Big Red Prepares for Unfamiliar Foe in Opener
The following article appeared in the October 28 issue of the Cornell Daily Sun.
For the men’s hockey team, the theme following last weekend’s exhibition victories was depth. Nine freshmen saw ice time in the two-game preseason primer and 13 players registered points.
On Saturday at 7 p.m., the Red’s newcomers will play in their first official contest at Lynah Rink when an unfamiliar foe Mercyhurst (0-4-0) travels to Ithaca for the first time since Nov. 2003. That meeting, which ended in a tie, 3-3, represents the only matchup between the two squads in their programs’ histories.
With the focus on the team’s youth entering the season opener, junior defenseman and assistant captain Nick D’Agostino recalls the whirlwind experience of playing in his first home nearly two years ago — when the then-freshman assisted forward Joe Devin ’11 on the game-winner in a dramatic overtime victory against Niagara, 3-2.
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