Team Notes: Cornell Returns to League Action

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The following article appeared January 12 on the Cornell Web site.

ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell men’s hockey team returns to ECAC Hockey play this weekend when it travels to the North Country for a pair of games against Clarkson and St. Lawrence. The Big Red opens the trip at Clarkson on Friday in a 7 p.m. contest at Cheel Arena in Potsdam, N.Y., before battling St. Lawrence in a 7 p.m. game on Saturday at Appleton Arena in Canton, N.Y. Both games can be heard in the Ithaca area with Jason Weinstein providing the call on WHCU 870 AM with live streaming audio provided through the Cornell Redcast subscription service. Additionally, video of both games will be available on B2 Networks on a pay-per-view basis.

ABOUT THE BIG RED
The Big Red opened the New Year in style with a 5-2 victory over New Hampshire on Jan. 3 in front of a national television audience, snapping Cornell’s first two-game losing skid of the season. Cornell got goals from five different players on the day, with Blake Gallagher, Patrick Kennedy, Sean Collins, Riley Nash and Joe Scali each finding the back of the net. Kennedy and Justin Krueger both had multi-point games on the day, with Kennedy adding an assist and Krueger tallying a pair of assists. Ben Scrivens picked up 20 saves for the victory in goal for the Big Red, his eighth of the season. On the year, Gallagher and Colin Greening share the team scoring lead with 19 points each. Gallagher has a team-best 11 goals and eight assists, while Greening has six goals to go along with his team-leading 13 assists. The pair are joined by Joe Devin in recording at least a point per game, while Riley Nash and Brendon Nash are both in double figures in scoring for the season. Scrivens has seen all the time in goal for Cornell, posting a 2.20 goals-against average and a .923 save percentage with one shutout. Cornell has the nation’s second-ranked power-play unit, converting on 18-of-66 chances on the season (27.8 percent), while the penalty killing unit has successfully ended 67-of-76 opponents’ power plays (88.2 percent), good for fifth in the nation.

ABOUT CLARKSON
Clarkson snapped a five-game winless streak last weekend when it scored a win and a tie against Alabama-Huntsville, but the Golden Knights still enter the weekend with a 5-12-3 overall mark and a 1-5-2 record in league play, ranking them in a tie with Dartmouth for 11th in the 12-team league. The Golden Knights are led offensively by Matt Beca’s 21 points on 11 goals and 10 assists, while Scott Freeman leads the team with 15 assists to go along with five goals for 20 points. Paul Karpowich has seen the majority of time in goal for Clarkson, posting a 3.40 goals-against average and a .894 save percentage. The Golden Knights have converted on 21-of-118 power play chances (17.8 percent) while killing off penalties at a 75.4 percent rate (86-of-114).

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