ITHACA, N.Y. - The top-seeded Cornell women's ice hockey team plays host for the ECAC Hockey championship weekend for the second-straight year. The Big Red will take on fourth-seeded Harvard, on Saturday at 1 p.m., in hopes of advancing to the finals, which will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Lynah Rink. The winner of the first semifinal between Cornell and Harvard will take on the winner of the second between second-seeded Princeton and third-seeded Clarkson for an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.
 

Game Information

SITE: Lynah Rink - Ithaca, N.Y.
STATS: CornellBigRed.com
TICKETS: CornellBigRedTickets
CORNELL RECORD: 27-1-3, 19-0-3 ECAC Hockey
HARVARD RECORD: 18-13-1, 15-6-1 ECAC Hockey
PRINCETON RECORD: 24-6-1, 17-4-1 ECAC Hockey
CLARKSON RECORD: 25-5-6, 14-4-4 ECAC Hockey
 
Semifinal Games
Game 1 - #1 Cornell vs. #4 Harvard
DATE: Saturday, March 7
TIME: 1:00 PM
STREAM (USA): ESPN+
STREAM (INT'L): Stretch Internet 
 
Game 2 - #2 Princeton vs. #3 Clarkson
DATE: Saturday, March 7
TIME: 4:00 PM
STREAM (USA): ESPN+
STREAM (INT'L): Stretch Internet
 
Championships
Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2
DATE: Sunday, March 8
TIME: 2:00 PM
STREAM (USA): ESPN+
STREAM (INT'L): Stretch Internet
 
*numbers reflect each team's seeding in the ECAC Hockey Tournament
**records as of March 3
 
Cornell game notes (coming soon)
 

About the Big Red

• In back-to-back weekends, Cornell clinched the Ivy League title and the ECAC Hockey Regular Season title. 
• For the fourth week in a row, the Big Red is ranked #1 in the USCHO.com poll and the USA Hockey/USA Today poll.  
• The Big Red is 27-1-3 on the season with a 19-0-3 record in ECAC Hockey and a 21-game unbeaten streak.
• Within the ECAC Hockey League, Cornell finished unbeaten with 19 wins and three ties. The Big Red tied #7 Clarkson, 1-1, twice (11/9 & 1/31) and Union, 3-3 (1/10). Following the final win against Union (2/22), the 2019-20 team became the first in program history to go undefeated in ECAC Hockey regular-season.
• Outside of the conference, the Big Red beat #8 Robert Morris twice, Syracuse and #6 Ohio State. The one loss came on November 29 at #6 Ohio State. To open 2020, the Big Red swept Mercyhurst with a 6-2 win and a 2-1 victory in overtime on Jan. 4-5.
• Most recently, Cornell opened the postseason with two wins against St. Lawrence in the ECAC Hockey best of three quarterfinal series. 
• Senior defender Jaime Bourbonnais leads the team with 40 points on seven goals and 33 assists. She has earned a point in all but two games (at St. Lawrence (11/8) and #6 Princeton (12/6)), including three games with three assists. Her longest, and current, point streak of the season is 19 games, which is the longest point streak of the season. She most recently assisted on two goals this past weekend to help win the quarterfinal series against St. Lawrence.
• Junior Maddie Mills follows with 18 goals and 20 assists for 38 points. Mills notched two assists against the Saints (2/28) for her 12th multi-point game, fourth-straight, on the season.
• Senior forward Kristin O'Neill is third with 36 points on 22 goals and 14 assists. O'Neill gained three goals in the quarterfinal series against St. Lawrence.
• Lindsay Browning became the first goalie in program history to open the season with three shutouts when the team beat Quinnipiac (11/1), 1-0. After playing at Colgate (1/25), Browning earned three straight shutouts for the second time this season. In 31 games, Browning has 548 saves for a .953 save percentage. The junior goalie has let 27 shots past her and into the net for a .88 goals against average. She earned her 11th shutout of the season against Rensselaer.

