Game 15 • Cornell at Clarkson
Faceoff: Friday, January 15, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
Site: Cheel Arena (3,000) • Potsdam, N.Y.
2009-10 Records: Cornell (8-4-2, 6-2-1 ECAC Hockey); Clarkson (5-12-3, 1-5-2 ECAC Hockey)

Media Information
Television: none
Radio: WHCU 870 AM • Jason Weinstein (play-by-play)
Live Stats: www.clarksonathletics.com
Live Video: www.b2livetv.com (subscription)
Live Audio: www.CornellBigRed.com/showcase
Tickets: Available by calling (607) 254-BEAR

Game 16 • Cornell at St. Lawrence
Faceoff: Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
Site: Appleton Arena (3,000) • Canton, N.Y.
2009-10 Records: Cornell (8-4-2, 6-2-1 ECAC Hockey); St. Lawrence (10-8-3, 4-3-1 ECAC Hockey)

Media Information
Television: none
Radio: WHCU 870 AM • Jason Weinstein (play-by-play)
Live Stats: www.stlawu.edu/athletics
Live Video: www.b2livetv.com
Live Audio: www.CornellBigRed.com/showcase
Tickets: Available by calling (607) 254-BEAR

Game Notes in PDF Format

ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell men's hockey team returns to ECAC Hockey play this weekend when it travels to the North Country for a pair of games against Clarkson and St. Lawrence. The Big Red opens the trip at Clarkson on Friday in a 7 p.m. contest at Cheel Arena in Potsdam, N.Y., before battling St. Lawrence in a 7 p.m. game on Saturday at Appleton Arena in Canton, N.Y. Both games can be heard in the Ithaca area with Jason Weinstein providing the call on WHCU 870 AM with live streaming audio provided through the Cornell Redcast subscription service. Additionally, video of both games will be available on B2 Networks on a pay-per-view basis.

ABOUT THE BIG RED
The Big Red opened the New Year in style with a 5-2 victory over New Hampshire on Jan. 3 in front of a national television audience, snapping Cornell's first two-game losing skid of the season. Cornell got goals from five different players on the day, with Blake Gallagher, Patrick Kennedy, Sean Collins, Riley Nash and Joe Scali each finding the back of the net. Kennedy and Justin Krueger both had multi-point games on the day, with Kennedy adding an assist and Krueger tallying a pair of assists. Ben Scrivens picked up 20 saves for the victory in goal for the Big Red, his eighth of the season. On the year, Gallagher and Colin Greening share the team scoring lead with 19 points each. Gallagher has a team-best 11 goals and eight assists, while Greening has six goals to go along with his team-leading 13 assists. The pair are joined by Joe Devin in recording at least a point per game, while Riley Nash and Brendon Nash are both in double figures in scoring for the season. Scrivens has seen all the time in goal for Cornell, posting a 2.20 goals-against average and a .923 save percentage with one shutout. Cornell has the nation's second-ranked power-play unit, converting on 18-of-66 chances on the season (27.8 percent), while the penalty killing unit has successfully ended 67-of-76 opponents' power plays (88.2 percent), good for fifth in the nation.

ABOUT CLARKSON
Clarkson snapped a five-game winless streak last weekend when it scored a win and a tie against Alabama-Huntsville, but the Golden Knights still enter the weekend with a 5-12-3 overall mark and a 1-5-2 record in league play, ranking them in a tie with Dartmouth for 11th in the 12-team league. The Golden Knights are led offensively by Matt Beca's 21 points on 11 goals and 10 assists, while Scott Freeman leads the team with 15 assists to go along with five goals for 20 points. Paul Karpowich has seen the majority of time in goal for Clarkson, posting a 3.40 goals-against average and a .894 save percentage. The Golden Knights have converted on 21-of-118 power play chances (17.8 percent) while killing off penalties at a 75.4 percent rate (86-of-114).

