Game 21 • Cornell at Quinnipiac
Faceoff: Friday, February 5, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Site: TD Banknorth Garden (3,286) • Hamden, Conn.
2009-10 Records: Cornell (12-5-3, 7-2-2 ECAC Hockey); Quinnipiac (13-11-2, 7-7-0 ECAC Hockey)
Series Record: Cornell leads, 7-4-2
Last Meeting: Quinnipiac won, 3-2, on Nov. 21, 2009

Media Information
Television: CBS College Sports • Dave Ryan (play-by-play), Dave Starman (analyst)
Radio: WHCU 870 AM • Jason Weinstein (play-by-play)
Live Stats: www.quinnipiacbobcats.com
Live Audio: www.CornellBigRed.com/showcase
Tickets: Available by calling (607) 254-BEAR

Game 22 • Cornell at Princeton
Faceoff: Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
Site: Hobey Baker Rink (2,092) • Princeton, N.J.
2009-10 Records: Cornell (12-5-3, 9-2-2 ECAC Hockey); Princeton (9-10-2, 5-8-1 ECAC Hockey)
Series Record: Cornell leads, 79-45-7
Last Meeting: Princeton won, 3-2, on Dec. 30, 2009

Media Information
Television: FiOS1 (Metro NYC area) • Ralph Bednarczyk (play-by-play), Chris Kotsopoulos (analyst)
Radio: WHCU 870 AM • Jason Weinstein (play-by-play)
Live Stats: www.goprincetontigers.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 looks to keep rolling this weekend, taking to the road for a pair of games against Quinnipiac and Princeton. The Big Red and Bobcats will face off on Friday at 8 p.m., a special start time with the game being televised nationally on CBS College Sports. Saturday, Cornell and Princeton will do battle in a 7 p.m. start at Princeton's Hobey Baker Rink, a game that can be seen in the metropolitan New York City area on Verizon FiOS1. For fans in Ithaca, Jason Weinstein will have the call on WHCU 870 AM, with live streaming audio of both games available through the Cornell Redcast subscription service.

ABOUT THE BIG RED
Cornell closed out the month of January with a 5-1-1 mark after pulling off its second four-point weekend of the season, downing St. Lawrence and Clarkson at Lynah Rink. Cornell first earned a hard-fought victory against St. Lawrence by a 2-1 margin with junior Patrick Kennedy scoring the game-winner with 1:37 to play in regulation. On Saturday, the Big Red struck for four goals in the second period, including three of those on the power play, to claim a 5-3 victory over Clarkson. Senior Blake Gallagher led the way against the Golden Knights with a goal and three assists for his first career four-point game, while sophomore Locke Jillson scored his first career multi-point game with two goals and one assist. Senior goaltender Ben Scrivens was solid once again on the weekend, posting 33 saves and allowing four goals. The Big Red penalty-killing unit was also solid, allowing one goal on eight chances on the weekend, while the power-play unit snapped an 0-for-30 skid with three goals against Clarkson to finish 3-for-9 on the weekend. On the year, Gallagher leads the Cornell offense with 25 points through 20 games on a team-best 13 goals and 12 assists. Fellow senior Colin Greening is also averaging better than a point per game, tallying seven goals and a team-high 14 assists for 21 points in 20 games. Also in double figures on the season are juniors Joe Devin (5-11--16) and Riley Nash (5-9--14), senior Brendon Nash (2-9--11) and freshman Nick D'Agostino (2-8--10). In goal, Scrivens has played every minute, posting a 1.94 goals-against average and a .929 save percentage with a pair of shutouts. Cornell's power play has converted on 21-of-95 power play chances (22.1 percent) and has killed off penalties at a 88.9 percent rate (88-of-99).

