ECAC Hockey

February 27, 2009

Team Notes: Cornell Heads to Yale, Brown, in Search of Regular-Season Crown

The following article appeared February 26 on the Cornell Web site.

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Having clinched a bye for the first round of the upcoming ECAC Hockey tournament, the Cornell men’s hockey team heads to Yale and Brown this weekend in search of fulfilling goal number two for the season, that of a regular-season championship. Cornell enters the weekend three points behind Yale and two behind Princeton, and could use some help to snare first place in the ECAC Hockey standings. Both games can be heard in the Ithaca area on WHCU 870 AM, with Jason Weinstein on the play-by-play, while live streaming audio of the two contests will be available through the Cornell RedCast subscription service.

Cornell jumped back into the race for first place with a sweep last weekend over Rensselaer and Union at Lynah Rink. The Big Red opened the weekend with a 4-1 victory over the Engineers before capping the series with a 5-2 victory over Union on Senior Night on Saturday. Riley Nash was the key figure in both games, picking up two assists on Friday and recording his first career four-point night on Saturday, scoring two goals and adding a pair of assists. Tyler Mugford scored two goals on Friday night, while Keir Ross chipped in his first two goals of his career in Saturday night’s win. Ben Scrivens stopped 24 shots on Friday and another 29 on Saturday to continue his solid play this season and pick up another pair of victories.

For the season, Riley Nash leads all scorers with 28 points on 11 goals and 17 assists, with the 11 goals leading the team and the 17 assists tied with Blake Gallagher for team-high honors. Colin Greening has 10 goals and 13 assists for 23 points, while Gallagher has five goals and 17 assists to join the pair over 20 points for the season. Brendon Nash has two goals and 11 assists to lead all defensemen in scoring, while Locke Jillson has a goal and five assists to lead all freshmen. In goal, Ben Scrivens has seen the vast majority of time, posting a 1.62 goals-against average and a .940 save percentage, ranking second and first in the country, respectively. The Big Red has also converted 23-of-143 power play chances (16.1 percent) and killed off 121-of-141 opponents’ chances (85.8 percent).

Complete article can be accessed via the Cornell Web site by clicking here.