Game 2 • Cornell vs. Dartmouth
Faceoff: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 7 p.m.
Site: Lynah Rink (4,267) • Ithaca, N.Y.
2009-10 Records: Cornell (1-0-0, 0-0-0 ECAC Hockey); Dartmouth (0-1-0, 0-1-0 ECAC Hockey)
Television: none
Radio: WHCU 870 AM • Jason Weinstein (play-by-play)
Live Stats: www.CornellBigRed.com
Live Video: www.CornellBigRed.com
Live Audio: none
Tickets: Available by calling (607) 254-BEAR

Game 3 • Cornell vs. Harvard
Faceoff: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 7 p.m.
Site: Lynah Rink (4,267) • Ithaca, N.Y.
2009-10 Records: Cornell (1-0-0, 0-0-0 ECAC Hockey); Harvard (1-0-0, 1-0-0 ECAC Hockey)
Television: none
Radio: WHCU 870 AM • Jason Weinstein (play-by-play)
Live Stats: www.CornellBigRed.com
Live Video: www.CornellBigRed.com
Live Audio: none
Tickets: Available by calling (607) 254-BEAR

Dartmouth/Harvard notes in PDF Format

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Following the Big Red's 3-2 overtime win against Niagara to open the 2009-10 season, the Cornell men's hockey team will begin ECAC Hockey play against a pair of Ivy League foes as Dartmouth and Harvard visit Lynah Rink for two games this weekend. Cornell will take on the Big Green in the league opener on Friday night at 7 p.m. before facing Harvard on Saturday night, also beginning at 7 p.m. Both games can be heard on the radio on WHCU 870 AM in the Ithaca area with Jason Weinstein providing the call. Additionally, live video of the weekend's action will be available through the Cornell RedCast subscription service.

ABOUT THE BIG RED
The Big Red opened the 2009-10 season with a 3-2 overtime victory against Niagara on Oct. 30 at Lynah Rink, with junior Joe Devin scoring the game-winner in overtime. The Big Red also got goals from senior Colin Greening and junior Patrick Kennedy, while junior Riley Nash chipped in a pair of assists. Senior goaltender Ben Scrivens picked up 28 saves in earning the victory for the Big Red. Cornell finished the night 2-for-8 on the power play, while holding Niagara to one power play goal in six chances. Greening and Nash lead the team in scoring with two points apiece, while senior Blake Gallagher, sophomore Sean Whitney and freshman Nick D'Agostino each picked up an assist for one point, joining Kennedy and Devin in the scoring column. Scrivens has a .933 save percentage on the year to go along with a 1.95 goals-against average. Cornell's power play is converting on 25 percent of its man advantage opportunities (2-for-8) while killing off 83.3 percent of its short-handed chances (5-for-6).

ABOUT DARTMOUTH
Dartmouth opened up its season with a home loss to Harvard, 5-3, on Friday night at Thompson Arena. Rob Smith got the Big Green on the board first, but Dartmouth allowed the next five goals before Adam Estoclet and Joe Gaudet scored in the third period, but the rally fell short. Six different players recorded a point on the night for Dartmouth. In goal, Jody O'Neill allowed five goals on 28 shots for a .821 save percentage while being tagged with a 5.15 goals-against average. Dartmouth's power play went 1-for-4 in the game, while allowing Harvard two power play goals in three chances.

THE SERIES WITH DARTMOUTH
Cornell leads the all-time series with Dartmouth, 71-42-2, dating back to a Dartmouth win on Feb. 2, 1909, in Hanover, N.H. The two teams split last year's two meetings, with Cornell claiming a 3-1 victory in Ithaca and the Big Green winning by a 5-4 score in overtime in Hanover, N.H. Cornell has won five of the last seven contests against the Big Green, with Big Red head coach Mike Schafer sporting a 15-15-1 mark behind the Cornell bench against Dartmouth. Friday's game will be the 116th all-time meeting between the two schools.

