The men’s hockey team was lucky enough to witness the opposite extremes of the United States during its winter break. In between a home game against Quinnipiac on January 6, the Red traveled to both sunny Estero, Fla., for the Holiday Tournament and to the depths of New England to visit ECAC foes Vermont and Dartmouth.
Cornell’s winter recess journey, however, began at home during the weekend of Dec. 2 when it picked up a pair of crucial wins against Yale and Princeton, boosting itself up the conference standings.
In the first contest, the Red defeated the then 15th-ranked Elis, 4-3. In the victory, both sophomores Doug Murray and Stephen B