 

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 (.90 goals per game - 28 in 31 games)
  • 1st in the nation in penalty kills (92.6% - 113/122 penalties killed)
  • 1st in the nation in current unbeaten streak (21 games)
  • 1st in the nation in team winning percentage (.919)
  • 1st in the nation in scoring margin (3.00 - 3.90 goals for per game, .90 goals against per game)
  • 3rd in combined special teams (56.4% - 136/241)
  • 4th in the nation in scoring offense (3.90 goals per game - 121 in 31 games)
  • 9th in the nation in power plays (19.3% - 23/119)
  • 1st in the ECAC Hockey league in goal against average (.90)
  • 1st in the ECAC Hockey league in winning percentage (.919)
  • 1st in the ECAC Hockey league in penalty kill percentage (.926)
  • 1st in the ECAC Hockey league in goals per game (3.90)
  • 2nd in the ECAC Hockey league in power play percentage (.193)

 

Individuals Ranked Nationally

• Jaime Bourbonnais
  • 2nd in points per game (defenders) (1.29)
  • 5th in assists per game (1.06)
  • 8th in plus/minus (+37)
  • 14th in points per game (1.29)
  • 25th in short-handed goals per game (0.03); tied with Carly Bullock (Princeton) and Charlea Pedersen (St. Lawrence)
• Lindsay Browing
  • 1st in goals against average (0.88)
  • 1st in winning percentage (.919)
  • 1st in shutouts (11)
  • 2nd in save percentage (.953)
• Amy Curlew
  • 28th in plus/minus (+28)
  • 46th in game-winning goals per game (0.10)
• Izzy Daniel
  • 25th in points per game (freshmen) (0.63)
• Gillis Frechette
  • 19th in plus/minus (+31); tied with Grace Graham and Paige Lewis
  • 28th in goals per game (0.52)
  • 50th in points per game (0.94)
• Grace Graham
  • 7th in short-handed goals per game (0.08); tied with Anna Klein (Sacred Heart) and Renee Hoffmann (Long Island U.)
  • 9th in game-winning goals per game (0.16); tied with Maddie Mills
  • 19th in plus/minus (+31); tied with Gillis Frechette and Paige Lewis
  • 33rd in goals per game (0.48)
• Paige Lewis
  • 19th in plus/minus (+31); tied with Gillis Frechette and Grace Graham
  • 25th in assists per game (0.68)
  • 44th in points per game (0.97)
  • 47th in game-winning goals per game (0.10); tied with Bridgette Prentiss (Franklin Pierce) and Taylor House (Quinnipiac)
• Maddie Mills
  • 9th in game-winning goals per game (0.16); tied with Grace Graham
  • 12th in power-play goals per game (0.19)
  • 14th in plus/minus (+33); tied with three other people
  • 18th in points per game (1.23)
  • 20th in goals per game (0.58)
  • 24th in power-play points per game (0.39)
  • 33rd in assists per game (0.65)
• Kendra Nealey
  • 33rd in plus/minus (+26)
• Kristin O'Neill
  • 4th in goals per game (0.79)
  • 12th in plus/minus (+34); tied with Maggie Connors (Princeton)
  • 14th in game-winning goals per game (0.14); tied with Ashton Bell (Minnesota Duluth)
  • 15th in points per game (1.29); tied with Grace Zumwinkle (Minnesota) and Sarah Potomak (Minnesota)
• Willow Slobodzian
  • 22nd in plus/minus (+30); tied with Natalie Buchbinder (Wisconsin) and Emily Brown (Minnesota)
  • 32nd in points per game (defenders) (0.59)
• Micah Zandee-Hart
  • 6th in points per game (defenders) (0.97)
  • 9th in plus/minus (+36); tied with Abby Rouse (Wisconsin)
  • 17th in power-play assists per game (0.31)
  • 19th in assists per game (0.72)
  • 20th in short-handed goals per game (0.03); tied with three other people
  • 45th in points per game (0.97)
  • 45th in blocks per game (1.83)

 

