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Cornell players celebrate a home victory earlier in the 2021-22 season (photo: Matt Dewkett).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The journey is much shorter, and the crowd won\u2019t be nearly as raucous, but Cornell hits the road looking for another successful weekend away from Lynah Rink.<\/p>\n

The Big Red swept North Dakota last weekend at Ralph Engelstad Arena, in the process becoming the first ECAC Hockey team ever to accomplish that feat.<\/p>\n

Cornell will look to keep that momentum going this weekend when it travels to Brown on Saturday after Friday\u2019s game against Yale was postponed due to COVID-19 protocol in the Bulldogs program. There is a possibility the game will get rescheduled for a different point in the weekend.<\/p>\n

But while the sweep at North Dakota was nice, the most important thing for Cornell is that it\u2019s finally over a COVD-19 outbreak of its own. The Big Red were hit with a rash of cases in late December and had limited practices over the holiday break. It showed, as Cornell opened the second half by getting swept at Arizona State.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just slowly starting to get back into game shape,\u201d Cornell coach Mike Schafer said.<\/p>\n

While the Big Red have fourteen underclassmen on their roster, Schafer said that inexperience hasn\u2019t been an issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new guys have been playing pretty solid,” Schaefer said. “It\u2019s the fact that we didn\u2019t get to practice a whole lot. We got a feel for what other teams went through last year.”<\/p>\n

One of those younger players who has made an impact recently is freshman goalie Ian Shane, who started both games against the Fighting Hawks after not making an appearance in the first half of the season. Freshman Joe Howe and senior Nate McDonald handled the goaltending duties during that time, but the Big Red went with Shane in net last weekend after he was flawless in relief in a 3-2 loss at Arizona State on Jan. 2<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had some inconsistency from the other two guys,\u201d Schafer said. \u201cWith Ian, he\u2019s shown flashes in practice and has been really good. He came in and played with confidence and did a great job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schafer said the goaltending situation is \u201cweek to week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shane isn\u2019t the only newcomer making an impact.<\/p>\n

Freshman Ondrej Psenicka is second on the team with seven goals, while classmate Justin Ertel is riding a four-game point streak.<\/p>\n

While the Big Red have gotten contributions from their younger players, a trio of veterans has been playing well for Cornell lately.<\/p>\n

Captains Brenden Locke, Cody Haiskanen, and Kyle Betts all returned for a fifth year after the Ivy League cancelled last season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The trio has continued to get stronger as the season has progressed.<\/p>\n

Schafer said Betts has been great on the penalty kill and has been a leader on his line. Locke is \u201cplaying his best hockey,” while Haiskanen is playing stronger and with more pace.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose guys were struggling to get their game back a little more than in the past,\u201d Schafer said, something that isn\u2019t unexpected given that the trio went nearly a year and a half without playing in a competitive game.<\/p>\n

The two wins at North Dakota bumped Cornell from 26th in the PairWise to 16th \u2013 right on the cusp of an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament. Part of the reason for that lower ranking despite the nation\u2019s fourth best winning percentage is that the Big Red have three overtime wins, which only count for 55 percent of a win under the revised PairWise rules.<\/p>\n

But Schafer isn\u2019t concerned about Cornell\u2019s position in the PairWise rankings, especially with so much time left in the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe PairWise works its way out by the last game of the year; we were fortunate enough to get the two wins [last weekend]. \u201cThere\u2019s lots of hockey to be played; we\u2019ve just got to focus on playing the games in front of us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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