| Year |
RS |
ECAC |
NCAA |
|
Highights |
| -1957 |
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From 1901-1957,
Cornell skates thirty-four teams. The 1911 team is named Intercollegiate
Champion. In 1948, Cornell drops the program for ten years. |
| 1958 |
|
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Paul Patten becomes
coach. A 16-3 win over Lehigh Hockey Club inaugurates Lynah Rink for
Cornell. |
| 1959 |
|
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|
|
The Red surrender
ten or more goals nine times and are outscored by Harvard 31-0 in
two games. |
| 1960 |
|
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Cornell survives
the worst season in their history. A nineteen game losing streak
is bounded by opening and closing wins. |
| 1961 |
|
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The Red outscores
Penn 22-1 in two wins and is thus no longer the bottom of the Ivy
League. |
| 1962 |
|
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The "birth"
of Cornell hockey: 2-1 win over Harvard at Lynah with Laing Kennedy
in net. |
| 1963 |
|
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|
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All-American Kennedy
captains an 8-9-0 team as Cornell continues to build legitimacy. |
| 1964 |
|
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|
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Ned Harkness, coach
of former NCAA champion at RPI, hired. 2-1 win at Harvard first in
a long, long time. |
| 1965 |
5 |
5 |
|
|
The Ferguson brothers
arrive on Lynah ice and herald a 19-5 season and a first appearance
in the ECAC tournament. |
| 1966 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
Doug Ferguson
is named co-captain. The 22-5 team loses the ECAC championship game
to Clarkson. |
| 1967 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
27-2. Sophomore
Ken Dryden outlasts North Dakota 1-0 in the semifinal, then beats
burgeoning rival Boston University 4-1 to win the national title. |
| 1968 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
27-2. Traditional
powerhouse North Dakota ends Cornell's twenty-three game winning streak
in the NCAA semifinal. |
| 1969 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Dryden's self-described
"only regret": a 3-4 loss to defending champion Denver in
the national title game. |
| 1970 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Nerve-wracking
one goal ECAC semifinal (Harvard), final (Clarkson), and NCAA semifinal
(Wisconsin) wins en route to 29-0-0 national title. |
| 1971 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
Dick Bertrand
becomes coach. Cornell enters the ECAC semifinal with a 21-3-1 record
but misses the NCAA tournament. |
| 1972 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
For the fourth
time in six years, Cornell plays in the NCAA final, losing to BU at
Boston Garden, just as they had a week earlier in the ECAC final. |
| 1973 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
A span of six
trips to the NCAA Final Four in seven seasons ends with a disappointing
overtime loss to Wisconsin. |
| 1974 |
4 |
3 |
|
|
The BU Terriers
claim the mantel of Best of the East with an ECAC semifinal win, and
Cornell's period of NCAA dominance wanes. |
| 1975 |
4 |
4 |
|
|
An ECAC semifinal
loss to Harvard disappoints a nationally-competitive team, which is
edged out of the NCAA field. |
| 1976 |
5 |
3 |
|
|
A 9-7 upset quarterfinal
win at Walker gets Cornell to their eleventh straight ECAC Final Four. |
| 1977 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
A 10-9 overtime
loss to UNH in the ECAC semifinal's end a twenty win season and caps
a long period of Boston Garden frustration. |
| 1978 |
2 |
5 |
|
|
Providence shocks
Cornell at Lynah to bring a second consecutive high-scoring, twenty
win season to an early end. |
| 1979 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
Cornell gets revenge
over Providence in one of the wildest and least probable wins in Lynah
history. |
| 1980 |
8 |
1 |
4 |
|
The greatest underdog
run in ECAC history, upsetting #1, #2, and #3 to win the title. Northern
Michigan ends Cornell's season in the NCAA semifinal. |
| 1981 |
7 |
2 |
5 |
|
Another great
post-season run comes up just short with a loss to Providence in the
ECAC final. Northern Michigan ends Cornell's season, again. |
| 1982 |
10 |
|
|
|
Lou Reycroft becomes
coach. I come to Cornell and thus a seventeen season ECAC playoff
run immediately ends. |
| 1983 |
9 |
|
|
|
The Harvard rivalry
