ITHACA, N.Y. – Having successfully clinched the Ivy League championship and the ECAC Hockey regular season title over the last two weekends, No. 3 Cornell will look to head into the postseason with a strong weekend showing against Clarkson and No. 10 St. Lawrence.

GAME INFORMATION
GAME #28: No. 3 Cornell vs. Clarkson
GAME TIME: Friday, Feb. 17, 7 p.m.
GAME SITE: Lynah Rink (Ithaca, N.Y.)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads 17-10-2
LAST MEETING: Clarkson won 5-3 on Jan. 28, 2012
2011-12 RECORDS: Cornell (24-3, 18-2 ECAC Hockey); Clarkson (20-7-5, 14-4-2 ECAC Hockey)
LIVE STATS: Cornell Live Stats
LIVE VIDEO:  RedCast

GAME #29: No. 3 Cornell vs. No. 10 St. Lawrence
GAME TIME: Saturday, Feb. 18, 4 p.m.
GAME SITE: Lynah Rink, Ithaca, N.Y.
SERIES RECORD: St. Lawrence leads 31-24-4
LAST MEETING: Cornell won 6-4 on Jan. 27, 2012
2011-12 RECORDS: Cornell (24-3, 18-2 ECAC Hockey); St. Lawrence (19-8-4, 13-5-2 ECAC Hockey)*
LIVE STATS: Cornell Live Stats
LIVE VIDEO:  RedCast
*Records before games on Feb. 17

ABOUT THE BIG RED
Cornell, coming off two consecutive Frozen Four appearances, appears to be playing well down the home stretch of the season in anticipation of another deep playoff run. With victories against Yale and Brown last weekend, the Big Red clinched the ECAC Hockey regular season conference title for the third consecutive year, sewing up the No. 1 seed in the league's postseason tournament next weekend. Cornell is the No. 3 team in the country and is on a five-game winning streak heading into this weekend against top-notch ECAC Hockey rivals.

HEAD COACH DOUG DERRAUGH
Now in his seventh season directing the Cornell women's hockey program, Doug Derraugh has quickly brought the Big Red women to their place among the nation's elite. Taking a program that won just four games in the season prior to his arrival, Derraugh guided the Big Red to the national title game in his fifth season and back-to-back NCAA Frozen Four appearances in 2010 and 2011, completely turning around the culture of the women's hockey program at Cornell. Derraugh, a 1991 graduate of Cornell, was the last Big Red men's hockey player to score 30 goals in a season. He earned his 100th career win at Union on Jan. 6.

ABOUT CLARKSON
The Golden Knights, who hail from Canton, N.Y., are on a six-game winning streak heading into the weekend and were the last team to beat the Big Red. Clarkson is sitting in the No. 3 spot in ECAC Hockey and could move up to No. 2 if it has results go the right way this weekend. Carly Mercer tops all Knights players with 39 points, and Jamie Lee Rattray is not far behind with 45. Goaltender Erica Howe has a 1.77 goals against average and has earned all 20 of Clarkson's victories.
The Knights have co-head coaches Shannon and Matt Desrosiers leading the way for the fourth year.

THE SERIES WITH CLARKSON
Cornell has a nearly two-to-one margin of victory in its series with Clarkson, beating the Knights 17 times in 29 meetings with three ties. But last month, Clarkson upended Cornell's nation-long nine-game unbeaten streak with a 5-3 win in Canton. During that game, Clarkson scored three power play goals in the second period, and Juana Baribeau got a hat trick on an empty netter with just 12 seconds left.

A WIN AGAINST CLARKSON WOULD…
…extend Cornell's winning streak to six games…end Clarkson's current winning streak at six…ensure the Big Red maintains at least a five-point lead atop the ECAC Hockey standings…be Cornell's first win against the Golden Knights since Dec. 4, 2010…improve the Big Red to 13-1 at home…keep Cornell undefeated (6-0) in February…move Cornell to 11-1 on Friday night games and 11-1 in the first game of back-to-backs.