THE SERIES WITH CLARKSON
Cornell holds a slim lead in the all-time series against Clarkson, 52-49-12, with Cornell gaining a win and a tie against the Golden Knights a year ago. Cornell claimed the series opener, 4-1, on Dec. 5, 2008, at Lynah Rink, before the two teams settled for a scoreless tie on Jan. 31, 2009, in Potsdam, N.Y. The Big Red holds a 25-14-5 lead over Clarkson since Mike Schafer took over the Cornell program prior to the 1995-96 season, though the Big Red trails all-time at Cheel Arena, 11-5-4.

ABOUT ST. LAWRENCE
St. Lawrence enters the weekend with a 10-8-3 overall record and a 4-3-1 mark in league play and will face Colgate on Friday night before battling the Big Red on Saturday. Since the calendar turned to 2010, the Saints are 2-1-1, with wins over Boston College and Niagara. Kyle Flanagan leads the Saint offense with 18 points on five goals and 13 assists, while Travis Vermuelen has a team-best seven goals. In goal, a trio of netminders have shared the duty this season, with Kain Tisi seeing the most time of the three. Tisi has a 2.34 goals-against average to go along with a .916 save percentage. St. Lawrence has converted on 22-of-107 power play chances (20.6 percent) and has killed off 85-of-118 opponents' power plays (72.0 percent).

THE SERIES WITH ST. LAWRENCE
Cornell holds a 52-40-7 lead in the all-time series against St. Lawrence after the two teams split their two meetings last season. Cornell picked up a 1-0 victory on Dec. 6, 2008, at Lynah Rink before the Saints scored a measure of revenge with an 8-1 thrashing at Appleton Arena on Jan. 30, 2009. Under head coach Mike Schafer, the Big Red is 15-14-4 against the Saints. All-time, Cornell has a 17-19-4 record at Appleton Arena in Canton, N.Y.

MEETING OF THE MASTERS
Saturday night's game will feature two of the winningest coaches in ECAC Hockey history, including two of the three active leaders in career wins. St. Lawrence's Joe Marsh leads all active coaches with 446 career wins, while Cornell head coach Mike Schafer is third with 284.

ONE LONG ROAD TRIP
Cornell finds itself at the end of an eight-game swing away from Lynah Rink, its longest stretch of games without a home game since going eight straight away from home during the 1990-91 season. That season, Cornell went from Dec. 28 to Jan. 29 without a home game and went 5-3 over the stretch. Included in this year's span are three neutral site games and five road games. Cornell last played at home on Nov. 24 against Colgate, and will not play in front of the Lynah Faithful again until Jan. 22 when it takes on North Dakota. So far, Cornell is 2-2-2 on its current road trip.

ANOTHER MILESTONE REACHED
Cornell's game at New Hampshire on Jan. 3 marked the 1,700th contest all-time in Cornell history. It was also the 972nd all-time victory for the Big Red.

NORTH COUNTRY OF NIGHTMARES
All teams have their share of troubles when heading to New York's North Country, and Cornell is no exception. Clarkson's Cheel Arena and St. Lawrence's Appleton Arena are two of the three league venues that Cornell has a losing record at, with Harvard's Bright Hockey Center the third. Cornell is 11-5-4 all-time at Cheel Arena and 17-19-4 all-time at Appleton Arena. Those numbers have only gotten worse over the past few seasons, as Cornell has not won at either venue since the 2004-05 season when Cornell pulled off the rare North Country sweep. Since then, the Big Red has gone 0-5-3 over the past four seasons, going 0-2-2 at Clarkson and 0-3-1 at St. Lawrence.

DRAWING EVEN
Cornell's 5-2 win at New Hampshire on Jan. 3 brought the Big Red back to the .500 mark on the season in non-league games. Cornell is now 2-2-1 on the season out of ECAC Hockey play, with wins over New Hampshire and Niagara and losses to Colorado College and Princeton. The lone tie came against Boston University at Madison Square Garden, a 3-3 contest in front of a sold-out crowd at MSG.

