Big weekend for Big Red as women’s and men’s hockey grab Ivy League titles

Cornell women’s and men’s ice hockey each came away with an Ivy League championship trophy at the close of a successful weekend for each squad. The women finished their regular season with a pair of wins on the road and will have home ice for their playoffs after a first-round bye, and the men posted a win and an overtime tie followed by a shootout win.

The women clinched their first-round bye and home ice for the ECAC tournament quarterfinals last weekend with Senior Weekend wins against Rensselaer and Union at Lynah Rink before heading to New England to close out the season at Brown and Yale.

Friday’s game at Brown saw a late goal from rookie Piper Grober shortly after a Cornell power play ended to tie the score and send the contest into overtime, and senior Izzy Daniel posted the overtime game-winner with a 4-on-3 advantage after a Brown skater was called for interference six seconds into the extra frame.

All of Saturday’s scoring for both teams came in the second period. Sophomore Mckenna Van Gelder and rookie Karel Prefontaine recorded the Big Red tallies against Yale at Ingalls Rink, with assists from Daniel, sophomore Grace Dwyer, and junior Lily Delianedis. The women finish their regular season with a 22-6-1 record.

For the men, the Ivy League crown came at the end of a low-scoring game against Yale that goes into the books as a 1-1 tie, with both goals coming in the first period of play. NCAA overtime rules established in recent years feature a 3-on-3 sudden-death overtime period, and if the teams remain tied after that, the ECAC uses a three-player shootout format to award an extra point in the standings. Cornell took that point on Saturday night. That and Friday night’s win over Brown leave the Big Red with a 14-game unbeaten streak, the longest active streak in Division I hockey.

The men have two weekends left on their regular season slate, with an away weekend coming up in the North Country before returning to Lynah to host RPI and Union for Senior Weekend in two weeks.

Cornell men’s ice hockey hoisted the Ivy League trophy and banner at Lynah Rink on Saturday night. 14850 Photo by Mark H. Anbinder.

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