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 CORNELL AT 2007 FLORIDA COLLEGE CLASSIC 2007-08 SEASON SchEDULE GAME 10: Cornell vs. Massachusetts-Lowell October FACEOff: Friday, December 28, 2007, at 4:35 p.m. ET 13 Red and White Scrimmage SITE: Germain Arena (7,128) - Estero, Fla. 19 Trois-Rivieres (exhibition) T, 0-0 (ot) 21 Ottawa (exhibition) W, 8-0 RECORDS: Cornell (4-4-1, 4-2-0 ECAC Hockey) 27 at Rochester Inst. of Technology~ L, 1-4 Massachusetts-Lowell (7-4-4, 4-4-4 Hockey East) SERIES RECORD: First Meeting November RADIO: WHCU 870 AM • Jason Weinstein (play-by-play) 2 Princeton* L, 2-3 TV: none 3 Quinnipiac* W, 5-3 9 at Yale* W, 2-1 LIVE VIDEO: http://www.b2tv.com/ (subscription required) 10 at Brown* W, 4-1 LIVE StATS: http://livestats.internetconsult.com/cornell/mhockey/tournament 16 at Harvard* L, 1-2 TICKETS: http://www.ticketmaster.com 17 at Dartmouth* W, 4-1 24 vs. Boston University^ L, 3-6 30 Massachusetts T, 0-0 (ot) GAME 11: Cornell vs. Clarkson/Maine FACEOff: Saturday, December 29, 2007, at 4:35/7:35 p.m. ET December SITE: Germain Arena (7,128) - Estero, Fla. Florida College Classic - Estero, Fla. RECORDS: Cornell (4-4-1, 4-2-0 ECAC Hockey) 28 UMass-Lowell 4 pm Clarkson (10-5-0, 6-2-0 ECAC Hockey 29 Maine/Clarkson 4 pm/7:30 pm Maine (5-7-2, 3-5-2 Hockey East) January SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads Clarkson, 51-47-10 4 Niagara 7 pm Cornell leads Maine, 7-5-2 5 Niagara 7 pm LAST MEETING: Cornell defeated Clarkson, 2-1, on Feb. 2, 2007, at Lynah Rink 11 at Rensselaer* 7 pm 12 at Union* 7 pm Maine defeated Cornell, 6-3, on Dec. 30, 2007, at Germain Arena 18 St. Lawrence* 7 pm RADIO: WHCU 870 AM • Jason Weinstein (play-by-play) 20 Clarkson* 4 pm TV: none 25 Brown* 7 pm LIVE VIDEO: http://www.b2tv.com/ (subscription required) 26 Yale* 7 pm LIVE StATS: http://livestats.internetconsult.com/cornell/mhockey/tournament February TICKETS: http://www.ticketmaster.com 1 Colgate* 7 pm ITHACA, N.Y. -- Following a four-week hiatus, the Cornell men’s hockey team returns to action 2 at Colgate* 7 pm this weekend, taking part in the eighth annual Florida College Classic in Estero, Fla. The Big 8 at Clarkson* 7 pm 9 at St. Lawrence* 7 pm Red opens the tournament on Friday with a 4:35 p.m. contest against UMass-Lowell, while 15 Union* 7 pm Clarkson and Maine will do battle in the second game on Friday. Friday’s winners will meet in 16 Rensselaer 7 pm Saturday’s championship game, while the losers will meet in the consolation game on Sat- 22 at Quinnipiac* 7 pm urday. 23 at Princeton* 7 pm 29 Dartmouth* 7 pm About the Big Red Cornell enters this weekend’s tournament with a 4-4-1 overall mark and a 4-2 record in ECAC March Hockey play. The Big Red is coming off just the second scoreless tie in a regular-season game 1 Harvard* 7 pm in school history, skating to a 0-0 draw with Massachusetts in its last time out on Nov. 30 at Lynah Rink. Sophomore netminder Ben Scrivens set a career high with 45 saves in earning his ECAC Hockey First Round • March 7-9 second career shutout with the tie against the Minutemen. For the season, Colin Greening On Campus at Higher Seed and Riley Nash are tied for the team lead with nine points apiece, both on three goals and six ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals • March 14-16 assists, while Mike Devin is third with five points on two goals and three assists. Scrivens has On Campus at Higher Seed stepped up as the team’s top option between the pipes, posting a 2.00 goals-against average ECAC Hockey Championship Finals • March 21-22 and a .936 save percentage in eight games. The Big Red has been solid on the power play Times Union Center - Albany, N.Y. this season, posting eight goals in 47 chances (17.0 percent) while killing penalties at a 80.0 percent clip (28-of-35). NCAA Regionals • March 28-30 Site TBA Head Coach Mike Schafer `86 NCAA Frozen Four • April 10-12 Mike