#9 Women's Hockey Travels to Nashville For Smashville Showcase

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

PUCK DROP
• The No. 9-ranked Cornell women's hockey team travels to Nashville, Tenn. for a pair of games at the Smashville Collegiate Showcase against No. 8-ranked Northeastern and No. 15-ranked Princeton.

GEORGIA SCHIFF NAMED ECAC HOCKEY ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
• For the fourth consecutive week, Cornell has a player earn weekly awards from ECAC Hockey.

• Schiff was instrumental in the Big Red's comeback win, netting two back-to-back goals and one assist in the second period to help push Cornell into the lead after trailing 4-1 at Dartmouth.

• She accompanied her points with a solid defensive effort, posting three blocks on the weekend, including a key block in the closing minutes to help seal a one-point victory against the Big Green.

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).

BIG RED ON THE ROAD
• Cornell split their previous road stand after winning the first game in comeback fashion against Dartmouth but then dropping the next game at Harvard, putting the Big Red at 2-2 (.500) away from Lynah Rink this season.

GUILDAY, DERRAUGH IN RIVALRY SERIES
• Sophomore defenseman Rory Guilday and Doug Derraugh '91, the Everett Family Head Coach of Women's Hockey, faced off each other earlier 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, was one of six collegiate players on Team USA in this series. Guilday was joined by a handful of players from the collegiate ranks, which included Ohio State's Gabby Rosenthal and Riley Brengman, Minnesota State's Kelsey King, Northeastern's Maureen Murphy, and Clarkson's Haley Winn.

• Derraugh, was named to the Canadian Women's National Team coaching staff on Oct. 19, and held the honor of being behind the bench for Team Canada as they played against Team USA in Kelowna, British Columbia and 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 stayed put in the ranking to No. 9 in the DCU/USCHO.com poll, while also 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 NORTHEASTERN
• Northeastern has gotten off to a hot 14-2-1 start to the season as they look to continue their winning ways.

• Alina Mueller leads the Huskies in points with 23 (12 goals, 11 assists), followed by Chloe Aurard with 22 (nine goals, 13 assist) and Katy Knoll with 21 (13 goals, eight assists).

• Gwyneth Phillips has started in all of Northeastern's games on the year, registering five shutouts with a 0.89 goals-against average and a .955 save percentage.

THE SERIES
• Northeastern leads the series against Cornell, 30-12-1, with Cornell winning 6 out of the last 10 of the matchups.

• The winner of this matchup has scored three or more goals in 13 of the previous 14 contests between these two high-powered teams.

LAST TIME OUT WITH NORTHEASTERN
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BOSTON, M.A.— The Cornell women's hockey team came out strong in the third period to tack on a goal, but it was too little, too late as the Big Red fell to #3 Northeastern, 3-1 at Matthews Arena.

ABOUT PRINCETON
• Princeton has caught it's stride, winning three out of their last four games, after losing three out of it's first four games of the season.

• Sarah Fillier leads the way for the Tigers with six points (three goals, three assists), followed by Emerson O'Leary who has accounted for five points (four goals, one assists) so far on the year.

• Jennifer Olowich has started six out of eight games, posting a 3-3-0 record with a 1.88 goals-against average and a .935 save percentage. She has notched two shutouts so far this year that came against Syracuse and St. Lawrence.

THE SERIES
• Princeton leads the all-time series with Cornell, 49-48-7. The Big Red has the advantage over the last 10 matchups, going 6-2-2 over the Tigers.

• Last year, Cornell outscored Princeton 4-2 in the pair of games, in which resulted in a win for the Big Red and a tie between the Ivy League foes.

LAST TIME OUT WITH PRINCETON
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PRINCETON, N.J. (October 29, 2022)– Freshman forward 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.

PREVIOUSLY ON ICE
FRIDAY RECAP | FRIDAY BOX SCORE

• The high-scoring outputs continued for the No. 9-ranked Cornell women's hockey team as it survived a hard-fought battle, posting a 6-5 victory over Dartmouth at Thompson Arena

• Georgia Schiff (two goals, one assist) and Kaitlin Jockims (one goal, two assists) accounted for three points apiece for Cornell

• Mckenna Van Gelder registered her fourth multi-point game of the season, recording a goal and an assist.

SATURDAY RECAP | SATURDAY BOX SCORE

• The No. 9-ranked Cornell women's hockey team lost its second game of the year, falling to Harvard, 2-0, by way of a stout defensive effort by the Crimson.

• Cornell registered 30 shots on goal over the course of the game, but could not find the back of the net as Crimson goaltender Alex Pellicci was stingy between the pipes to record the shutout.

• The Big Red were awarded four power plays throughout the contest, including a 5-on-3 advantage late in the third period, but could not get in the scoring column.

• Sophomore goaltender Belle Mende made her first collegiate start for the Big Red, notching a .920 save percentage against 23 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.