#12 Men’s Hockey Readies For Clashes With Brown, Yale This Weekend

Mike Schafer '86
The Jay R. Bloom ‘77 Head Coach of Cornell Men’s Ice Hockey

THE PUCK DROP
• The No. 12-ranked Cornell men's hockey team takes its Division I season-best 12-game unbeaten streak into this weekend's ECAC Hockey and Ivy League contests against Brown and Yale at Lynah Rink with a chance to clinch at least a share of its 26th Ivy League title on Saturday.

• Both games are slated for 7 p.m. puck drops and will be broadcast live on ESPN+ and over the airwaves on WHCU (870 AM, 97.7 FM, whcuradio.com).

NO ‘L’ IN BIG RED
• Entering this weekend, Cornell's 12-game unbeaten streak (9-0-3) is the longest by any Division I program this season, besting Wisconsin's 10-0-1 record from Nov. 25 to Jan. 13.

• The unbeaten streak is tied for the ninth-longest in program history, along with 11-0-1 stretches in 1966 and 1973.

• It is the third time in Mike Schafer '86's tenure as head coach that the Big Red has had an unbeaten streak of 12-plus games and is the first since going 18-0-1 from Jan. 14 to March 26, 2005.

• With a win or tie against Brown on Friday, Cornell's unbeaten streak would be tied for the eighth-longest in program history, matching a 13-game win streak from Feb. 5, 1910 to Dec. 26, 1911.

• If Cornell does not yield a loss this weekend, the 14-game unbeaten streak would supplant the 13-game win streak for sole possession of the eighth-longest span without a loss in Big Red hockey history.

STARTING THE NEW YEAR STRONG
• Cornell has not lost any of its 10 games since the calendar flipped to 2024, marking the fourth time in program history that it has opened a calendar year without a loss in 10 straight games.

• It is the first time Cornell has not lost any of its first 10 games in a calendar year since winning 21 straight in 1970, which included the Big Red's stretch to become the first — and remains the only — team to conclude a year without a loss (29-0-0) and claim its second national championship.

FOUR PIECE, PLEASE
• Freshman forward Jonathan Castagna logged his second four-point game last Saturday against Union, scoring two goals and assisting on two others. Castagna's other four-point game came at Lynah Rink against Princeton on Jan. 19, where he posted his first career hat trick.

• Castagna is the seventh Cornell player (eighth instance) under the tutelage of Mike Schafer '86 to have multiple four-point efforts in a single season, becoming the first player since Matt Stienburg during the 2021-22 campaign.

• Among freshman players since 1975-76, the first season in which first-years were eligible to play for the Big Red, Castagna is one of six players with multiple four-point games. The other Cornell players to accomplish the feat include Lance Nethery (4 in 1975-76), Brock Tredway (6 in 1977-78), Roy Kerling (5 in 1977-78), Doug Derraugh (2 in 1987-88), and Ryan Smart (2 in 1994-95).

HOBEY BAKER NOMINEES
• Senior forward Gabriel Seger and junior goaltender Ian Shane were named nominees for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, as announced on Jan. 12.

• Fans are encouraged to create an account and vote for Seger and Shane daily by logging onto hobeybaker.com/awards/vote-for-hobey/.

• This year's nomination was Seger's first nomination for the award, while Shane is on the ballot for a second consecutive season.

HOCKEY HUMANITARIAN AWARD
• After being named one of 18 nominees for the 2024 Hockey Humanitarian Award on Jan. 17, junior defenseman Hank Kempf was selected as one of five finalists for this year's award by the Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation, announced Monday afternoon.

• Kempf is the third consecutive nominee from Cornell — and fifth overall — to be named a finalist, joining former women's hockey players Erin Schmalz '99, Alyssa Gagliardi '14, and Morgan Richardson '16. Sam Paolini '03 is the lone men's player to be named a finalist, winning the award in 2003.

• Since the award was introduced in 1997, Kempf is the ninth Big Red player nominated for the prestigious award and just the fourth from the men's program, joining Paolini, Topher Scott '08, and Andy Iles '14.

SHANE NAMED SEMIFINALIST FOR RICHTER AWARD
• Junior goaltender Ian Shane was named a semifinalist for the 2024 Mike Richter Award, as announced by the American College Hockey Association on Wednesday afternoon.

