Women 2023-24

Building off the non-conference opponents schedule that ClarksonHockey posted in the men's schedule thread:

Oct. 13 vs. Penn State
Oct. 14 vs. Penn State
Oct. 20 at Mercyhurst
Oct. 21 at Mercyhurst
Nov. 24 vs. Minnesota at D1 in DC
Nov. 25.vs. St. Thomas at D1 in DC

The D1 in DC event is at the Washington Capitals' practice facility in Arlington, VA. Harvard is the fourth team in the event, and I'm basing Cornell's games off the Minnesota schedule. For those not familiar with St. Thomas, that is a WCHA school on the women's side (men are in the CCHA). St. Thomas moved up its sports teams up to Division I a few years back after they got kicked out of their DIII conference for being too good.

Weder
Building off the non-conference opponents schedule that ClarksonHockey posted in the men's schedule thread:

Oct. 13 vs. Penn State
Oct. 14 vs. Penn State
Oct. 20 at Mercyhurst
Oct. 21 at Mercyhurst
Nov. 24 vs. Minnesota at D1 in DC
Nov. 25.vs. St. Thomas at D1 in DC

The D1 in DC event is at the Washington Capitals' practice facility in Arlington, VA. Harvard is the fourth team in the event, and I'm basing Cornell's games off the Minnesota schedule. For those not familiar with St. Thomas, that is a WCHA school on the women's side (men are in the CCHA). St. Thomas moved up its sports teams up to Division I a few years back after they got kicked out of their DIII conference for being too good.

Also add Syracuse @ Cornell October 17th.

Potential star goalie Annalise Bergmann posted the other day that she’s accelerating her matriculation and will be in Ithaca this fall. She’ll almost certainly be the starter from day 1.

Just noticed that Cornell appears to have added F Katie Chan from Colgate via the transfer portal. She had 8G and 9A in 40 games last season.

scoop85
Potential star goalie Annalise Bergmann posted the other day that she’s accelerating her matriculation and will be in Ithaca this fall. She’ll almost certainly be the starter from day 1.

That's good news since that was our weakest position last season.

Here’s a rundown in The Hockey News of the incoming recruiting class. This has to be a top 3 class nationally.

Maybe this has been posted earlier, but this article in The Hockey News will make you smile: "Recruiting Class: Cornell Building A Contender Through 2023-2024 Class."

And by the way, "Keira Hurry" has to be one of the best names for a hockey player I've ever heard.

Whoops! Scooped by Scoop85.

If the news of Keira Hurry's flip is true (she has been listed as a Clarkson commit for a long time), this is a huge recruiting class. Last year's team was tantalizing close at points, but was missing (1) consistent goaltending, (2) healthy bodies, and (3) someone other than Izzy Daniel who can bring the puck up the ice and put fear into the opposing team.

Kiera Hurry no longer listed in the article above.
Potsdam>Ithaca

2023-24 schedule is out.

The official announcement of the Class of 2027 includes five players:

D - Piper Grober
D - Abby Thibodeau
F - Beatrice Perron-Roy
F - Karel Prefontaine
G - Annelies Bergmann

Weder
The official announcement of the Class of 2027 includes five players:

D - Piper Grober
D - Abby Thibodeau
F - Beatrice Perron-Roy
F - Karel Prefontaine
G - Annelies Bergmann

A few of the gals mentioned in the recent Hockey News article are not listed as part of this class.

If all of the players stay healthy, this has the makings of a very potent team.

scoop85

Weder
The official announcement of the Class of 2027 includes five players:

D - Piper Grober
D - Abby Thibodeau
F - Beatrice Perron-Roy
F - Karel Prefontaine
G - Annelies Bergmann

A few of the gals mentioned in the recent Hockey News article are not listed as part of this class.

I’m pretty sure they based that article on the commits listed as committed to Cornell on its Elite Prospects recruiting page for the 2023-24 season.

Avar is a 2024-25 commit.

Huntley was committed but changed her commit to BU early this year. I assume admissions.

I don’t think Keira Hurry was ever committed to Cornell.

mattj711

scoop85

Weder
The official announcement of the Class of 2027 includes five players:

D - Piper Grober
D - Abby Thibodeau
F - Beatrice Perron-Roy
F - Karel Prefontaine
G - Annelies Bergmann

A few of the gals mentioned in the recent Hockey News article are not listed as part of this class.

