Mike Schafer

Mike Schafer
	Schafer at the NCAA East Regional in 2019
Current position
Title	Head Coach
Team	Cornell
Conference	ECAC Hockey
Biographical details
Born	Durham, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater	Cornell University
Playing career
1982–1986	Cornell
Position(s)	Defenseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–1990	Cornell (assistant)
1990–1995	Western Michigan (assistant)
1995–present	Cornell
Head coaching record
Overall	542–289–111 (.634)
Tournaments	10–13 (.435)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	6× ECAC regular season champion (2002, 2003, 2005, 2018, 2019, 2020); 6× ECAC Tournament Champion (1996, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2024);
Awards
	2020 Spencer Penrose Award Division I Coach of the Year (co-winner); 5x ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year (2002, 2003, 2005, 2018, 2020); 4x Ivy League Coach of the Year (2018, 2019, 2020, 2024);

Last updated August 27, 2024

Mike Schafer is the men's ice hockey coach at Cornell University. He graduated from Cornell in 1986 with a degree in business management after leading the team to its first conference tournament championship in six years.^[2] Schafer retired as a player after his senior season and immediately became an assistant with the Big Red. Schafer left his alma mater after the 1989–90 season, taking a similar position with the Western Michigan Broncos of the WCHA. Five years later, after a downturn in the program that saw three consecutive losing seasons (including back-to-back single digit-win years) Cornell replaced Brian McCutcheon with Schafer as head coach. Schafer quickly returned the Big Red to prominence, winning the ECAC Hockey conference tournament his first two seasons back in Ithaca. Schafer has remained with Cornell ever since, becoming the longest tenured and the winningest coach in team history.^[3]

Career

Schafer has been credited as one of college hockey's premier defensive coaches as his teams consistently produce among the lowest goals allowed annually. Two of Schafer's goaltenders (David LeNeveu in 2003 and David McKee in 2005) hold the second and third lowest goals against averages in NCAA history for one season^[5] with the former backstopping the Big Red to their first frozen four since 1980 and first overall seed in 2003 (a rarity for ECAC programs). Schafer has made more appearances in the ECAC tournament championship game than any other head coach with 12 and has the record for most victories at six. Schafer's 2003 team is thus far the only one to reach 30 wins in Cornell's history (though the 1970 undefeated and untied championship team only played 29 games, finishing 29-0-0).

Schafer was named co-winner of the 2020 Spencer Penrose Award as Division I Coach of the Year with Brad Berry of University of North Dakota. The Big Red went 23-2-4 (18-2-2 ECAC) before the season was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic.^[6]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Cornell Big Red (ECAC Hockey)(1995–present)
1995–96	Cornell	21–9–4	14–4–4	4th	NCAA Regional Quarterfinals
1996–97	Cornell	21–9–5	14–6–2	2nd	NCAA Regional Semifinals
1997–98	Cornell	15–16–2	9–12–1	8th	ECAC Four vs. Five
1998–99	Cornell	12–15–4	9–10–3	7th	ECAC Quarterfinals
1999-00	Cornell	16–14–2	10–9–1	t–4th	ECAC Third Place (Loss)
2000–01	Cornell	16–12–5	11–8–3	4th	ECAC Runner-Up
2001–02	Cornell	25–8–2	17–3–2	1st	NCAA Regional Semifinals
2002–03	Cornell	30–5–1	19–2–1	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
2003–04	Cornell	16–10–6	13–6–3	2nd	ECAC Quarterfinals
2004–05	Cornell	27–5–3	18–2–2	1st	NCAA West Regional Finals
2005–06	Cornell	22–9–4	13–6–3	3rd	NCAA Midwest Regional Finals
2006–07	Cornell	14–13–4	10–8–4	t–4th	ECAC Quarterfinals
2007–08	Cornell	19–14–3	12–9–1	t–4th	ECAC Third Place (Win)
2008–09	Cornell	22–10–4	13–6–3	2nd	NCAA Midwest Regional Finals
2009–10	Cornell	21–9–4	14–5–3	2nd	NCAA East Regional Semifinals
2010–11	Cornell	16–15–3	11–9–2	t–4th	ECAC Runner-Up
2011–12	Cornell	19–9–7	12–4–6	2nd	NCAA Midwest Regional Finals
2012–13	Cornell	15–16–3	8–11–3	t–9th	ECAC Quarterfinals
2013–14	Cornell	17–10–5	11–7–4	4th	ECAC Semifinals
2014–15	Cornell	11–14–6	9–9–4	7th	ECAC First Round
2015–16	Cornell	16–11–7	8–8–6	t-7th	ECAC Quarterfinals
2016–17	Cornell	21–9–5	13–4–5	3rd	NCAA Northeast Regional Semifinals
2017–18	Cornell	25–6–2	17–3–2	1st	NCAA Northeast Regional Semifinals
2018–19	Cornell	21–11–4	13–5–4	T–1st	NCAA East Regional Finals
2019–20	Cornell	23–2–4	18–2–2	1st	Tournament Cancelled
2021–22	Cornell	18–10–4	12–6–4	4th	ECAC Quarterfinals
2022–23	Cornell	21–11–2	15–6–1	3rd	NCAA East Regional Final
2023–24	Cornell	22–7–6	12–6–4	2nd	NCAA Northeast Regional Final
Cornell:		542–289–111 (.634)	337–174–83 (.637)
Total:		542–289–111 (.634)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