Individuals Ranked in ECAC Hockey

• Jaime Bourbonnais
  • 1st in points per game (defenders) (1.29)
  • 2nd in assists per game (1.06)
  • 3rd in plus/minus (+37)
  • 6th in points per game (1.29)
  • 6th in power-play assists per game (0.26)
  • 8th in short-handed goals per game (0.03); tied with Carly Bullock (Princeton) and Charlea Pedersen (St. Lawrence)
  • 9th in power-play points per game (0.32)
• Lindsay Browing
  • 1st in save percentage (.953)
  • 1st in goals against average (0.88)
  • 1st in winning percentage (.919)
  • 1st in shutouts (11)
• Amy Curlew
  • 9th in power-play goals per game
  • 13th in game-winning goals per game (0.10)
  • 13th in plus/minus (+28)
• Izzy Daniel 
  • 21st in assists per game (0.52)
• Devon Facchinato 
  • 15th in power-play assists per game (0.17)
  • 17th in points per game (defenders) (0.38)
• Gillis Frechette
  • 8th in goals per game (0.52)
  • 9th in plus/minus (+31); tied with Grace Graham and Paige Lewis
  • 17th in points per game (0.94)
• Grace Graham
  • 2nd in short-handed goals per game (0.08)
  • 6th in game-winning goals per game (0.16); tied with Maddie Mills
  • 9th in goals per game (0.48)
  • 9th in plus/minus (+31); tied with Gillis Frechette and Paige Lewis
• Paige Lewis
  • 9th in plus/minus (+31); tied with Gillis Frechette and Grace Graham
  • 11th in assists per game (0.68)
  • 14th in game-winning goals per game (0.10); tied with Taylor House (Quinnipiac)
  • 15th in points per game (0.97)
  • 30th in goals per game (0.29); tied with Kelly Moy (Harvard) and Taylor House (Quinnipiac)
• Maddie Mills
  • 2nd in power-play goals per game (0.19)
  • 5th in power-play points per game (0.39)
  • 6th in game-winning goals per game (0.16); tied with Grace Graham
  • 7th in plus/minus (+33); tied with Carly Bullock (Princeton)
  • 7th in goals per game (0.58)
  • 8th in points per game (1.23)
  • 10th in power-play assists per game (0.19)
  • 13th in assists per game (0.65)
• Kendra Nealey
  • 15th in plus/minus (+26)
  • 22nd in points per game (defenders) (0.37)
• Kristin O'Neill
  • 3rd in goals per game (0.79)
  • 5th in plus/minus (+34); tied with Maggie Connors (Princeton)
  • 7th in points per game (1.29)
  • 24th in assists per game (0.50); tied with Elle Hartje (Yale) and Sammy Smigliani (Colgate)
• Willow Slobodzian
  • 6th in points per game (defenders) (0.59)
  • 12th in plus/minus (+30)
  • 22nd in assists per game (0.52); tied with Michaela Pejzlova (Clarkson)
• Micah Zandee-Hart
  • 3rd in points per game (defenders) (0.97)
  • 3rd in power-play assists per game (0.31)
  • 4th in plus/minus (+36)
  • 6th in power-play points per game (0.38); tied with Claire Thompson (Princeton)
  • 6th in short-handed goals per game (0.03); tied with Claire Thompson (Princeton)
  • 8th in assists per game (0.72)
  • 15th in blocks per game (1.83)
  • 16th in points per game (0.97)
  • 26th in game-winning goals per game (0.07); tied with Claire Thompson (Princeton)

 

Cornell Career Records

• Jaime Bourbonnais
  • Ranks 7th in plus/minus (+88); tied with Kristin O'Neill … Needs +8 to pass Alyssa Gagliardi (2010-13)
  • Needs four more assists to be tied for tenth in assists (89) with Laurianne Rougeau (2009-12)
• Lindsay Browning
  • Ranks 4th in shutouts (12); tied with Kathryn LoPresti (1985-88) … Needs three more to tie Marlene Boissonnault (2016-19) to tie for third place
  • Ranks 8th in goalie wins (31) … Needs 6 more to tie Kathryn LoPresti (1985-88) for seventh place
  • On track to be first in goals against average with a 1.13 GAA
  • On track to be first in save percentage with a .944 career save percentage
• Grace Graham
  • Needs one more power-play goal to be tied for 10th (10) with Catherine White (2008-11) and Amy Stanzin (1982-85)
  • Needs two more short-handed goals to be tied for seventh (4) with five other people
• Maddie Mills
  • Ranks 2nd in power-play goals (21) … Needs six more to break Chelsea Karpenko's (2008-11) record.
  • Ranks 4th in game-winning goals (13); tied with Janna Dewar (1994-97) … Needs five more to tie Rebecca Johnston (2007-08, 2010-11) for third 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)
• Kristin O'Neill
  • Ranks 1st in short-handed goals (10)
  • Ranks 1st in game-winning goals (20); tied with Brianne Jenner (2010-12, 14) … Needs one more to hold the record to herself
  • Ranks 3rd in shots on goal (541) … Needs 96 more to pass Brianne Jenner (2010-12, 14)
  • Ranks 9th in goals (78) … Needs three more to pass Jillian Saulnier (2011-14)
  • Ranks 8th in plus/minus (+88); tied with Jaime Bourbonnais … Needs +8 to pass Alyssa Gagliardi (2010-13)
  • Needs one more power-play goal to be tied for eighth in PPGs (16) with Laura Fortino (2009-12), Colette Bredin (1996-98) and Digit Degidio (1979-82).
  • Needs three points to be tied for tenth in points (144) with Diane Dillon (1979-82)