I’m pretty sure they based that article on the commits listed as committed to Cornell on its Elite Prospects recruiting page for the 2023-24 season.

Avar is a 2024-25 commit.

Huntley was committed but changed her commit to BU early this year. I assume admissions.

I don’t think Keira Hurry was ever committed to Cornell.

They finally announced the addition of F Katie Chan, a transfer from Colgate.

[www.instagram.com]

Is it a quirk of the calendar that there are exhibitions in September or was there a change in Ivy rules? I saw that the team started practicing yesterday.

Were the coaches on the ice? Traditionally, both teams start skating a couple of times a week as soon as classes begin but without coaches. They used to be called "captain's practice" but that may have changed.

dag14
Were the coaches on the ice? Traditionally, both teams start skating a couple of times a week as soon as classes begin but without coaches. They used to be called "captain's practice" but that may have changed.

I saw the team’s post on Instagram. The last photo appears to show coaches on the ice.
[www.instagram.com]

That's interesting. I have a hard time believing the Ivies are going to drop their Performative Academic schtick. I'll believe it when we go to 34 games.

hockey has been 1 hr at a time blocks for a few weeks, which is like half of what the non ivies can do.

I have no idea what to make of this video, lol, but it’s worth noting that it looks like the team will have players’ names on the jerseys for the first time in a very long time.

[www.instagram.com]

That is fucking awesome.

After 40 years, Cornell appears to have gotten somebody to do their comms who is under the age of 87.

Now please, murder #yellcornell in its sleep and bury it in a shallow grave in Mecklenburg.

Trotsky
That is fucking awesome.

After 40 years, Cornell appears to have gotten somebody to do their comms who is under the age of 87.

Now please, murder #yellcornell in its sleep and bury it in a shallow grave in Mecklenburg.

It feels so there's been a tone shift this year from athletics. First full year from Nicki Moore. Will be curious to see what else evolves.

Chris '03

Trotsky
That is fucking awesome.

After 40 years, Cornell appears to have gotten somebody to do their comms who is under the age of 87.

Now please, murder #yellcornell in its sleep and bury it in a shallow grave in Mecklenburg.

It feels so there's been a tone shift this year from athletics. First full year from Nicki Moore. Will be curious to see what else evolves.

Also, note that the bear, skeptical or otherwise, is gone from the logo. Just a plain block C.
.

You're gonna make me hope.

I had accepted that Huggy Bear was as irreparable a part of the Creeping Meatballism of the last 70 years of Cornell's aestethic and spiritual cratering as the death of the elms.

It is too much to ask for the return of Domestic Abuser Bear.

Trotsky
You're gonna make me hope.

I had accepted that Huggy Bear was as irreparable a part of the Creeping Meatballism of the last 70 years of Cornell's aestethic and spiritual cratering as the death of the elms.

It is too much to ask for the return of Domestic Abuser Bear.

Condescending bear leaning on block C forever. Huggy Bear never.

Weder
I have no idea what to make of this video, lol, but it’s worth noting that it looks like the team will have players’ names on the jerseys for the first time in a very long time.

[www.instagram.com]

Lol wow that is … something

Chris '03

Trotsky
You're gonna make me hope.

I had accepted that Huggy Bear was as irreparable a part of the Creeping Meatballism of the last 70 years of Cornell's aestethic and spiritual cratering as the death of the elms.

It is too much to ask for the return of Domestic Abuser Bear.

Condescending bear leaning on block C forever. Huggy Bear never.

+1

George64

Chris '03

Trotsky
That is fucking awesome.

After 40 years, Cornell appears to have gotten somebody to do their comms who is under the age of 87.

Now please, murder #yellcornell in its sleep and bury it in a shallow grave in Mecklenburg.

It feels so there's been a tone shift this year from athletics. First full year from Nicki Moore. Will be curious to see what else evolves.

Also, note that the bear, skeptical or otherwise, is gone from the logo. Just a plain block C.
.

Also just looked and the Athletics webpage has the block C and no "huggy bear" anymore.

While I'd prefer "snarky bear", I'll settle for baby steps.

Jeff Hopkins '82

Chris '03

Trotsky
You're gonna make me hope.

