Cornell Men’s Hockey 2019-20 Game Notes Schedule & Results Cornell Big Red (16-2-4, 11-2-2 ECAC Hockey) October Colgate at #2 Cornell 20 NIPISSING (exhib.) W, 6-2 26 U.S. NTDP Under-18s (exhib.) W, 3-0 Sunday, February 9, 2020, 4 p.m. EST Lynah Rink, Ithaca, N.Y. November Colgate Record: 9-12-6, 7-5-3 ECAC Hockey 1 at Michigan State W, 3-2 2 at Michigan State W, 6-2 Live Coverage Where Cornell Stands 8 BROWN * W, 4-1 Video: ESPN+ (U.S.), Stretch Internet (International) USCHO.com poll: 2 9 YALE * W, 6-2 Radio: WHCU (870 AM, 97.7 FM) USA Hockey/USA Today poll: 2 15 at Clarkson * W, 4-2 Audio: http://player.listenlive.co/41391 RPI: 3 16 at St. Lawrence * W, 6-1 Stats: www.sidearmstats.com/cornell/mhockey KRACH: 3 22 QUINNIPIAC * W, 2-1 Twitter: @CUBigRedGameday, @CUBigRedHockey Pairwise: 3 23 PRINCETON * W, 5-1 30 vs. Boston Univ. # W, 2-0 What’s on Tap: December • The Cornell men’s hockey team wraps up a home-and-home series with 6 at Harvard * W, 3-1 regional rival Colgate at 4 p.m. Sunday at Lynah Rink in the sixth annual 7 at Dartmouth * L, 1-2 Courage Classic. • Featuring the call of Grady Whittenburg and color commentary from Brennan January Miller, the game will be broadcast on ESPN+ in the U.S. (with an option for V 3 vs. Ohio State W, 5-2 international viewers also available through portal.stretchinternet.com). V 4 vs. Providence T, 2-2 • The game can also be heard on WHCU (870 AM, 97.7 FM) with Jason 10 at Rensselaer * W, 3-0 Weinstein back for his 16th season on play-by-play and Tony Eisenhut ’88 on 11 at Union * T, 3-3 color commentary. 17 NORTHERN MICHIGAN T, 2-2 18 NORTHERN MICHIGAN W, 3-1 About The Courage Classic: 24 DARTMOUTH * W, 3-2 • Today's game is dedicated to the children of Camp Good Days, which has 25 HARVARD * T, 1-1 assigned honorary coaches for both Cornell and Colgate. 31 at Quinnipiac * L, 0-5 • This is the sixth consecutive season in which the Big Red's annual home February game against the Raiders has served as the Courage Classic. 1 at Princeton * W, 5-3 • The honorary coaches will take part in a ceremonial puck drop at center ice. 8 at Colgate * W, 4-1 9 COLGATE * 4:00 p.m. Saturday Night Redux: 14 UNION * 7:00 p.m. • Morgan Barron scored a pair of power-play goals, and the Big Red 15 RENSSELAER * 7:00 p.m. suffocated the Raiders in a 4-1 victory last night in Hamilton. 21 at Yale * 7:00 p.m. • Cornell yielded just nine shots on goal in the game — a first for the program 22 at Brown * 7:00 p.m. since a playoff victory over Rensselaer on March 14, 2009. 28 ST. LAWRENCE * 7:00 p.m. • Returning to the lineup after a five-game absence, Kyle Betts helped set up 29 CLARKSON * 7:00 p.m. Jeff Malott's goal just 2:09 into the game and then scored the eventual game- winner later in the period. • Barron's first goal gave the Big Red three goals in the first period for just the * ECAC Hockey game second time this season (Nov. 9 vs. Yale was the other). Barron's second goal # at Madison Square Garden (New York) then gave Cornell seven power-play goals in its last five games. V at T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) • Tristan Mullin and Yanni Kaldis had two assists apiece. Cornell Quick Facts By The Numbers: • Despite being touched up for eight goals last weekend, the Big Red still Location ....................................Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 ranks second in the nation in team defense (1.68 goals against per game). Founded ............................................................ 1865 Cornell also ranks 10th in offense (3.32 goals per game), which leads to the Enrollment (undergraduate) ...................14,315 nation’s third-largest scoring margin (+1.64). President ....................................Martha E. Pollack • For the first time in the program’s modern-era history, Cornell did not surrender Director of Athletics .............J. Andrew Noel, Jr. more than two goals in its first 14 games of the season. That helped the Big Red Colors ...........................Carnelian Red and White remain the last team in the nation to yield three or four goals in a game. Conference..............ECAC Hockey / Ivy League • Cornell’s power play ranks eighth in the nation with a 25.8% success rate. Rink (Capacity) .......................Lynah Rink (4,267) Junior forward Tristan Mullin leads the team with six goals on the man Coaching Information advantage, and his average of 0.27 power-play goals per game ranks ninth in the nation and second among players in ECAC Hockey. Head Coach ............. Mike Schafer (Cornell ’86) • One of the keys to Cornell’s success is its ability to play with the lead and – Career Record ..... 