• Shane is the second goaltender in program history to be named a semifinalist for the Mike Richter Award, joining Matthew Galajda, who was a two-time finalist for the award for play during the 2017-18 and 2019-20 seasons.

• Joining Shane on the list of semifinalists include Michigan State's Trey Augustine, Notre Dame's Ryan Bischel, Minnesota's Justen Close, Quinnipiac's Vinny Duplessis, Boston College's Jacob Fowler, Colorado College's Kaidan Mbereko, Wisconsin's Kyle McClellan, RIT's Tommy Scarfone, and St. Thomas' Jake Sibell.

• Three finalists for the Mike Richter Award will be announced in early March, and the winner will be announced in April during the Men's Frozen Four in St. Paul, Minn.

POINT SEGER
• Coming off a stellar junior year in his first season with Cornell in which he registered the Big Red's first 30-point season since Morgan Barron (14-18—32) in 2019-20, senior forward Gabriel Seger has not missed a beat this year registering 29 points (11-18—29) across 23 games this year.

• With his next point, Seger will be the first Cornell player with consecutive 30-point seasons since Morgan Barron in 2018-19 (15-19—34 as a sophomore) and 2019-20 (14-18—32 as a junior).

• Seger would also be the first player to surpass 30 points in his first two years at Cornell since Riley Nash (12-20—32 as a freshman) in 2007-08 and (13-21—34 as a sophomore) in 2008-09.

• Seger's next point would make him the 26th player since 1957-58 to reach the 30-point plateau in his first two seasons with the Big Red. It would be just the third instance under Mike Schafer '86, joining Kyle Knopp (1995-97) and Nash (2007-09), and the 11th occurrence since 1975-76. The others include Lance Nethery, Brock Tredway, Roy Kerling, John Olds, Gary Cullen, Duanne Moeser, Joe Nieuwendyk, Trent Andison, Knopp, and Nash.

SHANE'S WORLD
• Junior goaltender Ian Shane has excelled inside the blue paint during his time on East Hill, posting a 42-18-8 record with a 1.69 goals-against average and a .923 save percentage in his 72 appearances between the pipes.

• Shane's 1.69 career goals-against average stands as the fourth-best in NCAA Division I history, trailing former Cornell netminder David LeNeveu (1.29), former Michigan State standout Ryan Miller (1.54), and Cornell Athletics and Hockey Hall of Famer Ken Dryden (1.59). Former Big Red goaltender David McKee is behind Shane by two points, giving Cornell four of the top five career goals-against averages in NCAA Division I hockey history.

• Among active leaders, Shane is one of two active Division I netminders with a career goals-against average under 2.00, joined by Minnesota State's Keenan Rancier (1.96).

• To go along with Shane's impressive career goals-against average, he ranks fifth among active Division I goaltenders in career save percentage (.923). Notre Dame's Ryan Bischel (.9255), Wisconsin's Kyle McClellan (.9254), and Minnesota's Justen Close (.9250) are at least two percentage points ahead of Shane. Boston College's Jacob Fowler (.924) is ahead of Shane by one-and-a-half points.

• With his shutout of Harvard on Jan. 26, Shane now has 10 career shutouts, tied with Laing Kennedy '63 for the seventh-most in Cornell program history. Shane's shutout total matches Bischel and McClellan for the third-most clean sheets by active Division I goaltenders. Michigan Tech's Blake Pietila (21) and Close (13) have more career blankings.

• Shane's next shutout would place him in a three-way tie with Dave LeNeveu and Mitch Gillam for the fifth-most shutouts by a Cornell goaltender.

SEGER REACHES CENTURY MARK
• With his third-period goal against RPI last Friday, senior forward Gabriel Seger became the 14th active Division I skater to reach the century mark in points. He increased his career point total to 102 last Saturday against Union with a two-point effort against his former team.

• Seger (32-70—102) enters this weekend as one of three active ECAC Hockey players with at least 100 career points, joining Quinnipiac's Collin Graf (48-71—119) — with whom Seger was teammates at Union for the 2021-22 season — and Clarkson's Mathieu Gosselin (39-68—107).

• His 102 career points are tied with Augustana forward Ryan Naumovski (29-73—102) for the 13th-most by an active Division I skater. Northern Michigan forward Andre Ghantous (52-98—150) is the active career leader in points, 24 ahead of Denver's Massimo Rizzo (39-87—126).

