ITHACA, N.Y. —  The Cornell men's hockey team will look to get off to its first 8-0 start to a season since 1971-72 when it takes on Princeton at 7 p.m. Saturday in a game that doubles as an ECAC Hockey and Ivy League game. Featuring the call of Grady Whittenburg and color commentary from former assistant coach and team captain Topher Scott '08, the game will be broadcast on ESPN+ in the U.S. (with an option for international viewers also available through portal.stretchinternet.com). The game can also be heard on WHCU (870 AM, 97.7 FM) with Jason Weinstein back for his 16th season on play-by-play and Tony Eisenhut '88 on color commentary.

Game Information:

Princeton at #2 Cornell
7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019
PLACE: Lynah Arena  •  Ithaca, N.Y.
RECORDS: Cornell 7-0, 5-0 ECAC Hockey, 2-0 Ivy League
                    Princeton 1-3-3, 0-3-2 ECAC Hockey, 0-2 Ivy League
BROADCAST: ESPN+
RADIO: WHCU (870 AM, 97.7 FM)
LIVE STATS: CornellBigRed.com
TICKETS: CornellBigRedTickets.com
GAME NOTES (PDF): Cornell Saturday Supplement | Cornell Mid-Week Notes | Princeton

Friday Night Redux:

•  The Big Red won its seventh straight game to start a season for the second time in the last three years, outlasting Quinnipiac in an eventful 2-1 affair on Friday night.
•  Matthew Galajda made 13 of his 22 saves in the third period, and Cornell's penalty kill was a perfect 5-fot-5 to fuel the victory.
•  Michael Regush's power-play goal in the second period proved to be the game winner, coming a shade over two minutes after Quinnipiac tied it at 1.
•  Cornell's power play has now scored at least once in its first seven games for the first time since the 2005-06 season. The Big Red remains the nation's leading power play, coming into tonight's game with a 40% success rate.
•  Brenden Locke opened the scoring for Cornell early in the second period. It was his second straight game with a goal, and he became the first repeat scorer on the team over its last 13 goals.
•  Nick Jermain scored the lone goal for Quinnipiac, which had a last gasp with a six-on-four power play for the final 1:22 of the game. The only shot on goal was a one-timer from leading scorer Odeen Tufto in the left circle with 35 seconds remaining that Galajda stopped in his midsection.
•  It was the first time this year Cornell had been held to fewer than three goals.

Scouting Princeton:

•  Princeton is 1-3-3 overall and 0-3-2 in the league. The Tigers' winless skid reached six games with a 2-2 tie last night at Colgate, though Princeton rallied to get the result with senior center Jackson Cressey scoring an extra-attacker goal with 33 seconds left in regulation.
•  Sophomore right winger Corey Andonovski opened the scoring for the Tigers with a power-play goal in the game's ninth minute. Ryan Ferland made 21 saves.
•  Cressey (3-5–8) continues to lead the team in scoring, having recently eclipsed the 100-point milestone for his career. He was reunited with leading goal-scorer Andonovski (5-1–6, 3 PPG) last night on a line with sophomore Christian O'Neill (0-5–5) on the left wing.
•  Junior goaltender Ryan Ferland (1-2-2, 2.31, .917) has regained the starting role after splitting starts with freshman Aidan Porter (0-1-1, 3.91, .877) over the first two weekends of the Tigers' season.
•  Ron Fogarty is in his sixth season as the head coach at Princeton.
•  The Tigers were selected to finish tied for ninth in ECAC Hockey's preseason coaches poll and 11th in the media association poll.

The Series Against Princeton:

•  Cornell has been dominant against the Tigers, holding a 94-52-8 lead all-time with wins in nine of the teams' last 10 meetings. 
•  The Big Red swept last season's series with a 5-1 victory on Nov. 17 at Lynah Rink and a 3-2 win on Jan. 4 at Princeton. In the first game, Cam Donaldson and Max Andreev had a goal and an assist apiece with the Big Red scoring three times in the game's final eight minutes. In the rematch bereft of any penalties, Brenden Locke opened the scoring before the Tigers erased a two-goal deficit. Alec McCrea '19 scored the winner for Cornell.
•  The Big Red has scored 30 goals in its last seven games against Princeton (4.29 goals per game), and Cornell's penalty kill has a 90% success rate against the Tigers' power play over their last nine meetings.

Full Mid-Week Game Notes:

Cornell Mid-Week Notes