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Cornell Men’s Hockey2017-18 Game Notes

Schedule & Results

October14 GUELPH (exhib.) 7:00 p.m.15 OTTAWA (exhib.) 5:00 p.m.27 ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE 7:00 p.m.28 ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE 7:00 p.m.

November 3 at Quinnipiac * 7:00 p.m. 4 at Princeton* 7:00 p.m.10 DARTMOUTH * 7:00 p.m.11 HARVARD * 7:00 p.m.17 ST. LAWRENCE * 7:00 p.m.18 CLARKSON * 7:00 p.m.21 NIAGARA 7:00 p.m.25 vs. Boston Univ. # 8:00 p.m.

December 1 at Miami (Ohio) 7:35 p.m. 2 at Miami (Ohio) 7:05 p.m.30 CANISIUS 7:00 p.m.

January 5 PRINCETON * 7:00 p.m. 6 QUINNIPIAC * 7:00 p.m.12 at Yale * 7:00 p.m.13 at Brown * 7:00 p.m.19 COLGATE * 7:00 p.m.20 at Colgate * 7:30 p.m.26 at Harvard * 7:00 p.m.27 at Dartmouth * 7:00 p.m.

February 2 UNION * 7:00 p.m. 3 RENSSELAER * 7:00 p.m. 9 at Clarkson * 7:00 p.m.10 at St. Lawrence * 7:00 p.m.16 BROWN * 7:00 p.m.17 YALE * 7:00 p.m.23 at Rensselaer * 7:00 p.m.24 at Union * 7:00 p.m. ((( Playoffs TBA )))

* ECAC Hockey game # Red Hot Hockey at Madison Square Garden (New York)

What’s on Tap:• While Cornell’s season doesn’t officially begin for another couple of weeks, the Big Red will play a pair of exhibition games this weekend against Canadi-an universities. Guelph visits for the opener at 7 p.m. Saturday, then a contest against Ottawa follows at 5 p.m. Sunday. • Both games will be streamed on Ivy League Network. Jason Weinstein (play-by-play) and Tony Eisenhut ‘88 (color commentary) will have the call, which can also be heard in the Ithaca area on WHCU-AM (870 AM, 95.9 FM) and around the world via the station’s website.

About the Big Red:• Cornell returned to the national stage last year by earning an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where its season ended with a 21-9-5 record. The Big Red advanced all the way to the ECAC Hockey championship game after finish-ing third in the league’s regular-season standings. • Cornell was particularly hot down the stretch, where it went unbeaten in its final nine regular-season games.

Exhibitions In Name Only:• Cornell is 24-1-3 in exhibitions since 2000, including victories against UOIT (3-1) and Brock (8-1) last season. • The one loss since 2000 came against the U.S. National Team Development Program’s Under-18 team, when future Cornellian Andy Iles ’14 made 39 saves to backstop the visitors to a 3-2 victory on Oct. 24, 2009. • The average margin of victory for Cornell’s exhibition wins since 2000 is 4.4 goals.

Saturday, October 14, 2017, 7 p.m. EDTLynah Rink, Ithaca, N.Y.Guelph Record: 0-0, 0-0 OUA

Guelph at Cornell (exhibition)

Sunday, October 15, 2017, 5 p.m. EDTLynah Rink, Ithaca, N.Y.Ottawa Record: 0-0, 0-0 OUA

Ottawa at Cornell (exhibition)

Cornell Big Red (0-0, 0-0 ECAC Hockey)

Live Coverage

TV: NoneRadio: WHCU (870 AM, 95.9 FM)Video: Ivy League NetworkStats: www.sidearmstats.com/cornell/mhockeyTwitter: @CUBigRedGameday and @CUBigRedHockey

Oct. 14-15, 2017 ∙ Guelph / Ottawa exhibitions - 2 -

On Offense:• Junior co-captain and All-Ivy League selection Mitch Vanderlaan returns after leading the team in goals (15) and points (28) last year. His 47 career points are the most for a Cornellian after his first two seasons since current Boston Bruins forward Riley Nash in 2009.• Senior Trevor Yates scored eight of his 12 goals last year on the power play, and junior Anthony Angello tied Yates for second-most goals on the team after scoring seven times in the season’s final 14 games.• Senior co-captain Alex Rauter returns to full-time duty at forward after filling in on the blue line late last season. He broke out for 17 points last year after posting just six in his first two seasons with the Big Red.• Junior Beau Starrett played top-six minutes during the second half of last season and posted 14 points on four goals and 10 assists. Sophomore Jeff Malott led the team’s newcomers with six goals.• Five of Cornell’s six NHL draft picks are forwards.

On Defense:• Three of the team’s top four blueliners return from a team that ranked 10th in the nation defensively last year, despite being ravaged by injuries.• Junior Alec McCrea led the team’s defensemen with a plus-11 rating last year, despite frequently matching up against the opposition’s top forwards. • Sophomore Yanni Kaldis was selected to the All-Ivy first team and ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team last year. His 14 points in league play were the most for a Cornell freshman blueliner in 20 years.• Senior Ryan Bliss should return after missing all of last year due to injury.• Three freshmen join the defensive corps, including Edmonton Oilers draft pick Matt Cairns.

In Goal:• Senior Hayden Stewart is the lone incumbent in the crease, having posted a 2.27 goals against average and .918 save percentage with two shutouts in eight starts and 15 career appearances.• Freshmen Matthew Galajda and Austin McGrath join the squad via Cana-dian Junior A leagues. Galajda is a former BCHL All-Star, and McGrath was a finalist for AJHL Rookie of the Year.

Location .................................... Ithaca, N.Y. 14853

Founded ............................................................ 1865

Enrollment (undergraduate) ...................14,315

President .................................... Martha E. Pollack

Director of Athletics ............. J. Andrew Noel, Jr.

Colors ...........................Carnelian Red and White

Conference..............ECAC Hockey / Ivy League

Rink (Capacity) .......................Lynah Rink (4,267)

Coaching Information

Head Coach ............. Mike Schafer (Cornell ’86)

Career Record ..... 412-242-89 (23rd season)

Associate Head Coach ...........................Ben Syer

(Western Ontario ’98)

Assistant Coach ............................Sean Flanagan

(St. Lawrence ’10)

Director of Hockey Operations ........Joe Palmer

(Ohio State ’13)

Team Information

Captains ........ Alex Rauter & Mitch Vanderlaan

Alternate Captains ... Jared Fiegl & Trevor Yates

2016-17 Record .............................................. 21-9-5

2016-17 ECAC Hockey Record .................. 13-4-5

2016-17 Ivy League Record ..........................5-3-2

First Varsity Season ..................................1900-01

All-Time Record ................ 1,100-713-138 (.599)

Record at Lynah Rink ............ 545-216-66 (.699)

NCAA Championships ................ 2 (1967, 1970)

NCAA Tournament Appearances ................... 20

Years .... 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973,

.... 1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2002

.... 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017

ECAC Hockey Championships ........................ 12

Years ..............1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973,

...1980, 1986, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010

Cornell Quick Facts

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Perennial Contention

Last season marked Cornell's seventh trek to ECAC Hockey’s championship week-end over the last 10 years, which is tops among the circuit’s 12 teams. Here is a breakdown of recent ECAC Hockey Championship weekend appearances ...

Teams Appearances By Year (Key: Champion, Finalist, Semifinalist)

CORNELL (7) 2017 2014 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008QUINNIPIAC (5) 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 HARVARD (5) 2017 2016 2015 2012 2008UNION (5) 2017 2014 2013 2012 2010COLGATE (5) 2015 2014 2012 2011 2008ST. LAWRENCE (4) 2016 2015 2010 2009 YALE (3) 2013 2011 2009DARTMOUTH (2) 2016 2011BROWN (2) 2013 2010PRINCETON (2) 2009 2008CLARKSON (0) RENSSELAER (0)

- 3 - Oct. 14-15, 2017 ∙ Guelph / Ottawa exhibitions

About Guelph:• The Gryphons opened their Ontario University Athletics season Wednesday with a 3-2 victory over Brock. Nick Boyer scored the winning goal with 6:41 left.• Andrew Masters made 35 saves to earn the victory. He was on Miami’s roster last season, but did not appear in any games before transferring to Guelph.• The Gryphons tied Clarkson, 3-3, in a Sept. 30 exhibition in Potsdam. Guelph scored all of its goals in the second period — the last coming from defense-man Patrick Kudla, an Arizona Coyotes draft pick.• Guelph was 15-13 last year, when Seth Swenson led the team with 32 points on 12 goals and 20 assists in 28 games.