Cornell Seasonal Records

• Jaime Bourbonnais
  • Ranks 9th in plus/minus (+37); tied with Laurianne Rougeau's 2012 season … Needs +1 to hold ninth to herself and +5 to tie for sixth with three other seasons
  • Ranks 10th in assists (33); tied with Jillian Saulnier's 2012 season … Needs one more to tie for ninth with Cheryl Hines' 1976 season
  • Needs one more short-handed goal to enter the top-10 and be tied for seventh with two short-handed goals in a season
• Lindsay Browning
  • Ranks 1st in shutouts (11); tied with Amanda Mazzota's 2009 season
  • Ranks 1st in wins (27)
  • On track to be fourth in goals against average with a .88 GAA
  • On track to be first in save percentage with a .953 save percentage
• Grace Graham
  • Ranks 7th in short-handed goals (2); tied with 24 other seasons … Needs one more to tie for third with four other people with single seasons
  • Ranks 7th in game-winning goals (5); tied with seven other seasons, including Maddie Mills' current season
• Maddie Mills
  • Ranks 7th in game-winning goals (5); tied with six other seasons, including her own 2017 season and Grace Graham's current season

 

Last Week in Review

• In opening the postseason, the Big Red defeated the St. Lawrence Saints in two games during the ECAC Hockey league's best of three quarterfinal series.
• On Friday, Cornell found a 7-2 victory over St. Lawrence. Big Red seniors Grace Graham and Kristin O'Neill and sophomore Gillis Frechette scored three goals in 59 seconds in the first period. Frechette's game-winning goal just so happened to be a penalty-shot goal.
• Friday's second period saw a goal from senior Paige Lewis while the third period had two Saints goals and three more goals from Cornell. O'Neill and Frechette each scored their second goal of the night while sophomore Samantha Burke closed the game in scoring a power-play goal with less than a minute left to play.
• On Saturday, Graham scored both the opening goal and the game-winning goal. Her first was on a power-play in the second period and her second was a breakaway short-handed goal in the third.
• O'Neill tallied her third goal of the weekend during the third period against the Saints.

 

First Points

• Sophomore Gillis Frechette scored her first penalty-shot goal on Friday (2/28). Her goal was the eventual game-winning goal.
• Sophomore Samantha Burke tallied her first goal of the season against the Saints on Friday.

 

About Harvard

• Following the conclusion of the regular-season, the Crimson was 16-12-1 overall with a 15-6-1 conference record. For the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals, Harvard hosted Yale and beat the Bulldogs in three games. The Crimson notched a clean 4-0 win on Friday (2/28) before losing in overtime on Saturday (2/29) and winning in triple-overtime on Sunday (3/1).
• As the fourth-seeded team in the ECAC Hockey league, Harvard will play against Cornell in the first semifinal game on Saturday (3/7). In both major hockey polls, the USCHO.com poll and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll, the Crimson is ranked #10.
• Within the ECACHL, Harvard found victories over Dartmouth (10/25 & 1/31), Brown (11/1 & 12/7), Yale (11/2 & 12/6), Princeton (11/8), Quinnipiac (11/9), Union (1/3 & 2/15), Rensselaer (1/4 & 2/14), St. Lawrence (1/24 & 2/22), and Colgate (2/8) with a tie against Princeton (1/11).
• Outside of the conference, the Crimson beat #9 Boston College (12/31).
• Kristin Della Rovere leads the team with 37 points on 22 goals and 15 assists. The sophomore forward has notched nine multi-point games, including two in which she earned hat tricks. During the quarterfinal games, she totaled three goals and one assist.
• Fellow classmate Dominique Petrie follows with 35 points. The sophomore leads the team with 23 assists. She's earned six multi-point games on the season, three of which have included four or more points.
• Sophomore Lindsay Reed leads the goalies with 19 starts for a .917 save percentage on 597 saves and a 2.76 goals against average in 1174:02. With 10 wins on the season, Reed has collected one shutout.

