BURLINGTON, VT. — After splitting a weekend series with Mercyhurst with two extreme scores, Cornell women's hockey will head north to Vermont on Saturday two games in the Windjammer Classic. The Big Red will face a pair of Hockey East teams, taking on Boston University on Saturday before squaring off against host Vermont on Sunday.
 
GAME 11: Cornell Big Red vs. Boston University
WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 28, 1 p.m.
WHERE: Gutterson Fieldhouse — Burlington, Vt.
2015-16 RECORDS: Cornell 3-5-2 (1-2-2 ECAC Hockey), Boston 10-6-1 (8-3-0 Hockey East)
LIVE STATS:  UVMathletics.com
LIVE VIDEO: CatamounTV
 
GAME 12: Cornell Big Red at Vermont Catamounts
WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 29, 4 p.m.
WHERE: Gutterson Fieldhouse — Burlington, Vt.
2015-16 RECORDS: Cornell 3-5-2 (1-2-2 ECAC Hockey), Vermont 3-11-0 (3-5-0 Hockey East)*
LIVE STATS:  UVMathletics.com
LIVE VIDEO: CatamounTV
*records do not include Saturday's games
 
GAME NOTES:
Cornell | Boston University (coming soon) | Vermont (coming soon)
 
ABOUT THE BIG RED
Cornell played a dramatic series against Mercyhurst on Nov. 20-21, dropping the first game 5-1 before storming back to a 6-1 win on Saturday behind a hat trick from junior Hanna Bunton. The Big Red scored with 17.6  seconds left to tie Colgate, 3-3, on Tuesday, Nov. 17. Cornell's other ECAC Hockey points came with a dramatic 2-1 comeback win over No. 10/10 Princeton and a 2-2 draw with Union. The Big Red  found its highest offensive output of the season on Nov. 14 against Syracuse, taking a 5-2 win for its first non-conference victory of the season. Cornell fell in a conference game to Rensselaer in overtime, 2-1, and lost to then-No. 7/7 Quinnipiac, 3-1. In the first weekend of the season, Cornell dropped a pair of games to No. 2/2 Boston College.
 
ABOUT BOSTON UNIVERSITY
The Terriers were ranked as high as No. 7 in the early goings of the season before a series loss to Clarkson and 7-1 defeat at the hands of local rival Northeastern knocked BU out of the polls. The Terriers have worked their way back into the conversation though, currently sitting in second in Hockey East behind undefeated Boston College. The Eagles took a game from BU, 8-1, before the Terriers gave BC a run for its money, forcing overtime but ultimately falling, 4-3. The losses to the Eagles and the Huskies, both currently ranked, are BU's only Hockey East blemishes as they've taken series wins over Maine and Merrimack and single-game victories over Vermont and New Hampshire. Senior Sarah Lefort and sophomore Victoria Bach shared Hockey East Player of the Week honors this week after Lefort posted six assists in the weekend sweep of Merrimack and Bach notched a hat trick. Sophomore Rebecca Leslie has the team lead in points with 21 on four goals and 17 assists while junior Maddie Elia's 10 goals are good for the team's scoring lead and have her tied for third in scoring in the conference. Sophomore Erin O'Neil (6-2-0) and junior Victoria Hanson (4-4-0) have shared the responsibility in net, with O'Neil posting a 2.91 goals-against average and .907 save percentage in 10 games and Hanson recording a 3.30 goals-against mark and .893 save percentage in eight games.
 
THE SERIES VS. BOSTON UNIVERSITY
The Big Red holds a 5-2-1 advantage in the all-time series against the Terriers, including a commanding 6-2 win last season on Jan. 13, 2015, when BU was ranked No. 4. Before that, the teams hadn't met since October 2012, when they split a weekend series with Cornell taking the first game, 5-2, and BU wining the second, 5-1. The teams have also met twice in the postseason. In the first round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament, Cornell took a thrilling 8-7 win in triple overtime in Ithaca, a year after the Terriers beat the Big Red in the second round of the 2011 NCAA Tournament, a 4-1 decision that helped BU become the national runner-up, falling to Wisconsin in the championship.
 
ABOUT VERMONT
All three of the Catamounts' wins thus far this season have come in Hockey East play, toppling Providence in two of three games against the Friars and beating Maine, 4-2, for a tied-for-fourth spot in the current standings. Vermont's out of conference schedule has been a challenging one, however, opening the season with series against Bemidji State and Clarkson, two teams that have been ranked all season. Hockey East has also posed some challenges for the Catamounts, with Boston University and Northeastern serving Vermont matching 5-2 losses. New Hampshire and Connecticut have also taken conference wins over the Catamounts. Vermont's power play has proven to be one of the team's strong suits, ranking 10^th in Division I with a 19 percent success rate as eight of the team's 21 goals have come with a man-advantage. Dayna Colang's 10 points on five goals and five assists lead the team while Bridget Baker and Victoria Andreakos have three goals apiece. Madison Litchfield (1-6-0) and Molly Depew (2-5-0) have split time between the pipes. Litchfield has a 2.98 goals-against average and .891 save percentage through eight games while Depew holds a 3.63. goals-against average and .883 save percentage through seven.
 