About Ottawa:• The Gee-Gees play their OUA regular-season opener Thursday at Carleton before Saturday’s home opener against Concordia, but they have already played six exhibitions. • Two of those were against NCAA Division I teams — a 5-1 loss Sept. 30 at Robert Morris and a 4-3 overtime victory the next night at Penn State.• Ottawa was 15-13 in OUA play last year, which was its first under head coach Patrick Grandmaitre. Kevin Domingue led the team in scoring with 31 points on 16 goals and 15 assists in 28 games.• Goaltender Anthony Brodeur is the son of legendary former NHL goalie Martin Brodeur, who is now an assistant GM with the St. Louis Blues.

Feel The Draft?:• Cornell has six players on the roster who have been selected in the NHL Entry Draft, including four from 2014. Junior forward Beau Starrett (Chicago Blackhawks) was selected earliest in that group, having been taken in the third round with the 88th overall pick. • Classmate Anthony Angello, also a forward, was selected in the fifth round by the Pittsburgh Penguins. Junior forwards Jared Fiegl (Arizona Coyotes) and Dwyer Tschantz (St. Louis Blues) were then picked in the seventh round. • Two newcomers are also NHL draft picks — forward Morgan Barron (N.Y. Rangers in 2017) and defenseman Matt Cairns (Edmonton Oilers in 2016).

Standings Results / ScheduleSunday, Oct. 8Boston Univ. 3, Quinnipiac 2 (OT)Dartmouth 2, Windsor 1 (exhib.)

Friday, Oct. 13Rensselaer at Ohio State, 7 p.m.Massachusetts at Union, 7 p.m.Colgate at New Hampshire, 7 p.m.Western Ontario at Yale, 7 p.m. (exhib.)Clarkson at Western Michigan, 8:05 p.m.St. Lawrence at North Dakota, 7:37 p.m. CDT

Saturday, Oct. 14Rensselaer at Ohio State, 4 p.m.Vermont at Quinnipiac, 4 p.m.Colgate at New Hampshire, 7 p.m. Guelph at Cornell, 7 p.m. (exhib.)Western Ontario at Princeton, 7 p.m. (exhib.)Clarkson at Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m.St. Lawrence at North Dakota, 7:07 p.m. CDT

Sunday, Oct. 15Vermont at Union, 4 p.m.Ottawa at Cornell, 5 p.m. (exhib.)

* ECAC Hockey game; ~ Ivy League game

Exhibition History

Cornell has been dominant in exhibition games since the turn of the century ...

Opponent Date ResultBrock 10/22/16 W, 8-1Ontario IT 10/21/16 W, 3-1Laurentian 10/25/15 W, 6-1Ryerson 10/24/15 W, 5-2Carleton 10/25/14 W, 3-2U.S. NTDP U-18s 10/24/14 W, 3-2Russian Red Stars 1/3/14 W, 6-0York 10/19/13 W, 7-2Brock 10/20/12 T, 2-2U.S. NTDP U-18s 10/19/12 W, 6-2Carleton 10/22/11 W, 5-1Guelph 10/21/11 W, 3-2U.S. NTDP U-18s 10/23/10 W, 6-0UQTR 10/21/10 W, 6-3U.S. NTDP U-18s 10/24/09 L, 2-3Windsor 10/23/09 W, 7-0Western Ontario 10/24/08 W, 4-3U.S. NTDP U-18s 10/18/08 T, 3-3Ottawa 10/21/07 W, 8-0UQTR 10/19/07 T, 0-0York 10/21/06 W, 11-1U.S. NTDP U-18s 10/21/05 W, 4-1McGill 10/22/04 W, 4-0U.S. NTDP U-18s 10/25/03 W, 7-2York 10/27/02 W, 9-1Wilfred-Laurier 10/27/01 W, 8-1Waterloo 10/28/00 W, 4-3

ECAC HOCKEY ONLY OVERALL Pts Record Win% GF GA Record Win% GF GA

Clarkson 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 2-0-0 1.000 5 1Colgate 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 2-0-1 .833 9 4Brown 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0Cornell 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0Dartmouth 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0Harvard 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0Princeton 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0Rensselaer 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0Yale 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0Quinnipiac 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-1-1 .250 3 4St. Lawrence 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-2-0 .000 2 7Union 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-3-0 .000 4 12

IVY LEAGUE ONLY OVERALL Pts Record Win% GF GA Record Win% GF GA

Brown 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0Cornell 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0Dartmouth 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0Harvard 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 Princeton 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0Yale 0 0-0-0 — 0 0 0-0-0 — 0 0


2017-18 Cornell Men’s Hockey RosterNo. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Year Hometown Last Team 2 Brendan Smith D 6-1 189 Jr. Centennial, Colo. Omaha Lancers (USHL) 3 Cody Haiskanen D 6-4 184 Fr. Fargo, N.D. Fargo Force (USHL) 4 Alex Rauter “C” F 6-2 187 Sr. Chatham, N.J. Wenatchee Wild (NAHL) 5 Matthew Nuttle D 5-11 194 Jr. Marilla, N.Y. Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) 6 Alex Green D 6-2 178 Fr. Chicago, Ill. Lincoln Stars (USHL) 7 Cam Donaldson F 5-8 165 Fr. Pittsboro, N.C. Powell River Kings (BCHL) 8 Yanni Kaldis D 5-11 190 So. Montréal, Québec Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL) 9 Noah Bauld F 5-11 181 So. Halifax, Nova Scotia Lloydminster Bobcats (AJHL)10 Beau Starrett F 6-5 222 Jr. Bellingham, Mass. South Shore Kings (USPHL)11 Kyle Betts F 6-1 174 Fr. Flesherton, Ontario Powell River Kings (BCHL)12 Connor Murphy F 5-10 167 So. Ancaster, Ontario Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)14 Mitch Vanderlaan “C” F 5-7 177 Jr. Hanwell, New Brunswick Fort McMurray Oil Barons (AJHL)15 Trevor Yates “A” F 6-2 203 Sr. Beaconsfield, Québec Deerfield Academy16 Matt Cairns D 6-3 209 Fr. Mississauga, Ontario Powell River Kings (BCHL)17 Anthony Angello F 6-5 213 Jr. Manlius, N.Y. Omaha Lancers (USHL)18 Jared Fiegl “A” F 6-1 215 Sr. Parker, Colo. US Under-18 Team19 Corey Hoffman F 5-9 161 So. Plainview, N.Y. Cowichan Valley Capitals (BCHL)21 Dwyer Tschantz F 6-5 214 Sr. Wilmington, Del. Indiana Ice (USHL)22 Jeff Malott F 6-3 203 So. Burlington, Ontario Brooks Bandits (AJHL)23 Trent Shore D 6-3 194 Jr. Ajax, Ontario Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL)24 Ryan Bliss D 6-1 189 Sr. Chelmsford, Mass. US Under-18 Team26 Tristan Mullin F 6-2 193 Fr. Cartwright, Manitoba Powell River Kings (BCHL)27 Morgan Barron F 6-3 208 Fr. Halifax, Nova Scotia St. Andrew’s College28 Brenden Locke F 5-10 174 Fr. Iroquois Falls, Ontario Cobourg Cougars (OJHL)29 Alec McCrea D 6-3 204 So. El Cajon, Calif. Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)31 Hayden Stewart G 6-3 211 Sr. Rockford, Ill. Indiana Ice (USHL)32 Austin McGrath G 6-1 176 Fr. Lloydminster, Alberta Lloydminster Bobcats (AJHL)35 Matthew Galajda G 6-0 187 Fr. Aurora, Ontario Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)

