ITHACA, N.Y. - The no. 6-ranked Cornell women's ice hockey team will return to Lynah Rink this Friday and Saturday to take on Ivy League foes Dartmouth and Harvard.

GAME 22 INFORMATION
Dartmouth vs #6 Cornell
SITE: Lynah Rink – Ithaca, N.Y.
RECORDS: Dartmouth (5-15-2, 2-11-2 ECAC Hockey), #6 Cornell (15-5-1, 10-4-0 ECAC Hockey)
SERIES: 43-43-7
BROADCAST: ESPN+
Stats: cornellbigred.com

GAME 23 INFORMATION
Harvard vs #6 Cornell
SITE: Lynah Rink – Ithaca, N.Y.
RECORDS: Harvard (4-15-2, 2-11-1 ECAC Hockey), #6 Cornell (15-5-1, 10-4-0 ECAC Hockey)
SERIES: 35-55-6
BROADCAST: ESPN+
Stats: cornellbigred.com

Princeton/Quinnipiac Rewind
vs Princeton
The no. 8-ranked Cornell women's ice hockey team defeated the no. 12-ranked Princeton Tigers 5-3 at Hobey Baker Rink on Friday night. The Big Red moved to 14-5-1, while the Tigers fell to 12-6-3.

Karel Prefontaine, Gabbie Rud (short-handed), Rory Guilday, Piper Grober, and Izzy Daniel (empty-net) registered Big Red goals in the contest. Georgia Schiff, Grace Dwyer, Daniel (two), Kaitlin Jockims, Lily Delianedis, and Claudia Yu had helpers in the contest. Cornell stopped all six of the Tigers power-play opportunities.

vs Quinnipiac
The no. 8 Cornell women's ice hockey team took down the no. 6-ranked Quinnipiac Bobcats in a thrilling 4-3 contest on Saturday evening at M&T Bank Arena. The Big Red improved to 15-5-1 on the season, while the Bobcats dropped to 21-5-1.

Izzy Daniel, Rory Guilday, Mckenna Van Gelder, and Gabbie Rud (GWG) registered Big Red goals on the evening. Guilday, Grace Dwyer, Daniel, Avi Adam (two), Piper Grober, and Lily Delianedis had helpers in the game.

The Series
The series is tied between the Big Red and the Big Green, 43-43-7. The Big Red handled business earlier in the season, taking a 4-2 victory from Thompson Arena.

Harvard leads the series with Cornell, 55-35-6. The Big Red cruised to a 5-1 win earlier in the season at Bright-Landry Hocker Center.

Opponents Breakdown
Dartmouth will enter the weekend with a 5-15-2 record overall. The Big Green split last weekend with RPI (1-5 loss) and Union (4-2 win).

Jenna Donohue (20- 7g, 13a), Laura Fuoco (18- 7g, 11a), Kenzie Bachelor (17- 3g, 14a), and Shae Messner (14- 7g, 7a) are at the top of the team's leader board in points. Eleanor Rogers has played in 18 games between the pipes, registering 441 saves and a .851 save percentage.

Harvard will enter the weekend with a 4-16-1 record overall. The Crimson are coming off of a 2-1 victory over RPI and competed in the Beanpot Tournament Consolation game on Tuesday night, playing to a tie and earning the shootout victory.

Gwyn Lapp (11- 8g, 3a), Shannon Hollands (9- 3g, 6a), Mia Biotti (7- 1g, 6a), and Gabi Davidson-Adams (6- 4g, 2a) are at the top of the team's leader board in points. Alex Pellicci has played in 19 games between the pipes, registering 539 saves and a .897 save percentage.

Big Red Top Line
Izzy Daniel, Katie Chan, and Lily Delianedis accounts for 87 Big Red points (36 goals, 51 assists) through the opening 21 games of the season. 

Daniel ranks first in the nation in assists per game with 1.24, sixth in goals per game with .76 per contest, and second in points per game with 2.00. Since joining the top-line as left-wing in place of sidelined skater Chan, first-year forward Karel Prefontaine has registered a handful of points of her own, increasing her total to 12 points on five goals and seven assists. Delianedis has been the anchor to those explosive wingers, collecting 251 wins during her faceoff duties, and lighting the lamp three times during Big Red power-play opportunities.

Goalies By Committee
Annelies Bergmann has played in 17 games, earning 382 saves (high - 35) with a .914 save percentage. Deanna Fraser has started five games, earning 71 saves (high - 23) with a .899 save percentage to go along with a shutout victory over Syracuse.

Rory Guilday - IIHF Rivalry Series
During game one of the 2023 USA vs Canada Rivalry Series, Big Red blue-liner Rory Guilday fired a deep shot which was collected on a rebound and led to the game-winning-goal in the United States 3-1 victory over Canada. The U.S. also took game two over the Canadians, winning by a count of 5-2 in front of a sell out crowd at Crypto.com Arena.

Game three and four of the series were split by the Americans and the Canadians at Kitchener Memorial Auditorium. Team USA claimed game three in OT by a score of 3-2. The Canadians took game four 3-2 in shootouts, which was aided by a clutch Kristin O'Neill assist on the game-tying-goal for Canada.

Patty Kaz Watch
Daniel exploded for a six-point weekend in the opener versus no. 13 Penn State, registering her points on one goal and five assists. She eclipsed her 100th-career point in the process of sweeping the Nittany Lions, and has not slowed down since, now having 141. 

Daniel has scored at least one point in 18 out of 21 games this year, and two or more points in 16 games. She has earned ECAC Hockey Player of The Week three times this year, as well as ECAC Hockey Player of the Month.

Cornellians in the PWHL
The Premier Women's Hockey League kicked off its inaugural season on New Years 2024. Briane Jenner (Ottawa), Kristin O'Neill (Montreal), Jillian Saulnier (New York), Micah Zandee-Hart (New York), Jaime Bourbannais (New York), Marlene Boissonnault (Montreal), and Lauriane Rougeau (Toronto) have earned their way onto active rosters. Jenner and Zandee-Hart were named captains of Ottawa and New York, respectively.

Follow The Action
The no. 6-ranked Cornell women's ice hockey team will take on Ivy League foes Dartmouth and Harvard this weekend for an ECAC Hockey series at Lynah Rink. Puck drop is slated for 6:00 p.m. on Friday, and 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Game action will be broadcast on ESPN+.