ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell men’s hockey freshman goaltender Alexis Cournoyer has been named ECAC Hockey’s Rookie of the Week, the league announced Monday morning (Nov. 10).
The weekly honor marks the second consecutive week a Big Red player has earned the award, as forward Gio DiGiulian was the recipient of last week’s honor.
Cournoyer shined between the pipes in Cornell’s first two ECAC Hockey contests of the season, posting a 1.53 goals-against average and .947 save percentage while stopping 54 of 57 shots against Harvard and Dartmouth.
The Trois-Rivières, Québec, native made 30 saves in Friday’s 3-1 victory over Harvard, including stopping the final 29 shots he faced. Combined with his 33-save performance in his collegiate debut against No. 13 UMass on Nov. 1, Cournoyer became just the fourth Cornell goaltender to open his career with back-to-back 30-save outings, joining Corrie D’Alessio (five consecutive, 1987-88), Jason Elliott (two, 1994-95), and Matt Underhill (two, 1998-99).
Cournoyer followed with 24 saves in Saturday’s 2-1 setback against Dartmouth.
Through three appearances, the freshman holds a 2-1-0 record with a 1.35 goals-against average and .956 save percentage, ranking fourth and second nationally, respectively.
No. 17-ranked Cornell returns to Lynah Rink for a four-game homestand beginning Friday, Nov. 15, when the Big Red hosts Brown (1-3-0, 1-1-0 ECAC Hockey) before facing Yale (2-1-0, 2-0-0 ECAC Hockey) the following night. Both games are set for 7 p.m. puck drops and will be streamed on ESPN+.