ABOUT QUINNIPIAC
The Bobcats, once the biggest story of the year after opening the season at 12-1, have faltered since December, going just 1-10-2 since and have fallen into seventh place in the ECAC Hockey standings. The Bobcats have not won since a Dec. 12 win over American International, and the team, which was at one point ranked as high as fourth in the nation, is no longer receiving votes in the national polls. In spite of their struggles, Quinnipiac remains a dangerous squad, led by senior Brandon Wong's 28 points on 14 goals and 14 assists in 26 games. Four of Quinnipiac's top-five scorers are seniors, with the lone outlier being sophomore Scott Zurevinski, who ranks third with 24 points on 11 goals and 13 assists. Nine players are in double digits in scoring on the season. Sophomore goaltender Dan Clarke has seen the majority of time in between the pipes for Quinnipiac, posting a .909 save percentage and a 2.72 goals-against average. The Bobcats have converted on 28-of-134 power-play chances (20.9 percent) while killing off 105-of-124 opponents' power plays (84.7 percent).

THE SERIES WITH QUINNIPIAC
Cornell holds a 7-4-2 lead in the all-time series against Quinnipiac after the Bobcats claimed a 3-2 win on Nov. 21 at Lynah Rink. Cornell grabbed three points from the Bobcats last season, winning at Lynah Rink and skating to a scoreless tie at the TD Banknorth Sports Center. Cornell has never lost at the Bobcats' new home, going 1-0-1 with an overtime victory in the 2007-08 season.

ABOUT PRINCETON
One of the preseason league favorites, the Tigers have begun to turn their season around in recent weeks. After struggling with a 3-8-1 mark through the first six weeks of the season, Princeton has gone 6-2-1 since and enters the weekend at 9-10-2 overall. Princeton has won three straight games entering the weekend, facing Colgate on Friday night. The Tigers are led offensively by Dan Bartlett's 21 points on 14 goals and seven assists. Bartlett is the only player to have scored double-figures in goals, while Mark Magnowski is the only player with 10 or more assists, recording four goals and 10 assists for 14 points. Eight players have recorded double-digits in goals this season. In goal, senior Zane Kalemba is starting to show flashes of what made him the ECAC Hockey Player of the Year last season, getting his save percentage up to .899 and his goals-against average down to 3.29. The Tigers have gone 19-of-98 on the power play (19.4 percent) while killing off 71-of-94 opponents' power plays (75.5 percent).

THE SERIES WITH PRINCETON
Cornell holds a 79-46-7 lead in the all-time series with Princeton, a series that dates back to 1901. The two teams have split their two meetings this season, with Cornell claiming a 5-2 win in the league game on Nov. 30 at Lynah Rink, but with the Tigers taking a 3-2 victory in the consolation game of the Florida College Classic on Dec. 30 in Estero, Fla. Cornell head coach Mike Schafer is 24-10-2 against Princeton since taking over the Cornell program prior to the 1995-96 season.

SAVING THE DAY
With his save on a shot by St. Lawrence's Mike McKenzie in the second period on Jan. 29, Ben Scrivens became Cornell's all-time leader in career saves, surpassing the previous tally of 2,462 of Jason Elliott from 1994-97. Scrivens now has 2,489 career saves and ranks among the team's all-time leaders in every goaltending record. Scrivens also has the second and third highest single-season save totals in Cornell history in each of the past two seasons.

FOUR-SQUARE
Cornell's offense scored four goals in first 10 minutes of the second period against Clarkson on Jan. 30, just the third time this season that the Big Red has scored four times in one period. The last time that happened came on Nov. 14 at Brown, when Cornell scored four times in the third period in a 6-0 victory. Cornell also scored four goals in the third period against Harvard on Nov. 7 in a 6-3 win at Lynah Rink.

THREE IS THE MAGIC NUMBER
Three seems to be the key number for the Cornell offense in getting a victory this season, as the Big Red is 9-0-1 on the year when scoring three or more goals. The lone tie came when Cornell drew with Boston University, 3-3, on Nov. 28 at Madison Square Garden. When scoring fewer than three goals, the Big Red is just 3-5-2, with wins over Rensselaer, North Dakota and St. Lawrence.

MISSING IN ACTION
Junior forward Riley Nash missed both games against St. Lawrence and Clarkson on Jan. 29-30 with an undisclosed injury, the first time in his career that he has been out of the lineup. With Nash sitting out, the number of current players to have never missed a game stands at just two: senior Colin Greening, who has appeared in 123 career games, and freshman Greg Miller, who has been in the lineup in all 20 games so far this season. Nash is expected to be back in the lineup for both games this weekend at Quinnipiac and Princeton.