I had accepted that Huggy Bear was as irreparable a part of the Creeping Meatballism of the last 70 years of Cornell's aestethic and spiritual cratering as the death of the elms.

It is too much to ask for the return of Domestic Abuser Bear.

Condescending bear leaning on block C forever. Huggy Bear never.

+1

Problem — Is genitalialess Domestic Abuser Bear, male, female, transgender, cisgender, hermaphroditic? Further, is he, she, it, they — gay, straight, bisexual or asexual? Probably, just too confusing for our Athletic Department to sort out. Well, at least, not a drag bear!

Maybe, but probably not, just better graphic design and easier to reproduce digitally? Who knows. I’ll go ask Alexia.
.

Cornell was picked to finish 4th in the preseason coaches' poll. Colgate was the unanimous pick to finish on top, with their exception of the Colgate coach, who was prohibited from voting for his own team, giving us a bone by voting for Cornell for No. 1.
Rory Guilday was voted the preseason All-ECAC team.

8-3 exhibition win against the University of Toronto today, with eight different goal-scorers. I had the game on but wasn't really paying close attention. The top line was Izzy Daniel, Lily Delianedis and Katie Chan, the transfer from Colgate. Annelies Bergmann was in goal the second half of the game and gave up one goal (on a bit of a defensive breakdown) on two shots.

Highlights; [www.youtube.com]

Weder
8-3 exhibition win against the University of Toronto today, with eight different goal-scorers. I had the game on but wasn't really paying close attention. The top line was Izzy Daniel, Lily Delianedis and Katie Chan, the transfer from Colgate. Annelies Bergmann was in goal the second half of the game and gave up one goal (on a bit of a defensive breakdown) on two shots.

Highlights; [www.youtube.com]

Thanks for the link. It made me smile to hear the band playing.

Jeff Hopkins '82

George64

Chris '03

Trotsky
That is fucking awesome.

After 40 years, Cornell appears to have gotten somebody to do their comms who is under the age of 87.

Now please, murder #yellcornell in its sleep and bury it in a shallow grave in Mecklenburg.

It feels so there's been a tone shift this year from athletics. First full year from Nicki Moore. Will be curious to see what else evolves.

Also, note that the bear, skeptical or otherwise, is gone from the logo. Just a plain block C.
.

Also just looked and the Athletics webpage has the block C and no "huggy bear" anymore.

While I'd prefer "snarky bear", I'll settle for baby steps.

Block C now at center ice

[www.instagram.com]

Weder

Jeff Hopkins '82

George64

Chris '03

Trotsky
That is fucking awesome.

After 40 years, Cornell appears to have gotten somebody to do their comms who is under the age of 87.

Now please, murder #yellcornell in its sleep and bury it in a shallow grave in Mecklenburg.

It feels so there's been a tone shift this year from athletics. First full year from Nicki Moore. Will be curious to see what else evolves.

Also, note that the bear, skeptical or otherwise, is gone from the logo. Just a plain block C.
.

Also just looked and the Athletics webpage has the block C and no "huggy bear" anymore.

While I'd prefer "snarky bear", I'll settle for baby steps.

Block C now at center ice

[www.instagram.com]

Hope the bear hasn't been ousted as a symbol "ursism".

Under an inch of ice, the finer details of a bear grow fuzzy. If we had a C and went to the bear, there'd be unhappiness, too.

Women leading Penn State 4-1 early 3rd in season opener. PSU playing its sixth game.

4-1 final

Weder
Just noticed that Cornell appears to have added F Katie Chan from Colgate via the transfer portal. She had 8G and 9A in 40 games last season.

Chan had first two goals in opening game.

Al DeFlorio

Weder
Just noticed that Cornell appears to have added F Katie Chan from Colgate via the transfer portal. She had 8G and 9A in 40 games last season.

Chan had first two goals in opening game.

Happen to be in Ithaca this weekend so I stopped by the game. Really strong performance for the first game. Chan looked great on that top line.

Not about games, but equipment. Cornell Researchers have designs on better women’s hockey protective gear

This is going to be a fun team to watch. Izzy Daniel’s empty net goal was a thing of beauty.

David Harding
Not about games, but equipment. Cornell Researchers have designs on better women’s hockey protective gear

Interesting news. Thanks for sharing.

I amazed CCM didn't monetize this a long time ago, especially given the demography of women's hockey.

