#8 Women's Hockey Begins ECAC Hockey Play at Quinnipiac, Princeton

Doug Derraugh '91
The Everett Family Head Coach of Cornell Women's Ice Hockey

PUCK DROP
• The No. 8-ranked Cornell women's hockey team begins ECAC Hockey play this weekend when the Big Red travels to Quinnipiac and Princeton for a pair of games against top 10 opponents.

LYNAH FAITHFUL
• Cornell has excelled at playing in front of the fans at Lynah Rink, who are deemed the Lynah Faithful, over the last 12-plus seasons. The Big Red have had at least a .500 win percentage at home in 11 of the past 12 seasons of competition, posting an overall record of 158-39-16 in that span.

• Since the 2009-10 season, Cornell's .779 win percentage on home ice ranks as the third-highest by a Division I program in that span. The Big Red trail perennial powers Wisconsin and Minnesota.

• The Big Red's .779 win percentage is the highest by a current ECAC program, with the closest program to Cornell being Clarkson, who ranks fifth nationally with its .773 win percentage (178-43-26).

ECAC OPENERS
• Cornell is 6-4-0 in the opening weekend of ECAC Hockey play dating back to 2016-17. The lone losses for the Big Red came last year, as the team opened ECAC play with a 0-3-1 record.

• Back in 2019-20, Cornell opened ECAC Hockey play against Quinnipiac and Princeton at Lynah Rink, posting 1-0 and 3-1 respective victories. It is the first time Cornell is opening conference play on the road at Quinnipiac and Princeton since 2010-11. That year, the Big Red posted identical 5-1 victories over the Bobcats and Tigers.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

• After her five-point weekend, senior forward Gillis Frechette was named ECAC Hockey's Forward of the Week. The reigning ECAC Hockey Player of the Year scored two of Cornell's three goals against Mercyhurst last Friday before logging a goal and two assists in Saturday's five-point win.

• Freshman defenseman Alyssa Regalado also earned ECAC Hockey weekly honors, being named Co-Rookie of the Week with Brown's Jade Iginla. Regalado registered Cornell's first hat trick since Kristin O'Neill in January 2020, and became the first freshman to net a hat trick since Taylor Woods in the 2013 ECAC Hockey semifinals against St. Lawrence. No Cornell defenseman had ever scored a hat trick in a game, dating back to the 1998-99 season.

GUILDAY NAMED TO USA RIVALRY SERIES ROSTER

• Sophomore defenseman Rory Guilday was named to Team USA's roster for the Rivalry Series, USA Hockey announced Tuesday afternoon.

• Guilday is one of six college players named to the Rivalry Series roster, joining Ohio State's Gabby Rosenthal and Riley Brengman, Minnesota State's Kelsey King, Northeastern's Maureen Murphy, and Clarkson's Haley Winn.

• The Rivalry Series, which features the American and Canadian National Teams, begins Nov. 15 in Kelowna, British Columbia. Other dates include Nov. 17 in Kamloops, British Columbia, and Nov. 20 in Seattle at Climate Pledge Arena, home of the NHL's Seattle Kraken.

GUILDAY NAMED TO PRESEASON TEAM
• Sophomore Rory Guilday was one of two defensemen named to the All-ECAC Hockey preseason team during the conference's annual media day on Sept. 14.

• Guilday had a strong freshman year for the Big Red last season. In 29 games, the 5-foot-11 defender logged 18 points (seven goals, 11 assists) while blocking 74 shots, which was second on the team, trailing Ashley Messier's team-high 78 blocks.

REPRESENTING ECAC WELL
• After opening the season ranked No. 12 team in the DCU/USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls, Cornell has remained among the top 15 in all seven polls this year.

• In the most recent iteration, Cornell improved its ranking to No. 8 in the DCU/USCHO.com poll, while coming in at No. 9 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll.