ABOUT HARVARD
Harvard is receiving votes in this week's USCHO/CBS College Sports poll after opening its season with a 5-3 win at Dartmouth on Friday night. Alex Killorn had two goals an an assist in the win against the Big Green, while Marshall Everson, Louis LeBlanc and Daniel Moriarty each had a goal and an assist. Michael Biega and Chris Huxley both chipped in a pair of assists for the night. In goal, Kyle Richter stopped 41 shots for the victory. The Crimson went 2-for-3 on the power play while holding Dartmouth 1-for-4 with the man advantage.

THE SERIES WITH HARVARD
One of college hockey's biggest rivalries, the 2009-10 season marks the 100th anniversary of the first meeting between the two schools. Now 100 years later, Saturday's contest will be the 131st all-time meeting, with Cornell holding a 65-58-7 lead in the series. The two teams split last year's games, with Cornell claiming a 2-1 win in Ithaca and the Crimson scoring a 4-2 victory in the return game at Cambridge, Mass. Harvard has won six of the last eight meetings dating back to the ECAC Hockey championship game in 2006 in Albany, N.Y. Cornell head coach Mike Schafer has a 25-12-2 record against Harvard since taking over the Big Red program prior to the 1995-96 season.

START ME UP
Cornell has an all-time record of 55-32-6 in season openers after opening the 2009-10 campaign with a 3-2 overtime win against Niagara. Cornell has won two the first game of the season in back-to-back seasons after scoring a 1-0 win over Princeton to kick off the 2008-09 campaign. Under head coach Mike Schafer, the Big Red is 10-4-1 in season openers.

HAPPY DEBUTS
Four members of Cornell's freshman class made their official collgiate debut in the win against the Purple Eagles on Oct. 30. Forwards Greg Miller, John Esposito and Erik Axell each found themselves in the starting lineup, as did defenseman Nick D'Agostino. D'Agostino also picked up the second assist on Joe Devin's overtime game-winner against Niagara.

LOCKDOWN DEFENSE
It may not seem like much, but Cornell's allowing two goals to Niagara in the season opener has the Big Red ranked in a three-way tie for eighth in the country in scoring defense. Brown leads the nation, allowing just one goal in a loss to Princeton. In numbers involving teams who have played more than one game, Alaska has allowed just seven goals in six games for a sparkling 1.17 goals-per-game average.

THE UNBEATEN
Cornell enters this weekend's play as one of six teams to have yet to record a loss this season. Also in that category are fellow Ivy League schools Harvard and Yale, while the trio is joined by Alaska, Bemidji State and Nebraska-Omaha.

A MIGHTY WIND-SOR
Tyler Roeszler and Nick D'Agostino scored two goals each as Cornell opened the exhibition season with a 7-0 win over Windsor on Oct. 23. Patrick Kennedy, Blake Gallagher and Dan Nicholls also added goals Michael Garman got the start in goal for the Big Red, stopping all 20 shots he faced on the night.

EXHIBIT B
Sean Whitney and Riley Nash both scored  as the Cornell men's hockey team closed out the exhibition season with a 3-2 loss to the U.S. Under-18 National Team on Oct. 24 at Lynah Rink. Ithaca-native Andy Iles had 39 saves in the victory for Team USA, while Cornell's Ben Scrivens stopped 24 shots in the loss. Joe Devin, Greg Miller and Blake Gallagher each chipped in an assist. Cornell finished the game 0-for-5 on the power play, while Team USA was 1-for-5 with the man advantage.

QUIETLY MAKING NOISE
One of the most overlooked players on the Big Red roster is perhaps one of the most visible in goaltender Ben Scrivens. Entering his senior season, Scrivens ranks among the top-10 goaltenders in NCAA history in several categories, though he typically gets passed over for league and national recognition. Scrivens enters the year ranked tied for eighth in save percentage (.928) and tied for ninth in goals-against average (1.96). Additionally, last season, he tied for 15th all-time with his six single-season shutouts, and, should he start every game this season, he would break David McKee's NCAA record of consecutive starts by a goaltender of 102 – Scrivens stands at 70 games straight, which ranks third all-time in NCAA history.