Doing well by doing good.

The Rancor

David Harding
Not about games, but equipment. Cornell Researchers have designs on better women’s hockey protective gear

Interesting news. Thanks for sharing.

I wonder what the novel (i,e. patentable) aspect to the work is. It can't simply be that women have different sizes and shapes to their torso therefore different size pads are needed. Is it the custom measurement approach? Is it a new way of arranging the straps or non-obvious changes to the shape of the pads?
Sorry, the enginerd in me couldn't help but wonder.

The article talks about a design patent, so a patent could be issued for equipment that is specifically designed to protect a woman in ways that current equipment can't even if the material and the purpose are the same. The article references the ways that female bodies are different than male bodies from the perspective of an athlete in addition to the obvious issues of protecting one's breasts when playing a contact sport. The fact that the major equipment manufacturers offer very few options designed for women makes the argument of issuing a patent even stronger. It is not as though there is a lot of "prior art."

7-0 win over Syracuse tonight. Katie Chan and Avi Adam both had 2 goals, and Gabbie Rud had 4 assists. It's early, but it's looking like there's some good offensive depth on this team. Deanna Fraser got the shutout in goal.

dag14
The article talks about a design patent, so a patent could be issued for equipment that is specifically designed to protect a woman in ways that current equipment can't even if the material and the purpose are the same. The article references the ways that female bodies are different than male bodies from the perspective of an athlete in addition to the obvious issues of protecting one's breasts when playing a contact sport. The fact that the major equipment manufacturers offer very few options designed for women makes the argument of issuing a patent even stronger. It is not as though there is a lot of "prior art."

I asked a retired patent law friend (BS '74, JD '77) to comment:

Yes, in theory, a new design for shoulder pads should be patentable. It would be necessary to describe how the new pads are different from previous pads and why those differences would not be obvious. Using sensors or a scanner to come up with the design probably doesn't matter. The issue is how is the end result different.

The article says that the inventor is working with Cornell Tech Licensing to consider patenting. However, the article says they are looking at design patent protection, which protects the ornamental aspects of a design. They would obtain stronger protection with a utility patent (the more standard kind of patent) which covers the utility of a design.

Cornell women will join Ohio State, Penn State, & Stonehill in the 2024 Icebreaker tournament in Columbus.
[thehockeynews.com]

Neat. Thanks.

ClarksonHockey
Cornell women will join Ohio State, Penn State, & Stonehill in the 2024 Icebreaker tournament in Columbus.
[thehockeynews.com]

Name like that, you'd hope they'd be serving drinks.

#9 Cornell ties Mercyhurst, 3-3, on a late goal by Izzie Daniel.

Outshooting Mercyhurst 11-1 early but no score.

1-1 mid-3rd despite 40 SOG.

Al DeFlorio
Outshooting Mercyhurst 11-1 early but no score.

1-1 mid-3rd despite 40 SOG.

Final: 3-1 Red.

Daniels with 2 more goals.

ECAC play opens this weekend at Union and RPI. As far as I can tell, the Daily Sun hasn't written a single word about the team this season. What gives?
The podcast covering the team is back, though.

Cornell up 2-1 vs Union. 3d period about to start.

ugarte
Cornell up 2-1 vs Union. 3d period about to start.

Think it's 2nd period.

4-1 late 2nd.

4-2 later 2nd.

Al DeFlorio

ugarte
Cornell up 2-1 vs Union. 3d period about to start.

Think it's 2nd period.

my bad; i thought the graphic meant second intermission, not second period coming up. NOW it's the second intermission. No new score update.

4-2 final, Red

The Sun just got around to announcing the new "fieldhouse" project so a report on womnen's hockey should hit the webpage in December.

2-1 win at RPI

I watched most of the game while doing chores around the house and my impression from what I saw was that the score makes it look closer than it was. Cornell controlled most of the play and had more quality shots even though the stats are pretty balanced. Scored a SHG I think. RPI's one goal was an ENG at the end of the game.

dag14
I watched most of the game while doing chores around the house and my impression from what I saw was that the score makes it look closer than it was. Cornell controlled most of the play and had more quality shots even though the stats are pretty balanced. Scored a SHG I think. RPI's one goal was an ENG at the end of the game.

Izzy Daniel's SHG off a slick move.

Women up 2-0 over Yale after seven minutes.

