Team Notes: Cornell Returns to NCAA Tournament, Faces Northeastern
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The following article appeared March 25 on the Cornell Web site.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell men’s hockey team returns to
the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2006 on Saturday,
March 28, when it faces Northeastern of Hockey East in the first
round of the Midwest Regional at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids,
Mich. Saturday’s game will begin at 4 p.m. and will be
televised live on ESPNU. The other semifinal pits top-seeded Notre
Dame against fourth-seeded Bemidji State in a 7:30 p.m. contest.
Cornell’s game can be heard on the radio on WHCU 870 AM in
the Ithaca area with Jason Weinstein providing the call.
Additionally, live audio of the game will be available through the
Cornell RedCast subscription service.
Cornell advanced to the NCAA tournament for the 17th time in
school history after gaining an at-large selection into the field
of 16 teams. The Big Red (21-9-4) finished the regular season in
second place in ECAC Hockey, three points behind first-place Yale.
Cornell also advanced to the championship game of the ECAC Hockey
tournament after a 4-3 double-overtime victory over Princeton in
the semifinals before falling in the title match to Yale, 5-0, on
Saturday night in Albany, N.Y. The Big Red enters the postseason
with a 6-4 mark in its last 10 games.
Cornell is paced offensively by sophomore Riley Nash (13-21--34)
and junior Colin Greening (14-15--29), with junior Blake Gallagher
(6-20--26) and senior Evan Barlow (12-13--25) joining them in
scoring more than 20 points this season. Junior Brendon Nash is the
highest-scoring defenseman, collecting two goals and 15 assists
this season for 17 points. In goal, junior Ben Scrivens has a 1.77
goals-against average and a .933 save percentage.
Complete article can be accessed via the Cornell Web site by clicking here.
