ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell men's hockey senior defenseman Tim Rego has been named ECAC Hockey's Defender of the Week, it was announced by the conference office on Monday morning.

The weekly honor is Cornell's second time receiving ECAC Hockey's Defender of the Week this season as sophomore blueliner Ben Robertson was honored back on Nov. 25. It is the Big Red's fifth overall weekly award this season, also joining sophomore forward Ryan Walsh (Forward — Nov. 4), senior goaltender Ian Shane (Goaltender — Nov. 4), and junior forward Dalton Bancroft (Nov. 11 — Forward).

Rego finished the Big Red's 1-0-1 weekend with three assists, the most by any defenseman and tied with Quinnipiac forward Mason Marcellus and Dartmouth forward Nikita Nikora for the second-most helpers in ECAC Hockey this past week.

In Cornell's 6-2 win over Princeton on Friday, Rego assisted on Walsh's first-period goal before factoring on both Big Red goals in its 2-2 tie with No. 16-ranked and league-leading Quinnipiac on Saturday.

The two-assist performance by Rego was his first game with multiple helpers since having two assists against Harvard on Nov. 5, 2021.

Appearing in all 17 games this season, Rego has amassed 10 points (three goals, seven assists), the highest point total by a Cornell defenseman this season and one of four Big Red players with 10-plus points on the season (Walsh, Bancroft, and Jonathan Castagna).

Cornell will return to Lynah Rink for the first time since Dec. 6, when it hosts Harvard (6-9-2, 5-5-2 ECAC Hockey) and Dartmouth (10-6-2, 7-3-1 ECAC Hockey) this weekend. Both games are scheduled for 7 p.m. puck drops and will be broadcast on ESPN+ and over the airwaves on WHCU (870 AM, 97.7 FM, cortacatoday.com).