• Cornell is currently one of six ECAC Hockey programs ranked among the top 15 programs in both the DCU/USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls. Harvard and St. Lawrence are ECAC programs currently receiving votes in both polls.

RETURNING POWER
• Cornell is returning majority of its offense from last year's team as 18 players who registered at least one game played last year are back for the Big Red.

• Just over 94 percent of the Big Red's total offense from last year is back, returning 179 of its 190 points from the 2021-22 campaign. Nearly 92 percent of Cornell's goal scoring from last year (67 of 73 goals) return, including both of the Cornell's double-digit scorers in Lily Delianedis (14) and Gillis Frechette (12).

• Frechette, who led the team with her 40 points (12 goals, 28 assists), is one of the top nine scorers from last year who are back for the Big Red in 2022-23. The others on the list include Delianedis, Izzy Daniel, Rory Guilday, Kaitlin Jockims, Ashley Messier, Leah MacSween, Gabbie Rud, and Claudia Yu.

• Every player who scored a game-winning goal for Cornell last year is back, while 14 of the Big Red's 16 goals scored on the power play are also returning.

LEADERSHIP GROUP ANNOUNCED
• Cornell will deploy tri-captains for the upcoming season, as seniors Gillis Frechette and Izzy Daniel, along with sophomore Ashley Messier, have been named the captains for the 2022-23 season.

• Frechette and Daniel were two of four alternate captains for last year's squad, which was captained by then fifth-year goaltender Lindsay Browning.

ABOUT QUINNIPIAC
• No. 7-ranked Quinnipiac enters this weekend with a perfect 7-0-0 record, including a 1-0-0 mark in ECAC Hockey play after defeating Harvard on Oct. 15, 5-2.

• One of the more potent offenses in Division I hockey, the Bobcats are averaging 4.43 goals-per-game, which ranks fourth nationally. Only Wisconsin (6.30), Minnesota (6.00), and Cornell (5.00) are ahead of Quinnipiac.

• Quinnipiac also ranks in the top 5 in numerous categories including power-play goals (7 - 2nd), scoring defense (0.86 - 3rd), faceoff win percentage (.606 - 3rd), team goals-against average (0.85 - 3rd) and shutouts (3 - 4th).

• Shay Maloney and Olivia Mobley lead a well-rounded Bobcats offense with 10 points apiece. Maloney has scored four goals and assisted on six others, while Mobley has two goals and eight assists. Lexie Adzija has a team-high seven goals for Quinnipiac and Madison Chantler has added five tallies for the Bobcats, who have nine players with at least five points this season.

• Adzija not only has been a force offensively, she has been a thorn in the opponent's side in the faceoff circle. She is 98-of-151 on faceoffs this season, winning 64.9 percent of the draws she's taken. The 98 faceoff wins are the ninth-most by a Division I player this season. Adzija has also scored the most power-play goals this season by a Division I player, potting four goals while on the Bobcats have been on the power play.  

• Goaltender Catie Boudiette paces the nation in goals-against average (0.33) and save percentage (.981), both figures leads all Division I netminders.

THE SERIES
• Cornell leads the all-time series against Quinnipiac 18-11-7 since the first time the two teams met in 2003.

• Despite Quinnipiac sweeping last season's series against Cornell with a pair of shutouts, 4-0 and 3-0, Cornell is 6-3-1 over its last 10 over the Bobcats.

• All-time on Quinnipiac's home ice, Cornell has an 8-4-5 record. 

LAST TIME OUT WITH QUINNIPIAC
 Recap | Box Score

HAMDEN, Conn. (Jan. 30, 2022) – The Cornell women's hockey team traded scoring chances by the barrelful with Quinnipiac on Sunday afternoon and got a stellar 39-save performance from graduate student Lindsay Browning, but the Bobcats' Logan Angers stopped all 26 shots she saw to backstop the hosts to a 3-0 victory at Frank Perrotti Jr. Arena.