DRYING UP
Cornell started out the season with one of the most prolific offenses in the country, scoring at least two goals in each of the first 15 games of the season. A mid-season slump hit, with the Big Red scoring just one goal in three straight games, going 1-1-1 over that span, but the Big Red appears to be putting the offense back in order with seven goals in the two games last weekend against St. Lawrence and Clarkson. Cornell is averaging 3.10 goals per game, ranking 26th in the nation and fifth among ECAC Hockey members.

... BUT STILL GETTING BY
While the Big Red offense has cooled off in recent games, the Big Red still holds one of the nation's top records, due in large part to one of the nation's stingiest defenses. Cornell is ranked second in the nation in scoring defense, allowing just 2.05 goals per game. Cornell also ranks fourth in the nation in scoring margin.

THE POWER'S BACK ON
For the first part of the season, Cornell's offense was being carried by the nation's most potent power play. At one point, the Big Red was converting on nearly one out of every three power-play chances. Then, for a seven and a half game stretch, the Big Red went 0-for-30 on the power play before striking for three power play goals in seven chances against Clarkson on Jan. 30. The Big Red's three power-play goals marked the first goals with the man advantage for Cornell during the month of January, with its last power-play goal coming against Colorado College on Dec. 29 in Estero, Fla.

MORE ON THE POWER PLAY
Cornell's three power-play goal outburst against Clarkson on Jan. 30 marked the first time that the Big Red had scored at least two power-play goals since Nov. 28 against Boston University, and the first time scoring three with the man advantage since Nov. 6 against Dartmouth.

LEADING THE WAY
Further establishing his place among Cornell hockey history, senior Colin Greening is vying to become the first player in program history to lead the team in goals in four straight seasons. He joins Matt Moulson (2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06) and Roy Kerling (1977-78, 1979-80, 1981-82) as the only two players who have ever led the team in goals in three seasons, with Moulson being the only other player to lead the team in goals in three consecutive seasons. Currently, Greening trails Blake Gallagher by six goals for the team lead in that category.

A RARE OCCASION
The visit from North Dakota on Jan. 22-23 marked just the second time a current member of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association has ever visited the nearly 53-year-old Lynah Rink. The only other current WCHA member to have visited Lynah Rink is Denver, which played two games at Lynah on Dec. 29-30, 1979. Both of those games went in favor of the Big Red, which won 5-4 and 4-3 on its way to a berth in the national semifinals. That same season also saw Notre Dame, which at the time was a member of the WCHA but is now a member of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, visit Lynah Rink on Nov. 23, 1979, and come away with a 5-4 overtime victory.

CORNELL VS. THE WCHA
The Big Red's split against North Dakota marked the second straight season that the Big Red went 1-1 against the Fighting Sioux. Cornell is now 3-5 all-time against North Dakota and 17-18-1 against WCHA teams. Of those 36 games against current WCHA members, Cornell has only played four at Lynah Rink, going 3-1. This season, the Big Red is 1-2 against WCHA foes after dropping a 4-2 decision to Colorado College on Dec. 29 at the Florida College Classic. Cornell head coach Mike Schafer holds a 7-7-1 all-time in his 15 games behind the bench against WCHA opponents.

HOME AT LAST
Cornell's game on Jan. 22 against North Dakota marked the first time the Big Red had played at Lynah Rink in nearly two full months. The Big Red had played eight straight games away from home, including three neutral site games, in between appearances at Lynah Rink. The eight-game road trip was Cornell's longest since the 1990-91 season that saw the Big Red also play eight consecutive games away from home. Cornell went 3-2-3 on this most recent eight-game road swing, with wins over Rensselaer, New Hampshire and Clarkson, and ties against Boston University, Union and St. Lawrence. Cornell's two losses both came in Estero, Fla., in the Florida College Classic on Dec. 29-30, 2009.