ABOUT THE FLORIDA COLLEGE CLASSIC
For the third time in the 10-year history of the Florida College Classic, the Cornell men's hockey team dropped both of its games at the tournament. Cornell lost both games of the tournament in both 2001-02 and again in 2002-03. Hopefully for the Big Red, history has been kind to Cornell when losing twice in Florida, as both times, Cornell advanced to the NCAA tournament. The most recent time saw Cornell advance to the Frozen Four. Maine won the 2009 edition of the tournament with a 3-2 come-from-behind win against Colorado College.

RARE AIR
Yes, it's only 14 games into the season, but Cornell senior Blake Gallagher is putting himself into some very lofty company among the all-time greats in program history. Through 14 games, Gallagher has 11 goals, averaging 0.79 goals per game. Only 17 players in program history have averaged at least a goal per game for a single season, the most recent being the legendary Joe Nieuwendyk, who averaged 1.13 goals per game in 1986. The last player to even come close to the 1.00 goals-per-game threshhold is current women's head coach Doug Derraugh, who scored 30 goals in 32 games in 1990.

FIT TO BE TIED
Cornell's 3-3 tie against Boston University on Nov. 28 at Madison Square Garden marked the 50th tie in the coaching tenure of head coach Mike Schafer. The Big Red bench boss, in his 15th season, is averaging 3.33 ties per season during his tenure. Cornell recorded six ties in 2003-04, while posting as few as one tie in 2002-03. Additionally, while the tie was the 50th for Schafer, it also marked the 99th all-time tie in the history of the Cornell men's hockey program. Cornell reached the 100-tie mark a week later with the Big Red's 2-2 tie at Union on Dec. 5.

OVER THE CENTURY MARK
It didn't take long for Cornell senior Colin Greening to blow past the 100-point mark. Greening reached 99 career points with a goal and an assist at Rensselaer on Dec. 4 and was held scoreless the following night, but reached the century mark with a goal against Colorado College in the Florida College Classic. Greening wasn't satisfied with standing on 100, however, as he tallied an assist the following night against Princeton to reach 101. Greening is the 45th player in Cornell history to reach the 100-point barrier, with the last being Topher Scott, who recorded 107 career points in 137 games from 2004-08. Greening is alone in 42nd place all-time in Cornell scoring history, four points behind Ryan Moynihan for 41st (131 GP, 45-61--106).

SAVING THE DAY
Ask those in college hockey circles about Cornell's goaltender, and they'll inevitably make a comment about the goaltender being good, but a product of the Big Red's defensive system in front of them. At the end of the day, though, the goaltender's job is to stop the puck, no matter what kind of defense is in front of him. And that's where Ben Scrivens finds himself now, midway through his senior season. The Spruce Grove, Alberta, native, stands in second place all-time among the legendary netminders of Cornell history in career saves, just 110 behind Jason Elliott's career total of 2,462. This season, Scrivens is averaging 26.6 saves per game, meaning he is on pace to break Elliott's mark on Jan. 29 against St. Lawrence. Scrivens also has the second and third highest single-season save totals in Cornell history in each of the past two seasons.

THE WINNER
Ben Scrivens is not only nearing the top of the Cornell career saves list, but he is also approaching the top of several other categories. Scrivens is now third in school history in career wins with 52, 24 behind Ken Dryden's 76 and 13 behind David McKee's 65. He is also second in career ties with 10, three behind McKee, and fourth in both goals-against average (2.00) and save percentage (.927). He also has 13 career shutouts, tying him with Dryden for second-most in school history.

VOTE FOR HOBEY
The first phase of voting for the 2010 Hobey Baker Award is now open, with three Cornellians on the ballot. Seniors Ben Scrivens, Blake Gallagher and Colin Greening are the Big Red's three candidates for the award. Fans can vote now through March 7, with the 10 finalists announced on March 18. The fan vote accounts for one percent of a player's voting tally. Fans can vote online at http://www.hobeybaker.com/voting.

LOWE'S SENIOR CLASS
Colin Greening is also one of 20 semifinalists for the 2010 Lowe's Senior Class Award, an award presented to the top student-athlete in the country. The award was designed to reward those student-athletes for staying in school all four years and their contributions to the classroom, community and in competition. The 10 finalists will be announced midway through the season, and the winner will be announced at the Frozen Four in Detroit, Mich. Greening is one of five semifinalists from ECAC Hockey.

