Kraft and Cournoyer win the ECAC Weekly Awards

[Snowball]

So deserving, congratulations to both of them:

https://cornellbigred.com/news/2026/1/26/mens-ice-hockey-kraft-cournoyer-weekly-awards-release.aspx

[Trotsky]

Important note from that article, the Saturday game starts at 5 ET.

Cournoyer, who was named to the watch list for the Mike Richter Award on Jan. 14, has started all 15 of his appearances this season and has an 11-4-0 record with a 1.82 goals-against average and .925 save percentage. Among Division I goaltenders with at least 10 games played, Cournoyer ranks fifth in goals-against average and 14th in save percentage. His figures rank third and sixth, respectively, among freshmen goaltenders with 10-plus appearances.

It blows me away how GAA and save percentages are these days.  Darren Eliot was All-American in 1983 with 3.74 / .892.

[fastforward]

Glad to see two Cornell players getting the recognition they worked so hard for!

[stereax]

Hell yeah, more weekly awards. Well deserved, the both of them.

Cournoyer might be good. Who knew?

[ugarte]

Important note from that article, the Saturday game starts at 5 ET.

Cournoyer, who was named to the watch list for the Mike Richter Award on Jan. 14, has started all 15 of his appearances this season and has an 11-4-0 record with a 1.82 goals-against average and .925 save percentage. Among Division I goaltenders with at least 10 games played, Cournoyer ranks fifth in goals-against average and 14th in save percentage. His figures rank third and sixth, respectively, among freshmen goaltenders with 10-plus appearances.

It blows me away how GAA and save percentages are these days.  Darren Eliot was All-American in 1983 with 3.74 / .892.

Eliot was probably wearing blockers he borrowed from cricketers.

[scoop85]

Important note from that article, the Saturday game starts at 5 ET.

Cournoyer, who was named to the watch list for the Mike Richter Award on Jan. 14, has started all 15 of his appearances this season and has an 11-4-0 record with a 1.82 goals-against average and .925 save percentage. Among Division I goaltenders with at least 10 games played, Cournoyer ranks fifth in goals-against average and 14th in save percentage. His figures rank third and sixth, respectively, among freshmen goaltenders with 10-plus appearances.

It blows me away how GAA and save percentages are these days.  Darren Eliot was All-American in 1983 with 3.74 / .892.

Of course back in out undergrad days from the early 80's the average game score was probably around 6-5

[dbilmes]

Important note from that article, the Saturday game starts at 5 ET.

Cournoyer, who was named to the watch list for the Mike Richter Award on Jan. 14, has started all 15 of his appearances this season and has an 11-4-0 record with a 1.82 goals-against average and .925 save percentage. Among Division I goaltenders with at least 10 games played, Cournoyer ranks fifth in goals-against average and 14th in save percentage. His figures rank third and sixth, respectively, among freshmen goaltenders with 10-plus appearances.

It blows me away how GAA and save percentages are these days.  Darren Eliot was All-American in 1983 with 3.74 / .892.

Of course back in out undergrad days from the early 80's the average game score was probably around 6-5

I will always remember our 10-9 double OT loss to UNH in the 1977 ECAC semifinals at the Boston Garden. The fans from the other three schools were all rooting against us. It was a terrible feeling when UNH scored the winning goal.
If only we had a competent goalie in those years of the Bertrand era.
There were 103 goals scored in the 8 games that year in the ECAC playoffs (the quarterfinals were one game only). BU gave up 13 goals in the semis and finals and still won the title.

[fastforward]

Interesting stats

EARLIEST GAME-WINNING GOALS IN OVERTIME
Cornell Program History
• 0:06, Bob McGuinn, vs. Toronto (Dec. 30, 1967)
• 0:07, Shaun Hannah, at Dartmouth (Nov. 12, 1993)
• 0:21, Trent Andison, at Michigan (March 15, 1991)
• 0:31, Kevin Pettit, vs. Boston University (March 7, 1969)
• 0:34, Dan Lodboa, at Brown (Dec. 6, 1969)
• 0:35, Jake Kraft, vs. Dartmouth (Jan. 23, 2026)

MOST WINS THROUGH FIRST 14 CAREER APPEARANCES
Cornell Program History — Since 1957-58
• 13, Ken Dryden (1966-67)
• 11, Brian Cropper (1968-70)
• 11, Dave LeNeveu (2001-02)
• 10, Dave Elenbaas (1970-72)
• 10, Dave Chrastina (1974-75)
• 10, Brian Hayward (1978-79)
• 10, Corrie D'Alessio (1987-88)
• 10, Matthew Galajda (2017-18)
• 10, Alexis Cournoyer (2025-26)

LONGEST ACTIVE STREAKS WITH 10+ FACEOFF WINS
Division I Hockey
• 17 games, Charlie Stramel, Michigan State (224-for-403 - 55.6 percent)
• 8 games, Jonathan Castagna, Cornell (120-for-173 - 69.4 percent)
• 6 games, Jaden Grant, Bowling Green (84-for-132 - 63.6 percent)
• 4 games, Owen Michaels, Western Michigan (56-for-90 - 62.2 percent)

[Al DeFlorio]

Important note from that article, the Saturday game starts at 5 ET.

Cournoyer, who was named to the watch list for the Mike Richter Award on Jan. 14, has started all 15 of his appearances this season and has an 11-4-0 record with a 1.82 goals-against average and .925 save percentage. Among Division I goaltenders with at least 10 games played, Cournoyer ranks fifth in goals-against average and 14th in save percentage. His figures rank third and sixth, respectively, among freshmen goaltenders with 10-plus appearances.

It blows me away how GAA and save percentages are these days.  Darren Eliot was All-American in 1983 with 3.74 / .892.

Of course back in out undergrad days from the early 80's the average game score was probably around 6-5

And goalies were padded such that a limb had to be moved to make a save.

[VIEWfromK]

Important note from that article, the Saturday game starts at 5 ET.

Cournoyer, who was named to the watch list for the Mike Richter Award on Jan. 14, has started all 15 of his appearances this season and has an 11-4-0 record with a 1.82 goals-against average and .925 save percentage. Among Division I goaltenders with at least 10 games played, Cournoyer ranks fifth in goals-against average and 14th in save percentage. His figures rank third and sixth, respectively, among freshmen goaltenders with 10-plus appearances.

It blows me away how GAA and save percentages are these days.  Darren Eliot was All-American in 1983 with 3.74 / .892.

Of course back in out undergrad days from the early 80's the average game score was probably around 6-5

And goalies were padded such that a limb had to be moved to make a save.

Plus I've never seen a hilite from that era where the goalie didn't fall down while making a save or giving up a goal. 

[cth95]

Important note from that article, the Saturday game starts at 5 ET.

Cournoyer, who was named to the watch list for the Mike Richter Award on Jan. 14, has started all 15 of his appearances this season and has an 11-4-0 record with a 1.82 goals-against average and .925 save percentage. Among Division I goaltenders with at least 10 games played, Cournoyer ranks fifth in goals-against average and 14th in save percentage. His figures rank third and sixth, respectively, among freshmen goaltenders with 10-plus appearances.

It blows me away how GAA and save percentages are these days.  Darren Eliot was All-American in 1983 with 3.74 / .892.

Of course back in out undergrad days from the early 80's the average game score was probably around 6-5

And goalies were padded such that a limb had to be moved to make a save.

Plus I've never seen a hilite from that era where the goalie didn't fall down while making a save or giving up a goal.

Those old pads had no padding or protection on the sides.  That was pre-butterfly, so mostly stand-up and 2-pad stack saves.  Kick save and a beauty!