Schafer, the Jay R. Bloom ‘77 Head Coach of Men’s Ice Hockey, is in his 13th season at Pepsi Center - Denver, Colo. the helm of the Big Red. Schafer has a 239-129-43 career record and has guided the Big Red * ECAC Hockey Game to six NCAA tournament appearances. The 12th coach in Cornell men’s hockey history, he has ~ at Blue Cross Arena (Rochester, N.Y.) won four ECAC Hockey League tournament titles, three league regular-season champion- ^ at Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) ships and is a three-time ECAC Hockey League Coach of the Year. Schafer, with 235 career 1 wins to his credit, is the winningest coach in Cornell history, passing ECAC Hockey Standings Dick Bertrand’s 230 on Jan. 27, 2007, against Colgate at Lynah Rink. He (as of Dec. 25) also ranks sixth among active Division I coaches in winning percentage, League Overall leading the Big Red to victory in 63.7 percent of Cornell’s games. He is Team Pts GP W L T GF GA GP W L T GF GA assisted by Brent Brekke and Scott Garrow, both in their ninth seasons 1 Clarkson 12 8 6 2 0 26 19 15 10 5 0 41 34 with the Big Red. 2 Harvard 11 9 5 3 1 23 13 12 6 4 2 29 23 3 Yale 9 8 3 2 3 19 17 10 4 3 3 23 23 About Massachusetts-Lowell 4 Cornell 8 6 4 2 0 18 11 9 4 4 1 22 21 The Riverhawks, ranked 20th in the nation in the pre-holiday USCHO Rensselaer 8 7 3 2 2 20 18 18 8 7 3 45 46 poll and receiving votes in the USA Hockey poll, enter this weekend’s Princeton 8 8 4 4 0 23 26 12 5 7 0 31 43 action with a 7-4-4 mark overall and a 4-4-4 record in Hockey East play. Quinnipiac 8 8 3 3 2 22 22 15 8 5 2 43 34 UMass-Lowell is also on a bit of a hot streak, having won three straight 8 St. Lawrence 6 8 2 4 2 22 27 18 6 9 3 49 51 contests and five of its last six. Lowell has ridden the hot goaltending 9 Brown 5 7 1 3 3 17 20 11 1 7 3 22 39 of sophomore Carter Hutton, who leads the nation with his 1.36 goals- Dartmouth 5 7 2 4 1 17 20 9 4 4 1 26 23 against average and .945 save percentage. Junior Mark Roebothan 11 Colgate 4 6 1 3 2 12 18 16 7 7 2 47 42 leads the Riverhawks offensively with 13 points on eight goals and five Union 4 6 1 3 2 12 20 15 4 8 3 30 45 assists, while Mike Potacco and Ben Holmstrom have 12 and 10 points, respectively. Lowell has nine power-play goals in 43 attempts (14.3 per- Ivy League Hockey Standings cent) while killing off opponents’ power plays at an 88.3 percent rate (as of Dec. 25) (53-of-60). League Overall Team Pts GP W L T GF GA GP W L T GF GA The Series With Massachusetts-Lowell 1 Cornell 6 5 3 2 0 13 8 9 4 4 1 22 21 Friday’s game against the River Hawks will be the first meeting between 2 Harvard 5 3 2 0 1 6 4 12 6 4 2 29 23 the two schools. UMass-Lowell is the only school currently in Hockey 3 Yale 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 10 4 3 3 23 23 East that Cornell has never faced, and is one of just seven current NCAA 4 Princeton 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 12 5 7 0 31 43 Division I members that the Big Red has never played in men’s hockey. 5 Brown 0 2 0 2 0 2 6 11 1 7 3 22 39 Dartmouth 0 2 0 2 0 1 5 9 4 4 1 26 23 About Clarkson Clarkson has been idle for nearly the full month, having dropped two of Recent Results/Upcoming Contests its last three games. The Knights split a pair of games over Thanksgiving Friday, Dec. 14 weekend against St. Cloud State before closing out the fall semester Nebraska-Omaha 2, Union 3 (ot) with a loss at St. Lawrence. Clarkson, ranked eighth in both polls, is 10-5- Saturday, Dec. 15 0 overall and 6-2 in ECAC Hockey action. Nick Dodge and Chris D’Alvise Miami 7, Rensselaer 3 are tied for the team lead with 13 points apiece, while Matt Beca, Steve Nebraska-Omaha 4, Union 2 Zalewski and Matt Cayer are also in double figures in scoring. In goal, St. Lawrence 3, Vermont 4 (ot) David Leggio has carried the load for the Knights, posting a 2.00 goals- Sunday, Dec. 16 against average and a .924 save percentage.