The Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey program that represents Cornell University. Cornell competes in the ECAC Hockey conference and plays its home games at Lynah Rink in Ithaca, New York. Six of the eight Ivy League schools sponsor men's hockey and all six teams play in the twelve-team ECAC. The Ivy League crowns a champion based on the results of the games played between its members during the ECAC season.
Cornell has won the ECAC Tournament Championship a record 12 times and has won the Ivy League Title 21 times, second to Harvard's 24.
The 1970 Cornell Hockey team, coached by Ned Harkness was the first (and currently only team) in NCAA hockey history to win a national title while being undefeated and untied with a perfect 29-0-0 record.
The Big Red's archrival is the Harvard Crimson. The teams meet at least twice each season for installments of the historic Cornell-Harvard hockey rivalry.
Cornell hockey began the practice of retiring numbers on February 25, 2010. The Big Red retired the numbers of Ken Dryden, who played 1965-69, and Joe Nieuwendyk, who played 1984-87.
NCAA champions: 1967, 1970
NCAA runners-up: 1969, 1972
ECAC Champions: 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010
ECAC regular season champions: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 2002, 2003, 2005
Ivy League Champions: 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014
Ned Harkness Cup: 2003, 2005, 2008, 2013
Byron Bitz (2007) - Right wing for the Vancouver Canucks.
Brad Chartrand (1996) - Right wing for Los Angeles Kings
Sean Collins (2012) - Center for Columbus Blue Jackets
Ken Dryden (B.A. 1969) - NHL Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender, winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy and Calder Memorial Trophy, Canadian Member of Parliament
Colin Greening (2010) - Left wing for the Toronto Maple Leafs
Ned Harkness (hockey head coach) - Head coach and GM of the Detroit Red Wings, 3-time coach of NCAA champions (2 with Cornell, 1 with RPI)
Mike Iggulden (2005) - Forward for Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League
David LeNeveu (2005) - Goaltender for the Springfield Falcons
Kent Manderville (1991) - Center for the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes, Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers, and for Swedish Elite League's Timrå IK
Matt Moulson (2006) - Left wing for the Buffalo Sabres
Douglas Murray (2003) - Defenseman for the Montreal Canadiens
Lance Nethery (1980) - NHL player, executive in the German Elite League
Joe Nieuwendyk (1987) - NHL Hockey Hall of Fame center, 3-time Stanley Cup champion, General Manager of the Dallas Stars
Ryan O'Byrne (2007) - Defenseman for the Toronto Maple Leafs
Raymond Sawada (2008) - Right wing for the Manitoba Moose
Ben Scrivens (2010) - Goaltender for HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League
Ryan Vesce (2004) - Forward for the Worcester Sharks
Riley Nash (2010) - Forward for the Boston Bruins
Brendon Nash (2010) - Forward for the San Antonio Rampage
Justin Krueger (2010) - Defenseman for the Charlotte Checkers