ABOUT ST. LAWRENCE
The Saints, based in Potsdam, N.Y., are coming into this weekend on a five-game winning streak with its last loss coming at the hands of the Big Red. St. Lawrence is currently ranked No. 10 in the country, cracking the national polls for the first time all season. Sitting in the No. 4 position in the league right now, the Saints can move all the way up to second with two wins this weekend if other results go their way. Rylee Smith and Kelly Sabatine lead the team with 38 points each. Carmen McDonald leads the way in net with a 2.02 goals against average and 16 of the Saints' 19 wins.
The Saints are coached by Chris Wells, who is in his fourth year leading his alma mater.

THE SERIES WITH ST. LAWRENCE
Cornell and St. Lawrence have met 59 times, with the Saints holding a 31-24-4 advantage. But the last three meetings went to Cornell. St. Lawrence's last victory against Cornell came on Nov. 14, 2009. Cornell took a 4-0 lead in the teams' last tilt on Jan. 27 before the Saints crept back in. A late empty-netter by Rebecca Johnston made it 6-4 in Cornell's favor, though the Saints nearly got the game-tying goal moments earlier.

A WIN AGAINST ST. LAWRENCE WOULD…
… extend Cornell's winning run against the Saints to four games.

SENIOR NIGHT
Saturday's game will be the final regular-season contest for seniors Rebecca Johnston, Chelsea Karpenko, Amanda Mazzotta, Kendice Ogilvie, Catherine White and Amanda Young. They will leave Cornell as the winningest and most successful senior class ever, racking up at least 88 wins in their careers before this weekend's games, winning three Ivy League championships and three ECAC Hockey regular season titles. This group of seniors has made the NCAA Tournament twice – so far – and has made the Frozen Four each of the last two years.

IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
When the Big Red defeated Union 5-1 on Feb. 4, the team got some help away from Ithaca when Harvard knocked off Princeton 10-1. The Tigers were the only team that could catch Cornell in the Ivy League standings before they lost that game to Harvard, clinching the Ivy League championship for Cornell. The championship is the 10th in program history and third in a row.

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS
With victories against Yale and Brown last weekend, the Big Red clinched their third consecutive ECAC Hockey regular season championship and the No. 1 spot in the conference tournament. Cornell will host the conference quarterfinals next weekend against the No. 8 team and will also host the semifinals and finals should it advance past the quarterfinals.

HOME COOKING
The Big Red has embarked on four separate road game stretches this season and has come away with victories in each of its four home games following those trips. Cornell has won those home games by a combined score of 18-1.

NO SHUTOUTS
The Big Red is one of just four teams in the country that has not been shut out this season. Cornell has scored a goal in every game this year, something only the Big Red, Clarkson, North Dakota and Northeastern can say.

BRICK WALLS
Through 27 games this season, the Big Red has given up just 40 goals total. That number is the smallest among all Division I teams.

WINNING WAYS
With a win against Dartmouth on Jan. 21, Amanda Mazzotta earned her 48th career victory, putting her atop the team's all-time list. Mazzotta passed the previous record of 47 career wins, previously held by Sarah Mott, who played from 1978-81.

MAKING A POINT
Six current members of the Cornell roster are averaging more than a point per game over their career. Freshman Jillian Saulnier, with the smallest sample size, has a points-per-game average of 1.60. Brianne Jenner (1.62), Rebecca Johnston (1.57), Catherine White (1.35), Laura Fortino (1.16) and Chelsea Karpenko (1.02) are also on that list.

WEEKLY AWARDS HAT TRICK
The Cornell women's hockey program scored a hat trick on Tuesday afternoon as three players from the team won all three of ECAC Hockey's weekly awards. Sophomore goalie Lauren Slebodnick won the league's Goaltender of the Week award, sophomore forward Brianne Jenner was named the conference' Player of the Week and freshman forward Jillian Saulnier earned Rookie of the Week Honors.

PLAYER OF THE MONTH
For an excellent January where she scored 15 points and notched three game-winning goals, forward Rebecca Johnston has been named the ECAC Hockey Player of the Month. Johnston now has 17 goals and 20 assists this season, leading Cornell in goals and points (37).

