Team Notes: Cornell Closes Three-Game Road Trip

Photo by Joe Bell/Ithaca Journal Staff

The following article appeared February 18 on the Cornell Web site.

ITHACA, N.Y. --Fresh off a 6-2 win at Colgate on Tuesday, the Cornell men’s hockey team turns around on short rest for the long drive to Harvard and Dartmouth for a pair of games this weekend. The Big Red will be looking to keep pace with league co-leader Yale when Cornell takes on Harvard on Friday at 7 p.m. in Cambridge, Mass., and battling Dartmouth on Saturday, also at 7 p.m. in Hanover, N.H. Both games can be heard in the Ithaca area on WHCU 870 AM, with Jason Weinstein providing the call. Live streaming audio of the game can also be heard through the Cornell Redcast subscription service.

ABOUT THE BIG RED
Cornell completed the season sweep against its travel partner, Colgate, with a 6-2 victory on Tuesday in Hamilton, N.Y., led by a four-point night by junior Riley Nash. Nash had a pair of goals and two assists to lead the Big Red on the night, while seniors Colin Greening and Blake Gallagher both had a goal and an assist on the evening. Ben Scrivens stopped 33 shots in taking the victory for Cornell, which finished the night 1-for-6 on the power play. For the season, Gallagher continues to lead the team in scoring, tallying 16 goals and 15 assists for 31 points through the first 25 games. Greening is a close second with 12 points and 15 assists for 27 points, with Riley Nash also averaging a point per game, having recorded 21 points in 21 games on seven goals and 14 assists. Scrivens has seen the vast majority of time in goal, posting a 2.03 goals-against average and a .930 save percentage. On the year, Cornell has one of the nation’s top special teams units, converting on 26-of-119 power play chances (21.8 percent) while killing off 110-of-124 opponents’ power plays (88.7 percent).

ABOUT HARVARD
Something about the month of February and games at Brigth Hockey Center agree with the Crimson, as Harvard has posted a 20-1 mark under head coach Ted Donato at home during the month of February. This season, Harvard has suffered its first February home loss under the sixth-year mentor when it dropped a 5-4 contest to Rensselaer last weekend. Harvard, which enters the weekend at 7-15-3 overall and 7-8-3 in league play, is in the thick of the chase for a first-round home series for the upcoming ECAC Hockey playoffs. Freshman Louis LeBlanc leads the Crimson offense with 10 goals and 10 assists for 20 points, with Alex Killorn and Michael Biega just a point behind. The two-goaltender system of Kyle Richter and Ryan Carroll has split time this season, with Richter playing more time, but Carroll posting better numbers. Carroll has a 2.97 goals-against average and a .913 save percentage, while Richter has a 3.64 goals-against average and a .900 save percentage. Both goaltenders, though, have posted nearly identical numbers during league play, hovering around the .910 save percentage and 2.95 goals-against average marks. Harvard has converted on 20-of-109 power play chances (18.3 percent) and killed off 98-of-126 opponents’ power plays (77.8 percent).

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