2019–20 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season

The 2019-20 Cornell Big Red Men's ice hockey season was the 103rd season of play for the program and the 59th season in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Big Red represented the Cornell University and played their home games at Lynah Rink, and were coached by Mike Schafer, in his 25th season as their head coach. 
The season was ultimately cut short by the coronavirus pandemic but Cornell finished their 29-game regular season schedule with an overall record of 23-2-4 and a record of 18-2-2 in the ECAC Hockey conference. Cornell finished the ECAC season in sole possession of first place thus winning the Cleary Cup for the third straight year and was the number one seed in the ECAC Hockey tournament which was ultimately canceled before the quarterfinal round began. Cornell also won the Ivy League championship for the third straight year. 
Coach Schafer was named the co-winner of the Spencer Penrose Award as Division 1 Coach of the Year with Brad Berry of the University of North Dakota. He was also named ECAC Hockey Coach of Year, winning the Tim Taylor Award for a record setting fifth time, as well as being named Ivy League Coach of the Year for the third time.
Cornell finished the truncated season atop both the USCHO and USA Today polls. 
==Departures==
Player 	Position 	Nationality	Cause
Chase Brakel 	Forward 	 	Returned to Juniors (Portage Terriers)
Alec McCrea 	Defenseman	 	Graduation (Signed with Grand Rapids Griffins)
Connor Murphy 	Forward 	 	Left Program
Matt Nuttle 	Defenseman	 	Graduation (Signed with South Carolina Stingrays)
Brendan Smith 	Defenseman	 	Graduation (Signed with Wichita Thunder)
Beau Starrett 	Forward 	 	Graduation (Signed with Bakersfield Condors)
Mitchell Vanderlaan	Forward 	 	Graduation (signed with South Carolina Stingrays)
==Recruiting==
Player 	Position 	Nationality	Age	Notes
Ben Berard 	Forward 	 	20 	Duncan, BC
Sebastian Dirven	Defenseman	 	21 	Bainsville, ON
Sam Malinski 	Defenseman	 	21 	Lakeville, MN
Jack Malone 	Forward 	 	19 	Danville, CA; Selected 180th overall in 2019 NHL Entry Draft
Travis Mitchell 	Defenseman	 	20 	South Lyon, MI
Peter Muzyka 	Defenseman	 	19 	Toronto, ON
Matt Stienburg 	Forward 	 	19 	Halifax, NS; Selected 63rd overall in 2019 NHL Entry Draft
Ben Tupker 	Forward 	 	19 	Collingwood, ON
Zach Tupker 	Forward 	 	19 	Collingwood, ON
==Roster==
As of November 26, 2019.
==Standings==
==Schedule and Results==
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† Postponed from February 7 due to inclement weather.
==Scoring Statistics==
Name 	Position	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	
 	C 	29 	14 	18 	32 	24
 	C 	29 	8 	18 	26 	4
 	D 	29 	5 	19 	24 	4
 	F 	29 	9 	13 	22 	22
 	F 	24 	5 	15 	20 	12
 	C 	29 	11 	7 	18 	8
 	C 	25 	5 	13 	18 	10
 	LW 	27 	7 	10 	17 	4
 	D 	29 	7 	9 	16 	33
 	D 	25 	4 	12 	16 	12
 	LW 	29 	6 	7 	13 	12
 	D 	29 	2 	10 	12 	29
 	C/RW 	27 	5 	5 	10 	45
 	C 	24 	3 	7 	10 	6
 	C 	26 	2 	7 	9 	29
 	C/RW 	27 	2 	6 	8 	4
 	D 	10 	3 	4 	7 	4
 	D 	28 	1 	3 	4 	18
 	C 	20 	1 	2 	3 	2
 	D 	23 	0 	3 	3 	4
 	F 	5 	2 	0 	2 	0
 	LW 	8 	2 	0 	2 	2
 	D 	19 	0 	1 	1 	4
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	29 	0 	0 	0 	0
Bench	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	2
Total	 	 	104 	189 	293 	294
==Goaltending statistics==
Name 	Games	Minutes	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals Against	Saves	Shut Outs	 	
 	1 	17 	0 	0 	0 	0 	5 	0 	1.000	0.00
 	29 	1733 	23 	2 	4 	45 	608 	5 	.931 	1.56
Empty Net	- 	9 	- 	- 	- 	0 	- 	- 	- 	-
Total 	29 	1760 	23 	2 	4 	45 	613 	5 	.932 	1.53
==Rankings==
Poll 	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week
Poll 	Pre 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	17 	18 	19 	20 	21 	22 	23 (Final)
USCHO.com	5 	5 	5 	4 	4 	4 	3 	2 	2 	2 	3 	3 	2 	2 	2 	1 	1 	2 	2 	2 	1 	1 	1 	1
USA Today	5 	4 	5 	3 	5 	4 	4 	2 	2 	2 	3 	3 	2 	2 	2 	1 	1 	2 	2 	2 	2 	1 	1 	1
==References==
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