Women's Ice Hockey Travels to RPI, Union For Pair of ECAC Hockey Games

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

PUCK DROP
• Cornell women's ice hockey will hit the road for a weekend trip to take on ECAC Hockey opponents RPI and Union.

BIG RED REWIND
• The Cornell Big Red are coming off a weekend where it split games against Ivy-League opponents Brown and #1 Yale.

• Cornell women's ice hockey snapped it's four game losing skid with a 4-2 victory against Ivy-League foe Brown at Lynah Rink on Friday evening.

• Women's ice hockey hosted Yale for senior night in an Ivy-League matchup with postseason implications. The Bulldogs escaped with a 3-2 victory in overtime.

PLAYERS TO WATCH
• Junior forward Izzy Daniel has been on a tear for the Big Red. Daniel was named ECAC Hockey Forward of The Month (December) and is currently seventh in the nation in points per game with 1.52.

• Senior forward Gillis Frechette is having a phenomenal season with 43 points coming by way of 16 goals and 27 assist (5th in points per game in the nation). Frechette is unselfish with the puck and is always looking to find her teammates for Big Red goals!

• Junior forward Ellie Kaiser leads the way for the Engineers with 25 points on 13 goals and 12 assists.

• First-year forward Riley Walsh leads the way for the Dutchwomen with 22 points on 15 goals and seven assists.

QUICK LOOK AT THE NATIONAL RANKINGS 

• 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 every poll iteration this year.

• In the most recent polls, Cornell moved to No. 14 (DCU/USCHO.com), while moving to No. 14 in the USA Hockey Magazine poll.

ABOUT RPI
• The RPI Engineers currently hold a 9-22-1 (4-15-1 ECACH) record.

• Ellie Kaiser leads the way for the Engineers with 25 points (13 goals, 12 assists), followed by Marah Wagner who has accounted for 14 points (two goals, 12 assists) so far on the year.

• Amanda Rampado has started in 32 games at goaltender, posting a 9-22-1 record with a 2.22 goals-against average and a .896 save percentage.

THE SERIES
• Cornell leads the all-time series with RPI29, 29-8-0. The Big Red outscored the Engineers 1-0 during their last matchup earlier this season.

LAST TIME OUT WITH RPI
RECAP | BOX SCORE

ITHACA, N.Y. -- (January 7, 2023)– #10 women's ice hockey outlast RPI 1-0 in a defensive battle on Saturday at Lynah Rink behind a 14 save shutout from junior goaltender Deanna Fraser.

ABOUT UNION
• The Dutchwomen enter the weekend with a 11-20-1 (4-15-1 ECACH) record.

• Riley Walsh leads the way for the Dutchwomen with 22 points (15 goals, seven assists), followed by Emily King who has registered 18 points (nine goals, nine assists) on the season.

• Sophie Matsoukas has started in 32 games at goaltender, posting a 11-20-1 record with a 3.24 goals-against average and a .909 save percentage.

THE SERIES
• Cornell leads the series, 33-1-3. The Big Red outscored Union 7-2 during their last matchup.

LAST TIME OUT WITH UNION
RECAP | BOX SCORE

ITHACA, N.Y. -- (January 6, 2023)– #10 Women's Ice Hockey cruise to victory in a 7-2 route of the Union Dutchwomen at Lynah Rink on Friday night.

PREVIOUSLY ON ICE
FRIDAY RECAP | BOX SCORE

Cornell women's ice hockey snaps it's four game losing skid with a 4-2 victory against Ivy-League foe Brown at Lynah Rink on Friday evening.

The Big Red came out on fire registering three goals in a span of seven minutes late in the first period to give Cornell a 3-0 lead. Gillis Frechette, Georgia Schiff, and Caroline Chan all found the back of the net during the opening period.

Both teams went scoreless through the second period, keeping the score at 3-0 heading into the final period.

Brown began their rally effort with an unassisted shorthanded tally from Jade Iginla. Iginla was also responsible for a short-handed goal in the matchup earlier in the season between the Big Red and the Bears. Cameron Sikich would follow that up with a goal of her own, to cut the Big Red lead to 3-2, late in the third period. Brown's six on four empty-net efforts proved unsuccessful, as Frechette tallied her second goal of the contest as an insurance-marker.

SATURDAY RECAP | BOX SCORE

Women's ice hockey hosted Yale for senior night in an Ivy-League matchup with postseason implications. The Bulldogs escaped with a 3-2 victory in overtime.

Yale opened the scoring with a goal from Vita Poniatovskaia at the 13:46 minute mark of the first period. The Big Red would match that with a goal from Lily Delianedis less than four minutes later.

Delianedis found the back of the net for her second tally of the game in the second period to give Cornell a 2-1 lead. A late period power-play proved crucial as Yale took advantage for the game-tying goal from Claire Dalton.

Overtime did not last long as Dalton put in the game-winning goal for the Bulldogs to clinch their first-ever Ivy League title.

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.