Head Coach: Mike SchaferAssociate Head Coach: Ben Syer; Assistant Coach: Sean Flanagan; Director of Hockey Operations: Joe Palmer; Athletic Trainer: Ed Kelly; Equipment Manager: Sean Schmidt

No. Name 3 Cody Haiskanen HAY-skuh-nin 4 Alex Rauter ROUT-er 8 Yanni Kaldis YAN-ee CAL-dis 9 Noah Bauld bald 10 Beau Starrett STARE-it 14 Mitch Vanderlaan VAN-der-lan 16 Matt Cairns CARE-ins 17 Anthony Angello AN-juh-lo 18 Jared Fiegl FEE-gull 21 Dwyer Tschantz shonts 22 Jeff Malott muh-LOT 28 Brenden Locke lock 29 Alec McCrea muh-CRAY 35 Matthew Galajda guh-LIE-duh

Pronunciation Guide

Seniors (6): Bliss, Fiegl, Rauter, Stewart, Tschantz, Yates Juniors (7): Angello, McCrea, Nuttle, Shore, Smith, Starrett, Vanderlaan Sophomores (5): Bauld, Hoffman, Kaldis, Malott, Murphy Freshmen (10): Barron, Betts, Cairns, Donaldson, Galajda, Green, Haiskanen, Locke, McGrath, Mullin

By Class

UNITED STATES (14)California (1): McCreaColorado (2): Fiegl, SmithDelaware (1): TschantzIlliniois (2): Green, StewartMassachusetts (2): Bliss, StarrettNew Jersey (1): RauterNew York (3): Angello, Hoffman, NuttleNorth Carolina (1): Donaldson North Dakota (1): Haiskanen

CANADA (14)Alberta (1): McGrathManitoba (1): MullinNew Brunswick (1): VanderlaanNova Scotia (2): Barron, BauldOntario (7): Betts, Cairns, Galajda, Locke, Malott, Murphy, ShoreQuébec (2): Kaldis, Yates

By State / Province


First Ivy League Coach To 400:• Already the winningest coach in program history and in Ivy League his-tory, Mike Schafer eclipsed another milestone in his career with his 400th victory last January. • Schafer ranks 10th in victories among active Division I coaches and is Cornell’s fifth-winningest coach across all sports — second among current coaches, behind just Dave Eldredge (men’s and women’s polo).

Turning The Trick:• After having no hat tricks since 2011, the Big Red had two last year. Mitch Vanderlaan’s hat trick Nov. 12 at Yale earned him ECAC Hockey Player of the Week on Nov. 15. He potted a couple more goals Nov. 19 against Princeton to become the first player from Cornell with seven goals in the first seven games of the season since Blake Gallagher did so in 2009-10.• Jeff Malott then scored his first three collegiate goals in a span of 8 min-utes, 44 seconds during the first period to power the Big Red past Princeton on Jan. 13. He was subsequently named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week after becoming the first Cornell freshman with a hat trick since current NHLer Matt Moulson on Feb. 7, 2003.

What, Me Worry?:• Eight of Cornell’s 21 victories last season came in games in which the Big Red surrendered the first goal, with the team maintaining a winning record even when it conceded first.• The Big Red’s resilience from an early deficit has become somewhat of a trend, with the team sporting a very respectable 21-20-8 record when yield-ing the game’s first strike over the last two years. That’s a stark turnaround from the team’s 14-34-5 record when yielding the game’s first goal from the previous three seasons (2012-15).

Up Next:• Cornell will take a week off from game action, playing its annual Red/White Game next Saturday before opening the regular season with a pair of non-league games Oct. 27-28 against visiting Alabama-Huntsville. • The Big Red then opens ECAC Hockey play on the road, starting Nov. 3 at Quinnipiac.

Coaches Poll (1st-place votes) Pts.1. Harvard (9) 1192. Quinnipiac (1) 1063. Cornell (1) 954. Clarkson (1) 915. Princeton 806. Union 727. St. Lawrence 698. Yale 549. Dartmouth 3310. Rensselaer 3211. Colgate 2312. Brown 18

Media Poll (1st-place votes) Pts.1. Harvard (25) 3422. Quinnipiac (3) 3243. Cornell (1) 2724. Princeton 2465. Clarkson 231T6. Union (1) 195T6. Yale 1958. St. Lawrence 1889. Dartmouth 11010. Rensselaer 8211. Brown 7612. Colgate 68

ECAC Hockey Preseason Polls

Cornell was predicted to finish third by both the media and the coaches in the annual ECAC Hockey preseason polls, which were released in September. The Big Red finished third in 2016-17 with a 13-4-5 record in the league and earned an at-large berth to the NCAA tournament after advance to the ECAC Hockey championship game.

USCHO.com Poll (as of Oct. 9)No. Team Record Pts. Last 1 Denver (45) 0-0-0 995 1 2 Boston Univ. (5) 2-0-0 947 2 3 Harvard 0-0-0 849 4 4 Notre Dame 2-0-0 743 8 5 Minn.-Duluth 1-1-0 726 6 6 St. Cloud State 1-0-0 723 9 7 Minnesota 1-1-0 708 3 8 North Dakota 1-0-1 678 7 9 Providence 2-0-0 670 1110 Wisconsin 2-1-0 424 1211 Penn State 1-1-0 410 1012 Mass.-Lowell 0-2-0 365 513 Boston College 0-0-1 346 1314 Northeastern 2-0-0 291 2015 Clarkson 2-0-0 267 —15 Michigan Tech 2-1-0 267 —17 Quinnipiac 0-1-1 257 1418 Cornell 0-0-0 226 1519 Air Force 1-0-1 161 1720 New Hampshire 2-0-0 134 —Others receiving votes: Ohio State 132, Minnesota State 61, Western Michigan 36, Colgate 24, Michigan 16, Union 14, Bemidji State 12, Vermont 6, Omaha 5, Army West Point 4, Miami 2, Brown 1.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll (as of Oct. 9)No. Team Record Pts. Last 1 Denver (34) 0-0-0 510 1 2 Boston Univ. 2-0-0 467 2 3 Harvard 0-0-0 373 4 4 St. Cloud State 1-0-0 353 6 5 Providence 2-0-0 338 5 6 Notre Dame 2-0-0 316 8 7 Minnesota 1-1-0 312 3 8 North Dakota 1-0-1 246 7 9 Minn.-Duluth 1-1-0 233 1210 Wisconsin 2-1-0 172 1011 Penn State 1-1-0 126 1112 Mass.-Lowell 0-2-0 99 913 Michigan Tech 2-1-0 98 —14 Northeastern 2-0-0 93 1315 Clarkson 2-0-0 77 —Others receiving votes: Boston College 71, Quinnipiac 64, Cornell 46, Ohio State 38, New Hampshire 28, Air Force 16, Army West Point 1, Colgate 1, Miami 1.

National Polls


When Mike Schafer returned to his alma mater as the 12th head coach in Cor-nell men’s hockey history in the summer of 1995, his goal was to return the Big Red program to a position of national prominence. Having now completed 22 seasons behind the Cornell bench in 2016-17, he has clearly accomplished that objective by guiding the Big Red to the NCAA tournament 10 times, including a berth in the NCAA Frozen Four in 2002-03, the program’s first since 1980.

Schafer is Cornell Hockey’s second-longest tenured coach, while his 412-242-89 record has him as the winningest coach in Cornell men’s hockey history. He picked up his 231st career victory on Jan. 27, 2007, a 2-1 victory against Colgate at Lynah Rink, to become the program’s all-time wins leader. Schafer reached the 400-win mile-stone in 2017, a mark previously reached by only 43 coaches in all of college hockey.