• Following his assist on Ondrej Psenicka's empty-net goal last Saturday at Union, Seger became the seventh Division I player to amass 70 career assists, joining Ghantous (98), Rizzo (87), Sacred Heart's Braeden Tuck (74), Naumovski (73), Graf (71), and Arizona State's Lukas Sillinger (70).

THANKS FOR THE HELP!
• Over his two seasons at Union and his current tenure with Cornell, senior forward Gabriel Seger has accrued 70 career assists, tied with Arizona State's Lukas Sillinger for the sixth-most helpers by an active Division I player.

• Last season, Seger had a career-high 23 assists, marking the most helpers by a Big Red player in a season since defenseman Yanni Kaldis had 24 in 2018-19. It was the most assists by a Cornell forward since Greg Miller assisted on 25 markers in 2010-11.

• With two more assists this season, Seger would become Cornell's first player with consecutive 20-assist seasons since Kaldis in 2018-19 (24) and 2019-20 (20). No Cornell forward has had successive campaigns with 20-plus assists since Riley Nash had 20-plus assists in all three years at Cornell from 2007-10.

• Seger would become the third player under Mike Schafer to notch 20-plus assists in his first two seasons with the Big Red, joining Ryan Vesce (2000-02) and Nash (2007-10). It would be the 17th instance in Cornell's modern era, since 1957-58, and the seventh occurrence since 1975-76, joining Lance Nethery (1975-77), Roy Kerling (1977-78, 1979-80), Doug Berk (1978-80), and Joe Nieuwendyk (1984-86).

• Berk, who transferred to Cornell after Penn dissolved its program in 1977-78, remains the only player in program history to have 20-plus assists in his first two seasons at Cornell following his transfer.

LIKE A ROCK AT THE DOT
• Seger enters this weekend with 1,169 career faceoff wins, ranking seventh among active Division I players.

• Entering this weekend, Seger is one of eight players with least 1,150 career faceoff wins, joining AIC's Dustin Manz (1,578), Omaha's Nolan Sullivan (1,462), Air Force's Clayton Cosentino (1,297), Minnesota's Jaxon Nelson (1,289), RIT's Carter Wilkie (1,217), Vermont's Ryan Miotto (1,192), and Wisconsin's David Silye (1,160).

• With 31 faceoff wins this weekend, Seger would become at least the sixth active player with 1,200 draws won.

• This season, Seger has won 330 faceoffs, ranking seventh nationally, and is one of eight Division I players with at least 325 draws won. Seger's .598 faceoff win rate also ranks seventh in the nation among players with 200 draws won.

LENDING A HELPING HAND
• Freshman defenseman Ben Robertson has opened his collegiate career with 14 assists in his first 23 games.

• Robertson is currently in a three-way tie with Steve Inglehart (1982-83) and Nick D'Agostino (2009-10) for the fourth-most assists by a Cornell freshman defenseman. His next helper would officially supplant Robertson into fourth place on the list, while two assists this weekend would match Mark McRae (5-16—21 in 1999-00) for the third-most assists by a first-year blueliner.

• Robertson's 14 assists are tied for the eighth-most by a freshman defenseman in Division I hockey.

CLIMBING THE RANKINGS
• Despite being held without a point last weekend, freshman defenseman Ben Robertson currently has 17 points this season (three goals, 14 assists), which places him in a three-way tie with Steve Inglehart (3-14—17 in 1982-83) and Joakim Ryan (7-10—17 in 2011-12) for the fifth-most points by a freshman defenseman in Cornell program history.

• With a point this weekend, Robertson would match Nick D'Agostino (4-14—18 in 2009-10) for the fourth-most points by a freshman defenseman in Cornell program history. Should Robertson get two points this weekend, he would equal Bruce Frauley's 19 points from 1987-88 (1-18—19) for the third-most points by a first-year blueliner.

• If Robertson has at least three points this weekend, he will become the third Cornell freshman defenseman to surpass 20 points, joining Chris Norton (4-19—23 in 1984-85) and Mark McRae (5-16—21 in 1999-00).

STOUT DEFENSE
• Historically, Cornell has boasted one of the nation’s stingiest defensive units, as the Big Red has ranked in the top 10 in scoring defense in the last six seasons it has competed in.

• Cornell has allowed the fewest goals in Division I hockey this season, surrendering just 43 goals across its 23 games. The Big Red has conceded 13 goals fewer than second-place Quinnipiac (56), while its 1.87 goals allowed per game ranks second nationally, only behind Wisconsin by two-thousandths of a point.

