Team Notes: Cornell Takes to Road for First Time

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The following article appeared November 10 on the Cornell Web site.

ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell men’s hockey team takes to the road for the first time this season, traveling to New Haven, Conn., and Providence, R.I., to face Yale and Brown, respectively. Cornell will open up the road trip against the Bulldogs on Friday at 7 p.m. before facing Brown on Saturday, also starting at 7 p.m. Both games can be heard in the Ithaca area on WHCU 870 AM and worldwide through the Cornell Redcast subscription service with Jason Weinstein providing the call. Additional live streaming video will be available on a pay-per-view basis, while live stats will be available free of charge, with links available on www.CornellBigRed.com.

ABOUT THE BIG RED
Cornell, standing 3-0-0 overall, 2-0-0 in ECAC Hockey and ranked third in the country in this week’s USCHO.com poll, opened up ECAC Hockey action with a sweep of Ivy League rivals Dartmouth and Harvard last weekend at Lynah Rink. Cornell began the conference season with a 5-1 victory against Dartmouth on Friday, then rallied from a 3-1 second-period deficit to claim a 6-3 victory over Harvard on Saturday. Senior Blake Gallagher led the way with a pair of goals against Dartmouth, while Saturday was the Joe and Mike Devin show, as the junior twin brothers combined for three goals and four assists on the night, with Gallagher and freshman Greg Miller both chipping in a goal and an assist. Senior Ben Scrivens got the start both nights, stopping 21 shots against the Big Green and 22 against the Crimson. For the season, senior Colin Greening leads the Big Red offense with six points in three games (2-4--6) with both Gallagher (3-2--5) and junior Riley Nash (0-5--5) right behind. In goal, Scrivens has a season goals-against average of 1.99 to go along with a .922 save percentage. He has allowed six goals on 77 shots, letting in a pair of power-play tallies, but is unbeaten on the season at 3-0. Cornell’s strength has been in its special teams, as the Big Red has converted on 8-of-18 power-play chances (44.4 percent) to lead the nation in that category, while also killing off penalties at an 88.9 percent rate (16-of-18) to rank 10th in the nation.

ABOUT YALE
Yale found life in the league much more difficult in week one, falling in its opener to Rensselaer, 5-2, and needing a last-second goal to salvage a point the following night at Union in a 3-3 tie. Junior Broc Little leads the Bulldogs offensively with six points in three games on four goals and two assists, while freshman Andrew Miller and junior Denny Kearney both have four points on the young season. Junior Ryan Rondeau has gotten the start in every game this season for the Bulldogs, posting a .906 save percentage and a 3.06 goals-against average. Yale has converted on 2-of-15 power play attempts (13.3 percent) while killing off penalties at a 78.6 percent rate (11-of-14).

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