Shades of Dryden? Goalie Makes Cornell a Powerhouse
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The following article featuring Cornell goaltender Ben
Scrivens appeared January 16 on the New York Times Web site.
By Nathan Sandals
Eight of the top 10 teams in this week’s uscho.com
rankings are from college hockey’s power conferences
(C.C.H.A., W.C.H.A. and Hockey East). But there are two Ivy League
teams representing the E.C.A.C. in that top tier, and Cornell is
all the way up to fifth. The Princeton Tigers are No. 10 this week,
though they are ahead of the Big Red in the conference standings by
two points. But the Tigers are off this week, and Cornell (11-1-3)
has two conference games against New York State foes with a chance
to solidify its ranking and take the top spot in the E.C.A.C.
Cornell takes a short bus trip to Union tonight and visits
Rensselaer (better known as R.P.I.) tomorrow. And if the pattern
holds, the Red shouldn’t have any trouble winning on the
road. Cornell has just one loss this season, which came at North
Dakota (and was avenged with a win the next night). And Brandon
Thomas of The Ithaca Journal reports that Cornell is especially
comfortable at Union’s Messa Rink after pulling a playoff
upset there last season.
As was the case the last time Cornell won a national championship
(1970, when Ken Dryden backstopped the team to a 29-0-0 season), a
goalie is showing the way.
Complete article can be accessed via the Times Web site by clicking here.
