ITHACA, N.Y. - The #3 Cornell women's ice hockey team will travel to Ohio State to play a two-game series against the Buckeyes on Friday night (Nov. 29) and Saturday afternoon (Nov. 30).
 

Game Information

 
#3 Cornell at #6 Ohio State
SITE: Ohio State University Ice Rink
RECORD: Cornell 8-0-1, 5-0-1 ECAC Hockey; 9-3-4, 6-3-3 WCHA
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 2-0-0
TICKETS: Admission will be free for each game
 
Game 1
DATE: Friday, November 29
TIME: 6:00 PM
STREAMING: BTN+
STREAMING (INT'L): FloHockey 
STATS: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
 
Game 2
DATE: Saturday, November 30
TIME: 3:00 PM
STREAMING: BTN+
STREAMING (INT'L): FloHockey 
STATS: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
 
*records as of Nov. 27
 
Cornell game notes
 

About the Big Red

• Continuing a five-game road stretch to close out 2019, the Big Red was voted third, for the fourth week in a row, by the USCHO Division I Women's Poll.
• For its opening weekend, Cornell found two shutout victories against #8 Robert Morris on Oct. 25, 6-0, and Oct. 26, 3-0. Continuing its success, the Big Red opened ECAC Hockey play with a 1-0 win against Quinnipiac on Nov. 1 and a 3-1 win over #6 Princeton, Nov. 2. For its first road trip, Cornell found a 4-1 victory against St. Lawrence on Nov. 8 and a 1-1 tie against #6 Clarkson (Nov. 9). Returning home, Cornell scored 15 goals with a 6-0 win over Yale (Nov. 15) and a 9-1 victory against Brown (Nov. 16). The Big Red found a 4-1 victory against the Syracuse Orange on Tuesday (Nov. 26).
• Nine games into her senior year, defender Jaime Bourbonnais leads the team with 16 points on two goals and 14 assists. She has earned a point in all but one game (at St. Lawrence), including three games with three assists. She currently has a four-game point streak.
• Junior forward Maddie Mills follows with 12 points on five goals and seven assists. Mills has had three multi-point games.
• Senior forward Amy Curlew follows in third place with 11 points on eight goals and three assists. Curlew scored five goals in the last weekend (Nov. 15-16), earning her first career hat trick against Brown on Nov. 16 and notched one assist against Syracuse.
• Lindsay Browning became the first goalie in program history to open the season with three shutouts when the team beat Quinnipiac, 1-0. In just nine games, Browning has 160 saves for a .976 save percentage. The junior goalie has let just four shots past her and into the net for a .46 goals against average.

 

Work as a Team, Win as a Team

• The Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey team ranks:
  • 1st in the nation in scoring defense (.56 goals per game - five in nine games)
  • 1st in the nation in team winning percentage (.944)
  • 1st in the nation in current unbeaten streak (9 games - record: 8-0-1)
  • 2nd in the nation in scoring margin (3.56 - 4.11 goals for per game, .56 goals against per game)
  • 1st in the nation in penalty kills (94.3% - 33/50 penalties killed)
  • 4th in the nation in scoring offense (4.11 goals per game - 37 in nine games)
  • 7th in combined special teams (56.3% - 40/71)
  • 15th in the nation in power plays (19.4% - 7/36)
  • 1st in the ECAC Hockey league in penalty kill percentage (.943)
  • 1st in the ECAC Hockey league in goal against average (.56)
  • 1st in the ECAC Hockey league in goals per game (4.11)
  • 1st in the ECAC Hockey league in winning percentage (.944)
  • 4th in the ECAC Hockey league in power play percentage (.194)

 

Individuals Ranked Nationally

• Jaime Bourbonnais 
  • Ranks 1st in points per game (defenseman) (1.78)
  • Ranks 2nd in assists per game (1.56)
  • Ranks 7th in points per game (1.78)
• Lindsay Browning
  • Ranks 1st in goals against average (.46)
  • Ranks 1st in save percentage (.976)
  • Ranks 1st in winning percentage (.944)
  • Ranks 1st in shutouts (4); tied with Aerin Frankel (Northeastern)
• Amy Curlew
  • Ranks 4th in game-winning goals (3); tied with 10 other people, including Kristin O'Neill
  • Ranks 6th in goals per game (.89)
  • Ranks 6th in power-play goals per game (.44); tied with eight other people
  • Ranks 32nd in points per game (1.22); tied with Elle Hartje (Yale)
• Gillis Frechette
  • Ranks 29th in goals per game (.56); tied with Maddie Mills, Elle Hartje (Yale) and Grace Lee (Yale)
• Maddie Mills
  • Ranks 23rd in points per game (1.33); tied with Kelly Browne (Boston College), Sam Isbell (Mercyhurst) and Katy Meehan (Saint Anselm)
  • Ranks 26th in assists per game (.78); tied with Emma Seitz (Yale) and Claire Dalton (Yale)
  • Ranks 29th in goals per game (.56); tied with Gillis Frechette, Elle Hartje (Yale) and Grace Lee (Yale)
• Kristin O'Neill
  • Ranks 4th in game-winning goals (3); tied with 10 other people, including Amy Curlew
  • Ranks 14th in goals per game (.71); tied with Jaycee Gebhard (Robert Morris) and Kristin Della Rovere (Harvard)
  • Ranks 14th in points per game (1.43); tied with Becca Gilmore (Harvard) and Anne Bloomer (Harvard)
  • Ranks 38th in assists per game (.71); tied with five other people
• Willow Slobodzian
  • Ranks 16th in points per game (defenseman) (.78)
  • Ranks 46th in assists per game (.67); tied with seven other people
• Micah Zandee-Hart
  • Ranks 27th in points per game (defenseman) (.71); tied with Ali Pepper (Harvard)

