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Junior Matt Buckles netted two goals in Cornell's 5-2 win over Ryerson. (Brittney Chew / News Photography Editor)
Despite an unceremonious end to their tenure at Cornell, both Jeff Malott ’20 and Yanni Kaldis ’20 moved on to play on professional teams in the American Hockey League
The 2020-2021 season of ECAC play, which saw two-thirds of teams unable to participate, ended with its most unlikely champion in recent memory with St. Lawrence hoisting the hardware.
Cornell’s monumental achievement in 1970 has yet to be matched by any other NCAA men’s hockey team.
“We had a really good recruitment process that we had developed over many years — and then the coronavirus hit. We had to determine how we could replicate everything.”
Even down several key players from last year’s campaign prior to the potential upcoming season, Cornell is regarded as a top-10 squad.
If Cornell men’s hockey has a 2020-21 season, Tristan Mullin will wear the ‘C’ and Kyle Betts, Cody Haiskanen and Brenden Locke will wear the ‘A.’
Green, who played in all 29 games with the Red last season, was honored as the ECAC’s Best Defensive Defenseman in March.
Friday’s announcement marks the end of Barron’s collegiate career, which saw him tally 84 points in 98 games. He was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award last season.
Cornell’s women’s and men’s teams were both No. 1 in the country at the end of a season cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This marks the first time that either player has been recognized as an All-American.