 

The Series vs Harvard

• Harvard leads the overall series 57-32-6, which dates back to the 1981-82 season.
• The Big Red enjoyed success in recent years with a nine-game unbeaten streak against the Crimson with seven wins and two ties. 
• Earlier this season, Cornell earned a 7-0 win against Harvard. On. Jan. 18, the Big Red has three two-goal scorers (senior Grace Graham, sophomore Gillis Frechette and freshman Izzy Daniel) along with a tally from senior Jaime Bourbonnais for the victory. Daniel and junior Devon Facchinato earned three points from a power-play team that went 3-for-4 on the power-play.
• On Feb 7, Cornell visited Harvard for a 4-1 win. The Crimson scored the first goal by Bourbonnais (power-play), junior Maddie Mills, senior Micah Zandee-Hart (short-handed) and senior Kristin O'Neill scored four-straight to notch the win. 
• Last year, the Big Red won both games in the series. On Oct. 26, 2018, Cornell went two-for-two on the power play for the first two goals of the game. Graham and Bourbonnais each earned a goal before fellow classmate Paige Lewis sunk a puck in the net for the game-winning third goal in the 3-2 win. On Jan. 19, 2019, the Big Red took down the Crimson in a 6-0 shutout. Mills earned her first career hat trick while Graham, Lenka Serdar '19 and Pippy Gerace '19 contributed the other three goals. 

 

About Princeton

• Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Tigers were 22-5-1 overall with a 17-4-1 conference record. For the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals, Princeton hosted Quinnipiac and beat the Bobcats in three games. The Tigers notched a clean 5-1 win on Friday (2/28) before losing in overtime on Saturday (2/29) and winning in double-overtime on Sunday (3/1).
• As the second-seeded team in the ECAC Hockey league, Princeton will play against Clarkson at Cornell in the second semifinal game on Saturday (3/7). In both major hockey polls, the USCHO.com poll and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll, the Tigers are ranked #6.
• Within the ECACHL, Princeton found victories over Quinnipiac (10/29 & 1/28), Colgate (11/1 & 12/7), Dartmouth (11/9 & 1/10), Union (11/15 & 2/8), Rensselaer (11/16 & 2/7), Clarkson (11/22), St. Lawrence (11/23 & 2/14), Yale (1/31 & 2/22), and Brown (2/1 & 2/21) with a tie against Harvard (1/11).
• Outside of the conference, the Tigers beat Syracuse (10/25-26), Ohio State (12/14), Saint Anselm (1/3-4).
• Sophomore forward Sarah Fillier leads the team with 54 points on 20 goals and 34 assists. She's earned multiple points in 17 of 29 games. Fillier has notched points in four-straight games on four different occasions; she currently owns a five-game point streak. 
• Senior forward Carly Bullock follows with 51 points on 29 goals and 22 assists. Bullock has earned multiple points in 18 games on the season. She recently notched six points in the quarterfinal series against Quinnipiac.
• Senior Stephanie Neatby leads the goalies with 15 starts for a .919 save percentage on 387 saves and a 1.97 goals against average in 1033:16. In 13 wins, Neatby owns two shutouts on the season.

 

The Series vs Princeton

• The series between Cornell and Princeton has been alive since the 1974-75 season with the Tigers holding a 47-46-6 all-time advantage.
• Earlier this year, the Big Red defeated #6 Princeton, 3-1, at home on November 2. Juniors Maddie Mills and Joie Phelps each scored a goal with senior Amy Curlew notching the game-winning goal.
• Cornell last saw Princeton in December for a 5-1 win on the road. Senior Grace Graham earned her first career hat trick with seniors Paige Lewis and Micah Zandee-Hart tallying the other two goals. 
• During the 2018-19 season, Cornell was not able to overcome Princeton. As the visitor, the Big Red tied the Tigers, 2-2 in November before hosting Princeton for a 5-0 loss in January.

