Big Red Trio Named to All-Decade Teams

Photo by Patrick Shanahan

ALBANY, N.Y. -- A trio of former Cornell greats were named to the ECAC Hockey All-Decade Teams for the years spanning 1999-2000 through 2008-09. The three players give Cornell the most of any league school, led by first-team honoree, Douglas Murray, who played for the Big Red from 1999-2003.

Joining Murray on the all-decade teams were second-team honorees David LeNeveu and Matt Moulson. LeNeveu jump-started the recent tradition of stellar Cornell goaltenders, while Moulson has parlayed an outstanding Cornell career into a successful NHL career.

Murray was a two-time All-American for the Big Red during his four years on East Hill and was a two-time ECAC Hockey First Team honoree, in addition to being a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award in 2002. Murray appeared in 127 games in a Big Red uniform, scoring 24 goals and adding 60 assists from the blue line.

LeNeveu guided the Big Red to the league's only Frozen Four appearance of the decade in 2003, breaking Ken Dryden's record for shutouts in a season with nine, a mark that was later broken by David McKee in 2004-05. LeNeveu ranks second all-time in Cornell history with a .938 save percentage and is first in goals-against average, allowing just 1.29 goals per 60 minutes.

Moulson is one of only three players who have ever led the Big Red in goals three straight seasons, doing so from 2003-04 through 2005-06. He finished 16th all-time in career scoring with 148 points in 134 career games, scoring 71 goals and adding in 77 assists.

Harvard and St. Lawrence both put a pair of players on the all-decade team., while Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Colgate, Quinnipiac and Clarkson each placed one player on the teams.

FIRST-TEAM ALL-DECADE
Forward - Jeff Hamilton, Yale (1996-2001)
Forward - Lee Stempniak, Dartmouth (2001-2005)
Forward - T.J. Trevelyan, St. Lawrence (2002-2006)
Defense - Doug Murray, Cornell (1999-2003)
Defense - Noah Welch, Harvard (2001-2005)
Goaltender - Yann Danis, Brown (1999-2004)

SECOND-TEAM ALL-DECADE
Forward - Andy McDonald, Colgate (1996-2000)
Forward - Dominic Moore, Harvard (1999-2003)
Forward - Matt Moulson, Cornell (2002-2006)
Defense - Drew Bagnall, St. Lawrence (2003-2007)
Defense - Reid Cashman, Quinnipiac (2003-2007)
Defense - Kent Huskins, Clarkson (1997-2001)
Goaltender - David LeNeveu, Cornell (2001-2003)