Team Notes: Cornell Welcomes Harvard to Lynah for Quarterfinals Round

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The following article appeared March 10 on the Cornell Web site.

ITHACA, N.Y. -- The postseason begins for the Cornell men’s hockey team, as Cornell returns from its bye to face its biggest rival, Harvard. Cornell will take on the Crimson in a best-of-three series this weekend with the winner earning a spot in the ECAC Hockey semifinals next weekend at the Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y. Game time for each night of the three-game set is 7 p.m. Live streaming video for the series is available through B2 Networks, while audio will be available through the Cornell Redcast subscription service, with Jason Weinstein on the call. The game will also be heard locally in Ithaca on WHCU 870 AM.

ABOUT THE BIG RED
Cornell was off last weekend after earning a bye into the quarterfinals of the ECAC Hockey tournament. The Big Red finished second in the league standings, one point behind regular-season champion Yale. When Cornell last played, it picked up three points in a home weekend against Union and Rensselaer, scoring a 4-1 victory over the Dutchmen and skating to a 1-1 tie against Rensselaer. Riley Nash had a goal and an assist in the win over the Dutchmen, with Blake Gallagher scoring a pair of assists. Ben Scrivens stopped 29 shots in picking up the victory for Cornell. The following night, Sean Collins scored the lone goal for the Big Red, with Scrivens stopping 24 shots in the tie. On the year, Gallagher leads the team in scoring with 34 points in 29 games, collecting 17 goals and 17 assists. Gallagher leads the team with 17 goals, with Colin Greening four back. Greening also has 17 assists for 30 points on the year, while Nash leads the team with 18 assists to go along with nine goals for 27 points in 25 games. In all, 10 players have scored in double figures on the season. In goal, Scrivens has a .931 save percentage and a 1.99 goals-against average with four shutouts. The Cornell power play has converted on 27-of-131 chances this season (20.6 percent) while killing off 123-of-141 opponents’ power plays (87.2 percent).

ABOUT HARVARD
Harvard finished ninth in the league’s regular season, but was the only team in the league to garner a first-round sweep when it knocked off eighth-seeded Princeton last weekend in Princeton, N.J. In the opener, Harvard got a point from 12 different players as they rallied from a two-goal deficit after two periods for a 4-2 win. Then, on Saturday, Daniel Moriarty’s game-winner at the 7:11 mark of the third period would be all the offense needed as Harvard shut out the Tigers. Kyle Richter got the win in both games, including picking up the shutout on Saturday with 37 saves. On the year, Louis Leblanc leads the Crimson with 23 points on a team-best 11 goals and 12 assists, while Michael Biega is one point back with a team-high 15 assists. In goal, Richter has played the majority of time, posting a .911 save percentage and a 3.25 goals-against average with one shutout. Harvard has scored 17 power-play goals in 128 chances (17.2 percent) while killing off 121-of-151 opponents’ power play opportunities (80.1 percent).

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