#9 Women's Hockey Welcomes St. Lawrence, #10 Clarkson This Weekend

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

PUCK DROP
• The Cornell women's hockey team returns to Lynah Rink for its first pair of home ECAC Hockey  games against St. Lawrence and Clarkson at Lynah Rink this weekend in front of the Lynah Faithful.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK, AGAIN!
• For the second consecutive week, Cornell had a pair of players earn weekly awards from ECAC Hockey.

• Sophomore defenseman Rory Guilday and freshman forward Mckenna Van Gelder were this week's recipients of Defender and Rookie of the Week, respectively.

• Guilday logged her pair of assists on the week in the victory over Princeton and blocked six shots in the pair of games.

• Van Gelder scored the first two goals of her collegiate career last Saturday at Princeton, with the latter turning out to be the game-winning goal. The Etobicoke, Ontario, native also blocked three shots on the weekend.

• Senior forward Gillis Frechette (Forward) and freshman defenseman Alyssa Regalado (Co-Rookie) were the Cornell players that received honors from the conference for their efforts in the Big Red's season-opening sweep of Mercyhurst.

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-plus seasons of competition, posting an overall record of 160-39-16 in that span.

• Since the 2009-10 season, Cornell's .781 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 .781 win percentage is the highest by a current ECAC program, with the closest program to Cornell being Clarkson, who ranks fourth nationally with its .775 win percentage (180-43-26).

GUILDAY, DERRAUGH TO RIVALRY SERIES
• Sophomore defenseman Rory Guilday and Doug Derraugh '91, the Everett Family Head Coach of Women's Hockey, will face each other later this month in the Rivalry Series between the Canadian and American Women's National Teams.

• Guilday, who appeared with Team USA in September at the IIHF Women's World Championships in Denmark, will be one of six collegiate players on Team USA in the series. Joining Guilday from the collegiate ranks are Ohio State's Gabby Rosenthal and Riley Brengman, Minnesota State's Kelsey King, Northeastern's Maureen Murphy, and Clarkson's Haley Winn.

• Derraugh, who was named to the Canadian Women's National Team coaching staff on Oct. 19, will be behind the bench for Team Canada when play begins on 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.

ECAC PRESEASON POLL
• During ECAC's annual media day, Cornell was picked to finish sixth in the preseason poll, the conference announced Sept. 14.

• Colgate was selected the preseason favorite after receiving six of the 11 possible first-place votes. The Raiders finished with a conference-best 115 points.

• Yale, who received three first-place votes, was picked second with 98 points, and Princeton ended with 97 points and one first-place selection. Quinnipiac had the fourth-most points (92 points), while Clarkson received the last first-place vote, finishing with 86 points, good for fifth.

• Cornell (73 points), Harvard (67), St. Lawrence (60), Brown (33), RPI (30), Dartmouth (27), and Union (14) rounded out the preseason voting.

GUILDAY NAMED TO ECAC 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 slightly fell in the ranking to No. 9 in the DCU/USCHO.com poll, while remaining steady 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.

ABOUT ST. LAWRENCE
• After opening the season losing four of its first five games, St. Lawrence has righted the ship, winning five of its last six games.

• Last weekend, St. Lawrence posted a pair of shutouts over RPI (3-0) and Union (1-0), highlighted by Lucy Morgan, the ECAC preseason Goaltender of the Year, who made 43 saves in the pair of games.

• Julia Gosling scored the game-winning goal for the Saints with 1.6 seconds left against Union last Saturday. Gosling (four goals, seven assists) is tied with Abby Hustler (five goals, six assists) for the team lead in points with 11.

• Morgan has started nine of St. Lawrence's 10 games so far on the year, registering a 5-4-0 record with a 1.89 goals-against average and a .929 save percentage.

THE SERIES
• Cornell leads the series against St. Lawrence, 44-34-8, and is currently on a 12-game unbeaten streak (10-0-2). During the streak, the Big Red has scored at least three goals in all but one game, which ended in a 1-1 tie on Feb. 9, 2019, at Appleton Arena in Canton, N.Y.

• Defensively, Cornell has been stout against St. Lawrence allowing two goals or less in each of its last 12 games.

