In Michigan, Northeastern Awaits Cornell
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The following article appeared in the March 27 issue of the Cornell Daily Sun.
By Mitchell Drucker
Tomorrow, the men’s hockey team will play in a NCAA
Tournament game for the first time since 2006. The Red qualified
for the 16-team tournament by receiving an at-large bid after
finishing second in both the ECAC Hockey regular season and the
ECAC Hockey playoffs. Cornell is the No. 3 seed in the Midwest
regional and will be facing off against the No. 2 seed Northeastern
Huskies (25-11-4) tomorrow at 4 pm in Grand Rapids, Mich.
“It feels outstanding and I am really excited for this
opportunity,” said Cornell junior goaltender Ben Scrivens.
“It’s been a little bit of a wait here for the Cornell
community. This is my first kick at it and we really want to go
deep in the tournament. There were a lot of great runs in the past
few years before I came in here and we just want to try to add to
that tradition.”
The winner of tomorrow’s afternoon game will face off on
Sunday against the victor of the matchup between No. 1 seed Notre
Dame and No. 4 Bemidji St. to determine who will emerge from the
Midwest Regional to the 2009 Frozen Four in Washington, D.C.
Complete article can be accessed via the Daily Sun Web site by clicking here.