THE SERIES VS. VERMONT
The all-time series stands at 11-1-1 in favor of the Big Red, but the teams haven't met since Oct. 25, 2008, when Cornell took a 5-1 win to cap off a season-opening series win. The Catamounts' only victory over the Big Red was a 1-0 win in Vermont on Jan. 22, 2005. In 13 meetings, Cornell has outscored the Catamounts 43-14.
 
ABOUT HEAD COACH DOUG DERRAUGH '91
Entering his 11th season directing Cornell women's hockey, Derraugh has brought the program to national prominence. He amassed a 189-112-24 record in his first ten seasons with the Big Red and has led the team to four ECAC Hockey Tournament Championships, four Ivy League Championships and five NCAA tournament appearances, including three trips to the Frozen Four. From 2009-10 to 2013-14, his teams notched five consecutive 20-win seasons for the first time in program history.
 
HATS OFF TO HANNA
Junior Hanna Bunton notched her first career hat trick, part of a four-point outing, in the Big Red's 6-1 rout of Mercyhurst on Nov. 21. The final of her three goals on the afternoon was her eighth of the season, a career high just 10 games into the year.
 
AT THE HART OF IT
Freshman Micah Hart recorded her first career points for Cornell in a three-point weekend against Mercyhurst. Hart scored the Big Red's lone goal on Nov. 20, redirecting a Bunton's shot from the point for the team's first power play tally of the season. The next day, she posted two assists, her first career multi-point game, in Cornell's 6-1 win, including setting up Buton's first goal, which stood as the game-winner.
 
WITH THE ADVANTAGE
In a weekend that saw 19 total power plays, the Big Red scored three man-advantage goals in the series against Mercyhurst, while allowing just one from the Lakers. Cornell's penalty kill was perfect in Saturday's game, shutting out Mercyhurst on five power play opportunities.
 
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
The series at Mercyhurst was the first two games of a nine-game stretch away from Lynah Rink for the Big Red. Cornell will not play another home game until Jan. 15 when it hosts Yale. All of the Big Red's wins so far this season, though, have come on the road. The team is currently 3-2 on opposing ice.
 
ALL HANDS ON DECK
Heading into this season, the team emphasized that the Big Red would need offensive production from all skaters, rather than just a few individuals, to be successful. After Nov. 21's 6-1 rout of Mercyhurst, 16 of the 18 skaters who have seen playing time this season have now gotten on the scoresheet.
 
FRESHMEN FIREPOWER
With Micah Hart notching her first career points in the series with Mercyhurst, all five freshmen skaters now have multiple points on the season. An all-rookie line of Pippy Gerace, Lenka Serdar and Christian Higham sparked Cornell's rally from a two-goal deficit against Union, with Gerace poking home her first career goal and the Big Red's first of the game with assists from both of her linemates for Serdar and Higham's first Cornell points as well. Gerace has two goals and Diana Buckley, Hart and Higham all have three points each.
 
BATTLE OF THE CUs
As travel partners, Colgate and Cornell had played the same ECAC Hockey teams heading into their Nov. 17 matchup and had posted similar results. The teams proved even on the scoreboard as well, with neither team ever leading by more than a goal. The Big Red scored first, but the Raiders added two before Cornell tied it. Colgate went ahead again, but the Big Red scored a late goal to force overtime. With neither team capitalizing in the extra period, both took away a point.
 
LAST MINUTE LAMP LIGHTING
Senior Jess Brown scored the game-tying goal with 17.6 seconds left on Nov. 17 against Colgate, marking the second time this season the Big Red has scored with under a minute to go. Senior Taylor Woods netted the game-winner against No. 10 Princeton with 21 seconds remaining on Nov. 6.
 
OFFENSIVE ONSLAUGHT
After averaging just over a goal a game through the first six games of the season, the Big Red found its offensive touch against on Nov. 14 at Syracuse, exploding for five goals, including three in the first period. Four different Big Red skaters scored and nine got on the scoresheet. Cornell then followed up with a six-goal game the next weekend at Mercyhurst.
 
WOODS WOWS
Senior assistant captain Taylor Woods recorded her first two goals of the season in dramatic fashion, scoring a short-handed goal with 1:16 left to even the score with No. 10/10 Princeton on Nov. 6 before netting the game-winner with 21 seconds to go. Heading into Friday night's contest at Mercyhurst, Woods has tallied points in four of her last five games.  
 