Wow 6-1 win - absolutely dominant showing against an excellent team

Really enjoyed being at this game. The women put on the best period of hockey so far this year in the first period! And kept up a great team effort for the rest of the game.

5-1 win against Brown today. Izzy Daniel had a goal and an assist and has at least 2 points in every game this season.

Weder
5-1 win against Brown today. Izzy Daniel had a goal and an assist and has at least 2 points in every game this season.

From the Athletics recap: The 8-0-1 record matches the best start in program history. Last accomplished in (sigh) 2019-20.
[cornellbigred.com]

Bringing the kids to see the women at Lynah east on Friday, first time seeing them since I was on the hill when they were... Not great. Looking forward to a good show.

Cornell up 2-0 @Harvard in the first period. The second goal came on a brutally efficient power play. Great passing and a good finish from Dwyer.

ugarte
Cornell up 2-0 @Harvard in the first period. The second goal came on a brutally efficient power play. Great passing and a good finish from Dwyer.

3-0 on a great feed from Daniel to Chan on the PP.

5-0 after 2. Harvard is just bad. It is wonderful.

dag14
5-0 after 2. Harvard is just bad. It is wonderful.

The wheels completely fell off the bus with Harvard women’s hockey with Katey Stone resigning in shame earlier this year and all kinds of hurt feelings in their locker room. It’s gonna take time to get that program competitive again.

shafer

dag14
5-0 after 2. Harvard is just bad. It is wonderful.

The wheels completely fell off the bus with Harvard women’s hockey with Katey Stone resigning in shame earlier this year and all kinds of hurt feelings in their locker room. It’s gonna take time to get that program competitive again.

I can wait.

I forgot about the Coach Stone scandal. Tough for the players but I can't help it: hee, hee, hee.

Women up 1-0 with a ppg about 5 minutes into the 2nd period. Fraiser in goal - not sure why - but she is holding her own. Either Dartmouth is way better than Harvard or we are not playing with the same intensity as yesterday. Some sloppy play.

We scored on Dartmouth's first penalty and we just killed our own first penalty.

2-0 after another ppg. I have the sound muted so no clue who scored but Izzy had the perfect pass assist.

And another ppg about halfway through the 3rd period. We can't score even strength but we are 3-3 on the power play.

And as I was typing, Izzy scored even strength. So 4-0

Dartmouth got a couple late -- final score 4-2

Might as well post this here.

Guilday is playing in the USA-Canada game tonight in LA. She's getting a lot of love from the Canadian announcers on TSN.

Jenner, Bourbonnais, and O'Neill playing for Team Canada.

Final Score: USA 5 - Canada 2.

Daniel up to 28 points in 11 games. Amazing season for her so far.

I just listened to the Big Red Sports Network podcast interview with freshman goalie Annelies Bergmann. She's quite a story.
She grew up playing hockey mostly only against boys, and this past April she became the only woman to play in a men's junior hockey game at the Tier I or II level in the U.S. She also said she committed to Cornell when she was in 7th grade!
Bergmann said Cornell's coaching staff asked her to matriculate at Cornell a year earlier than originally planned, so she had to scramble to take enough classes to get her degree. Derraugh must have realized that he needed to boost the goaltending corps sooner rather than later after that was the biggest weakness of last year's team. Bergmann also said she was told she could still enroll at Cornell without having her high school degree, but the dean of the ILR School didn't think that was a good idea.
In any case, she's off to a great start, and has started 8 of our first 11 games. It looks like her presence has also raised the performance of Deanna Fraser, who is also off to a good start, playing much better than she did last year. Bergmann said one of the biggest adjustments she's had to make after playing mostly against men is learning how to control rebounds. With the men's game, she said the shots were harder and she usually just had time to react to them, while the shots in the women's game aren't as hard, giving her more control of the rebounds.