becomes bitter when Darren Eliot is injured after an overtime loss
in Cambridge. Mike Schafer arrives as a freshman defenseman. |
| 1984 |
12 |
|
|
|
While the difficulties
continue, Cornell completes a storied comeback over Harvard after
falling behind by four goals in the first ten minutes. |
| 1985 |
4 |
3 |
|
|
Joe Nieuwendyk
arrives and Cornell loses to the eventual national champion RPI in
the ECAC semifinal. |
| 1986 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
|
Duane Moeser beats
Yale in double-overtime, Chris Grenier beats Clarkson in overtime,
and Cornell wins their seventh ECAC title. |
| 1987 |
9 |
|
|
|
Nieuwendyk ECAC
POTY and a Hobey finalist. After season, Brian McCutcheon is named
coach. |
| 1988 |
3 |
5 |
|
|
A freshman-dominated
revival is upset at Lynah by Clarkson, in an ECAC quarterfinal series
extended to a mini-game. |
| 1989 |
5 |
4 |
|
|
Cornell returns
the favor with an upset win at Clarkson in the ECAC quarterfinal (0-0
second game), then loses to St. Lawrence in the semifinal. |
| 1990 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
After dominating
Harvard in Ithaca in the ECAC quarterfinal, Cornell is upset by RPI
at Boston Garden when Ross Lemon misses his birthday penalty shot. |
| 1991 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
|
Kent Manderville's
tying goal with two seconds remaining sparks Cornell's first NCAA
win in six years, but Michigan takes the first round series. |
| 1992 |
5 |
2 |
|
|
After upsetting
Yale in QF, defeats Clarkson in semifinal and loses to St. Lawrence
in final. |
| 1993 |
11 |
|
|
|
After a four year
run of ECAC Final Four appearances, the bottom falls out and an interval
of struggle begins. |
| 1994 |
8 |
5 |
|
|
After a thrilling
overtime first round victory over Princeton, Cornell loses the ECAC
quarterfinal series at Harvard. |
| 1995 |
9 |
5 |
|
|
The
Red are routed
at Clarkson in the ECAC quarterfinals. After the season ends, Mike
Schafer is named head coach. |
| 1996 |
4 |
1 |
9 |
|
Cornell beats
Harvard and Clarkson for their first Lake Placid title, then loses
to Lake Superior on a late goal in their first NCAA game in six years. |
| 1997 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
The Red repeat,
beat Miami for their first NCAA advance in twenty-five years, then
lose to eventual national champion North Dakota in the QF. |
| 1998 |
8 |
5 |
|
|
Jason Elliott
backstops upset at RPI in the ECAC quarterfinal before losing to Princeton
in the ECAC play-in game. |
| 1999 |
7 |
9 |
|
|
Matt Underhill
arrives. Cornell blows two leads to lose a frustrating first
round ECAC series at Princeton. |
| 2000 |
4 |
4 |
|
|
Knocking off Clarkson
in the ECAC play-in game, the Red then lose in overtime to eventual
Frozen Four St. Lawrence in the semifinal. |
| 2001 |
4 |
2 |
|
|
A semifinal win
over Harvard is followed by another loss to St. Lawrence, this time
in the ECAC title game. |
| 2002 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
|
After running away
with the RS title, Cornell loses in double overtime to Harvard in
the ECAC final, then loses 4-3 to #1 UNH in the NCAA quarterfinal. |
| 2003 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
Thirty victories,
a tenth ECAC championship, and #1 in the polls earns a trip to the
Frozen Four and a second straight NCAA loss to UNH. |
| 2004 |
2 |
5 |
|
|
Cornell battles
to second place despite losing the talented Class of '03, then is
foiled by Clarkson at Lynah in a QF shocker. |
| 2005 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
|
A dominant defensive
team with offensive flashes, Cornell goes 18-0-1 down the stretch,
disposes of Harvard in the Albany final, then falls in Minneapolis. |
| 2006 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
2 double-ot QF
wins to get to their fifth ECAC final in six years; shock CC in the
NCAAs; then lose the 2nd-longest game in NCAA tourny history. McKee,
O'Byrne and Pokulok leave early in the off-season. |
| 2007 |
4 |
5 |
|
|
Rebuilding, ending with a disappointing
Lynah sweep by Quinnipiac. The off-season sees Riley Nash commit. |
| 2008 |
5 |
3 |
|
|
The team that couldn't win
the big one returns to Albany before losing the SF to Harvard. |
| 2009 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
|
The stars align in the
NCAAs, but Bemidji's Cinderella story ends Cornell's dreams. |
| 2010 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
|
A senior-heavy squad rolls through the ECACs on Ben Scrivens' shoutout
streak. |
Season Highlights