#9 Women's Hockey Travels to Dartmouth, Harvard This Weekend

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 opens a six-game road trip this weekend when the Big Red travels to Dartmouth and Harvard.

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

• Junior forward Izzy Daniel and sophomore defenseman Ashley Messier were this week's recipients of Forward and Defender of the Week, respectively.

• Daniel scored seven points (two goals, five assists) including a game-tying shorthanded late third period goal versus St. Lawrence.

• Sophomore defenseman Ashley Messier notched a total of six blocked shots in addition to five points (two goals, three assists), which included her first goal of the season.

• Sophomore defenseman Rory Guilday and freshman forward Mckenna Van Gelder were last week's recipients, while senior forward Gillis Frechette and freshman defenseman Alyssa Regalado were the first Big Red duo to be honored.

BIG RED ON THE ROAD
• Cornell split their previous weekend road stand after dropping the first game to #7 Quinnipiac and bouncing back with a win against #10 Princeton, putting the Big Red at 1-1 (.500) away from Lynah Rink.

• The Big Red have posted a 9-1 record in their last 10 meetings on the road against Ivy League counterpart Dartmouth.

• The Big Red are 3-4-3 in their last 10 road matchups against ECAC Hockey and Ivy League foe Harvard.

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 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 DARTMOUTH
• The Big Green are seeking to get back on the right track after opening up the season losing four of its first five games.

• Their lone win came against RPI in a 2-0 shutout on the road, with their goals coming by way of two third period scores assisted by Celine Pietraszek.

• Pietraszek leads the Big Green in points with four (two goals, two assists), followed by Jenna Donahue (two goals, one assist) and Georgia Kraus (two goals, one assists) with three points apiece.

• Maggie Emerson has started in all of Dartmouth's games so far on the year, registering a 1-4-0 record with a 2.62 goals-against average and a .899 save percentage.

THE SERIES
• Dartmouth leads the series against Cornell, 42-41-7, with Cornell winning 22 out of the last 26 of the matchups.

• Defensively, Cornell has been stingy against Dartmouth allowing just .7 goals per game in their last 10 meetings.

• The Big Red has scored three or more goals in each of it's previous seven contests against the Big Green, while holding them to one or less goals in six of those seven contests.

LAST TIME OUT WITH DARTMOUTH
 RECAP | BOX SCORE

ITHACA, N.Y. (Jan. 8, 2022) — The Cornell women's hockey team scored inside 24 seconds of all three periods, Lindsay Browning made 20 saves for her fourth shutout of the season, and the Big Red cruised to a 5-0 triumph over Dartmouth at Lynah Rink to record the 300th career victory for Doug Derraugh '91, the Everett Family Head Coach of Women's Hockey.

ABOUT HARVARD
• Harvard enters the weekend on a two game tie streak, looking to catch their stride after winning just one out of it's first six games of the season.

• Anne Bloomer leads the way for the Crimson with seven points (four goals, three assists), followed by Kristin Della Rovere who has accounted for five points (two goals, three assists) so far on the year.

• Alex Pelici has started all of Harvard's six games, posting a 1-3-2 record with a 2.26 goals-against average and a .939 save percentage. She notched one shutout this year in a 3-0 win against Dartmouth.

THE SERIES
• Harvard leads the all-time series with Cornell, 53-34-6. The Big Red has the advantage over the last 10 matchups, going 6-2-1 over the Crimson.

• Last year, Harvard outscored Cornell 10-4 in the pair of games, in which resulted in a season sweep over the Big Red.

LAST TIME OUT WITH HARVARD
RECAP | BOX SCORE

ITHACA, N.Y. (Feb. 5, 2022) – The Big Red fought back from a two-goal deficit against ECAC Hockey- and Ivy League-leading Harvard, but the Crimson's power play helped the visitors pull away for a 6-3 victory at Lynah Rink.

LAST WEEK RECAP
FRIDAY RECAP | FRIDAY BOX SCORE

• There was no shortage of scoring as the No. 9-ranked Cornell women's hockey posted a hard-fought 7-6 victory over ECAC Hockey foe St. Lawrence at Lynah Rink.

• Ashley Messier (one goal, two assists), Kaitlin Jockims (one goal, two assists), and Izzy Daniel (one goal, two assists) all registered three point nights in the explosive scoring outing for Cornell.

• Mckenna Van Gelder also registered a multi-point night netting the opening two goals of the night for the Big Red.

SATURDAY RECAP | SATURDAY BOX SCORE

• The No. 9-ranked Cornell women's hockey team put on a show against the No. 10-ranked Clarkson Golden Knights in a convincing 8-1 victory on Saturday afternoon at Lynah Rink, keeping its unbeaten home record alive.

• Gillis Frechette led the way in points for the Big Red, scoring five (one goal, four assists) followed by the ECAC Hockey Forward of the Week, Izzy Daniel with four (one goal, three assists).

• Joining Frechette and Daniel in tallying multiple points on the night were forwards Lily Delianedis and Mckenna Van Gelder. Delianedis assisted on three Big Red goals, while Van Gelder notched a goal and an assist.

• Sophomore goaltender Deanna Fraser stopped 12 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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