Coach Schafer by the Numbers

If the ECAC's web site is to be believed, Schafer is now 35 ECAC RS victories short of the all-time record.

272 Len Ceglarski
270 Joe Marsh
256 Tim Taylor
255 Bill Cleary
238 Mike Schafer *
236 Charlie Holt
226 Bob Gaudet *
211 Don Vaughn *
196 Mark Morris
190 Mike Gilligan

Here's to setting the record in January '16!

He's also getting up there in ECAC RS games:

571 Tim Taylor
527 Bob Gaudet *
503 Joe Marsh
460 Don Vaughn *
432 Len Ceglarski
423 Mike Gilligan
418 Mike Schafer *
402 Bill Cleary
390 Charlie Holt
312 Lou Lamoriello

The relative positions of Schafer and Gaudet on those two lists makes me so, so happy.

BTW, after scratching my head for a while I figured out that Schafer's loss total on the ECAC site is off by 100 (and the GP is off by 2). His all-time record in ECAC games is currently 238-127-53 .633

If you wondered, he aint catching the tie record (Gaudet has 90!) or the loss record (Taylor had 274).

Dafatone
The relative positions of Schafer and Gaudet on those two lists makes me so, so happy.

Gaudet is about 5 years older, and Vaughn just a couple years older, than Mike. (I was surprised Gaudet is not over 60; it just feels like he's been around forever.)

Given the longevity of guys like Mason, Parker, Taylor, and Cleary, it is not impossible that a decade from now all 3 of the "deans" still be coaching. (Mike of course with a couple NCAA titles to his name...)

In passing: Pecknold has also been coaching at Q for 19 years, though of course not all of them in D-1.

Here's to him staying ahead of #14:


Ranked by winning percentage. Current coaches bold.
Coach School(s) Years G W L T Pct.
1. # Ned Harkness Rensselaer, Cornell 1961-70 170 139 27 4 .829
2. Bill O’Flaherty Clarkson 1979-85 122 88 31 3 .734
3. ~ Jack Kelley Colby, Boston U. 1961-72 223 160 57 6 .731
4. Thomas Eccleston Jr. Providence 1961-64 60 40 16 4 .700
5. Jack Parker Boston U. 1973-84 242 165 71 6 .694
6. Mark Morris Clarkson 1988-03 307 196 78 33 .692
7. Dick Bertrand Cornell 1970-82 256 170 78 8 .680
8. Bill Cleary Harvard 1971-90 402 255 130 17 .655
9. Ralph “Cooney” Weiland Harvard 1961-71 208 134 70 4 .654
10. @ Len Ceglarski Clarkson, Boston College 1961-84 432 272 142 18 .650
11. Olav Kollevoll Colgate 1961-65 75 48 26 1 .647
12. Dick Toomey Brown 1974-78 89 56 31 2 .640
13 Mike Schafer Cornell 1995- 394 227 220 49 .638
14. Rick Bennett Union 2011- 44 24 12 8 .636
15. John “Snooks” Kelley Boston College 1961-72 242 152 87 3 .634

That should be 120 losses, right?

French Rage
That should be 120 losses, right?

See above.

Trotsky

Dafatone
I was surprised Gaudet is not over 60; it just feels like he's been around forever.

He'd better not be over 60. He was a student when I was! (I believe he was a senior when I was a soph).

Mark Morris has been the Manchester Monarchs coach forever. Are they grooming him for when Darryl Sutter goes back to the farm/blows a gasket or is he stuck?

Cornell has now advanced in 33 of the 46 ECAC playoff series (72%) under Schafer (not counting consies; he's 2-2 in those). His squads have made the ECAC SF in 14 of his 19 seasons (74%).

96: 3-0
97: 3-0
98: 1-1 
99: 0-1
00: 2-1
01: 2-1
02: 2-1
03: 3-0
04: 0-1
05: 3-0
06: 2-1
07: 0-1
08: 2-1
09: 2-1
10: 3-0
11: 2-1
12: 1-1
13: 1-1
14: 1-0

Record by round:

 1R:  2-0
 QF: 15-4
PIG:  1-1
 SF: 10-3
  F:  5-5

That shutout saved Schafer's record of at least one during each of his 19 seasons. It was his squads' 70th shut out:

96:  2
97:  1
98:  2
99:  1
00:  1
01:  2
02:  5
03:  9
04:  5
05: 10
06:  3
07:  3
08:  4
09:  7
10:  7
11:  1
12:  6
13:  2
14:  1

Trotsky
That shutout saved Schafer's record of at least one during each of his 19 seasons. It was his squads' 70th shut out:

96:  2
97:  1
98:  2
99:  1
00:  1
01:  2
02:  5
03:  9
04:  5
05: 10
06:  3
07:  3
08:  4
09:  7
10:  7
11:  1
12:  6
13:  2
14:  1

The class of '05 was part of 29 shutouts in 138 games. That's a shutout more than 21% of the time. Wow.

Chris '03
The class of '05 was part of 29 shutouts in 138 games. That's a shutout more than 21% of the time. Wow.

A big part of that was this. Check out those shots per 60 minutes faced by LeNeveu (21.0) and McKee (23.1).

By comparison, this year Cornell has given up 28.6 shots per 60.

Chris '03
The class of '05 was part of 29 shutouts in 138 games. That's a shutout more than 21% of the time. Wow.

It's not just the system.