CLOSE CALL
With Blake Gallagher's goal with just under 10 seconds remaining on Jan. 23 against North Dakota, the Big Red avoided being shut out for the first time this season. Cornell was last shut out on March 21, 2009, against Yale in the ECAC Hockey championship game.

ONE IS THE LONLIEST NUMBER
The Big Red's 1-1 tie at St. Lawrence on Jan. 16 marked the first time this season that the Big Red scored fewer than two goals in a game. Cornell had scored at least two in each of the first 15 games of the season.

THE ONLY ONE
Cornell's 1-0 win over North Dakota marked the first time this season that the Fighting Sioux lost a non-conference contest. North Dakota went 5-1-2 in its non-league games this year including the split with the Big Red. Other victims of the Fighting Sioux include Merrimack twice, Niagara and Ohio State, with the two ties coming against Miami and Notre Dame.

NORTH COUNTRY OF NIGHTMARES
All teams have their share of troubles when heading to New York's North Country, and Cornell has been no exception to that rule in recent seasons. Cornell's win on Jan. 15 at Clarkson snapped an eight-game losing streak in the North Country. The Big Red last won at either venue during the 2004-05 season when it pulled off the rare sweep of Clarkson and St. Lawrence. Since then, the Big Red has tallied just six of a possible 20 points, with three of those points coming this season. Clarkson's Cheel Arena and St. Lawrence's Appleton Arena are two of the three ECAC Hockey venues that the Big Red has a losing record at, with Harvard's Bright Hockey Center the third. After this season's results, Cornell is now 6-11-3 at Cheel Arena and 17-19-5 at Appleton Arena.

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.
 
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. With the split against North Dakota, Cornell finished the non-league slate at 3-3-1.

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, who now has 104 career points, 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 41st place all-time in Cornell scoring history, two points behind Ryan Moynihan for 40th (131 GP, 45-61--106).

THE WINNER
Ben Scrivens is not only standing atop 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 56, 20 behind Ken Dryden's 76 and nine behind David McKee's 65. He is also second in career ties with 11, two behind McKee, and fourth in both goals-against average (1.95) and save percentage (.928). He also has 14 career shutouts,  moving him one past Ken Dryden for second-most in school history. Scrivens now trails the career leader, David McKee, by four in that category.

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.

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.

 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.

OFFENSIVE DEFENSEMAN
Cornell's seven defenseman rotation has provided additional offense for the Big Red, as the seven players who have seen ice time this season have combined to score eight goals and 40 assists for 48 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, followed closely by freshman Nick D'Agostino's nine points on two goals and seven assists.

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, and duplicated that feat again on Jan. 15 at Clarkson. Krueger now has seven points, all coming in a total of three games.

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.

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. Most recently, freshman Chris Moulson made his Cornell debut on Jan. 16 at St. Lawrence. The remaining three members of the freshman class – goaltender Omar Kanji, forward Vince Mihalik and defenseman Jarred Seymour –have yet to see game action this season.

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. Should he start every game this season, he would break David McKee's NCAA record of consecutive starts by a goaltender of 102. Scrivens has started in 90 straight games for the Big Red, the second-highest total 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 288 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 six, with St. Lawrence's Joe Marsh well ahead, scoring his 450th career win on Jan. 30 at Colgate.

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 123 career games played after appearing in all 20 games so far this season.

TRIPLE DIGITS
Five 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 123 career games played, while Justin Krueger has appeared in 121 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 119, and Brendon Nash, who reached the 100-game mark on Jan. 3 at New Hampshire and now has played in 106 career games. The most recent player to reach 100 was Ben Scrivens, who played in his 100th career game on Jan. 22 against North Dakota and has appeared in 103 career contests. Next up on the list should be Joe Scali, who stands at 96 career games, and Riley Nash, who has played in 90 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 senior Blake Gallagher, who has 88 points in 119 career games, and junior Riley Nash,  who has tallied 81 points in 90 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
The Big Red returns to Lynah Rink next weekend for another critical league series. Cornell will open the weekend on Feb. 12 against Brown before battling Yale in a clash of two of the top contenders for the regular-season title the following night. Both games will begin at 7 p.m.