Gillis Frechette and Lily Delianedis each had five shots on goal in the contest. Alexa Davis chipped in three shots in the losing effort.

ABOUT PRINCETON
• Princeton is opening its regular-season slate this weekend with matchups against Colgate and Cornell.

• The lone game the Tigers have played this season was an exhibition on Oct. 9 against Montreal. Princeton came away with a 1-0 victory behind a second-period goal by Mia Coene. Jennifer Olnowich and Taylor Hyland split time in goal for the Tigers, combining for a 22-save shutout. 

• The Tigers are entering the year after a 13-15-5 year and a 9-10-3 mark in ECAC Hockey play.

• Maggie Connors and Annie Kuehl are the returning leading scorers for Princeton, while Sarah Fillier returns to the Tigers for the first time since 2019-20. Fillier won two IIHF World Championships and an Olympic gold medal over the last two years.

THE SERIES
• Princeton holds onto a slim 49-47-7 record over Cornell since the first meeting during the 1974-75 season.

• Cornell is 5-3-2 over its last 10 games against the Tigers and is unbeaten in five of its last six road games against Princeton.

LAST TIME OUT WITH PRINCETON
Recap | Box Score

PRINCETON, N.J. (Jan. 28, 2022) – Two teams tied in the ECAC Hockey standings with identical records played an even game and ended in a tie as special teams ruled the night at Hobey Baker Rink on Friday as Cornell and Princeton ended 2-2. The Big Red moved to 8-8-2 (6-5-2 ECAC Hockey), while the Tigers ended the evening 8-8-4 (6-5-2 ECAC Hockey).

Princeton scored on its first and last power play opportunities and the Big Red scored twice in between with an extra skater. The Big Red held a narrow 33-27 edge in shots on goal, while the Tigers dominated the draw circle (37-18).

Izzy Daniel and Kaitlin Jockims each tallied goals on the power play for the Big Red, with both shots coming from assists by Rory Guilday and Gillis Frechette. Lindsay Browning made 25 saves between the pipes, while Rachel McQuigge had 31 stops for the Tigers, who got both goals off the stick of Dominique Cormier.

LAST SERIES
 Friday Recap | Friday Box Score | Saturday Recap | Saturday Box Score

• After posting an 11-2 ledger in scoring in its pair of exhibition games, the Big Red offense was hard to stop last weekend in Cornell's opening weekend of regular-season action.

• Cornell outscored Mercyhurst in its two-game series by a 10-2 margin, which included a 7-2 victory in the series finale at Lynah Rink last Saturday.

• Senior forward Gillis Frechette (three goals, two assists) and junior forward Izzy Daniel (two goals, three assists) each logged five-point weekends for Cornell. Freshman defenseman Alyssa Regalado also scored three goals, all of which came in last Saturday's victory.

• Sophomore goaltender Deanna Fraser earned the nod in goal, stopping 35 of the 37 shots she faced. Fraser recorded her first collegiate shutout in the season opener, stopping all 17 of Mercyhurst's shots.
 

2022-23 Roster

If you’ve never been to a Big Red hockey game at Cornell’s James Lynah Rink, there are quite a few things you’ve never experienced. You’ve never camped out in line just to get season tickets and ensure your spot as one of the raucous and devoted "Lynah Faithful." But most importantly, if you’ve never been to Lynah, you’ve never really experienced all the best that college hockey has to offer.

Lynah Rink, which turned 65 years old in 2022, is the home of Big Red hockey. The rink, which was dedicated April 6, 1957, was named in honor of the late James Lynah (class of 1905), director of athletics at Cornell from 1935-43.

• Cornell returns to Lynah Rink for a pair of ECAC Hockey contests next weekend when the Big Red welcome fellow Empire State rivals St. Lawrence and Clarkson.

• Puck drop for Friday's game against St. Lawrence is slated for 6 p.m. Saturday's game against Clarkson will start at 3 p.m. Both games will be broadcast on ESPN+.