Coming hand-in-hand with Cornell’s success on the national scene, the Big Red has been one of the top programs in ECAC Hockey during Schafer’s tenure. Cornell has claimed five ECAC Hockey tournament titles, the most all-time in league history, and staking a claim to three regular-season crowns. He has a career 268-148-68 re-cord in ECAC Hockey regular-season play and a 58-29-2 mark in the ECAC Hockey playoffs.

His peers have taken notice of his accomplishments, awarding him the ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year award three times during his career. He is also a three-time finalist for the Spencer T. Penrose Award, presented to the national coach of the year. He has also regularly had the Big Red ranked among the nation’s elite over the past decade, including reaching as high as third in both the USCHO.com and the USA To-day/USA Hockey polls in 2008-09 and fourth in both polls in 2012-13. Cornell has also held the top spot in the polls during the 2002-03 and 2004-05 seasons.

Schafer guided the Big Red to the ECAC Hockey tournament title in 1995-96 and 1996-97, becoming the first Cornell coach to win ECAC Hockey tournament titles in his first two seasons. His five tournament titles surpassed the legendary Ned Harkness for the most in program history. In 2002-03, he led the Big Red to the NCAA Frozen Four, setting a school record with 30 wins, going one better than the undefeated, untied 29-0-0 national championship squad of 1969-70. Cornell’s 2002-03 ECAC Hockey mark of 19-2-1 was Cornell’s best mark since the 1969-70 team went 21-0 in league play.

Schafer has a .614 career winning percentage following the 2016-17 season, which saw the Big Red return to the NCAA champi-onships with an at-large bid after Cornell advanced to the ECAC Hockey championship game. Additionally, his 412 career victories rank in the Top 10 among active Division I coaches. Most recently, the Big Red has advanced to at least the ECAC Hockey Champi-onship semifinals a league-best nine times over the last 13 seasons. The Big Red has finished the season ranked in the USCHO.com poll in seven of the last nine seasons.

During Schafer’s tenure, Cornell players have earned numerous ECAC Hockey awards, including a pair of Player of the Year hon-ors, four Ken Dryden Awards for the league’s top goaltender, four Defenseman of the Year awards, seven Defensive Forwards of the Year and four Rookies of the Year. Additionally, three players have earned ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America honors a total of four times.

Mike SchaferThe Jay R. Bloom ’77 Head Coach of Men’s Hockey23rd Season As Head Coach30th Season Overall at Cornell • Cornell ’86

The Mike Schafer FileEducation Cornell University B.A., Business Management and Marketing, 1986Head Coaching ExperienceCornell University, 1995 – present 412-242-89 career record 10 NCAA Tournament Appearances 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017 1 NCAA Semifinals Appearance 2003 5 ECAC Hockey Tournament Championships 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010 3 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Championships 2002, 2003, 2005 8 Ivy League Championships 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014 3 ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year Awards 2002, 2003, 2005Assistant Coaching ExperienceWestern Michigan University, 1990-1995 1994 - NCAA Tournament AppearanceCornell University, 1986-1990Playing ExperienceCornell University, 1983-86 107 GP, 10-60–70 1985-86: Team Captain, ECAC Champions,

ECAC Honorable Mention 1984-85: Team Captain

Ed KellyAthletic Trainer

Dr. Dirk DuganTeam Physician

Dr. David WentzelTeam Physician

Phil GrahamLynah Rink Manager

Sean SchmidtTeam Manager

Brandon ThomasAthletic Communications


Flanagan helped guide the Big Red back to the NCAA championships for the first time in five years after a couple stops fol-

lowing a four-year playing career at St. Lawrence. His most recent experience was at UMass-Lowell, where he served as the River Hawks’ director of hockey operations for the 2015-16 season. Prior to that, Flanagan was the assistant coach at Hobart from 2012-15. Working under former Cornell assistant coach Mark Taylor with the Statesmen, Flanagan helped build a team that won the ECAC West title in 2015 and 2016 to reach the NCAA tournament. Ho-bart was the No. 1 seed in the NCAA’s East Region last year.

No stranger to ECAC Hockey, Flanagan played 121 career games with St. Lawrence up to the 2010-11 season. He racked up 12 goals and 40 assists for 52 points, helping the Saints advance to the league’s championship weekend twice over his four years. He served as an assistant captain during his senior season, then went on to play professionally with the Las Vegas Wranglers and Quad City Mallards in the ECHL.

Flanagan graduated from St. Lawrence with a bachelor of arts degree in history with a minor in sports studies and exercise sci-ences in 2010. He also earned a master of education degree from St. Lawrence in 2011.

Sean FlanaganSecond Season As Assistant CoachSt. Lawrence ’10

Syer has completed six seasons with Cornell men’s hockey team, including five seasons as the associate head coach. Syer

joined the program in June 2011 as an assistant coach, taking over the lead role in recruiting as well as coaching the defense. He helped guide the Big Red to a 19-9-7 record and an appear-ance in the NCAA regional finals in his first season on East Hill, with the team ranking 11th in the country with a 2.26 goals-against average. After the season, he was promoted to Associate Head Coach.

In the six years Syer has been with the Big Red, the team has finished in the top 20 nationally in team defense five times — as high as seventh in 2014-15. Most recently, Syer’s deft manage-ment of the Big Red’s injury-riddled blue line helped the team rank 10th in the country in team defense last year, backstop-

pingthe team to the ECAC Hockey championship game and an at-large bid to the NCAA championships.

Syer previously served as Associate Head Coach during his 12 seasons at Quinnipiac under head coach Rand Pecknold. Dur-ing that run, the Bobcats posted a 242-168-46 record with one NCAA tournament appearance (2002) and nine 20-win seasons. Quinnipiac won the 2005 Atlantic Hockey regular season title and the 1999 MAAC regular season and 2002 MAAC tournament championship crowns during his tenure.

Quinnipiac reached the MAAC tournament semifinals in each of the first four years of Syer’s tenure, including three straight MAAC finals appearances. Included in that span were the 2002 MAAC tournament title and the first NCAA appearance in pro-gram history. The Bobcats also won the MAAC regular-season title in Syer’s first year at Quinnipiac.

Ben SyerSixth Season as Associate Head Coach; Seventh Season at CornellWestern Ontario ’98

Palmer has completed two seasons on the men’s hockey staff, one in his cur-rent role and one as a volunteer assistant

coach during for 2015-16 season.Palmer is the founder and primary instructor of Syracuse-based

Palmer Goalie Systems, where he provides personal instruction and video analysis to more than 30 area goaltenders who com-pete at the AAA, prep school, junior and college levels. He also serves as goaltending consultant with Mountain Hockey Instruc-tion and Syracuse Empire Junior Stars, and he serves as a talent

evaluator for USA Hockey Festival Central New York tryout camp.He was a two-time gold medalist with the United States at

the IIHF Under-18 World Championship, and was later named to the U.S. team at the Under-20 World Championship in 2008. Palmer played for two seasons in the prestigious National Team Development Program. He was selected in the fourth round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks, then went on to start 71 games for Ohio State over three seasons. He was a three-time Big 10 All-Academic Team selection and earned CCHA All-Rookie Team honorable mention in 2007.