I FEEL A DRAFT
Cornell has six players on the roster for 2009-10 who have been previously selected in the NHL Entry Draft. Seniors Colin Greening and Justin Krueger, junior Riley Nash, sophomore Sean Collins and freshmen Braden Birch and Nick D'Agostino have been picked in the NHL draft over the last five seasons.

CLIMBING THE CHARTS
Cornell head coach Mike Schafer is quickly moving up the ranks of the coaching fraternity in his win totals. Now in his 15th season, Schafer has 276 career victories, ranking him third in ECAC Hockey, but with the shortest tenure of the two ahead of him in the rankings. Schafer trails only Quinnipiac's Rand Pecknold by eight, with St. Lawrence's Joe Marsh well ahead with 439 career wins.

WHAT'S IN A NUMBER?
Sophomore defenseman Sean Whitney will be wearing jersey number 19 this season, the same number that his older brother, Ryan, wears for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League.

IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR
In what seems to be an annual trend for the Cornell hockey team, there are two sets of brothers on the roster in 2009-10. Twins Joe and Mike Devin are juniors, while the Nash family has senior defenseman Brendon and junior forward Riley as members of the Big Red.

BROTHERLY LOVE
A glance around the college hockey landscape shows 10 collegiate players who have older brothers as regular players in the NHL. Two of those 10 players happen to play for the Big Red, as sophomore defenseman Sean Whitney's brother, Ryan, is a defenseman for the Anaheim Ducks. Additionally, freshman forward Chris Moulson's older brother, Matt, is a forward for the New York Islanders. Cornell joins both New Hampshire and North Dakota (coincidentally, two opponents on the schedule in 2009-10) with having two players whose older brothers are currently in the NHL. Interestingly, all 10 of the older brothers also played college hockey.

ONE LONG SEASON
In 2007-08, the Big Red tied the 2002-03 campaign with the most games in a single season in school history. That mark was again equaled last year as the Big Red went 22-10-4, just the third time in program history that Cornell has played 36 games. The Big Red advanced to the NCAA Midwest Regional Final, where it fell to Bemidji State, 4-1.

IRON MAN
Senior Colin Greening has a shot at breaking the school consecutive games record this season. Entering the year with 103 straight games played, the Big Red captain needs to play in 36 games this season to eclipse the mark of 138, set by Jeremy Downs from 2002-05.

IN THE AIR TONIGHT
All of Cornell's games this season can be heard in the Ithaca area on WHCU 870 AM. Jason Weinstein returns for his fifth season calling Big Red hockey action.

ON THE TUBE
Five of Cornell's regular season games are scheduled to be on television this season, with the first being the Big Red's game at Union on Dec. 5, televised in the Albany area by Time Warner Sports. The other four games are all slated to be after the New Year, including the Big Red's game against North Dakota on Jan. 22. Other games to be televised include the game at New Hampshire on Jan. 3, at Quinnipiac on Feb. 5 and at Colgate on Feb. 16. Last season, Cornell played in 12 televised games, going 8-4 when on television.

REDCAST
Live streaming video of most of Cornell's home hockey games is available through Cornell REDCast. In addition to streaming video of home games, fans can also get live audio of all of Cornell's road games. REDCast is a subscription-based joint venture of Cornell athletics and Internet Consulting Services (ICS). Numerous subscription options, including yearly, monthly, sport-by-sport and pay-per-view passes, provide viewing and listening flexibility without the worry of automatic renewal. REDCasts are available on all computer operating systems.

UP NEXT
Cornell takes to the road for the first time this season when it travels to Yale and Brown for a pair of games. The Big Red opens the weekend against the reigning league champions on Fri., Nov. 13, at 7 p.m., in New Haven, Conn., before taking on the Bears the following night in Providence, R.I., also starting at 7 p.m.