Game 14: #13/14 Cornell at #6/8 Colorado Coll. Friday, January 6, 2012 • 7:37 p.m. MST Cornell Big Red World Arena (7,674) • Colorado Springs, Colo. Game 15: #13/14 Cornell at #6/8 Colorado Coll. Men’s Hockey Saturday, January 7, 2012 • 7:07 p.m. MST Men’s Hockey Contact: Brandon Thomas, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications World Arena (7,674) • Colorado Springs, Colo. Office Phone: (607) 255-5627 • Cell Phone (585) 705-4177 • Email: [email protected] Non-League Slate Wraps Up With Stiff Test in Colorado From the flatlands of southwest Florida to the shadow 35 seconds and 152 minutes, 36 seconds that rank sec- 2011-12 Cornell Men’s Hockey Schedule OCTOBER of the Rocky Mountains, Cornell’s six-game stretch away ond and ninth, respectively, in program history. ... Ju- 21 GUELPH (exhib.) W, 3-2 from home continues this weekend with a stiff test in the nior defenseman Nick D’Agostino (8-7—15) and fresh- 22 CARLETON (exhib.) W, 5-1 form of two games at WCHA perennial power Colorado man forward Brian Ferlin (6-9—15) are tied for the 29 MERCYHURST L, 4-5 College. The matchup features one of the nation’s top team lead in scoring, followed closely by last season’s offenses (CC) against one of the top defenses (Cornell), leading scorer, junior forward Greg Miller (4-10—14). NOVEMBER 4 at Yale* W, 6-2 as well as two of the most efficient power plays in the ... The Big Red is 7-2-1 over its last 10 games, includ- 5 at Brown* L, 4-5 country. It will be the Big Red’s first trip to Mountain ing one overtime loss. ... Cornell is 5-0 in Friday night 11 at Harvard* W, 4-2 Time Zone since Dec. 27-28, 1995, when it played a pair games. 12 at Dartmouth* W, 3-2 of games at the Denver Cup. The series also concludes 18 PRINCETON* W, 4-0 Cornell’s annual seven-game schedule outside of league Cornell Quick Facts 19 QUINNIPIAC* W, 4-0 play, where it currently sits atop both the ECAC Hockey Location .................................................Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 22 NIAGARA W, 1-0 and Ivy League standings. The set against Colorado Col- Founded .................................................................... 1865 26 vs. Boston University# L, 1-2 (OT) lege opens at 7:37 p.m. local time (9:37 p.m. EST) on Fri- Enrollment.............................................................. 13,700 DECEMBER day, Jan. 6, followed by the finale at 7:07 p.m. (9:07 p.m. President ..................................................David J. Skorton 2 ST. LAWRENCE* W, 1-0 EST) on Saturday, Jan. 7. Both games will broadcast by Director of Athletics ...............................J. Andrew Noel, Jr. 3 CLARKSON* T, 0-0 Jason Weinstein on WHCU 870 AM and available world- Colors ......................................... Carnelian Red and White 29 vs. Massachusetts~ L, 2-5 wide through the Cornell Redcast subscription service, Affiliation ................................................................NCAA I 30 vs. Clarkson~ W, 5-3 which will also feature Weinstein’s call. Conference ..................................ECAC Hockey/Ivy League JANUARY Rink (Capacity) .....................................Lynah Rink (4,267) 6 at Colorado College 9:37 p.m. ABOUT THE BIG RED 7 at Colorado College 9:07 p.m. Cornell came off a 25-day hiatus with its annual trip to Coaching Information 13 at Quinnipiac* 7:00 p.m. the Florida College Hockey Classic in Estero, where it fin- Men’s Hockey Coach ................... Mike Schafer (Cornell ‘86) 14 at Princeton* 7:00 p.m. ished in third place by way of a loss to Massachusetts Career Record .......................321-176-57 (17th season) 20 DARTMOUTH* 7:00 p.m. and victory over Clarkson. The results led the Big Red to Assistant Coach ..................Ben Syer (Western Ontario ‘98) 21 HARVARD* 7:00 p.m. hold steady at a season-high No. 13 in the USCHO.com Assistant Coach ...........................Topher Scott (Cornell ‘08) 27 COLGATE* 7:30 p.m. Volunteer Assistant Coach ........... Kris Mayotte (Union ‘06) 28 at Colgate* 7:00 p.m. poll, but slip one spot to No. 14 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll. ... The Big Red is currently ranked Athletic Trainer ......................................................Ed Kelly FEBRUARY third in the country in team defense, surrendering 2.00 Equipment Manager .....................................Sean Schmidt 3 at Rensselaer* 7:30 p.m. goals per game. Sophomore Andy Iles is the first goalie 4 at Union* 7:00 p.m. 2011-12 Team Information in program history to record five shutouts in a six-game 10 BROWN* 7:00 p.m. Captain ................................................................Keir Ross span, also notching two shutout streaks of 213 minutes, 11 YALE* 7:00 p.m. Alternate Captains ................Sean Collins, Nick D’Agostino 17 at Clarkson* 7:00 p.m. 2011-12 Record .......................................................... 