255-5627 CLARKSON (0) Email: [email protected] RENSSELAER (0) March 17, 2017 ∙ ECAC Hockey semifinal - 2 - Awards Season: All-Time • The All-Ivy League teams were announced earlier this month, with the Big Red placing four players on the two teams for the first time since the 2011- ECAC Hockey Championships 12 season. Freshman defenseman Yanni Kaldis was named to the first team, while senior goalie Mitch Gillam, senior defenseman Patrick McCarron and Cornell 12 sophomore Mitch Vanderlaan were all placed on the second team. Harvard 9 St. Lawrence 6 The Sum of Intangibles Is Tangible: Clarkson 5 • A quick glance at Cornell's traditional statistics illustrates some of the Boston University 5 team's storylines, though several others fly beneath the radar. Union 3 • Through 32 games, the Big Red has accumulated 119 man-games lost to Rensselaer 3 injury — which includes lengthy absences from the team's leading scorer Three tied at 2 last year (Jeff Kubiak, 10 games) and a top-four defenseman (Ryan Bliss, 32). Several tied at 1 • Senior Jake Weidner has the massive task of being the Big Red's leading faceoff man. He enters the weekend fourth in the nation in average faceoffs Tale of the Tape per game (25.2), and Weidner is also far and away the nation's top shot- blocker among forwards (2.12 per game).