• During its 12-game unbeaten streak, Cornell has averaged 1.50 goals allowed per game, ranking as the best average with at least 10 games played.

• Entering this weekend, the Big Red has allowed just 502 shots on goal this season, 97 shots fewer than second-place Providence (599). Cornell's 21.8 shots per game average is four-tenths of a point higher than Providence's 22.2 average.

SCOUTING BROWN
• Brown enters this weekend's slate with an 8-13-2 overall record and a 6-9-1 mark in ECAC Hockey play. The Bears (20 points) are tied with Dartmouth for eighth place in the ECAC Hockey standings.

• After posting a 3-2 overtime victory over Clarkson at Cheel Arena in Potsdam, N.Y., on Jan. 20, the Bears have gone 0-2-1, falling to RPI and Yale by identical 3-1 scores, and tying with Union, 4-4, as the Garnet Chargers took the extra point with the win in the shootout.

• Ryan St. Louis, the son of Hockey Hall of Famer and current bench boss of the Montréal Canadiens, Martin St. Louis, leads the Bears' offense in goals (10) and points (21). Ryan Bottrill (3-14—17) paces Brown in assists with 14, while St. Louis, Max Scott (7-11—18) and Ethan Mistry (0-11—11) have all added 11 helpers apiece.

• Goaltending duties have recently favored freshman Lawton Zacher, who has earned the starting nod in 15 of Brown's last 17 games. Zacher is sporting a 6-9-2 record with a 2.53 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage.

64 YEARS, 326 MILES, 138 MEETINGS
• Friday will be the 139th all-time meeting between the two Ivy League rivals, with Cornell owning an 86-44-8 (.652) advantage.

• Cornell has dominated the series as of late as it has an 18-2-3 (.848) record over its last 23 games with Brown and has outscored the Bears by 48 goals, 81-33. Over its last three meetings, Cornell has averaged 5.67 goals per game against Brown while holding a 17-2 advantage in scoring.

• Should Cornell log a five-goal effort on Friday, it would mark the first time the Big Red has netted five-plus goals in four consecutive games against Brown since collecting 6-3, 7-1, 10-2, and 10-3 victories across the 1987-88 and 1988-89 seasons.

• Since Mike Schafer '86 took over the Cornell program before the 1995-96 season, the Big Red has a 44-8-6 mark against its Ancient Eight rival, including a 22-3-2 (.920) record at Lynah Rink. 

CORNELL - BROWN CONNECTIONS
• Ben Robertson and Ryan St. Louis played on the U.S. National Under-17 Team in 2020-21 ... Ryan Walsh and Dean Bauchiero both played at the Salisbury School in 2020-21 ... Ethan Mistry was teammates with Jack O'Brien and Sean Donaldson on the 2021-22 Nanaimo Clippers ... Jimmy Rayhill (2019-20 Alberni Valley Bulldogs) and Kyle Penney (2020-21 Chilliwack Chiefs) were teammates with Jackson Munro ... Marian Mosko and Max Scott played together on the 2021-22 Lincoln Stars ... Jordan Tonelli was teammates with Jack O'Leary (2018-20) and Michael Suda (2019-20) on the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders ... Nick DeSantis played on the 2021-22 Madison Capitols with Tyler Shea.

OFFENSE SHINES AS #10 MEN'S HOCKEY DOWNS BROWN

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (NOV. 4, 2023) — A four-goal second period helped break open a scoreless game and aid the No. 10-ranked Cornell men's hockey team to a 7-1 victory over Brown, ensuring the Big Red leaves southern New England with a weekend sweep.

Cornell's seven goals were the most by the Big Red in a game away from Lynah Rink since blanking Princeton, 7-0, on Nov. 8, 2003 at Hobey Baker Memorial Rink.

Four Big Red players posted multi-point nights on Saturday as the Big Red had 13 players register at least one point. Senior forward Gabriel Seger had a team-high three points, highlighted by his second multi-goal game in as many weekends. Junior forward Kyle Penney, freshman forward Jonathan Castagna, and defenseman George Fegaras each logged a goal and an assist.

All four players who had multi-point nights lit the lamp in the middle frame for Cornell before Seger and freshmen Luke Devlin and Ryan Walsh scored over the final 7:29 to solidify the victory for the Big Red.

