Union College Dutchmen (13-13-2, 6-10-0 ecachl) Game 29 • vs. #20/nr Cornell (11-9-3, 7-6-3 ecachl) Game 30 • vs. Colgate (12-14-4, 6-7-3 ecachl) Friday, February 9 • 7:07 pm ~ Saturday, February 10 • 7:00 pm Messa Rink at Achilles Center, Schenectady, NY Union returns to Messa Rink this weekend for a pair of key ECAC Hockey League 2006-07 Schedule matchups as the championship hunt continues. Union will look to even the score with Date Opponent Time the Big Red and the Raiders aft er dropping early-season games in Central New York. October Th ere are only six games remaining in the regular season and the Dutchmen come into 6 at Ferris State W, 2-0 the series two points shy of eighth place and a home ice playoff berth. 7 at Ferris State W, 6-5 14 RIT T, 2-2 pm 21 at Northeastern L, 5-0 A Look at the Dutchmen: 28 Governor’s Cup Presented by Citizens Bank Union comes into the weekend tied with cross-town rival Rensselaer for 11th place in vs. RPI# T, 3-3 (ot) the league. Th e Dutchmen were swept last weekend on the road at Harvard (5-2) and 29 Governor’s Cup Presented by Citizens Bank Dartmouth (3-2) aft er winning four-straight road games and three consecutive league vs. Quinnipiac# L, 8-5 games for the fi rst time since mid-November of last season. Union features four players November with 10 or more goals for the fi rst time since the 2002-03 campaign, and eclipsed the 3 QUINNIPIAC* L, 8-2 DI program record of 35 power-play goals in a season last weekend. Union has scored 4 PRINCETON* W, 4-3 (ot) 39 ppg’s this season and has converted 8 of 28 chances (28.6%) in its last four games. 24 ARMY W, 4-1 25 #14 MASSACHUSETTS W, 4-3 Th e Dutchmen are led by sophomore T.J. Fox, who, coming into the weekend, stands December in a tie for second place in the league in overall point scoring with 12 goals and 20 1 at Colgate* L, 5-2 assists for 32 points. Fox is the fi rst Union player to record 20 assists in a season since 2 at #13 Cornell* L, 6-0 the 2002-03 season and is on pace to break the Union season points record of 37 set in 8 at Princeton* L, 4-3 ot 02-03 by sophomores Joel Beal (17-20, 37) and Jordan Webb (8-29-37). Fox leads the 9 at Quinnipiac* L, 4-2 15 UMASS LOWELL W, 4-3 team, and is tied for the league lead in power-play points with 17 on six goals and 11 17 at Connecticut W, 7-2 assists. 29 Sheraton/TD Banknorth Catamount Cup vs. # 6 St. Cloud^ L, 4-2 Sophomore Matt Cook earned a spot on the ECACHL Weekly Honor Roll as he 30 Sheraton/TD Banknorth Catamount Cup extended his point streak to four games with a goal and a pair of assists last weekend. vs. Rensselaer^ W, 5-1 Cook stands with 23 points on the season with 10 goals and 13 assists. January 5 DARTMOUTH* W, 4-1 Lane Caff aro is averaging .85 points per game, placing him in eighth place nation- 6 HARVARD* L, 3-2 ally in points per game among defenders. With 22 points on six goals and 16 assists, 12 at Rensselaer* W, 5-0 he ranks third in the league in defensemen scoring. Caff aro has recorded 15 power- 13 Rensselaer* L, 3-2 play points on fi ve goals and 10 helpers, ranking him sixth in the league in extra-man 19 #19/nr ST. LAWRENCE* L, 3-2 points. Caff aro comes into the weekend on a fi ve-game point streak during which he 20 #10 CLARKSON* W, 2-1 (ot) has recorded three goals and two assists. 26 at Brown* W, 5-3 27 at Yale* W, 3-2 (OT) February Josh Coyle picked up an assist at Harvard Friday and ranks second on the team in 2 at Harvard* L, 5-2 scoring with 11 goals and 13 assists for 24 points. Coyle recorded 18 points on nine 3 at Dartmouth* L, 3-2 goals and nine assists in 17 games last season. 9 #20 CORNELL* 7:07 pm 10 COLGATE* 7:00 pm Jason Walters ranks third in the league in rookie scoring with 23 points on seven goals 16 at Clarkson* 7:00 pm and 16 assists. Th e freshman registered an assist last weekend at Harvard and leads the 17 at St. Lawrence* 7:00 pm team in faceoff s, winning 320 of 548 draws (58.4%). 23 YALE* 7:00 pm 24 BROWN* 7:00 pm Mario Valery-Trabucco is tied for the team lead in goal scoring with 12. Th e freshman March also has nine assists, ranking him tied for fi ft h place in the league in rookie scoring 2-4 ECACHL First Round TBA with 21 points. 