 

Individuals Ranked in ECAC Hockey

• Lindsay Browning
  • Ranks 1st in goals against average (.46)
  • Ranks 1st in save percentage (.976)
  • Ranks 1st in shutouts (4)
  • Ranks 1st in win percentage (.944)
• Jaime Bourbonnais
  • Ranks 1st in assists per game (1.56)
  • Ranks 2nd in points per game (1.78)
• Amy Curlew
  • Ranks 1st in power-play goals per game (.44)
  • Ranks 2nd in game-winning goals per game (.33)
  • Ranks 4th in goals per game (.89)
• Gillis Frechette
  • Ranks 9th in goals per game (.56); tied with Maddie Mills, Elle Hartje (Yale) and Grace Lee (Yale)
• Maddie Mills
  • Ranks 8th in assists per game (.78)
  • Ranks 9th in points per game (1.33)
  • Ranks 9th in goals per game (.56); tied with Gillis Frechette, Elle Hartje (Yale) and Grace Lee (Yale)
• Kristin O'Neill
  • Ranks 1st in game-winning goals per game (.43)
  • Ranks 3rd in face off percentage (.622)
  • Ranks 5th in points per game (1.43); tied with Anne Bloomer (Harvard) and Becca Gilmore (Harvard)
  • Ranks 6th in goals per game (.67); tied with Kristin Della Rovere (Harvard)
• Micah Zandee-Hart
  • Ranks 2nd in power play points per game (.57)

 

Cornell Career Records

• Kristin O'Neill
  • Ranks 1st in short-handed goals (10)
  • Ranks 2nd in game-winning goals (19) … Needs two more to pass Brianne Jenner (2010-12, 14).
  • Ranks 6th in shots on goal (438) … Needs 19 more to pass Catherine White (2008-11)
  • Ranks 9th in plus/minus (+65); tied with Jaime Bourbonnais … Needs +17 to pass Catherine White (2008-11)
  • Ranks 10th in power-play goals (15); tied with Maddie Mills … Needs one more to be tied for seventh with Laura Fortino (2009-12), Colette Bredin (1996-98) and Digit Degidio (1979-82)
  • Needs seven goals to be tied for tenth in goals (68) with Chelsea Karpenko (2008-11)
  • Needs 29 points to be tied for tenth in points (144) with Diane Dillon (1979-82)
• Maddie Mills
  • Ranks 10th in power-play goals (15); tied with Kristin O'Neill … Needs two more to pass Laura Fortino (2009-12), Colette Bredin (1996-98) and Digit Degidio (1979-82) for seventh place.
  • Needs one more short-handed goal to be tied for seventh in short-handed goals (4) with Taylor Woods (2012-15), Jessica Campbell (2010-13), Janna Dewar (1994), Linda Campbell (2010-13) and Digit Degidio (1979-82)
  • Needs two more game-winning goals to be tied for tenth, with 10, with Catherine White (2008-11) and Amy Stanzin (1982-85)
• Jaime Bourbonnais
  • Ranks 10th in plus/minus (+65); tied with Kristin O'Neill … Needs +17 to pass Catherine White (2008-11).

 

Cornell Seasonal Records

• Lindsay Browning
  • Ranks 10th in shutouts (4); tied with Alanna Hayes (1996) … Needs one more to be tied for fifth with two other people (five different seasons)

 

Last Week in Review

• As the Big Red returned home, Cornell hosted an Ivy League weekend, playing Yale on Friday, Nov. 15 and Brown on Saturday, Nov. 16.
• On Friday, Cornell found a 6-0 victory against the Bulldogs. Kristin O'Neill and Maddie Mills led the team with three points each, while Amy Curlew and Gillis Frechette each scored two goals.
• Cornell then played Brown for a 9-1 victory. The Big Red scored six goals in the second period, during which Curlew earned her first career hat trick. Jaime Bourbonnais led the defenders with three assists. 
• On Tuesday, Nov. 26, the Big Red visited Syracuse for a game against the Orange. Junior Finley Frechette opened the game with a goal in the sixth minute. Syracuse tied the score shortly after but O'Neill gained the lead for Cornell with a late-second period goal. Bourbonnais and senior Paige Lewis added a tally each for the 4-1 win over the Orange.