I just listened to the Big Red Sports Network podcast interview with freshman goalie Annelies Bergmann. She's quite a story.
She grew up playing hockey mostly only against boys, and this past April she became the only woman to play in a men's junior hockey game at the Tier I or II level in the U.S. She also said she committed to Cornell when she was in 7th grade!
Bergmann said Cornell's coaching staff asked her to matriculate at Cornell a year earlier than originally planned, so she had to scramble to take enough classes to get her degree. Derraugh must have realized that he needed to boost the goaltending corps sooner rather than later after that was the biggest weakness of last year's team. Bergmann also said she was told she could still enroll at Cornell without having her high school degree, but the dean of the ILR School didn't think that was a good idea.
In any case, she's off to a great start, and has started 8 of our first 11 games. It looks like her presence has also raised the performance of Deanna Fraser, who is also off to a good start, playing much better than she did last year. Bergmann said one of the biggest adjustments she's had to make after playing mostly against men is learning how to control rebounds. With the men's game, she said the shots were harder and she usually just had time to react to them, while the shots in the women's game aren't as hard, giving her more control of the rebounds.

Thanks, Thanks

dbilmes
It looks like her presence has also raised the performance of Deanna Fraser, who is also off to a good start, playing much better than she did last year.

It's interesting, I went back and looked at her stats from last season and on the surface they are not bad, but I agree that she has looked better this season. Having a healthier D (knocks on wood) has also been a plus. We still for the most part haven't seen the top ECAC teams play each other, so I'm not sure what to make of where Cornell stands this season. We'll know a bit more after this weekend against Quinnipiac and Princeton, but I think we'll really get a better sense when Cornell and Colgate play each other along with Clarkson and St. Lawrence in early January. Cornell is about to start a pretty brutal stretch:
vs. Quinnipiac
vs. Princeton
St. Thomas in D.C.
Minnesota in D.C.
(Winter Break)
vs. Clarkson
vs. St. Lawrence
vs. Colgate
at Colgate
at Princeton
at Quinnipiac

St. Thomas in D.C.
Minnesota in D.C.

Wait, what? I am there!

Edit: oh that is so cool. They are playing 23 minutes from my house! For the record, they are not in DC, they are in lovely Ballston, VA, a hotbed of social rest.

I will go to support them. Attendance will be in the tens!

Trotsky

St. Thomas in D.C.
Minnesota in D.C.

Wait, what? I am there!

Edit: oh that is so cool. They are playing 23 minutes from my house! For the record, they are not in DC, they are in lovely Ballston, VA, a hotbed of social rest.

I will go to support them. Attendance will be in the tens!

Oh, I know, I live about 2 miles away from that rink.

Weder

Trotsky

St. Thomas in D.C.
Minnesota in D.C.

Wait, what? I am there!

Edit: oh that is so cool. They are playing 23 minutes from my house! For the record, they are not in DC, they are in lovely Ballston, VA, a hotbed of social rest.

I will go to support them. Attendance will be in the tens!

Oh, I know, I live about 2 miles away from that rink.

Arlington?

Reston, here.

Trotsky

Weder

Trotsky

St. Thomas in D.C.
Minnesota in D.C.

Wait, what? I am there!

Edit: oh that is so cool. They are playing 23 minutes from my house! For the record, they are not in DC, they are in lovely Ballston, VA, a hotbed of social rest.

I will go to support them. Attendance will be in the tens!

Oh, I know, I live about 2 miles away from that rink.

Arlington?

Reston, here.

Yes, Arlington. Planning to attend the game Friday and then will head up to NYC on Saturday for the MSG game.

The crappy camera work continues as the women host Q. As for the play, I think Q is the best team we have seen so far, especially their goaltending. We have had the better of the play as the 2nd period gets underway but can't get a puck past her.

I am going to quit posting since Q just scored as the have controlled possession in the 2nd period.

BRSN is live tweeting todays game on their twitter account (@CornellBRSN) here: [twitter.com]

I am again enjoying the game on ESPN+ but after yesterday, I am not going to post anything of note other than to say the 1st period has ended and Cornell's second goal, scored late in the period, was a thing of beauty.

4-3 P final...lost home weekend

4-1 win over St. Thomas today in front of a nice Cornell contingent in Northern Virginia. Piper Grober scored her first collegiate goal, which wound up being the game-winner. Minnesota up tomorrow; the Gophers beat Harvard 3-1. It’s not a bracketed event, so I have idea if they are going to name a “champion” or anything.

Good test today at 4 with Minnesota. Webcast on youtube.

They play 20 minutes from my house, and I'm not going.

I accept full responsibility for my actions. I am a bad person.

I no longer feel guilty. They are piping some crossover country garbage into the Iceplex at 130 dB. Fuck that noise, literally.