GOING FOR THE GOLD
Cornell alumnus Douglas Murray joins an elite list of players to represent their country in the Winter Olympics after being named to Team Sweden for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver next month. Murray joins Darren Eliot (1984), Kent Manderville (1992), Dan Ratushny (1992) and Joe Nieuwendyk (1998, 2002) in appearing in Olympic competition and is the first to play for a country other than Canada.

POWERFUL PLAY
Cornell's power play unit holds down the number two  spot in the nation at 27.3 percent, having converted on 18-of-66 chances this season. Cornell has scored two or more power-play goals in five of the 11 games this season, while tallying one power-play goal in five others. Cornell has just three games this season without a power play goal - on Nov. 21 against Quinnipiac, on Dec. 30 against Princeton and Jan. 3 against New Hampshire.

THE SELLOUT
Cornell and Boston University combined to record just the second sell-out of a college hockey game in the history of Madison Square Garden on Nov. 28 when the two programs met at The World's Most Famous Arena. The first sellout of a college hockey game at Madison Square Garden came during the 2007-08 season in the first incarnation of Red Hot Hockey between Cornell and Boston University.

WALK THE LINE
Late last season, Cornell coach Mike Schafer put together the line combination of Blake Gallagher, Colin Greening and Joe Devin, to immediate results. Only an injury to Devin that ended his season kept that line from running through the end of the year, but with all three players healthy to start the season, Schafer has reunited the trio to amazing dividends. The three players have combined to score 52 points through the first 14 games of the season, or an average 3.71 points per game.

ONE WAY TO STOP HIM
Cornell senior Colin Greening's night ended early against Quinnipiac on Nov. 21 after a very questionable hitting from behind major and game misconduct penalty sent him to the locker room late in the first period. With Greening missing more than two-thirds of the game, he was held without a point for the first time all season, snapping his six-game point streak that saw him compile 12 points over that span. He got back to his scoring ways against Colgate on Nov. 24, potting an empty net goal for his fourth marker of the season and keeping intact his string of a point in every game he has finished this season. Greening continued that streak when he assisted on Sean Whitney's goal to open the scoring on Nov. 28 against Boston University at Madison Square Garden. Greening had just his second game without a point when he was held off the score sheet on Dec. 5 at Union.

OFFENSIVE DEFENSEMAN
Cornell's seven defenseman rotation has provided additional offense for the Big Red, as the seven players have combined to score seven goals and 31 assists for 38 points this season, or 28.1 percent of the team's offensive production. Senior Brendon Nash leads the way with two goals and eight assists for 10 points

A TRIO FOR KRUEGER
With Sean Whitney scratched from the lineup against Colgate on Nov. 24, senior Justin Krueger stepped into Whitney's place on the first power play unit and delivered a career best three assists on the night. Prior to the game against the Raiders, Krueger had never had a multi-point game in his first 108 games at Cornell. He has since added another multi-point game with a pair of assists on Jan. 3 at New Hampshire.

BREATHING ROOM
When Cornell defeated Princeton, 5-2, on Nov. 20, the Big Red snapped a string of five straight games against the Tigers that were decided by one goal. All three games played in 2008-09 were one-goal games, with Cornell winning 1-0 in Princeton, N.J., the Tigers claiming a 2-1 victory in Ithaca, N.Y., and Cornell winning the season series with a 4-3 double-overtime thriller in Albany, N.Y.  The last game in the series that was decided by more than one goal was a Feb. 17, 2007, matchup at Lynah Rink that Cornell won, 8-4. The one-goal game was back in force when Princeton rallied for a 3-2 victory in the consolation game of the Florida College Classic on Dec. 30.

SIX OF ONE...
Cornell's offense erupted for six goals against Harvard on Nov. 7, marking the first time that the Big Red put six goals on the board against its rival since a 6-3 win at Lynah Rink on Feb. 1, 2002.