Junior goaltender Ian Shane stopped 15 shots between the pipes for Cornell.

Ryan St. Louis recorded the lone goal for Brown. Tyler Shea made his first collegiate start for the Bears in goal, stopping 26 Big Red shots.

SCOUTING YALE
• Yale enters this weekend riding a four-game unbeaten streak (3-0-1), while its overall record stands at 10-13-1 and a 7-9-1 record in ECAC Hockey play. The Bulldogs (23 points) are tied with St. Lawrence for sixth in the ECAC Hockey standings.

• David Chen (9-8—17) leads Yale in goals and points, while Ryan Conroy (2-9—11) has the most assists of any Bulldogs player.

• After alternating goaltenders for the first half of the season, first-year goaltender Jack Stark (8-6-1, 2.04, .926) has assumed the reigns of being Yale's starting netminder, starting 10 of the Bulldogs' last 11 contests.

• Since Jan. 1, Stark has posted a 6-3-1 record with a 1.40 goals-against average (second to Ian Shane's 1.38 figure) and a .951 save percentage that paces all Division I netminders with at least 10 games played.

121 YEARS, 259 MILES, 162 MEETINGS
• Saturday will be the 163rd all-time meeting between the Ancient Eight rivals. Cornell leads the series, 92-62-8, and is 15-5-3 over its last 23 against Yale.

• Cornell has dominated the series of late, posting a 10-1-2 record over the last 13 meetings. The Big Red has won the last seven by an aggregate score of 29-6 while recording a trio of shutouts.

• At Lynah Rink, Cornell has won eight of its last 11 against Yale (8-2-1), including each of its last five by a combined 21-8 score.

CORNELL - YALE CONNECTIONS
• Ian Shane and Jack Stark played on the Chicago Steel in 2020-21 ... Winter Wallace and Tyler Catalano played with Bayard Hall on the Youngstown Phantoms for two seasons (2020-22) ... Jimmy Rayhill and David Andreychuk played at The Frederick Gunn School in 2018-19 ... Rayhill also played with Luke Pearson on the Alberni Valley Bulldogs in 2019-20 ... Sullivan Mack and Tucker Hartmann spent the 2020-21 season on the Salmon Arm Silverbacks ... Tim Rego and Reilly Connors played together on the Brooks Bandits in 2019-20 ... Hoyt Stanley and Kalen Szeto played on the Victoria Grizzlies in 2021-22 ... Nick DeSantis (2019-20) and Sean Donaldson (2020-21) were teammates with Will Dineen on the Sioux Falls Stampede ... Donaldson and Kieran O'Hearn were teammates for two years on the Trail Smoke Eaters (2017-19) ... Ryan Walsh and David Chen played at the Salisbury School in 2020-21 ... Nathan Reid was teammates with DeSantis on the Sioux Falls Stampede in 2019-20, and with Hank Kempf and Luke Devlin in 2020-21 on the Muskegon Lumberjacks.

#10 MEN'S HOCKEY EDGES YALE IN ECAC HOCKEY OPENER

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (NOV. 3, 2023) — Freshmen Luke Devlin and Ryan Walsh and senior forward Gabriel Seger chipped in one goal apiece as the No. 10-ranked Cornell men's hockey team defeated Yale, 3-1, at Ingalls Rink on Friday night.

Junior goaltender Ian Shane made 19 saves in the winning effort for the Big Red.

Seger and Robertson, along with sophmore forward Dalton Bancroft and junior captain Kyle Penney, all extended their season-opening point streaks to three games on Friday night.

Iisai Pesonen netted the lone marker for Yale, who also had a 20-save performance from Nathan Reid between the pipes for the Bulldogs.

SEGER LOGS 100TH CAREER POINT AS #13 MEN'S HOCKEY DOWNS RPI

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TROY, N.Y. (FEB. 9, 2024) — Senior forward Gabriel Seger recorded his 100th career point as the No. 13-ranked Cornell men's hockey team defeated RPI, 4-1, at the Houston Field House in ECAC Hockey action on Friday night.

Seger was one of four goal scorers for Cornell as the Big Red increased its unbeaten streak to 11 games (8-0-3) with the victory.

Joining Seger in netting goals for the victorious Big Red were freshmen forwards Jonathan Castagna and Luke Devlin and junior forward Ondrej Psenicka. Fellow junior forward Sullivan Mack was the lone Cornell player to notch a multi-point night, assisting on a pair of tallies.

