ECAC Hockey Opening Round
No. 12 Yale at No. 6 Cornell
Lynah Rink (Ithaca, N.Y.) - 7:30 PM
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's ice hockey team will travel to Ithaca, N.Y., to play Cornell in a decisive ECAC Tournament Opening Round game this Saturday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.

Scouting Yale

• Yale concluded the regular season with an overall record of 6-20-3 and a 5-14-3 record in conference play.
• First year Ronan O'Donnell leads the team in both goals and points, with 11 and 20, respectively.
• Captain William Dineen leads the team in assists with 12.
• Goaltender Jack Stark recorded 495 saves across 19 starts this season.
• Dylan Herzog led the Bulldogs in blocked shots this season, with 58.

Scouting Cornell

• Cornell finished the regular season with an overall record of 13-10-6 and a 10-8-4 record in conference play.
• Dalton Bancroft leads the Big Red in goals with 14 this season.
• Goaltender Ian Shane's two shutouts are tied for the conference lead.
• This marks the 10th consecutive season that Cornell has hosted an ECAC Tournament round, excluding the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Look at History

• The Bulldogs posted a 0-1-1 record against the Big Red during the regular season. The teams played to a 2-2 draw in Ithaca on Nov. 8, with Yale winning the shootout, followed by a 5-3 loss at Ingalls Rink on Feb. 15.
• This is the first meeting between Yale and Cornell in the ECAC Tournament since the 2010-11 season, when the Bulldogs defeated the Big Red 6-0 in the ECAC Championship at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Yale also defeated Cornell in the 2009 ECAC Championship.

ECAC Schedule

• No. 9 Princeton at No. 8 Brown - Friday, Mar. 7 - 7 PM
• No. 10 RPI at No. 7 Harvard - Friday, Mar. 7 - 7 PM
• No. 11 St. Lawrence at No. 5 Dartmouth - Saturday, Mar. 8 - 7 PM
• No. 12 Yale at No. 6 Cornell - Saturday, Mar. 8 - 7:30 PM
• The winners of the opening round games will face off against the top-four seeded teams: No. 1 Quinnipiac, No. 2 Clarkson, No. 3 Colgate, No. 4 Union.