ITHACA, N.Y. — Junior forward
Dalton Bancroft has been named ECAC Hockey's Forward of the Week, presented by Bluebird Hotels, the conference office announced Monday morning.
Bancroft's honor marks the second consecutive week a member of the Cornell men's hockey team has been tabbed ECAC Hockey's top forward. Sophomore forward
Ryan Walsh earned the distinction last week following his three-point weekend to cap Cornell's season-opening sweep over then-No. 6-ranked North Dakota.
Concluding Cornell's 1-0-1 weekend against Yale and Brown with four points (three goals, one assist), Bancroft's three goals were tied for the league lead with Dartmouth's Sean Chisholm and Yale's Donovan Frias.
The first of Bancroft's three goals on the weekend came just eight seconds into Cornell's contest with Yale last Friday, tying for the second-fastest goal to begin a game in program history. It was the Big Red's quickest goal from the start of a contest since Doug Derraugh '91 also scored eight seconds into a contest against Princeton on Nov. 10, 1990.
Factoring in all three of Cornell's goals in its 3-1 victory over Brown on Saturday, Bancroft netted the tying goal in the second period before tallying the eventual game-winning marker with 53.3 seconds left in the third period. He tacked on his assist when he aided Walsh in potting his empty-net to solidify the Big Red's win.
Through the first four games for the No. 6-ranked Big Red (3-0-1), Bancroft's four points (three goals, one assist) ranks second on the team, trailing Walsh's five-point output (two goals, three assists).
Bancroft and Cornell will return to action on Friday, Nov. 15, when it opens its annual northern New England trip in Hanover, N.H., against Dartmouth (4-0-0, 3-0-0 ECAC Hockey). The Big Red will also square off against Harvard (2-1-0, 2-1-0 ECAC Hockey) the following night in Cambridge, Mass., to conclude its string of four consecutive Ivy League contests.
Both contests, scheduled for 7 p.m. puck drops, will be broadcast on ESPN+ and WHCU (870 AM, 97.7 FM, cortacatoday.com). Saturday's game between Cornell and Harvard will be broadcast regionally on NESN in New England.