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References

↑ Schafer Named ECAC Men’s Hockey Coach of the Year for 5th Time By Christina Bulkeley for The Cornell Daily Sun March 19, 2020
↑ "ECAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
↑ "Cornell Men's Ice Hockey Coaching Staff". Cornell Big Red. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
↑ "Mike Schafer '86 to retire as hockey coach after next season | Cornell Chronicle".
↑ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_icehockey_rb/2009/MIH%20DI%202009.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
↑ "North Dakota's Berry, Cornell's Schafer named co-winners of 2020 Spencer Penrose Award as men's D-I coach of the year". 7 April 2020.

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from The Internet Hockey Database

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Mark Morris Stan Moore Rick Bennett Casey Jones	Tim Taylor Award 2001–02 / 2002–03 2004–05 2017–18 2019–20	Succeeded by Stan Moore Bob Gaudet Casey Jones Rand Pecknold
Preceded by Greg Carvel	Spencer Penrose Award 2019–20 (with Brad Berry)	Succeeded by Mike Hastings

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[1] Schafer Named ECAC Men’s Hockey Coach of the Year for 5th Time By Christina Bulkeley for The Cornell Daily Sun March 19, 2020

[2] "ECAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-06-17.

[3] "Cornell Men's Ice Hockey Coaching Staff". Cornell Big Red. Retrieved 2013-06-17.

[4] "Mike Schafer '86 to retire as hockey coach after next season | Cornell Chronicle".

[5] ttp://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_icehockey_rb/2009/MIH%20DI%202009.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}

[6] "North Dakota's Berry, Cornell's Schafer named co-winners of 2020 Spencer Penrose Award as men's D-I coach of the year". 7 April 2020.

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v t e Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Beebe Lake (1906–1948) Lynah Rink (1957–present)
Head coaches	G.A. Smith (1900–1901) Talbot Hunter (1909–1912, 1914–1916) Edmund Magner (1912–1913) E.J. Sawyer (1913–1914) Nick Bawlf (1920–1947) Arthur Boeringer (1947–1948) Paul Patten (1957–1963) Ned Harkness (1963–1970) Dick Bertrand (1970–1982) Lou Reycroft (1982–1987) Brian McCutcheon (1987–1995) Mike Schafer (1995–present)
Seasons	1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 ~~2020–21~~ 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	Intercollegiate Hockey Association (1909–1913) ECAC Hockey (1961–present)
Rivalries	Harvard
Culture & lore	Florida College Hockey Classic
All-time leaders	Lance Nethery (271 Points) Brock Tredway (113 Goals) Ken Dryden (76 Wins)
Retired numbers	Ken Dryden (1) Joe Nieuwendyk (25)
National championships	1967 1970
Frozen Four appearances	1967 1968 1969 1970 1972 1973 1980 2003
NCAA Tournament appearances	1967 1968 1969 1970 1972 1973 1980 1981 1986 1991 1996 1997 2002 2003 2005 2006 2009 2010 2012 2017 2018 2023 2024
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC: 1967 1968 1969 1970 1973 1980 1986 1996 1997 2003 2005 2010 2024
Cornell University Ithaca, NY

Mike Schafer

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Career

Head coaching record

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