...HALF DOZEN OF ANOTHER
When Cornell's offense put six goals on the board against Harvard on Nov. 7, it marked the first time in more than a full season that Cornell has scored six goals in a game. The last time Cornell scored six was on March 9, 2008, against Dartmouth in game three of the first round of the ECAC Hockey tournament at Lynah Rink. The Big Red has played 42 games since then. Prior to that, the Big Red scored six time the week just before against the Big Green.

ANOTHER SIX-PACK
With Cornell going 42 games without scoring six goals prior to the Nov. 7 win against Harvard, it took far less time to record another six-goal game, as exactly one week later, the Big Red put six goals on the board in a 6-0 victory at Brown. Cornell has scored at least five goals in five of the 14 games this season and has not scored fewer than two goals in any game.

SCITUATE > CAMBRIDGE
In this case, the town of Scituate, Mass., nearly single-handedly scored more points than then entire Harvard roster when the two teams met on Nov. 7 at Lynah Rink. Boosted by seven points from brothers Joe and Mike Devin, the three Scituate natives on the Cornell roster equaled the entire scoring output from the Harvard roster. Joe Devin scored twice, including the game-winner, and added an assist, while twin brother Mike scored one goal and added three assists. The pair were aided by fellow Scituate native Sean Whitney, who chipped in an assist against the Crimson.

THE DRIVE FOR FIVE
Cornell scored at least five goals in both games during the weekend of Nov. 6-7 against Dartmouth and Harvard, marking the first time in nearly three years that the Big Red has scored at least five in back-to-back games. Cornell scored six goals against Union on Dec. 2, 2006, then scored five against New Hampshire on Dec. 29, 2006, in the opening game of the Florida College Classic.

10-GOAL WEEKEND, FOUR-POINT WEEKEND
Cornell scored 11 goals on Nov. 6-7 against Dartmouth and Harvard, marking the first time the Big Red had scored at least 10 in a weekend since the first round of the ECAC Hockey tournament on March 7-9, 2008, against Dartmouth. That weekend, the Big Red scored 12 goals in three games after scoring three in the opener, three in a game two loss, and six in the clinching game three. The last time Cornell scored 10 goals or more in a two-game weekend was on Jan. 4-5, 2008, when it scored six against Niagara on Friday night and four on Saturday.

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 on Oct. 30. 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. A fifth member of the freshman class, Braden Birch, made his official debut on Nov. 6 against Dartmouth.

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 ironically, 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 because of Cornell's defensive reputation. 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.

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 284 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 10, with St. Lawrence's Joe Marsh well ahead with 446 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 13 collegiate players who have older brothers as regular players in the NHL. Two of those 13 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 New Hampshire, North Dakota and Union (coincidentally, all three are opponents on the schedule in 2009-10 for a total of five games) with having two players whose older brothers are currently in the NHL.

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 at 36. 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, in the 36th game of the year.

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. He is currently at 117 career games played after appearing in all 14 games so far this season.

TRIPLE DIGITS
Three Cornell players have played in more than 100 games in their Big Red careers, with another two nearing the century mark. Colin Greening leads the way with 117 career games played, while Justin Krueger has appeared in 115 contests for the Big Red. Joining the pair in triple digits are Blake Gallagher, who played in his 100th career game in the season opener against Niagara and now stands at 113, and Brendon Nash, who reached the 100-game mark on Jan. 3 at New Hampshire. Next to reach 100 should be Ben Scrivens, who has now appeared in 96 contests.

EVEN MORE TRIPLE DIGITS
With Colin Greening becoming the 45th player to record 100 career points, another two players are racing to becomethe 46th and 47th players to reach the century mark. Hot on his heels on the race to 100 is junior Riley Nash, who has tallied 80 points in 86 career games, and Blake Gallagher, who has 82 points through 113 career games.

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 returns home to Lynah Rink for the first time since Nov. 24 when it faces North Dakota in one of the nation's most anticipated non-conference series of the season. The Big Red and Fighting Sioux will open the series on Fri., Jan. 22, in a game televised locally by Time Warner Cable Sports, before closing out the two-game set on Saturday. Both games will begin at 7 p.m.