 

About Clarkson

• Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Golden Knights were 23-5-6 overall with a 14-4-4 conference record. For the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals, Clarkson hosted Colgate and beat the Raiders in two games for the best of three quarterfinal series. The Golden Knights notched a 2-1 win in overtime on Friday (2/28) before earning a 2-0 victory on Saturday (2/29).
• As the third-seeded team in the ECAC Hockey league, Clarkson will play Princeton in the second semifinal game at Cornell on Saturday (3/7). In both major hockey polls, the USCHO.com poll and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll, the Golden Knights are ranked #7.
• Within the ECACHL, Clarkson found victories over Union (11/1 & 12/7), Rensselaer (11/2 & 12/6), Colgate (11/8), Brown (1/11 & 2/7), St. Lawrence (1/17), Dartmouth (1/24 & 2/22), Harvard (1/25 & 2/21), Yale (2/8), and Princeton (2/15) with ties against Cornell (11/9 & 1/31), Quinnipiac (11/23) and Colgate (2/1)
• Outside of the conference, the Golden Knights beat Syracuse (9/27-28), Minnesota Duluth (10/4), Robert Morris (10/19), Lindenwood (10/26), Mercyhurst (11/15-16), Minnesota State (11/29), and Penn State (11/30).
• Junior forward Elizabeth Giguere leads the team with 65 points on 36 goals and 29 assists. She has notched 19 multi-point games on the season, including eight with three or more points. In scoring four goals at Harvard (2/21), Giguere notched her second career hat trick.
• Freshman forward Gabrielle David follows with 38 points on 14 goals and 24 assists. The rookie notched her first career hat trick in her sixth collegiate game. 
• Sophomore Marie-Pier Coulombe leads the goalies with 31 starts for a .952 save percentage on 741 saves and a 1.15 goals against average in 1934:39. A finalist for ECACH Goalie of the Year, Coulombe has 23 wins and seven shutouts.

 

The Series vs Clarkson

• The series between Cornell and Clarkson has been alive since the 1974-75 season with the Big Red holding a 25-22-6 advantage.
• Earlier in the season (2019-20), the Big Red tied the Golden Knights, 1-1, on November 9. Freshman Izzy Daniel scored her first collegiate goal as Cornell's lone goal.
• In the regular-season redo, Cornell and Clarkson once again locked in a 1-1 tie. Junior Finley Frechette scored first for the Big Red in the first period but the Golden Knights answered in the third for the second tie on the season. 
• Last year, the team and the Golden Knights met on three separate occasions, splitting the regular season with Cornell taking a 3-1 decision in Ithaca on Dec. 1, 2018. 
• The Golden Knights won the second game of the regular season, 4-0, in Potsdam on Feb. 8, 2019, before defeating the Big Red for the ECAC Hockey Championship title, 4-1, at Lynah Rink.

 

Semifinals History

• This is Cornell's tenth appearance in an ECAC Hockey semifinal game.
• The program played in six straight semifinals from 2010 to 2015 and went 6-0 in those games with wins over Rensselaer in 2010 (5-4), Quinnipiac in 2011 (4-3) and 2012 (5-1), St. Lawrence in 2013 (4-2), Harvard in 2013 (6-4) and Clarkson in 2015 (3-1). 
• After not advancing to the semis in 2016, the Big Red downed St. Lawrence, 3-2, in 2017. 
• In 2018, Cornell suffered in first-ever loss in the semifinals, falling, 5-4, to Colgate.
• In the most recent ECAC Hockey semifinal, in 2019, the Big Red defeated Princeton, 3-2, in double-overtime.

 

Postseason Honors

• The Big Red swept all three major Ivy League awards, with five members recognized to the All-Ivy teams.
• Doug Derraugh was named Ivy League Coach of Year with junior Lindsay Browning being named Goalie of the Year and Izzy Daniel taking home the Rookie of the Year award.
• Browning and seniors Jaime Bourbonnais, Kristin O'Neill and Micah Zandee-Hart were named to the first team. Bourbonnais was one of two unanimously voted to the first team. 
• Junior Maddie Mills rounded out Cornell with her second-team honor.

 

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, 17 are from the United States while nine call Canada home. 
• The Americans have representatives from Minnesota (4), Massachusetts (3), California (2), New York (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 the second-winningest goalie in program history with 56 wins. 

 

Up Next

• The Big Red will have to earn two wins on the season to notch an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The NCAA Selection Show will be Sunday (Mar. 9) at 9 p.m. eastern time on the NCAA website. A link to the show will be posted on the @CornellSports Twitter page over the weekend.