Joe PalmerSecond Season As Director of Hockey Operations; Third Season at Cornell; Ohio State ’13


Cornell Season SummaryDate Opponent Result GW/GT Goal Goalie (Saves) PP PK Att. Record10/28 at Merrimack L, 2-3 (Hampus Gustafsson) Gillam(15-18)/Stewart(15-15) 1-6 6-7 1,967 0-111/4 at Dartmouth T, 1-1 (ot) (Corey Kalk) Gillam(28-29) 0-5 6-6 2,391 0-1-1, 0-0-1, 0-0-111/5 at Harvard L, 3-4 (Lewis Zerter-Gossage) Gillam(25-29) 3-6 2-3 3,095* 0-2-1, 0-1-1, 0-1-111/11 at Brown W, 4-2 Connor Murphy Gillam(22-24) 0-8 4-5 1,105 1-2-1, 1-1-1, 1-1-1 11/12 at Yale W, 6-3 Mitch Vanderlaan Gillam(39-42) 0-5 8-9 3,500* 2-2-1, 2-1-1, 2-1-111/18 Quinnipiac L, 1-3 (Craig Martin) Gillam(17-20) 0-4 3-4 3,767 2-3-1, 2-2-111/19 Princeton W, 4-2 Mitch Vanderlaan Gillam(20-22) 1-6 4-5 4,058 3-3-1, 3-2-1, 3-1-111/26 vs. New Hampshire W, 3-1 Noah Bauld Gillam(29-30) 1-6 7-7 10,418 4-3-111/29 at Colgate W, 3-2 Eric Freschi Gillam(20-22) 2-4 3-3 2,061 5-3-1, 4-2-112/2 Miami W, 4-3 Trevor Yates Gillam(28-31) 1-6 2-2 3,944 6-3-112/3 Miami W, 2-1 Jake Weidner Gillam(25-26) 0-4 0-3 3,693 7-3-112/28 vs. N. Michigan W, 5-2 Alex Rauter Gillam(18-20) 1-5 5-7 3,812 8-3-112/29 vs. Colorado Coll. L, 1-2 (ot) (Nick Halloran) Stewart(21-23) 1-6 6-6 3,772 8-4-11/7 at Merrimack W, 1-0 Matt Buckles Gillam(18-18) 0-3 2-2 1,712 9-4-11/13 at Princeton W, 5-1 Jeff Malott Gillam(31-32) 1-3 5-5 2,232* 10-4-1, 5-2-1, 4-1-11/14 at Quinnipiac W, 2-1 Alex Rauter Gillam(19-20) 1-5 4-5 2,979 11-4-1, 6-2-11/20 Clarkson T, 3-3 Trevor Yates Gillam(13-16) 1-5 2-3 3,955 11-4-2, 6-2-21/21 St. Lawrence W, 3-2 Brendan Smith Gillam(22-24) 0-3 3-3 4,171 12-4-2, 7-2-21/27 Harvard L, 1-4 (Clay Anderson) Gillam(21-24) 0-2 1-1 4,267* 12-5-2, 7-3-2, 4-2-11/28 Dartmouth L, 2-4 (Alex Jasiek) Gillam(26-29) 1-3 3-6 4,267* 12-6-2, 7-4-2, 4-3-12/3 at Union W, 5-3 Jake Weidner Gillam(27-30) 2-5 5-7 2,087 13-6-2, 8-4-22/4 at Rensselaer W, 4-3 Yanni Kaldis Gillam(21-24) 3-9 4-6 3,593 14-6-2, 9-4-22/7 Colgate W, 4-0 Holden Anderson Gillam(28-28) 1-1 3-3 3,603 15-6-2, 10-4-22/11 Yale T, 2-2 (Ted Hart) Gillam(35-37) 0-4 3-3 4,267* 15-6-3, 10-4-3, 4-3-22/12 Brown W, 5-3 Mitch Vanderlaan Gillam(23-26) 0-4 4-4 3,576 16-6-3, 11-4-3, 5-3-22/17 at St. Lawrence W, 4-2 Mitch Vanderlaan Gillam(27-29) 0-2 4-5 1,642 17-6-3, 12-4-32/18 at Clarkson T, 3-3 (Troy Josephs) Gillam(28-31) 0-5 4-4 3,061 17-6-4, 12-4-42/24 Rensselaer W, 2-0 Patrick McCarron Gillam(31-31) 1-5 5-5 3,968 18-6-4, 13-4-42/25 Union T, 3-3 Mitch Vanderlaan Gillam(32-35) 2-5 2-5 4,104 18-6-5, 13-4-53/10 Clarkson L, 2-6 (Troy Josephs) Gillam(22-27) 2-5 3-4 3,557 18-7-53/11 Clarkson W, 2-1 Anthony Angello Gillam(24-26) 0-4 3-4 4,021 19-7-53/12 Clarkson W, 2-1 Anthony Angello Gillam(31-32) 0-3 3-3 3,312 20-7-53/17 vs. Union W, 4-1 Jake Weidner Gillam(33-34) 1-4 3-4 4,165 21-7-53/18 vs. Harvard L, 1-4 (Luke Esposito) Gillam(32-36) 0-2 2-4 4,830 21-8-5 3/25 vs. UMass-Lowell L, 0-5 (Ryan Dmowski) Gillam(16-21) 0-2 3-5 6,299 21-9-5

The College Hockey Inc. media kit for the 2017-18 season reveals that the Big Red continues to be one of the tallest teams in the country. Some facts, figures and rankings for Cornell relative to the nation’s other 59 Division I programs include ...

By The Numbers

Cornell was inside the top 20 of the Pairwise Rankings from December through the end of last season on its way to an at-large bid to NCAAs. Only North Dakota and UMass-Lowell have had a higher Pairwise Ranking at the time of NCAA selection in each of the last four years.

Date Pairwise* USCHO.com USA TodayHighest in 2016-17 season 9 (3/13) 9 (5x) 9 (4x)End of 2016-17 season 11 13 (443) 13 (112)Preseason N/A 15 (279) RV (37)Oct. 2 N/A No poll RV (28)Oct. 9 N/A 18 (226) RV (46)

Where Cornell Has Ranked ...

Tallest teams, by average height T2. Cornell 6 feet, 1.11 inches(Maine is 6’ 1.71”; Arizona St. is also 6’ 1.11”)

Biggest teams, by average weight10. Cornell 191.14 pounds(Note: The Big Red averages nearly four fewer pounds per play compared to last year)

Youngest teams, by average age (as of Oct. 1)7. Cornell 21 years, 67 days(Note: The Big Red is the youngest team in ECAC Hockey)

Largest freshman classesT4. Cornell 10(UMass has 13; Air Force and Alaska-Anchorage have 12 each)

Most NCAA tournament appearances (active coaches)5. Mike Schafer 10(Note: The most for any coach affiliated with ECAC Hockey)

Schools with the most former players’ names on the Stanley Cup10. Cornell 9(Note: Most among ECAC Hockey programs)

Oldest arenas7. Lynah Rink, Cornell 1957


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BRENDAN SMITHJr. • D • 6-1 • 189 • 1-19-96 Omaha Lancers (USHL) Centennial, Colo.

ALEX RAUTERSr. • F • 6-2 • 187 • 6-17-94 Wenatchee Wild (NAHL) Chatham, N.J.

CODY HAISKANENFr. • D • 6-4 • 184 • 3-27-97 Fargo Force (USHL) Fargo, N.D.

MATTHEW NUTTLEJr. • D • 5-11 • 194 • 5-5-95 Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) Marilla, N.Y.

ALEX GREENFr. • D • 6-2 • 178 • 6-18-98 Lincoln Stars (USHL) Chicago, Illinois

CAM DONALDSONFr. • F • 5-8 • 165 • 7-14-98 Powell River Kings (BCHL) Pittsboro, N.C.

YANNI KALDISSo. • D • 5-11 • 190 • 9-30-95 Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL) Montréal, Québec

NOAH BAULDSo. • F • 5-11 • 181 • 1-2-97 Lloydminster Bobcats (AJHL) Halifax, Nova Scotia

KYLE BETTSFr. • F • 6-1 • 174 • 9-17-97 Powell River Kings (BCHL) Flesherton, Ontario

BEAU STARRETTJr. • F • 6-5 • 222 • 11-1-95 South Shore Kings (USPHL) Bellingham, Mass.