Johnston becomes the second Cornell player honored with a monthly award this year as Jillian Saulnier twice earned Rookie of the Month. Johnston has not won an ECAC Hockey weekly award this season, though she was named Player of the Week twice last year and three times during the 2008-09 campaign.

AWARD WINNERS
Since the beginning of this season, Cornell's players have been awarded with ECAC Hockey weekly honors 12 times, more than any other team in the league.

Most recently, Brianne Jenner won Player of the Week, Jillian Saulnier took home Rookie of the Week and Lauren Slebodnick was named the Goaltender of the Week all on Tuesday. Saulnier won Rookie of the Week twice earlier in the year, while freshmen Emily Fulton and Monika Leck each won that honor once. Senior Kendice Ogilvie and sophomore Jenner have earned Player of the Week honors, while Slebodnick took home Goaltender of the Week once before and Amanda Mazzotta earned it on Jan. 24.

OUTRANKING THE COMPETITION
In its last 18 games against ranked opponents from the start of the 2009-10 season until now, the Big Red holds a 13-5 record. The win against No. 5 Mercyhurst on Tuesday added to that impressive record as did victories against No. 9 Harvard and No. 10 Dartmouth in late January. Cornell won two games against then-No. 5 Boston University in November and took one of two from then-No. 6 Mercyhurst in December. The Big Red also topped then-No. 10 Harvard in November.

NATIONAL PRIDE
Cornell saw six players participate in the Meco Cup in Germany in the first week of the year, playing for Canada's under-22 national team. All five Cornell skaters scored at least one point in the five-game tournament. Jillian Saulnier led the way with two goals and four assists, while Catherine White and Jessica Campbell notched three points each. Chelsea Karpenko had a goal and an assist, Hayleigh Cudmore earned an assist, and goalie Amanda Mazzotta got two wins and a shutout. Canada won the bronze.

NATIONAL POLLS
Cornell remained at No. 3 in this week's USCHO.com national poll but picked up three more points after a 3-0 week. Wisconsin remains at No. 1 with 14 first-place votes and Minnesota sits at No. 2 with the other first-place vote.

LOFTY NUMBERS
Forward Rebecca Johnston currently sits at eighth in the nation in points per game (1.84), with Brianne Jenner not far behind in 12th (1.80). Freshman Jillian Saulnier is second in points per game among rookies (1.64). Laura Fortino is No. 1 points per game for defensemen (1.24). Goalkeeper Lauren Slebodnick's 1.35 goals against average puts her in first the country and her 13-1 record has her first in winning percentage.

As a team, Cornell has the country's best offense (4.85 goals per game) and second-best scoring margin (3.30 goals) to go along with the second-best power play (26.3 percent) and third-best scoring defense (1.56 goals).

LAST TIME OUT
Cornell took to the road for its last regular-season away trip of the year, knocking off Brown 5-0 on Friday night with Lauren Slebodnick earning her fifth shutout this season. The next afternoon at Yale, the forward line of Brianne Jenner, Jillian Saulnier and Rebecca Johnston scored two goals each in a 6-1 Big Red victory to seal the ECAC Hockey regular season title.

CAREER NUMBERS WATCH
Against Brown and Yale:
• Brianne Jenner notched her 90th career point.
• Jillian Saulnier scored her 40th point.
• Lauren Slebodnick earned her 10th shutout.

Approaching career numbers:
• Amanda Mazzotta needs two more wins to get to 50.
• Alyssa Gagliardi's next assist will be her 30th.
• Lauriane Rougeau is one goal away from 20.
• Laura Fortino is one assist shy of 80.
• Rebecca Johnston's next goal will be her 90th.
• Jessica Campbell needs two more points for her 40th.
• Catherine White is three assists shy of 100.

UP NEXT
Cornell will face ECAC Hockey's No. 8 seed in a best-of-three series in the league's conference quarterfinals. With a win in that series, the Big Red would host the conference semifinals and finals at Lynah Rink the following weekend.