BEATING THE UNBEATEN
Cornell's thrilling 2-1 win over No. 10/10 Princeton was the Tigers' first loss of the season, after going 4-0-0 in their first four games. Princeton was the last team in ECAC Hockey to surrender an unbeaten, untied record. The win was also the Big Red's first victory over a ranked opponent this season.
 
SHUTOUT STREAK SNAPPERS (x3)
*Taylor Woods' first goal at Princeton snapped Tigers goalie Alysia Dasilva's shutout streak of 118 minutes, 44 seconds. Dasilva's previous outing was a 4-0 blanking of Brown.
* Junior Hanna Bunton scored the Big Red's first goal of the season 4:50 into the third period on Oct. 24 against No. 2/2 Boston College, marking the first time BC goaltender Katie Burt had let a puck past her in over 150 minutes of play. Burt had posted back-to-back shutouts against New Hampshire and Maine the weekend before.
*Quinnipiac goaltender junior Sydney Rossman hadn't surrendered a goal in 81:28, riding a scoreless overtime draw against Colgate, when Bunton netted the first goal of the game at 12:29 of the first period on Nov. 7, an eventual 3-1 Bobcats victory.
 
 
THE PUCK STOPS HERE
Junior goaltender Paula Voorheis posted a spectacular performance in net in the Big Red's season opener against Boston College on Oct. 24. Against BC's potent offense, Voorheis made 40 saves, including stopping all 17 shots that came her way in the second period. Voorheis allowed just two goals on the night, with the Eagles' other two tallies coming in the form of empty net goals when Cornell pulled Voorheis in favor of an extra attacker in the games' waning moments.
 
 
FOR CLUB AND FOR COUNTRY
Entering the 2015-16 season, the Big Red has eight players who have represented Team Canada at some level. Senior Cassandra Poudrier, junior Hanna Bunton and freshman Micah Hart have all spent time with the senior Canadian Women's National Team. Poudrier competed in the 2015 Four Nations Cup for Team Canada. Senior Morgan Richardson helped the U-18 Canadian team to an IIHF World Championship in 2012, while freshmen Hart captained a U-18 team that also featured classmates Christian Higham and Marlene Boissonnault to a silver medal at the 2015 U-18 IIHF World Championships. Junior Sydney Smith has also spent time with the Canadian U-18 Team. Several American players have attended USA Hockey development camps as well.
 
GOING PRO
In the newly formed National Women's Hockey League (NWHL), teams can draft players entering their final year of NCAA eligibility in order to sign them once they finish their collegiate play. Senior captain Cassandra Poudrier was picked 18th overall in the 2015 NWHL Draft by the Connecticut Whale. Four Cornell women's hockey alumnae are currently playing in the league, which is in its first season: Alyssa Gagliardi '14 (Boston Pride), Lauren Slebodnick '14 (Boston Pride), Jenny Scrivens (Niesluchowski) '10 (NY Riveters) and Erin Barley-Maloney '13 (NY Riveters). In addition, eight former Cornellians are playing in the Canadian Women's Hockey League. Emily Fulton '15 was a first round CWHL draft pick this season, going to the Toronto Furies. Linemates Brianne Jenner '15 and Jill Saulnier '15 were both drafted by the Calgary Inferno, where they will join Rebecca Johnston '12, Jessica Campbell '14 and Hayleigh Cudmore '14. Laura Fortino '13 (Brampton) and Lauriane Rougeau '13 (Montreal) also play in the league.

RECORDS WATCH
*With her first goal of the game at Mercyhurst on Nov. 21, junior Hanna Bunton moved into a tie for No. 17 on the Cornell all-time list for game-winning goals with seven. Senior Taylor Woods is currently tied for the No. 23 spot with six. Bunton is two game-winners away from being tied for tenth.
*Woods is tied for 16th all-time with 11 career power-play goals. Adding one power-play goal would tie her for 12th. She is four power-play goals away from knocking Jeri Maerz out of 10th.
*Woods' short-handed goal against Princeton tied her for 10th all-time with three man-down tallies.
*Bunton is tied for 12th all-time with two short-handed goals.
*Woods' 294 career shots on goal are good for 13th all-time. She needs five shots on goal to surpass Caeleigh Beerworth in the No. 12 spot. Woods was also No. 13 for shots per game with 2.69 entering her senior season.
*After the series with Mercyhurst, senior Cassandra Poudrier has moved into 17th all-time with 223 career shots on goal. She is just four shots away from taking the 15th spot and passing Hayleigh Cudmore.
*Junior Paula Voorheis sits at No. 6 for most career wins in program history with 26.
*Voorheis also holds the No. 8 spot for career shutouts with five. She needs two shutouts to tie for fifth all-time.
*Voorheis moved into the No. 12 spot for saves with 30 saves against Rensselaer on Oct. 30. She now has 1270.
 
UP NEXT
The Big Red will return to conference play with a trip to North Country to face St. Lawrence and Clarkson on Dec. 4 and 5.