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* 2016-17: Settled into the role of a top-four defenseman, though injuries limited him to two of the team’s final 12 games ... Posted one goal and two assists for three points* Before Cornell: Helped USHL’s Omaha to five consecutive shutouts in 2014-15... Played five seasons with the Colorado Thunderbirds AAA, winning 2013 Tier 1 Elite League championship* Personal: Mother is a Cornell graduate; uncle played football at Boston University

* 2016-17: Posted 8-9–17, including program’s first penalty-shot goal since 1987 ... One of team’s top penalty-killing forwards, then played majority of final two months as defenseman* Personal: Attended San Jose Sharks’ prospect camp last summer ... Played with the North Jersey Avalanche, which twice appeared in the USA Hockey National championship tournament ... Helped lead Chatham HS to the New Jersey state title in 2011

* Before Cornell: Recorded 28 points on four goals and 24 assists last year in 60 games for his hometown USHL team ... Won the Manitoba Junior Hockey League championship in 2015-16, putting up similar numbers with the Portage Terriers.* Personal: Was Rookie of the Year, then later a captain for Ronald H. Davies HS in Fargo.

* At Cornell: Earned everyday role last season after playing just two games as a freshman* Before Cornell: Helped Sioux Falls win USHL’s Clark Cup in 2015 with four assists and plus-9 rating in 12 playoff games ... Named to 2014 NAHL All-Rookie First Team after scoring 31 points in 60 games with Wenatchee Wild* Personal: Originally from outskirts of Buffalo; started his junior career with Buffalo Jr. Sabres

* Before Cornell: Spent last two years in the top-tier USHL, most recently posting 15 points 1-14–15 in 43 games with Lincoln last year ... Won gold medal with the U.S. Select team at the 2016 World Junior ‘A’ Challenge* Personal: Was selected to the CCM/USA Hockey All American Prospects Game in 2015

* Before Cornell: Named BCHL Rookie of the Year and a second-team all-star after posting 32-37–69 in 54 games last year ... Spent previous two seasons at The Gunnery, helping the team to a NEPSAC title in 2016 while being named to New England West all-star team ... Competed in the USA Hockey Select 16 Player Development camp in 2015. * Personal: Came up through the Dallas Stars Elite Hockey Club program in Texas.

* 2016-17: Named to All-Ivy League first team and ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team ... Entire 1-13–14 came within 22 league games — the most for a Cornell freshman defenseman in ECAC Hockey in 20 years ... Had three power-play assists in Nov. 5 game at Harvard* Before Cornell: BCHL First-Team All-Star in 2015-16 after posting 9-54–63 in 58 games* Personal: Named MVP for the two years he played at Dawson College in his native Québec

* 2016-17: Worked his way into 29 games, scoring his first collegiate goal in Frozen Apple victory over UNH at Madison Square Garden ... Opened scoring in ECAC Hockey semifinal win over Union in Lake Placid, where he once played while attending Northwood School* Before Cornell: Helped Lloydminster reach RBC Cup finals in 2015-16* Personal: Scored two goals while helping Canada West win 2015 World Junior A Challenge

* 2016-17: Posted 4-10–14 while appearing in all 35 games ... Excelled late in the year while playing on a line with Jeff Kubiak ‘17 and Anthony Angello * Before Cornell: Played for renowned Catholic Memorial HS near Boston* Personal: Youngest of four brothers, all in college hockey. Eldest, Pete, played at Harvard (2008-12), Troy played at Babson (2010-14) and Shane at Air Force (2015-17).* NHL Draft: Chicago Blackhawks; third round (88th overall) in the 2014 Entry Draft.

* Before Cornell: Amassed 89 points over 98 games in the regular season and another 18 points in 21 postseason contests over last two years in Powell River ... Twice competed with Team Canada West in the World Junior ‘A’ Challenge, winning a gold medal in 2015-16 * Personal: Was ranked 147th among North American skaters by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau for the 2016 NHL Entry Draft


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DWYER TSCHANTZSr. • F • 6-5 • 214 • 3-22-95 Indiana Ice (USHL) Wilmington, Del.21

22 JEFF MALOTTSo. • F • 6-3 • 203 • 8-7-96 Brooks Bandits (AJHL) Burlington, Ontario

MITCH VANDERLAANJr. • F • 5-7 • 177 • 4-30-95 Fort McMurray Oil Barons (AJHL) Hanwell, New Brunswick

TREVOR YATESSr. • F • 6-2 • 203 • 3-6-95 Deerfield Academy Beaconsfield, Québec

MATT CAIRNSFr. • D • 6-3 • 209 • 4-27-98 Powell River Kings (BCHL) Mississauga, Ontario

ANTHONY ANGELLOJr. • F • 6-5 • 213 • 3-6-96 Omaha Lancers (USHL) Manlius, N.Y.

JARED FIEGLSr. • F • 6-1 • 215 • 1-23-96 U.S. National Team Development Program Parker, Colo.

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COREY HOFFMANSo. • F • 5-9 • 161 • 4-16-96 Cowichan Valley Capitals (BCHL) Plainview, N.Y.

* 2016-17: Led team in goals and overall scoring with 15-13–28 to garner All-Ivy League second team honors ... Scored 7 goals in first 7 games, including a hat trick at Yale — the program’s first since 2010-11 ... Nine different forwards assisted on Vanderlaan goals* Of note: First Cornellian with 47 points through underclassman years since 2009 (Riley Nash)* Personal: Played on Team Canada West at 2014 World Junior A Challenge

* 2016-17: Led team with 8 PPGs and was 2nd on team in overall goals with 12-10–22 in 35 games ... Scored at Madison Square Garden for 2nd straight year* Before Cornell: Had 104 points in three seasons at Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts* Personal: Father, Ross, is a former head coach of the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch and Saint John SeaDogs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

* Before Cornell: After arriving from USHL’s Fargo Force, posted 2-14–16 in final 18 regular-season games with Powell River ... Named OJHL’s top prospect in 2016 after his 2nd year in the league, when he posted 33 points in 46 games with Georgetown* Personal: Taken in third round of 2014 OHL Priority Selection, but opted to stay NCAA eligible* NHL Draft: Edmonton Oilers; third round (84th overall) in the 2016 Entry Draft

* 2016-17: Tied for 2nd on team with 12 goals ... Scored 7 goals in team’s final 14 games* 2015-16: Became first freshman to lead team in goals (11) since Colin Greening (2007)* Before Cornell: Helped U.S. win gold at 2014 Junior A World Challenge ... Played two seasons with Syracuse Junior Stars ... Earned 2013 first-team all-state honors in 2013 after averaging four points per game with Fayetteville-Manlius HS* NHL Draft: Pittsburgh Penguins; fifth round (145th overall) in the 2014 Entry Draft

* 2016-17: Earned team’s Iron Man Award after fighting through injuries to appear in 35 games, posting 2-4–6 ... Both goals started the scoring in home wins over Princeton and SLU* 2015-16: Scored lone goal in Dec. 28 victory over then-No. 1 Providence* Before Cornell: Played in 45 games for the USNTDP, scoring 2 goals to go with 4 assists* Personal: Won gold with the U.S. at the IIHF U18 World Championship in 2014* NHL Draft: Arizona Coyotes; seventh round (191st overall) in the 2014 Entry Draft

* 2016-17: Appeared in 2 games, Nov. 29 at Colgate and Jan. 21 vs. SLU* Before Cornell: Posted 12-27–39 in 56 games between two BCHL teams in 2015-16, then was named Cowichan Valley’s playoff MVP after leading the squad with 10 points in six postseason games* Personal: Posted 101 points in 20 games with Syosset HS team in 2011-12

* At Cornell: Lone goal last year came in team’s pivotal Feb. 3 victory at Union ... Had primary assist on Trevor Yates’ GWG in playoff win at Quinnipiac in 2015-16* 2013-14: Won Clark Cup title with Indiana, ranking third on team in scoring* Personal: First Delaware native to be selected in NHL Entry Draft ... Played two years for Team Comcast Under-18 team in Tier 1 Elite League League.* NHL Draft: St. Louis Blues; seventh round (202nd overall) in the 2014 Entry Draft

* 2016-17: Led class with 6 goals, including a hat trick scored in a 9-minute span at Princeton ... Was one of two Cornellians to score twice in playoffs, including team’s final goal of the season* Before Cornell: Posted 25-35–60 in 46 games, helping Brooks to AJHL title series in 2015-16 ... Named team’s MVP and to all-division team after leading squad with 1.30 points per game* Personal: Teammate of Connor Murphy on GOJHL’s Caledonia Corvairs in 2013-14

CONNOR MURPHYSo. • F • 5-10 • 167 • 4-2-96 Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) Ancaster, Ontario12

* 2016-17: Played in 10 games, primarily during the first half of the season* Before Cornell: Posted 11-12–23 in 53 games in 2015-16 ... Helped USHL’s Chicago Steel win bronze at 2015 Junior Club World Cup in Russia* Personal: GOJHL all-star with Caledonia Corvairs in 2013 and 2014 ... 2014 OHA Junior B Player of the Year and won OHA Top Prospect Award


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TRENT SHOREJr. • D • 6-3 • 194 • 6-28-96 Cumberland Grads (CCHL) Ajax, Ontario

RYAN BLISSSr. • D • 6-1 • 189 • 6-22-96 U.S. National Team Development Program Chelmsford, Mass.