 

First Points

• With six freshmen joining the 2019-20 squad, there have been a couple of firsts in the past week.
  • Sydney Breza notched her first collegiate point late in the second period against Brown on Nov. 16.
  • Breza went on to score a goal of her own early in the third period against the Bears.
• In addition to collegiate firsts, there were three firsts on the season, all against Brown on Nov. 16.
  • Junior Willow Slobodzian and sophomore Bella Kang scored their first goal on the season during the second period.
  • Junior Joie Phelps earned her first point on the season with an assist in the second period.
• Junior Finley Frechette scored her first goal on the season to open the game against Syracuse on November 26.

 

About Ohio State

• After 16 games, the Buckeyes are 9-3-4. Ohio State has played eight two-game series. Most recently, the Buckeyes earned one win and one tie against both Minnesota Duluth (Nov. 15-16) and Colgate (Nov. 22-23). 
• Junior forward Emma Maltais leads the team with 24 points on 11 goals and 13 assists, while junior forward Liz Schepers follows with 19 points on 11 goals and eight points.
• Sophomore Andrea Braendli leads the goalies with 796:24 and a .908 save percentage on 315 saves. Braendli has let in 32 goals for a 2.41 goals against average.

 

The Series vs Ohio State

• Friday's game will mark the 3rd all-time meeting between the two schools. In each of the previous two meetings, Cornell came out the victor. 
• The Buckeyes and the Big Red last met in December 2000, for a 5-3 Cornell win. The first meeting between the two teams came during the 1999-2000 season.

 

Two Peas in a Pod

• Micah Zandee-Hart and Kristin O'Neill will be serving as the team's captains for the second year.
• Zandee-Hart led the 2018-19 squad with 55 blocks, while also finishing third with 17 assists and sixth with 21 points.
• O'Neill led last year's team with 22 goals while finishing second in points (38) and tying for first in power-play goals (7).

 

Border Battle

• Out of the 28 players on the roster, 19 are from the United States while nine call Canada home. 
• The Americans have representatives from Minnesota (5), California (2), New York (2), Massachusetts (2), Michigan (1), Iowa (1), Illinois (1), Pennsylvania (1), Virginia (1) and Connecticut (1).
• The Canadians on the roster come from five different provinces: Ontario (5), New Brunswick (1), Saskatchewan (1), British Columbia (1) and Newfoundland and Labrador (1).

 

About Head Coach Doug Derraugh

• Now entering his 15th season directing the Cornell women's ice hockey program in 2019-20, Doug Derraugh has brought the Big Red women to their place among the nation's elite.
• Derraugh has a 267-150-42 record in his first 14 seasons as the head coach of the Big Red, with his 200th coming in the form of a 4-2 win against Yale in 2016.
• Cornell has made the ECAC Hockey Tournament each of the last 12 seasons, won the tournament four of the last 10 years and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in seven of those seasons.
• The 2019 American Hockey Coaches Association National Coach of the Year guided the Big Red to the national title game in his fifth season and back-to-back-to-back NCAA Frozen Four appearances in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Cornell returned to the NCAA Frozen Four in 2019 after finishing as National Quarter Finalists in 2013, 2014 and 2017.
• He led the team to five consecutive 20-win seasons for the first time in program history in 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14.

 

About Associate Head Coach Edith Racine

• Edith Racine enters her first season as the associate head coach after serving as an assistant coach for 10 years prior. 
• Under her direction, the Big Red has seen vast improvement among its goaltenders. During her time at Lynah, Racine has most notably coached Amanda Mazzota, Lauren Slebodnick, Paula Voorheis and Marlene Boissonnault.
• During her first season with the Big Red, Racine coached Mazzota to finish as the national leader in shutouts (11) in the 2009-10 season, breaking the Cornell single season record for both men's and women's ice hockey. Mazzota was also the national leader for goals against average (1.11) after the close of the 2010-11 season, as well as the runner-up in save percentage. 
• Slebodnick finished her career with the top spot in Cornell history for career wins (68) and sixth-best goals against average in the nation during the 2012-13 season.
• Voorheis was named to the ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team in 2013-14. She finished her career after the 2016-17 campaign ranked second all-time in save percentage (.925) and saves (2,238) and third in goals against average (2.14). 
• Most recently, Racine has coached Marlene Boissonnault to national success. Boissonnault finished her senior season (2018-19) ranked second in the nation, and first in the ECAC, in goals against average (1.64). Boissonnault was named ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week six times in her career (2x in 2018-19 and 4x in 2017-18). She finished as the second-winningest goalie in program history with 56 wins. 

 

Up Next

• The Big Red will return to action for its final weekend of play in 2019 on December 6-7. Cornell will travel to face Princeton on Friday (Dec. 6) and Quinnipiac on Saturday (Dec.7).