8-4-1 18 at St. Lawrence* 7:00 p.m. Games #14 & #15: Cornell at Colorado Coll. 2011-12 ECAC Hockey Record ..................................... 6-1-1 24 UNION* 7:00 p.m. Face Off: ..............Friday, January 6 • 7:37 p.m. MST 2011-12 Ivy League Record ........................................ 4-1-0 25 RENSSELAER* 7:00 p.m. ...................Saturday, January 7 • 7:07 p.m. MST 2010-11 Record ...................................................... 16-15-3 MARCH Site: ............... World Arena • Colorado Springs, Colo. 2010-11 ECAC Hockey Record ................................... 11-9-2 2-4 ECAC Hockey first round (campus sites, seeds 5-8) 2011-12 Records: 2010-11 Ivy League Record ........................................ 3-6-1 9-11 ECAC Hockey quarterfinals (campus sites, seeds 1-4) Cornell ........................8-4-1, 6-1-1 ECAC Hockey First Varsity Season ...............................................1900-01 16 ECAC Hockey semifinals (Atlantic City, N.J.) All-Time Record ...............................1,009-648-106 (.602) 17 ECAC Hockey Championship (Atlantic City, N.J.) Colorado College ........................12-6, 9-5 WCHA Record at Lynah Rink ............................501-183-52 (.716) 23-25 NCAA Regionals Series Record: Cornell leads, 3-2 Last Meeting: NCAA Championships .................................. 2 (1967, 1970) APRIL NCAA Tournament Appearances ..................................... 18 ....................Lost, 4-2, on 12/29/09 in Estero, Fla. 4-9 NCAA Frozen Four (Tampa, Fla.) Years .....................1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, Media Information ..............................1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997 Radio: .................. WHCU 870 AM (Jason Weinstein) Home Games in Bold ..............................2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 Video (fee): ..................http://www.b2livetv.com/ ECAC Hockey Championships .......................................... 12 * ECAC Hockey game Live Stats: .............www.sportdesigns.com/wcha/ # Red Hot Hockey at Madison Square Garden (New York) Years ........................................1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, wcha_m_scoreboard.php ~ Florida College Classic at Germain Arena (Estero, Fla.) ..........1973, 1980, 1986, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010 www.cornellbigred.com 1 2011-12 Cornell Men’s Hockey Notes ABOUT COLORADO COLLEGE Tale of the Tape The Tigers have won four of their last five games with the Around ECAC Hockey loss coming against crosstown rival Air Force, 2-1, on Dec. Cornell Colo. Coll. Current Standings (as of Jan. 5) 30. The squad rebounded the following night with a 2-1 Team Offense 3.00 3.89 Conference Only Overall victory over ECAC Hockey’s Union. The contests were by National Rank T-29th 3rd Pts Record Win% GF GA Record Win% GF GA Cornell 13 6-1-1 .812 26 11 8-4-1 .654 39 26 far the lowest scoring two-game weekend of the season Conference Offense 3.25 4.21 Colgate 12 6-2-0 .750 28 15 12-4-2 .722 61 39 for Colorado College, which averages 3.89 goals per game Conference Rank 2nd T-1st Quinnipiac 9 3-4-3 .450 21 24 11-7-4 .591 69 49 Yale 8 4-2-0 .667 19 15 7-5-1 .577 46 37 while surrendering 2.94 per game. ... Colorado College Team Defense 2.00 2.94 Union 8 3-2-2 .571 16 13 9-5-5 .605 59 37 is 7-2 at its home rink, World Arena, which features an National Rank 3rd 37th Harvard 8 3-3-2 .500 24 24 4-4-4 .500 42 45 Olympic-sized sheet of ice which is 15 feet wider than the St. Lawrence 8 4-5-0 .444 16 22 7-10-2 .421 45 62 Conference Defense 1.38 3.43 Clarkson 8 3-4-2 .444 19 18 9-9-4 .500 60 52 standard NHL-sized sheet. ... Junior center Rylan Schwartz Conference Rank 1st 9th Dartmouth 7 3-3-1 .500 18 22 6-5-2 .538 33 35 (16-11—27) leads the team in scoring, and his average of Princeton 7 3-7-1 .318 28 37 4-9-4 .353 41 52 PP Pct. 23.9 25.3 Brown 6 3-3-0 .500 19 20 6-6-1 .500 34 34 1.41 points per game ranks eighth in the country. His 16 Rensselaer 2 1-6-0 .143 8 21 3-15-0 .167 24 57 goals is ried for second in the nation, and his six goals on National Rank 6th 5th Recent Scores/Upcoming Contests (as of Jan. 5) the man advantage is tied for fifth. ... Sophomore Jaden Conference PP Pct. 21.4 28.1 Schwartz (5-13—18) is tied for second in team scoring Conference Rank 3rd 1st Saturday, December 17 Union 3, Merrimack 1 and typically plays on the left wing of his older brother’s PK Pct. 78.2 77.6 St. Lawrence 2, Vermont 1 line, but he has missed the last four games while serving National Rank 46th 48th as captain for Team Canada at the IIHF World Junior Cham- Conf. PK Pct. 87.2 73.8 Wednesday, December 28 Yale 6, Russian Red Stars 4 (exhibition) pionships. The tournament concludes Thursday, mean- Conf.