TRISTAN MULLINFr. • F • 6-2 • 193 • 10-9-96 Powell River Kings (BCHL) Cartwright, Manitoba

MORGAN BARRONFr. • F • 6-3 • 208 • 12-2-98 St. Andrew’s College Halifax, Nova Scotia

BRENDEN LOCKEFr. • F • 5-10 • 174 • 10-9-97 Cobourg Cougars (OJHL) Iroquois Falls, Ontario

ALEC McCREAJr. • D • 6-3 • 204 • 1-12-95 Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) El Cajon, Calif.

HAYDEN STEWARTSr. • G • 6-3 • 211 • 9-22-94 Indiana Ice (USHL) Rockford, Ill.

AUSTIN McGRATHFr. • G • 6-1 • 176 • 2-10-98 Lloydminster Bobcats (AJHL) Lloydminster, Alberta

* At Cornell: Has appeared in 14 games, taking some shifts at forward in 2015-16* Before Cornell: Split 2014-15 season with two CCHL teams after amassing plus-92 rating at The Hill Academy over previous two seasons* Personal: Was invited to try out for Team Canada East in 2015 Junior A World Challenge ... Selected for the 2015 Central Canada Cup All-Star Challenge.

* At Cornell: Missed entire 2016-17 season due to injury after playing top-four minutes the previous season ... Assisted on OT goal against then-No. 1 Providence in December 2015* Personal: Helped U.S. win Four Nations U-17 title in 2013 ... Captained U.S. squad at 2012 Youth Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria ... Mother, Kelly (Clark) Bliss ’89, played lacrosse and field hockey at Cornell

* Before Cornell: Ranked 7th in BCHL scoring last season with 36-34–70 in 57 games, having also won the team’s plus-minus award ... Also led Powell River in scoring the year prior with 56 points in 57 games* Personal: Cousin, Steve Mullin, played hockey for four years at Maine

* Before Cornell: Helped lead St. Andrew’s to consecutive CISAA provincial championships in 2016 and 2017 ... Captained last year’s squad while posting 28-22–50 in just 46 games ... Continued to average better than a point per game through CISAA postseason play.* Personal: Younger brother, Justin, a rookie with QMJHL’s Halifax Mooseheads* NHL Draft: New York Rangers; sixth round (174th overall) in the 2017 Entry Draft.

* Before Cornell: Won Canada’s Junior A national title, the RBC Cup, last year with Cobourg ... Averaged better than a point per game in the regular season with 19-27–46 in 38 games ... Led NOJHL in rookie scoring during 2013-14 season* Personal: Was selected by the Barrie Colts in the 2013 OHL Priority Draft

* At Cornell: Has a plus-15 rating over two seasons while logging top-four minutes ... Led team defensemen in scoring (3-12–15) in 2015-16* Before Cornell: Played three seasons in Waterloo, dressing for 158 regular-season games and posting 46 points and a plus-18 rating ... Advanced to 2014 Clark Cup finals with Waterloo* Personal: Program’s first California native ... Parents own a music store in metro San Diego

* At Cornell: Has two shutouts in eight careers starts, with seven of those in 2014-15 ... Became first Cornell freshman goalie with two shutouts since All-American David McKee (2003-04) ... Named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week after each of his shutouts * 2013-14: Captured Clark Cup title with Indiana, going 13-1 with a 1.29 goals-against average* Personal: Was 2013 NAHL Top Prospects selection while playing with Corpus Christi Ice Rays

* Before Cornell: Was finalist for 2017 AJHL Rookie of the Year even though he backstopped a team that finished last in its division ... Spent previous three seasons in Midget AAA, where he was named league’s Top Goaltender in 2015-16 en route to a league championship* Personal: Was selected in the 2013 WHL Bantam Draft

35MATTHEW GALAJDAFr. • G • 6-0 • 187 • 10-7-97 Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL) Aurora, Ontario

* Before Cornell: Spent last two seasons as primary goalie in Victoria, where he was the both the team’s and division’s most valuable player in 2016-17 ... Was also named to the BCHL All-Star second team and competed with Team Canada West at the World Junior ‘A’ Challenge. ... Was Victoria’s rookie of the year in 2015-16* Personal: Won a provincial title with St. Andrew’s College in 2014-15


Situational Records

Previous 5 years 2016-17 2015-16 2014-15 (2011-16)

Overall 21-9-5 16-11-7 11-14-6 78-60-28ECAC Hockey games 13-4-5 8-8-6 9-9-4 48-39-23Ivy League games 5-3-2 4-3-3 4-4-2 25-15-10Non-conference games 8-5-0 8-3-1 2-5-2 28-21-5At home 9-4-3 9-5-2 7-7-3 40-25-11On the road 9-2-2 6-5-4 3-6-2 30-26-14At a neutral site 3-3-0 1-1-1 1-1-1 8-9-3Leading after the 1st 10-1-2 5-2-2 4-0-1 33-7-6Trailing after the 1st 2-5-0 4-5-3 1-6-1 13-29-7Tied after the 1st 9-3-3 7-4-2 6-8-4 32-24-13Leading after the 2nd 17-2-2 11-1-3 7-0-0 66-6-4Trailing after the 2nd 3-7-2 0-8-1 1-11-3 4-44-8Tied after the 2nd 1-0-1 5-2-3 3-3-3 18-10-11Outshooting opponent 11-3-1 5-2-1 5-3-4 34-15-13Being outshot 9-6-4 11-9-6 6-10-2 43-42-14Shots are even 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 1-3-1One-goal margin 9-3-0 11-4 5-5 37-26Two-goal margin 7-2-0 0-1 4-3 21-9Three-goal margin 3-2-0 3-3 0-4 10-18Four- or more goal margin 2-2-0 2-3 2-2 10-10Scoring first 13-2-4 11-4-3 6-1-3 55-14-16Opponent scores first 8-7-1 5-7-3 5-13-2 24-46-9In October 0-1-0 2-0-0 0-0-1 6-1-1In November 5-2-1 4-1-2 4-4-0 22-14-5In December 3-1-0 3-1-0 1-2-1 9-5-4In January 4-2-1 2-5-1 4-3-1 13-15-7In February 6-0-3 2-2-4 2-3-3 14-14-11In March 3-3-0 3-2-0 0-2-0 14-11-0On Sunday 2-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-1 1-2-2On Monday 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 1-1-0On Tuesday 2-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 2-1-0On Wednesday 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0On Thursday 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0On Friday 7-4-2 6-5-4 6-5-3 41-22-11On Saturday 9-4-3 9-4-3 5-8-2 33-33-15First of back-to-back 8-3-3 7-5-4 6-5-4 42-22-12Second of back-to-back 9-4-2 9-6-2 4-8-2 31-31-14In a single game 4-2-0 0-0-1 1-0-0 4-5-2In overtime 0-1-5 4-3-7 2-1-5 13-8-24vs. ECAC Hockey 16-6-5 11-10-6 9-11-4 27-18-9vs. Atlantic Hockey 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 4-1-0vs. Hockey East 2-2-0 3-0-1 0-0-0 4-4-2vs. Big Ten 0-0-0 0-1-0 1-0-0 3-1-0vs. NCHC 2-1-0 0-0-0 1-3-1 6-5-2vs. WCHA 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-1 1-1-1vs. USA Today poll ranked 3-5-1 3-5-4 2-3-1 N/Avs. USCHO.com poll ranked 6-5-1 3-6-5 3-4-2 N/A