9-11 ECACHL Quarterfinals TBA 16-17 ECACHL Champhionships TBA Justin Mrazek made 63 saves last weekend, and stands at 12-12-2 on the season in 26 Home games in BOLD CAPS starts. Th e junior has earned two shutouts and has a .905 save percentage and a 3.02 All games on WRUC-FM 89.7 & www.teamline.cc GAA. *ECAC Hockey League contest #Pepsi Arena, Albany, NY Head coach Nate Leaman became the all-time winningest coach in Union’s Division I ^Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington, VT history and third-most winningest coach in program history even though he wasn’t on Dutchmen Quick Facts the bench for his 51st win at Union. Leaman, who was serving as an assistant coach for Location .......................... Schenectady, New York the U.S. National Junior team at the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Founded ...........................................................1795 Championship in Sweden, passed former Union head coach Kevin Sneddon with a Enrollment .....................................................2,200 President .................................Dr. Stephen Ainlay 5-1 win over RPI at the Sheraton/TD Banknorth Catamount Cup at the University of Athletics Director .......................Jim McLaughlin Vermont on 12/30. Leaman trails Bruce Delventhal (89-111-21) and Charlie Morrison Nickname ..............................................Dutchmen (122-146-9) on the all-time list. Colors ........................................Garnet and White Leaman helped guide the U.S. Team to a bronze medal at the WJC, as they Conference Affi liation ....ECAC Hockey League defeated Sweden in the bronze medal game, 2-1. Th e team fell to Canada, 2-1, in the Rink .......................................Frank L. Messa Rink seventh round of a shootout in the semifi nals last Wednesday. Germany edged the Capacity ..........................................................2,225 Rink Dimensions ........................................201x86 U.S. Team in overtime, 2-1, on the opening day of the tournament, and the U.S. Team Box Offi ce ......................................518.388.6020 dropped a 6-3 decision to Canada on the 27th before winning two-straight to make it to Press Box ............................................ 518.388.8726 the quarterfi nals where the U.S. Team downed Finland, 6-3. Radio............................................. WRUC 89.7-FM Web .................................www.unionathletics.com Union vs. Cornell: First Season ..................................... 1904 (63 yrs.) First Division I Season .........................1991-92 Th e Big Red holds the all-time series lead at 23-10-4 aft er a 6-0 defeat of the Dutchmen Overall Division I Record ................ 154-278-51 at Lynah Rink earlier this season. Th e two teams split the series last season. Union up- ECACHL Division I Record .............105-203-37 ended Cornell at Lynah Rink, 2-1, when the Big Red was ranked No. 5 on 11/18 for the ECACHL Playoff Appearances ........................9 Dutchmen’s fi rst win over a top-fi ve team. Cornell took the second game, 2-1, at Messa 2005-06 Overall Record ...........................16-16-6 Rink on 2/25, in the fi rst of four Union losses at the end of the season. Union is 6-9-1 2005-06 ECAC Record (Finish) ....9-9-4 (T-6th) against Cornell in Schenectady. Head coach Nate Leaman is 2-4-1 against the Big Red. Letterwinners Returning/Lost ......................16/9 Forwards Returning/Lost ..............................10/5 Defensemen Returning/Lost ...........................5/2 A Look at the Big Red: Goaltenders Returning/Lost ...........................1/2 20th-ranked Cornell comes into the weekend having split its last two weekend series. Newcomers .................................11 (5 F, 4 D, 2 G) Th e Big Red split with Colgate two weekends ago, snapping a seven-game winless streak Captain .......................................Sean Streich (‘07) with a 2-1 win over the Raiders on 1/27. Cornell defeated 10th-ranked Clarkson, 5-1, Head Coach ............Nate Leaman (Cortland ‘97) Record at Union .................. 43-55-13 (3 seasons) last Friday before dropping a 2-1 game to St. Lawrence the following night. Cornell is Overall Record ....................43-55-13 (3 seasons) led by junior forward Topher Scott, who has recorded 20 points on four goals and 16 as- Offi ce Phone ....................................518. 388.6570 sists. Freshman Tony Romano stands with eight goals and nine assists for 17 points. Th e Email [email protected] pair combined for two goals and an assist in the Big Red’s last meeting with the Dutch- Assistant Coaches .............................Rick Bennett men. Freshman goaltender Ben Scrivens stopped 22 shots for his fi rst career shutout ....(Providence ‘90); Bill Riga (UMass-Lowell ‘96) when Union visited Lynah rink earlier this season. Scrivens has made six starts and Head Athletic Trainer ..........