Cornell’s Hudon leaves school, future uncertain

Cornell freshman forward Philippe Hudon has left the team and may or may not return to school for the second semester. A report on Yahoo! Sports on Tuesday said Hudon skated with the QMJHL’s Victoriaville Tigres that day and left Cornell due to his battle with obsessive compulsive disorder. He hasn’t officially signed with the … Read more

Mayotte named volunteer assistant coach at Cornell

Former Union goaltender Kris Mayotte has been named a volunteer assistant coach at Cornell. “I think that we’ve had a tremendous amount of success with our coaches here helping our goaltenders develop,” Cornell head coach Mike Schafer said in a statement. “I think with Kris, it gives them one extra person to pay specific attention … Read more

Former player Scott new assistant at Cornell

Former Cornell standout Topher Scott has been named an assistant coach with the Big Red, his alma mater announced Saturday. Scott spent the 2010-11 season as a volunteer assistant coach at Miami. As a four-year letter winner for the Big Red from 2004-08, Scott was a finalist for the Hockey Humanitarian Award and the Lowe’s … Read more

Colgate, Cornell plan Nov. 27 game at Devils’ arena

Colgate and Cornell have confirmed plans to play their Nov. 27 non-conference game at the Prudential Center, the Newark, N.J., home of the NHL’s New Jersey Devils. Tickets, ranging from $38 to $49 for adults and $15 for Cornell and Colgate students, are on sale through each school’s athletic ticket office.

Defense, goaltending again in spotlight for Cornell

Last year Another year, another strong run out of Cornell. The Big Red won five of its first six games and never looked back en route to its second straight 20-win season, and the first with a single-digit loss total since 2005-06. Senior netminder Ben Scrivens took home the Dryden Award as the league’s top … Read more

Media, Coaches See Yale as Tops in ECAC Hockey

Two-time defending ECAC Hockey champion Yale is the pick of both league coaches and media to finish atop the standings in 2010-11. The Bulldogs got 11 of the 12 first-place votes from coaches and 25 of the 30 votes in the media poll, conducted through the ECAC Hockey Writers and Broadcasters Association. Cornell, Union and … Read more

Cornell Junior Riley Nash Signs With Carolina

Cornell junior Riley Nash has signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League, the team announced on Monday afternoon. Nash leaves Cornell after three seasons with the Big Red, where he averaged a point per game. Nash’s rights were acquired by Carolina from Edmonton, the club that initially drafted … Read more

Granato to be One of First Two Women in Hall of Fame

Cammi Granato, three-time ECAC Player of the Year, two-time Olympian and 15-year member of the U.S. Women’s National Team, was today announced as one of the first two female members in the 65-year history of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Granato will be formally inducted into the Hall on Nov. 8 as part of the … Read more