• A victory over the Saints on Friday would give Cornell its seventh consecutive win over its Empire State rival, matching the program's longest win streak over St. Lawrence, which occurred between the 1995-96 and 1998-99 seasons.

LAST TIME OUT WITH ST. LAWRENCE
 RECAP | BOX SCORE

CANTON, N.Y. (Feb. 19, 2022) — Junior forward Izzy Daniel scored with 25.7 seconds left in overtime to cap the Cornell women's hockey team's 3-2 victory over St. Lawrence on Friday night at Appleton Arena. Cornell never trailed in completing the regular-season sweep of St. Lawrence.

ABOUT CLARKSON
• Clarkson enters this weekend's trip to Central New York with an ECAC Hockey-leading 10 wins on the year, posting a 10-1-1 record on the year. The Golden Knights won its first two ECAC Hockey games last weekend, posting a 4-0 victory over Union before handily defeating RPI 6-1.

• The Golden Knights enter the weekend on a six-game win streak, having defeated Syracuse in three consecutive games, St. Lawrence, Union, and RPI.

• Anne Cherkowski has a Clarkson-leading 10 goals on the year already. Darcie Lappan has a Golden Knights-best 21 points on the year (eight goals, 13 assists). Gabrielle David also has a double-digit point total, registering six goals and 12 assists on the year.

• Michelle Pasiechnyk has started eight of Clarkson's 12 games so far on the year, posting a 7-1-0 record with a gaudy 0.75 goals-against average and a .961 save percentage. Pasiechnyk is second nationally in goals-against average, narrowly trailing Colgate's Kayle Osborne (0.72), and is fourth in save percentage. 

• Julia Minotti has been the starter in the remaining four games, going 3-0-1 with a 1.47 goals-against average and a .902 save percentage.

THE SERIES
• Cornell leads the all-time series with Clarkson, 27-22-6, and is currently unbeaten over its last four against the Golden Knights (2-0-2). Clarkson has the advantage over the last 10 meetings, going 5-3-2 over the Big Red.

• Last year, the Big Red outscored Clarkson 7-1 in the pair of games, which included a 4-0 victory at Lynah Rink on Jan. 25, 2022. 

LAST TIME OUT WITH CLARKSON
RECAP | BOX SCORE

POTSDAM, N.Y. (Feb. 19, 2022) – Graduate student Lindsay Browning made 44 saves and sophomore forward Lily Delianedis scored twice to lead the Cornell women's hockey team to a 3-2 victory over Clarkson in its regular-season finale on Saturday at Cheel Arena.

LAST WEEK RECAP
FRIDAY RECAP | FRIDAY BOX SCORE

• Maya Labad was one of three Quinnipiac players to register multi-point nights as the No. 7-ranked Bobcats posted a 4-1 victory over No. 8-ranked Cornell at M&T Bank Arena on Friday night.

• Gillis Frechette continued her torrid start to the 2022-23 season, netting her Cornell-leading fourth goal of the year. Deanna Fraser stopped 20 shots in the setback for the Big Red (2-1-0, 0-1-0 ECAC).

• Madison Chantler (goal, assist) and Olivia Mobley (two assists) were the other Quinnipiac players with multiple points. Logan Angers made 24 saves for the Bobcats (8-0-0, 2-0-0 ECAC), who increased its season-long win streak to eight games.

SATURDAY RECAP | SATURDAY BOX SCORE

• Freshman Mckenna Van Gelder scored the first two goals of her collegiate career in a 3-1 victory for Cornell over Princeton in a battle of top-10 programs at Hobey Baker Memorial Rink on Saturday night.

• Van Gelder scored the first two Cornell goals and Izzy Daniel netted an empty-net goal for the No. 8-ranked Big Red (3-1-0, 1-1-0 ECAC).

• Joining Van Gelder in registering multiple points on the night was forward Gillis Frechette and defenseman Rory Guilday. Frechette assisted on the Big Red's first and third goals, while Guilday assisted on the latter two Cornell tallies.

• Sophomore goaltender Deanna Fraser stopped a season-high 33 shots in the victory.
 

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 heads back on the road for another pair of ECAC Hockey games next weekend when it takes on Dartmouth and Harvard.

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