Junior goaltender Ian Shane made 19 saves in the victory for the Big Red, improving his figures during its unbeaten streak to a 1.50 goals-against average and a .925 save percentage.

Austin Heidemann scored the lone goal for RPI, who also had a 28-save performance from goaltender Jack Watson.

CASTAGNA LOGS FOUR-POINT NIGHT AS #13 DEFEATS UNION

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SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (FEB. 10, 2024) — Freshman forward Jonathan Castagna registered his second four-point night of the season to lift the No. 13-ranked Cornell men's hockey team to its 6-1 victory over Union in ECAC Hockey action at Messa Rink at Achilles Center on Saturday night.

Junior forward Sullivan Mack and senior forward Gabriel Seger, who played two seasons with Union, chipped in with a goal and an assist apiece. Fellow junior forward Ondrej Psenicka and sophomore forward Winter Wallace tacked on late third-period tallies for the Big Red (15-4-4, 10-4-2) to extend the program's unbeaten streak to 12 games (9-0-3), marking the longest unbeaten streak by a Division I hockey program this season.

Junior goaltender Ian Shane stopped 23 shots in the victory, improving his record to 15-2-4.

Cullen Ferguson potted the lone marker for Union (13-13-2, 7-7-2 ECAC). Kyle Chauvette stopped 17 Big Red shots between the pipes for the Garnet Chargers.

2023-24 Roster

If you’ve never been to a Big Red hockey game at Cornell’s Lynah Rink, there are quite a few things you’ve never experienced. You’ve never camped in line 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 experienced all the best that college hockey offers.

Lynah Rink, which enters its 67th year of being the home of Big Red hockey this season, was dedicated on April 6, 1957, in honor of the late James Lynah '05, who served as the director of athletics at Cornell from 1935-43.

Cornell began sponsoring a hockey team in the 1900-01 season, which featured all Big Red home games played on the university’s outdoor rink on Beebe Lake. Due to a series of abnormally mild winters, the program was left on "thin ice," causing Cornell to drop the program entirely after the 1947-48 campaign.

Fortunately, the construction of Lynah Rink gave Cornell hockey a new home, ensuring ice hockey would return as a varsity sport beginning with the 1957-58 season.

The facility has received numerous face-lifts since hosting its inaugural game on March 21, 1957, between the New York Rangers and the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League (AHL).

Cornell spent nearly $1 million renovating Lynah in the summer of 2000, replacing the rink floor, drainage system, frost protection and refrigeration piping, and adding new boards and seamless glass.

During the summer of 2006, a 16,700-square-foot expansion added new locker rooms, coaches offices, study lounges, new athletic training space, and approximately 450 new seats in the seating bowl.

Over this past winter break, updated Cornell branding on the façade and south concourse brought a more modern look to the facility. Though many physical aspects of Lynah Rink have changed over time, the crowd remains constant. Lynah Rink can hold 4,267 boisterous Cornell hockey fans who provide unwavering support for the Big Red while creating an unparalleled atmosphere in college hockey.

Although many rinks in the nation are bigger in capacity, few are known to be louder. The Cornell fans, aptly named the "Lynah Faithful," stream into every home contest, making themselves as much a part of the game as the players do. Whether they’re cheering for the Big Red or joining the pep band in their rendition of "Give My Regards to Davy," the Lynah Faithful reaffirms the old saying, "There’s no place like home."

Since the doors opened on Lynah Rink, the Cornell men's hockey program has won a pair of NCAA Division I men’s hockey championships in 1967 and 1970, garnering an ECAC Hockey-record 12 tournament championships (1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010) and 25 Ivy League titles, 21 of which have been won outright.

• Cornell will make its annual trek to the North Country when it plays Clarkson and St. Lawrence in its final pair of regular-season road contests.

• The Big Red, winners of its last three against Clarkson, will be seeking for its first victory over Clarkson at Cheel Arena since recording a 4-2 triumph on Nov. 15, 2019. Cornell's last four-game win streak over Clarkson came during a stretch that spanned from the 2013-14 season to the 2015-16 campaign.

• Against St. Lawrence, Cornell has won 12 of the last 15 meetings against the Saints, outscoring its Empire State rival by a 50-18 margin. The Big Red has won its last six games in Canton against St. Lawrence (five at Appleton Arena, one at SUNY Canton's Roos House Ice Arena).