#10 Women's Ice Hockey Return To Lynah Rink For Weekend Showdown With Union, RPI

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

PUCK DROP
• The No. 10-ranked Cornell women's hockey team open up the new year at Lynah Rink for a two game home-stand against ECAC Hockey opponents Union and RPI.

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 tying the first game in comeback fashion against No. 3-ranked Yale but then winning the next game against Brown, putting the Big Red at 3-2-1 (.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 season 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 dropped in the ranking to No. 10 in the DCU/USCHO.com poll, while remaining steady at No. 10 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 UNION
• The Union Dutchwomen sit right in the middle of the pack of the ECAC Hockey standings as their 10-9-1 (3-5-1 ECAC Hockey) record indicates. 

• Riley Walsh leads the way for the Dutchwomen with 17 points (11 goals, six assists), followed by Emily King who has accounted for 16 points (eight goals, eight assists) so far on the year.

• Sophie Matsoukas has started in 20 games at goaltender, posting a 10-9-1 record with a 2.68 goals-against average and a .918 save percentage.

• Union has been unselfish with the puck thus far, as they feature six skaters with double figure point totals.

THE SERIES
• Cornell leads the all-time series with Union, 32-1-3. The Big Red outscored the Buckeyes 5-3 during their last matchup at Lynah Rink.

LAST TIME OUT WITH UNION
RECAP | BOX SCORE

ITHACA, N.Y. (February 12, 2022)– The elder stateswomen of the Cornell women's hockey team headlined their own Senior Day celebration on Saturday, helping lead the Big Red to a 5-3 victory over Union to complete a weekend sweep at Lynah Rink.

ABOUT RPI
• RPI has struggled to get their footing, getting off to a 5-14-1 (1-7-1 ECACH) start to the season, but look to get off to a fresh start in the new year.

• Ellie Kaiser leads the way for the Engineers with 14 points (seven goals, seven assists), followed by Marah Wagner who has registered eight points (two goals, six assists) on the season.

• Amanda Rampado has started in 20 games at goaltender, posting a 5-14-1 record with a 2.29 goals-against average and a .918 save percentage.

THE SERIES
• Cornell leads the all-time series with Ohio State, 28-8-0. The Big Red outscored the Buckeyes 4-2 during their last matchup at Lynah Rink.

LAST TIME OUT WITH RPI
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ITHACA N.Y. (February 11, 2022)– Sophomore forward Lily Delianedis scored her team-leading 12th goal and added an assist, and the Cornell women's hockey team clinched a berth in the ECAC Hockey Championship playoffs with a 4-2 victory over Rensselaer at Lynah Rink.

PREVIOUSLY ON ICE
SATURDAY RECAP | BOX SCORE

• #10 Women's ice hockey had a tough feat ahead of them, as they had to battle through a handful of important scratches in a two game series with defending national champion #1 Ohio State. 

• #10 Big Red came up short 3-4 in a top-10 battle against #1 Ohio State.

• Izzy Daniel led the way for the Big Red with two points (one goal, one assist), followed by Gillis Frechette and Mckenna Van Gelder who both registered a goal.

• Gardiner opened the scoring column for the Buckeyes, followed by a goal midway through the second period by Makenna Webster.

• Frechette netted the puck less than a minute later with a goal during the Cornell power play.

• Rosenthal responded with a goal during the Ohio State power play to put the Buckeyes up 3-1.

• Daniel's late second period goal trimmed the Buckeyes lead to one going into the final period of play.

• The Ohio State power play came back to bite the Big Red once again, as Paetyn Levis extended the lead to 4-2 midway through the third period.

• Cornell was successful in their empty net attempt, as Mckenna Van Gelder scored late in the third period bringing the tally to 4-3 but was not enough to complete the comeback.
 

SUNDAY RECAP | BOX SCORE

• A three-goal first period was enough as top-ranked Ohio State earned a weekend sweep with a 4-0 triumph over No. 10 Cornell on Sunday afternoon at Lynah Rink. The Buckeyes improved to 16-2-2, while the Big Red fell to 7-5-2.

• Ohio State hada dominant 48-12 edge in shots on goal, but two Big Red goaltenders combined for 44 saves. Brynn Dulac stopped all 20 shots she saw in relief of Belle Mende, who had 24 saves. Special teams also killed off all five OSU power play attempts in the loss.

• Raygan Kirk made 12 saves for the shutout, while four different Buckeyes scored goals and Riley Brengman had two of the visitors' six assists on the day. 

• Gabby Rosenthal's goal just 5:50 into the game proved to be all the visitors would need, but it was answered less than three and a half minutes later by a Jenna Buglioni goal to make it 2-0.

• The Buckeyes blitzed the Big Red in the first, scoring three goals and out-shooting the BigRed 32-4, including 20-2 on goal. Gabby Rosenthal's goal just 5:50 into the gameproved to be all the visitors would need, but it was answered less than threeand a half minutes later by a Jenna Buglioni goal to make it 2-0. An end-to-end goal by Makenna Webster to make it 3-0 late in the period. Mende was forced to make 17 saves in the first 20 minutes.

• Cornell had its first sustained possession in the second and played the Buckeyes nearly even, but the top-ranked Buckeyes added a goal by Hadley Hartmetz in the final five minutes. Ohio State had a 10-6 edge in shots on goal, but Cornell successfully killed off a pair of penalties to keep the visitors from extending their lead any more.

• The Buckeyes held a 13-3 shot advantage in the third, but Cornell had quality chances to get on the board. The Big Red again held Ohio State off the board on two power play opportunities in a scoreless period.

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.