474-261-99 (25th season) failing that – erasing deficits. Opponents have taken a one-goal lead on the Associate Head Coach ...........................Ben Syer Big Red 14 times this season, and in 12 of those instances Cornell has scored (Western Ontario ’98) the next goal. Assistant Coach ............................Sean Flanagan • After spending three consecutive weeks at the top spot for the first time in (St. Lawrence ’10) program history, Cornell dropped to #2 in both national polls. The Big Red Director of Hockey Operations ....Shane Talarico now sits third in the Pairwise Comparison Ratings. (SUNY Potsdam ’15) Volunteer Assistant Coach .....Mitch Stephens Forward Thinking: (Geneseo ’07) • Junior forward Morgan Barron (11-13–24) leads the team in scoring after Team Information leading the team with 34 points a season ago. The Preseason All-ECAC Hockey selection became the first Cornell men’s hockey player with at least Captains ....................................................................... 12 points through six games since Matt Moulson ’06 and Ryan Vesce ’04 .....Morgan Barron, Yanni Kaldis, Jeff Malott both did so in the 2003-04 campaign. 2019-20 Record ..............................................16-2-4 • Junior forward Brenden Locke (7-13–20) ranks second in team scoring, 2019-20 ECAC Hockey Record ..................11-2-2 traditionally centering a line with Barron on the left wing. Classmate Cam 2019-20 Ivy League Record ..........................6-1-1 Donaldson (4-12–16), who’s tied for third in team scoring, typically joins First Varsity Season ..................................1900-01 them on the right wing. Locke (plus-17) and Donaldson (plus-16) rank first All-Time Record ................ 1,163-732-147 (.606) and second in ECAC Hockey in plus-minus rating. Record at Lynah Rink ............ 577-224-67 (.703) • Junior forward Tristan Mullin (8-7–15; 6 PPGs) has scored six goals since NCAA Championships ................2 (1967, 1970) the calendar turned to 2020, which is leads the team in that span. He’s tied NCAA Tournament Appearances ................... 22 for second on the team in goals with sophomore forward Michael Regush Years ................ 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, (8-6–14). ........................... 1973, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, ................ 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 Perennial Contention ................ 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019 ECAC Hockey Championships ........................ 12 Last season marked 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 Years ..............1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, a breakdown 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) 2019 2018 2017 2014 2012 2011 2010 HARVARD (6) 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2012 Website: www.CornellBigRed.com QUINNIPIAC (5) 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 Facebook: Cornell Sports Twitter: @CornellSports UNION (5) 2017 2014 2013 2012 2010 Instagram: @CornellSports COLGATE (4) 2015 2014 2012 2011 YouTube: CornellAthletics BROWN (3) 2019 2013 2010 ST. LAWRENCE (3) 2016 2015 2010 Cornell Men’s Hockey Media Contact CLARKSON (2) 2019 2018 DARTMOUTH (2) 2016 2011 Brandon Thomas, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications YALE (2) 2013 2011 Office Phone: (607) 255-5627 PRINCETON (1) 2018 Email: [email protected] RENSSELAER (0) February 9, 2020 ∙ vs. Colgate - 2 - More Than Just Defense: Tale of the Tape • Not only has Cornell surrendered just 20 even-strength goals this year (an average of 0.91 per game), it also ranks fifth in the nation with 2.77 Cornell Colgate points per game for defenseman. Team Offense 3.32 2.07 • Senior defenseman Yanni Kaldis (2-16–18), who is the team’s leading National Rank 10th 53rd Conf. Offense 3.33 2.40 active scorer with 79 collegiate points, leads the team in assists. The Conf. Rank 2nd 8th three-time selection to the All-Ivy League first team was also a Preseason All-ECAC Hockey selection in September. Team Defense 1.68 2.44 • Junior defenseman Alex Green (5-9–14, plus-14), a fourth-round pick of National Rank 2nd 21st Conf. Defense 1.73 2.33 the Tampa Bay Lightning, has already tripled his point production from an Conf. Rank 2nd 5th injury-riddled sophomore campaign. His average of .152 goals per shot on frame ranks second in the nation among defensemen. Power Play Pct. 25.8 7.1 • Travis Mitchell (2-8–10, plus-15) is tied for the national lead in rating National Rank 8th 60th Conf. PP Pct. 25.4 10.4 among freshman defensemen. Conf. Rank 3rd 11th Goaltending, Inc.: Penalty Kill Pct. 76.1 76.8 • Junior goaltender Matthew Galajda (16-2-4, 1.69, .928, 2 SO) ranks National Rank 54th 50th Conf.