February 11, 2009

Team Notes: Cornell Seeks to Right the Ship at Harvard, Dartmouth

The following article appeared February 11 on the Cornell Web site.

 

ITHACA, N.Y. -- A critical pair of rivalry games are on tap this weekend as Cornell travels to the farthest outposts of ECAC Hockey, facing Dartmouth and Harvard. The Big Red and Big Green will battle on Friday night in a game that has major Pairwise implications, with Cornell and Harvard facing off on Saturday night in a game televised nationally on CBS College Sports, with Matt McConnell and Dave Starman calling the action. Additionally, both games can be heard in the Ithaca area on WHCU 870 AM, with Jason Weinstein on the play-by-play. Live streaming audio of both games will also be available through the Cornell RedCast subscription service.

Cornell enters this weekend in second place in ECAC Hockey, two points behind league-leading Yale. The Big Red was 36 seconds away from its fourth four-point weekend, but a pair of goals in the closing minute on Saturday against Princeton sent the Big Red to a stunning 2-1 defeat. Cornell opened the weekend by scoring a come-from-behind 2-1 overtime win over Quinnipiac on Friday night, with senior Evan Barlow scoring the game-winner. Ben Scrivens posted 25 saves in both games to continue his solid play on the season.

For the season, sophomore Riley Nash leads the offense with 21 points on nine goals and 12 assists, with both numbers tying him for the team high. Senior Michael Kennedy also has nine goals, while juniors Colin Greening and Blake Gallagher both have added 12 assists. Five players are in double figures in points, with Nash, Greening, Gallagher, Kennedy and senior Evan Barlow all recording double digits. In goal, Scrivens continues his stellar season with a 1.42 goals-against average and a .948 save percentage, both numbers second in the nation. The Big Red has converted on 15.4 percent of its power play chances this season (19-of-123) while killing off 89.0 percent of its penalties against (105-of-118).

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