Cornell HighsPOINTS 17 at Yale (11/12)GOALS 6 at Yale (11/12) ASSISTS 11 at Yale (11/12)SHOTS ON GOAL 45 at RPI (2/3)SAVES 39 at Yale (11/12)PENALTIES 10 at Yale (11/12), vs. St. Lawrence (1/21)PIM 36 vs. St. Lawrence (1/21)

Opponent HighsPOINTS 17 vs. Clarkson (3/10) GOALS 6 vs. Clarkson (3/10)ASSISTS 11 vs. Clarkson (3/10)SHOTS ON GOAL 42 at RPI (2/3)SAVES 41 vs. N. Mich. (12/28)PENALTIES 11 vs. St. Lawrence (1/21)PIM 49 vs. St. Lawrence (1/21)

Cornell LowsPOINTS 0 vs. UMass-Lowell (3/25)GOALS 0 vs. UMass-Lowell (3/25)ASSISTS 0 vs. UMass-Lowell (3/25)SHOTS ON GOAL 12 vs. Clarkson (3/12)SAVES 13 vs. Clarkson (1/20)PENALTIES 1 vs. Harvard (1/27)PIM 2 vs. Harvard (1/27)

Opponent LowsPOINTS 0 at Merrimack (1/7), vs. Colgate (2/7), vs. RPI (2/24)GOALS 0 at Merrimack (1/7), vs. Colgate (2/7), vs. RPI (2/24)ASSISTS 0 at Merrimack (1/7), vs. Colgate (2/7), vs. RPI (2/24)SHOTS ON GOAL 16 vs. Clarkson (1/20)SAVES 10 vs. Clarkson (3/12)PENALTIES 1 vs. Colgate (2/7)PIM 2 vs. Colgate (2/7)

2016-17 Game Highs / Lows


For Cornell: Game SpanA hat trick .......................................................................................................................................................................Jeff Malott - at Princeton, 1/13/17 21A short-handed goal .................................................................................................................................Mitch Vanderlaan - at Dartmouth, 11/4/16 35Short-handed goals in back-to-back games ........................... Mitch Carefoot - at Union, 2/9/07 & Mark McCutcheon - at RPI, 2/10/07 346Two short-handed goals in a game ......................................................................................Sean Collins & Joel Lowry - at Quinnipiac, 1/13/12 186A short-handed goal in overtime .......................................................................................................................Eric Freschi - vs. Clarkson, 11/14/14 97An extra-attacker goal ............................................................................................................................ Mitch Vanderlaan - at Merrimack, 10/28/16 36A penalty shot attempt .................................................................................................................................................... Trevor Yates - vs. Yale, 2/11/17 12A made penalty shot ................................................................................................................................Alex Rauter - vs. New Hampshire, 11/26/16 28Three power-play goals in a game ........................................................................................................................................... 3 - at Rensselaer, 2/4/17 14Four power-play goals in a game ...............................................................................................................................................4 - at Omaha, 10/26/13 132Two two-goal scorers .............................................................................................................Brian Ferlin & Joel Lowry - at St. Lawrence, 11/16/13 126Three two-goal scorers ..............................................................Byron Bitz, Mark McCutcheon & Raymond Sawada - vs. Princeton, 2/17/07 342A goaltender recorded a point ................................................................................................................... Mitch Gillam - vs. St. Lawrence, 1/21/17 18Zero penalties committed ......................................................................................................................................................................vs. Brown, 2/19/99 618A shutout ............................................................................................................................................Mitch Gillam (31 saves) - vs. Rensselaer, 2/24/17 8Back-to-back shutouts ........................................................................................................ Mitch Gillam - at Yale, 11/20/15 & at Brown, 11/21/15 63A goalie made 40 or more saves ..................................................................................................... Mitch Gillam (40) - vs. Boston Univ., 11/28/15 62A goalie made 50 or more saves ................................................................................................................... Andy Iles (60) - at Quinnipiac, 3/17/13 1345 or more goals in one period ..............................................................................................................................5, second period - vs. Yale, 12/3/04 4335 or more goals in a game ................................................................................................................................................................5 - vs. Brown, 2/12/17 115 or more goals in consecutive games ........................................................................5 - at St. Lawrence, 11/16/13 & 5 - vs. Brown, 11/22/13 1256 or more goals ........................................................................................................................................................................................6 - at Yale, 11/12/16 316 or more goals in consecutive games ............................................................................... 7 - vs Army, 10/29/04 & vs. Sacred Heart, 10/30/04 4397 or more goals ........................................................................................................................................................................... 7 - vs. Rensselaer, 2/16/08 3137 or more goals in consecutive games ............................................................................... 7 - vs Army, 10/29/04 & vs. Sacred Heart, 10/30/04 45110 or more goals ........................................................................................................................................................................ 10 - vs. Clarkson, 11/20/99 60410 or more goals in a two-game weekend ............................................................................10 - at Brown (4-2), at Yale (6-3), 11/11-11/12/16 31A player had three points in a game ....................................................................................................Trevor Yates (2-1–3), vs. Clarkson, 1/20/17 19A player had four points in a game ......................................................................................... Dustin Mowrey (1-3–4) vs. St. Lawrence, 1/24/14 116A player had five points in a game ........................................................................................................Ryan Vesce (3-4–7), vs. Princeton, 11/8/03 466

Against Cornell: Game SpanA hat trick .........................................................................................................................................................Lewis Zerter-Gossage, Harvard - 11/5/16 34A short-handed goal .........................................................................................................................................................Sam Lafferty, Brown - 2/12/17 11A penalty shot attempt .........................................................................................................................................Ryan Lough, St. Lawrence - 12/4/15 61A made penalty shot ....................................................................................................................................................Eric Neiley, Dartmouth - 1/24/15 83Two power-play goals in a game ...............................................................................................................................................2, vs. Harvard - 3/18/17 2Three power-play goals in a game ................................................................................................................................................3, vs. Union - 2/25/17 7A shutout ................................................................................................................................................. Tyler Wall, UMass-Lowell (19 saves) - 3/25/17 1Back-to-back shutouts ...........................................................................................................vs. Lake Superior State and Miami, Dec. 28-29, 2014 89A goalie made 40 or more saves ......................................................................................................................Chase Perry, Rensselaer (41) - 2/4/17 14A goalie made 50 or more saves .................................................................................................................... David Leggio, Clarkson (56) - 3/11/06 3773 or more goals in one period ..........................................................................................................................3, third period, vs. Clarkson- 3/10/17 64 or more goals in one period ..........................................................................................................................4, third period, vs. Harvard - 1/27/17 174 or more goals .................................................................................................................................................................... 5, vs. UMass-Lowell - 3/25/17 15 or more goals .................................................................................................................................................................... 5, vs. UMass-Lowell - 3/25/17 16 or more goals ...............................................................................................................................................................................6, vs. Clarkson - 3/10/17 610 or more goals .......................................................................................................................................................................10, at Quinnipiac - 3/16/13 135

General:Cornell won a national championship ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1970Cornell played in the Frozen Four ................................................................................................................................................................................. 2003Cornell won an NCAA tournament game ................................................................................................................................................................... 2012Cornell won an Ivy League championship ................................................................................................................................................................. 2014Cornell won an ECAC Hockey Championship ........................................................................................................................................................... 2010Cornell won an ECAC Hockey regular-season championship ............................................................................................................................. 2005

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